Plate tectonics and convection of the solid, rocky mantle are responsible for transporting
heat out of Earth. However, the physics of plate tectonics is poorly understood; other planets …

The periodic assembly and dispersal of supercontinents through the history of the Earth had
considerable impact on mantle dynamics and surface processes. Here we synthesize some …

Here it is documented how an existing code for modelling mantle convection in a cartesian
domain, Stag3D, has been converted to model a 3D spherical shell by using the recently …

As high‐performance computing facilities and sophisticated modeling software become
available, modeling mantle convection in a three‐dimensional (3‐D) spherical shell …

Continents slowly drift at the top of the mantle, sometimes colliding, splitting and
aggregating. The evolutions of the continent configuration, as well as oceanic plate …

Phase assemblages of mantle rocks calculated from the ratios of five oxides (CaO‐FeO‐
MgO‐Al2O3‐SiO2) by free energy minimization were used to calculate the material …

This review discusses the thermal evolution of the mantle following large-scale tectonic
activities such as continental collision and continental rifting. About 300 myr ago, continental …

Characteristic tectonic structures such as young orogenic belts and suture zones in a
continent are expected to be mechanically weaker than the stable part of the continental …

Numerical calculations of two component cellular convection with a lighter component
diffusing down from the top are a simple model of the convection of rocky planets with a …

Several mantle convection studies analyzing the effects of supercontinent formation and
dispersal show that the genesis of subcontinental plumes results from the formation of …