Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences,
The University of British Columbia

Monthly Archives: September 2017

PCIGR’s Matthijs Smit Discovers Possible Link Between Earth’s Crust and Oxygen Cycle

September 2017

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Matthijs Smit examines ancient rocks from the deep crust in Norway during the summer of 2017.

Researchers Matthijs A. Smit (PCIGR, UBC EOAS) and Klaus Mezger (Universität Bern, Switzerland) have discovered a possible link between the long-term evolution of Earth’s crust and the emergence of Earth’s oxygen cycle 3.0 billion years ago. Their findings have been published in Nature Geoscience.

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Canada’s Minister of Defence Visits PCIGR

September 8, 2017

PCIGR was pleased to host the Canadian Minister of National Defence, Harjit Sajjan, for a tour of our nUBC facility.

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The Minister with the PCIGR team. Front row (left to right): M. Amini, E. Megyeri-Lawless, A. Fourny, H. Sajjan, D. Weis, G. Murphy, M. Li. Back row: K. Smith, B. Kieffer, R. McMillan, J. Cutts, K. Gordon, V. Lai (photo credit: Paul Joseph)

The Minister was on campus on behalf of the Minister of Science, Kirsty Duncan, to announce more than $42 million in funding to support fundamental research at UBC through the NSERC 2017 competition for the Discovery Grants program, scholarships, and fellowships. CFI and BC-KDF grants supported the construction of the PCIGR laboratory facilities and a recent NSERC RTI grant contributes to its ongoing operations.

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