Research summary
You might be surprised to find out that today, the moon and some planets are better mapped than the seabed of our own planet. But Canada is surrounded by three oceans, and their bottoms deserve careful study. Sediments on the seabed contain valuable information about natural hazards, natural resources, climate change and Canada’s geological history.
Dr. Guillaume St-Onge, Canada Research Chair in Marine Geology, is examining the seafloor and its sediments using state-of-the-art techniques in the laboratory and on oceanographic missions, with a focus on Canada’s east coast, the Arctic, the southern hemisphere and deep lakes. He and his research team aim to make important breakthroughs in marine geology in four key areas of study: natural hazards, quaternary stratigraphy (the youngest period in Earth’s history), sub-glacial environments, and high-latitude climate change in the northern and southern hemispheres.