Yves Moussallam BSc MSc

PhD Student

Understanding the Redox evolution of an ascending magma; observational and experimental constraints from Mont Erebus volcano, Antarctica.

Biography

Qualifications

2008-2010: Master of Science, Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, ON
2005-2008: Scientific Baccalaureate - specialisation in Geology University of Ottawa, ON

Career

Summer 2008: Geological survey of Canada – TGI 3 – Newfoundland, senior assistant geologist
Winter 2008: Geological survey of Canada – Research assistant
Summer 2007: Geological survey of Canada – TGI 3 – Newfoundland, Senior assistant geologist
Summer 2006: Ontario Geological survey - Far North Mapping project, Junior assistant geologist

Awards

2010: Philip Lake fund, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
2010: William Vaughan Lewis, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
2008-2010: International Tuition Fee Scholarship (University of Ottawa)
2008-2010: Univ. of Ottawa Admission Scholarship
2008: Geological Association of Canada Student Award
2007 & 2008: Bickell Foundation Scholarship
2007: Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa award
2006-2010: University of Ottawa Dean’s Honour List

Research

My research aim at retracing the evolution of the redox state of a magma rising to the surface. Toward this end we are combining an experimental approach with direct volcanic gas measurements and studies of Melt inclusions from Mont Erebus volcano in Antarctica. This research is in collaboration with the CNRS in Orleans, the Mont Erebus volcano Observatory and the INGV in Palermo.

Publications

Selected publications

Moussallam, Y., Schneider, D.A., Janàk, M., Thöni, M, Ulrich, T., 2009. Exhumation of deep mountain roots through mid crustal extrusion corridor: P-T-t constraints Western Tatra, Slovakia Oral presentation at the GSA conference 2009.
Moussallam, Y., Schneider, D.A., 2009. A unified extrusion model for the exhumation corridor of granulite and eclogite assemblages in central Europe (eastern Bohemian - Tatra Mountains). Poster presented at Granulites and Granulites 2009.
Moussallam, Y., Schneider, D.A., Janàk, M., Thöni, M, Ulrich, T., 2009. Exhumation of deep mountain roots: P-T-t constraints on Variscan eclogites and migmatites, Western Tatra, Slovakia. Poster presented at Granulites and Granulites 2009.
Moussallam, Y., Skulski, T., Fowler, A., McNicoll, V., Castonguay, S., 2008. Tectonostratigraphy and Geological history of the Cape Saint John Group, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland. Poster presented at GAC-MAC Quebec 2008.

Teaching

Winter 2010: Lecturer for several geology short courses, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia.
Fall 2009: Teaching Assistant, Geo 3164 Metamorphic Petrology
Spring 2009: Teaching Assistant, Geo 2020 Field Study in West Virginia and North Carolina
Winter 2009: Teaching Assistant, Geo 2321 Structural Geology and Tectonics
Fall 2008: Teaching Assistant, Geo 3164 Metamorphic Petrology
Spring 2008: Teaching Assistant, Geo 2020 Field Study in Quebec
Winter 2008: Teaching Assistant, Geo 1111 Introduction to earth system
Fall 2007: Teaching Assistant, Geo 1515 Introduction to earth material
Winter 2007: Teaching Assistant, Geo 1301 Introduction to geology