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Peter K. Zeitler

Peter K. Zeitler

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
57
Citations
10470
World Ranking
2296
National Ranking
969

Peter K. Zeitler publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter K. Zeitler sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 162 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Peter K. Zeitler D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter K. Zeitler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Peter K. Zeitler is affiliated with Lehigh University in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on geophysics and atmospheric science. Their research portfolio includes contributions to artificial intelligence, inorganic chemistry, and materials chemistry within the context of Earth sciences.

The scientist's publication record includes 35 works centered primarily on geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geological studies and exploration, as well as geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Peter K. Zeitler include:

  • (U-Th)/He chronology: Part 1. Data, uncertainty, and reporting, 2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Thermochronologic constraints on the origin of the Great Unconformity, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Noble Gases Deliver Cool Dates from Hot Rocks, 2020, Elements
  • Helium diffusion systematics inferred from continuous ramped heating analysis of Transantarctic Mountains apatites showing age overdispersion, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Clumped isotope constraints on warming and precipitation seasonality in Mongolia following Altai uplift, 2022, American Journal of Science

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • David L. Shuster
  • Peter W. Reiners
  • Daniel F. Stöckli
  • Richard A. Ketcham
  • Ana P. Barros

Peter K. Zeitler's work appears in various scientific publication venues, with the most common being:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • AGU Advances
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Elements

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Peter K. Zeitler was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Erosion, Himalayan geodynamics, and the geomorphology of metamorphism

    Peter K. Zeitler;Anne S. Meltzer;Peter O. Koons;David Craw

  • Cooling history of the NW Himalaya, Pakistan

    Peter K. Zeitler

  • U-Th-He dating of apatite: A potential thermochronometer

    P.K. Zeitler;A.L. Herczeg;I. McDougall;M. Honda

  • Past, Present, and Future of Thermochronology

    Peter W. Reiners;Todd A. Ehlers;Peter K. Zeitler

  • Climatic and ecologic changes during Miocene surface uplift in the Southern Patagonian Andes

    Peter M. Blisniuk;Libby A. Stern;C. Page Chamberlain;Bruce Idleman

  • Neogene Patagonian plateau lavas: Continental magmas associated with ridge collision at the Chile Triple Junction

    Matthew L. Gorring;Suzanne M. Kay;Peter K. Zeitler;Victor A. Ramos

  • Geodynamics of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau from seismic anisotropy and geodesy

    S. Sol;A. Meltzer;R. Bürgmann;R.D. van der Hilst

  • Coupling of rock uplift and river incision in the Namche Barwa–Gyala Peri massif, Tibet

    Noah J. Finnegan;Bernard Hallet;David R. Montgomery;Peter K. Zeitler

  • Crustal reworking at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan: Metamorphic consequences of thermal-mechanical coupling facilitated by erosion

    Peter K. Zeitler;Peter O. Koons;Michael P. Bishop;C. Page Chamberlain

  • Synchronous anatexis, metamorphism, and rapid denudation at Nanga Parbat (Pakistan Himalaya)

    Peter K. Zeitler;C. Page Chamberlain;Harold A. Smith

  • U-Pb zircon constraints on the tectonic evolution of southeastern Tibet, Namche Barwa Area

    Amanda L. Booth;Peter K. Zeitler;William S.F. Kidd;Joseph Wooden

  • History of Uplift and Relief of the Himalaya During the Past 18 Million Years: Evidence from Fission-Track Ages of Detrital Zircons from Sandstones of the Siwalik Group

    P. F. Cerveny;N. D. Naeser;P. K. Zeitler;C. W. Naeser

  • Constraints on the metamorphic evolution of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis from geochronologic and petrologic studies of Namche Barwa

    Amanda L. Booth;C. Page Chamberlain;William S.F. Kidd;Peter K. Zeitler

  • Chronology of internal drainage development and uplift, southern Puna plateau, Argentine central Andes

    Dirk S. Vandervoort;Teresa E. Jordan;Peter K. Zeitler;Ricardo N. Alonso

  • Mechanical links between erosion and metamorphism in Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya

    P. O. Koons;P. K. Zeitler;C. P. Chamberlain;D. Craw

  • Fission-track evidence for Quaternary uplift of the Nanga Parbat region, Pakistan

    Peter K. Zeitler;Noye M. Johnson;Charles W. Naeser;Rashid A. K. Tahirkheli

  • Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy And Mammalian Fauna Of The Deseadan (Late Oligocene-Early Miocene) Salla Beds Of Northern Bolivia

    Bruce J. MacFadden;Kenneth E. Campbell;Richard L. Cifelli;Oscar Siles

  • Unroofing history of a suture zone in the Himalaya of Pakistan by means of fission-track annealing ages

    Peter K. Zeitler;Rashid A.K. Tahirkheli;Charles W. Naeser;Noye M. Johnson

  • Geochronology and temperature history of the Nanga Parbat–Haramosh Massif, Pakistan

    Peter K. Zeitler;John F. Sutter;Ian S. Williams;Robert Zartman

  • The occurrence and fission-track ages of late neogene and quaternary volcanic sediments, Siwalik group, Northern Pakistan

    Gary D. Johnson;Peter Zeitler;C.W. Naeser;N.M. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Page Chamberlain
C. Page Chamberlain Stanford University
William S.F. Kidd
William S.F. Kidd University at Albany, State University of New York
David L. Shuster
David L. Shuster University of California, Berkeley
Bernard Hallet
Bernard Hallet University of Washington
Eva Enkelmann
Eva Enkelmann University of Calgary
Charles W. Naeser
Charles W. Naeser United States Geological Survey
Noye M. Johnson
Noye M. Johnson Dartmouth College
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
David Schneider
David Schneider University of Ottawa
Frank J. Pazzaglia
Frank J. Pazzaglia Lehigh University

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