GAC - Newfoundland and Labrador Section Abstracts: 2018 Spring Technical Meeting

2018 Spring Technical Meeting ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR The annual Spring Technical Meeting was held on February 19 and 20, 2018, in the Johnson GEO CENTRE on scenic Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. This year Monday morning started with a session on Environmental Challenges followed by an afternoon sesson on Economic Resources and Tuesday featured an all-day session on Solid Earth. These sessions included oral and poster presentations from students and professionals on a wide range of topics. The Keynote Speaker was Dr. Peter Hollings from the Department of Geology, Lakehead University, Ontario, who presented a talk entitled “Using igneous petrology to unravel the tectonic triggers for porphyry mineralization”. Dr Hollings is the 2017–2018 Geological Association of Canada’s Howard Street Robinson Medal Winner and Lecturer. On Tuesday evening a Public Lecture entitled “Where does our 50% discount on global CO2 emissions come from and how might it respond to climate change?” was presented by Dr. Sue Ziegler, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Boreal Biogeochemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. As always, this meeting is brought to you by volunteer efforts and would not be possible without the time and energy of the executive and other members of the section. We are also indebted to our partners in this venture, particularly the Alexander Murray Geology Club, the Johnson GEO CENTRE, Geological Association of Canada, Department of Earth Sciences (Memorial University of Newfoundland), and the Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Natural Resources. We are equally pleased to see the abstracts published in Atlantic Geology. Our thanks are extended to all of the speakers and the editorial staff of the journal. JAMES CONLIFFE, STEFANIE LODE, ANNE WESTHUES, AND ALEXANDER PEACE TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS ATLANTIC GEOLOGY 54, 133-145 (2018) 0843-5561|18|00081-145$3.10|0 GAC NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR SECTION doi: 10.4138/atlgeol.2018.004 Copyright © Atlantic Geology, 2018