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Wouter Pieter Schellart

Wouter Pieter Schellart

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Earth Science

D-Index
46
Citations
7839
World Ranking
4227
National Ranking
69

Wouter Pieter Schellart publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wouter Pieter Schellart sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 160 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Wouter Pieter Schellart D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wouter Pieter Schellart sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wouter Pieter Schellart is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Geophysics, with additional work on Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Artificial Intelligence, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America

Recent publications by Wouter Pieter Schellart include:

  • Control of Subduction Zone Age and Size on Flat Slab Subduction, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Geodynamic Models of Short-lived, Long-lived and Periodic Flat Slab Subduction, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • Polarity-reversal Subduction Zone Initiation Triggered by Buoyant Plateau Obstruction, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Overriding Plate Deformation and Topography During Slab Rollback and Slab Rollover: Insights From Subduction Experiments, 2022, Tectonics
  • A Geological Map of the Scotia Sea Area Constrained by Bathymetry, Geological Data, Geophysical Data and Seismic Tomography Models from the Deep Mantle, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Schellart include:

  • Vincent Strak (12 publications)
  • João C. Duarte (5 publications)
  • Kai Xue (5 publications)
  • Filipe Rosas (4 publications)
  • Anouk Beniest (4 publications)

The scientist regularly publishes in the following venues:

  • Tectonics (4 publications)
  • Earth-Science Reviews (4 publications)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters (3 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (3 publications)
  • Geophysical Journal International (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Evolution and diversity of subduction zones controlled by slab width

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

  • A Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic reconstruction of the Southwest Pacific region: Tectonics controlled by subduction and slab rollback processes

    Wouter Schellart;Wouter Schellart;Gordon Lister;Virginia Toy;Virginia Toy

  • Shear test results for cohesion and friction coefficients for different granular materials: Scaling implications for their usage in analogue modelling

    Wouter Schellart

  • 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

  • Kinematics of subduction and subduction-induced flow in the upper mantle

    Wouter Schellart;Wouter Schellart

  • Global trench migration velocities and slab migration induced upper mantle volume fluxes: Constraints to find an Earth reference frame based on minimizing viscous dissipation

    Wouter Pieter Schellart;David Robert Stegman;Justin Freeman

  • 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

  • Quantifying the net slab pull force as a driving mechanism for plate tectonics

    Wouter Schellart

  • A regime diagram for subduction styles from 3-D numerical models of free subduction

    David Robert Stegman;David Robert Stegman;Rebecca Farrington;Fabio Antonio Capitanio;Wouter Pieter Schellart

  • Influence of the subducting plate velocity on the geometry of the slab and migration of the subduction hinge

    Wouter Pieter Schellart

  • Are subduction zones invading the Atlantic? Evidence from the southwest Iberia margin

    Joao Casal Duarte;Filipe M Rosas;Pedro Terrinha;Pedro Terrinha;Wouter Pieter Schellart

  • The role of the East Asian active margin in widespread extensional and strike-slip deformation in East Asia

    Wouter Pieter Schellart;Wouter Pieter Schellart;Gordon Lister

  • Kinematics and flow patterns in deep mantle and upper mantle subduction models: Influence of the mantle depth and slab to mantle viscosity ratio

    Wouter Pieter Schellart;Wouter Pieter Schellart

  • A review of analogue modelling of geodynamic processes: Approaches, scaling, materials and quantification, with an application to subduction experiments

    Wouter P. Schellart;Wouter P. Schellart;Vincent Strak;Vincent Strak

  • Overriding plate shortening and extension above subduction zones: A parametric study to explain formation of the Andes Mountains

    Wouter Pieter Schellart

  • Pacific subduction control on Asian continental deformation including Tibetan extension and eastward extrusion tectonics.

    W. P. Schellart;W. P. Schellart;Z. Chen;Z. Chen;V. Strak;V. Strak;J. C. Duarte;J. C. Duarte

  • Asymmetric deformation in the backarc region of the Kuril arc, northwest Pacific: New insights from analogue modeling

    Wouter Pieter Schellart;Mark Jessell;Gordon Lister

  • Global correlations between maximum magnitudes of subduction zone interface thrust earthquakes and physical parameters of subduction zones

    Wouter Pieter Schellart;Nick Rawlinson

  • Cenozoic Tectonics of Western North America Controlled by Evolving Width of Farallon Slab

    Wouter Schellart;David Stegman;David Stegman;Rebecca Farrington;Justin Freeman;Justin Freeman

  • Andean mountain building and magmatic arc migration driven by subduction-induced whole mantle flow

    W. P. Schellart;W. P. Schellart

  • Analogue modeling of arc and backarc deformation in the New Hebrides arc and North Fiji Basin

    Wouter Schellart;G S Lister;Mark W Jessell

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Terrinha
Pedro Terrinha Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Alexander R. Cruden
Alexander R. Cruden Monash University
Gordon S. Lister
Gordon S. Lister University of Queensland
Wim Spakman
Wim Spakman Utrecht University
Susanne J. H. Buiter
Susanne J. H. Buiter Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Guido Schreurs
Guido Schreurs University of Bern
George E. Hilley
George E. Hilley Stanford University
Jean-Paul Callot
Jean-Paul Callot University of Pau and the Adour Region
Bruno C. Vendeville
Bruno C. Vendeville University of Lille
Hemin Koyi
Hemin Koyi Uppsala University

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