William Last
Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
Canada
Biography
Ph.D., University of Manitoba (1980), Thesis title: Sedimentology and postglacial history of Lake Manitoba, Canada M.Sc., University of Manitoba (1974), Thesis title: Clay mineralogy and stratigraphy of offshore Lake Agassiz sediment, southern Manitoba B.Sc., University of Wisconsin (1971), Geology
Research Interest
Geolimnology and lacustrine sediments, and salt-lake basins
Publications
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Last, F. M., Last, W. M., and Halden, N. M. 2010. Carbonate microbialites and hardgrounds from Manito Lake, an alkaline, hypersaline lake in the northern Great Plains of Canada. Sedimentary Geology 225 (2010), pp. 34-49.
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Last, F. M., Last, W. M., and Halden, N. M., 2012. Modern and late Holocene dolomite formation: Manito Lake, Saskatchewan. Sedimentary Geology, vol. 281, p. 222-237.
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Berard, G., Applin, D., Cloutis, E., Stromberg, J., Sharma, R., Mann, P., Grasby, S., Bezys, R. Horgan, B., Londry, K., Rice, M., Last, W. M., Last, F. M., Badiou, P., Goldsborough, G., Bell, J., 2013. A hypersaline spring analogue for Mars. Icarus, vol. 224, p. 399-412.