Biography:
Taís is a Ph.D. candidate with Dr. Eva Enkelmann at the University of Calgary. She received her B.Sc. in geology and M.Sc. in geochemistry from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. During her master’s thesis on the Phanerozoic evolution of Precambrian carbonatites in Brazil, her focus and passion switched to thermochronology resulting in her subsequent move to Calgary to take up her current research. Since landing in Calgary, Taís has enjoyed many discussions about Canada’s energy future its relationship to Canadian geology.
Project: Thermal History of the Liard Basin: From Geothermal Potential to Hydrocarbon Exploration
The Liard Basin in British Columbia’s Northeast Region and SW Northwest Territories is a prolific energy resource area, which hosts hydrocarbon reservoirs and anomalously high geothermal gradients (40–55°C/km). These resources are a product of the basin’s long-lived Phanerozoic history, which was influenced by the evolution of the western North American margin. This research will use apatite and zircon low-temperature thermochronology to quantify upper crustal cooling and constrain the burial and erosional history of the Liard Basin. This information will improve the understanding of the evolution of the basin and the development of geothermal anomalies, which may aid future geothermal exploration efforts.
