Dr. Jeanne B. Percival
Head Mineralogy, Geological Survey of Canada, Central Canada Division
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Dr. Jeanne B. Percival, P.Geo.
Dr. Percival completed her B.Sc. at Concordia University (Geology), her M.Sc. at Queen’s (Physical Geography) and her Ph.D. at Carleton University in 1990 (Earth Sciences). In her dissertation, Dr. Percival examined uranium migration through a natural clay barrier from a highly enriched ore body (Cigar Lake, Saskatchewan) as a natural analogue for high level nuclear waste containment. She continued this research within an international group (AECL, SKB, DOE etc.) examining natural analogues through a post-doctoral fellowship at the Geological Survey of Canada followed by employment a year later as a Research Scientist. She was awarded the 1990 Ontario Ministry of the Environment Excellence in Research Award for her thesis in the area of liquid and solid waste research.
Dr. Percival has achieved national and international recognition for her work in clay mineralogy and environmental geochemistry. She brings her expertise to bear on a variety of multi-disciplinary projects, spanning sea-floor research, exploration in uranium-rich basins, and environmental issues including abandoned mines and children=s health. Dr. Percival has authored/co-authored over 100 research and technical publications. She currently leads the mineralogy and physical properties (MPP) laboratory network within the GSC-Science Lab Network, is a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada, Secretary and Newsletter Editor for the Environmental Earth Sciences Division of the Geological Association of Canada and Treasurer for the International Clay Society, the Association International pour L’Etudes des Argiles (AIPEA), and a registered professional geoscientist in Ontario.
Principales publications
Key Publications
Aden, A., Wolfe, S. and Percival, J.B. 2015. Characteristics of glacial Lake McConnell clay, Great Slave Lowland, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research 2015-7, 16 p. doi:10.4095/296860.
Bosman, S.A. and Percival, J.B. 2014. Spectral reflectance data and interpretation of Athabasca Basin drillholes, Saskatchewan (NTS 64L, 74F to 74K, and 74N to 74P). Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Data File Report D34 (http://economy.gov.sk.ca/DF34).
Desbarats, A.J., Parsons, M.B. and Percival, J.B. 2015. Arsenic mobility in mildly alkaline drainage from an orogenic lode gold deposit, Bralorne Mine, British Columbia. Applied Geochemistry, v. 57, p. 45-54.
Desbarats, A.J., Percival, J.B. and Venance, K.E. 2016. Trace element mobility in mine waters from granitic pegmatite U-Th-REE deposits, Bancroft area, Ontario. Applied Geochemistry, v. 67, p.153-167.
Harris, J.R., Williamson, M.-C., Percival, J.B., Behnia, P. and Macleod, R. 2015. Detecting and mapping gossans using remotely-sensed data. In Environmental and Economic Significance of Gossans, Williamson, M.-C. (ed); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7718, p. 3-13.
Parsons, M.B., Little, M.E., Desbarats, A.J., Percival, J.B., LeBlanc, K.W.G., Vaive, J.E. and Pelchat, P. 2013. Baseline geochemistry and controls on mine drainage composition in the Bridge River mining district, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 6435. doi:10.4095/292203.
Percival, J.B., Outridge, P.M. 2013. A test of the stability of Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn profiles over two decades in lake sediments near the Flin Flon smelter, Manitoba, Canada. Science of the Total Environment, v. 454-455, p. 307-318.
Percival, J.B. and Williamson, M.-C. 2016. Mineralogy and spectral signature of reactive gossans, Victoria Island, NT, Canada. Applied Clay Science, v. 119(2), p. 431-440 (10.1016/j.clay.2015.05.026). ESS Cont. No. 20150091
Percival, J.B., Jensen, T., Wasyliuk, K., Drever, G., Sadar, J., Sarfi, M., Hunt, P.A., Bibby, C. Wong, S. and Enright, A. 2012. EXTECH IV mineralogy database: XRD & infrared analyses. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6968 doi:10.4095/292112.
Percival, J.B., Olejarz, A.D., English, M.L.R., Belley, P.M., Flynn, T., Laudadio, A.B. and Stirling, J.A.R. 2015. Spectral Library: The Kodama Clay Collection. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 7923, doi: 10.4095/297564
Percival, J.B., Potter, E.G., Lauzière, K., Ijewliw, O., Bilot, I., Hunt, P., English, M.L.R., Olejarz, A.D., Laudadio, A.B., Enright, A., Robillard, K.-L. and Corriveau, L. 2015. Mineralogy, petrography and autoradiography of selected samples from the Contact Lake and NICO Areas, Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Northwest Territories (IOCG-GEM Project). Geological Survey of Canada Open File 7755.
Percival, J.B., White, H.P., Goodwin, T.A., Parsons, M.B. and Smith, P.K. 2013. Mineralogy and spectral reflectance of soils and tailings from historical gold mines, Nova Scotia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis (GEAA), v. 14, p. 3-16 (doi: 10.1144/geochem2011-071).
Percival, J.B., Williamson, M.-C., McNeil, R.J., and Harris, J. 2015. Morphology of gossans in the Canadian Arctic Islands. In Environmental and Economic Significance of Gossans, Williamson, M.-C. (ed); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7718, p. 58-73.
Williamson, M.-C., Percival, J.B., Behnia, P., Harris, J., Peterson, R.C., Froome, J., Fenwick, L., Rainbird, R., Bédard, J., McNeil, R.J., Day, S.J., Kingsbury, C.G., Grunsky, E., McCurdy, M., Shepherd, J., Hillary, B., and Buller, G. 2014. Environmental and economic impact of oxide-sulphide gossans, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 7486. doi:10.4095/293922.