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Overview

Tim J. Dempster is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Geochemistry and Petrology as subfields.

The researcher's investigation covers several main topics within the geosciences, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Tim J. Dempster has published multiple papers in peer-reviewed journals. Selected recent works include:

  • "Growth zoning of garnet porphyroblasts: Grain boundary and microtopographic controls," published in 2020 in the Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • "Deformation-Induced and Reaction-Enhanced Permeability in Metabasic Gneisses, Iona, Scotland: Controls and Scales of Retrograde Fluid Movement," published in 2021 in Geofluids
  • "The influence of microscale lithological layering and fluid availability on the metamorphic development of garnet and zircon: insights into dissolution-reprecipitation processes," published in 2021 in Mineralogical Magazine

Frequent publication venues for their research contributions include:

  • Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • Geofluids
  • Mineralogical Magazine

Collaboration is a component of their research approach. Frequent co-authors have included:

  • Peter Chung
  • Sarah Coleman
  • Ross S. Kennedy
  • R. W. Brown
  • Allan Hollinsworth

Best Publications

  • A new mechanism of granite emplacement: intrusion in active extensional shear zones

    D. H. W. Hutton;T. J Dempster;P. E. Brown;S. D. Becker

  • Evidence for long residence times of rhyolitic magma in the Long Valley magmatic system: the isotopic record in precaldera lavas of Glass Mountain

    A. N. Halliday;Gail A. Mahood;Gail A. Mahood;Peter Holden;J. M. Metz

  • Timing of deposition, orogenesis and glaciation within the Dalradian rocks of Scotland: constraints from U–Pb zircon ages

    T J Dempster;G. Rogers;P W G Tanner;B. Bluck

  • Uplift patterns and orogenic evolution in the Scottish Dalradian

    T. J. Dempster

  • Late Proterozoic Charnockites in Orissa, India: A U-Pb and Rb-Sr Isotopic Study

    M. Aftalion;D. R. Bowes;B. Dash;T. J. Dempster

  • Zircon Behaviour during Low-temperature Metamorphism

    D. C. Hay;T. J. Dempster

  • A high precision U-Pb age for the Ben Vuirich granite: implications for the evolution of the Scottish Dalradian Supergroup

    G. Rogers;T. J. Dempster;B. J. Bluck;P. W. G. Tanner

  • Garnet zoning and metamorphism of the Barrovian type area, Scotland

    T. J. Dempster

  • Zircon growth in slate

    T.J. Dempster;D.C. Hay;B.J. Bluck

  • Aspects of the post-depositional evolution of Dalradian and Highland Border Complex rocks in the Southern Highlands of Scotland

    B. Harte;J. E. Booth;T. J. Dempster;D. J. Fettes

  • Formation and composition of the lower continental crust: Evidence from Scottish xenolith suites

    Alex N. Halliday;Alan P. Dickin;Robert N. Hunter;Gareth R. Davies

  • Crystallization of the Shap Granite: evidence from zoned K-feldspar megacrysts

    R. A. Cox;T. J. Dempster;B. R. Bell;G. Rogers

  • Quantification of the transient response to base-level fall in a small mountain catchment: Sierra Nevada, southern Spain

    L. J. Reinhardt;L. J. Reinhardt;Paul Bishop;T. B. Hoey;T. J. Dempster

  • U and Th zonation in Fish Canyon Tuff zircons: Implications for a zircon (U Th)/He standard

    Katherine J. Dobson;Finlay M. Stuart;Tim J. Dempster

  • Magmatic zoning in apatite: a monitor of porosity and permeability change in granites

    T. J. Dempster;M. Jolivet;M. Jolivet;M. N. Tubrett;C. J. R. Braithwaite

  • Deciphering Magma-Mixing Processes Using Zoned Titanite from the Ross of Mull Granite, Scotland

    Graham W. McLeod;Tim J. Dempster;John W. Faithfull

  • Zircon alteration, formation and preservation in sandstones

    Duncan C. Hay;Tim J. Dempster

  • Exotic metamorphic terranes in the Caledonides: Tectonic history of the Dalradian block, Scotland

    B. J. Bluck;T. J. Dempster

  • Zoning and recrystallization of phengitic micas: implications for metamorphic equilibration

    T. J. Dempster

  • Metamorphism and cooling of the NE Dalradian

    T. J. Dempster;N. F. C. Hudson;G. Rogers

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Bishop
Paul Bishop University of Glasgow
Trevor B. Hoey
Trevor B. Hoey Brunel University London
Finlay M. Stuart
Finlay M. Stuart University of Glasgow
Timothy T. Barrows
Timothy T. Barrows University of New South Wales
Zoe K. Shipton
Zoe K. Shipton University of Strathclyde
Marc Jolivet
Marc Jolivet University of Rennes
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Alan P. Dickin
Alan P. Dickin McMaster University
Trevor Ireland
Trevor Ireland University of Queensland
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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