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Fang, Jiaqi and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2025) Constraints on nonlinear mantle rheology from multi-scale geodetic observations of plate motion and post-seismic enhanced landward motion; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 669; 119566; 10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119566
Gülcher, Anna J. P. and Gurnis, Michael C., el al. (2025) Dynamics of Venusian rifts and their interactions with plumes and intrusions; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 667; 119514; 10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119514
Zheng, Qunfan and Hu, Jiashun, el al. (2025) Ongoing India–Eurasia collision predominantly driven by Sumatra–Java slab pull; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 18; No. 9; 909-915; 10.1038/s41561-025-01771-8
Hu, Mo and Gurnis, Michael (2025) Edges of thermochemical structures in the lower mantle; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors; Vol. 365; 107381; 10.1016/j.pepi.2025.107381
Fang, Jiaqi and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2024) Dynamic Emergence of Plate Motions and Great Megathrust Earthquakes Across Length and Time Scales; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 51; No. 22; e2024GL110821; 10.1029/2024gl110821
Li, Yida and Gurnis, Michael C. (2024) Rapid shear zone weakening during subduction initiation; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Vol. 121; No. 44; e2404939121; 10.1073/pnas.2404939121
Liu, Shaofeng and Zhang, Bo, el al. (2024) Craton deformation from flat-slab subduction and rollback; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 17; No. 9; 936-943; 10.1038/s41561-024-01513-2
Hu, Jiashun and Rudi, Johann, el al. (2024) Constraining Earth's nonlinear mantle viscosity using plate-boundary resolving global inversions; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Vol. 121; No. 28; e2318706121; 10.1073/pnas.2318706121
Hightower, Erin and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2024) Influence of Farallon Slab Loading on Intraplate Stress and Seismicity in Eastern North America in the Presence of Pre‐Existing Weak Zones; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 25; No. 6; e2024GC011493; 10.1029/2024gc011493
Yuan, Qian and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2024) A Giant Impact Origin for the First Subduction on Earth; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 51; No. 9; e2023GL106723; 10.1029/2023gl106723
Holbach, Lukas and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2023) A Bayesian level set method for identifying subsurface geometries and rheological properties in Stokes flow; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 235; No. 1; 260-272; 10.1093/gji/ggad220
Zhang, Shengxing and Li, Yiliang, el al. (2023) Photoferrotrophic Bacteria Initiated Plate Tectonics in the Neoarchean; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 50; No. 13; Art. No. e2023GL103553; 10.1029/2023gl103553
Li, Yida and Gurnis, Michael (2023) Strike slip motion and the triggering of subduction initiation; Frontiers in Earth Science; Vol. 11; Art. No. 1156034; 10.3389/feart.2023.1156034
Li, Yida and Gurnis, Michael (2023) A simple force balance model of subduction initiation; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 232; No. 1; 128-146; 10.1093/gji/ggac332
Mao, Wei and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2022) On the Origin of Small-Scale Seismic Scatters at 660-km Depth; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 23; No. 12; Art. No. e2022GC010560; 10.1029/2022gc010560
Rudi, Johann and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2022) Simultaneous inference of plate boundary stresses and mantle rheology using adjoints: large-scale 2-D models; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 231; No. 1; 597-614; 10.1093/gji/ggac207
Stratford, W. R. and Sutherland, R., el al. (2022) Timing of Eocene compressional plate failure during subduction initiation, northern Zealandia, southwestern Pacific; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 229; No. 3; 1567-1585; 10.1093/gji/ggac016
Shuck, Brandon and Gulick, Sean P. S., el al. (2022) Stress transition from horizontal to vertical forces during subduction initiation; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 15; No. 2; 149-155; 10.1038/s41561-021-00880-4
Lai, Voon Hui and Helmberger, Don V., el al. (2022) Strong ULVZ and Slab Interaction at the Northeastern Edge of the Pacific LLSVP Favors Plume Generation; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 23; No. 2; Art. No. e2021GC010020; 10.1029/2021gc010020
Hu, Jiashun and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2022) Dynamics of the abrupt change in Pacific Plate motion around 50 million years ago; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 15; No. 1; 74-78; 10.1038/s41561-021-00862-6
Hu, Jiashun and Liu, Lijun, el al. (2021) Southward expanding plate coupling due to variation in sediment subduction as a cause of Andean growth; Nature Communications; Vol. 12; Art. No. 7271; PMCID PMC8671423; 10.1038/s41467-021-27518-8
Johnson, Kyle and Marsaglia, Kathleen M., el al. (2021) Intra-oceanic submarine arc evolution recorded in an ~1-km-thick rear-arc succession of distal volcaniclastic lobe deposits; Geosphere; Vol. 17; No. 4; 957-980; 10.1130/ges02321.1
Liu, Hao and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2021) Constraints on Mantle Viscosity From Slab Dynamics; Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth; Vol. 126; No. 8; Art. No. e2021JB022329; 10.1029/2021jb022329
Waldman, Ryan J. and Marsaglia, Kathleen M., el al. (2021) Sedimentary and volcanic record of the nascent Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc from IODP Site U1438; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 133; No. 7-8; 1421-1440; 10.1130/B35612.1
Shuck, Brandon and Van Avendonk, Harm, el al. (2021) Strike-Slip Enables Subduction Initiation Beneath a Failed Rift: New Seismic Constraints From Puysegur Margin, New Zealand; Tectonics; Vol. 40; No. 5; Art. No. e2020TC006436; 10.1029/2020TC006436
Liu, Hao and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2021) Tonga Slab Morphology and Stress Variations Controlled by a Relic Slab: Implications for Deep Earthquakes in the Tonga‐Fiji Region; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 48; No. 7; Art. No. e2020GL091331; 10.1029/2020gl091331
Liu, Shaofeng and Ma, Pengfei, el al. (2021) The Horizontal Slab Beneath East Asia and Its Subdued Surface Dynamic Response; Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth; Vol. 126; No. 3; Art. No. e2020JB021156; 10.1029/2020jb021156
Zhu, Yinbing and Zhang, Bo, el al. (2021) Reconstruction of the Cenozoic deformation of the Bohai Bay Basin, North China; Basin Research; Vol. 33; No. 1; 364-381; 10.1111/bre.12470
Patel, Jiten and Sutherland, Rupert, el al. (2021) Stratigraphic architecture of Solander Basin records Southern Ocean currents and subduction initiation beneath southwest New Zealand; Basin Research; Vol. 33; No. 1; 403-426; 10.1111/bre.12473
Hightower, Erin and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2020) A Bayesian 3-D linear gravity inversion for complex density distributions: application to the Puysegur subduction system; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 223; No. 3; 1899-1918; 10.1093/gji/ggaa425
Hassan, Rakib and Williams, Simon E., el al. (2020) East African topography and volcanism explained by a single, migrating plume; Geoscience Frontiers; Vol. 11; No. 5; 1669-1680; 10.1016/j.gsf.2020.01.003
Sutherland, R. and Gurnis, M. (2020) Continental-scale geographic change across Zealandia during Paleogene subduction initiation; Geology; Vol. 48; No. 5; 419-424; 10.1130/G47008.1
Hu, Jiashun and Gurnis, Michael (2020) Subduction Duration and Slab Dip; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 21; No. 4; Art. No. e2019GC008862; 10.1029/2019gc008862
Gurnis, Michael and Kominz, Michelle, el al. (2020) Reversible subsidence on the North West Shelf of Australia; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 534; Art. No. 116070; 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116070
Jia, Zhe and Shen, Zhichao, el al. (2020) The 2018 Fiji M_w 8.2 and 7.9 deep earthquakes: One doublet in two slabs; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 531; Art. No. 115997; 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115997
Wang, Huilin and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2020) Continent-wide drainage reorganization in North America driven by mantle flow; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 530; Art. No. 115910; 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115910
Gurnis, Michael and Van Avendonk, Harm, el al. (2019) Incipient subduction at the contact with stretched continental crust: The Puysegur Trench; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 520; 212-219; 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.05.044
Yang, Ting and Moresi, Louis, el al. (2019) Contrasted East Asia and South America tectonics driven by deep mantle flow; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 517; 106-116; 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.025
Tetley, Michael G. and Williams, Simon E., el al. (2019) Constraining Absolute Plate Motions Since the Triassic; Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth; Vol. 124; No. 7; 7231-7258; 10.1029/2019jb017442
Müller, R. Dietmar and Zahirovic, Sabin, el al. (2019) A global plate model including lithospheric deformation along major rifts and orogens since the Triassic; Tectonics; Vol. 38; No. 6; 1884-1907; 10.1029/2018tc005462
Ma, Pengfei and Liu, Shaofeng, el al. (2019) Slab horizontal subduction and slab tearing beneath East Asia; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 46; No. 10; 5161-5169; 10.1029/2018gl081703
Sun, D. and Helmberger, D., el al. (2019) Slab Control on the Northeastern Edge of the Mid-Pacific LLSVP near Hawaii; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 46; No. 6; 3142-3152; 10.1029/2018GL081130
Arculus, Richard J. and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2019) How to Create New Subduction Zones: A Global Perspective; Oceanography; Vol. 32; No. 1; 160-174; 10.5670/oceanog.2019.140
Yang, Ting and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2018) Slab avalanche-induced tectonics in self-consistent dynamic models; Tectonophysics; Vol. 746; 251-265; 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.12.007
McKay, Robert and Exon, Neville, el al. (2018) Developing community-based scientific priorities and new drilling proposals in the southern Indian and southwestern Pacific oceans; Scientific Drilling; Vol. 24; 61-70; 10.5194/sd-24-61-2018
Wang, Huilin and Wang, Yaoyi, el al. (2018) A long-lived Indian Ocean slab: Deep dip reversal induced by the African LLSVP; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 497; 1-11; 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.050
Müller, R. Dietmar and Cannon, John, el al. (2018) GPlates – Building a Virtual Earth Through Deep Time; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 19; No. 7; 2243-2261; 10.1029/2018GC007584
Gurnis, Michael and Yang, Ting, el al. (2018) Global tectonic reconstructions with continuously deforming and evolving rigid plates; Computers and Geosciences; Vol. 116; 32-41; 10.1016/j.cageo.2018.04.007
Pall, Jodie and Zahirovic, Sabin, el al. (2018) The influence of carbonate platform interactions with subduction zone volcanism on palaeo-atmospheric CO_2 since the Devonian; Climate of the Past; Vol. 14; No. 6; 857-870; 10.5194/cp-14-857-2018
Müller, R. D. and Hassan, R., el al. (2018) Dynamic topography of passive continental margins and their hinterlands since the Cretaceous; Gondwana Research; Vol. 53; 225-251; 10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.028
Liu, Shaofeng and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2017) Reconstruction of northeast Asian deformation integrated with western Pacific plate subduction since 200 Ma; Earth-Science Reviews; Vol. 175; 114-142; 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.10.012
Mao, Xiaolin and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2017) Subduction initiation with vertical lithospheric heterogeneities and new fault formation; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 44; No. 22; 11349-11356; 10.1002/2017GL075389
Yang, Ting and Moresi, Louis, el al. (2017) Oceanic residual topography agrees with mantle flow predictions at long wavelengths; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 44; No. 21; 10896-10906; 10.1002/2017GL074800
Wang, Huilin and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2017) Rapid Cenozoic Subsidence in the Gulf of Mexico Resulting From Hess Rise Conjugate Subduction; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 44; No. 21; 10930-10938; 10.1002/2017GL074959
Flament, N. and Williams, S., el al. (2017) Correspondence: Reply to 'Numerical modelling of the PERM anomaly and the Emeishan large igneous province'; Nature Communications; Vol. 8; Art. No. 822; PMCID PMC5635014; 10.1038/s41467-017-00130-5
Yang, Ting and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2017) Trench motion-controlled slab morphology and stress variations: Implications for the isolated 2015 Bonin Islands deep earthquake; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 44; No. 13; 6641-6650; 10.1002/2017GL073989
Christensen, Beth A. and Renema, Willem, el al. (2017) Indonesian Throughflow drove Australian climate from humid Pliocene to arid Pleistocene; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 44; No. 13; 6914-6925; 10.1002/2017GL072977
Sutherland, R. and Collot, J., el al. (2017) Widespread compression associated with Eocene Tonga-Kermadec subduction initiation; Geology; Vol. 45; No. 4; 355-358; 10.1130/G38617.1
Sun, Daoyuan and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2017) A dipping, thick segment of the Farallon Slab beneath Central US; Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth; Vol. 122; No. 4; 2911-2928; 10.1002/2016JB013915
Li, Dunzhu and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2017) Towards adjoint-based inversion of time-dependent mantle convection with non-linear viscosity; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 209; No. 1; 86-105; 10.1093/gji/ggw493
De Vleeschouwer, David and Dunlea, Ann G., el al. (2017) Quantifying K, U, and Th contents of marine sediments using shipboard natural gamma radiation spectra measured on DV JOIDES Resolution; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 18; No. 3; 1053-1064; 10.1002/2016GC006715
Flament, N. and Williams, S., el al. (2017) Origin and evolution of the deep thermochemical structure beneath Eurasia; Nature Communications; Vol. 8; Art. No. 14164; PMCID PMC5253668; 10.1038/ncomms14164
Zahirovic, Sabin and Matthews, Kara J., el al. (2016) Tectonic evolution and deep mantle structure of the eastern Tethys since the latest Jurassic; Earth-Science Reviews; Vol. 162; 293-337; 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.09.005
Yang, Ting and Gurnis, Michael (2016) Dynamic topography, gravity and the role of lateral viscosity variations from inversion of global mantle flow; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 207; No. 2; 1186-1202; 10.1093/gji/ggw335
Zahirovic, Sabin and Flament, Nicolas, el al. (2016) Large fluctuations of shallow seas in low-lying Southeast Asia driven by mantle flow; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 17; No. 9; 3589-3607; 10.1002/2016GC006434
von Hagke, Christoph and Philippon, Mélody, el al. (2016) Origin and time evolution of subduction polarity reversal from plate kinematics of Southeast Asia; Geology; Vol. 44; No. 8; 659-662; 10.1130/G37821.1
Hassan, Rakib and Müller, R. Dietmar, el al. (2016) A rapid burst in hotspot motion through the interaction of tectonics and deep mantle flow; Nature; Vol. 533; No. 7602; 239-242; 10.1038/nature17422
Müller, R. Dietmar and Flament, Nicolas, el al. (2016) Formation of Australian continental margin highlands driven by plate–mantle interaction; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 441; 60-70; 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.025
Arculus, Richard J. and Gurnis, Michael (2016) Reply to 'Unclear causes for subduction'; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 9; No. 5; 338-339; 10.1038/ngeo2704
Yang, Ting and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2016) Mantle-induced subsidence and compression in SE Asia since the early Miocene; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 43; No. 5; 1901-1909; 10.1002/2016GL068050
Flament, Nicolas and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2015) Influence of subduction history on South American topography; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 430; 9-18; 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.006
Leng, Wei and Gurnis, Michael (2015) Subduction initiation at relic arcs; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 42; No. 17; 7014-7021; 10.1002/2015GL064985
Arculus, Richard J. and Ishizuka, Osamu, el al. (2015) A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 8; No. 9; 728-733; 10.1038/ngeo2515
Ratnaswamy, V. and Stadler, G., el al. (2015) Adjoint-based estimation of plate coupling in a non-linear mantle flow model: theory and examples; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 202; No. 2; 768-786; 10.1093/gji/ggv166
Hassan, Rakib and Flament, Nicolas, el al. (2015) Provenance of plumes in global convection models; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 16; No. 5; 1465-1489; 10.1002/2015GC005751
Seton, Maria and Flament, Nicolas, el al. (2015) Ridge subduction sparked reorganization of the Pacific plate-mantle system 60-50 million years ago; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 42; No. 6; 1732-1740; 10.1002/2015GL063057
Bower, Dan J. and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2015) Assimilating lithosphere and slab history in 4-D Earth models; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors; Vol. 238; 8-22; 10.1016/j.pepi.2014.10.013
Shephard, G. E. and Flament, N., el al. (2014) Circum-Arctic mantle structure and long-wavelength topography since the Jurassic; Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth; Vol. 119; No. 10; 7889-7908; 10.1002/2014JB011078
Chu, Risheng and Helmberger, Don, el al. (2014) Upper mantle surprises derived from the recent Virginia earthquake waveform data; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 402; 167-175; 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.023
Worthen, Jennifer and Stadler, Georg, el al. (2014) Towards adjoint-based inversion for rheological parameters in nonlinear viscous mantle flow; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors; Vol. 234; 23-34; 10.1016/j.pepi.2014.06.006
Gallagher, S. J. and Exon, N., el al. (2014) Exploring new drilling prospects in the southwest Pacific; Scientific Drilling; Vol. 17; 45-50; 10.5194/sd-17-45-2014
Liu, Shaofeng and Nummedal, Dag, el al. (2014) Dynamic versus flexural controls of Late Cretaceous Western Interior Basin, USA; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 389; 221-229; 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.006
Flament, Nicolas and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2014) Topographic asymmetry of the South Atlantic from global models of mantle flow and lithospheric stretching; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 387; 107-119; 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.017
Chu, Risheng and Leng, Wei, el al. (2013) Hidden hotspot track beneath the eastern United States; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 6; No. 11; 963-966; 10.1038/NGEO1949
Flament, Nicolas and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2013) A review of observations and models of dynamic topography; Lithosphere; Vol. 5; No. 2; 189-210; 10.1130/L245.1
Burstedde, Carsten and Stadler, Georg, el al. (2013) Large-scale adaptive mantle convection simulation; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 192; No. 3; 889-906; 10.1093/gji/ggs070
Burkett, Erin and Gurnis, Michael (2013) Stalled slab dynamics; Lithosphere; Vol. 5; No. 1; 92-97; 10.1130/L249.1
Bower, Dan J. and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2013) Lower mantle structure from paleogeographically constrained dynamic Earth models; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 14; No. 1; 44-63; 10.1029/2012GC004267
Bower, Dan J. and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2013) Dynamic origins of seismic wavespeed variation in D"; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors; Vol. 214; No. 1; 74-86; 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.10.004
Saleeby, J. and Le Pourhiet, L., el al. (2012) Epeirogenic transients related to mantle lithosphere removal in the southern Sierra Nevada region, California, part I: Implications of thermomechanical modeling; Geosphere; Vol. 8; No. 6; 1286-1309; 10.1130/GES00746.1
Leng, Wei and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2012) From basalts to boninites: The geodynamics of volcanic expression during induced subduction initiation; Lithosphere; Vol. 4; No. 6; 511-523; 10.1130/L215.1
Spasojevic, Sonja and Gurnis, Michael (2012) Sea level and vertical motion of continents from dynamic earth models since the Late Cretaceous; AAPG Bulletin; Vol. 96; No. 11; 2037-2064; 10.1306/03261211121
Alisic, Laura and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2012) Multi-scale dynamics and rheology of mantle flow with plates; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 117; Art. No. B10402; 10.1029/2012JB009234
Shepard, G. E. and Liu, L., el al. (2012) Dynamic topography and anomalously negative residual depth of the Argentine Basin; Gondwana Research; Vol. 22; No. 2; 658-663; 10.1016/j.gr.2011.12.005
Seton, M. and Müller, R. D., el al. (2012) Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma; Earth-Science Reviews; Vol. 113; No. 3-4; 212-270; 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.002
Zahirovic, Sabin and Müller, R. Dietmar, el al. (2012) Insights on the kinematics of the India-Eurasia collision from global geodynamic models; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 13; Art. No. Q04W11; 10.1029/2011GC003883
Leng, Wei and Gurnis, Michael (2012) Shape of thermal plumes in a compressible mantle with depth-dependent viscosity; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 39; L05310; 10.1029/2012GL050959
Gurnis, Michael and Turner, Mark, el al. (2012) Plate tectonic reconstructions with continuously closing plates; Computers and Geosciences; Vol. 38; No. 1; 35-42; 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.04.014
Leng, Wei and Gurnis, Michael (2011) Dynamics of subduction initiation with different evolutionary pathways; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 12; Q12018; 10.1029/2011GC003877
DiCaprio, Lydia and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2011) Mantle dynamics of continentwide Cenozoic subsidence and tilting of Australia; Lithosphere; Vol. 3; No. 5; 311-316; 10.1130/L140.1
Tan, Eh and Leng, Wei, el al. (2011) On the location of plumes and lateral movement of thermochemical structures with high bulk modulus in the 3-D compressible mantle; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 12; No. 7; Art. No. Q07005; 10.1029/2011GC003665
Stadler, Georg and Burstedde, Carsten, el al. (2011) Plattentektonik im Supercomputer; Spektrum der Wissenschaft; 12-14
Bower, Dan J. and Wicks, June K., el al. (2011) A geodynamic and mineral physics model of a solid-state ultralow-velocity zone; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 303; No. 3-4; 193-202; 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.035
Matthews, Kara J. and Hale, Alina J., el al. (2011) Dynamic subsidence of Eastern Australia during the Cretaceous; Gondwana Research; Vol. 19; No. 2; 372-383; 10.1016/j.gr.2010.06.006
Shephard, G. E. and Müller, R. D., el al. (2010) Miocene drainage reversal of the Amazon River driven by plate–mantle interaction; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 3; No. 12; 870-875; 10.1038/NGEO1017
Alisic, Laura and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2010) Slab stress and strain rate as constraints on global mantle flow; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 37; Art. No. L22308; 10.1029/2010GL045312
Whittaker, Joanne M. and Müller, R. Dietmar, el al. (2010) Development of the Australian-Antarctic depth anomaly; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 11; Art. No. Q11006; 10.1029/2010GC003276
Stadler, Georg and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2010) The Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Flow: From Local to Global Scales; Science; Vol. 329; No. 5995; 1033-1038; 10.1126/science.1191223
Liu, Lijun and Gurnis, Michael (2010) Dynamic subsidence and uplift of the Colorado Plateau; Geology; Vol. 38; No. 7; 663-666; 10.1130/G30624.1
Spasojevic, Sonja and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2010) Mantle upwellings above slab graveyards linked to the global geoid lows; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 3; No. 6; 435-438; 10.1038/NGEO855
Spasojevic, Sonja and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2010) Inferring mantle properties with an evolving dynamic model of the Antarctica-New Zealand region from the Late Cretaceous; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 115; No. B5; B05402; 10.1029/2009JB006612
Sun, Daoyuan and Helmberger, Don, el al. (2010) A narrow, mid-mantle plume below southern Africa; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 37; L09302; 10.1029/2009GL042339
Liu, Lijun and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2010) The role of oceanic plateau subduction in the Laramide orogeny; Nature Geoscience; Vol. 3; No. 5; 353-357; 10.1038/NGEO829
Liu, Lijun and Gurnis, Michael (2010) Adjoint method and its application in mantle convection; Earth Science Frontiers; Vol. 17; No. 3; 139-148
Torsvik, Trond H. and Steinberger, Bernhard, el al. (2010) Plate tectonics and net lithosphere rotation over the past 150 My; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 291; No. 1-4; 106-112; 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.055
Hebert, Laura B. and Gurnis, Michael (2010) Geophysical implications of Izu–Bonin mantle wedge hydration from chemical geodynamic modeling; Island Arc; Vol. 19; No. 1; 134-150; 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2009.00688.x
Sutherland, Rupert and Spasojevic, Sonja, el al. (2010) Mantle upwelling after Gondwana subduction death explains anomalous topography and subsidence histories of eastern New Zealand and West Antarctica; Geology; Vol. 38; No. 2; 155-158; 10.1130/G30613.1
DiCaprio, Lydia and Müller, R. Dietmar, el al. (2010) A dynamic process for drowning carbonate reefs on the northeastern Australian margin; Geology; Vol. 38; No. 1; 11-14; 10.1130/G30217.1
Liu, Lijun and Gurnis, M., el al. (2009) Oceanic plateau subduction beneath North America and its geological and geophysical implications; Eos; Vol. 90; No. 52; DI21A-1643
Sutherland, Rupert and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2009) Regional exhumation history of brittle crust during subduction initiation, Fiordland, southwest New Zealand, and implications for thermochronologic sampling and analysis strategies; Geosphere; Vol. 5; No. 5; 409-425; 10.1130/GES00225.1
Downey, Nathan J. and Gurnis, Michael (2009) Instantaneous dynamics of the cratonic Congo basin; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 114; No. B6; B06401; 10.1029/2008JB006066
Bower, Dan J. and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2009) Enhanced convection and fast plumes in the lower mantle induced by the spin transition in ferropericlase; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 36; L10306; 10.1029/2009GL037706
Spasojevic, Sonja and Liu, Lijun, el al. (2009) Adjoint models of mantle convection with seismic, plate motion, and stratigraphic constraints: North America since the Late Cretaceous; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 10; Q05W02; 10.1029/2008GC002345
DiCaprio, Lydia and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2009) Long-wavelength tilting of the Australian continent since the Late Cretaceous; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 278; No. 3-4; 175-185; 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.030
Hebert, Laura Baker and Antoshechkina, Paula, el al. (2009) Emergence of a low-viscosity channel in subduction zones through the coupling of mantle flow and thermodynamics; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 278; No. 3-4; 243-256; 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.013
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Zhong, Shijie and McNamara, Allen, el al. (2008) A benchmark study on mantle convection in a 3-D spherical shell using CitcomS; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 9; No. 10; Q10017; 10.1029/2008GC002048
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Liu, Lijun and Gurnis, Michael (2008) Simultaneous inversion of mantle properties and initial conditions using an adjoint of mantle convection; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 113; No. B8; Art. No. B08405; 10.1029/2008JB005594
Choi, Eun-seo and Gurnis, Michael (2008) Thermally induced brittle deformation in oceanic lithosphere and the spacing of fracture zones; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 269; No. 1-2; 259-270; 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.025
Spasojević, Sonja and Liu, Lijun, el al. (2008) The case for dynamic subsidence of the U.S. east coast since the Eocene; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 35; No. 8; Art. No. L08305; 10.1029/2008GL033511
Manea, Vlad and Gurnis, Michael (2007) Subduction zone evolution and low viscosity wedges and channels; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 264; No. 1-2; 22-45; 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.030
Tan, Eh and Gurnis, Michael (2007) Compressible thermochemical convection and application to lower mantle structures; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 112; No. B6; Art. No. B06304; 10.1029/2006JB004505
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Le Pourhiet, Laetitia and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2006) Mantle instability beneath the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California and Death Valley extension; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 251; No. 1-2; 104-119; 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.028
Tan, E. and Choi, E., el al. (2006) GeoFramework: Coupling multiple models of mantle convection within a computational framework; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 7; No. 6; Q06001; 10.1029/2005GC001155
Helmberger, D. and Lay, T., el al. (2005) Deep mantle structure and the postperovskite phase transition; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol. 102; No. 48; 17257-17263; PMCID PMC1297654; 10.1073/pnas.0502504102
Tan, Eh and Gurnis, Michael (2005) Metastable superplumes and mantle compressibility; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 32; No. 20; Art. No. L20307; 10.1029/2005GL024190
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House, M. A. and Gurnis, M., el al. (2005) Patterns of Late Cenozoic exhumation deduced from apatite and zircon U-He ages from Fiordland, New Zealand; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 6; No. 9; Art. No. 2005GC000968
Billen, Magali I. and Gurnis, Michael (2005) Constraints on subducting plate strength within the Kermadec trench; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 110; Art. No. B05407; 10.1029/2004JB003308
Hall, Chad E. and Gurnis, Michael (2005) Strength of fracture zones from their bathymetric and gravitational evolution; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 110; No. B1; Art. No. B01402; 10.1029/2004JB003312
Gurnis, Michael and Hall, Chad, el al. (2004) Evolving force balance during incipient subduction; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 5; No. 7; 1029/2003GC000681; 10.1029/2003GC000681
Hall, Chad E. and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2003) Catastrophic initiation of subduction following forced convergence across fracture zones; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 212; No. 1-2; 15-30; 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00242-5
Billen, Magali I. and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2003) Multiscale dynamics of the Tonga–Kermadec subduction zone; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 153; No. 2; 359-388; 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01915.x
Billen, Magali I. and Gurnis, Michael (2003) Comparison of dynamic flow models for the Central Aleutian and Tonga-Kermadec subduction zones; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 4; No. 4; 2001GC000295; 10.1029/2001GC000295
Conrad, Clinton P. and Gurnis, Michael (2003) Seismic tomography, surface uplift, and the breakup of Gondwanaland: Integrating mantle convection backwards in time; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 4; No. 3; 2001GC000299; 10.1029/2001GC000299
Choi, Eun-seo and Gurnis, Michael (2003) Deformation in transcurrent and extensional environments with widely spaced weak zones; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 30; No. 2; Art. No. 1076; 10.1029/2002GL016129
Tan, Eh and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2002) Slabs in the lower mantle and their modulation of plume formation; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 3; No. 11; 2001GC000238; 10.1029/2001GC000238
House, M. A. and Gurnis, M., el al. (2002) Uplift in the Fiordland Region, New Zealand: Implications for Incipient Subduction; Science; Vol. 297; No. 5589; 2038-2041; 10.1126/science.1075328
Ni, Sidao and Tan, Eh, el al. (2002) Sharp Sides to the African Superplume; Science; Vol. 296; No. 5574; 1850-1852; 10.1126/science.1070698
Gurnis, Michael (2002) African superplume; McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology; 1-3
Billen, Magali I. and Gurnis, Michael (2001) A low viscosity wedge in subduction zones; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 193; No. 1-2; 227-236; 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00482-4
Gurnis, Michael (2001) Sculpting the earth from inside out; Scientific American; Vol. 284; No. 3; 40-47; 10.1038/scientificamerican0301-40
Gurnis, Michael and Ritsema, Jeroen, el al. (2000) Tonga slab deformation: The influence of a lower mantle upwelling on a slab in a young subduction zone; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 27; No. 16; 2373-2376; 10.1029/2000GL011420
Gurnis, Michael and Mitrovica, Jerry X., el al. (2000) Constraining mantle density structure using geological evidence of surface uplift rates: The case of the African Superplume; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 1; No. 7; 1999GC000035; 10.1029/1999GC000035
Zhong, Shijie and Zuber, Maria T., el al. (2000) Role of temperature-dependent viscosity and surface plates in spherical shell models of mantle convection; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 105; No. B5; 11063-11082; 10.1029/2000JB900003
Moresi, Louis and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (2000) Plate tectonics and convection in the Earth's mantle: toward a numerical simulation; Computing in Science & Engineering; Vol. 2; No. 3; 22-33; 10.1109/5992.841793
Sidorin, Igor and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (1999) Evidence for a Ubiquitous Seismic Discontinuity at the Base of the Mantle; Science; Vol. 286; No. 5443; 1326-1331; 10.1126/science.286.5443.1326
Deng, Jishu and Hudnut, Kenneth, el al. (1999) Stress loading from viscous flow in the lower crust and triggering of aftershocks following the 1994 Northridge California, earthquake; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 26; No. 21; 3209-3212; 10.1029/1999GL010496
Meltzer, Anne and Rudnick, Roberta, el al. (1999) USArray Initiative; GSA Today; Vol. 9; No. 11; 8-10
Ni, Sidao and Ding, Xiaoming, el al. (1999) Low-velocity structure beneath Africa from forward modeling; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 170; No. 4; 497-507; 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00121-1
Sidorin, Igor and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (1999) Dynamics of a phase change at the base of the mantle consistent with seismological observations; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 104; No. B4; 15005-15023; 10.1029/1999JB900065
Han, Lijie and Gurnis, Michael (1999) How valid are dynamic models of subduction and convection when plate motions are prescribed?; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors; Vol. 110; No. 3-4; 235-246; 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00156-3
Deng, Jishu and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (1998) Viscoelastic Flow in the Lower Crust after the 1992 Landers, California, Earthquake; Science; Vol. 282; No. 5394; 1689-1692; 10.1126/science.282.5394.1689
Sidorin, Igor and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (1998) Interpreting D" seismic structure using synthetic waveforms computed from dynamic models; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 163; No. 1-4; 31-41; 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00172-1
Toth, John and Gurnis, Michael (1998) Dynamics of subduction initiation at preexisting fault zones; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 103; No. B8; 18053-18067; 10.1029/98JB01076
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (1998) Role of faults, nonlinear rheology, and viscosity structure in generating plates from instantaneous mantle flow models; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 103; No. B7; 15255-15268; 10.1029/98JB00605
Gurnis, Michael and Müller, R. Dietmar, el al. (1998) Cretaceous Vertical Motion of Australia and the Australian-Antarctic Discordance; Science; Vol. 279; No. 5356; 1499-1504; 10.1126/science.279.5356.1499
Burgess, Peter M. and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (1997) Formation of sequences in the cratonic interior of North America by interaction between mantle, eustatic, and stratigraphic processes; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 109; No. 12; 1515-1535; 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1515:FOSITC>2.3.CO;2
Lithgow-Bertelloni, C. and Gurnis, Michael (1997) Cenozoic subsidence and uplift of continents from time-varying dynamic topography; Geology; Vol. 25; No. 8; 735-738
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael (1997) Dynamic interaction between tectonic plates, subducting slabs, and the mantle; Earth Interactions; Vol. 1; No. 3; 1-18; 10.1175/1087-3562(1997)001<0001:DIBTPS>2.3.CO;2
Gurnis, Michael and Eloy, Christophe, el al. (1996) Free-surface formulation of mantle convection—II. Implication for subduction-zone observables; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 127; No. 3; 719-727; 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04050.x
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (1996) Free-surface formulation of mantle convection—I. Basic theory and application to plumes; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 127; No. 3; 708-718; 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04049.x
Moresi, Louis and Zhong, Shijie, el al. (1996) The accuracy of finite element solutions of Stokes's flow with strongly varying viscosity; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors; Vol. 97; No. 1-4; 83-94; 10.1016/0031-9201(96)03163-9
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael (1996) Interaction of weak faults and non-newtonian rheology produces plate tectonics in a 3D model of mantle flow; Nature; Vol. 383; No. 6597; 245-247; 10.1038/383245a0
Moresi, Louis and Gurnis, Michael (1996) Constraints on the lateral strength of slabs from three-dimensional dynamic flow models; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 138; No. 1-4; 15-28; 10.1016/0012-821X(95)00221-W
Burgess, Peter M. and Gurnis, Michael (1995) Mechanisms for the formation of cratonic stratigraphic sequences; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 136; No. 3-4; 647-663; 10.1016/0012-821X(95)00204-P
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael (1995) Towards a realistic simulation of plate margins in mantle convection; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 22; No. 8; 981-984; 10.1029/95GL00782
Coakley, Bernard and Gurnis, Michael (1995) Far-field tilting of Laurentia during the Ordovician and constraints on the evolution of a slab under an ancient continent; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 100; No. B4; 6313-6327; 10.1029/94JB02916
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael (1995) Mantle Convection with Plates and Mobile, Faulted Plate Margins; Science; Vol. 267; No. 5199; 838-843; 10.1126/science.267.5199.838
Gurnis, Michael and Torsvik, Trend H. (1994) Rapid drift of large continents during the late Precambrian and Paleozoic: Paleomagnetic constraints and dynamic models; Geology; Vol. 22; No. 11; 1023-1026; 10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022%3C1023:RDOLCD%3E2.3.CO;2
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael (1994) Role of plates and temperature-dependent viscosity in phase change dynamics; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 99; No. B8; 15903-15917; 10.1029/94JB00545
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael (1994) Controls on trench topography from dynamic models of subducted slabs; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 99; No. B8; 15683-15695; 10.1029/94JB00809
Russell, Mark and Gurnis, Michael (1994) The planform of epeirogeny: vertical motions of Australia during the Cretaceous; Basin Research; Vol. 6; No. 2-3; 63-76; 10.1111/j.1365-2117.1994.tb00076.x
Gurnis, Michael (1994) Vertical motion of Australia in the Cretaceous: A mantle dynamics perspective; Geophysics Down Under; Vol. 19; 3-7
Gurnis, Michael (1993) Phanerozoic marine inundation of continents driven by dynamic topography above subducting slabs; Nature; Vol. 364; No. 6438; 589-593; 10.1038/364589a0
Gurnis, Michael (1993) Comment on "Dynamic surface topography: A new interpretation based upon mantle flow models derived from seismic tomography" by A. M. Forte, W. R. Peltier, A. M. Dziewonski and R. L. Woodward; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 20; No. 15; 1663-1664; 10.1029/93GL01489
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael (1993) Dynamic feedback between a continentlike raft and thermal convection; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 98; No. B7; 12219-12232; 10.1029/93JB00193
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (1993) Accurate determination of surface normal stress in viscous flow from a consistent boundary flux method; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors; Vol. 78; No. 1-2; 1-8; 10.1016/0031-9201(93)90078-N
Gurnis, Michael (1993) Depressed continental hypsometry behind oceanic trenches: A clue to subduction controls on sea-level change; Geology; Vol. 21; No. 1; 29-32; 10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021<0029:DCHBOT>2.3.CO;2
Zhong, Shijie and Gurnis, Michael (1992) Viscous flow model of a subduction zone with a faulted lithosphere: Long and short wavelength topography, gravity and geoid; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 19; No. 18; 1891-1894; 10.1029/92GL02142
Gurnis, Michael (1992) Long-term controls on eustatic and epeirogenic motions by mantle convection; GSA Today; Vol. 2; No. 7; 141-157
Gurnis, Michael (1992) Rapid Continental Subsidence Following the Initiation and Evolution of Subduction; Science; Vol. 255; No. 5051; 1556-1558; 10.1126/science.255.5051.1556
Gurnis, Michael and Zhong, Shijie (1991) Generation of long wavelength heterogeneity in the mantle by the dynamic interaction between plates and convection; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 18; No. 4; 581-584; 10.1029/91GL00823
Gurnis, Michael (1990) Ridge Spreading, Subduction, and Sea Level Fluctuations; Science; Vol. 250; No. 4983; 970-972; 10.1126/science.250.4983.970
Gurnis, Michael (1990) Bounds on global dynamic topography from Phanerozoic flooding of continental platforms; Nature; Vol. 344; No. 6268; 754-756; 10.1038/344754a0
Gurnis, Michael (1990) Plate-mantle coupling and continental flooding; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 17; No. 5; 623-626; 10.1029/GL017i005p00623
Griffiths, R. W. and Gurnis, Michael, el al. (1989) Holographic measurements of surface topography in laboratory models of mantle hotspots; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 96; No. 3; 477-495; 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb06009.x
Gurnis, Michael (1989) A reassessment of the heat transport by variable viscosity convection with plates and lids; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 16; No. 2; 179-182; 10.1029/GL016i002p00179
Gurnis, Michael and Hager, Bradford H. (1988) Controls of the structure of subducted slabs; Nature; Vol. 335; No. 6188; 317-321; 10.1038/335317a0
Gurnis, Michael (1988) Large-scale mantle convection and the aggregation and dispersal of supercontinents; Nature; Vol. 332; No. 6166; 695-699; 10.1038/332695a0
Hager, Bradford H. and Gurnis, Michael (1987) Mantle convection and the state of the Earth's interior; Reviews of Geophysics; Vol. 25; No. 6; 1277-1285; 10.1029/RG025i006p01277
Davies, Geoffrey F. and Gurnis, Michael (1986) Interaction of mantle dregs with convection: Lateral heterogeneity at the core-mantle boundary; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 13; No. 13; 1517-1520; 10.1029/GL013i013p01517
Gurnis, Michael (1986) Stirring and mixing in the mantle by plate-scale flow: Large persistent blobs and long tendrils coexist; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 13; No. 13; 1474-1477; 10.1029/GL013i013p01474
Gurnis, Michael (1986) The effects of chemical density differences on convective mixing in the Earth's mantle; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 91; No. B11; 11407-11419; 10.1029/JB091iB11p11407
Gurnis, Michael (1986) Quantitative bounds on the size spectrum of isotopic heterogeneity within the mantle; Nature; Vol. 323; No. 6086; 317-320; 10.1038/323317a0
Gurnis, Michael and Davies, Geoffrey F. (1986) Numerical study of high Rayleigh number convection in a medium with depth-dependent viscosity; Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 85; No. 3; 523-541; 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1986.tb04530.x
Gurnis, Michael and Davies, Geoffrey F. (1986) The effect of depth-dependent viscosity on convective mixing in the mantle and the possible survival of primitive mantle; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 13; No. 6; 541-544; 10.1029/GL013i006p00541
Gurnis, Michael and Davies, Geoffrey F. (1986) Mixing in numerical models of mantle convection incorporating plate kinematics; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 91; No. B6; 6375-6395; 10.1029/JB091iB06p06375
Gurnis, Michael and Davies, Geoffrey F. (1986) Apparent episodic crustal growth arising from a smoothly evolving mantle; Geology; Vol. 14; No. 5; 396-399; 10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<396:AECGAF>2.0.CO;2
Gurnis, Michael and Davies, Geoffrey F. (1985) Simple parametric models of crustal growth; Journal of Geodynamics; Vol. 3; No. 1-2; 105-135; 10.1016/0264-3707(85)90024-9
Gurnis, Michael (1981) Martian cratering revisited: Implications for early geologic evolution; Icarus; Vol. 48; No. 1; 62-75; 10.1016/0019-1035(81)90154-8
Strom, Robert G. and Woronow, Alex, el al. (1981) Crater populations on Ganymede and Callisto; Journal of Geophysical Research A; Vol. 86; No. A10; 8659-8674; 10.1029/JA086iA10p08659