Dr. Stephen R. Hicock
Glacial & Quaternary Geology
Professor
Ph.D. Western University, 1980
Office: B&GS 1076
Phone: 519-661-2111 x.83189
Fax: 519-661-3198
Email: shicock@uwo.ca
Research Interests
Glacial and Quaternary geology; Genesis of
glacigenic sediments; Subglacial dynamics of North American ice sheets;
Pleistocene history and stratigraphy of Canada’s west coast and Great
Lakes region; Antarctic Cenozoic glacial history; Use of glacial drift
in mineral exploration
Selected Publications
Ozyer, C.A. and Hicock, S.R.
2011. Identifying
kimberlite indicator mineral dispersal trains in the Pelly Bay
region, Nunavut, Canada using GIS interpolation. Geochemistry:
Exploration, Environment, Analysis 11, 335-350.
Lian, O.B. and Hicock, S.R.
2010. Insight into the character of palaeo-ice-flow in upland regions of
mountain valleys during the last major advance (Vashon Stade) of the
Cordilleran Ice Sheet, southwest British Columbia, Canada. Boreas 39, p.
171-186.
Lloyd-Davies,M.T.,
Atkins, C.B., van der Meer, J.J.M., Barrett, P.J. and Hicock, S.R.
2009. Evidence for cold-based glacial activity in the Allan Hills,
Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews 28, p. 3124-3137.
Hicock,
S.R. and Lian, O.B. 2009. Sticky spots in mountain valleys draining the
southwest fringe of the last Cordilleran Ice Sheet. Canadian Quaternary
Association Biennial Meeting, Programme & Abstracts, 94.
Hebda,
R.J., Lian, O.B., and Hicock, S.R. 2009. Timing and environments of the
Olympia non-glacial interval in the Fraser Lowland of British Columbia.
Canadian Quaternary Association, Biennial Meeting, Programme &
Abstracts, 87.
Jackson,
L.E., Jr., Leboe, E.R., Little, E.C., Holme, P.J., Hicock, S.R.,
Shimamura, K., and Nelson, F.E.N. 2007. Quaternary stratigraphy and
geology of the Rocky Mountain Foothills, southwestern Alberta.
Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 583, 61 p.
Courses Taught
Earth Sciences 1022a, 1022b: Earth Rocks!
Earth Sciences 4462a/b: Glacial and Quaternary Geology
Students
M. Nguyen, M.Sc. candidate
