DERTS Seminar Series
February 16, 2022 - Julie Kong, Head of Exploration, De Beers Group
DeBeers and being a diamond exploration geologist in the next decade
January 26, 2022 - Dr. Herman Grutter, SRK Consulting
Profound ~1150 Ma (re) fertilization of the central Superior craton lithosphere, based on composition and Pb-isotope data for clinopyroxene from the Victor mine, Ontario, Canada
January 21, 2022 - Dr. Karen Smit
Geochronology of diamonds and what diamond ages have taught us
November 30, 2021 - Luisa de Caravalho, PhD candidate, University of Sao Paolo
My quest to unravel the origin of the diamonds from the Alto Paranaíba, SW São Francisco craton, Brazil
October 28, 2020 - Dr. Suzette Timmerman, university of Alberta, Banting Fellow
Diamond Beyond Industry: Unique Time Capsule.
April 30, 2020 - Dr. Adrien Vezinet, University of Alberta
The effect of metamorphism on crustal rock at whole-rock and crystal scale
April 16, 2020 - Dr. Graham Pearson, University of Alberta
The craton concept revisited and the modification and re-cratonisation of the Slave craton
April 9, 2020 - Isaac Cabral, PhD. Candidate, University of São Paulo
Brazilian Kimberlites and Diamonds
February 28, 2020 - Dr. Karen Smit, Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
What natural diamonds can tell us about how continents are formed
January 21, 2020 - Dr. Martyn Unsworth, University of Alberta
Geophysical studies of the magmatic systems beneath active volcanoes
December 4, 2019 - Dr. Jingao Liu, China University of Geoscience
From Alberta to Beijing, research is continuing and expanding - from destruction of the North China Craton to precious metal transfer controlled by deep carbonate recycling
November 29, 2019 - Jon Carlson, Dominion Diamonds
Geophysical methods for kimberlite exploration
November 19, 2019 - Matthew Hardman, University of Alberta
Tracing the crustal origin of Roberts Victor eclogites
November 8, 2019 - Dr. Ingrid Chinn, DeBeers
Diamond exploration from a lab rat's perspective
October 11, 2019 - Dr. Jeff Harris, University of Glasgow
The wanderings of a diamond geologist: the desert gems edition
September 27, 2019 - Dr. Suzette Timmerman, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta
Applications of noble gases in diamonds for mantle evolution
September 20, 2019 - Dr. Lutz Nasdala, University of Vienna
Gem materials in mineralogical research: Field work and analytical studies
March 8, 2019 - Herman Grütter, PhD., P.Geo., SRK Consulting
Benchmarked diamond grade forecasts from microdiamond data
December 7, 2018 - Dr. Gerhard Brey, University of Frankfurt
The birth, growth and ageing of the Kaapvaal subcratonic mantle
November 5, 2018 - Dr. Mike Seller, DeBeers Group
Ilmenite as a provenance tool in Attawapiskat - using cluster analysis
September 17, 2018 - Dr. Alan Kobussen, Rio Tinto
Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Exploration: An example Using Self-Organising Maps for Garnet Data
July 18, 2018 - Suzette Timmerman, PhD. Candidate, Australian National University
Diamonds - time capsules of volatiles and the key to dynamic Earth evolution
June 5, 2018 - Prof. Dr. Rogerio Guitarrarri Azzone, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
Evolution of Cretaceous Brazilian Kimberlites: evidence for open-system crystallization processes in Pantano, Indaia II and Calaao 1b intrusions
April 12, 2018 - Dr. Ombre Luguet, University of Bonn, Germany
Highly Siderophile Elements and 187Os in Mantle Peridotites
March 9, 2018 - Dr. Bruce Kjarsgaard, Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada
Lithospheric mantle below the SE Slave Craton
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Base and Precious metal behaviours in the lithospheric mantle silicate minerals below the ABitibi Greenstone Belt, Superior province: Initial Observations
October 23, 2017 - Dr. Adrien Vezinet, University of Lyon, France; University of Stellenbosch,South Africa
Differentiation and stabilization of the Archean continental crust
July 5, 2017 - Fabrizio Nestola, PhD. University of Padova Italy
"Diamonds: journey to the center of the Earth"
In July visiting scientist Dr. Fabrizio Nestola presented on his recent work in Advances in X-ray crystallography on diamonds and their inclusions. Dr Nestola was an invited speaker at this year's TEDxconference in Padova, you can watch his TED talk through the link below (albeit in Italian).
March 17, 2017 - Herman Grütter, PhD., P.Geo., Peregrine Diamonds
COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON PUBLIC DOMAIN MICRO/MACRO DIAMOND DATA SETS
"Take the UI from SPTUI…."
January 16, 2017 - Maya Kopylova, Kelly Russell, University of British Columbia
Chemical and mechanical processes during kimberlite transport and emplacement