Timmons Erickson
Microstructural Geochronologist | Jacobs
Timmons Erickson
Microstructural Geochronologist
Jacobs
Phone
281.792.8609
Phone
281.792.8609
Biography
Dr. Timmons Erickson is a Jacobs – JETS Research Scientist within NASA Johnson Space Center’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science division. He is an expert on shock deformation microstructures within accessory minerals with a focus on linking electron backscatter diffraction analysis with targeted in situ U-Pb geochronologic analyses to determine precise impact ages from both terrestrial and extraterrestrial samples.
Education
PhD
Applied Geology
Curtin University
2017
MSc
Geology
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
2012
BA
Geology
Oberlin College
2008
Education
PhD, Applied Geology, 2017
Curtin University
MSc, Geology, 2012
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
BA, Geology, 2008
Oberlin College
Laboratories
Select Publications
Rasmussen C, Stockli D, Erickson T, Shcmieder M (2020) Spatial U–Pb age distribution in shock-recrystallized zircon – a case study from the Rochechouart impact structure, France. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, V. 273, P. 313-330.
Erickson T, Kirkland C, Timms N, Cavosie A and Davison T (2020) Precise radiometric age establishes Yarrabubba, Western Australia, as Earth’s oldest recognised meteorite impact structure. Nature Communications, 11, 300.
Timms N, Kirkland C, Cavosie A, Rae A, Rickard W, Evans N, Erickson T, Wittmann A, Ferriére L, Collins G and Gulick S (2020) Shocked titanite records Chicxulub hydrothermal alteration and impact age. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, V. 281, P. 12-30.
Cox M, Erickson T, Schmieder M, Christoffersen R, Ross D, Cavosie A, Bland P, Kring D and IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists (2020) High-resolution microstructural and compositional analyses of shock deformed apatite from the Peak Ring of the Chicxulub impact crater. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, in press.
Cesare B, Nestola F, Johnson T, Mugnaioli E, Della Ventrua G, Peruzzo L, Bartoli O, Viti C and Erickson T (2019) Garnet, the archetypical cubic mineral, grows tetragonal. Scientific Reports, 9, 14672.
Erickson T, Timms N, Pearce M, Cayron C, Deutsch A, Keller L, Kring D (2019) Shock-produced high-pressure (La, Ce, Th)PO4 polymorph revealed by microstructural phase heritage of monazite. Geology, V. 47, P. 504-508.
Timms N, Pearce M, Erickson T, Cavosie A, Rae A, Wheeler J, Wittmann A, Ferriére L, Poelchau M, Tomioka N, Collins G, Gulick S, Rasmussen C, Morgan J and IODP-ICP Exp. 364 Scientists (2019) New shock microstructures in titanite (CaTiSiO5) from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, V. 174.
Ge R, Wilde S, Nemchin A, Whitehouse M, Bellucci J, Erickson T (2019) Mechanisms and consequences of intra-crystalline enrichment of ancient radiogenic Pb in detrital Hadean zircons from the Jack Hills, Western Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, V. 517, P. 38-49.
Olierook H, Taylor R, Erickson T, Clark C, Reddy S, Kirkland C, Jahn I and Barham M (2019) Unravelling complex geologic histories using U–Pb and trace element systematics of titanite. Chemical Geology, V. 504, P. 105-122.
Cox M, Cavosie A, Ferriére L, Timms N, Bland P, Miljkovic K, Erickson T and Hess B (2019) Shocked quartz in polymict impact breccia from the Upper Cretaceous Yallalie impact structure in Western Australia. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, V. 54, P. 621-637.
Montalvo P, Cavosie A, Kirkland C, Evans N, McDonald B, Talavera C, Erickson T and Lugo-Centeno C (2018) Detrital shocked zircon provides first radiometric age constraint (<1472 Ma) for the Santa Fe impact structure, New Mexico, USA. GSA Bulletin, V. 131, P.845-863.
Ge R, Wilde S, Nemchin A, Whitehouse M, Bellucci J, Erickson T, Frew A, Thern E (2018) A 4463 Ma apparent zircon age from the Jack Hills resulting from ancient Pb mobilization. Geology, V. 46. P. 303-306.
Fougerouse D, Reddy S, Saxey D, Erickson T, Kirkland C, Rickard W, Seydoux-Guillaume A-M, Clark C and Buick I (2018) Nanoscale distribution of Pb in monazite revealed by atom probe microscopy. Chemical Geology, V. 479, p. 251-258.
Cavosie A, Timms N, Erickson T, Koeberl C (2018) New clues from Earth's most elusive impact crater: Evidence of reidite in Australasian tektites from Thailand. Geology, V. 46, p. 203-206.
Olierook H, Sheppard S, Johnson S, Occhipinti S, Reddy S, Clark C, Fletcher I, Rasmussen B, Zi J-W, Pirajno F, LaFlamme C, Do T, Ware B, Blandthorn E, Lindsay M, Lu Y-J, Crossley R, Erickson T (2018) Extensional episodes in the Paleoproterozoic Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia, reveled by petrogrenesis and geochronology of mafic-ultramafic rocks. Precambrian Research, V. 306, 22 – 40.
Cavosie A, Erickson T, Montalvo P, Prado D, Cintron N, Gibbon R (2018) The Rietputs Formation in South Africa: A Pleistocene fluvial archive of meteorite impact unique to the Kaapvaal craton. In: Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale. AGU monographs 232, p. 203 – 224
Timms N, Healy D, Erickson T, Nemchin A, Pearce M (2018) Role of elastic anisotropy in the development of deformation microstructures in zircon. In: Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale. AGU monographs 232, p. 183 – 202.
Timms N, Erickson T, Zanetti M, Pearce M, Cayron C, Cavosie A, Reddy S, Wittmann A, Carpenter P (2017) Cubic zirconia in >2370 °C impact melt records Earth’s hottest crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, V. 477, p. 52 – 58.
Erickson T, Timms N, Kirkland C, Tohver E, Cavosie A, Pearce M, Reddy S (2017) Shocked monazite chronometry: integrating microstructural and in situ isotopic age data for determining precise impact ages. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, V.172.
Montalvo S, Cavosie A, Erickson T, Talavera C (2017) Fluvial transport of impact evidence form cratonic interior to passive margin: Vredefort-derived shocked zircon on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. America Mineralogist, V. 102, p. 813 – 823.
Erickson T, Pearce M, Reddy S, Timms N, Cavosie A, Bourdet J, Rickard W, Nemchin A (2017) Microstructural constraints on the mechanisms of the transformation to reidite in naturally shocked zircon. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, V. 172.
Timms N, Erickson T, Pearce M, Cavosie A, Schmieder M, Tohver E, Reddy S, Zanetti M, Nemchin A, Wittmann A (2017) A pressure-temperature phase diagram for zircon at extreme conditions. Earth Science Reviews, V. 165, p. 185 – 202.
Cavosie A, Timms N, Erickson T, Hagerty J, Hörz F (2016) Transformations to granular zircon revealed: Twinning, reidite, and ZrO2 in shocked zircon from Meteor Crater (Arizona, USA). Geology, V. 44, p. 703 – 706.
Erickson T, Cavosie A, Pearce M, Timms N, Reddy S (2016) Empirical constraints on shock features in monazite using shocked zircon inclusion. Geology, V. 44, p. 635 – 638.
Erickson T, Reddy S, Timms N, Pearce M, Taylor R, Clark C, Buick I (2016) Deformed monazite yields high temperature tectonic ages: Reply. Geology, v. 44, e378.
Kirkland C, Erickson T, Johnson T, Danišík M, Evans N, Bourdet J, McDonald B (2016) Discriminating prolonged, episodic or disturbed monazite age spectra: An example from the Kalak Nappe Complex, Arctic Norway. Chemical Geology, V. 424, p. 96 – 110.
Cavosie A, Erickson T, Timms N, Reddy S, Talavera C, Montalvo S, Pincus M, Gibbon R, Moser D (2015) A terrestrial perspective on using ex situ shocked zircons to date lunar impacts. Geology, V. 43, p. 999 – 1002.
Erickson T, Pearce M, Taylor R, Timms N, Clark C, Reddy S and Buick I (2015) Deformed monazite yields high temperature tectonic ages. Geology, V. 43, p. 383 – 386.
Cavosie A, Erickson T and Timms N (2015) Nanoscale records of ancient shock deformation: Reidite (ZrSiO4) in sandstone at the Ordovician Rock Elm impact crater. Geology, V. 43, p. 315 – 318.
Erickson T, Cavosie A, Moser D, Barker I, Ravoan H, and Wooden J (2013) Identification and provenance determination of distally transported, Vredefort-derived shocked minerals in the Vaal River, South Africa using SEM and SHRIMP-RG techniques. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, V. 107, p. 170 – 188.
Erickson T, Cavosie A, Moser D, Barker I, and Radovan H (2013) Correlating planar microstructures in shocked zircon from the Vredefort Dome at multiple scales: Crystallographic modeling, external & internal imaging, and EBSD structural analysis. American Mineralogist, V. 98, p. 53 – 65.