Dr. Robert Raeside

 

Most Recent Publications:

  • Shawwa, N.A., Raeside, R.P., McMullin, D.W.A., and McFarlane, C.R.M. (2017) Employing contact metamorphism to assess the conditions of pluton emplacement in southwestern Kellys Mountain, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 54, p. 1165-1178. (R)
  • Raeside, R.P. and Tizzard, A. (2015) Basement-cover relations in the southeastern Cape Breton Highlands: evidence for post-Acadian thrust tectonics. Atlantic Geology, 51, 298-310. (R)
  • Raeside, R.P. and Kosters, E.C. (2013) The Grand Old Duke of York: present-day and future Canadian geoscience education and labour market trends. Geoscience Canada, 39, 112-121.
  • McMullin, D.W.A., Barr, S.M., Raeside, R.P. (2009). Very low- and low-grade metamorphism of mafic volcanic rocks of the Mira terrane (Avalonia), southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geology. (R)
  • Spooner, I.S., Stevens, G., Morrow, J.R., Pufahl, P.K., Grieve, R., Raeside, R.P., Pilon, J., Stanley, C.R. Barr, S.M., and McMullin, D. (2009). Identification of the Bloody Creek structure, possible bolide impact crater in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, v. 44, p. 1193-1202. (R)
  • Spooner, I.S., Barnes, S., Baltzer, K.B., Raeside, R., Osborn, G.D. and Mazzucchi, D. (2003)  The impact of air mass circulation dynamics on Late Holocene paleoclimate in northwestern North America.  Quaternary International. Available online 28 December 2002 (R)
  • Barr, S.M., Raeside, R.P. and White, C.E. (1999)  Geological correlations between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland, northern Appalachian orogen.  Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 35, p. 1252-1270.  (R)  
  • Price, J., Barr, S.M., Raeside, R.P., and Reynolds, P.H. (1999) Petrochemistry, tectonic setting and 40Ar/39Ar dating of Late Ordovician-Early Silurian Belle Côte Road orthogneiss, western Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geology, v. 35, p. 1-17.
  • Barr, S.M., Raeside, R.P. and White, C.E. (1999) Geological correlations between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland, Northern Appalachian Orogen. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 35, p. 1252-1270.
  • Barr, S.M. and Raeside, R.P. (1998) Petrology and tectonic implications of Silurian(?) metavolcanic rocks in the Clyburn Brook area and on Ingonish Island, northeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geology, 34, p. 27-38.

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MAC Short Courses:

  • Indicator Minerals in Till and Stream Sediments (in prep.). T. Ferbey, A. Plouffe and A.S. Hickin. MAC Topics in Mineral Sciences Series vol. 47. Whitehorse, YK.
  • Geology and Geochemistry of Uranium and Thorium Deposits (2015). M. Cuney and K. Kyser, 345 p. MAC Short Course Series vol. 46. Montreal.
  • Cathodoluminescence and its Application to Geoscience (2014). I.M. Coulson, 182 p. MAC Short Course Series vol. 45. Fredericton, NB.
  • Geology of Gem Deposits, 2nd edition (2014). Editor: L. Groat, 406 p. MAC Short Course Series vol. 44. Tucson, AZ.
  • Uranium – Cradle to Grave (2013). Editors: P.C. Burns & G.E. Sigmon, 437 p. MAC Short Course Series vol. 43. Winnipeg, MB.
  • Quantitative Mineralogy and Microanalysis of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks (2012). MAC Short Course Series vol. 42. Editor: P. Sylvester, 284p. St. John’s NL
  • Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry in the Earth Sciences (2009) MAC Short Course Series vol. 41. Editor: M. Fayek, 148 p., Toronto.
  • Laser Ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: Current Practices and Outstanding Issues (2008) MAC Short Course Series vol. 40. Editor: P. Sylvester, 348 p., Vancouver.
  • Recent and Not-so-Recent Developments in Uranium Deposits and Implications for Exploration (2008) MAC Short Course Series vol. 39. Editor: M Cuney and K. Kyser, 257 p., Quebec City.
  • Working with Migmatites (2008) MAC Short Course Series vol. 38. Editor: E.W. Sawyer and M. Brown, 158 p., Quebec City.
  • Geology of Gem Deposits (2007) MAC Short Course Series vol. 37. Editor: L.A. Groat, 270 p., Yellowknife.
  • Melt Inclusions in Plutonic Rocks (2006) MAC Short Course Series vol. 36. Editor: J. Webster, 237 p., Montreal.
  • Exploration for Platinum-Group Element Deposits (2005) MAC Short Course Series vol. 35. Editor: J.E. Mungall, 512 p., Oulu, Finland.
  • Mercury: Sources, Measurements, Cycles, and Effects (2005) MAC Short Course Series vol. 34. Editor: M.B. Parsons and J.B. Percival, 262 p., Halifax, NS.
  • Infrared Spectroscopy in Geochemistry, Exploration Geochemistry, and Remote Sensing (2004) MAC Short Course Series vol. 33. Editor: P.L. King, M.S. Ramsey and G.A. Swayze, 284 p., London, ON.
  • Fluid Inclusions: Analysis and Interpretation (2003) MAC Short Course Series vol. 32. Editor: I. Samson, A. Anderson and D. Marshall, 374 p., Vancouver.
  • Synchrotron Radiation: Earth, Environmental and Material Sciences Applications (2002) MAC Short Course Series vol. 30. Editor: G.S. Henderson and D. R. Baker, 178 p. Saskatoon.
  • Laser-Ablation-ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences (2001) MAC Short Course Series vol. 29. Editor: P. Sylverster, 243 p. St. John’s.
  • Fluids and Basin Evolution (2000) MAC Short Course Series vol. 28. Editor: K. Kyser, 262 p., Calgary.