Benoit Saumur

Benoit Saumur

Professeur
Unité : Département des sciences de la Terre et de l'atmosphère
Courriel : saumur.benoit@uqam.ca
Téléphone : (514) 987-3000 poste 5607
Local : PK-6735
Langues : Français, Anglais
Liens d'intérêt
Informations générales

Cheminement académique

Chercheur Postdoctoral (2014-2018) - Commission Géologique du Canada
PhD (2014) - Monash University (Melbourne, Australie) / University of Toronto
MSc (2007) - Université d'Ottawa
BSc (2005) - Université d'Ottawa

Affiliations externes principales

  • Chercheur Invité, Commission Géologique du Canada
Enseignement

Publications

Articles scientifiques
  • Wilton, D.H.C., Saumur, B.M., Gordon, A. et Williamson, M.-C. (2019). Enigmatic massive sulphide mineralization in the High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP), Nunavut, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences/Revue canadienne des sciences de la Terre. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0156.
  • Evenchick, C.A., Galloway, J.M., Saumur, B.M. et Davis, W.J. (2018). A revised stratigraphic framework for Cretaceous sedimentary and igneous rocks at Mokka Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, with implications for the Cretaceous Normal Superchron. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences/Revue canadienne des sciences de la Terre. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0129.
  • Saumur, B.M. et Cruden, A.R. (2017). Ingress of Magmatic Ni-Cu Sulphide Liquid into Surrounding Brittle Rocks: Physical & Structural Controls. Ore Geology Reviews, 90, 439–445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.06.009.
  • Saumur, B.M., Dewing, K. et Williamson, M.-C. (2016). Architecture of the Canadian Portion of the High Arctic Large Igneous Province and Implications for Magmatic Ni-Cu Potential. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences/Revue canadienne des sciences de la Terre, 53(5), 528–542. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2015-0220.
  • Boutelier, D., Cruden, A.R. et Saumur, B.M. (2016). Density and visco-elasticity of Natrosol 250 HH solutions: determining their suitability for experimental tectonics. Journal of Structural Geology, 86, 153–165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2016.03.001.
  • Saumur, B.M. et Cruden, A.R. (2016). On the Emplacement of the Voisey’s Bay Intrusion (Labrador, Canada). Geological Society of America Bulletin, 128(1-2), 147–168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B31240.1.
  • Barnes, S.J., Cruden, A.R., Arndt, N.T. et Saumur, B.M. (2016). The mineral system approach applied to magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 76, 296–316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.06.012.
  • Saumur, B.M., Cruden, A.R. et Boutelier, D. (2015). Sulfide Liquid Entrainment by Silicate Magma: Implications for the Dynamics and Petrogenesis of Magmatic Sulfide Deposits. Journal of Petrology, 56(12), 2473–2490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egv080.
  • Saumur, B.M., Cruden, A.R., Evans-Lamswood, D. et Lightfoot, P.C. (2015). Wall-Rock Structural Controls on the Genesis of the Voisey’s Bay Intrusion and its Ni-Cu-Co Magmatic Sulfide Mineralization (Labrador, Canada). Economic Geology, 110(3), 691–711. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.110.3.691.
  • Saumur, B.M. et Hattori, K.H. (2013). Zoned Cr-spinel and ferritchromite alteration in forearc mantle serpentinites of the Rio San Juan Complex, Dominican Republic. Mineralogical Magazine, 77(1), 117–136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.11.
  • Saumur, B.M., Hattori, K.H. et Guillot, S. (2010). Contrasting origins of serpentinites in a subduction complex, northern Dominican Republic. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 122(1-2), 292–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B26530.1.
  • Hattori, K.H., Guillot, S., Saumur, B.M., Tubrett, M.N., Vidal, O. et Morfin, S. (2010). Corundum-bearing garnet peridotites from the northern Dominican Republic: a metamorphic product of an arc cumulate in the Caribbean subduction zone. Lithos, 114(3-4), 437–450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2009.10.010.
  • Hattori, K.H., Guillot, S., Tubrett, M.N., Saumur, B.M., Vidal, O. et Morfin, S. (2010). Reply to Comment on “Corundum-bearing garnet peridotites from the northern Dominican Republic: a metamorphic product of an arc cumulate in the Caribbean subduction zone" by Richard N. Abbott and Grenville Draper. Lithos, 117(1-4), 327–330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2010.03.007.
  • Dinel, E., Saumur, B.M. et Fowler A.D. (2008). Spherulitic Aphyric Pillow-Lobe Metatholeiitic Dacite Lava of the Timmins Area, Ontario, Canada: A new Archean Facies Formed from Superheated Melts. Economic Geology, 103(6), 1365–1378. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.103.6.1365.
Chapitres de livre
  • Saumur, B.M., Skipton, D.R., St-Onge, M.R., Bros, E.R., Acosta-Gongora, P., Kelly, C.J.,... Weller, O.M. (2018). Precambrian Geology of the surroundings of Steensby Inlet and Western Barnes Ice Cap (parts of NTS 37E, 37F, 37G), Baffin Island, Nunavut. Dans Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office (dir.). Summary of Activities 2018 (p. 29–45). Nunavut, Canada : Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office. https://wp-uploads.cngo.ca/Summary_of_Activities_2018-P03-Saumur.pdf.
  • Skipton, D.R., Saumur, B.M., St-Onge, M.R., Wodicka, N., Bros, E.R., Morin, A.,... Johnston, S.T. (2017). Precambrian bedrock geology of the Pond Inlet–Mary River area, northern Baffin Island, Nunavut. Dans Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office (dir.). Summary of Activities 2017 (p. 49–68). Nunavut, Canada : Canada Nunavut Geoscience Office. https://wp-uploads.cngo.ca/Summary_of_Activities_2017-P05-Skipton.pdf.
Actes de colloque
Rapports de recherche ou techniques
  • Tschirhart, V., Montsion, R., Acosta-Gongora, P., Saumur, B.M., Gadd, M. et Tschirhart, P. (2018). Dismantling the geo-silos: an integrated model for Cu-porphyry prospectivity in the Quesnel terrane, British Columbia. (GSC, Scientific Presentation 76). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/306553.
  • Williamson, M.-C., Saumur, B.M., Grasby, S. et Hadlari, T. (2017). Field studies on High Arctic large igneous province (HALIP), Axel Heiberg Island and Ellesmere Island, Nunavut (GEM-2 Report of Activities, Western Arctic Region). (Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8169). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/306303.
  • Saumur, B.-M., Williamson, M.-C., Bédard, J.H., Dewing, K. et Evenchick, C.A. (2017). GEM-2: multiscale architecture and Ni-Cu-PGE prospectivity of the High Arctic large igneous province (HALIP).. GSC Scientific Presentation 72. Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/305827.
  • Saumur, B.M. (2017). Musings on Intrusion Geometry, Chonoliths and Mineral Deposits. (GSC, Scientific Presentation 71). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/305828.
  • Saumur, B.M. (2017). Ni-Cu-PGE prospectivity of the HALIP, Canadian Arctic Islands: field-based evidence of structural controls on intrusive style. Dans M.-C. Williamson(dir.). GEM 2 High Arctic Large Igneous Province(HALIP) Activity: Workshop Report(Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8151, p. 41-44). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/300711.
  • Saumur, B.M., Skipton, D.R. et St-Onge, M.R. (2017). Report of Activities 2017, GEM-2 Baffin Project: Regional Bedrock Mapping of Northern Baffin Island (Pond Inlet and Mary River areas), Nunavut. (Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8304). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/305957.
  • Saumur, B.M. et Williamson, M.-C. (2016). Geochemistry of volcanic rocks from the High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP), Axel Heiberg Island and Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. (Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8002). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/297894.
  • Williamson, M.-C., Saumur, B.M. et Evenchick. C.A. (2016). HALIP volcanic-intrusive complexes, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut. Dans M.-C. Williamson(dir.). Report of Activities for High Arctic Large Igneous Province(HALIP) – GEM 2 Western Arctic Region Project: Bedrock Mapping and Mineral Exploration(Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7950 revised, p. 14-26). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/297784.
  • Saumur, B.M. (2015). HALIP legacy samples, Part I – the Ottawa Collection. Dans K. Dewing(dir.). 2015 Report of activities for High Arctic Large Igneous Province(HALIP) GEM 2 Western Arctic Region Project(Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7976, p. 10-18). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/297369.
  • Saumur, B.M., Williamson, M.-C., Muecke, A.L. et Muecke, G.K. (2015). HALIP legacy samples, Part II – the Dalhousie University Collection. Dans K. Dewing(dir.). 2015 Report of activities for High Arctic Large Igneous Province(HALIP) GEM 2 Western Arctic Region Project(Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7976, p. 17-19). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/297370.
  • Saumur, B.M., Williamson, M.-C. et Evenchick, C.A. (2015). Volcanic-intrusive complexes of western Axel Heiberg Island. Dans K. Dewing(dir.). 2015 Report of activities for High Arctic Large Igneous Province(HALIP) GEM 2 Western Arctic Region Project(Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7976, p. 31-33). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. https://doi.org/10.4095/297374.
  • Houlé, M.G., Ayer, J.A., Baldwin, G., Berger, B.R., Dinel, E., Fowler, A.D., Moulton, B., Saumur, B.M. et Thurston, P.C. (2008). Field Trip Guidebook to the Stratigraphy and Volcanology of Supracrustal Assemblages Hosting Base Metal and Gold Mineralization in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Timmins, Ontario. (Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6225). http://www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndmfiles/pub/data/imaging/ofr6225/OFR6225.pdf.
Autres publications
  • Saumur, B.M., Skipton, D.R., St-Onge, M.R., Wodicka, N., Bros, E.R. et Weller, O.M. (2018). Bedrock Geology, Kanajuqtuuq (Paquet Bay), Nunavut, NTS 37-G north.(Canadian Geoscience Map 349). Natural Resources Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/306584
  • Saumur, B.M., Skipton, D.R., St-Onge, M.R., Wodicka, N., Bros, E.R. et Weller, O.M. (2018). Bedrock Geology, Mumiksaa-Milne Inlet, Nunavut, parts of NTS 38-B and 48-A.(Canadian Geoscience Map 348). Ottawa, ON : Natural Resources Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/306579
  • Skipton, D.R., Saumur, B.M., St-Onge, M.R., Wodicka, N., Bros, E.R., Currie, L.,... Weller, O.M. (2018). Bedrock Geology, Pond Inlet, Nunavut, part of NTS 38-B.(Canadian Geoscience Map 347). Natural Resources Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/306578