Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Accepted

Goda, K., Rimando, J., Peace, A. L., Sirous, N., Rosset, P., & Chouinard, L. (Accepted) Regional Seismic Loss Estimation and Critical Earthquake Scenarios for the Western Quebec Seismic Zone. Georisk. 

2023

Gusti, U., Peace, A. L. & Rimando, J. (Accepted) Tectonic geomorphology of the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben, Eastern Canada: implications for regional uplift and intraplate seismicity. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2022-0137

Kim, N.,  Park, S-I., Cho, C. S., Cheon, Y. & Peace, A. L. (2023) Neotectonic transpressional intraplate deformation in Eastern Eurasia: Insights from active fault systems in the southeastern Korean Peninsula. Geoscience Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101559 

Peace, A. L. & Jess, S. (2023) Microdrones in field-based structural geology: a photogrammetry and fracture quantification case study from the North Mountain Basalt, Nova Scotia, Canada. Drone Systems and Applications.  https://doi.org/10.1139/dsa-2022-0037 

Heron, P., Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K. & Pysklywec R. (2023) Stranding continental crustal fragments during continental break-up: mantle suture reactivation in the Nain
province of Eastern Canada. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G50734.1 

2022

Gage, H., Eyles, C. & Peace, A. L. (2022) Winter weathering of fractured sedimentary rocks in a temperate climate: observation of freeze-thaw and thermal processes on the Niagara Escarpment, Hamilton, Ontario. Geological Magazine.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756822000887

Peace, A. L., Bingham-Koslowski, N., McCartney, T. &  Welford, J. K. (2022). The Orphan Basin: A review of basin evolution, structure, stratigraphy and petroleum systems. Earth-Science Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104148 

Formenti, S., Peace, A. L., Eyles, C., Lee, R. & Waldron, J. (2022). Fractures in the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario, Canada: Distribution, Connectivity, and Geohazard Implications. Geological Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756822000462

Rimando, J., Peace, A. L., Geng, M., Verbaas, J.& Slade, H. (2022) Structural setting of the Sixtymile gold district, Yukon, Canada: Insights into regional deformation and mineralization from field-mapping and 3D magnetic inversion. Minerals. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030291

Schiffer, C., Peace, A. L., Jess, S.,& Rondenay, S. (2022). The crustal structure in the Northwest Atlantic region from receiver function inversion – Implications for basin dynamics and magmatism. Tectonophysics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229235

Phethean, J. J. J., Papadopoulou, M. & Peace, A. L. (2022). Do dense melt residues drive near-MOR ‘hot-spots’?. Geological Society of America (GSA) Special Publication “In the Footsteps of Warren B. Hamilton: New Ideas in Earth Science” edited by Gillian R. Foulger, Donna M. Jurdy, Carol A. Stein, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Keith Howard, and Seth Stein. https://doi.org/10.1130/2021.2553(30) 

Peace, A. L. & Phethean, J. J. J. (2022). The African continental divide: Indian vs Atlantic Ocean spreading during Gondwana dispersal. Geological Society of America (GSA) Special Publication “In the Footsteps of Warren B. Hamilton: New Ideas in Earth Science” edited by Gillian R. Foulger, Donna M. Jurdy, Carol A. Stein, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Keith Howard, and Seth Stein. https://doi.org/10.1130/2021.2553(07)

2021

Peace, A. L. (2021). Beyond ‘crumple zones’ – Recent advances, applications and future directions in deformable plate tectonic modelling. Geological Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756821000534

Rimando, J. & Peace, A. L. (2021). Reactivation Potential of Intraplate Faults in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, Eastern Canada. Earth and Space Science.  DOI: 10.1029/2021EA001825

Peace, A. L., Gabriel, J. J., & Eyles, C. (2021). Geoscience fieldwork in the age of COVID-19 and beyond: Commentary on the development of a virtual geological field trip to Whitefish Falls, Ontario, Canada. Geosciences DOI:10.3390/geosciences11120489

2020

Jess, S., Peace, A. L. & Schiffer, C. (2020) Sediment supply on the West Greenland passive margin: redirection of a large pre-glacial drainage system. Journal of the Geological Society. DOI: 10.1144/jgs2020-028 

Stephenson, R., Schiffer, C., Peace, A. L., Neilsen, S. & Jess, S. (2020) Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic basin inversion and paleo-stress fields in the North Atlantic-western Alpine-Tethys realm: implications for intraplate tectonics. Earth-Science Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103252

Geng, M., Welford, J. J., Farquharson, C., Peace, A. L. & Hu, X. (2020) 3D joint inversion of airborne gravity gradiometry and magnetic data using a probabilistic method. Geophysical Journal International. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggaa283

King, M., Welford, J. K. & Peace, A. L. (2020) Investigating the role of the Galicia Bank on the formation of the West Iberian margin using deformable plate tectonic models. Tectonophysics. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228537

Foulger, G.R., Schiffer, C. & Peace, A. L. (2020). A New Paradigm for the North Atlantic Realm. Earth-Science Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.103038

Schiffer, C., Doré, A.G., Foulger, G.R., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon, L., Holdsworth, R., Kusznir, N., Lundin, E., McCaffrey, K., Peace, A. L., Petersen, Phillips, T., K., Stephenson,  R., Stoker, M. & Welford, J. K. (2020) Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic. Earth-Science Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102975

Foulger, G., Doré, A., Emeleus, H., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon, L., Hey, R., Holdsworth, R., Hole, M., Höskuldsson, Á., Julian, B., Kusznir, N., Martinez, F., McCaffrey, K., Natland, J., Peace, A. L., Petersen, K., Schiffer, C., Stephenson., R & Stoker, M. (2020) A continental Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge. Earth-Science Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102926

Peace, A. L., Phethean, J., Franke, D., Foulger, G., Schiffer, C., Welford, K., McHone, G., Rocchi, S., Schnabel, M., & Doré, A. (2020) A review of Pangaea dispersal and Large Igneous Provinces – in search for causative mechanisms. Earth-Science Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102902

Peace, A. L. & Welford, J. K. (2020). Conjugate margins – An oversimplification of the complex southern North Atlantic rift and spreading system?. Interpretation. DOI: 10.1190/int-2019-0087.1

MacMahon, H., Welford, J. K., Sandoval, L. & Peace, A. L. (2020) The Rockall and the Orphan Basins of the Southern North Atlantic Ocean: Determining Continuous Basins Across Conjugate Margins. Geosciences. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10050178

Yang, P., Welford, J. K., Peace, A. L. & Hobbs, R. (2020) Investigating the Goban Spur rifted continental margin, offshore Ireland, through integration of new seismic reflection and potential field data. Tectonophysics. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228364

2019

Heron, P., Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Welford, J. K., Wilson, R., van Hunen, J., & Pysklywec, R. (2019) Segmentation of rifts through structural inheritance: Creation of the Davis Strait. Tectonics. DOI:10.1029/2019TC005578

Sandoval, L., Welford, J. K., MacMahon, H., & Peace, A. L. (2019) Determining continuous basins across conjugate margins: The East Orphan, Porcupine, and Galicia Interior basins of the southern North Atlantic Ocean. Marine and Petroleum Geology. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.06.047

Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Ball, P., & Nirrengarten, M. (2019) Deformable plate tectonic models of the southern North Atlantic. Journal of Geodynamics. DOI:10.1016/j.jog.2019.05.005

Schiffer, C., Peace, A. L., Phethean, J., Gernigon, L., McCaffrey, K., Petersen, K.D. & Foulger, G.R. (2019), The Jan Mayen Microplate Complex and the Wilson Cycle. in Tectonic Evolution: 50 Years of the Wilson Cycle Concept: Geological Society of London Special Publications. DOI: 10.1144/SP470.2

Geng, M., Welford, J. K., Farquharson, C. & Peace A. L. (2019), 3-D inversion of airborne gravity gradiometry data for the Budgell Harbour Stock, Newfoundland: A case history using a probabilistic approach. Geophysics. DOI: 10.1190/geo2018-0407.1

2018

Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Geng, M., Sandeman, H., Gaetz, B. & Ryan, S. (2018), Rift-related magmatism on magma-poor margins: Structural and potential-field analysis of the Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, Newfoundland, Canada and their link to North Atlantic Opening. Tectonophysics. DOI:10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.025

Welford, J. K., Peace, A. L., Geng, M., Dehler, S. & Dickie, K. (2018) Crustal structure of Baffin Bay from constrained 3-D gravity inversion and deformable plate tectonic models. Geophysical Journal International. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggy193

Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Geng, M., Sandeman, H., Gaetz, B. & Ryan, S. (2018), Structural geology data and 3-D subsurface models of the Budgell Harbour Stock and associated dykes, Newfoundland, Canada. Data in Brief. DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.072

Peace, A. L., Dempsey, E., Schiffer, C., Welford, J. K., McCaffrey, K., Imber, I. & Phethean, J. (2018), Evidence for basement reactivation during the opening of the Labrador Sea from the Makkovik Province, Labrador, Canada: Insights from field-data and numerical models. Geosciences. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences8080308

Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., van Hunen, J., Hobbs, R.W. & Wilson, R.W. (2018), The role of pre-existing structures during rifting, continental breakup and transform system development, offshore West Greenland. Basin Research. DOI: 10.1111/bre.12257

2017

Peace, A. L., Foulger, G., Schiffer, C. & McCaffrey, K., (2017), Evolution of Labrador Sea- Baffin Bay: Plate or plume processes? Geoscience Canada. DOI: 10.12789/geocanj.2017.44.120

Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Hobbs, R., van Hunen, J., & Gerdes, K. (2017), Quantifying the influence of sill intrusion on the thermal evolution of organic-rich sedimentary rocks in nonvolcanic passive margins: An example from ODP 210-1276, offshore Newfoundland, Canada. Basin Research. DOI: 10.1111/bre.12131

2016

Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Phethean, J., Nowell, G., Gerdes, K., & Dempsey, E. (2016), An evaluation of Mesozoic rift-related magmatism on the margins of the Labrador Sea: Implications for rifting and passive margin asymmetry. Geosphere. DOI: 10.1130/GES01341.1

Contributions to Books

2020

Peace A. L. (2020) “Broken Bridge structure” In: Mukherjee, S. (Ed) Atlas of Structural Geology. Second Edition. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-816802-8.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Articles

2021

Rimando, J. & Peace, A. L.  ‘Contrary to popular belief, Eastern Canada is more at risk of earthquakes than perceived’. September 15th 2021, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/contrary-to-popular-belief-eastern-canada-is-more-at-risk-of-earthquakes-than-perceived-167743. This article was republished on the following:

• The Weather Network –https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/contrary-to-popular-belief-eastern-canada-is-more-at-risk-of-earthquakes-than-perceived
• The National Post – https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/contrary-to-popular-belief-eastern-canada-is-more-at-risk-of-earthquakes-than-perceived 
• The Canadian Underwriter – https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/contrary-to-popular-belief-eastern-canada-is-more-at-risk-of-earthquakes-than-perceived-1004212527/

2020

Peace, A. L. (2020) ‘How the Earth’s last supercontinent broke apart to form the world we have today’. May 12th 2020, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-the-earths-last-supercontinent-broke-apart-to-form-the-world-we-have-today-131632

2019

Peace, A. L., Phethean, J., Franke, D., Foulger, G., Schiffer, C., Welford, K., McHone, G., Rocchi, S., Schnabel, M., & Doré, A. (2019). The relationship between Pangaea breakup and Large Igneous Provinces. http://www.mantleplumes.org/PangaeaLIPs.html

Schiffer, C., Doré, A.G., Foulger, G.R., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon, L., Holdsworth, R., Kusznir, N., Lundin, E., McCaffrey, K., Peace, A. L., Petersen, Phillips, T., K., Stephenson,  R., Stoker, M. & Welford, J. K. (2019). Large-scale Structural Inheritance in the Circum-North Atlantic Region. http://www.mantleplumes.org/StructuralInheritance.html

Foulger, G., Doré, A., Emeleus, H., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon, L., Hey, R., Holdsworth, R., Hole, M., Höskuldsson, Á., Julian, B., Kusznir, N., Martinez, F., McCaffrey, K., Natland, J., Peace, A. L., Petersen, K., Schiffer, C., Stephenson., R & Stoker, M. (2019). A continental Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge. http://www.mantleplumes.org/Iceland5.html

Articles in review/revision/preparation

Rimando, J., Peace, A. L., Goda, K., Sirous, N., Rosset, P. and Chouinard, L. (Submitted). Coseismic Coulomb Stress Changes on Intraplate Faults in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, Canada: Implications for Seismic Hazards. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.

Peace, A. L., Sandeman, H. Welford, J. K., Dunning, G. & Camacho, A. (Submitted). Geochronology of Mesozoic alkaline intrusions north-central Newfoundland, Canada: implications for North Atlantic opening. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 

Conference papers, abstracts, posters, presentations and invited talks

*=presenting author, ∞=invited

2023

Peace, A. L., Foulger, G., Rimando, J. & Phethean, J. J. J. (2023). The not-so-Great Meteor Hotpot cannot explain Eastern Canada seismicity. Geocongress 2023. January 2023. Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Phethean, J. J. J., Yang, Li, Peace, A. L. & Foulger. G. R. (2023). Mantle plumes or microcontinents? Searching for continental zircons in Iceland. Geocongress 2023. January 2023. Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Phethean, J. J. J., Papadopoulou, M,  Peace, A. L. & van Hunen, J. (2023) Downwelling dense mantle residues generates mid-ocean-ridge hotspots and magma-rich continental breakup: Application to the Karoo large igneous province. Geocongress 2023. January 2023. Stellenbosch, South Africa.

2022

Peace, A. L. & Jess, S. (2022). Microdrones in field-based structural geology: a photogrammetry and fracture quantification case study from the North Mountain Basalt, Nova Scotia, Canada. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2022. Chicago, USA. 

Peace, A. L., Schiffer, C., Jess, S. & Phethean, J. (2022) Fault reactivation and halokinesis: an example from the Penobscot 3D seismic volume, offshore Nova Scotia, Canada. GAC-MAC-IAH-CNC-CSPG, Halifax, NS, Canada. 

Rimando, J., Hobbs, T., Peace, A. L. & Goda, K. (2022) A comparative analysis of approaches to expanding Canada’s Earthquake Scenario Catalogue. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

Peace, A. L., Schiffer, C., Jess, S. & Phethean, J. (2022) Fault reactivation and halokinesis: an example from the Penobscot 3D seismic volume, offshore Nova Scotia, Canada. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

2021

∞*Peace, A. L. Welford, J. K., Dunning, G., Sandeman, H., Camacho, A., Gaetz, B. & Ryan, S. Magmatism and continental breakup: The Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, Newfoundland, Canada. North East Geological Society (NEGS), Durham, UK

∞Peace, A. L., Rimando, J., & Gusti, U. Plate interior vs plate boundary seismicity: Implications for hazards in Quebec and Ontario. 2021 Western-ICLR Multi-hazard Risk and Resilience Workshop. Western University, London, ON, Canada

*Gage, H., Lee, R., Eyles, C.& Peace, A. L. (2021). Contemporary Climatic Factors Affecting Thermal Weathering of Fractured Sedimentary Rocks of the Niagara Escarpment. AGU Fall Meeting, December 13th-17th 2021.

*Heron, P.,  McCaffrey, K., Peace, A. L. & Pysklywec, R. (2021) Continental fragment formation by rifting of orogenic belts. AGU Fall Meeting, December 13th-17th 2021.

*Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Geng, M., Dunning, G., Hamish, S., Camacho, A., Gaetz, B. & Ryan, S. (2021). Rift-related magmatism on magma-poor margins: The Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, Newfoundland, Canada and their link to North Atlantic Opening. North Atlantic-South China Sea meeting, Online/virtual.

*Gusti, U., Peace, A. L. & Rimando, J. (2021). Tectonic geomorphology of the western Quebec seismic zone (WQSZ), Eastern Canada: implications for regional uplift and intraplate seismicity using GIS. GAC-MAC, London, Ontario, Canada. Nov. 3rd-5th 2021.

*Jess, S, Peace, A. L., and Schiffer, C. (2021). Compilation of apatite fission-track data from across the North Atlantic: regional trends and interpretations. GSA Connects 2021.

*Gage, H., Lee, R., Eyles, C.& Peace, A. L. (2021). Observations and Projections of Thermal Factors Affecting Weathering of Fractured Sedimentary Rocks of the Niagara Escarpment. GAC-MAC, London, Ontario, Canada. Nov. 3rd-5th 2021.

*Heron, P.,  McCaffrey, K., Pysklywec, R. & Peace, A. L. (2021) Continental fragment formation by rifting of orogenic belts. GAC-MAC, London, Ontario, Canada. Nov. 3rd-5th 2021.

*Gusti, U., Peace, A. L. & Rimando, J. (2021). Relative Tectonic Activity Assessment using Morphotectonic Analysis in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, Eastern Canada. British Society of Geomorphology Annual Meeting 2021. 13th – 15th of September 2021.

*Formenti, S., Peace, A. L., Waldron, J., Eyles, C. & Lee, R. (2021) The influence of fracture networks on stability and geohazards of the Niagara Escarpment in southern Ontario. EGU General Assembly, Online/virtual.

*Nnadi, C & Peace, A. L. (2021) Reconstruction of Salt Tectonics: Insights from the Mid North Sea High. EGU General Assembly, Online/virtual.

*Peace, A. L., Schiffer, C., Jess, S. & Phethean, J. J. J. (2021), Depth-dependent inversion of normal faults: Structural analysis of the Penobscot 3D seismic volume, offshore Nova Scotia. EGU General Assembly, Online/virtual.

2020

*Peace, A. L., Sandeman, H., Welford, J. K., Dunning, G. & Camacho, A. (2020). Geochronology, petrology and lithogeochemistry of Mesozoic alkaline lamprophyric intrusions, Newfoundland, Canada: implications of magmatic evolution for North Atlantic opening. GSA 2020 Connects Online, 26th-30th of October 2020.

*Formenti, S., Peace, A. L., Carolyn, E. & Lee, R. (2020). An analysis of fracture controlled erosion and rockfalls in the Niagara escarpment in southern Ontario. GSA 2020 Connects Online, 26th-30th of October 2020.

*Ng, E. & Peace, A. L. (2020). Influence of structural inheritance on rift development in the Southern North Sea. GSA 2020 Connects Online, 26th-30th of October 2020.

*Peace, A. L. & Phethean, J. J. J. (2020). The African continental divide: Indian vs Atlantic Ocean spreading during Gondwana dispersal. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, 7th-11th of December 2020.

*King, M., Welford, J. K., & Peace, A. L. (2020). Investigating the role of Iberia and its interplay with the Newfoundland and Irish offshore margins using plate reconstructions. EGU General Assembly 2020.

*Peace, A. L., Cadenas, P. M., Farangitakizs, G-. P., Phethean, J. J. J. &  Watremez, L. (2020). Structural inheritance and evolving rift kinematics in transforms and oblique rift systems: A comparison of global example. EGU General Assembly 2020.

∞*Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Dunning, G., Sandeman, H., Camacho, A., Gaetz, B. & Ryan, S. (2020). Magmatism and continental breakup: The Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, Newfoundland, Canada. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 8th of December 2020.

∞*Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Dunning, G., Sandeman, H., Camacho, A., Gaetz, B. & Ryan, S. (2020). Magmatism and continental breakup: The Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, Newfoundland, Canada. University of Durham, Durham, UK, 3rd of June 2020.

*Schiffer, C., Rondenay, S,  Nielsen, S., B., Peace, A. L. & Jess, S. (2020). Crustal structure of the West Greenland Igneous Province – implications for tectono-magmatic evolution. GSA 2020 Connects Online, 26th-30th of October 2020.

*Jess, S., Peace, A. L. & Schiffer, C. (2020). Sediment supply on the West Greenland passive margin: redirection of a large pre-glacial drainage system. GSA 2020 Connects Online, 26th-30th of October 2020.

*Lee, R. E., Peace, A. L. & Eyles, C. H. (2020). Geology fieldtrips in the time of covid: using virtual platforms to engage students and the public in local geology. GSA 2020 Connects Online, 26th-30th of October 2020.

∞*Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Dunning, G., Sandeman, H., Camacho, A., Gaetz, B. & Ryan, S. (2020). Magmatism and continental breakup: The Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, Newfoundland, Canada. Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 19th of January 2020.

2019

∞Phethean, J. & Peace, A. L. (2019) Deformable plate tectonic models of Mesozoic continental breakup and transform system development in East Africa. EGU General Assembly, 7-12th of April 2019, Vienna, Austria.

*Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Dunning, G., Sandeman, H., &  Camacho, A. (2019) Episodic magmatism resulting from intermittent rifting of the proto-North Atlantic: Insights from new geochronological constraints in Newfoundland, Canada. EGU General Assembly, 7-12th of April 2019, Vienna, Austria.

*Ball, P., Peace, A. L., Masini, E., Stockli, D., Bain, J., & Welford, J. K. (2019) Regional analysis of necking domains in young, incipient and failed rifted margins from deformable plate tectonic models and geophysical data. EGU General Assembly, 7-12th of April 2019, Vienna, Austria.

*Schiffer, C.,  Doré, A., Foulger, G., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L, Gernigon, L., Holdsworth, R., Kusznir, N., Lundin, E., McCaffrey, K., Peace, A. L., Petersen, K., Phillips, T., Stephenson, R., Stoker, M., & Welford, J. K. (2019) Large-scale tectonic inheritance in the North Atlantic region. EGU General Assembly, 7-12th of April 2019, Vienna, Austria.

*Foulger, G., Doré, A., Emeleus, H., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon, L., Hey, R., Holdsworth, R., Hole, M., Höskuldsson, Á., Julian, B., Kusznir, N., Martinez, F., McCaffrey, K., Natland, J., Peace, A. L., Petersen, K., Schiffer, C., Stephenson., R & Stoker, M. (2019). The Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge is continental. AGU Fall meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 9-13, 2019. Abstract

*Welford, J. K. Peace, A. L., Geng, M., Dehler, S. & Dickie, K. (2019). Investigating the tectonic evolution of Baffin Bay, northern Canada, using a combination of constrained 3-D gravity inversion and deformable plate tectonic models. AGU Fall meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 9-13, 2019. Abstract

*Phethean, J., Peace, A. L., Franke, D., Foulger, G., Schiffer, C., Welford, K., McHone, G., Rocchi, S., Schnabel, M., & Doré, A. (2019). Pangaea dispersal and Large Igneous Provinces: Cause or effect? AGU Fall meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 9-13, 2019. Abstract

*∞ Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Dunning, G., Sandeman, H., Camacho, A., Gaetz, B. & Ryan, S. (2019). Magmatism and continental breakup: The Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, Newfoundland, Canada. Western University, London, ON, Canada, 27th of September 2019.

*Foulger, G., Doré, T., Emeleus, C. H., Franke., D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon., R., Hey, R., Holdsworth, R.E., Hole, M., Höskuldsson, Á., Julian, B., Kusznir, N., Martinez, F., McCaffrey, K. J. W., Natland, J. H., Peace, A. L., Petersen, K., Schiffer, C., Stephenson, R., & Stoker, M. (2019). The Iceland microcontinent and a continental Greenland-Iceland-Faroe ridge. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, 22nd-25th of September 2019, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Abstract.

*Geng, M., Welford, J. K., Farquharson, C. & Peace, A. L. (2019). 3D joint inversion of airborne gravity gradiometry and magnetic data: A case study from Budgell Harbour Stock in northern-central Newfoundland, Canada. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 15th-20th of September 2019, San Antonio, TX, USA. https://library.seg.org/doi/10.1190/segam2019-3208039.1

∞* Peace, A. L., (2019). GPlates deformable plate tectonic models of the southern North Atlantic: Insights into rift-related deformation and magmatism. Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) Lunchbox Geophysics, St. John’s NL, and broadcast to Calgary, AB, May 9th, 2019. More info.

McCaffrey, K., Heron, P., *Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Wilson, W. & Pysklywec, R. (2019). The Complexity of Oblique Rifts: The Preservation of the Davis Strait. EGU General Assembly, 7-12th of April 2019, Vienna, Austria. Abstract.

*Stephenson, R., Schiffer, C., Jess, S., Peace, A. L., Nielsen, S. (2019), Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic intraplate basin inversion and paleo-stress fields in the North Atlantic-western Alpine-Tethys realm. EGU General Assembly, 7-12th of April 2019, Vienna, Austria. Abstract. 

∞* Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Ball, P. J. & Nirrengarten (2019), Deformable kinematic plate reconstructions and their role in reconstructing the tectonic evolution of the southern North Atlantic and beyond. 9th Annual Geoscience Day 2019, March 21st, St. John’s NL, Canada 

2018

*Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Ball, P. J. (2018), Tectonic implications of Mesozoic-Cenozoic magmatism on the Newfoundland-Ireland-Iberian margins. Conjugate margins conference 2018, Halifax, NS, Canada

*Stephenson, R., Jess, S., Nielsen, S., Peace, A. L. & Schiffer, C. (2018), Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic intraplate basin inversion in the North Atlantic-western Alpine-Tethys realm. EGU General Assembly, 8th-13th of April 2018, Vienna, Austria.

Heron, P., *Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Welford, J. K., Wilson, R. & Pysklywec, R. (2018), Numerical modelling of crustal and lithospheric structural inheritance influences on Mesozoic-Cenozoic rifting of the Davis Strait, offshore West Greenland. EGU General Assembly, 8th-13th of April 2018, Vienna, Austria.

*Sandoval, L., Welford, J. K., MacMahon, H. & Peace, A. L. (2018) Understanding the tectonic evolution of the East Orphan Basin, offshore Canada, and the conjugate Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland, using a seismic megatransect. EGU General Assembly, 8th-13th of April 2018, Vienna, Austria.

*MacMahon, H., Welford, J. K., Sandoval, L. & Peace, A. L. (2018) Understanding the tectonic evolution of the West Orphan Basin, offshore Canada, and the conjugate Rockall Basin, offshore Ireland, using a seismic megatransect. EGU General Assembly, 8th-13th of April 2018, Vienna, Austria.

*Geng, M., Welford, J. K., Farquharson, C. & Peace A. L. (2018), 3-D inversion of airborne gravity gradiometry data for the Budgell Harbour Stock: A case history using a probabilistic approach. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 14th-19th of October 2018, Anaheim, CA, USA. DOI: 10.1190/segam2018-2978510.1

*Geng, M., Welford, J. K., Farquharson, C. & Peace A. L. (2018), 3-D inversion of airborne gravity gradiometry data for the Budgell Harbour Stock, Newfoundland. Annual meeting of the Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU), 20th -24th of October 2018, Beijing, China.

*Welford, J. K., Peace, A. L., MacMahon, H., Sandoval, L. and Yang, P. (2018), Re-stitching the Newfoundland-Ireland conjugate margins back together with geophysical megatransects and plate reconstructions. Conjugate margins conference 19th-22nd of August 2018, Halifax, NS, Canada.

*Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Geng, M., Gaetz, B., Ryan, S., Dunning, G. & Sandeman, H. (2018), Rift-related magmatism on magma-poor margins: Structural, petrological and potential field analyses of the Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, onshore Newfoundland, Canada. EGU General Assembly, 8th-13th of April 2018, Vienna, Austria. Abstract.

*Peace, A. L., Welford, J. K., Geng, M., Gaetz, B., Ryan, S., Dunning, G. & Sandeman, H. (2018), Structural, petrological, and potential field analyses of the Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, onshore Newfoundland, Canada and their link to North Atlantic Opening. GAC-NL Annual Technical Meeting, 19th-20th of February 2018, St. John’s, NL, Canada. DOI: 10.4138/atlgeol.2018.004 Abstract book.

2017

*Peace, A. L., Welford, K., Foulger, G., & McCaffrey, K. (2017), Asymmetric rifting, breakup and magmatism across conjugate margin pairs: insights from Newfoundland to Ireland. EGU General Assembly, 23-28th of April 2017, Vienna, Austria

*Foulger, G., Doré, A., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon, L., Hole, M., Julian, B., Kusznir, N., Martinez, F., Natland, J., Peace, A. L., Petersen, K., Schiffer, C., Stephenson, R. & Stoker, M. (2017), A New Paradigm for New Oceans. AGU Fall meeting 2017, New Orleans, USA.

*Peace, A. L. & Franke, D. (2017), The dispersal of Pangea and its relationship to proposed hotspots. North Atlantic 2017, Durham, UK

*Peace, A. L., Dempsey, E., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Phethean, J., & Welford, K. (2017), Onshore deformation associated with the opening of the Labrador Sea from the Aillik Domain of the Makkovik Province, Labrador, Canada. Geological Association of Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador (GAC-NL) Annual Technical Meeting, St. John’s, Canada.

*∞Schiffer, C., Peace, A. L., Phethean, J., Gernigon, L., Petersen, K., McCaffrey, K., & Foulger, G. (2017), The Wilson Cycle Origin of the Jan Mayen Microplate. YGS/NEGS Lecture Series, Durham, UK

2016

*Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Phethean, J., Nowell, G. Gerdes, K. & Dempsey, E. (2016), An evaluation of Mesozoic rift-related magmatism on the margins of the Labrador Sea: Implications for rifting and passive margin asymmetry. North Atlantic 2016, Durham, UK

*Wilson, R., McCaffrey, K., Holdsworth, R., Peace, A. L., Imber, J & GEUS. (2016), Tectonic inheritance during extension in rifts and passive margins: A Greenland Case Study. Arthur Holmes Meeting 2016, London UK

2014

*Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Hobbs, R., van Hunen, J. & Gerdes, K. (2014), Formation of the West Greenland Volcanic Passive Margin: Exploring Alternatives to the plume hypothesis. 4th Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference, St John’s, NL, Canada.

*Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Hobbs, R., van Hunen, J. & Gerdes, K. (2014), Formation of the Volcanic Margins of West Greenland and North Eastern Canada. AAPG ACE, Houston, USA

*Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Hobbs, R., van Hunen, J. & Gerdes, K. (2014), To what extent does sill intrusion affect the thermal evolution of non-volcanic passive margins? An example from ODP 210-1276, offshore Newfoundland, Canada. VMSG, Edinburgh, UK

*Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Hobbs, R., van Hunen, J. & Gerdes, K. (2014), Formation of the West Greenland Margin. PETEX 2014, London, UK

2013

*Peace, A. L., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Hobbs, R., van Hunen, J. & Gerdes, K. (2013), Modelling the role of magmatic intrusions in the post-breakup thermal evolution of Volcanic Passive Margins. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

Upcoming presentations

Ramharrack-Maharaj, S., Davies, E., Papangelakis, E. & Peace, A. L. (2023). Linking Surface Hydrology and Geology: A Case Study of the Niagara Escarpment (Hamilton, Ontario). GAC-MAC 2023. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Cain, M. J., Hastie, E. C. G, Peace, A. L. (2023) Examining microstructures along the Murray Fault Zone from Blind River-Massey, Ontario, Canada: possible implications for regional deformation. GAC-MAC 2023. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Koptev, E., & Peace, A. L. (2023). Tectonic controls on the patterns of the Mesozoic intraplate magmatism in Central Canada: insights from plate kinematic modeling. GAC-MAC 2023. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Keefe, E. & Peace, A. L. (2023). Influence of pre-existing structures and magmatism in rifting and breakup: A case study from the Notre Dame Bay Magmatic Province, Newfoundland, Canada. GAC-MAC 2023. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Clarke, A., Peace, A. L. & Davies, E. (2023). Structural Analysis of Fletcher Creek Fold, Southern Ontario: Is it Neotectonic in Origin? GAC-MAC 2023. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Peace, A. L., Phethean, J. J. J., Yang, Li,  & Foulger. G. R. (2023). Mantle plumes or microcontinents? Searching for continental zircons in Iceland. Geocongress 2023. EGU General assembly, 2023 Vienna, Austria.

Guna, A. G. & Peace, A. L. (2023) Geometries and kinematics of fault systems in the Flemish Pass Basin: Insights from the Bay du Nord 3D seismic survey, offshore Newfoundland, Eastern Canada. EGU General assembly, 2023 Vienna, Austria.

Phethean, J. J. J., Papadopoulou, M., Peace, A. L. & van Hunen, J. (2023) Downwelling dense mantle residue and hotspot magmatism. EGU General assembly, 2023 Vienna, Austria.

Rimando, J.,  Guna, A. G., & Goda, K. (2023). Subsurface evidence for potentially seismogenic structures in the offshore Grand Banks region of Newfoundland, eastern Canada: present-day reactivation of inherited passive margin structures. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Peace, A. L., Foulger, G., Rimando, J. & Phethean, J. J. J. (2023). The not-so-Great Meteor Hotpot cannot explain Eastern Canada seismicity. Geocongress 2023. January 2023. Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Phethean, J. J. J., Yang, Li, Peace, A. L. & Foulger. G. R. (2023). Mantle plumes or microcontinents? Searching for continental zircons in Iceland. Geocongress 2023. January 2023. Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Phethean, J. J. J., Papadopoulou, M,  Peace, A. L. & van Hunen, J. (2023) Downwelling dense mantle residues generates mid-ocean-ridge hotspots and magma-rich continental breakup: Application to the Karoo large igneous province. Geocongress 2023. January 2023. Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Other contributions 

Virtual Field Trips and reports

2021

Lee, R., Eyles, C. & Peace, A. L. (2021). The Geological Wonders of the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario. Esri Storymaps. https://arcg.is/1eLbHq 

Peace, A. Gabriel, J & Eyles, C. (2021). Virtual field trip to the Whitefish Falls area, ON, Canada. Esri Story Maps. https://arcg.is/vW9yO 

Lee, R., Eyles, C. & Peace, A. L. (2021). A Drive Through the City of Waterfalls: Exploring the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario. In London 2021 GAC–MAC Joint Annual Meeting Field Trips edited by Corcoran, P. & McCausland, P. Geoscience Canada. 47(4), 216.  DOI: 10.12789/geocanj.2020.47.167 

Industry reports

2020

Nnadi, C & Peace, A. L. (2020). Introduction to FTG data and its application to the Budgell Harbour Stock prospect, Newfoundland, Canada
http://bellgeo-7560581.hs-sites.com/bgblog/article1

Nnadi, C & Peace, A. L. (2020). Inversion and modelling FTG Data from the Budgell Harbour Stock (BHS), Northern Newfoundland, Canada
http://bellgeo-7560581.hs-sites.com/bgblog/article2

Nnadi, C & Peace, A. L. (2020). Linking surface and subsurface observations with FTG data: An example from the BHS in Northern Newfoundland, Canada
http://bellgeo-7560581.hs-sites.com/bgblog/article3

Datasets

Rimando, J, Peace, A. & Geng, M. (2022). 3D magnetic susceptibility data (.xyz file format) for the Sixtymile gold district. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5768247