Carl Guilmette

• Centre de recherche sur la géologie et l'ingénierie des ressources minérales

Financements des 2 dernières années

• Frédérique Baron, Maîtrise interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre - avec mémoire
• Marine Jouvent, Stage postdoctoral en géologie
• Mark Coleman, Stage postdoctoral en géologie
• Mehdi Jouhari, Doctorat interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre
• Ruth Anne Orloci-Goodison, Doctorat interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre
• Sacha Lafrance, Doctorat interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre

Encadrements des 5 dernières années

• Christiaan Laureijs, Stage postdoctoral en géologie
• François Fournier-Roy, Doctorat interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre
• Isaac Siles Malta, Doctorat interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre
• Jérémie Darveau, Maîtrise interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre - avec mémoire
• Léa Géring, Doctorat interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre
• Taylor Arthur Ducharme, Stage postdoctoral en sciences de la Terre
• Thierry Karl Gélinas, Maîtrise interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre - avec mémoire

Travaux de recherche des 5 dernières années

Mantle Wedge Metasomatism During Subduction Initiation: Mineral Transformations and Fluid Fluxes (BOIC Ophiolite, Newfoundland) Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2026. Louise Mérit, Philippe Agard, Loïc Labrousse, Benoît Dubacq, Cécile Prigent, Carl Guilmette, Jean H. Bédard, François Fournier‐Roy, Horst R. Marschall, Axel Gerdes, Benjamin Lefeuvre, Alana Hinchey. DOI 10.1029/2026GC013121

Subduction Initiation and Early Subduction Zone Development: Insights From the P–T–t Path of the Bay of Islands Metamorphic Sole Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2026. François Fournier‐Roy, Carl Guilmette, Mark Coleman, Kyle Larson, Douglas K. Tinkham, Alana M. Hinchey, John Wakabayashi, Jean H. Bédard, Louise Mérit, Philippe Agard, Loïc Labrousse, Antoine Godet. DOI 10.1111/jmg.70045

Orogenic architecture diagrams to reconstruct palaeogeography and plate tectonics: Newfoundland (Canada) as a case study Journal of the Geological Society, 2026. Alice Maremmani, Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Eldert L. Advokaat, Alissa J. Kotowski, Carl Guilmette. DOI 10.1144/jgs2026-039

Timing of Metamorphism and Deformation in the Neoarchean Quetico Metasedimentary Belt, Superior Craton, Constrained by Garnet Trace‐Element Mapping and Lu–Hf Geochronology Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2026. Adrian G. Rehm, Antoine Godet, Doug Tinkham, Carl Guilmette, Matthijs A. Smit. DOI 10.1111/jmg.70034

Orogenic architecture diagrams to reconstruct paleogeography and plate tectonics: Newfoundland (Canada) as a case study Journal of the Geological Society, 2026. Alice Maremmani, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Eldert L. Advokaat, Alissa J. Kotowski, Carl Guilmette.

Raising mountains for a habitable Earth 2026. Matthijs Smit, Douwe van Hinsbergen, Carl Guilmette, Ellen Kooijman, Amberlee King, Jamie Cutts, Wouter Bleeker. DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9076126/v1

Basins transcend terrane boundaries: Large-scale zircon geochronology of the Western Grenville Province metasedimentary rocks Precambrian Research, 2026. Blereau, E., Rottier, B., Soucy La Roche, R., Guilmette, C., Moukhsil, A., Ross, K.. DOI 10.1016/j.precamres.2026.108301

The Lac Opasatica igneous complex: An autochthonous Abitibi greenstone basement to the Pontiac Subprovince Precambrian Research, 2026. Ducharme, T.A., Guilmette, C., Darveau, J.. DOI 10.1016/j.precamres.2025.108002

Reassessing the basal detachment of the Ungava Orogen, northern Québec: New insights from petrochronology Precambrian Research, 2026. Therriault, I., Larson, K.P., Jouhari, M., Guilmette, C., Vanier, M.-A.. DOI 10.1016/j.precamres.2026.108194

PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MONCOU ZINC MINERALIZATION: AN EXAMPLE OF A POLYPHASE Zn REMOBILIZATION IN THE CENTRAL GRENVILLE PROVINCE (LAC SAINT-JEAN, QUEBEC) Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 2026. Saint-Louis, G., Rottier, B., Guilmette, C., Larson, K., Moukhsil, A.. DOI 10.3749/2400027

Viscous coupling at mid-oceanic ridges explaining puzzling Pacific Plate motions 2025. Douwe van Hinsbergen, Erik van der Wiel, Cedric Thieulot, Carl Guilmette, Alissa Kotowski, Wim Spakman. DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8302131/v1

Correction: Insights into garnet growth in S-type granite from Lu–Hf dating and trace element mapping Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2025. Antoine Godet, Carl Guilmette, Matthijs Smit, Victoria Maneta, François Fournier-Roy, Kira Musiyachenko. DOI 10.1007/s00410-025-02245-1

Lithospheric Unzipping Explaining Hot Orogenesis During Continental Subduction Tectonics, 2025. Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Thomas N. Lamont, Carl Guilmette. DOI 10.1029/2025TC008993

Insights into garnet growth in S-type granite from Lu–Hf dating and trace element mapping Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2025. Antoine Godet, Carl Guilmette, Matthijs Smit, Victoria Maneta, François Fournier-Roy, Kira Musiyachenko. DOI 10.1007/s00410-025-02211-x

Learning from mafic dykes in polymetamorphosed granulite terranes: an example from the Grenville Front Tectonic Zone 2025. Jérémie Darveau, Carl Guilmette, Antoine Godet, Marine Jouvent, Myriam Côté-Roberge, Kyle Larson. DOI 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-14676

Metamorphic re-equilibration, deformation and rheology along a nascent plate boundary: the case study of the Bay of Islands Ophiolitic Complex, Newfoundland 2025. Louise Mérit, Philippe Agard, Loïc Labrousse, Benoît Dubacq, Cécile Prigent, Carl Guilmette. DOI 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-18133

Cold Deep Over Hot Shallow Crust: A Peculiar Metamorphic Architecture in the Neoarchean Metasedimentary Pontiac Subprovince, Superior Craton (Canada) Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2025. Isaac S. Malta, Carl Guilmette, Antoine Godet, Douglas K. Tinkham, Bruna Coldebella, Georges Beaudoin, Crystal LaFlamme, Taus R. C. Jørgensen, Jeffrey H. Marsh. DOI 10.1111/jmg.12804

The chemical and isotopic characterization of the pyrite to pyrrhotite desulfidation reaction across the metamorphic gradient of a metasedimentary basin Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2025. Coldebella, B., LaFlamme, C., Malta, I.S., Guilmette, C., Barré, G., Beaudoin, G., Martin, L., Savard, D.. DOI 10.1016/j.gca.2024.12.027

Gold mobility in Archean metasedimentary belts: Implications for orogenic gold deposits Geology, 2025. Ribeiro, D., Rottier, B., Godet, A., Beaudoin, G., Patten, C.G.C., Guilmette, C., Rehm, A.G., Malta, I.S., Kolb, J., Tinkham, D.K., Pitcairn, I.. DOI 10.1130/G53574.1

The tenuous geological record of Precambrian oceanic spreading centers; revisiting the Paleoproterozoic Purtuniq ophiolite sheeted dike complex, Nunavik, Canada Chemical Geology, 2025. Lafrance, S., Guilmette, C., Bédard, J.H., Rayner, N., Mathieu, G., Fournier-Roy, F.. DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122781

In Situ Lu–Hf Garnet Dating of Archean Deep Crust Granulites from the Polymetamorphic Grenville Front Tectonic Zone Journal of Petrology, 2024. Antoine Godet, Marine Jouvent, Christiaan Laureijs, Carl Guilmette, Kyle Larson, Mark Coleman, Jérémie Darveau, Myriam Côté-Roberge. DOI 10.1093/petrology/egae080

Retentiveness of rare earth elements in garnet with implications for garnet Lu‐Hf chronology Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2024. Matthijs A. Smit, Johannes C. Vrijmoed, Erik E. Scherer, Klaus Mezger, Ellen Kooijman, Melanie Schmitt‐Kielman, Lorraine Tual, Carl Guilmette, Lothar Ratschbacher. DOI 10.1111/jmg.12769

La longue vie du Batholite de Decelles, Pontiac, Québec: les grenats à notre rescousse! 2024. A Godet, M Smit, C Guilmette, F Fournier-Roy. DOI 10.4095/332509

Source and age of the LREE-rich Blanchette-1 granitic pegmatite, implication for LREE mineralization in the Central Grenville Province Precambrian Research, 2024. Coulombe, S., Rottier, B., Moukhsil, A., Godet, A., Guilmette, C., Alves, P., Marsh, J.H., Coleman, M.. DOI 10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107478

Geochemistry and geochronology of the Bay of Islands metamorphic sole, Newfoundland, Canada: Protoliths and implications for subduction initiation Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 2024. Fournier-Roy, F., Guilmette, C., Larson, K., Godet, A., Soret, M., van Staal, C., Bédard, J.H.. DOI 10.1130/B36662.1

Reply to comment on: Far from boring: A new Grenvillian perspective on Mesoproterozoic tectonics Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024. Gervais, F., Beaudry, A., Kavanagh-Lepage, C., Moukhsil, A., Guilmette, C., Larson, K.. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118804

Nitrogen isotope gradient on continental margins during the late Paleoproterozoic Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024. Motomura, K., Bekker, A., Bleeker, W., Ikehara, M., Sano, T., Guilmette, C., Lin, Y., Kiyokawa, S.. DOI 10.1016/j.gca.2024.02.022

Retentiveness of rare earth elements in garnet with implications for garnet Lu-Hf chronology Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2024. Smit, M.A., Vrijmoed, J.C., Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., Kooijman, E., Schmitt-Kielman, M., Tual, L., Guilmette, C., Ratschbacher, L.. DOI 10.1111/jmg.12769

U–Pb vein xenotime geochronology constraints on timing and longevity of orogenic gold mineralization in the Malartic-Val-d’Or Camp, Abitibi Subprovince, Canada Mineralium Deposita, 2023. Herzog, M., LaFlamme, C., Beaudoin, G., Marsh, J., Guilmette, C.. DOI 10.1007/s00126-022-01131-1

Formation of the Xigaze Metamorphic Sole under Tibetan continental lithosphere reveals generic characteristics of subduction initiation Communications Earth and Environment, 2023. Guilmette, C., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Smit, M.A., Godet, A., Fournier-Roy, F., Butler, J.P., Maffione, M., Li, S., Hodges, K.. DOI 10.1038/s43247-023-01007-w

Weathering of accretionary orogens as a trigger for the Cambrian Explosion Research Square, 2023. Zhu, M., Zhang, Y., Pastor-Galán, D., Smit, M.A., Mills, B.J.W., Zhang, F., Guilmette, C., Miao, L., Li, S., Ganbat, A., Yang, S.. DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3162070

Formation of the Xigaze Metamorphic Sole under the Tibetan continental margin reveals generic characteristics of the subduction initiation process Research Square, 2023. Guilmette, C., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Smit, M.A., Godet, A., Fournier-Roy, F., Butler, J.P., Maffione, M., Li, S., Hodges, K.. DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2621281/v1

Discovery of a >1,000 km Cambrian Eclogite-Bearing High-Pressure Metamorphic Belt in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications for the Final Closure of the Pan-Rodinian Ocean Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 2023. Zhu, M., Zhang, F., Smit, M.A., Pastor-Galán, D., Guilmette, C., Miao, L., Zou, Y., Yang, S., Ganbat, A., Tual, L., Wang, Z.. DOI 10.1029/2022JB025388

Far from boring: A new Grenvillian perspective on Mesoproterozoic tectonics Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023. Gervais, F., Beaudry, A., Kavanagh-Lepage, C., Moukhsil, A., Larson, K.P., Guilmette, C.. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118129

A global apparent polar wander path for the last 320 Ma calculated from site-level paleomagnetic data Earth Science Reviews, 2023. Vaes, B., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., van de Lagemaat, S.H.A., van der Wiel, E., Lom, N., Advokaat, E.L., Boschman, L.M., Gallo, L.C., Greve, A., Guilmette, C., Li, S., Lippert, P.C., Montheil, L., Qayyum, A., Langereis, C.G.. DOI 10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104547

Origin, nature, and evolution of the northern Pontiac subprovince, Canada: Insights from the intrusive record Precambrian Research, 2023. Godet, A., Guilmette, C., Marsh, J.H., Rottier, B., Tinkham, D., Siles Malta, I., Rehm, A., Jørgensen, T.R.C., Hamilton, M.A., Ribeiro, D., Beaudoin, G.. DOI 10.1016/j.precamres.2023.107169

Discovery of a >1,000 km Cambrian Eclogite‐Bearing High‐Pressure Metamorphic Belt in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications for the Final Closure of the Pan‐Rodinian Ocean Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2023. Mingshuai Zhu, Fuqin Zhang, Matthijs A. Smit, Daniel Pastor‐Galán, Carl Guilmette, Laicheng Miao, Yi Zou, Shunhu Yang, Ariuntsetseg Ganbat, Lorraine Tual, Zeli Wang. DOI 10.1029/2022JB025388

Characterization of the Wager shear zone, Nunavut, Canada: Insights from microstructures and geochronology Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2022. Therriault, I., Larson, K.P., Steenkamp, H.M., Apen, F.E., Graziani, R., Soret, M., Guilmette, C., Cottle, J.M.. DOI 10.1139/cjes-2022-0031

Atoll garnet: insights from LA-ICP-MS trace element mapping Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2022. Godet, A., Raimondo, T., Guilmette, C.. DOI 10.1007/s00410-022-01924-7

Re-evaluating monazite as a record of metamorphic reactions Geoscience Frontiers, 2022. Larson, K.P., Shrestha, S., Cottle, J.M., Guilmette, C., Johnson, T.A., Gibson, H.D., Gervais, F.. DOI 10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101340

Triassic trachytic volcanism in the Bangong-Nujiang Ocean: geochemical and geochronological constraints on a continental rifting event Geological Magazine, 2022. Zheng, M., Song, Y., Li, H., Guilmette, C., Tang, J., Zhang, Q., Liu, Z., Li, F.. DOI 10.1017/S0016756821001114

Global accretionary orogenesis triggered the Cambrian Explosion of life Research Square, 2022. Zhu, M., Zhang, F., Zhang, Y., Pastor-Galán, D., Mills, B., Smit, M., Guilmette, C., Miao, L., Li, S., Yang, S., Ganbat, A., Wang, Z.. DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1402132/v1

Lu–Hf garnet dating and the timing of collisions: Palaeoproterozoic accretionary tectonics revealed in the Southeastern Churchill Province, Trans‐Hudson Orogen, Canada Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2021. Antoine Godet, Carl Guilmette, Loic Labrousse, Matthijs A. Smit, Jamie A. Cutts, Donald W. Davis, Marc‐Antoine Vanier. DOI 10.1111/jmg.12599

A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering seafloor spreading and subduction initiation 2021. Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Bernhard Steinberger, Carl Guilmette, Marco Maffione, Derya Gürer, Kalijn Peters, Alexis Plunder, Peter McPhee, Carmen Gaina, Eldert Advokaat, Reinoud Vissers, Wim Spakman. DOI 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-546

A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation Nature Geoscience, 2021. van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Steinberger, B., Guilmette, C., Maffione, M., Gürer, D., Peters, K., Plunder, A., McPhee, P.J., Gaina, C., Advokaat, E.L., Vissers, R.L.M., Spakman, W.. DOI 10.1038/s41561-021-00780-7

Long-lived anatexis in the exhumed middle crust of the Torngat Orogen: Constraints from phase equilibria modeling and garnet, zircon, and monazite geochronology Lithos, 2021. Charette, B., Godet, A., Guilmette, C., Davis, D.W., Vervoort, J., Kendall, B., Lafrance, I., Bandyayera, D., Yakymchuk, C.. DOI 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106022

The La Pointe gold deposit, a disseminated orogenic gold deposit at the boundary between the La Grande and Opinaca subprovinces, Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Québec, Canada Ore Geology Reviews, 2021. Fleury, J.-P., Beaudoin, G., Guilmette, C., Bédard, É., Goutier, J., Huot, F., Davis, D.. DOI 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104355

Geochemical and geochronological record of the Andaman Ophiolite, SE Asia: From back-arc to forearc during subduction polarity reversal? Lithos, 2021. Bandyopadhyay, D., Ghosh, B., Guilmette, C., Plunder, A., Corfu, F., Advokaat, E.L., Bandopadhyay, P.C., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J.. DOI 10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105853

Lu–Hf garnet dating and the timing of collisions: Palaeoproterozoic accretionary tectonics revealed in the Southeastern Churchill Province, Trans-Hudson Orogen, Canada Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2021. Godet, A., Guilmette, C., Labrousse, L., Smit, M.A., Cutts, J.A., Davis, D.W., Vanier, M.-A.. DOI 10.1111/jmg.12599

A Metasedimentary Source of Gold in Archean Orogenic Gold Deposits Geology, 2021. Pitcairn, I.K., Leventis, N., Beaudoin, G., Faure, S., Guilmette, C., Dubé4, B.. DOI 10.1130/G48587.1