Scott Thackrey Function: Student Intern Affiliation: University of Aberdeen My research focuses on the petrography and sedimentology/emplacement of meteorite/comet impact ejecta on Earth and its analogies to other planets. I am currently working on: 1.) Provenance techniques for ejecta i.e. establishing the exact source of an ejecta deposit. 2.) Ejecta plume processes in terms of mineralogical change 3.) Micrometeorites 4.) Denudation of the Manicouagan impact structure 5.) Geochemical change in minerals contained in impact melts 6.) Complex mega-ejecta at Haughton My work at Haughton is primarily to establish the emplacement mechanisms of an area of highly complex geology some 1.2 crater radii NW of Haughton. From an initial reconnaissance survey it would seem that this is a preserved ejecta flap. My main aim for this year’s field season is to clarify this story. I will also be collecting samples from within the crater to compliment my other research on geochemical changes of minerals contained in the impact melts.

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