Annual Report - Society of Economic Geologists

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Arizona Field Trip
The OCUSEG organized a highly successful student chapter field trip to Northern Arizona, which
included visits to the areas of Sedona-Jerome-Cottonwood-Prescott. 7 graduate students from
both uOttawa and Carleton attended this 11-day trip. Our guide was Dr. Paul Lindberg, a local
geologist who has done many years of work on volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits
in the area, and he took us on a traverse across a massive half-graben system that included
many interesting mineral deposit systems and structural elements. This included stops to
famous VMS & banded iron formation deposits, as well as tours of springs, dormant volcanoes
& a spectacular visit to the Grand Canyon. The trip was funded in part by the Dept. of Earth
Sciences at uOttawa as well as the OCUSEG.
Future Plans
In the 2013-2014 term, we hope to continue the field trip in our organised activities while
maintaining all of the activities from this past year. The field trip is tentatively planned for
summer of 2014 to Iceland. If possible, we would also like to bring in more professional
lectures on a regular basis and smaller, local field trips that can bring more students.
Again, we hope to improve our visibility in the electronic media. Last year we were not able to
get a webpage up and running, however, depending on timing this will again be a priority of
ours.