PhD Vanderbilt University
MSc University of London (England)
BSc University of London, First Class (England)
Current: Vanderbilt University
Ph.D. Student: Environmental Engineering; Environmental Science Option
Advisor: Dr John C. Ayers
Thesis Title:
Experimental- and field-based geochemical investigations into the behavior of zircon in hydrothermal and deep-tectonic environments associated with mountain-building and crustal-evolution events.
Research Areas:
Metamorphic chemcial geodynamics:
Experimental investigations into Ultra-High-Pressure Metamorphism, Metamorphic fluids, and Subduction Zone processes.
Geodynamics, High/Ultra-High Pressure metamorphism, and crustal evolution of Central-East China (Dabie-Sulu).
Mineral thermodynamics and the behaviour of minerals and fluids in geochemical systems:
The growth and partitioning behaviour of minerals in HP/UHP geochemical systems.
Tracing mineral-fluid reactions in the deep crust using zircon.
Volcanic and mantle processes:
Rift Volcanism, Basalt formation, and Mantle Processes in Western United States.
Production of Highly evolved volcanic magmas: Plutonic and Volcanic perspectives.
Publications:
- Peters, T.J. Ayers, J.C. (in-prep). Experimental synthesis and trace-element partitioning between Zircon (ZrSiO4) and hydrothermal fluids at High-Pressure (1.5 GPa) and High-Temperatures (800-900°C).
- Ayers J.C., Zhang L., Peters T. (Submitted) Solubility of zircon and baddeleyite in neutral to alkaline aqueous fluids at upper crustal conditions. submitted to Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.
- Peters, T.J. Ayers, J.C. Gao, S. Liu, X-M. (in-prep). Zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic constraints on hydrothermal reactions in the crust during continental subduction provided by an amphibole-bearing tonalite gneiss from the Luotian Dome, Central China. [Download here: 11.3 MB]
- Peters, T.J. Ayers, J.C. Gao, S. Liu, X-M. (Submitted). The response of zircon in eclogite to metamorphism during the multi-stage evolution of the Huwan Shear Zone, China: Insights from Lu-Hf-U-Pb isotopic and trace-element geochemistry. Submitted [Download Here: 12.5 MB]
- Peters, T.J,. Menzies, M., Thirlwall, M., Kyle. P., (2008). Zuni-Bandera volcanism, Rio Grande, USA – melt formation in garnet- and spinel- facies mantle straddling the asthenosphere-lithosphere boundary. Lithos. Vol 102, 1-2, pp 295-315. 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.08.006 [Download Here]