Jean Bédard

Jean Bédard obtained his BSc (1978) and MSc (1981) from McGill, and his PhD (1985) from Université de Montréal. After a Post-Doc at Cambridge (UK), he joined the Geological Survey of Canada in 1988. Jean Bédard uses fieldwork, petrography, mineral and whole rock geochemistry, numerical modeling and experimental simulations to investigate the genesis and evolution of the oceanic and continental crust and mantle, from the Archaean to the present, with a focus on: 1) Oceanic lithosphere genesis through the study of ophiolites; 2) Evolution of the Appalachian and Cordilleran orogens; 3) Archean craton and greenstone belt genesis and tectonics; 4) Magma crystallization processes through the study of cumulate rocks in ophiolites, layered intrusions and layered sills; 5) Theoretical work on trace element geochemistry and partitioning.