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Mikhail K. Kaban is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Germany. Their main field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 65 publications. Within this broad field, their work is concentrated notably in the subfields of Geophysics, Geology, Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Mechanics of Materials.

The research topics covered by Mikhail K. Kaban include earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, geophysics and gravity measurements, geological and geophysical studies, geological studies and exploration, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Geodynamics, seismicity, and seismic hazards of the Caucasus (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Moho Beneath Tibet Based on a Joint Analysis of Gravity and Seismic Data (2020), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Giant Quasi-Ring Mantle Structure in the African-Arabian Junction: Results Derived from the Geological-Geophysical Data Integration (2021), published in Geotectonics
  • 3-D Density Structure of the Lunar Mascon Basins Revealed by a High-Efficient Gravity Inversion of the GRAIL Data (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Thermal and Compositional Anomalies of the Australian Upper Mantle From Seismic and Gravity Data (2020), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Mikhail K. Kaban frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Alexey G. Petrunin
  • Magdala Tesauro
  • Guangdong Zhao
  • Роман Сидоров
  • А. Д. Гвишиани

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (6 publications)
  • Tectonics (2 publications)
  • Global and Planetary Change (2 publications)
  • Earth-Science Reviews (1 publication)
  • Geotectonics (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • EuCRUST‐07: A new reference model for the European crust

    Magdala Tesauro;Mikhail K. Kaban;Sierd A. P. L. Cloetingh

  • Receiver function tomography of the central Tien Shan

    Lev P. Vinnik;Christoph Reigber;Igor M. Aleshin;Grigoriy L. Kosarev

  • P‐ and S‐velocity anomalies in the upper mantle beneath Europe from tomographic inversion of ISC data

    I. Koulakov;M. K. Kaban;M. Tesauro;S. Cloetingh

  • Density of the continental roots: compositional and thermal contributions

    Mikhail K. Kaban;Peter Schwintzer;Irina M. Artemieva;Walter D. Mooney

  • The North American upper mantle: Density, composition, and evolution

    Walter D. Mooney;Mikhail K. Kaban

  • Deep Europe today: geophysical synthesis of the upper mantle structure and lithospheric processes over 3.5 Ga

    Irina M. Artemieva;Hans Thybo;Mikhail K. Kaban

  • Lithosphere tectonics and thermo-mechanical properties: An integrated modelling approach for Enhanced Geothermal Systems exploration in Europe

    S. Cloetingh;J.D. van Wees;P.A. Ziegler;L. Lenkey

  • A new isostatic model of the lithosphere and gravity field

    M. K. Kaban;P. Schwintzer;Ch. Reigber

  • A new thermal and rheological model of the European lithosphere

    Magdala Tesauro;Mikhail K. Kaban;Sierd A.P.L. Cloetingh

  • A GLOBAL ISOSTATIC GRAVITY MODEL OF THE EARTH

    Mikhail K. Kaban;Peter Schwintzer;Sergey A. Tikhotsky

  • Melting at the base of the Greenland ice sheet explained by Iceland hotspot history

    Irina Rogozhina;Irina Rogozhina;Alexey G. Petrunin;Alexey G. Petrunin;Alan P. M. Vaughan;Bernhard Steinberger;Bernhard Steinberger

  • Nature of the crust-mantle transition zone and the thermal state of the upper mantle beneath Iceland from gravity modelling

    Mikhail K. Kaban;Ólafur G. Flóvenz;Gudmundur Pálmason

  • The effective elastic thickness of the continental lithosphere: Comparison between rheological and inverse approaches

    Magdala Tesauro;Pascal Audet;Mikhail K. Kaban;Roland Bürgmann

  • Global strength and elastic thickness of the lithosphere

    Magdala Tesauro;Mikhail K. Kaban;Sierd A.P.L. Cloetingh

  • Subcrustal density inhomogeneities of Northern Eurasia as derived from the gravity data and isostatic models of the lithosphere

    M.E. Artemjev;M.K. Kaban;V.A. Kucherinenko;G.V. Demyanov

  • High resolution regional crustal models from irregularly distributed data: Application to Asia and adjacent areas

    Ward Stolk;Mikhail Kaban;Fred Beekman;Magdala Tesauro

  • How rigid is Europe's lithosphere?

    Magdala Tesauro;Mikhail K. Kaban;Sierd A. P. L. Cloetingh

  • Variations of the effective elastic thickness over China and surroundings and their relation to the lithosphere dynamics

    Bo Chen;Chao Chen;Mikhail K. Kaban;Jinsong Du

  • Density, temperature, and composition of the North American lithosphere—New insights from a joint analysis of seismic, gravity, and mineral physics data: 1. Density structure of the crust and upper mantle

    Mikhail K. Kaban;Magdala Tesauro;Walter D. Mooney;Sierd A. P. L. Cloetingh;Sierd A. P. L. Cloetingh

  • Crust and mantle of the Tien Shan from data of the receiver function tomography

    L. P. Vinnik;I. M. Aleshin;M. K. Kaban;S. G. Kiselev

  • Thermal and rheological model of the European lithosphere

    M. Tesauro;M.K. Kaban;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh

Frequent Co-Authors

Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Walter D. Mooney
Walter D. Mooney United States Geological Survey
Nassir Al-Arifi
Nassir Al-Arifi King Saud University
Ivan Koulakov
Ivan Koulakov Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Bernhard Steinberger
Bernhard Steinberger Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Alan P. M. Vaughan
Alan P. M. Vaughan Macquarie University
Harro Schmeling
Harro Schmeling Goethe University Frankfurt
Dimitrios Sokoutis
Dimitrios Sokoutis Utrecht University
Damien Delvaux
Damien Delvaux Royal Museum for Central Africa
Lev Vinnik
Lev Vinnik Russian Academy of Sciences

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