Brendan Dyck, University of British Columbia

Research

Crystallisation EBSD analysis Granite Mineral microstructure Multi-modal imaging Multi-spectral imaging Petrology Silicate melt

Latest papers

Metamorphism in a wet Martian middle crust.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024 · senior author
The divergent fates of primitive hydrospheric water on Earth and Mars.
Nature · 2017

All 2 publications

Latest funding

An integrated source to sink approach to characterizing critical metals enrichment in magmatic-hydrothermal deposits
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$262,000
Identifying Potential Economic Mining Targets from Fluid Event Characterization
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$80,000
Assessing silicate melt behaviour with granite microstructure
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$175,000

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Metamorphism in a wet Martian middle crust.

Palin R, Wade J, Dyck B

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2416680121 PMID: 39576330

02

The divergent fates of primitive hydrospheric water on Earth and Mars.

Wade J, Dyck B, Palin RM, Moore JDP, Smye AJ

Nature2017

DOI: 10.1038/nature25031 PMID: 29293210

An integrated source to sink approach to characterizing critical metals enrichment in magmatic-hydrothermal deposits

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Larson, Kyle P

Keywords: critical minerals; deformation; economic geology; geochronology; Golden Triangle; petrology; structural geology; trace elements

$262,000

Identifying Potential Economic Mining Targets from Fluid Event Characterization

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Larson, Kyle KP

$80,000

Assessing silicate melt behaviour with granite microstructure

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dyck, Brendan

Keywords: mineral microstructure; silicate melt; ebsd analysis; multi-modal imaging; multi-spectral imaging; petrology; granite; crystallisation

$175,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Brendan Dyck

Earth Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2017

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Crystallisation Dear Professor Dyck, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Metamorphism in a wet Martian middle crust." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Assessing silicate melt behaviour with granite microstructure" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]