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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- I have read and followed Atlantic Geology's Editorial Guidelines (available here) in preparing this manuscript.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
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Special Series: Geoscience in support of a net-zero in Atlantic Canada (and beyond)
This “special series” was initiated on the topic “Geoscience in support of a net-zero in Atlantic Canada (and beyond)” as a result of a special session and discussions during the Colloquium in Truro in February, 2023. The activity is spear-headed by an editorial team at GSC Atlantic, including Jordan Eamer, Alexandre Normandeau, Rob Fensome, Mike Parsons, and Carla Skinner. Their description of the initiative is as follows: The Government of Canada has committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Atlantic Canada will play a pivotal role in achieving this goal, with ambitious plans for renewable energy development, regional electrical distribution, and utilization of its carbon capture potential. These plans require an understanding of a wide range of geosciences, including surficial geology, basin analysis, geohazards, structural geology, geomorphology, and geotechnology. We invite submissions to a special series of Atlantic Geoscience to assemble and disseminate knowledge on the geoscience needed to achieve net-zero emissions in Atlantic Canada by 2050. Themes may include but are not limited to: Geothermal energy potential; Carbon capture and storage; Geological information needed to support offshore wind; Geohazard risks to renewable infrastructure; Geological prospecting for energy storage; New mapping products and techniques for sustainable development; Work to date and the path forward for tidal energy; Leveraging legacy techniques and knowledge to advance low-carbon goals. The first paper in the special series is anticipated in v. 60.
Special Series: In Recognition of the Geological Career of Sandra M. Barr
Papers are welcomed on any topics within the broad scope of the journal and relevant in any way to the diverse career of Sandra M. Barr, Professor Emerita, Acadia University. The concept for this special series arose from a special session entitled “From Ocean Crust to Mountain Peaks: A Celebration of the Career of Sandra Barr” at the 50th Colloquium and Annual General Meeting of the Atlantic Geoscience Society in Moncton, New Brunswick (February 2-3, 2024) convened by Deanne van Rooyen and Chris White, and from a symposium on “Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Geological Connections Among Northwest Africa, Europe, and Eastern North America – A Session Honoring the Career of Sandra M. Barr” at the Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section, annual meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire (March 17-19, 2024), convened by Yvette Kuiper, Margaret Thompson, Chris White, Saïd Belkacim, Faouziya Haissen, and Pilar Montero. Editors for the special series are Deanne van Rooyen and Chris White.
Special Series: Circum-Arctic Palynological Event Stratigraphy
The objective of the Circum-Arctic Palynological Event (CAPE) Stratigraphy series is to integrate data published on Arctic palynomorphs to delineate palynological events (palynoevents) across the Arctic for the Silurian to Cenozoic. It is a product of the Trans-GEM Event Stratigraphy activity of the Geological Survey of Canada's Geo-mapping for Energy and Mineral’s (GEM) program. Read more in the Introduction to the CAPE paper series by Bujak et al. in v.57.
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