Current Research

Microfossil evolution - Melissa Grey (JFI) and Zoe Finkel (Mount Allison University) are partnering on studying the evolution of microfossils at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs.
Limestone provenance - Melissa Grey (JFI) and Peir Pufahl (Acadia University) partnering on research into the limestones of the Classic Section of the Cliffs.
Dendrochronology – the Mount Allison Dendrochronology Group has conducted research on dating the wood in the cliffs from the mines in order to get a more accurate date of when the first mines were built. See their recent paper here.
LiDAR scanning of the cliff face – COGS and Dalhousie University, in partnership with the Joggins Fossil Institute, are using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging: an optical remote sensing technology that measures properties of scattered light to find range and/or other information of a distant target) to scan the cliff face in order to monitor erosion of the cliffs. This has implications for management of the property and for monitoring exposure and erosion of fossils.
Trace fossils
- Taxonomy - Matt Stimson and Andrew McRae (St. Mary’s University).
- Ichnology and depositional environments - Lynn Dafoe (Cape Breton
  University), Matt Stimson (St. Mary's University) and Martin Gibling
  (Dalhousie) are collaborating to build a more complete documentation
  of trace fossils from the Joggins Cliffs. In addition to trackways,
  burrows constructed by soft-bodied animals will be used to delineate
  more specific environmental settings, especially the cyclic shifting
  between brackish and nonmarine deposition.