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Professor Jeroen Van Hunen's Outputs (101)

Delamination vs. break-off: the fate of continental collision (2013)
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Magni, V., Faccenna, C., van Hunen, J., & Funiciello, F. (2013). Delamination vs. break-off: the fate of continental collision. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(2), 285-289. https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50090

The fate of a convergent continental margin is investigated. We perform a set of 2D numerical models to study how and why continental collision can evolve in different scenarios. Since the rheology of continental lithosphere has a major control on th... Read More about Delamination vs. break-off: the fate of continental collision.

Insight into collision zone dynamics from topography: numerical modelling results and observations (2012)
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Bottrill, A. D., van Hunen, J., & Allen, M. B. (2012). Insight into collision zone dynamics from topography: numerical modelling results and observations. Solid Earth, 3(2), 387-399. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-3-387-2012

Dynamic models of subduction and continental collision are used to predict dynamic topography changes on the overriding plate. The modelling results show a distinct evolution of topography on the overriding plate, during subduction, continental colli... Read More about Insight into collision zone dynamics from topography: numerical modelling results and observations.

The end of continental growth by TTG magmatism (2012)
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Laurie, L., Stevens, G., & van Hunen, J. (2012). The end of continental growth by TTG magmatism. Terra Nova, 25(2), 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12015

High-Al2O3 tonalite, trondhjemite and granodiorite (TTG) magmas characterise felsic Archaean crust, yet are uncommon in the post-Archaean rock record. Consequently, understanding the petrogenesis of these rocks provides valuable insights into early E... Read More about The end of continental growth by TTG magmatism.

Numerical models of slab migration in continental collision zones (2012)
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Magni, V., van Hunen, J., Funiciello, F., & Faccenna, C. (2012). Numerical models of slab migration in continental collision zones. Solid Earth, 3(2), 293-306. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-3-293-2012

Continental collision is an intrinsic feature of plate tectonics. The closure of an oceanic basin leads to the onset of subduction of buoyant continental material, which slows down and eventually stops the subduction process. In natural cases, eviden... Read More about Numerical models of slab migration in continental collision zones.

Subsidence of the West Siberian Basin: Effects of a mantle plume impact (2012)
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Holt, P., van Hunen, J., & Allen, M. (2012). Subsidence of the West Siberian Basin: Effects of a mantle plume impact. Geology, 40(8), 703-706. https://doi.org/10.1130/g32885.1

Comparison of modeling results with observed subsidence patterns from the West Siberian Basin provides new insight into the origin of the Siberian Traps, and constrains the temperature, size, and depth of an impacting mantle plume head during and aft... Read More about Subsidence of the West Siberian Basin: Effects of a mantle plume impact.

Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations (2011)
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van Hunen, J., & Allen, M. (2011). Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 302(1-2), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.035

Conditions and dynamics of subduction-collision and subsequent 3-D slab break-off and slab tear propagation are quantified, for the first time, using fully dynamic numerical models. Model results indicate that collision after the subduction of old, s... Read More about Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations.

Repeat ridge jumps associated with plume‐ridge interaction, melt transport, and ridge migration (2011)
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Mittelstaedt, E., Ito, G., & van Hunen, J. (2011). Repeat ridge jumps associated with plume‐ridge interaction, melt transport, and ridge migration. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010jb007504

Repeated shifts, or jumps, of mid-ocean ridge segments toward nearby hot spots can produce large, long-term changes to the geometry and location of the tectonic plate boundaries. Ridge jumps associated with hot spot–ridge interaction are likely cause... Read More about Repeat ridge jumps associated with plume‐ridge interaction, melt transport, and ridge migration.

Small-scale convection at the edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for topography, magmatism, and evolution of Proterozoic lithosphere (2010)
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van Wijk, J., Baldridge, W., van Hunen, J., Goes, S., Aster, R., Coblentz, D., …Ni, J. (2010). Small-scale convection at the edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for topography, magmatism, and evolution of Proterozoic lithosphere. Geology, 38(7), 611-614. https://doi.org/10.1130/g31031.1

The Colorado Plateau of the southwestern United States is characterized by a bowl-shaped high elevation, late Neogene–Quaternary magmatism at its edge, large gradients in seismic wave velocity across its margins, and relatively low lithospheric seism... Read More about Small-scale convection at the edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for topography, magmatism, and evolution of Proterozoic lithosphere.

Lithospheric cooling and thickening as a basin forming mechanism (2010)
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Holt, P., Allen, M., van Hunen, J., & Bjørnseth, H. (2010). Lithospheric cooling and thickening as a basin forming mechanism. Tectonophysics, 495(3-4), 184-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.014

Widely accepted basin forming mechanisms are limited to flexure of the lithosphere, and lithospheric stretching followed by cooling and thermal subsidence. Neither of these mechanisms works for a group of large basins, sometimes known as “intracontin... Read More about Lithospheric cooling and thickening as a basin forming mechanism.

Small-scale sublithospheric convection reconciles geochemistry and geochronology of 'Superplume' volcanism in the western and south Pacific (2010)
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Ballmer, M., Ito, G., van Hunen, J., & Tackley, P. (2010). Small-scale sublithospheric convection reconciles geochemistry and geochronology of 'Superplume' volcanism in the western and south Pacific. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 290(1-2), 224-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.025

Cretaceous volcanism in the West Pacific Seamount Province (WPSP), and Tertiary volcanism along the Cook-Australs in the South Pacific are associated with the same broad thermochemical anomaly in the asthenosphere perhaps related to the Pacific ‘Supe... Read More about Small-scale sublithospheric convection reconciles geochemistry and geochronology of 'Superplume' volcanism in the western and south Pacific.

Intraplate volcanism with complex age-distance patterns: A case for small-scale sublithospheric convection (2009)
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Ballmer, M. D., van Hunen, J., Ito, G., Bianco, T. A., & Tackley, P. J. (2009). Intraplate volcanism with complex age-distance patterns: A case for small-scale sublithospheric convection. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gc002386

Many volcano chains in the Pacific do not follow the most fundamental predictions of hot spot theory in terms of geographic age progressions. One possible explanation for non-hot spot intraplate volcanism is small-scale sublithospheric convection (SS... Read More about Intraplate volcanism with complex age-distance patterns: A case for small-scale sublithospheric convection.

Control of seafloor aging on the migration of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana trench (2009)
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Faccenna, C., Di Giuseppe, E., Funiciello, F., Lallemand, S., & van Hunen, J. (2009). Control of seafloor aging on the migration of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana trench. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 288(3-4), 386-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.042

Recent global kinematic studies reveal that most of the trenches roll back but a significant number of them advance toward the upper plate. Those advancing trenches are mostly located in the Western Pacific and correspond to the subduction of very ol... Read More about Control of seafloor aging on the migration of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana trench.

Geochemical and numerical constraints on Neoarchean plate tectonics (2009)
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Halla, J., van Hunen, J., Heilimo, E., & Holtta, P. (2009). Geochemical and numerical constraints on Neoarchean plate tectonics. Precambrian Research, 174, 155-162

This paper discusses early Neoarchean (2.8–2.7 Ga) plate tectonics by integrating knowledge from new geochemical observations and numerical models. Based on a geochemical dataset of 295 granitoid samples from the Karelian and Kola cratons of the Fenn... Read More about Geochemical and numerical constraints on Neoarchean plate tectonics.

Reduced oceanic seismic anisotropy by small-scale convection (2009)
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van Hunen, J., & Cadek, O. (2009). Reduced oceanic seismic anisotropy by small-scale convection. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 284(3-4), 622-629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.034

Amplitudes of azimuthal seismic anisotropy below the Pacific plate are observed to decrease with lithospheric age, whereas an increase is expected due to ongoing shearing between the plate and the underlying mantle. We illustrate that the convective... Read More about Reduced oceanic seismic anisotropy by small-scale convection.

On the relation between trench migration, seafloor age, and the strength of the subducting lithosphere (2009)
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Di Giuseppe, E., Faccenna, C., Funiciello, F., van Hunen, J., & Giardini, D. (2009). On the relation between trench migration, seafloor age, and the strength of the subducting lithosphere. Lithosphere, 1, 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1130/l26.1

Oceanic lithosphere thickens and strengthens as it grows older. Worldwide databases reveal that the age of the slab to a certain extent controls the subduction style. Old and thick (and consequently strong) slabs show a trench “advance,” while younge... Read More about On the relation between trench migration, seafloor age, and the strength of the subducting lithosphere.