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🇨🇦 Post Doctoral Research Geologist #pseudotachylyte #mylonite #shearzone #garnet #plagioclase #geothermal https://www.stephenmichalchuk.com IG: @powphotog

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Feb 4

🚨 Hot off the press 🪨 ⚒️ Where do you come from, where do you go 🎶 fluids that is… after an earthquake in the dry lower crust? We look into this and more using SEM-CL, EBSD, EMPA, STEM, and FTIR!

Hit the link below 👇

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Nature @nature.com · Jun 19

Most pixels in cameras detect only red, green or blue light. A sensor made from perovskite materials absorbs all three, improving image brightness and resolution

https://go.nature.com/3T1oKcd

Light detectors made from perovskite crystals see in full colour

Most pixels in cameras detect only red, green or blue light. A sensor made from perovskite materials absorbs all three, improving image brightness and resolution.

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Jun 13

Jobs on Friday! ⚠️
2 post-doctoral researcher positions (2 years) to investigate deformation processes that occur before and during earthquakes.

Where: the Njord Centre, a leading research centre in physics and geosciences at the University of Oslo.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

#geology

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · May 31

Canadian academics are some of the Americas’ top research collaborators and receive funding from US agencies. As a result, they have not been spared from the funding cuts and job losses that are plaguing their US counterparts. #Academicsky 🧪

‘A funeral for our careers’: Trump’s science cuts spill onto Canadian turf

Researchers in Canada prepare for turbulence in the wake of US funding changes — but there’s a silver lining.

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · May 3

@sheared-sash.bsky.social

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · May 3

What a week @egu.eu. Lots of interesting presentations and fantastic sunny hot weather in Vienna! Sadly, not enough schnitzels! Oh well, maybe next year. @sheared-sash.bsky.social

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Apr 29

The return of the pre-EGU fieldtrip through the Austrian Bohemian Massif was a fantastic way to kickoff the conference week. Fantastic weather and fantastic organization made it very enjoyable! Thanks Bernhard, Anna, @sheared-sash.bsky.social and Chris. #egu25 @egu.eu @ts.egu.eu 🪨 🧪⚒️ #geology

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Apr 29

Silvio and Matt Cohen

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Apr 24

It’s been a hot minute since my last #thinsectionthursday but here’s some things I’m working on these days… anyone else having issues with how2plot in MTEX 6.0? I’ve seen some solutions online.. think they’re working but it’s just so random how orientations get flipped without explicit scripting ⚒️🧪

$SEM-CL map of fractured plagioclase, quartz, K-feldspar, and mafic phases (black) next to a ductile shear zone (at bottom and out of sight)$

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Mar 12

Takk Hugo!

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Mar 12

Thanks! Couldn’t have done 2/3 without you… some might even say 3/3 without you… but we’ll leave that for another debate hahah

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Mar 12

💥 hot off the press and 4 years in the making! My PhD thesis in all its glory! 2 published papers, 1 nearly ready for submission, and an exciting project in the making, all find a home in the pages within. Super proud of my work at Njord w/ Luca Menegon, Kristina Dunkel, & @sheared-sash.bsky.social

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Mar 4

It’s cause of the eggs pricing… #openingthecanofworms

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Mar 4

So you don’t shake hands with the rector/president in some fancy library and receive the degree all rolled up in a few weeks time?

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Mar 3

Hello Bluesky! EGU is pleased to be able to activate our account here, and share all the exciting news about the upcoming General Assembly: #EGU25, our #OpenAccess publications and more! Several of our Divisions will be making the move over from Twitter/X too, so keep an eye out for your favourites!

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Feb 23

Great GUI. I’ll have to dig around with the plotting options. Lots of settings to sort out on how I want to present my data

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Feb 20

I saw that but it’s now outdated by 6 years

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Feb 20

Searches come back with R scripts or suggesting to use Web of Science author search, which are all valid of course. This website I came across was quick and easy

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Feb 20

Hey everyone,
Does anyone have a link to a website where you can search for conflict of interests among research collaborators? A few months ago (~Nov 2024), someone shared a link but I haven’t been able to find it or something similar with a google search. 🧪 ⚒️

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Feb 4

😃 thanks Hugo!

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Feb 4

(3) Repeated fragmentation and comminution in addition to fluid at the grain boundaries are required to facilitate viscous deformation

Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Feb 4

We find that
(1) Plagioclase in the damage zone of a lower-crustal pseudotachylyte deformed via pulverization-style fragmentation

(2) Liberated H2O as a result of the earthquake remained in grain boundary regions and facilitated neoblast growth and healing of fractures

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Feb 4

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Stephen Michalchuk @stephenmichalchuk.com · Jan 18

The poll was only open for all of… less than a week. How many answered? Is it even representative? Article date for the poll is January 14th and today is the 18th

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · Dec 18

Our deep-time emissary, Marcia Bjornerud, takes us on a metamorphic journey.

⚒️🧪 geology GIS

Metamorphic rocks go on deep journeys we never can | Aeon Essays

Metamorphic rocks are our emissaries from the deep, travelling to alien realms and revealing the restless nature of Earth

aeon.co

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