Research Interests:

Geochronology
Tectonics
Geodynamics

Education:

A.B. (1978) Earth Sciences, Dartmouth

M.A. (1980) Geology, Dartmouth

Ph.D. (1983) Geology, Dartmouth

Courses:

EES 26 (Energy: Origins, Impacts, and Options), EES 80 (Introduction to the Earth System), EES 426 (Tectonic Processes), EES 429 (Methods and Applications of Geochronology)

Selected Publications:

Whole-rock 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, geochemistry, and stratigraphy of intraplate Cenozoic volcanic rocks, central Mongolia.

Ancuta, L.D., Zeitler, P.K., Idleman, B.D., and Jordan, B.T.

2018

Geological Society of America Bulletin, 130, 1397-1408

Characterization of helium release from apatite by continuous ramped heating

Idleman, B.D., Zeitler, P.K., and McDannell, K.T.

2018

Chemical Geology, 476, 223-232

Screening apatites for (U-Th)/He thermochronometry via continuous ramped heating: He age components and implications for age dispersion.

McDannell, K.T., Zeitler, P.K., Janes, D.G., Idleman, B.D., and Fayon, A.K.

2018

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 223, 90-106

Instability of the southern Canadian Shield during the late Proterozoic.

McDannell, K.T., Zeitler, P.K., and Scheider, D.A.

2018

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 490, 100-109

Relict topography within the Hangay Mountains in central Mongolia: Quantifying long-term exhumation and relief change in an old landscape.

McDannell, K.T., Zeitler, P.K., and Idleman, B.D.

2018

Tectonics 37, 1-28, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004682

Solubility and trapping of helium in apatite.

Zeitler, P.K., Enkelmann, E., Thomas, J., Watson, B., and Ancuta, L.D.

2017

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 209, 1-8

Comment on “Tectonic control of Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge revealed by a buried canyon in Southern Tibet.”

Zeitler, P.K., Koons, P.O., Hallet, B., and Meltzer, A.S.

2015

Science, 349(6250):799

Knickpoint evolution on the Yarlung River: Evidence for late Cenozoic uplift of the southeastern Tibetan plateau margin.

Schmidt, J.L., Zeitler, P.K., Pazzaglia, F.J., Tremblay, M.M., Shuster, D.L., and Fox, M.

2015

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.041

Erosion in southern Tibet shut down a ~10 Ma due to enhanced rock uplift within the Himalaya

Tremblay, M.M., Fox, M. Schnidt, J.L., Tripathy-Lang, A., Wielicki, M.M., Harrison, T.M., Zeitler, P.K., and Shuster, D.L.

2015

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(39), 12030-12035, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1515652112

Tectonics and topographic evolution of Namche Barwa and the easternmost Lhasa Block.

Zeitler, P.K., Meltzer, A.S., Brown, L., Kidd, W.S.F., Lim, C., and Enkelmann, E.

2014

Nie, J., Hoke, G.D., and Horton, B., eds., Towards an improved understanding of uplift mechanisms and the elevation history of the Tibetan Plateau. Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 507

5.14 Tectonic aneurysms and mountain building.

Koons, P.O., Zeitler, P.K., and Hallet, B.

2013

Shroder, J. (Editor in Chief), Treatise on Geomorphology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, vol. 5, pp. 318-349