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Overview

Paul D. Bons is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields, including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work covers a range of topics such as:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Paul D. Bons has published numerous papers in various scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Correction of linear fracture density and error analysis using underground borehole data" (2024), Journal of Structural Geology
  • "A stratigraphy-based method for reconstructing ice core orientation" (2020), Annals of Glaciology
  • "Stylolites and stylolite networks as primary controls on the geometry and distribution of carbonate diagenetic alterations" (2021), Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "The ephemeral development of C' shear bands: A numerical modelling approach" (2020), Journal of Structural Geology
  • "A review of natural hydrofractures in rocks" (2022), Geological Magazine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul D. Bons include:

  • Enrique Gómez-Rivas
  • María-Gema Llorens
  • Eloi González-Esvertit
  • Albert Griera
  • Ilka Weikusat

The scientist has contributed extensively to several publication venues, with notable numbers of publications in:

  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Geofluids

Best Publications

  • A review of the formation of tectonic veins and their microstructures

    Paul D. Bons;Marlina A. Elburg;Enrique Gomez-Rivas

  • Mechanisms of fluid flow and fluid–rock interaction in fossil metamorphic hydrothermal systems inferred from vein–wallrock patterns, geometry and microstructure

    Nicholas H. S. Oliver;Paul D. Bons

  • The formation of large quartz veins by rapid ascent of fluids in mobile hydrofractures

    Paul D. Bons

  • The formation of veins and their microstructures

    Paul D. Bons

  • Development of crystal morphology during unitaxial growth in a progressively widening vein : II. Numerical simulations of the evolution of antitaxial fibrous veins

    C. Hilgers;Daniel Koehn;P.D. Bons;P.D. Bons;J.L. Urai

  • Evaluation of sampling methods for fracture network characterization using outcrops

    Conny Zeeb;Enrique Gomez-Rivas;Paul D. Bons;Philipp Blum

  • Divergent double subduction: Tectonic and petrologic consequences

    Alvar Soesoo;Paul D. Bons;David R. Gray;David A. Foster

  • On the applicability of Fick's law to diffusion in inhomogeneous systems

    B. Ph. van Milligen;P. D. Bons;Benjamin A Carreras;Raul Sanchez

  • Crystallographic preferred orientation development by dissolution–precipitation creep

    Paul D. Bons;Bas den Brok

  • Melt extraction and accumulation from partially molten rocks

    Paul D. Bons;Jochen Arnold;Marlina A. Elburg;Jaan Kalda

  • Development of crystal morphology during unitaxial growth in a progressively widening vein: I. The numerical model

    P.D Bons

  • Hydrothermal vein formation by extension-driven dewatering of the middle crust: An example from SW Germany

    Sebastian Staude;Paul D. Bons;Gregor Markl

  • The development of oblique preferred orientations in zeolite films and membranes

    Anton-Jan Bons;Paul D. Bons

  • Elle: the numerical simulation of metamorphic and deformation microstructures

    Mark Jessell;Paul Bons;Lynn Evans;Terence Barr

  • Fluid mixing from below in unconformity-related hydrothermal ore deposits

    Paul D. Bons;Tobias Fusswinkel;Enrique Gomez-Rivas;Enrique Gomez-Rivas;Gregor Markl

  • Converging flow and anisotropy cause large-scale folding in Greenland's ice sheet.

    Paul D. Bons;Daniela Jansen;Felicitas Mundel;Catherine C. Bauer

  • Multiscale modeling of ice deformation behavior

    Maurine Montagnat;O. Castelnau;P. D. Bons;S.H. Faria

  • The formation of antitaxial calcite veins with well-developed fibres, Oppaminda Creek, South Australia

    Paul D. Bons;Michael Montenari

  • Experimental simulation of the formation of fibrous veins by localised dissolution-precipitation creep

    Paul D. Bons;Mark W. Jessell

  • New experiment to model self-organized critical transport and accumulation of melt and hydrocarbons from their source rocks

    Paul D. Bons;Boudewijn P. van Milligen

  • Greenland Ice Sheet: Higher Nonlinearity of Ice Flow Significantly Reduces Estimated Basal Motion

    Paul D. Bons;Thomas Kleiner;Maria-Gema Llorens;Maria-Gema Llorens;David J. Prior

  • A tale of two viscosities

    Mark W. Jessell;Paul D. Bons;Albert Griera;Albert Griera;Lynn A. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Jessell
Mark Jessell University of Western Australia
Daniel Koehn
Daniel Koehn University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Sandra Piazolo
Sandra Piazolo University of Leeds
Marlina Elburg
Marlina Elburg University of Johannesburg
Ricardo A. Lebensohn
Ricardo A. Lebensohn Los Alamos National Laboratory
Cees W. Passchier
Cees W. Passchier Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
János Urai
János Urai RWTH Aachen University
Philipp Blum
Philipp Blum Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
David J. Prior
David J. Prior University of Otago
Gregor Markl
Gregor Markl University of Tübingen

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