Dr. David Moynihan
Metamorphism and tectonics of the Kootenay Lake metamorphic culmination, SE BC
David worked on structure, metamorphism and tectonics in SW Nova Scotia for his MSc. For his PhD he examined the nature and age of the curious elongate Barrovian metamorphic culmination centred on Kootenay Lake in SE British Columbia, and its juxtaposition against low pressure (andalusite-bearing) contact metamorphic rocks associated with the Nelson Batholith. His work identified a major, hitherto underappreciated Eocene normal fault system between the two, the Gallagher fault system, which explains a number of of the unusual metamorphic, structural and geochronological features of the area.
Selected publications:
Pattison, D.R.M., Moynihan, D.P., McFarlane, C.R.M., Simony, P.S. & Cubley, J.F. (2020) Field guide to the geology, metamorphism and tectonics of the Foreland and Omineca belts of SW Alberta and SE British Columbia. Geological Association of Canada Field Guide Series 2020-A, 257 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38351
Moynihan, D.P., 2013. A preliminary assessment of low pressure, amphibolite-facies metamorphism in the upper Hyland River area (NTS 105H), southeast Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2012, K.E. MacFarlane, M.G. Nordling, and P.J. Sack (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 99-114. pdf
Moynihan, D.P. & Pattison, D.R.M. (2013) Barrovian metamorphism in the central Kootenay Arc, British Columbia: petrology and isograd geometry. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. pdf
Moynihan, D.P. & Pattison, D.R.M. (2013) An automated method for the calculation of P-T paths from garnet zoning, with application to metapelitic schist from the Kootenay Arc, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 31, 525-548. pdf
Pattison, D.R.M., Moynihan, D.P. & McFarlane, C.R.M. (2013) Revised and updated 2nd edition. Field guide to metamorphism and tectonics in the Rocky Mountains, Purcell anticlinorium and Kootenay Arc, southern Alberta and British Columbia (Calgary-Radium-Cranbrook-Kimberley-Creston-Riondel-Nelson-Salmo). Geological Association of Canada field guide series, GeoCanada 2010 meeting, Calgary, AB, 153 pp. pdf (Note: the pdf of this field guide is large: ~200 Mb)
Moynihan, D.P. & Pattison, D.R.M. (2011) The Origin Of Mineralized Fractures At The Bluebell Mine Site, Riondel, British Columbia. Economic Geology 106, 1043-1058. DOI 0361-0128/11/3979/000-00. 16 pp. pdf
Moynihan, D.P. & Pattison, D.R.M. (2008) Origin of the Kootenay Lake Metamorphic High, Southeastern British Columbia . British ColumbiaGeological Survey Paper 2008-1: Geological Fieldwork 2007, 147-157. pdf
Moynihan, D.P. & Pattison, D.R.M. (2007) Tectonic significance of the isograd pattern around Kootenay Lake , SE British Columbia In: Program with Abstracts, Cordilleran Tectonics Workshop 2007. Edmonton , AB , February 17-18, 2007.