Gallagher Visiting Scientist

Department of Geoscience 

Colloquium Series

2012 Gallagher Lecture

 

Dr. Bernd Milkereit have been invited as the Gallagher Visiting scientist for this academic year.

Date: May 10
Time: 4pm
Place: ES162

Title of Talk: "Seismic Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining"

It should be a very exciting talk for geoscientists since Dr. Milkereit has an international reputation in application of seismic methods in mineral exploration.

The abstract and speaker's biography follow.

Abstract

Due to high metal prices and increased difficulties in finding shallow deposits, exploration and exploitation of mineral resources are expected to be moving to greater depths. Consequently, seismic methods will become a more important tool to help to unravel subsurface structures hosting mineral deposits, both for mine planning and monitoring. 2D and 3D surface seismic methods can be used to directly target massive sulfide deposits at depth. At a mine site, borehole-to-borehole seismic methods are employed to delineate massive sulfides to optimize underground development and production and continuous micro seismic recording methods are being used for monitoring of mining-induced seismicity.

Biography

Bernd Milkereit is the Teck Chair of Exploration Geophysics at the Department of Physics of the University of Toronto (since 2001). For more than 30 years the, Bernd has worked at the intersection between mineral resources and exploration seismology. He carried out research projects on coal and groundwater before moving into hardrock seismic imaging and exploration for deep mineral deposits in the crystalline crust. He maintains a strong interest in international scientific drilling projects. Previous to his current position Bernd was a research scientist the Geological Survey of Canada (1985-1996) and professor of geophysics at Kiel University, Germany (1996-2001).

Other

Following Dr. Bernd Milkereit's Gallagher Lecture on May 10 at 4pm, Dr. Milkereit will be giving a series of short course lectures on the morning of May 11 in ES 254 starting at 8:30am.  These short course lectures will cover the topics of "Seismic methods in mineral exploration and mining".

There is a signup sheet in the copy room next to the main office, and there are still openings in course.  Please sign up prior to May 11.  This is an opportunity to hear one of world's leading experts in seismic methods applied to mineral exploration.

If any of you wish to have a meeting with Bernd outside of these times, you may contact Dr. Larry Lines who will be coordinating Bernd's visit.

The Gallagher Visiting Lecture Series is sponsored by the Jack Gallagher Fund and is aimed at promoting the visits of prominent geoscience researchers to University of Calgary.