We use a coupled petrological–thermomechanical model to investigate the dynamical
effects of metamorphic reactions and melting on the seismic structure of thermal–chemical …

Prior suggestions for the initiation of subduction have included sediment loading,
compression, and plate reconfiguration as potential triggers. Here, we investigate the …

At many continental margins, differential sediment loading on an underlying salt layer drives
salt deformation and has a significant impact on the structural evolution of the basin. We use …

Mantle density heterogeneities, imaged using seismic tomography, contain information
about time‐dependent mantle flow and mantle structures that existed in the past. We model …

The classical concept of collisional orogens suggests that mountain belts form as a crustal
wedge between the downgoing and overriding plates. However, this orogenic style is not …

Modern seismic tomographic images of the Earth's interior facilitate the inference of the
complex trajectories of present-day convective flow in the upper mantle. Quantitative …

Experimental results showing significant reductions from classical in the Rayleigh–Taylor
(RT) instability growth rate due to high pressure effective lattice viscosity in metal foils are …

Large rock inclusions are embedded in many salt bodies and these respond to the
movements of the salt in a variety of ways including displacement, folding and fracturing …

Cordilleran orogens, such as the central Andes, form above subduction zones, and their
evolution depends on both continental shortening and oceanic plate subduction processes …

A numerical algorithm is presented that simulates large deformations of heterogeneous,
viscoelastic materials in two dimensions. The algorithm is based on a spectral/finite …