Dr. Maria Cioppa

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Education

• B.Sc. Carleton University, Canada, 1990
• M.Sc. University of Victoria, Canada, 1992
• Ph.D. Lehigh University, U.S.A., 1997

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Awards & Recognition

• Undergraduate Teaching Award - Earth Sciences 2005
• Premier's Research Excellence Award 2003

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Courses

• ESCI-1020 - Introduction to Planetary Science
• ESCI-3411 - Structural Geology
• ESCI-3801 - Scientific Writing and Data Management
• ESCI-3806 - Global Perspectives in Science - Iceland
• SCIE-1000 - Communicating Science in the Wider World
• SCIE-4000 - Science in the Media

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Research

Principal Research Interests

• Near-surface and applied geophysics - ground-penetrating radar and conductivity
• Geophysical signatures of burials in cemeteries
• Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism in hydrocarbon-associated rocks
• Causes of remagnetization in sedimentary rocks
• Environmental magnetism

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Ongoing Research Projects

• Geophysical signatures of burials in St. John's Cemetery, Sandwich, Ontario
• Citizen Science - WEDigHistory
• Determining the nature of remagnetizations: examination of causative variables in the Williston Basin
• Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic studies of hydrocarbon source rocks in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
• Magnetic properties of oil sands in drill core

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Facilities

Paleomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Laboratories Equipment

• 2G cryogenic magnetometer
• Magnetics Measurement TSD-1 thermal demagnetizer
• Sapphire Instruments impulse magnetizer
• Sapphire Instruments AF demagnetizer with DC coil for ARM measurements
• Sapphire Instruments susceptibility meter
• Bartington field susceptibility suite and dual-frequency sensor
• Geometrics cesium gradiometer with DGPS
• AGICO Kappabridge KLY-3 susceptibility meter with furnace and low temperature attachment 

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Publications

ResearchGate
GoogleScholar
 

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Students and Postdocs

Past Graduate Students

Hart, Janet, M.Sc. (2012)
Geophysical Investigations at Landfill #3

Sapkota, Birendra, Ph.D. (2012)
Environmental Magnetism: Soils and Plants

Gallaway, Eric, M.Sc. (2011)
Sediment Transport on Beaches

Zhang, Shuwei, Ph.D. (Co-supervisor)(2010)
Beach Sediment tracking and sourcing

Cascadden, Shelie, M.Sc. (2007)
Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism of the rocks of the Trenton-Black River Groups, Dover Field Southwestern Ontario

Garner, Nicoli, M.Sc. (2006)
Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism of the Ordovician Trenton-Black River formations in Ontario

Igbokwe, Blessing, M.Sc. (2005)
Magnetic mapping of Point Pelee beaches

Past Postdocs

Hatfield, Robert (2008-2009)
Environmental Magnetism: Point Pelee National Park

Shi, Ruiping (2004-2006)
Environmental Magnetism; Windsor and Essex County