Peter Schiffman
Ph.D., Stanford (1978)
Professor and Research Geologist
Director, UC Education Abroad Study Center in Edinburgh, Scotland

Petrology and mineralogy of active and fossil hydrothermal systems in terrestrial and submarine settings; weathering, palagonitization, and biomineralization of basalt glass; mineralogy of equine enteroliths and urinary calculi in dogs, cats, and horses. Recent projects of my research group include (1) environmental controls on the alteration of Surtseyan tephra deposits at Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii), (2) low temperature alteration and hydrothermal metamorphism of hyaloclastites from the Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project's 3-km drillhole, and (3) high temperature alteration of basaltic deposits related to the Icelandic Deep Drilling Project, Reykjanes and Krafla geothermal systems.

schiffman@geology.ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-3669
On leave at the University of California Study Centre,
Edinburgh, Scotland from July 2006 to June 30, 2008.

UC Davis Electron Microprobe Laboratory