Timothy Holland
British scientist
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Timothy John Barrington Holland is a British petrologist who is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.[3]
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| Born | Timothy John Barrington Holland |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Awards | The Murchison Fund (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Petrology |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Structural and Metamorphic Studies of Eclogites and Associated Rocks in the Central Tauern Region of the Eastern Alps (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephen W. Richardson[1][2] |
| Website | www |
Education
Holland was educated at the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1977[1] for research on eclogites in the Tauern region of the Alps supervised by Stephen W. Richardson.[2]
Research and career
Holland's research investigates the computation of petrological phase equilibria.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] His research has been funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).[11]
Holland has made fundamental and enduring contributions to petrology.[12] He was the first to show that surface rocks had been buried to over 70 km.[12] He has worked to construct a self-consistent thermodynamic database which describes equilibria among the multi-component mineral phases important in rocks and with full propagation of errors.[12] This work, among the most highly cited in the geosciences, now underpins most petrological research.[12] Recent advances include the calculation of mineral assemblages and compositions as a function of composition, pressure and temperature and the thermodynamic modelling of silicate melts, critical to tectonic interpretations of deeply buried rocks.[12]
Awards and honours
Holland was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014.[12] He was awarded The Murchison Fund by the Geological Society of London in 1995.
