Research on the Early Paleozoic:

This research program is concerned with understanding the nature of the Early Paleozoic world and its paleobiological events. The principal tools used are conodont micropaleontology, stratigraphy, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology and some cladistics and geochemistry. Detailed sequential studies of conodont taxonomy, biostratigraphy, paleoecology, paleobiogeography and some isotope geochemistry (Sr, Nd) are undertaken for broad regions to give virtually worldwide coverage. Currently, active projects include work in the Appalachians, Cordillera, China, Argentina, Australia and Europe. Funding is mainly from NSERC along with other indirect field logistic support especially from the Geological Survey of Canada and the BC Geological Survey.

Offshore Sedimentary Basins:

A new research program was initiated in 2000 to investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic offshore sedimentary basins of British Columbia, specifically the stratigraphy, foraminiferal and ichthyolith biostratigraphy, and regional thermal maturation patterns. This has been part of a Major Collaborative Research Initiative called Coasts Under Stress and is funded by SSHRC/NSERC.