News

Factoring in natural variability in subsurface geochemistry

In this new study, Dr. Warr and collaborators from the University of Toronto revisit the way that people calculate production rates of 4He, 40Ar, H2 and SO4 in  the subsurface. By applying a new Monte Carlo approach natural variability can now be effectively factored in to generate represntative production rates of the economically and biologically important crustal  components.

The role in geochemistry revealed in subsurface short-lived tracer production

In our latest paper we demonstrate how  short-lived radiotracers (3H, 14C, 36Cl, 39Ar, and 81K) can be produced in subsurface fluids and how aqueous and solid rock geochemistry can serve as key controls on the baseline fluid residence time calculated from these tracers.

Noble gas isotopes confirm billion-year groundwater residence times and external fluxes in deep crustal settings with implications for Earth and beyond 

In our latest paper we demonstrate how deep subsurface settings can simultaneously preserve fluids over billion-year timescales and yet also effectively act as power sources generating helium resources and fueling deep biospheres on Earth and beyond. Here's a press release and an interview with Oliver for more information .

Dr. Oliver Warr newly appointed as Assistant prof at Ottawa University!

We are happy to announce that Dr. Warr has now been appointed as a Tenure-track Assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science Unversity of Ottawa with a start date of October 1st 2022!