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A benchmark comparison of subduction models (2008)
Journal Article
Schmeling, H., Babeyko, A., Enns, A., Faccenna, C., Funiciello, F., Gerya, T., …van Hunen, J. (2008). A benchmark comparison of subduction models. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 171, 198-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2008.06.028

Numerically modelling the dynamics of a self-consistently subducting lithosphere is a challenging task because of the decoupling problems of the slab from the free surface. We address this problem with a benchmark comparison between various numerical... Read More about A benchmark comparison of subduction models.

Tectonics of early Earth: some geodynamic considerations (2008)
Book Chapter
van Hunen, J., van Keken, P., Hynes, A., & Davies, G. (2008). Tectonics of early Earth: some geodynamic considerations. In K. Condie, & V. Pease (Eds.), When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Planet Earth? (157 - 171). GeoScienceWorld. https://doi.org/10.1130/2008.2440%2808%29

Today plate tectonics is the dominant tectonic style on Earth, but in a hotter Earth tectonics may have looked different due to the presence of more melting and associated compositional buoyancy as well as the presence of a weaker mantle and lithosph... Read More about Tectonics of early Earth: some geodynamic considerations.

Geochemical variation at the Hawaiian hot spot caused by upper mantle dynamics and melting of a heterogeneous plume (2008)
Journal Article
Bianco, T., Ito, G., van Hunen, J., Ballmer, M., & Mahoney, J. (2008). Geochemical variation at the Hawaiian hot spot caused by upper mantle dynamics and melting of a heterogeneous plume. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9(11), https://doi.org/10.1029/2008gc002111

Geochemical variations within the young Hawaiian Islands occur in two particularly prominent forms: differences between volcanic stages and differences between the “Loa” and “Kea” subchains. These observations have been interpreted to reveal spatial... Read More about Geochemical variation at the Hawaiian hot spot caused by upper mantle dynamics and melting of a heterogeneous plume.

Small-scale convection during continental rifting: Evidence from the Rio Grande rift (2008)
Journal Article
van Wijk, J., van Hunen, J., & Goes, S. (2008). Small-scale convection during continental rifting: Evidence from the Rio Grande rift. Geology, 36(7), 575-578. https://doi.org/10.1130/g24691a.1

Recent seismic imaging across the Rio Grande rift, western United States, revealed unexpected structures in the underlying mantle. Low seismic wave velocity anomalies below the Rio Grande rift have been interpreted as being partially of melt origin,... Read More about Small-scale convection during continental rifting: Evidence from the Rio Grande rift.

Plate tectonics on the early Earth : limitations imposed by strength and buoyancy of subducted lithosphere (2008)
Journal Article
van Hunen, J., & van den Berg, A. (2008). Plate tectonics on the early Earth : limitations imposed by strength and buoyancy of subducted lithosphere. Lithos, 103(1-2), 217-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2007.09.016

The tectonic style and viability of modern plate tectonics in the early Earth is still debated. Field observations and theoretical arguments both in favor and against the uniformitarian view of plate tectonics back until the Archean continue to accum... Read More about Plate tectonics on the early Earth : limitations imposed by strength and buoyancy of subducted lithosphere.

Why does plate tectonics only occur on Earth? (2008)
Journal Article
Martin, P., van Hunen, J., Parman, S., & Davidson, J. (2008). Why does plate tectonics only occur on Earth?. Physics Education, 43(2), 144-150. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/43/2/002

Plate tectonics governs the topography and motions of the surface of Earth, and the loss of heat from Earth’s interior, but appears to be found uniquely on Earth in the Solar System. Why does plate tectonics occur only on Earth? This is one of the ma... Read More about Why does plate tectonics only occur on Earth?.

Slab stiffness control of trench motion: Insights from numerical models (2008)
Journal Article
Di Giuseppe, E., van Hunen, J., Funiciello, F., Faccenna, C., & Giardini, D. (2008). Slab stiffness control of trench motion: Insights from numerical models. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.1029/2007gc001776

Subduction zones are not static features, but trenches retreat (roll back) or advance. Here, we investigate the dominant dynamic controls on trench migration by means of two- and three-dimensional numerical modeling of subduction. This investigation... Read More about Slab stiffness control of trench motion: Insights from numerical models.