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David J. Waters is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several important subfields, including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, and Mechanics of Materials.

Waters's research covers a variety of main topics related to geological and geochemical processes. These include geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, mineralogy and gemology studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, and broader geological and geophysical studies.

The scientist has published articles in multiple well-known venues, frequently contributing to the following:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Tectonics
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Lithos

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Waters include:

  • Timing of Syenite-Charnockite Magmatism and Ruby and Sapphire Metamorphism in the Mogok Valley Region, Myanmar (2020, Tectonics)
  • Late Eocene-Oligocene granulite facies garnet-sillimanite migmatites from the Mogok Metamorphic belt, Myanmar, and implications for timing of slip along the Sagaing Fault (2021, Lithos)
  • The Cycladic Blueschist Unit on Tinos, Greece: Cold NE Subduction and SW Directed Extrusion of the Cycladic Continental Margin Under the Tsiknias Ophiolite (2020, Tectonics)
  • A modern pulse of ultrafast exhumation and diachronous crustal melting in the Nanga Parbat Massif (2022, Science Advances)
  • Burial, Accretion, and Exhumation of the Metamorphic Sole of the Oman-UAE Ophiolite (2021, Tectonics)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Waters's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • M. P. Searle
  • Nick M.W. Roberts
  • Andrew J. Smye
  • Thomas N. Lamont
  • Victor Guevara

Best Publications

  • The structural geometry, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Everest massif, High Himalaya of Nepal-South Tibet

    M.P. Searle;R.L. Simpson;R.D. Law;R.R. Parrish

  • Tectonic evolution of the Mogok metamorphic belt, Burma (Myanmar) constrained by U-Th-Pb dating of metamorphic and magmatic rocks

    M. P. Searle;S. R. Noble;J. M. Cottle;D. J. Waters

  • Quantifying geological uncertainty in metamorphic phase equilibria modelling; a Monte Carlo assessment and implications for tectonic interpretations

    Richard M. Palin;Owen M. Weller;David J. Waters;Brendan Dyck

  • Partial melting and the formation of granulite facies assemblages in Namaqualand, South Africa

    D.J. Waters

  • Two episodes of monazite crystallization during metamorphism and crustal melting in the Everest region of the Nepalese Himalaya

    Robert L. Simpson;Randall R. Parrish;Mike P. Searle;David J. Waters

  • Plate velocity exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure eclogites in the Pakistan Himalaya

    Randall R. Parrish;Simon J. Gough;Michael P. Searle;David J. Waters

  • Crustal melt granites and migmatites along the Himalaya: melt source, segregation, transport and granite emplacement mechanisms

    M. P. Searle;J. M. Cottle;M. J. Streule;D. J. Waters

  • Dating the geologic history of Oman’s Semail ophiolite: insights from U-Pb geochronology

    Clare J. Warren;Randall R. Parrish;Randall R. Parrish;David J. Waters;Michael P. Searle

  • Structural evolution, metamorphism and restoration of the Arabian continental margin, Saih Hatat region, Oman Mountains

    M.P Searle;C.J Warren;D.J Waters;R.R Parrish;R.R Parrish

  • Timing of midcrustal metamorphism, melting and deformation in the Mount Everest Region of Southern Tibet revealed by U(Th)-Pb geochronology

    John M. Cottle;Michael P. Searle;Matthew S. A. Horstwood;David J. Waters

  • Metamorphism, Melting, and Extension: Age Constraints from the High Himalayan Slab of Southeast Zanskar and Northwest Lahaul

    J. D. Walker;M. W. Martin;M. W. Martin;S. A. Bowring;S. A. Bowring;M. P. Searle

  • Geochronology of granulitized eclogite from the Ama Drime Massif: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the South Tibetan Himalaya

    John M. Cottle;John M. Cottle;Micah J. Jessup;Micah J. Jessup;Dennis L. Newell;Matthew S. A. Horstwood

  • The History of Granulite-Facies Metamorphism and Crustal Growth from Single Zircon U-Pb Geochronology: Namaqualand, South Africa

    L. J. Robb;R. A. Armstrong;D. J. Waters

  • Hercynite-quartz granulites: phase relations, and implications for crustal processes

    David J. Waters

  • Integrated pressure-temperature-time constraints for the Tso Morari dome (Northwest India): implications for the burial and exhumation path of UHP units in the western Himalaya

    M. R. St-Onge;N. Rayner;R. M. Palin;M. P. Searle

  • The significance of prograde and retrograde quartz-bearing intergrowth microstructures in partially melted granulite-facies rocks

    David J Waters

  • Eclogitization of the Monviso ophiolite (W. Alps) and implications on subduction dynamics

    S. Angiboust;R. Langdon;P. Agard;D. Waters

  • Pressure, temperature and time constraints on Himalayan metamorphism from eastern Kashmir and western Zanskar

    M. P. Searle;D. J. Waters;D. C. Rex;R. N. Wilson

  • Assessing the extent of disequilibrium and overstepping of prograde metamorphic reactions in metapelites from the Bushveld Complex aureole, South Africa

    D. J. Waters;D. P. Lovegrove

  • Structure and metamorphism of blueschist–eclogite facies rocks from the northeastern Oman Mountains

    M. P. Searle;D. J. Waters;H. N. Martin;D. C. Rex

  • Attenuation and excision of a crustal section during extensional exhumation: the Carratraca Massif, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain

    T. W. Argles;J. P. Platt;D. J. Waters

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Searle
Michael P. Searle University of Oxford
Randall R. Parrish
Randall R. Parrish University of Portsmouth
Richard M. Palin
Richard M. Palin University of Oxford
Matthew S.A. Horstwood
Matthew S.A. Horstwood British Geological Survey
John M. Cottle
John M. Cottle University of California, Santa Barbara
Clare J. Warren
Clare J. Warren The Open University
Nick M.W. Roberts
Nick M.W. Roberts British Geological Survey
Stephen R. Noble
Stephen R. Noble British Geological Survey
Richard D. Law
Richard D. Law Virginia Tech
David C. Rex
David C. Rex University of Leeds

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