Current Graduate StudentsMarissa Davies M.Sc.: Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental history of the upper Cretaceous Kanguk Formation, Nunavut, Canada.
Alex Quesnel M.Sc.: Lower Cretaceous strata of Eagle Plain, Yukon: Paleoenvironments, subsurface biostratigraphy and regional correlations. Gregory Froude M.Sc.: Late Cretaceous dinoflagellate assemblages and paleoproductivity signals of the Kanguk Formation, Canadian High Arctic. Michael Thomson M.Sc.: Stratigraphic correlations and paleocommunities of the upper Cretaceous Foremost Formation, Alberta. Past Graduate Thesis Topics2015: Evolution and diversity of ornithomimid dinosaurs in the Upper Cretaceous Belly River Group of Alberta. (Collaboration with Michael Ryan, Museum of Natural History, Cleveland)
2014: Sedimentary and ecosystem response to Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian - Turonian) paleoenvironmental events along the eastern margin of the Western Interior Sea, Canada. (Collaboration with Steve Cumbaa, Canadian Museum of Nature) 2014: A re-evaluation of the Chasmosaurine ceratopsid Chasmosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation of Western Canada. (Collaboration with Michael Ryan, Museum of Natural History, Cleveland) 2013: Upper Cretaceous dinocysts assemblages from Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut: paleoecological changes within the Boreal Sea. 2013: Upper Cretaceous radiolarian assemblages and paleoenvironments of the Sverdrup Basin, Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut, Canada. 2012: Comparative description of a female Enaliarctos emlongi (Carnivora, Pinnipedimorpha) from the mid-Miocene of Oregon and the evolution of sexual dimorphism within Pinnipedia. (Collaboration with Natalia Rybczynski, Canadian Museum of Nature) 2012: Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Pliocene aged Beaver Pond Site (Ellesmere Island, NU). (Collaboration with Natalia Rybczynski, Canadian Museum of Nature) 2010: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Hesperornithiformes from the Pasquia Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Collaboration with Steve Cumbaa, Canadian Museum of Nature) 2010: Skeletal morphology and evidence for swimming in an early pinniped. (Collaboration with Natalia Rybczynski, Canadian Museum of Nature) 2009: Albian to Turonian sedimentation and microfossil assemblages in the northern Western Interior Sea: Peel Plateau region (Northwest Territories, Canada. 2008: A Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) marine vertebrate-rich bioclastic horizon from the northeastern margin of the Western Interior Sea, Canada. (Collaboration with Steve Cumbaa, Canadian Museum of Nature) 2007: Albian to Cenomanian Foraminifera in Northeastern British Columbia and Western Alberta: paleoecology and integration of biostratigraphy with allostratigraphy. 2006: A redescription of the Holotype of Brachylophosaurus canadensis (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae). With a discussion of chewing in Hadrosaurs. (Collaboration with Rob Holmes, Canadian Museum of Nature) 2004: Paleoenvironment and regional correlations of Albian-Cenomanian strata in the frontier Liard Basin of Northwestern Canada. 2004: The Colorado Group in the Cold Lake heavy oil area, east-central Alberta: biostratigraphy, paleoenvironments and regional correlations. 2004: Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments fo the Cretaceous Colorado Group in southeastern and east central Alberta, Canada. 2003: Regional subsurface correlations of Albian sequences north of the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia: Northward extent of Falher and Notikewin sands along the eastern flank of the foredeep. 2002: Lithostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Upper Colorado Group in Southern Alberta and Southwestern Saskatchewan: Definition of the Carlile and Niobrara formations (Late Turonian to Santonian time). (Collaboration with Dale Leckie, Nexen) 2001: Jurassic Foraminifera from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia: biostratigraphy, paleoenvironments and paleogeographic implications. 2000: A multidisciplinary subsurface study of the Albian Bow Island and Westgate formations in southwestern Alberta, Canada. 1998: Holocene environment history of thermokarst lakes on Richards Island: hecamoebians as paleolimnological indicators. 1997: Holocene environmental history of Lake Winnipeg: thecamoebians and lead isotopic signature. 1997: An evaluation of trace metal sources in a series of remote lakes in Southeastern Ontario; geochemical and paleontological evidence. 1997: Early Cretaceous (Albian) Foraminifera in Northwestern and Central Alberta, Canada: Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental changes. 1994: Benthic foraminiferal distribution at Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge: a Northeast Pacific hydrothermal venting site. |
Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic
Glacier Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island
Summer season on Ellef Ringnes Island
Peel River Canyon, Yukon
Measuring section along Hume River, NWT
Working in the tidal zone on Haida Qwaii
Horton River by boat, NWT
Big Fish River, NWT
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