Prof. Peter Treloar
School/Department: Geography, Geology and Environment
Position: Professor
Educational and Professional Qualifications
- 1992 - present Chartered Geologist
- 1974 - 1978 PhD Geology, Glasgow
- 1971 - 1974 BSc Geology, Bristol
Research Interests
Structural and fluid controls on ore deposit evolution
Mineral Chemistry and micro-analytical techniques
Processes of collisional orogenesis
Metamorphic petrology and petrogenesis
Teaching Area
Mineralogy Optics Mineral Deposit Geology Gemmology Metamorphic petrology Plate tectonics Remote sensin Orogenic processes
Other Professional Activity
Executive Committee, "Elements - an international magazine of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
Chair: Metamorphic Studies Group, Joint Special Interest Group of the Geological Sociwty of London and the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Vice President: Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011 - 2012
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+-Publications
Article
Mayringer, Franz, Treloar, Peter J., Gerdes, Axel, Finger, Fritz and Shengelia, David (2011) New age data from the Dzirula massif, Georgia: implications for the evolution of the Caucasian Variscides. American Journal of Science, 311(5), pp. 404-441. ISSN (print) 0002-9599
Watkins, J. M, Clemens, J. D and Treolar, P. J. (2007) Archaean TTGs as sources of younger granitic magmas: melting of sodic metatonalites at 0.6 to 1.2 GPa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 154(1), pp. 91-110. ISSN (print) 0010-7999
Beeskow, B., Treloar, P.J., Rankin, A.H., Vennemann, T.W. and Spangenberg, J. (2006) A reassessment of models for hydrocarbon generation in the Khibiny nepheline syenite complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Lithos, 91(1-4), pp. 1-18. ISSN (print) 0024-4937
Bignold, Stella M., Treloar, Peter J. and Petford, Nick (2006) Changing sources of magma generation beneath intra-oceanic island arcs: an insight from the juvenile Kohistan island arc, Pakistan Himalaya. Chemical Geology, 233(1-2), pp. 46-74. ISSN (print) 0009-2541
Beeskow, B., Rankin, A.H., Murphy, P.J. and Treloar, P.J. (2005) Mixed CH4-CO2 fluid inclusions in quartz from the South Wales Coalfield as suitable natural calibration standards for microthermometry and Raman spectroscopy. Chemical Geology, 223(1-3), pp. 3-15. ISSN (print) 0009-2541
Nivin, V.A., Treloar, P.J., Konopleva, N.G. and Ikorsky, S.V. (2005) A review of the occurrence, form and origin of C-bearing species in the Khibiny alkaline igneous complex, Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. Lithos, 85(1-4), pp. 93-112. ISSN (print) 0024-4937
Potter, Joanna, Rankin, Andrew H. and Treloar, Peter J. (2004) Abiogenic Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons in alkaline igneous rocks; fluid inclusion, textural and isotopic evidence from the Lovozero complex, N.W. Russia. Lithos, 75(3-4), pp. 311-330. ISSN (print) 0024-4937
Petterson, Michael G. and Treloar, Peter J. (2004) Volcanostratigraphy of arc volcanic sequences in the Kohistan arc, North Pakistan: volcanism within island arc, back-arc-basin, and intra-continental tectonic settings. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 130(1-2), pp. 147-178. ISSN (print) 0377-0273
Leech, D.P., Treloar, P.J., Lucas, N.S. and Grocott, J. (2003) Landsat TM analysis of fracture patterns: a case study from the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(19), pp. 3709-3726. ISSN (print) 0143-1161
Treloar, P.J., O'Brien, P.J., Parrish, R.R. and Khan, M.A. (2003) Exhumation of early Tertiary, coesite-bearing eclogites from the Pakistan Himalaya. Journal of the Geological Society, 160(3), pp. 367-376. ISSN (print) 0016-7649
Bignold, S.M. and Treloar, P.J. (2003) Northward subduction of the Indian Plate beneath the Kohistan island arc, Pakistan Himalaya: new evidence from isotopic data. Journal of the Geological Society, 160(3), pp. 377-384. ISSN (print) 0016-7649
Whittington, A.G. and Treloar, P.J. (2002) Crustal anatexis and its relation to the exhumation of collisional orogenic belts, with particular reference to the Himalaya. Mineralogical Magazine, 66(1), pp. 53-91. ISSN (print) 0026-461X
Nivin, Valentin A., Belov, Nikolai I., Treloar, Peter J. and Timofeyev, Vladimir V. (2001) Relationships between gas geochemistry and release rates and the geomechanical state of igneous rock massifs. Tectonophysics, 336(1-4), pp. 233-244. ISSN (print) 0040-1951
Blenkinsop, Tom G. and Treloar, Peter J. (2001) Tabular intrusion and folding of the late Archaean Murehwa granite, Zimbabwe during regional shortening. Journal of the Geological Society, 158(4), pp. 653-664. ISSN (print) 0016-7649
Potter, Joanna, Rankin, Andrew H., Treloar, Peter J., Nivin, Valentin A., Ting, Wupao and Ni, Pei (1998) A preliminary study of methane inclusions in alkaline igneous rocks of the Kola igneous province, Russia: implications for the origin of methane in igneous rocks. European Journal of Mineralogy, 10(6), pp. 1167-1180. ISSN (print) 0935-1221
Khan, MA, Treloar, PJ, Khan, MA, Khan, T, Qazi, MS and Jan, MQ (1998) Geology of the Chalt-Babusar transect, Kohistan terrane, N. Pakistan: implications for the constitution and thickening of island-arc crust. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 16(2-3), pp. 253-268. ISSN (print) 1367-9120
Treloar, Peter J. (1997) Thermal controls on early-Tertiary, short-lived, rapid regional metamorphism in the NW Himalaya, Pakistan. Tectonophysics, 273(1-2), pp. 77-104. ISSN (print) 0040-1951
Munyanyiwa, H, Hanson, R E, Blenkinsop, T G and Treloar, P J (1997) Geochemistry of amphibolites and quartzofeldspathic gneisses in the Pan-African Zambezi belt, northwest Zimbabwe: Evidence for bimodal magmatism in a continental rift setting. Precambrian Research, 81(3-4), pp. 179-196. ISSN (print) 0301-9268
Vince, K J and Treloar, P J (1996) Miocene, north-vergent extensional displacements along the Main Mantle Thrust, NW Himalaya, Pakistan. Journal of the Geological Society, 153(5), pp. 677-680. ISSN (print) 0016-7649
Treloar, Peter J, Petterson, Michael G, Jan, M Qasim and Sullivan, M A (1996) A re-evaluation of the stratigraphy and evolution of the Kohistan arc sequence, Pakistan Himalaya: implications for magmatic and tectonic arc building processes. Journal of the Geological Society, 153(5), pp. 681-693. ISSN (print) 0016-7649
Treloar, Peter J. and Colley, Howard (1996) Variations in the F and Cl contents in apatites from magnetite-apatite ores in northern Chile, and their ore-genetic implications. Mineralogical Magazine, 60(399), pp. 285-301. ISSN (print) 0026-461X
Dallmeyer, R. David, Brown, Michael, Grocott, John, Taylor, Graeme K. and Treloar, Peter J. (1996) Mesozoic magmatic and tectonic events within the Andean plate boundary zone, 26 [degrees]-27 [degrees] 30'S, North Chile: constraints from 40Ar/39Ar-39 mineral ages. The Journal of Geology, 104(1), pp. 19-40. ISSN (print) 0022-1376
Treloar, PJ (1995) Pressure temperature time paths and the relationship between collision, deformation and metamorphism in the North-West Himalaya. Geological Journal, pp. 333-348. ISSN (print) 0072-1050
Wheeler, J, Treloar, P J and Potts, G J (1995) Structural and metamorphic evolution of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis, Pakistan Himalayas, on the Indus gorge transect: The importance of early events. Geological Journal, pp. 349-371. ISSN (print) 0072-1050
Grocott, John, Brown, M, Dallmeyer, R D, Taylor, G K and Treloar, P J (1994) Mechanisms of continental growth in extensional arcs: An example from the Andean plate-boundary zone. Geology, 22(5), pp. 391-394.
Butler, RWH, George, M, Harris, NBW, Jones, C, Prior, DJ, Treloar, Peter and Wheeler, J (1992) Geology of the northern part of the Nanga Parbat massif, northern Pakistan, and its implications for Himalayan tectonics. Journal of the Geological Society, 149(4), pp. 557-567. ISSN (print) 0016-7649
Colley, H, Treloar, P J, Shepherd, T J and Naden, J (1991) Formation of San-Pedro-de-Cachiyuyo Breccia Pipes, Inca-de-Oro, Chile. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Section B- Applied Earth Science, 100, B179-B191. ISSN (print) 0371-7453
Strachan, R A, Treloar, P J, Brown, M and Dlemos, R S (1989) Cadomian terrane tectonics and magmatism in the Armorican Massif. Journal of the Geological Society, 146(3), pp. 423-426. ISSN (print) 0016-7649
Book
Khan, M. Asif , Treloar, Peter , Searle, Michael P. and Jan, M. Qasim, eds. (2000) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya. London, U.K. : Geological Society. 492p. (Geological Society Special Publication, no. 170) ISSN (print) 0305-8719 ISBN 1862390614
Book Section
Searle, M. P. and Treloar, P. L. (2010) Was Late Cretaceous–Palaeocene obduction of ophiolite complexes the primary cause of crustal thickening and regional metamorphism in the Pakistan Himalaya? In: Kusky, T. M. , Zhai, M.-G. and Xiao, W., (eds.) The evolving continents: understanding processes of continental growth. London, U.K. : Geological Society. pp. 345-359. (Geological Society Special Publications, no. 338) ISSN (print) 0305-8719 ISBN 9781862393035
Treloar, P.J., Rex, D.C., Guise, P.G., Wheeler, J., Hurford, A.J. and Carter, A. (2000) Geochronological constraints on the evolution of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya. In: Khan, M. Asif , Treloar, Peter. J. , Searle, Micheal P. and Jan, M. Qasim, (eds.) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya. London, U.K. : Geological Society. pp. 137-162. (Geological Society Special Publication) ISSN (print) 0305-8719 ISBN 1862390614
Butler, R.W.H., Wheeler, J., Treloar, P.J. and Jones, C. (2000) Geological structure of the southern part of the Nanga Parbat massif, Pakistan Himalaya, and its tectonic implications. In: Khan, M. Asif , Treloar, Peter. J. , Searle, Micheal P. and Jan, M. Qasim, (eds.) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya. London, U.K. : Geological Society. pp. 123-136. (Geological Society Special Publication, no. 170) ISSN (print) 0305-8719 ISBN 1862390614
Treloar, PJ, George, MT and Whittington, AG (2000) Mafic sheets from Indian plate gneisses in the Nanga Parbat syntaxis: their significance in dating crustal growth and metamorphic and deformation events. In: Khan, M. Asif , Treloar, Peter J. , Searle, Michael P. and Jan, M. Qasim, (eds.) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya. London, U.K. : Geological Society. pp. 25-50. (Geological Society Special Publication, no. 170) ISSN (print) 0305-8719 ISBN 1862390614
Treloar, Peter J., Searle, Michael P., Khan, M. Asif and Jan, M. Qasim (2000) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis and the western Himalaya: an introduction. In: Khan, M. Asif , Treloar, Peter J. , Searle, Michael P. and Jan, M. Qasim, (eds.) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya. London, U.K. : Geological Society. pp. 1-6. (Geological Society Special Publication, no. 170) ISSN (print) 0305-8719 ISBN 1862390614
Conference or Workshop Item
Beeskow, B., Rankin, A.H., Treloar, P.J., Potter, J. and Nivin, V. (2003) Alkaline igneous rocks of the Kola Peninsula: potential source rocks for abiogenic hydrocarbons via Fischer-Tropsch type reactions. In: EuroCarb ESF Network on Mantle Carbon and Carbon Cycling Workshop: What controls the location and timing of transfer of mantle carbon through the crust?; 16 - 21 Sep 2003, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.
Beeskow, B., Rankin, A.H., Murphy, P.J. and Treloar, P.J. (2003) Mixed CH4-CO2 fluid inclusions in quartz from the South Wales Coalfield as suitable natural calibration standards for microthermometry and Raman spectroscopy. In: 17th Biennal Meeting of the European Current Research on Fluid Inclusions (ECROFI XVII); 05 - 07 Jun 2003, Budapest, Hungary.
Potter, Joanna, Rankin, Andrew H., Treloar, Peter J., Nivin, Valentin A., Ting, Wupao and Ni, Pei (1997) A preliminary study of methane inclusions in alkaline igneous rocks of the Kola igneous province, Russia: implications for the origin of methane in igneous rocks. In: ECROFI XIV (European Current Research on Fluid Inclusions); 01 - 04 Jul 1997, Nancy, France.
- 2007 - present Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK.
- 2007 - present Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK.
- 1997 - 2007 Reader in Petrology, School of Earth Sciences and Geography, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK.
- 1990 - 1997 Senior Lecturuer in Geology, School of Geological Sciences, Kingston Polytechnic, Kingston upon Thames, UK.
- 1986 - 1990 NERC Research Fellow, Himalayan Research Group, Department of Geology, Imperial College, London, UK
- 1984 - 1985 Lecturer in Geology, Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford, UK
- 1982 - 1984 Lecturer in Geology, University of Zimbwbe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
- 1978 - 1982 Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Elecrton Microscopy, Earth Sciences, Cambridge University, UK
+-Professional Experience
Details
Email:
P.Treloar@kingston.ac.uk
Phone:
020 8417 2525
Location:
Room 185a, Penrhyn Road

