Donnelly Archibald

Senior Lab Instructor, Adjunct, Instructor

Department

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 2035

Phone

(902) 867-5155

Biography

Donnelly Archibald completed his PhD at the University of Adelaide (Australia) in September 2016 where he studied the tectonic evolution of Central Madagascar during the Neoproterozoic (ca. 1000-541 Ma). He primarily uses zircon geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry and isotopic concentrations in rocks and minerals to understand ancient tectonic environments.

Research

Donnelly’s current research focuses on the mid-Palaeozoic (ca. 440-350 Ma) tectonic development of the Northern Appalachian Orogen in Atlantic Canada.

The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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