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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Simon M. Peacock is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics. Their body of work includes research in artificial intelligence, radiation, inorganic chemistry, and environmental engineering, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within geoscience.

The primary research topics covered by Peacock include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Seismology and earthquake studies
  • Nuclear physics and applications
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Peacock has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, with recent papers including:

  • On the Stability of Talc in Subduction Zones: A Possible Control on the Maximum Depth of Decoupling Between the Subducting Plate and Mantle Wedge (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Advances in the thermal and petrologic modeling of subduction zones (2020), published in Geosphere

Frequent co-authors in Peacock's research include:

  • M. G. Bostock
  • Jamie Cutts
  • Katrin Steinthorsdottir
  • Connor Turvey
  • Gregory M. Dipple

Their research frequently appears in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Research Letters, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, and Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Simon M. Peacock has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Partial melting of subducting oceanic crust

    Simon M. Peacock;Tracy Rushmer;Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Subduction factory 2. Are intermediate-depth earthquakes in subducting slabs linked to metamorphic dehydration reactions?

    Bradley R. Hacker;Simon M. Peacock;Geoffrey A. Abers;Stephen D. Holloway

  • Subduction factory 1. Theoretical mineralogy, densities, seismic wave speeds, and H 2 O contents

    Bradley R. Hacker;Geoffrey A. Abers;Simon M. Peacock

  • Serpentinization of the forearc mantle

    Roy D Hyndman;Simon M Peacock

  • Seismic Consequences of Warm Versus Cool Subduction Metamorphism: Examples from Southwest and Northeast Japan

    Simon M. Peacock;Kelin Wang

  • Are the lower planes of double seismic zones caused by serpentine dehydration in subducting oceanic mantle

    Simon M. Peacock

  • An inverted continental Moho and serpentinization of the forearc mantle

    M. G. Bostock;R. D. Hyndman;R. D. Hyndman;S. Rondenay;S. Rondenay;S. M. Peacock

  • Thermal and petrologic structure of subduction zones

    Simon M. Peacock

  • Seismic evidence for overpressured subducted oceanic crust and megathrust fault sealing.

    Pascal Audet;Michael G. Bostock;Nikolas I. Christensen;Nikolas I. Christensen;Simon M. Peacock

  • High‐resolution models of subduction zones: Implications for mineral dehydration reactions and the transport of water into the deep mantle

    Peter E. van Keken;Boris Kiefer;Simon M. Peacock

  • The importance of blueschist → eclogite dehydration reactions in subducting oceanic crust

    Simon M. Peacock;Simon M. Peacock

  • Hydrous minerals in the mantle wedge and the maximum depth of subduction thrust earthquakes

    Simon M. Peacock;Roy D. Hyndman

  • Large-scale hydration of the lithosphere above subducting slabs

    Simon M. Peacock

  • Isotopic and elemental partitioning of boron between hydrous fluid and silicate melt

    Richard L. Hervig;Gordon M. Moore;Lynda B. Williams;Simon M. Peacock

  • Thermal Structure and Metamorphic Evolution of Subducting Slabs

    Simon M. Peacock

  • High pore pressures and porosity at 35 km depth in the Cascadia subduction zone

    Simon M. Peacock;Nikolas I. Christensen;Michael G. Bostock;Pascal Audet

  • Numerical simulation of metamorphic pressure-temperature-time paths and fluid production in subducting slabs

    Simon M. Peacock

  • Boron isotopic composition of subduction-zone metamorphic rocks

    Simon M Peacock;Richard L Hervig

  • Thermal and metamorphic environment of subduction zone episodic tremor and slip

    Simon M. Peacock

  • Thermal structure of the Costa Rica – Nicaragua subduction zone

    Simon M. Peacock;Peter E. van Keken;Stephen D. Holloway;Bradley R. Hacker

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Bostock
Michael G. Bostock University of British Columbia
Nikolas I. Christensen
Nikolas I. Christensen University of British Columbia
Bradley R. Hacker
Bradley R. Hacker University of California, Santa Barbara
Geoffrey A. Abers
Geoffrey A. Abers Cornell University
Kelin Wang
Kelin Wang Geological Survey of Canada
Richard L. Hervig
Richard L. Hervig Arizona State University
Roy D. Hyndman
Roy D. Hyndman University of Victoria
Frank S. Spear
Frank S. Spear Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
John W. Goodge
John W. Goodge University of Minnesota
Stéphane Rondenay
Stéphane Rondenay University of Bergen

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