Faculty

Department of Geology
Adjunct Professor, Part-time Instructor
Ph.D., (2020) University of Alberta
Phone: (902) 491 6638
Office: S425
Email: simone.booker@smu.ca

 

 

 

 

Overview:

Simone received her B.Sc. in geology (honors) from the University of Alberta, with a focus on sea-level changes in a mixed clastic-carbonate-evaporite succession in Northeastern BC. This was followed by a Ph.D. in carbonate sedimentology at the University of Alberta, focusing on carbonate geochemistry and diagenesis as it pertains to climate change through time- using geothermal proxy information to reconstruct past temperature and precipitation in the Cayman Islands and the implications for the movements of atmospheric drivers. Simone then completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Dalhousie University, focusing on compound specific amino acid isotopes of carbonate sediments and deep-sea coral samples to understand climate change in cold water systems.

Research Interests:

Simone's research interests include carbonate sedimentology with a focus on diagenesis, geochemistry, and climatology to understand how carbonate sediments have changed through time and what this can tell us about the past.

Teaching Courses:

• Introductory geology
• Forensic geology and Natural Hazards
• Historic geology
• Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
• Sedimentary systems
• Atlantic Oceans

Selected Publications:

Jones, B. Booker, S. 2024. Diagenetic development of rhizoliths in the Ironshore Formation (Pleistocene) of the Cayman Islands. Sedimentary Geology. DOI: 10/1016/j.sedgeo.2024.106635

Jones, B., Booker, S. 2023. Temporal variations in Rare Earth Element distributions in the Cenozoic succession and modern sediments of the Cayman Islands. Sedimentary Geology 456. doi: 10/1016/j.sedgeo.2023.106485

Wu, L., Wang, R., Yu, K., Ren, M., Booker, S., Shen, R., Jiang, W., Xu, S., Fan, T., Wu, S., Qin, Q., Li, X., 2023.  Meteoric diagenesis influenced by East Asian Summer Monsoon: a case study from the Pleistocene carbonate succession, Xisha Islands, South China Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 633, doi:10/1016/j.palaeo.2023.11882.

Booker, S.D., 2020. Variations in climatic conditions from the Cayman Islands through stable isotope and element analyses from coral and sediment cores; a 500,000 year record, Edmonton, Ab. PhD, University of Alberta, 466 pp.

Booker, S., Jones, B. 2020. A 6000-year record of environmental change from Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Sedimentary Geology 409. doi: 10.10/j.sedgeo.2020.105779.

Booker, S., Jones, B., Li, L, 2020. Impact of diagenesis on the application of paleotemperature proxies in fossil corals: case study from the Pleistocene (80 to 500 ka) Ironshore Formation, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Sedimentary Geology 399. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2020.105615.

Booker, S., Jones, B., Chacko, T., Li, L., 2019. Insights into sea surface temperatures from the Cayman Islands from corals over the last ~540 years. Sedimentary Geology, 389, 218-240.

Booker, S., Hubbard, S., Rommens, C., Zonneveld, JP., 2019. Facies associations and depositional environments of a mixed-siliciclastic-carbonate marginal marine succession: the Lower Carnian (Upper Triassic) middle Charlie Lake Formation, Kobes-Blueberry area, British Columbia, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 67, 1-23.

Webinars:

Host of Seds Online Sedimentology webinars .

Booker, S., Sherwood, O.A., Jones, B. 2021. Determining spatial gradients in δ13C signatures of essential amino acids from carbonate sediments: a case study from Grand Cayman. 2nd annual Carbonate Forum. Webinar.