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  • 2008 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Hans-Peter Bunge is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Geophysics. Other subfields of study in their work include Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Geology.

The main topics covered in their publications span several areas, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • "Application of stratigraphic frameworks and thermochronological data on the Mesozoic SW Gondwana intraplate environment to retrieve the Paraná-Etendeka plume movement" (2020), published in Gondwana Research
  • "Continent-scale Hiatus Maps for the Atlantic Realm and Australia since the Upper Jurassic and links to mantle flow induced dynamic topography" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Seismic Full-Waveform Inversion of the Crust-Mantle Structure Beneath China and Adjacent Regions" (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Evidence for active upper mantle flow in the Atlantic and Indo-Australian realms since the Upper Jurassic from hiatus maps and spreading rate changes" (2022), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Cenozoic upper mantle flow history of the Atlantic realm based on Couette/Poiseuille models: Towards paleo-mantle-flowgraphy" (2023), published in Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

The frequent co-authors in their research include Jorge N. Hayek, Berta Vilacís, Ingo Stotz, Sara Carena, and Anke Friedrich, reflecting collaboration across multiple projects and studies.

Bunge's publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Hans-Peter Bunge was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2008, indicating acknowledgment by a significant European academic institution.

Best Publications

  • Full seismic waveform tomography for upper-mantle structure in the Australasian region using adjoint methods

    Andreas Fichtner;Brian L. N. Kennett;Heiner Igel;Hans-Peter Bunge

  • The adjoint method in seismology: I. Theory

    A. Fichtner;H.-P. Bunge;H. Igel

  • A sensitivity study of three-dimensional spherical mantle convection at 108 Rayleigh number: Effects of depth-dependent viscosity, heating mode, and an endothermic phase change

    Hans-Peter Bunge;Mark A. Richards;John R. Baumgardner

  • Effect of depth-dependent viscosity on the planform of mantle convection

    Hans-Peter Bunge;Hans-Peter Bunge;Mark A. Richards;John R. Baumgardner

  • Theoretical background for continental‐ and global‐scale full‐waveform inversion in the time–frequency domain

    Andreas Fichtner;Brian L. N. Kennett;Heiner Igel;Hans-Peter Bunge

  • Mantle circulation models with variational data assimilation: inferring past mantle flow and structure from plate motion histories and seismic tomography

    Hans-Peter Bunge;C. R. Hagelberg;B. J. Travis

  • Reconciling dynamic and seismic models of Earth's lower mantle: The dominant role of thermal heterogeneity

    D. Rhodri Davies;S. Goes;J.H. Davies;B.S.A. Schuberth

  • Time Scales and Heterogeneous Structure in Geodynamic Earth Models

    Hans Peter Bunge;Mark A. Richards;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;John R. Baumgardner

  • Role of a low‐viscosity zone in stabilizing plate tectonics: Implications for comparative terrestrial planetology

    Mark A. Richards;Woo-Sun Yang;John R. Baumgardner;Hans-Peter Bunge

  • Full waveform tomography for radially anisotropic structure: New insights into present and past states of the Australasian upper mantle

    Andreas Fichtner;Andreas Fichtner;Brian L.N. Kennett;Heiner Igel;Hans-Peter Bunge

  • Mesozoic plate-motion history below the northeast Pacific Ocean from seismic images of the subducted Farallon slab

    Hans Peter Bunge;Stephen P Grand

  • The Bent Hawaiian-Emperor Hotspot Track: Inheriting the Mantle Wind

    John Tarduno;Hans-Peter Bunge;Norm Sleep;Ulrich Hansen

  • Tomographic filtering of high‐resolution mantle circulation models: Can seismic heterogeneity be explained by temperature alone?

    B. S. A. Schuberth;H.-P. Bunge;J. Ritsema

  • Thermal versus elastic heterogeneity in high-resolution mantle circulation models with pyrolite composition: High plume excess temperatures in the lowermost mantle

    B. S. A. Schuberth;H.-P. Bunge;G. Steinle-Neumann;C. Moder

  • Low plume excess temperature and high core heat flux inferred from non-adiabatic geotherms in internally heated mantle circulation models

    Hans-Peter Bunge

  • The origin of large scale structure in mantle convection: Effects of plate motions and viscosity stratification

    Hans-Peter Bunge;Mark A. Richards

  • TOPO-EUROPE: the geoscience of coupled deep earth-surface processes

    S. A. P. L. Cloetingh;P. A. Ziegler;P. J. A. Bogaard;P. A. M. Andriessen

  • Geological, tomographic, kinematic and geodynamic constraints on the dynamics of sinking slabs

    N.P. Butterworth;A.S. Talsma;R.D. Müller;M. Seton

  • Feedback between mountain belt growth and plate convergence

    Giampiero Iaffaldano;Hans-Peter Bunge;Timothy H. Dixon

  • Mantle convection modeling on parallel virtual machines

    Hans-Peter Bunge;John R. Baumgardner

  • High plume excess temperatures in the lowermost mantle

    Bernhard S. A. Schuberth;Hans-Peter Bunge

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiner Igel
Heiner Igel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mark A. Richards
Mark A. Richards University of California, Berkeley
Brian Kennett
Brian Kennett Australian National University
Barbara Wohlmuth
Barbara Wohlmuth Technical University of Munich
Ulrich Rüde
Ulrich Rüde University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
François Guillocheau
François Guillocheau University of Rennes
Roland Pail
Roland Pail Technical University of Munich
John A. Tarduno
John A. Tarduno University of Rochester
Laurent Husson
Laurent Husson Grenoble Alpes University

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