Ian Ferguson

GEOL 3810 - Applied Geophysics
GEOL 4250 - Theory and Application of Geophysical Inversion Methods
GEOL 4330 - Physics of the Earth: Geomagnetism and Gravity
GEOL 4740 - Geophysics Field School (co-taught)
GEOL 4810 - Geophysical Data Analysis
GEOL 7200 - Earth Systems of Central Canada (team-taught)
GEOL 7810 - Electromagnetic Methods in Geophysics
GEOL 7820 - Environmental Geophysics

My research uses geophysical methods to map electrical conductivity. It exploits electromagnetic signals from the Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere and atmosphere, and from a variety of geophysical transmitters. These signals penetrate to different depths, allowing imaging of the conductivity from the near-surface to several hundred of kilometres. My primary research focus is on electromagnetic studies of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, conducted to define 3-D geological structure and tectonic history of the North American continent. A second research focus is near-surface electromagnetic studies, in which geological, groundwater, environmental, archeological, and engineering targets are investigated using electromagnetic imaging from 0.5 to 500 m depth. 

Rentz, J., Sri Ranjan, R., Ferguson, I.J., & Holländer, H.M. 2021. The effects of salinity and water content on apparent conductivity in an alluvial setting in the Canadian Prairies. Environmental Earth Sciences, 80(93) 

Ferguson I.J., Da Silva A.-C., Chow N., George A.D., 2021.  Interplay of eustatic, tectonic and autogenic controls on a Late Devonian carbonate platform, northern Canning Basin, Australia. Basin Research, 33(1), 312–331. 

Habibian Dehkordi, B., Ferguson, I.J., Jones, A.G., Ledo, J., & Wennberg, G., 2019. Tectonics of the northern Canadian Cordillera imaged using modern magnetotelluric analysis. Tectonophysics, 765, 102-128. 

McLeod, J., Ferguson, I.J., Craven, J.A., Roberts, B., & Giroux, B., 2018. Pre-injection magnetotelluric surveys at the Aquistore CO2 sequestration site, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 74, 99–118. 

Landry, D.B., Ferguson, I.J., Milne, S.B., Serzu, M., & Park, R.W., 2018. Integrated geophysical techniques for the archaeological investigation of LbDt-1, a Paleo-Inuit lithic quarry site in the interior of southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 1-32.