
peter.zeitler@lehigh.edu
610-758-3671
594 STEPS
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.
2018
Geological Society of America Bulletin, 130, 1397-1408
Characterization of helium release from apatite by continuous ramped heating
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.
2018
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 223, 90-106
Instability of the southern Canadian Shield during the late Proterozoic.
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.
2018
Tectonics 37, 1-28, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004682
Solubility and trapping of helium in apatite.
2017
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 209, 1-8
Comment on “Tectonic control of Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge revealed by a buried canyon in Southern Tibet.”
2015
Science, 349(6250):799
Knickpoint evolution on the Yarlung River: Evidence for late Cenozoic uplift of the southeastern Tibetan plateau margin.
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
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.
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.
2013
Shroder, J. (Editor in Chief), Treatise on Geomorphology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, vol. 5, pp. 318-349