Timothy James Peters

Ph.D Candidate

Environmental Engineering: Environmental Science.

Biography:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Nationality: United Kingdom
Age: 28

Contact information: (Until 17 Dec 2011)
Department of Earth and Environmental Science.
Vanderbilt University
PMB 351805
2301 Vanderbilt Place 
Nashville, TN 37235-1805
 

Email: Timothy.J.Peters@Vanderbilt.edu
Phone: 615-438-7939
Web-Site: http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/site/fTzHAA/

Current Departmental Affiliations:
1. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences.
2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering.
3. Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (ViNSE)

Education:
Ph.D Environmental Engineering; Environmental Science
Vanderbilt University
     Advisor: Professor John C. Ayers
     Thesis Title: Experimental and field based investigations into the behavior of zircon in hydrothermal and deep-tectonic
     environments during mountain-building and crustal-evolution events.

MSc Geology by Research
University of London, Royal Holloway.
     Advisor: Professor Martin Menzies
     Thesis title: Petrogenesis of the Zuni-Bandera Volcanic Field: Polybaric Partial Melting in Response to Lithospheric Extension.

BSc Geology (1st class Honors)
University of London, Royal Holloway.
     Focus on Tectonic, geochemical, and magmatic processes.

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Publications:

1. 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).
2. 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.
3. 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 lower crust provided by a retrograded Ultra-high-pressure tonalitic orthogneiss from the Luotian Dome, Central China.
4. 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 to Tectonophysics.
5. 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
6. Peters, T, J., (2005). Petrogenesis of the Zuni-Bandera Volcanic filed: Polybaric partial melting in response to lithospheric extension. MSc Thesis. Royal Holloway, University of London.

Abstracts and Posters:

1. Peters, T J, Ayers J C, (2010), Experimental measurement of trace-element partitioning between zircon and hydrothermal fluids at High Pressure (1.5 GPa) metamorphic conditions. Fall 2010 Meeting San Francisco, U.S.A
2. Peters, T J, Ayers J C (2010), Preliminary report on the experimental measurement of trace-element partitioning between zircon and hydrothermal metamorphic fluids at High/Ultra-High Pressure conditions. Goldschmidt Conference 2010. Knoxville TN, U.S.A
3. Peters, T J, Ayers J C, Gao S, Liu X-M, (2009), 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. Section V27 AGU. Fall 2009 Meeting San Francisco, U.S.A
4. Peters, T J, Ayers J C (2009), Experimental investigation into the partitioning behavior of hydrothermal zircon (ZrSiO4) at 1.5 to 3.5 GPa: Tracing metamorphic fluids and deep-crustal evolution processes during High/Ultra-High pressure metamorphism. EURISPET-Granada: High-pressure metamorphism and subduction zones. Granada, Spain
5. Miller, C F, Miller, J S, Claiborne, L L, Gualda, G A R, Peters, T J, (2008), Generating high-silica rhyolites: Plutonic and volcanic perspectives from the Colorado River Region, Nevada-Arizona, USA: abstracts, IAVCEI 2008, General Assembly, Reykjavik, Iceland.
6. Miller, C.F., J.S. Miller, L.L. Claiborne, G.A.R. Gualda and T.J. Peters, (2008),  Highly-evolved silicic magmas: Volcanic vs. plutonic conundrums. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts A629. Vancouver, Canada.
7. Peters, T,. Menzies, M., Thirlwall, M., Kyle. P., (2006). Zuni-Bandera volcanism, Rio Grande, USA – melt formation in garnet- and spinel- facies mantle straddling the asthenosphere-lithosphere boundary.  “International Conference on Continental Volcanism” IAVCEI 2006, May 14-18, Guangzhou, China. 

Laboratory experience:

1. Vanderbilt University Environmental Engineering Laboratories, USA.
2. Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, USA.
3. Vanderbilt University, Professor John Ayers Experimental Petrology Laboratory, USA
4. X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, USA.
5. Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University, China.
6. SIMS laboratory, memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada.
7. SIMS laboratory, University of California Los Angeles, USA.
8. Electron Microprobe Laboratory, University of Tennessee, USA.
9. University of London Radiogenic Isotope Facility, UK.
10. University of London X-ray Fluorescence Facility, UK.

Workshops:

1. Mineralogical association of Canada (2008): Laser Ablation ICP–MS in the Earth Sciences: Current Practices and Outstanding Issues.
2. EURISPET-Granada (2009): High pressure metamorphism and subduction zones. Granada, Spain
3. UCLA Ion Microprobe Student Workshop (2010)

Awards:

1. Department of Earth Science, Royal Holloway, University of London: Post-graduate student research grant award. (2006)
2. Department of Earth Science, Royal Holloway, University of London: Doctoral achievement Student Publication Award (2008).
3. European Intensive Seminars on Petrology Graduate Student Grant, Granada, Spain, (2009).
4. UCLA Ion Microprobe Student Workshop Grant, (2010).