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Professor Jeroen Van Hunen's Outputs (104)

Dynamic evolution of competing same-dip double subduction: New perspectives of the Neo-Tethyan plate tectonics (2024)
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Roy, A., Mandal, N., & Van Hunen, J. (2024). Dynamic evolution of competing same-dip double subduction: New perspectives of the Neo-Tethyan plate tectonics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 647, Article 119032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119032

Artificial Intelligence significantly enhances the visual art industry by analyzing, identifying and generating digitized artistic images. This review highlights the substantial benefits of integrating geometric data into AI models, addressing challe... Read More about Dynamic evolution of competing same-dip double subduction: New perspectives of the Neo-Tethyan plate tectonics.

The impact of Pangean subducted oceans on mantle dynamics: Passive piles and the positioning of deep mantle plumes (2024)
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Heron, P. J., Dannberg, J., Gassmöller, R., Shephard, G. E., van Hunen, J., & Pysklywec, R. N. (2025). The impact of Pangean subducted oceans on mantle dynamics: Passive piles and the positioning of deep mantle plumes. Gondwana Research, 138, 168-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.10.007

Seismic imaging of the Earth’s interior reveals plumes originating from relatively hot regions of the lowermost mantle, surrounded by cooler material thought to be remnants of ancient subducted oceans. Currently, there is no clear consensus on the in... Read More about The impact of Pangean subducted oceans on mantle dynamics: Passive piles and the positioning of deep mantle plumes.

Geomorphic expressions of active rifting reflect the role of structural inheritance: a new model for the evolution of the Shanxi Rift, northern China (2024)
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Froemchen, M., McCaffrey, K. J. W., Allen, M. B., van Hunen, J., Phillips, T. B., & Xu, Y. (2024). Geomorphic expressions of active rifting reflect the role of structural inheritance: a new model for the evolution of the Shanxi Rift, northern China. Solid Earth, 15(10), 1203-1231. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1203-2024

Many rifts are influenced by pre-existing structures and heterogeneities during their evolution, a process known as structural inheritance. During rift evolution, these heterogeneities may aid rift nucleation, rift growth, and the segmentation of fau... Read More about Geomorphic expressions of active rifting reflect the role of structural inheritance: a new model for the evolution of the Shanxi Rift, northern China.

GEMSToolbox: A novel modelling tool for rapid screening of mines for geothermal heat extraction (2024)
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Mouli-Castillo, J., van Hunen, J., MacKenzie, M., Sear, T., & Adams, C. (2024). GEMSToolbox: A novel modelling tool for rapid screening of mines for geothermal heat extraction. Applied Energy, 360, Article 122786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122786

Mine water geothermal heat extraction is a promising technology to provide long-term, zero carbon heating in former coal mining regions. However to allow the technology to develop further, modelling tools which are faster than 3D coupled-process simu... Read More about GEMSToolbox: A novel modelling tool for rapid screening of mines for geothermal heat extraction.

Overriding Plate Thickness as a Controlling Factor for Trench Retreat Rates in Narrow Subduction Zones (2024)
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Gea, P. J., Mancilla, F. D. L., Negredo, A. M., & van Hunen, J. (2024). Overriding Plate Thickness as a Controlling Factor for Trench Retreat Rates in Narrow Subduction Zones. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(2), Article e2023GC011345. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gc011345

Slab width is a significant factor in controlling subduction zone dynamics, particularly the retreat velocities, which tend to decrease with wider slabs. However, observations of natural narrow subduction zones reveal no correlation between slab widt... Read More about Overriding Plate Thickness as a Controlling Factor for Trench Retreat Rates in Narrow Subduction Zones.

Sensitivity of Neoproterozoic snowball-Earth inceptions to continental configuration, orbital geometry, and volcanism (2023)
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Eberhard, J., Bevan, O. E., Feulner, G., Petri, S., van Hunen, J., & Baldini, J. U. L. (2023). Sensitivity of Neoproterozoic snowball-Earth inceptions to continental configuration, orbital geometry, and volcanism. Climate of the Past, 19(11), 2203-2235. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2203-2023

The Cryogenian period (720–635 million years ago) in the Neoproterozoic era featured two phases of global or near-global ice cover termed “snowball Earth”. Climate models of all kinds indicate that the inception of these phases must have occurred in... Read More about Sensitivity of Neoproterozoic snowball-Earth inceptions to continental configuration, orbital geometry, and volcanism.

The influence of crustal strength on rift geometry and development – insights from 3D numerical modelling (2023)
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Phillips, T. B., Naliboff, J. B., McCaffrey, K. J., Pan, S., van Hunen, J., & Froemchen, M. (2023). The influence of crustal strength on rift geometry and development – insights from 3D numerical modelling. Solid Earth, 14(4), 369-388. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-369-2023

The lateral distribution of strength within the crust is non-uniform, dictated by crustal lithology and the presence and distribution of heterogeneities within it. During continental extension, areas of crust with distinct lithological and rheologica... Read More about The influence of crustal strength on rift geometry and development – insights from 3D numerical modelling.

Building archean cratonic roots (2022)
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Jain, C., Rozel, A. B., van Hunen, J., Chin, E. J., & Manjón-Cabeza Córdoba, A. (2022). Building archean cratonic roots. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.966397

Geophysical, geochemical, and geological investigations have attributed the stable behaviour of Earth’s continents to the presence of their Archean cratonic roots. These roots are likely composed of melt-depleted, low density residual peridotite with... Read More about Building archean cratonic roots.

On the origin of the Canary Islands: Insights from mantle convection modelling (2022)
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Negredo, A. M., van Hunen, J., Rodríguez-González, J., & Fullea, J. (2022). On the origin of the Canary Islands: Insights from mantle convection modelling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117506

The Canary Islands hotspot consists of seven volcanic islands, mainly of Neogene age, rooted on oceanic Jurassic lithosphere. Its complex structure and geodynamic setting have led to different hypotheses about its origin and evolution, which is still... Read More about On the origin of the Canary Islands: Insights from mantle convection modelling.

Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio (2022)
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Schliffke, N., van Hunen, J., Allen, M. B., Magni, V., & Gueydan, F. (2022). Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 582. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28228-5

Spreading centre jumps are a common feature of oceanic back-arc basins. Jumps are conventionally suggested to be triggered by plate velocity changes, pre-existing weaknesses, or punctuated events such as the opening of slab windows. Here, we present... Read More about Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio.

Curved orogenic belts, back-arc basins, and obduction as consequences of collision at irregular continental margins (2021)
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Schliffke, N., van Hunen, J., Gueydan, F., Magni, V., & Allen, M. B. (2021). Curved orogenic belts, back-arc basins, and obduction as consequences of collision at irregular continental margins. Geology, 49(12), 1436-1440. https://doi.org/10.1130/g48919.1

Continental collisions commonly involve highly curved passive plate margins, leading to diachronous continental subduction during trench rollback. Such systems may feature backarc extension and ophiolite obduction postdating initial collision. Modern... Read More about Curved orogenic belts, back-arc basins, and obduction as consequences of collision at irregular continental margins.

Deep continental roots and cratons (2021)
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Pearson, D. G., Scott, J. M., Liu, J., Schaeffer, A., Wang, L. H., van Hunen, J., Szilas, K., Chacko, T., & Keleman, P. B. (2021). Deep continental roots and cratons. Nature, 596(7871), 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03600-5

The formation and preservation of cratons - the oldest parts of the continents comprising over 60% of the continental landmass - remains an enduring problem. Key to craton development is how and when the thick strong mantle roots that underlie these... Read More about Deep continental roots and cratons.

Subduction history of the Caribbean from upper-mantle seismic imaging and plate reconstruction (2021)
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Braszus, B., Goes, S., Allen, R., Rietbrock, A., Collier, J., Harmon, N., Henstock, T., Hicks, S., Rychert, C. A., Maunder, B., van Hunen, J., Bie, L., Blundy, J., Cooper, G., Davy, R., Kendall, J. M., Macpherson, C., Wilkinson, J., & Wilson, M. (2021). Subduction history of the Caribbean from upper-mantle seismic imaging and plate reconstruction. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 4211. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24413-0

The margins of the Caribbean and associated hazards and resources have been shaped by a poorly understood history of subduction. Using new data, we improve teleseismic P-wave imaging of the eastern Caribbean upper mantle and compare identified subduc... Read More about Subduction history of the Caribbean from upper-mantle seismic imaging and plate reconstruction.

Thermal state and evolving geodynamic regimes of the Meso- to Neoarchean North China Craton (2021)
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Sun, G., Liu, S., Cawood, P. A., Tang, M., van Hunen, J., Gao, L., Hu, Y., & Hu, F. (2021). Thermal state and evolving geodynamic regimes of the Meso- to Neoarchean North China Craton. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 3888. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24139-z

Constraining thickness and geothermal gradient of Archean continental crust are crucial to understanding geodynamic regimes of the early Earth. Archean crust-sourced tonalitic–trondhjemitic–granodioritic gneisses are ideal lithologies for reconstruct... Read More about Thermal state and evolving geodynamic regimes of the Meso- to Neoarchean North China Craton.

The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion (2021)
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Farangitakis, G., McCaffrey, K., Willingshofer, E., Allen, M., Kalnins, L., van Hunen, J., Persaud, P., & Sokoutis, D. (2021). The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion. Basin Research, 33(2), 1603-1625. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12528

Pull‐apart basins are structural features linked to the interactions between strike‐slip and extensional tectonics. Their morphology and structural evolution are determined by factors such as extension rate, the basin length/width ratio, and changes... Read More about The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion.

Detecting and quantifying palaeoseasonality in stalagmites using geochemical and modelling approaches (2021)
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Baldini, J. U., Lechleitner, F. A., Breitenbach, S. F., van Hunen, J., Baldini, L. M., Wynn, P. M., Jamieson, R. A., Ridley, H. E., Baker, A. J., Walczak, I. W., & Fohlmeister, J. (2021). Detecting and quantifying palaeoseasonality in stalagmites using geochemical and modelling approaches. Quaternary Science Reviews, 254, Article 106784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106784

Stalagmites are an extraordinarily powerful resource for the reconstruction of climatological palaeoseasonality. Here, we provide a review of different types of seasonality preserved by stalagmites and methods for extracting this information. A new d... Read More about Detecting and quantifying palaeoseasonality in stalagmites using geochemical and modelling approaches.

Wide‐Angle Seismic Imaging of Two Modes of Crustal Accretion in Mature Atlantic Ocean Crust (2020)
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Davy, R., Collier, J., Henstock, T., Rietbrock, A., Goes, S., Blundy, J., Harmon, N., Rychert, C., Macpherson, C. G., Van Hunen, J., Kendall, M., Wilkinson, J., Davidson, J., Wilson, M., Cooper, G., Maunder, B., Bie, L., Hicks, S., Allen, R., Chichester, B., …Labahn, E. (2020). Wide‐Angle Seismic Imaging of Two Modes of Crustal Accretion in Mature Atlantic Ocean Crust. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 125(6), Article e2019JB019100. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jb019100

We present a high‐resolution 2‐D P‐wave velocity model from a 225‐km‐long active seismic profile, collected over ~60–75 Ma central Atlantic crust. The profile crosses five ridge segments separated by a transform and three nontransform offsets. All ri... Read More about Wide‐Angle Seismic Imaging of Two Modes of Crustal Accretion in Mature Atlantic Ocean Crust.

The impact of oblique inheritance and changes in relative plate motion on the development of rift-transform systems (2020)
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Farangitakis, G., Heron, P., McCaffrey, K., van Hunen, J., & Kalnins, L. (2020). The impact of oblique inheritance and changes in relative plate motion on the development of rift-transform systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 541, Article 116277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116277

In transform margins, oblique structural inheritance and plate motion vector changes have a direct impact on the margin's morphology and duration of transform activity. We investigate the effect of these two factors using numerical modelling. To simu... Read More about The impact of oblique inheritance and changes in relative plate motion on the development of rift-transform systems.

Influence of the thickness of the overriding plate on convergence zone dynamics (2020)
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Hertgen, S., Yamato, P., Guillaume, B., Magni, V., Schliffke, N., & van Hunen, J. (2020). Influence of the thickness of the overriding plate on convergence zone dynamics. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21(2), Article e2019GC008678. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gc008678

The important role played by the upper plate in convergence zones dynamics has long been underestimated but is now more and more emphasized. However, the influence of its thickness and/or strength on orogenic systems evolution remains largely unknown... Read More about Influence of the thickness of the overriding plate on convergence zone dynamics.