Simon Peters

About

Simon Peters is a faculty member in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His specialization includes community-based linguistics, diaspora linguistics, language documentation, heritage language development, multilingualism, language maintenance, and identity. His research also focuses on linguistic variation, morphophonology, tone, and the Tu’un Savi (Mixtec) language. Through his work, he contributes to understanding language dynamics within communities, particularly those involving minority and heritage languages, and explores the linguistic features and structures of Mixtec. His academic and research activities are centered on advancing knowledge in applied linguistics with an emphasis on language preservation, documentation, and the sociocultural aspects of language use.

Research topics

• Geology
• Paleontology
• Computer science
• Earth science
• Ecology

Selected publications

• The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project

  Geobiology · 2021-07-05 · 64 citations

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  Geobiology explores how Earth's system has changed over the course of geologic history and how living organisms on this planet are impacted by or are indeed causing these changes. For decades, geologists, paleontologists, and geochemists have generated data to investigate these topics. Foundational efforts in sedimentary geochemistry utilized spreadsheets for data storage and analysis, suitable for several thousand samples, but not practical or scalable for larger, more complex datasets. As resu…

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• Sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic eras

  Nature Geoscience · 2024-07-01 · 63 citations

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  Abstract A geologically rapid Neoproterozoic oxygenation event is commonly linked to the appearance of marine animal groups in the fossil record. However, there is still debate about what evidence from the sedimentary geochemical record—if any—provides strong support for a persistent shift in surface oxygen immediately preceding the rise of animals. We present statistical learning analyses of a large dataset of geochemical data and associated geological context from the Neoproterozoic and Palaeo…

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• The composition and weathering of the continents over geologic time

  Geochemical Perspectives Letters · 2021-03-01 · 55 citations

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  The composition of continental crust records the balance between construction by tectonics and destruction by physical and chemical erosion. Quantitative constraints on how igneous addition and chemical weathering have modified the continents' bulk composition are essential for understanding the evolution of geodynamics and climate. Using novel data analytic techniques we have extracted temporal trends in sediments' protolith composition and weathering intensity from the largest available compil…

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• Large isotopic variability at the micron-scale in ‘Shuram’ excursion carbonates from South Australia

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2020-03-17 · 47 citations

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• Evolution of the crustal phosphorus reservoir

  Science Advances · 2023-05-05 · 32 citations

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  The release of phosphorus (P) from crustal rocks during weathering plays a key role in determining the size of Earth's biosphere, yet the concentration of P in crustal rocks over time remains controversial. Here, we combine spatial, temporal, and chemical measurements of preserved rocks to reconstruct the lithological and chemical evolution of Earth's continental crust. We identify a threefold increase in average crustal P concentrations across the Neoproterozoic-Phanerozoic boundary (600 to 400…

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Recent grants

• Constraining Geological and Macroevolutionary Patterns and Processes during the Phanerozoic

  NSF · $75k · 2006–2007

• EarthCube Building Blocks: Collaborative Proposal: Digital Crust - A 4D Exploratory Environment for Earth Science Research and Learning

  NSF · $247k · 2014–2017

• CAREER: Towards a high-resolution quantification of the North American rock record: integrating field data, citizen science, and participatory education for macrostratigraphy

  NSF · $863k · 2012–2019

Frequent coauthors

• Michael Foote

  University of Chicago

  131 shared

• Martin Aberhan

  Museum für Naturkunde

  128 shared

• Wolfgang Kiessling

  128 shared

• Adam Tomášových

  Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

  128 shared

• Matthew E. Clapham

  Planetary Science Institute

  128 shared

• Mark E. Patzkowsky

  Pennsylvania State University

  128 shared

• David J. Bottjer

  128 shared

• Jocelyn A. Sessa

  Drexel University

  84 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Geophysical Sciences

  University of Chicago

  2003

• B.S., Geology

  Denison University

  1998

Similar researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Richard Mayerh-147
• Stefan Thomas Griesh-62
• Jing Yuh-43