Sorry I haven't blogged in the last while. It was a big push to get my Thesis finished, but it's finally done! I handed it in and now just the defence part (next week!). I'm pretty nervous about that part. You have to stand in front of a bunch of super-smart people and answer questions about what you did. If they think your work is ok then you pass, if not then you have to fix it. So scary!
But at the same time it will be nice to be done with it! It's taken up a lot of my time lately and it's always in the back of my mind. Hopefully my defence goes well!
My Thesis is titled "Petrographic and microfocus computed tomographic analysis of the Upper Montney Formation, Northeastern B.C., Canada."
Riveting I know:)
For all you geology buffs out there, it's about the Montney Formation (source for natural gas in AB and BC) which was deposited following the largest of all mass-extictions.....the end-Permian mass extinction. It's interesting to study because it shows the struggle for life to come back after environmental detestation and also has some relatively unique mineralogical properties. When it was deposited, Alberta was on the coast (BC did not exist yet) and the ocean underwent long periods of very little oxygen (because of environmental factors like volcanic eruption and poor ocean circulation).
By analyzing minerals like pyrite, we can track the levels of oxygen present during deposition. Too cool!
Anyway, I could go on forever, but I'm sure the vast majority of you would just yawn, so I'll end it here.
Thesis in! Yayayayaya!
Defence.....scary!
