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View fullsize A successful last field trip for EGEO3003 at the Canada Talc Mine in Madoc, Ontario. Four students gave excellent field talks on the mine’s history and geology, stromatolites, mine closure and remediation, and some unique minerals, including E
View fullsize EGEO3003 Class setup phytoremediation plots at Cordova Mines. Students had access to limestone, soil, compost, a variety of seeds, fertilizer, and other materials to make square meter plots. They also evaluated plots from previous years and tested
View fullsize EGEO3003 Class visited Sulphide, Ontario to explore the historic Pyrite Mines. A bustling town that supplied sulphuric acid to the uranium industry near Bancroft, Ontario. Waste rock, tailings, and some building foundations are what remains. We lear
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View fullsize Amazing to visit #halong Bay in #Vietnam, a #UNESCO World Heritage Site! Limestone karst towers stand amongst emerald green waters! We visited the Amazing Cave that is about 1,200 square meters, incredible to explore. We also kayaked amongst the li
View fullsize @victoriahatten3, myself, and @trentschoolenviro colleagues had a wonderful time at Ngoa Long Mountain in Vietnam, taking 500 steps to the top of this limestone tower. The karst landscape is fascinating. We then went to Kam Coc wharf to board a sam
View fullsize A pleasure meeting some of Vietnam’s leading scientists at Phenikaa University in Hanoi. A fast growing innovation and technology university with impressive research and teaching facilities. Researchers are investigating materials science, batt
View fullsize @trentuniversity researchers and students visited Fansipan Mountain in northern Vietnam! This peak is 3,143 m, the highest mountain on the Indochinese peninsula that includes Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. A lengthy cable car takes you to the site, fol
View fullsize Our class visited Cordova Mines, a historic gold town near Marmora, Ontario. We investigated the geology to learn about lode gold deposits. Hydrothermal fluids once flowed through shear zones and precipitated gold associated with pyrite. Approximat
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View fullsize The EGEO3003 Class visited the Covia Nepheline Syenite Mine this week. Students learnt about #mining and ore processing, the commercial uses of syenite, the deposit geology, and the environmental considerations of operating a large mine. We toured
View fullsize EGEO3003 class visited Warsaw Caves. Today’s exercise gave students a new perspective on a familiar site. We learnt about the #Ordovician Period and the marine life that dominated the seabed 100s of millions of years ago, including Cephalopods
View fullsize A successful day for EGEO3003 students touring around Marmora, Ontario. There is a wealth of great geologic sites to visit near this historic mining town. We visited the Marmoraton Iron Mine, an iron #skarn deposit that produced 1.3 million tonnes
View fullsize An excellent day investigating the geology of Bancroft, Ontario! The EGEO3003 Field Methods in Environmental Geoscience visited the Bancroft Mineral Museum, CN Rock Pile, terrane boundary outcrop, Eagle’s Nest Park, Princess Sodalite Mine, and
View fullsize In the PowerGeolab @trentschoolenviro @trentuniversity, undergraduate researcher @jamieburnett.18 is investigating how to capture atmospheric CO2 and store it within dypingite, a hydrated Mg-carbonate mineral with a beautiful rosette crystal morpholo
View fullsize Such a wonderful and thoughtful gift from @zivschaf and Lance, two outstanding students from the PowerGeolab! This painting from @rocksonpaper artist Vojta is truly special. I’ve been a fan for quite sometime and am grateful to be gifted this
View fullsize Visited the @fieldmuseum in Chicago as part of Goldschnidt 2024! An impressive natural history museum! #museum #minerals #fossils #dinosaurs
View fullsize PowerGeolab visited The Canadian Canoe Museum for some canoeing and kayaking! We were all very impressed with the new building, a great destination for visitors coming to Peterborough, Ontario! #labsocial #kayak #canoe #goodtimes #ptbo #ptbocanada
View fullsize SMALL PLOT TRIALS IN HALIBURTON FOREST TO QUANTIFY CO2 REMOVAL RATES To better assess CO2 removal rates using different doses of wollastonite in Haliburton Forest soil, a team led by Ian Power and Shaun Watmough, and postdoctoral fellow Minger Guo s
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Atlin hydromagnesite-magnesite playas, viewed from a helicopter

Hydromagnesite plates with magnesite crystals wedged inbetween

Testing for magnesium carbonate using dilute HCl acid

The Trent Experimental Farm being prepared for planting and enhanced weathering trials.

Carbonate crust cementing Mount Keith mine tailings

Zivi measuring CO2 fluxes for her enhanced weathering plots.

Reactor vessels incubated in a carbonate wetland

Bacterium growing on mine wastes from Peru