Dr. Mo Snyder

Assistant Professor Earth and Environmental Science Office location: HSH 329.1 Phone: 902-585-1858 Email: mo.snyder@acadiau.ca Teaching GEOL 2213 – History of Life GEOL 2083 – Field Methods GEOL 3303 – Sedimentary Geology GEOL 3603 – Structural Geology & Tectonics GEOL 3823 – Environmental and Exploration Geophysics

Scholarly Interests and Expertise

• Soft-sediment deformation
• Salt tectonics
• Geoscience education
• Accessibility in Earth Science
• Field Mapping
• Sedimentology
• Paleontology

Education

PhD (Geology) – University of Alberta 2019

BSc (Specialization in Paleontology) – University of Alberta 2010

Journal Articles

Snyder, M.E. and Reynolds, M.A. 2024. Feeling relieved: creating a positive bathroom field culture in the geosciences. GSA Today 34, 30–32.

Van Iten, H., Snyder, M., and Tollerton, V.P. 2024. Type material of Paraconularia planicostata (Dawson) from the Upper Missippian of Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada. Journal of Paleontology.

O’Driscoll, N.J., Evans, L., Mallory, M., and Snyder, M.E. 2023. A quantitative method to measure the kinetics of elemental mercury emissions from Black Shale (Nova Scotia, Canada). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2021. Deformation of soft sediments and evaporites in a tectonically active basin: Bay St. George sub-basin, Newfoundland, Canada. Atlantic Geoscience 57, 275–304.

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2018. Fracture overprinting history in a sedimentary basin: using a Markov chain analysis in the Windsor-Kennetcook subbasin, Nova Scotia, Canada. Journal of Structural Geology 108, 80–93.

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2016. Unusual soft-sediment deformation structures in the Maritimes Basin, Canada: possible seismic origin. Sedimentary Geology 344, 145–159.

Books/Manuals/Guides

Waldron, J.W.F., Thomas, A.K., and Snyder, M.E. 2022. Salt tectonics along a late Paleozoic transform fault, Nova Scotia: a field guide Read Here

Waldron, J.W.F. and Snyder, M.E. 2020. Geologic structures: a practical introduction. University of Alberta Open Education Resource Read Here

Gingras, M., Lecumberri-Sanchez P., Rostron, B., and Snyder M. 2019. EAS 234 Field Course – Guidebook

Conference Presentations

Reynolds, M.A., Snyder, M.E., and Brett-Adams, A.C. 2022. Feeling relieved: a roadmap for creating bathroom-positive fieldwork culture. Paper presented at the GAC-MAC-IAH-CNC-CSPG Annual Meeting, Halifax, NS.

Germain, R., Kuiper, Y., Schwartz, J., White, S.E., and Snyder, M.E. 2022. New LA-ICP-MS U-Pb inherited zircon ages from the German Bank pluton, offshore southwestern Nova Scotia. Poster presented at the GAC-MAC-IAH-CNC-CSPG Meeting, Halifax, NS.

van Rooyen, D. Kellett, D., Silva, R., and Snyder, M.E. 2022. Intentions are not actions: engaging in policy development to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in scientific societies. Paper presented at the GAC-MAC-IAH-CNC-CSPG Annual Meeting, Halifax, NS.

Waldron, J.W.F., Thomas, A.K., and Snyder, M.E. 2022. The late Paleozoic Maritimes Basin of Atlantic Canada: more than a pinch of salt. Paper presented at the GAC-MAC-IAH-CNC-CSPG Meeting, Halifax, NS

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2020. Watch where you're stepping: evaporites and sinkholes in Nova Scotia. Paper presented at the Atlantic Geoscience Society Annual Meeting, Truro, NS.

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2018. Salty Stuff: integrating seismic, bathymetry, aeromagnetic, and field data to understand deformation in Bay St. George, southwest Newfoundland. Paper presented at the Resources for Future Generations Conference, Vancouver, BC.

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2016. That’s how those got there! Microbasins and other unusual soft-sediment deformation structures in the Horton Group, Windsor-Kennetcook subbasin, Nova Scotia. Paper presented at the Atlantic Geoscience Society Annual Meeting, Truro, NS.

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2014. Preliminary interpretation of onshore and offshore data, Bay St. George subbasin. Paper presented at the Western Newfoundland onshore/offshore bedrock correlation workshop, St. John’s, NL.

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2013. Origin of soft-sediment deformation structures in Mississippian Horton Group, Nova Scotia. Paper presented at the Canadian Tectonics Group Workshop, Victoria, BC.

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2012. Fracture studies in the Horton Group, Windsor-Kennetcook subbasin, Nova Scotia. Paper presented at the Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Conference, St. John’s, NL.

Snyder, M.E. and Waldron, J.W.F. 2012. Fracture studies in the Horton Group, Windsor-Kennetcook subbasin, Nova Scotia. Poster at the Atlantic Geoscience Society Annual Meeting, Wolfville, NS.

Service

WISE Acadia website

Atlantic Geosicence Society Education Committee website

Joggins Fossil Cliffs Science Advisory Committee website

Earth and Environmental Science Honours Coodinator learn more here

Supervision