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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
4786
World Ranking
8864
National Ranking
883

Best Publications

  • Evolution and diversity of subduction zones controlled by slab width

    Wouter Pieter Schellart;Justin Freeman;David Robert Stegman;Louis-Noel Moresi

  • A comparison of numerical surface topography calculations in geodynamic modelling: an evaluation of the ‘sticky air’ method

    F. Crameri;H. Schmeling;G.J. Golabek;G.J. Golabek;T. Duretz

  • Influence of trench width on subduction hinge retreat rates in 3‐D models of slab rollback

    David Robert Stegman;Justin Colin Freeman;Wouter Pieter Schellart;Louis-Noel Moresi

  • Numerical modelling of spontaneous slab breakoff and subsequent topographic response

    Thibault Duretz;Taras V. Gerya;Dave A. May

  • Modular and flexible spectral-element waveform modelling in two and three dimensions

    Michael Afanasiev;Christian Boehm;Martin van Driel;Lion Krischer

  • Numerical modelling of magma dynamics coupled to tectonic deformation of lithosphere and crust

    Tobias Keller;Dave A. May;Boris J. P. Kaus;Boris J. P. Kaus

  • A stabilization algorithm for geodynamic numerical simulations with a free surface

    Boris J.P. Kaus;Boris J.P. Kaus;Hans Mühlhaus;Dave A. May

  • Preconditioned iterative methods for Stokes flow problems arising in computational geodynamics

    David Alexander May;Louis-Noel Moresi

  • Discretization errors and free surface stabilization in the finite difference and marker-in-cell method for applied geodynamics: A numerical study

    T. Duretz;D. A. May;T. V. Gerya;P. J. Tackley

  • Inversion of fluvial channels for paleorock uplift rates in Taiwan

    Matthew Fox;Matthew Fox;Matthew Fox;Liran Goren;Liran Goren;Dave A. May;Sean D. Willett

  • Kinematic interpretation of the 3D shapes of metamorphic core complexes

    Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Benjamin Huet;Dave A. May;Loic Labrousse

  • Benchmarking numerical models of brittle thrust wedges

    Susanne J. H. Buiter;Guido Schreurs;Markus Albertz;Taras V. Gerya

  • A linear inversion method to infer exhumation rates in space and time from thermochronometric data

    Matthew Fox;Frédéric Herman;Frédéric Herman;Sean D. Willett;Dave A. May

  • Continental break-up of the South China Sea stalled by far-field compression

    Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Matthias Delescluse;Dave A. May

  • pTatin3D: high-performance methods for long-term lithospheric dynamics

    Dave A. May;Jed Brown;Laetitia Le Pourhiet

  • Rotation, narrowing, and preferential reactivation of brittle structures during oblique rifting

    Guillaume Duclaux;Guillaume Duclaux;Ritske S. Huismans;Dave A. May

  • A genetic link between transform and hyper-extended margins

    Laetitia Le Pourhiet;Dave A. May;Lucas Huille;Louise Watremez

  • On the solvability of incompressible Stokes with viscoplastic rheologies in geodynamics

    Marc Spiegelman;Dave A. May;Cian R. Wilson

  • Three-dimensional simulations of the southern polar giant impact hypothesis for the origin of the Martian dichotomy

    Giovanni Leone;Paul J. Tackley;Taras V. Gerya;Dave A. May

  • An adaptive staggered grid finite difference method for modeling geodynamic Stokes flows with strongly variable viscosity

    T. V. Gerya;D. A. May;T. Duretz

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