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Harro Schmeling is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Geophysics, contributing significantly with 22 publications in this subfield. Other areas of study include Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Computational Mechanics, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Schmeling's work covers several main topics, with a strong emphasis on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, supported by 18 publications. Additional research interests involve earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geology and paleoclimatology research, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, heat and mass transfer in porous media, and soil and unsaturated flow.

Frequent publication venues for Schmeling include Solid Earth and Tectonophysics, each with two publications. Other venues consist of SSRN Electronic Journal, Earth-Science Reviews, and Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Schmeling are:

  • Dynamic Two-Phase Flow Modeling of Melt Segregation in Continental Crust: Batholith Emplacement Versus Crustal Convection, With Implications for Magmatism in Thickened Plateaus (2023, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • Deep versus shallow emplacement of sills and dykes: new insight from thermo-visco-elastic modelling (2024, Tectonophysics)
  • Processes in mushes and their role in the differentiation of granitic rocks (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Magma ascent mechanisms in the transition regime from solitary porosity waves to diapirism (2021, Solid Earth)
  • Development of a synorogenic composite sill at deep structural levels of a continental arc (Odenwald, Germany). Part 1: Sederholm-type emplacement portrayed by contact melt in shrinkage cracks (2021, Tectonophysics)

Schmeling's research collaborations frequently include coauthors such as Gernold Zulauf, Roberto F. Weinberg, Gabriele Marquart, Axel Gerdes, and Horst R. Marschall.

Best Publications

  • Scaling of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid dynamics without inertia for quantitative modelling of rock flow due to gravity (including the concept of rheological similarity)

    Ruud Weijermars;Harro Schmeling

  • A benchmark comparison of spontaneous subduction models – towards a free surface

    H. Schmeling;Andrey Babeyko;A. Enns;C. Faccenna

  • 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

  • A benchmark comparison for mantle convection codes

    B. Blankenbach;F. Busse;U. Christensen;L. Cserepes

  • Delamination and detachment of a lithospheric root

    B. Schott;H. Schmeling

  • A comparison of methods for the modeling of thermochemical convection

    P. E. van Keken;S. D. King;H. Schmeling;U. R. Christensen

  • Numerical models on the influence of partial melt on elastic, anelastic and electric properties of rocks. Part I: elasticity and anelasticity

    Harro Schmeling

  • Numerical Modelling of Melting Processes and Induced Diapirism In the Lower Crust

    D. Bittner;H. Schmeling

  • Shear modulus and Q of forsterite and dunite near partial melting from forced-oscillation experiments

    H. Berckhemer;W. Kampfmann;E. Aulbach;H. Schmeling

  • Large-scale lithospheric stress field and topography induced by global mantle circulation

    Bernhard Steinberger;Harro Schmeling;Gabriele Marquart

  • The dynamics of subduction and trench migration for viscosity stratification

    Alwina Enns;Thorsten W. Becker;Harro Schmeling

  • Numerical models on the influence of partial melt on elastic, anelastic and electrical properties of rocks. Part II: electrical conductivity

    Harro Schmeling

  • Finite deformation in and around a fluid sphere moving through a viscous medium: implications for diapiric ascent

    Harro Schmeling;Alexander R. Cruden;Gabriele Marquart

  • Polydiapirs: multiwavelength gravity structures

    Roberto Ferrez Weinberg;Harro Schmeling

  • The influence of olivine metastability on the dynamics of subduction

    Harro Schmeling;Ralf Monz;David C. Rubie

  • Electrical conductivity and partial melting of mafic rocks under pressure

    J. Maumus;N. Bagdassarov;H. Schmeling

  • Partial Melting and Melt Segregation in a Convecting Mantle

    Harro Schmeling

  • On the relation between initial conditions and late stages of Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities

    Harro Schmeling

  • The influence of olivine metastability on deep subduction of oceanic lithosphere

    M Tetzlaff;H Schmeling

  • Numerical modelling of rise and fall of a dense layer in salt diapirs

    Z. Chemia;H. Koyi;H. Schmeling

Frequent Co-Authors

Hemin Koyi
Hemin Koyi Uppsala University
Boris J. P. Kaus
Boris J. P. Kaus Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Roberto F. Weinberg
Roberto F. Weinberg Monash University
Christopher J. Talbot
Christopher J. Talbot Uppsala University
Mikhail K. Kaban
Mikhail K. Kaban Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Thóra Árnadóttir
Thóra Árnadóttir University of Iceland
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
David A. Yuen
David A. Yuen Columbia University
Jens Schröter
Jens Schröter Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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