Louis-Noel Moresi

Best Publications

• Role of temperature‐dependent viscosity and surface plates in spherical shell models of mantle convection

  Shijie Zhong;Maria T. Zuber;Louis Moresi;Michael Gurnis

  754
  Citations

• Mantle convection with a brittle lithosphere: thoughts on the global tectonic styles of the Earth and Venus

  Louis Moresi;Louis Moresi;Viatcheslav Solomatov

  683
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• Evolution and diversity of subduction zones controlled by slab width

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

  642
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• Scaling of time‐dependent stagnant lid convection: Application to small‐scale convection on Earth and other terrestrial planets

  Viatcheslav S Solomatov;Louis-Noel Moresi

  380
  Citations

• 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

  366
  Citations

• Constraints on the lateral strength of slabs from three-dimensional dynamic flow models

  Louis Moresi;Michael Gurnis

  356
  Citations

• Global quieting of high-frequency seismic noise due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures.

  Thomas Lecocq;Stephen P. Hicks;Koen Van Noten;Kasper van Wijk

  346
  Citations

• A benchmark study on mantle convection in a 3-D spherical shell using CitcomS

  Shijie Zhong;Allen McNamara;Eh Tan;Louis Moresi

  341
  Citations

• Stagnant lid convection on Venus

  V. S. Solomatov;L.-N. Moresi

  323
  Citations

• Dynamics of continental accretion

  Louis-Noel Moresi;Peter Graham Betts;Meghan Samantha Miller;Ross A Cayley

  288
  Citations

• Computational approaches to studying non-linear dynamics of the crust and mantle

  L. Moresi;S. Quenette;V. Lemiale;C. Mériaux

  270
  Citations

• India–Asia convergence driven by the subduction of the Greater Indian continent

  Fabio Capitanio;Gabriele Morra;Gabriele Morra;Saskia Goes;Roberto Weinberg

  231
  Citations

• Longevity and stability of cratonic lithosphere: Insights from numerical simulations of coupled mantle convection and continental tectonics

  Adrian Lenardic;Louis-Noel Moresi;Hans Bernd Muhlhaus

  224
  Citations

• A new driving mechanism for backarc extension and backarc shortening through slab sinking induced toroidal and poloidal mantle flow: Results from dynamic subduction models with an overriding plate

  Wouter Pieter Schellart;Louis-Noel Moresi

  211
  Citations

• Some thoughts on the stability of cratonic lithosphere: Effects of buoyancy and viscosity

  A. Lenardic;L.-N. Moresi

  202
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• Role of faults, nonlinear rheology, and viscosity structure in generating plates from instantaneous mantle flow models

  Shijie Zhong;Michael Gurnis;Louis Moresi

  196
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• Formation of sequences in the cratonic interior of North America by interaction between mantle, eustatic, and stratigraphic processes

  Peter M. Burgess;Michael Gurnis;Louis Moresi

  189
  Citations

• Non-Newtonian Stagnant Lid Convection and Magmatic Resur facing on Venus☆

  C.C. Reese;V.S. Solomatov;L.-N. Moresi

  185
  Citations

• Three regimes of mantle convection with non-Newtonian viscosity and stagnant lid convection on the terrestrial planets

  V. S. Solomatov;L.-N. Moresi

  185
  Citations

• Heat transport efficiency for stagnant lid convection with dislocation viscosity: Application to Mars and Venus

  C. C. Reese;V. S. Solomatov;L.-N. Moresi

  178
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• Fluid flow during slab unbending and dehydration: Implications for intermediate‐depth seismicity, slab weakening and deep water recycling

  Manuele Faccenda;Taras V Gerya;Neil S Mancktelow;Louis-Noel Moresi

  169
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