The kinetics of metamorphic reactions and the importance of chemical zoning in rock-forming minerals such as micas, in controlling equilibrium.
The use of thermochronology to monitor denudation histories in high elevation tectonic regions.
The geological evolution of the British Caledonides.
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Current research
Zircon dissolution and growth during metamorphism
Fluid flow through the shallow crust (Alps and California) (with Susan Lawther, Cristina Persano, Zoe Shipton)
Titanite as a monitor of magma mixing (with Graham Macleod, John Faithfull)
Orogenic development (with Cristina Persano)
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Recent publications | View all publications >>
Mcleod, G.W., Dempster, T.J. and Faithfull, J.W. 2011. Deciphering magma-mixing processes using zoned titanite from the Ross of Mull Granite, Scotland. Journal of Petrology, v.52 (1), 55-82. View full text >>
Dobson, K. J., Stuart, F. M. and Depmster, T. J. (2010) Thermal history of the Hebridean Igneous Province (HIP): How long has the HIP been cool? Journal of the Geological Society of London, 167, 5, 973-984.
Hay, D.C., Dempster, T.J., Lee, M.R. and Brown, D.J. 2010. Anatomy of a low temperature zircon outgrowth. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v.159, 81-92.
Clark, S.J.P. and Dempster, T.J. 2009. The record of tectonic denudation and erosion in an emerging orogen: an apatite fission-track study of the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain. Journal of the Geological Society, London, v.166, 87-100.
Hay, D.C. and Dempster, T.J. 2009. Zircon alteration, formation and preservation in sandstones. Sedimentology, v.56, 2175-2191.
Hay, D.C. and Dempster, T.J. 2009. Zircon behaviour during low-temperature metamorphism. Journal of Petrology, v.50, 571-589.
Lawther, S.E.M. and Dempster, T.J. 2009. Apatite grain boundary morphology and its response to low temperature fluid infiltration in crystalline basement. Geofluids, v.9, 224-236.
Dempster T.J., Martin J.C. and Shipton Z.K. 2008. Zircon dissolution in a ductile shear zone, Monte Rosa granite gneiss, northern Italy. Mineralogical Magazine, v.72, 971-986.
Dempster, T.J., Hay, D.C., Gordon, S.H. and Kelly, N.M. 2008. Micro-zircon: origin and evolution during metamorphism. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v.26, 499-507.
Dobson, K. J., Stuart, F. M., Depmster, T. J., and EIMF. (2008) U and Th zonation in Fish Canyon Tuff zircons: Implications for a zircon (U-Th)/He standard. Geochimica & Cosmochimica Acta. 72 4745-4755.
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Recent research grants | View all grants >>
Shipton Z. K., Lawther S., Dempster T. and Boyce A. (SUERC). 2009-2010. Variability in fault architecture, mineralogy and fluid flow through faults in granite gneiss exhumed from seismogenic depths. NERC Isotope Geoscience Facility award IP-1156-1109, £43,200.
Persano, C. and Dempster, T.J. 2007. Constraints on the longevity of fluid flow in the crust from low temperature thermochronometry and numerical modelling., £10,000 (Royal Society London)
Persano, C. and Dempster, T.J. 2006-2007. The detection of fluid movements in the crust using low temperature thermochronology, £29,996 (Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland)
Teaching responsibilities
Chair of Department Learning, Teaching and Assessment Committee
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Earth Sciences Level 1 Metamorphic rocks
Earth Sciences Level 1 Earth History (Snowball)
Earth Sciences Level 2 Global Tectonics
Earth Sciences Level 2 Metamorphic Processes
Earth Sciences Level 2 Minerals, Geochemistry & Isotopes
Earth Sciences Level 2 Field skills
Earth Sciences Level 3 Metamorphism
Earth Sciences Level 3 Stratigraphy
Earth Sciences Level 4 Major Earth Processes
Earth Sciences Level 4 Independant mapping surgeries
Earth Sciences Level 4 Analytical techniques
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Earth Sciences Field Classes
Level 3 Mull
Level 3 Oban
Level 3 Stonehaven, Corrieburn, Rosneath
Level 4 Southern Spain (Orogens and Basins option)
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Current postgraduate students
Susan Lawther (PhD candidate)
