Michelle Gauthier

Extending the western Hudson Bay Lowland Quaternary stratigraphy, in Manitoba Canada, to at least Marine Isotope Stage 10 Quaternary stratigraphy can improve our understanding of glacial dynamics prior to the Last Glacial Maximum. This study uses a hybrid lithostratigraphy–allostratigraphy approach to decipher the strati...

Our new paper is out, in proper format, in CJES today. It's a continuation of our stratigraphic framework development in the southwest HBL, together with Paleo environment data (UofT) and optical dating (UFV).

Absolutely true - I am more and more aware every day of the need to question established 'common knowledge'.

Clever Cuttlefish Have Passed the Marshmallow Test | Hakai Magazine Cuttlefish show they can be patient and ignore a snack that’s right in front of them to hold out for a more tantalizing treat.

I also told students to me more like the cuttlefish - again, don't take the marshmallow because it is quick and easy and right in front of them

Interested in how accurate your surficial geology map is? I'm available for virtual University classroom lectures.

Interested in how accurate your surficial geology map is? I'm available for virtual University classroom lectures.

Happy Halloween!

Parallel to ice flow? Could be push moraines or deGeer moraines if perpendicular, parallel.....very odd!

I've got one with very minor revisions sitting for 30 days without acceptance. Super annoying

Try from mli.gov.mb.ca/dems/index_e...

I’m gonna miss the Permafrost Terminology Action Group of the Canadian Permafrost Association. Most of us made it to GeoManitoba 2025 for the Glossary launch and photo op 🙌 #scicomm

Two kids with bike helmets peeling layers of the drying dessicated mud.

Stopped the bike ride for a little geology. Fascinating mud cracks that peel off in layers, and sticky clay underneath. Little minds shocked and amazed when they learned that mud cracks are found as 'fossils' too. #geology

Congratulations to Mr. Mesich who successfully defended his MSc today at UWaterloo. It's been a pleasure serving as your co-supervisor with Dr. Ross.

*Quaternary stratigraphy of the Gods and Yakaw river areas, northeastern Manitoba*

Fire-induced rock spalling! This area burnt about 1-2 months ago. All of the little rock shards on the ground are spalled pieces of the granite boulder, overlying burnt soil and moss.

Before seeing this in person, I didn't really consider the mechanical weathering effects of fire!

White poodle sitting on top of a person trying to do yoga.

Sometimes dogs are just ridiculous.

Oh ok. Well, enjoy your vacation time, or at least Manitoba time

Two kids de-husking freshly picked Manitoba hazelnuts

Hazelnuts in their very hard shells - will be toasted, cracked and shelled, toasted again and turned into hazelnut butter.

Campground foraging near the Manitoba Escarpment. A lot of work for a little bit butter. Makes me grateful for farms and grocery stores.

Definitely lucky.....what about this 6-leaf one I found this summer?

Welcome back!

Fair enough. The politics are complicated. I went in 2006 as an unaware MSc student.

It's not often that a senior professorship in paleolimnology comes long, but here is one great opportunity. Deadline September 10. If you consider applying and wonder what the process is like, feel free to reach out to me! www.queensu.ca/vpr/crc/oppo...

It's a very eerie place. We disembarked and I remember the playground swings moving in the wind.

Prairie skies just after the storm. Also have the requisite train and crops.

The Breathing Lands: Getting Burned by the Ring of Fire With the Trump administration's threat to Canada, companies and politicians are falling over themselves to secure Prime Minister Carney's support for the next "nation-building" mega-project.

The Breathing Lands: Getting Burned by the Ring of Fire
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Fellow educators: Please join me in co-signing!

I just started writing a thread about all the misinformation I am seeing around the tragedy in Texas but this article covers everything I wanted to say and more. Please read it:

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

If you're looking for graduate opportunities related to the Pleistocene extinctions, megafaunal impacts on ecological resilience, or the timescales of ecological recovery from perturbations, I'd love to support a Simons Fellowship applicant. Please reach out! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

I presented to 5 classrooms today on the topic of Geoscience Careers and Sustainability. It was the first time I really had to think about presenting geology from a sustainability perspective to kids so young - but it turns out there is lots of information like this poster!

Sorry for your loss. Pups are a big part of our families.

Beautiful rat-tail striae formed at the resistant head of fossils in limestone, near Ottawa Ontario. #gac-mac field trip thanks to Riley Mulligan!