Education:
B.Sc. (Hons.), Department of Geological Sciences, University of British Columbia,
1977
Ph.D., Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University,
1981
Fellowships and Awards:
First Prize, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Thesis Competition,
1977
Ph.D. Scholarship, Australian National University, 1978-1980
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1985
Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, University of British Columbia, 1989
N.L. Bowen Award, Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology Section, American Geophysical
Union, 1995
Outstanding Contributions in Geoscience Research, Department of Energy, 1996
Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1996
Highly Cited Researcher, Institute for Scientific Information, 2002
Cited as one of the most influential Earth Scientists in Notable Scientists:
A to Z of Earth Scientists
Fellow, Australian Academy of Science, 2005
External grants from 1989-2005 of >$10M
Membership in Professional Societies:
American Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society, Geological Society of America,
Geological Society of Australia
Professional Service:
Member, National Research Council/Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials Report,
National Academy Press, 1987, 122 p.
Member, National Research Council/Committee on Status and Research Objectives
in the Solid Earth Sciences Panel 10, 1989
Chair, Ion Probe Task Group, National Research Council/Facilities for Earth
Materials Research Report, National Academy Press, 1990, 62 p.
Panel Member, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory IGPP Grants Program, 1989
Panel Member, NASA Planetary Materials Review Panel, 1990-1992
Member, U.S. Geodynamics Committee, National Academy of Science, 1990-1993
Member, Editorial Board, GEOLOGY, 1993-1995
Member, Advisory Board, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, 1994-2000
Member, AGU Fellows Selection Committee, VGP Section, 1998-2000
Visiting Committee, Dept. of Earth and Oceanographic Sciences, University of
British Columbia, 1999
Editorial Board, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2000-2005
Associate Editor, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 2001-2005
Board Member, Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource, 2001-2005
Board Member, Tectonics Special Research Centre, University of Western Australia,
2001-2004
Member, National Strategic Plan for the Geosciences, Australian Academy of Sciences,
2003, 74 p.
Member, College of Experts, Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences, Australian
Research Council, 2004-present
Numerous invited and keynote lectures
Professional Experience:
Director, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University,
2001 to present
University Professor, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National
University, 2001 to present
Visiting Professor, Tibetan Plateau Research Institute, Academia Sinica, 2004
to present
Chair, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los
Angeles, 1997-2000
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Earth and Space
Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, 1989 to present
Professor, State University of New York at Albany, Department of Geological
Sciences, 1988-1989
Associate Professor, State University of New York at Albany, 1985-1988
Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Albany, 1982-1985
Research Associate, Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1981
Research Scholar, Australian National University, 1978-1980
Research Interests:
Application of isotope geochemistry to the study of lithosphere dynamics; evolution
of the Tibet-Himalaya orogenic system; development of thermochronology; experimental
determination of kinetic laws; origin and transport of crustal magmas; interactions
between tectonics and climate; applications development in secondary ion mass
spectrometry; 40Ar/39Ar dating; interpretive models for heat and mass flow;
evolution of petroleum reservoirs and geothermal systems; the conditions for
the emergence of life on Earth.
Publications (excluding abstracts):
1. T.M. Harrison, R.L. Armstrong, C.W. Naeser and J.E. Harakal (1979) Geochronology and thermal history of the Coast Plutonic Complex, near Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Canadian J. Earth Sci. 16, 400-410.
2. T.M. Harrison and G.K.C. Clarke (1979) A model of the thermal effects of igneous intrusion and uplift as applied to the Quottoon Pluton, British Columbia. Canadian J. Earth Sci. 16, 411-420.
3. T.M. Harrison and I. McDougall (1980) Investigations of an intrusive contact, northwest Nelson, New Zealand - I. Thermal, chronological and isotopic constraints. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 44, 1985-2003.
4. T.M. Harrison and I. McDougall (1980) Investigations of an intrusive contact, northwest Nelson, New Zealand - II. Diffusion of radiogenic and excess 40Ar in hornblende revealed by 40Ar/39Ar age spectrum analysis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 44, 2005-2020.
5. S. Wang, I. McDougall, N. Tetley and T.M. Harrison (1980) 40Ar/39Ar age and thermal history of the Kirin chondrite. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 49, 117-131.
6. T.M. Harrison and I. McDougall (1981) Excess 40Ar in metamorphic rocks from Broken Hill, New South Wales: Implications of 40Ar/39Ar age spectra and the thermal history of the region. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 55, 123-149.
7. T.M. Harrison and S. Wang (1981) Further 40Ar/39Ar evidence for the multi-collisional heating of the Kirin chondrite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 45,2513-2517.
8. T.M. Harrison (1981). Diffusion of 40Ar in hornblende. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 78, 324-331.
9. T.M. Harrison and I. McDougall (1982) The thermal significance of potassium feldspar K-Ar ages inferred from 40Ar/39Ar age spectrum results. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 46, 1811-1820.
10. E.B. Watson and T.M. Harrison (1983) Zircon saturation revisited: Temperature and composition effects in a variety of crustal magma types. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 64, 295-304.
11. T.M. Harrison and E.B. Watson (1983) Kinetics of zircon dissolution and zirconium diffusion in granitic melts of variable water content. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 84, 66-72.
12. T.M. Harrison and K. Be (1983) 40Ar/39Ar age spectrum analysis of detrital microcline from the southern San Joaquin Basin, California: An approach to determining the thermal evolution of sedimentary basins. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 64, 244-256.
13. T.M. Harrison (1983) Some observations on the interpretation of 40Ar/39Ar age spectra. Isotope Geosci. 1, 319-338.
14. E.B. Watson and T.M. Harrison (1984) Accessory phases and the geochemical evolution of crustal magmas. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 35, 19-30.
15. T.M. Harrison and E.B. Watson (1984) The behavior of apatite during crustal anatexis: Equilibrium and kinetic considerations. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 48, 1467-1477.
16. E.B. Watson and T.M. Harrison (1984) What can accessory minerals tell us about felsic magma evolution? A framework for experimental study. Proc. 27th Intl. Geol. Congr. 11, VNU Press, 503-520.
17. T.M. Harrison (1985) A reassessment of geological estimates of fission track annealing in apatite. Nucl. Tracks 10, 329-333.
18. E.B. Watson, T.M. Harrison and F.J. Ryerson (1985) Diffusion of Sm, Sr and Pb in fluorapatite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 49, 1813-1823.
19. T.M. Harrison, I. Duncan and I. McDougall (1985) Diffusion of 40Ar in biotite: Temperature, pressure and composition effects. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta,49, 2461-2468.
20. T.M. Harrison and J.D. Fitzgerald (1986) Exsolution in hornblende and its consequences for 40Ar/39Ar age spectra and closure temperature. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 50, 247-253.
21. T.M. Harrison, Morgan and D. Blackwell (1986) Constraints on the age of heating at the Fenton Hill Hot-Dry-Rock Site, Valles Caldera, New Mexico. Jour. Geophys. Res. 91, 1899-1908.
22. S.L. Baldwin, T.M. Harrison and K. Burke (1986) Fission track dating of detrital zircons from the Scotland Formation, Barbados. Tectonics 5, 457-468.
23. D.W. Phelps and T.M. Harrison (1986) Application of 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology on detrital potassium feldspars to the study of sedimentary basins. In Thermal Modelling in Sedimentary Basins (ed. J. Burrus). Editions Technip., Paris, 585-600.
24. S.J. Martel, T.M. Harrison and A.R. Gillespie (1987) Late Quaternary displacement rate on the Owens Valley Fault Zone at Fish Springs Cinder Cone. Quaternary Res. 27, 113-129.
25. T.M. Harrison (1987) Kelvin and the age of the Earth. Jour. Geol. 95, 725-727.
26. T.M. Harrison, J.N. Aleinikoff and W. Compston (1987) Observations and controls on the occurrence of inherited zircons in Concord-type granitoids, New Hampshire. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 51, 2549-2558.
27. P. Copeland, T.M. Harrison, W.S.F. Kidd, X. Ronghua and Z. Yuquan (1987) Rapid early Miocene acceleration of uplift in the Gandese Belt, Xizang-southern Tibet, and its bearing on accommodation mechanisms of the India-Asia collision. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 86, 240-252.
28. K.I. Mahon, T.M. Harrison and D.A. Drew (1988) Ascent of a granitoid diapir in a temperature varying medium. Jour. Geophys. Res. 93, 1174-1188.
29. E.E. Geary, T.M. Harrison and M.T. Heizler (1988) Diverse ages and origins of basement complexes, Luzon, Philippines. Geology, 16, 341-344.
30. T.M. Harrison and K. Burke (1988) 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of sedimentary basins using detrital K-feldspars: Examples from the San Joaquin Valley, California, Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico, and North Sea. In Thermal History of Sedimentary Basins (eds. N. Naeser and T. McCulloh). Springer-Verlag, 141-155.
31. M.T. Heizler and T.M. Harrison (1988) Multiple trapped argon isotopic components revealed by 40Ar/39Ar isochron analysis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 52, 1295-1303.
32. T.D. Hoisch, C.F. Miller, M.T. Heizler, T.M. Harrison and E.F. Stoddard (1988) Late Cretaceous regional metamorphism in southeastern California, In Metamorphic and Crustal Evolution of the Western United States (Rubey Volume VII) (ed. W.G. Ernst). Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 538-571.
33. C.F. Miller, E.B. Watson and T.M. Harrison (1988) Perspectives on the source, segregation and transport of granitoid magmas. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. 79, 135-156.
34. P. Copeland, R.R. Parrish and T.M. Harrison (1988) Identification of inherited radiogenic Pb in monazite and its implications for U-Pb systematics. Nature 333, 760-763.
35. I. McDougall and T.M. Harrison (1988) Geochronology and Thermochronology by the 40Ar/39Ar Method. Oxford University Press, New York, 212 pp.
36. F.S. Spear and T.M. Harrison (1989) Geochronologic studies in central New England I: Evidence for pre-Acadian metamorphism in eastern Vermont. Geology, 17, 181-184.
37. T.M. Harrison, F.S. Spear and M.T. Heizler (1989) Geochronologic studies in central New England II: Hinged and differential uplift. Geology 17, 185-189.
38. D.A. Foster, T.M. Harrison and C.F. Miller (1989) Age, inheritance and uplift history of the Old Woman-Piute Batholith, California and implications for K-feldspar age spectra. Jour. Geol. 97, 232-243.
39. S.L. Baldwin and T.M. Harrison (1989) Geochronology of blueschists from west-central Baja, California, and the timing of uplift in subduction complexes. Jour. Geol. 97, 149-164.
40. S.E. DeLong, D.W. Mitchell, D. Cherniak and T.M. Harrison (1989) Z-axis oscillation sidebands in FT/ICR mass spectra. Int. Jour. Mass Spec. Ion Proc. 91, 273-282.
41. M.S. Hubbard and T.M. Harrison (1989) 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on deformation and metamorphism in the MCT Zone and Tibetan Slab, eastern Nepal Himalaya. Tectonics 8, 865-880.
42. O.M. Lovera, F.M. Richter and T.M. Harrison (1989) 40Ar/39Ar geothermometry for slowly cooled samples having a distribution of diffusion domain sizes. Jour. Geophys. Res. 94, 17917-17935.
43. U. Schärer, P. Copeland, T.M. Harrison and M.P. Searle (1990) Age, origin and cooling history of post-collisional leucogranites in the Biafo region, Karakorum Batholith, N. Pakistan; A multi-isotope study. Jour. Geol. 98, 233-251.
44. F.J. Ryerson and T.M. Harrison (1990) Degassing of argon from microcline within the thermal aureole of the Obsidian Dome Conduit, Long Valley Caldera, California: Thermal constraints on emplacement. Jour. Geophys. Res. 95, 2781-2792.
45. P. Copeland and T.M. Harrison (1990) Episodic rapid uplift in the Himalaya revealed by 40Ar/39Ar analyses of detrital K-feldspars and muscovite. Geology 18, 354-357.
46. P. Copeland, T.M. Harrison and M.T. Heizler (1990) 40Ar/39Ar single crystal dating of detrital muscovite and K-feldspar from ODP Leg 116, southern Bengal Fan: Implications for the uplift and erosion of the Himalaya. Proc. Oceanic Drilling Project, Sci. Results Vol. 116, 93-114.
47. D.A. Foster, T.M. Harrison, P. Copeland and M.T. Heizler (1990) Effects of excess argon within large diffusion domains of K-feldspar age spectra. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 54, 1699-1708.
48. T.M. Harrison (1990) Some observations on the interpretation of feldspar 40Ar/39Ar results. Isotope Geosci. 80, 219-229.
49. T.L. Spell, T.M. Harrison and J.A. Wolff (1990) 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Bandelier Tuff and the San Diego Canyon Ignimbrites: Temporal constraints on magmatic evolution. Jour. Vol. Geotherm. Res. 43, 175-193.
50. S.L. Baldwin, T.M. Harrison and J.D. Fitz Gerald (1990) Diffusion of 40Ar/39Ar in metamorphic hornblende. Cont. Mineral. Petrol. 105, 691-703.
51. D.A. Foster, T.M. Harrison, C.F. Miller and K. Howard (1990) 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the eastern Mojave Desert, California and adjacent western Arizona with implications for the evolution of metamorphic core complexes. Jour. Geophys. Res. 95, 20,005-20,024.
52. P. Copeland, T.M. Harrison and P. LeFort (1990) Age and cooling history of the Manaslu granite: Implications for Himalayan tectonics. Jour. Vol. Geotherm. Res. 44, 33-50.
53. C. Koeberl, V.L. Sharpton, T.M. Harrison, D. Sandwell, A.V. Murali, and K. Burke (1990) The Kara/Ust Kara twin impact structure; A large-scale impact in the late Cretaceous. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 247, 233-238.
54. V.L. Hansen, M.T. Heizler and T.M. Harrison (1991) Mesozoic thermal evolution of the Yukon-Tanana composite terrane: New evidence from 40Ar/39Ar data. Tectonics 10, 51-76.
55. O.M. Lovera, F.M. Richter and T.M. Harrison (1991) Diffusion domains determined by 39Ar release during step heating. Jour. Geophys. Res. 96, 2057-2069.
56. P. Copeland, T.M. Harrison, K.V. Hodges, P. Maréujol, P. LeFort and A. Pêcher (1991) An Early Pliocene thermal perturbation of the Main Central Thrust, Central Nepal: Implications for Himalayan tectonics. Jour. Geophys. Res. 96, 8475-8500.
57. T.M. Harrison, O.M. Lovera and M.T. Heizler (1991) 40Ar/39Ar results for multi-domain samples with varying activation energy. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 55, 1435-1448 (1991).
58. M.T. Heizler and T.M. Harrison (1991) The heating duration and provenance ages of rocks in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, southern California. Jour. Vol. Geotherm. Res. 46, 73-97.
59. F.M. Richter, O.M. Lovera, T.M. Harrison and P. Copeland (1991) Tibetan tectonics from a single feldspar sample: An application of the 40Ar/39Ar method. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 105, 266-276.
60. T.M. Harrison, C. Wenji, P.H. Leloup, F.J. Ryerson, and P. Tapponnier (1992) An Early Miocene transition in deformation regime within the Red River fault zone, Yunnan, and its significance for Indo-Asian tectonics. Jour. Geophys. Res 97, 7159-7182.
61. S.L. Baldwin and T.M. Harrison (1992) The P-T-t history of blocks in serpentinite-matrix melange, west-central Baja California. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 104, 18-31.
62. D.A. Foster, C.F. Miller, T.M. Harrison, and T.D. Hoisch (1992) 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology and thermobarometry of the Old Woman Mountains area, California with implications for Mesozoic shortening, metamorphism, and denudation. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 104, 176-191.
63. T.M. Harrison, P. Copeland, W.S.F. Kidd, and A. Yin (1992) Raising Tibet. Science 255, 1663-1670.
64. M.J. Kohn, D.L. Orange, F.S. Spear, D. Rumble, and T.M. Harrison (1992) Pressure, temperature, and structural evolution of west-central New Hampshire: hot thrusts over cold basement. Jour. Petrol. 33, 521-556.
65. C.F. Miller, J.F. Hanchar, J.L. Wooden, V.C. Bennett, T.M. Harrison, D.A. Wark and D.A. Foster (1992) Source region of a granitoid batholith: evidence from lower crustal xenoliths and inherited accessory minerals. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin.: Earth Sci. 83, 49-62.
66. A.M. Grunow, I. Dalziel, T.M. Harrison, and M.T. Heizler (1992) Structural geology and geochronology of subduction complexes along the margin of Gondwanaland: new data from the Antarctic Peninsula and southernmost Andes. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 104, 1497-1514.
67. T.M. Harrison, P. Copeland, S.A. Hall, J. Quade, S. Burner, T.P. Ojha, and W.S.F. Kidd (1993) Isotopic preservation of Himalayan/Tibetan uplift, denudation, and climatic histories in two molasse deposits. Jour. Geol. 101, 159-177.
68. J.D. Fitz Gerald and T.M. Harrison (1993) Argon diffusion domains in K-feldspar I: Microstructures in MH-10. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 113, 367-380.
69. O.M. Lovera, M.T. Heizler, and T.M. Harrison (1993) Argon diffusion domains in K-feldspar II: Kinetic properties of MH-10. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 113, 381-393.
70. P.H. Leloup, T.M. Harrison, F.J. Ryerson, C. Wenji, L. Qi, P. Tapponnier, and R. Lacassin (1993) Structural, petrological and thermal evolution of a Tertiary ductile strike-slip shear zone, Diancang Shan (Yunnan, PRC). Jour. Geophys. Res. 98, 6715-6743.
71. T.L. Spell and T.M. Harrison (1993) 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of post-Valles Caldera rhyolites, Jemez Mountains Volcanic Field, New Mexico. Jour. Geophys. Res. 98, 8031-8051.
72. T.M. Harrison, M.T. Heizler, and O.M. Lovera (1993) In vacuo crushing experiments and K-feldspar thermochronometry. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 117, 169-180.
73. J.A. Kingsbury, C.F. Miller, J.L. Wooden, and T.M. Harrison (1993) Monazite paragenesis and U-Pb systematics in rocks of the eastern Mojave Desert, California, U.S.A.: implications for thermochronometry. Chem Geol. 110, 147-168.
74. W.T. Akers, M. Grove, T.M. Harrison, and F.J. Ryerson (1993) The instability of rhabdophane and its unimportance in monazite paragenesis. Chem Geol. 110, 169-176.
75. Y. Pan, P. Copeland, M.K. Roden, W.S.F. Kidd, and T.M. Harrison (1993) Thermal and unroofing history of the Lhasa area, southern Tibet - Evidence from apatite fission track thermochronology. Nucl. Tracks Radiat. Meas. 21, 543-554.
76. T.M. Harrison, M.T. Heizler, O.M. Lovera, W. Chen, and M. Grove (1994) A chlorine disinfectant for excess argon released from K-feldspar during step-heating. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 123, 95-104.
77. A. Yin, T.M. Harrison, F.J. Ryerson, W. Chen, W.S.F. Kidd, and P. Copeland (1994) Tertiary structural evolution of the Gangdese thrust system, southeastern Tibet. Jour. Geophys. Res. 99, 18,175-18,201.
78. M. Schuhmacher, E. de Chambost, K.D. McKeegan, T.M. Harrison, and H. Migeon (1994) In situ dating of zircon with the CAMECA ims 1270. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry SIMS IX (eds. A. Benninghoven et al.), 919-922.
79. J.A. Fillipone, A. Yin, T.M. Harrison, G. Gehrels, M. Smith, and J.A. Sample (1995) Age and magnitude of dip-slip faulting deduced from differential cooling histories: An example from the Hope fault, northwest Montana. J. Geol. 103, 199-211.
80. P. Copeland, T.M. Harrison, P. Yun, W.S.F. Kidd, M.K. Roden, and Y. Zhang (1995) Thermal evolution of the Gangdese batholith, southern Tibet: A history of episodic unroofing. Tectonics 14, 223-236.
81. M.J. Kohn, F.S. Spear, T.M. Harrison, and I.W.D. Dalziel (1995) 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and P-T-t paths from the Cordilleran Darwin metamorphic complex, Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Jour. Metamorphic Geol. 13, 251-270.
82. T.M. Harrison and K.I. Mahon (1995) New constraints on the age of the Manaslu leucogranite: Evidence for episodic tectonic denudation in the central Himalaya: Comment. Geology 23, 478-479.
83. T.M. Harrison, P. Copeland, W.S.F. Kidd, and O.M. Lovera (1995) Activation of the Nyainqentanghla shear zone: implications for uplift of the southern Tibetan Plateau. Tectonics 14, 658-676.
84. T.M. Harrison, K.D. McKeegan and P. Le Fort (1995) Detection of inherited monazite in the Manaslu leucogranite by 208Pb/232Th ion microprobe dating: Crystallization age and tectonic significance. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 133, 271-282.
85. J. Quade, J.M.L. Cater, T.P. Ojha, J. Adam, and T.M. Harrison (1995) Late Miocene environmental change in Nepal and the northern Indian subcontinent: stable isotope evidence from paleosols. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 107, 1381-1397.
86. A. Yin and T.M. Harrison (eds.) (1996) The Tectonic Evolution of Asia, Cambridge University Press, 666 p.
87. T.M. Harrison, P.H. Leloup, F.J. Ryerson, P. Tapponnier, R. Lacassin, and W. Chen (1996) Diachronous initiation of transtension along the Ailao Shan-Red River Shear Zone, Yunnan and Vietnam. The Tectonic Evolution of Asia (eds. A. Yin and T.M. Harrison), Cambridge Press, 205-226.
88. W.A. Bohrson, M.R. Reid, A.L. Grunder, M.T. Heizler, T.M. Harrison, and J. Lee (1996) Prolonged history of silicic peralkaline volcanism in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Jour. Geophys. Res. 101, 11,457-11,474.
89. M. Grove and T.M. Harrison (1996) 40Ar diffusion in Fe-rich biotite. Am. Min. 81, 940-951.
90. S.J. Mojzsis, G. Arrhenius, K.D. McKeegan, T.M. Harrison, A.P. Nutman, C.R.L. Friend (1996) Evidence for life on Earth by 3800 Myr. Nature 384, 55-59.
91. R.J. Stern, S.H. Bloomer, F. Martinez, T. Yamazaki, and T.M. Harrison (1996) The composition of back-arc basin lower crust and upper mantle in the Mariana trough: A first report. Island Arc 5, 354-372.
92. T.M. Harrison, F.J. Ryerson, P. Le Fort, A. Yin, O.M. Lovera, and E.J. Catlos (1997) A Late Miocene-Pliocene origin for the Central Himalayan inverted metamorphism. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 146, E1-E8.
93. X. Quidelleur, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, T. M. Harrison, A. Yin, and F.J. Ryerson (1997) The thermal evolution and slip history of the Renbu Zedong Thrust, southeastern Tibet. Jour. Geophys. Res. 102, 2659-2679.
94. M.A. Edwards and T.M. Harrison (1997) When did the roof collapse? Late Miocene N-S extension in the High Himalaya revealed by Th-Pb monazite dating of the Khula Kangri granite. Geology 25, 543-546.
95. X. Kong, A. Yin, and T.M. Harrison (1997) Evaluating the role of pre-existing weakness and topographic distributions in the Indo-Asian collision by use of a thin-shell numerical model. Geology 25, 527-530.
96. M.R. Reid, C.D. Coath, T.M. Harrison and K.D. McKeegan (1997) Ion microprobe dating of young zircons reveals prolonged residence times for the youngest rhyolites associated with Long Valley caldera. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 150, 27-35.
97. M.A. Murphy, A. Yin, T.M. Harrison, S.B. Durr, Chen Z., F.J. Ryerson, W.S.F. Kidd, Wang X., and Zhou X. (1997) Significant crustal shortening in south-central Tibet prior to the Indo-Asian collision. Geology 25, 719-722.
98. O.M. Lovera, M. Grove, T.M. Harrison and K.I. Mahon (1997) Systematic analysis of K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar step-heating experiments I: Significance of activation energy determinations. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 3171-3192.
99. T.M. Harrison, O.M. Lovera, and M. Grove (1997) New insights into the origin of two contrasting Himalayan granite belts. Geology 25, 899-902.
100. E.B. Watson, D.J. Cherniak, J.M. Hanchar, T.M. Harrison, and D.A. Wark (1997) The incorporation of Pb into zircon. Chem. Geol. 141, 19-31.
101. T.M. Harrison, A. Yin, and F.J. Ryerson (1998) Orographic evolution of the Himalaya and Tibet. In Tectonic Boundary Conditions for Climate Reconstructions, (eds. T.J. Crowley and K. Burke), Oxford University Press, pp 39-72.
102. A. Yin, S. Nie, T.M. Harrison, P. Craig, F.J. Ryerson, L. Tang, Y. Geng, and Q. Xianglin (1998) Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern Chinese Tian Shan. Tectonics 17, 1-27.
103. C.F. Miller, R.D. Hatcher, T.M. Harrison, C.D. Coath, and E.B. Gorisch (1998) Cryptic crustal events elucidated through zone imaging and ion microprobe studies of zircon, southern Appalachians, North Carolina-Georgia. Geology 26, 419-422.
104. K.I. Mahon, T.M. Harrison and M. Grove (1998) The thermal and cementation histories of a sandstone petroleum reservoir, Elk Hills, California. Part 1: 40Ar/39Ar thermal history results. Chem. Geol. 152, 227-256.
105. K.I. Mahon, T.M. Harrison, K.D. McKeegan (1998) The thermal and cementation histories of a sandstone petroleum reservoir, Elk Hills, California. Part 2: In situ oxygen and carbon isotopic results. Chem. Geol. 152, 257-271.
106. T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, and E.J. Catlos (1998) A model for the origin of Himalayan anatexis and inverted metamorphism. Jour. Geophys. Res. 103, 27,017-27,032.
107. M.T. Heizler and T.M. Harrison (1998) The thermal history of the New York basement determined from 40Ar/39Ar studies. Jour. Geophys. Res. 103, 29,795-29,814.
108. T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, K.D. McKeegan, C.D. Coath, O.M. Lovera, and P. Le Fort (1999) Origin and episodic emplacement of the Manaslu intrusive complex, Central Himalaya. Jour. Petrol. 40, 3-19.
109. M. Grove and T.M. Harrison (1999) Monazite Th-Pb age depth profiling. Geology 27, 487–490.
110. I. McDougall and T.M. Harrison (1999) Geochronology and Thermochronology by the 40Ar/39Ar Method. 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 269 p.
111. T.M. Harrison (1999) The 40Ar/39Ar dating method. In Encyclopedia of Geochemistry (eds., C.P. Marshall and R.W. Fairbridge). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 19-21.
112. A. Yin, P.A. Kapp, M.A. Murphy, C.E. Manning, T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, D. Lin, D. Xi-Guang, and W. Cun-Ming (1999) Significant late Neogene east-west extension in northern Tibet. Geology 27, 787-790.
113. M.A. Murphy and T.M. Harrison (1999) The relationship between leucogranite magmatism and the Qomolangma detachment in the Rongbuk Valley, south Tibet. Geology 27, 831-834.
114. A. Yin, J.A. Fillipone, T.M. Harrison, and J.A. Sample (1999) Fault kinematics of the western Lewis and Clark line in northern Idaho and northwestern Montana: implications for possible mechanisms of Mesozoic arc segmentation. Belt Symposium III Special Volume, 244-253.
115. A. Yin, T.M. Harrison, M.A. Murphy, M. Grove, S. Nie, F.J. Ryerson, X.F. Wang, and Z.L. Chen (1999) Tertiary deformation history of southeastern and southwestern Tibet during the Indo-Asian collision. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 111, 1644–1664.
116. G.B. Dalrymple, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, T.M. Harrison, J.B. Hulen, and M.A. Lanphere (1999) Age and thermal history of the Geysers Plutonic Complex (Felsite Unit), Geysers Geothermal Field, California. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 173, 285-298.
117. T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, E.J. Catlos, and J. D’Andrea (1999) The origin of Himalayan anatexis and inverted metamorphism: Models and constraints. Jour. Asian Earth. Sci. 17, 755-772.
118. P. Kapp, A. Yin, C.E. Manning, M.A. Murphy, T.M. Harrison, M. Spurlin, L. Ding, X. Deng, and C. Wu (2000) Blueschist-bearing metamorphic core complexes in the Qiangtang block reveal deep crustal structure of northern Tibet. Geology 28, 19-22.
119. S. J. Mojzsis and T.M. Harrison (2000) Vestiges of a beginning: Clues to the emergent biosphere recorded in the oldest terrestrial sediments. GSA Today, 10 (4), 1-6.
120. C.F. Miller, R.D. Hatcher, J.C. Ayers, C.D. Coath, and T.M. Harrison (2000) Age and zircon inheritance of eastern Blue Ridge plutons, southwestern North Carolina and northeastern Georgia, with implications for magma history and evolution of the southern Appalachian orogen. Am. J. Sci., 300, 142-172.
121. M. Fayek, T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, and C. Coath (2000) A rapid in situ method for determining the ages of uranium oxide minerals. Int. Geol. Rev., 42, 163-171.
122. E.J. Catlos, S.S. Sorensen, and T.M. Harrison (2000) Th-Pb ion microprobe dating of allanite. Am. Min., 85, 633-648.
123. A. Yin and T.M. Harrison (2000) Geologic evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen. Ann. Revs. Earth Planet. Sci. 28, 211-80.
124. T.M. Harrison, A. Yin, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera and F.J. Ryerson (2000) The Zedong Window: A record of superposed Tertiary convergence in southeastern Tibet. Jour. Geophys. Res. 105, 19,211-19,230.
125. C. House, J.W. Schopf, K.D. McKeegan, C.D. Coath, T.M. Harrison, and K.O. Stetter (2000) The carbon isotope composition of individual Precambrian microfossils. Geology 28, 707-710.
126. M.A. Murphy, A. Yin, P.A. Kapp, T.M. Harrison, L. Ding, and J. Guo (2000) Southward propagation of the Karakoram fault system, southwest Tibet: Timing and magnitude of slip: Geology 28, 451-454.
127. K.J. Townsend, C.F. Miller, J.L. D’Andrea, J.C. Ayers, T.M. Harrison, and C.D. Coath (2000) Low temperature replacement of monazite in the Ireteba granite, Southern Nevada: geochronological implications. Chem. Geol. 172, 95-112.
128. S.J. Mojzsis, T.M. Harrison, and R.T. Pidgeon (2001) Oxygen-isotope evidence from ancient zircons for liquid water at the Earth’s surface 4300 Myr ago. Nature 409, 178-181.
129. M. Fayek, C. Coath, T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, and J.R. Boles (2001) In situ stable isotopic evidence for protracted and complex carbonate cementation in a petroleum reservoir, North Coles Levee, San Joaquin Basin, California, U.S.A. Jour. Sed. Res., 71, 454-478.
130. J. Wang, A. Yin, T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, Y. Zhang, and G. Xie (2001) A tectonic model for Cenozoic magmatism in the eastern Indo-Asian collision zone. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 188, 123-133.
131. M.J. Kohn, E.J. Catlos, F.J. Ryerson, and T.M. Harrison (2001) P-T-t path discontinuity in the MCT Zone, Central Nepal. Geology 29, 571-574.
132. E.J. Catlos, T.M. Harrison, M.J. Kohn, M. Grove, F.J. Ryerson, C.E. Manning, B.N. Upreti (2001) Geochronologic and thermobarometric constraints on the evolution of the Main Central Thrust, central Nepal Himalaya. Jour. Geophys. Res. 106, 16,177-16,192.
133. P.H. Leloup, N. Arnaud, R. Lacassin, J.R. Keinast, T.M. Harrison, P.T. Trinh, A. Replumaz, and P. Tapponnier (2001) New constraints on the structure, thermochronology, and timing of the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone, SE Asia. Jour. Geophys. Res. 106, 6683-6732.
134. L. Ding, D. Zhong, A. Yin, P. Kapp and T.M. Harrison (2001) Cenozoic structural and metamorphic evolution of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis (Namche Barwa). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 192, 423-438.
135. E.J. Catlos, T.M. Harrison, C.E. Manning, M. Grove, S.M. Rai, M.S. Hubbard, and B.N. Upreti (2002) Records of the evolution of the Himalayan orogen from in situ Th-Pb ion microprobe dating of monazite: Eastern Nepal and western Garhwal. Jour. Asian Earth. Sci. 20, 459-479.
136. O.M. Lovera, M. Grove, and T.M. Harrison (2002) Systematic analysis of K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar step-heating experiments II: Relevance of laboratory K-feldspar argon diffusion properties to Nature. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66, 1237-1255.
137. M. Fayek, T.M. Harrison, R.C. Ewing, M. Grove, and C.D. Coath (2002) O and Pb isotopic analyses of uranium minerals by ion microprobe and U–Pb ages from the Cigar Lake deposit. Chem. Geol. 185, 205-225.
138. C.J. Carson, J.J. Ague, M. Grove, C.D. Coath and T.M. Harrison (2002) U¯Pb isotopic behavior of zircon during upper-amphibolite facies fluid infiltration in the Napier Complex, east Antarctica. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 199, 287-310.
139. I.R.C. McDermid, J.C. Aitchison, A.M. Davis, T.M. Harrison, and M. Grove (2002) The Zedong terrane: A Late Jurassic intra-oceanic magmatic arc within the Yarlung-Zangbo suture zone, southeastern Tibet. Chem. Geol. 187, 267-277.
140. S.J. Mojzsis and T.M. Harrison (2002) Establishment of a 3.83-Ga magmatic age for the Akilia tonalite (southern West Greenland). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 202, 563-576.
141. E.J. Catlos, L.D. Gilley, and T.M. Harrison (2002) Interpretation of monazite ages obtained via in situ analysis. Chem. Geol. 188, 193-215.
142. T.M. Harrison, E.J. Catlos, and J.-M. Montel (2002) U-Th-Pb dating of phosphate minerals. In Phosphates: Geochemical, Geobiological and Materials Importance, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 48, Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 523-558.
143. M.A. Murphy, A. Yin, P.A. Kapp, T.M. Harrison, and C.E. Manning (2002) Structural and thermal evolution of the Gurla Mandhata metamorphic core complex, southwest Tibet. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 114, 428-447.
144. S.J. Mojzsis, C.D. Coath, J.P. Greenwood, K.D. McKeegan, and T.M. Harrison (2003) Mass-independent isotope effects in Archean (2.5-3.8 Ga) sedimentary sulfides determined by ion microprobe analysis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 1635-1658.
145. L.D. Gilley, T.M. Harrison, P.H. Leloup, F.J. Ryerson, O.M. Lovera, and J.H. Wang (2003) Direct dating of left-lateral deformation along the Red River shear zone, China and Vietnam. Jour. Geophys. Res. 108, 2127.
146. B.A. Wing, J.M. Ferry, and T.M. Harrison (2003) Prograde destruction and formation of monazite and allanite during contact and regional metamorphism of pelites: Petrology and geochronology. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 145, 228-250.
147. D.M. Robinson, P.G. DeCelles, C.N. Garzione, O.N. Pearson, T.M. Harrison, and E.J. Catlos (2003) Kinematic model for the Main Central thrust in Nepal. Geology 31, 359-362.
148. A.K. Schmitt, M. Grove, T.M. Harrison, O.M. Lovera, J. Hulen, and M. Waters (2003) The Cobb Mountain-Geyser’s magma system, California (Part 1): U-Pb zircon ages, conditions of crystallization, and magma residence times. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 3423-3442.
149. A.K. Schmitt, M. Grove, T.M. Harrison, O.M. Lovera, J. Hulen, and M. Waters (2003) The Cobb Mountain-Geyser’s magma system, California (Part 2): Timescales of pluton emplacement and implications for the evolution of a thermally active aureole. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 3343–3358.
150. E.S. Cowgill, A. Yin, T.M. Harrison, and X.F. Wang (2003) Reconstruction of the Altyn Tagh fault based on U-Pb geochronology: the role of backthrusts, mantle sutures, and heterogeneous crustal strength in forming the Tibetan Plateau. Jour. Geophys. Res. 108, 2346.
151. X. Chen, A. Yin, G.E. Gehrels, E.S. Cowgill, M. Grove, T.M. Harrison, X.F. Wang (2003) Two phases of Mesozoic north-south extension in the eastern Altyn Tagh range, northern Tibetan Plateau. Tectonics 22, 1053.
152. P.A. Kapp, A. Yin, C.M. Manning, T.M. Harrison, M.H. Taylor, and Lin Ding (2003) Tectonic evolution of the early Mesozoic blueschist-bearing Qiangtang metamorphic belt, central Tibet. Tectonics 22, 1043.
153. P.A. Kapp, M.A. Murphy, A. Yin, T.M. Harrison, L. Ding, and J. Guo (2003) Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Shiquanhe area of western Tibet. Tectonics 22, 1029.
154. M. Grove, O.M. Lovera and T.M. Harrison (2003) Late Cretaceous cooling of the east-central Peninsular Ranges Batholith (33ºN): Relationships to La Posta pluton emplacement, Laramide shallow subduction, and forearc sedimentation. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Paper 374, 355-380.
155. D.J. Cherniak, E.B. Watson, M. Grove, and T.M. Harrison (2004) Pb diffusion in monazite: A combined RBS/SIMS study. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68, 829-840.
156. E.J. Catlos, C.S. Dubey, T.M. Harrison and M.A. Edwards (2004) Late Miocene movement within the Himalayan Main Central Thrust Shear Zone, Sikkim, NE India. Jour. Metamorph. Geol. 22, 207-226.
157. L. Becker, R. J. Poreda, A.R. Basu, K. Pope, T.M. Harrison, C. Nicholson, and R. Iasky (2004) Bedout: A possible end-Permian impact crater offshore of northwestern Australia. Science 304, 1469-1476.
158. A.C. Robinson, A. Yin, C.E. Manning, T.M. Harrison, S.H. Zhang, X.F. and Wang Xiao (2004) Tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir: Constraints from the northern portion of the Kongur Shan extensional system, western China. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 116, 953-973.
159. G. Turner, T.M. Harrison, G. Holland, S.J. Mojzsis, and J. Gilmour (2004) Xenon from extinct 244Pu in ancient terrestrial zircons. Science 306, 89-91.
160. L. Bollinger, J.P. Avouac, O. Beyssac, E.J. Catlos, T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, B. Goffé and S. Sapkota (2004) Thermal structure and exhumation history of the Lesser Himalaya in central Nepal. Tectonics 23, TC5015.
161. P.C. Treble, J.C. Chappell, M.K. Gagan, K.D. McKeegan and T.M. Harrison (2005) In situ measurement of seasonal ?18O variations and analysis of isotopic trends in a precisely dated modern speleothem from southwest Australia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 233, 17-32.
162. E.B. Watson and T.M. Harrison (2005) Zircon thermometer reveals minimum melting conditions on earliest Earth. Science 308, 841-844.
163. T.M. Harrison and P.K. Zeitler (2005) Fundamentals of noble gas thermochronometry. In Low Temperature Thermochronology: Techniques, Interpretations and Applications, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 58, Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 123-149.
164. T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, and P.K. Zeitler (2005) Continuous thermal histories from closure profiles. In In Low Temperature Thermochronology: Techniques, Interpretations and Applications, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 58, Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 389-409.
165. J.L.D. Kapp, T.M. Harrison, P.A. Kapp, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, and D. Lin (2005) The Nyainqentanglha Shan: A window into the tectonic, thermal and geochemical evolution of the Lhasa block, southern Tibet. Jour. Geophys. Res. 110, doi:10.1029/2004JB003330.
166. P.A. Kapp, A. Yin, T.M. Harrison, and L. Ding (2005) Cretaceous-Tertiary shortening, basin development, and volcanism in central Tibet. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 117, 865-878.
167. T.M. Harrison, J. Blichert-Toft, W. Müller, F. Albarede, P. Holden, and S.J. Mojzsis (2005) Heterogeneous Hadean hafnium: Evidence of continental crust by 4.4–4.5 Ga. Science (in press).
168. T.M. Harrison (2005) Did the Himalayan crystallines extrude from beneath the Tibetan plateau? Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pap. (in press).
169. C.E. Manning, S.J. Mojzsis, and T.M. Harrison (2005) Geology and age of supracrustal rocks, Akilia Island, Greenland. Am. J. Sci. (in press).
170. E.J. Catlos, C.S., R.A. Marston and T.M. Harrison (2005)Deformation within the Main Central Thrust shear zone, Bhagirathi River (NW India): Implications for Himalayan tectonics. Geol. Soc. Am. Special Paper (in press)
171. F.S. Spear, J.T. Cheney, J.M. Pyle, T.M. Harrison, and G. Layne (2005) Monazite geochronology on a transect across central New England. Jour. Petrol. (submitted).
172. D. Trail, S.J. Mojzsis, T.M. Harrison, E.J. Catlos and P. Holden (2005) Metamorphic history of pre-Archean (Hadean) zircons. Chem. Geol. (submitted.)
C.R.M. McFarlane and T.M. Harrison (2005) Pb-diffusion in monazite: constraints from a high-T contact aureole setting. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. (in prep.)
M. Fayek, M. Grove , T.M. Harrison, and K.D. McKeegan (2005) Calibration of
matrix effects in oxygen and carbon ion microprobe analysis of ternary carbonates.
Chem. Geol. (manuscript).