List of works - Michael Gurnis

A Bayesian 3-D linear gravity inversion for complex density distributions: application to the Puysegur subduction system

scientific article published on 8 September 2020

A Global Plate Model Including Lithospheric Deformation Along Major Rifts and Orogens Since the Triassic

scientific article published in 2019

A benchmark study on mantle convection in a 3-D spherical shell using CitcomS

scholarly article

A dipping, thick segment of the Farallon Slab beneath central U.S

scientific article

A dynamic process for drowning carbonate reefs on the northeastern Australian margin

article

A geodynamic and mineral physics model of a solid-state ultralow-velocity zone

scholarly article

A long-lived Indian Ocean slab: Deep dip reversal induced by the African LLSVP

scholarly article

A rapid burst in hotspot motion through the interaction of tectonics and deep mantle flow.

scientific article

A reassessment of the heat transport by variable viscosity convection with plates and lids

scholarly article

A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc ⬇️

article

A review of observations and models of dynamic topography

article

Apparent episodic crustal growth arising from a smoothly evolving mantle

scholarly article

Arc volcanism, carbonate platform evolution and palaeo-atmospheric CO2: Components and interactions in the deep carbon cycle

Bounds on global dynamic topography from Phanerozoic flooding of continental platforms

scientific article published in Nature

Catastrophic initiation of subduction following forced convergence across fracture zones

Compressible thermochemical convection and application to lower mantle structures

scientific article

Constraints on the lateral strength of slabs from three-dimensional dynamic flow models

scientific article published in February 1996

Contrasted East Asia and South America tectonics driven by deep mantle flow

article

Controls of the structure of subducted slabs

scientific article published in Nature

Depressed continental hypsometry behind oceanic trenches: A clue to subduction controls on sea-level change

scholarly article

Developing community-based scientific priorities and new drilling proposals in the southern Indian and southwestern Pacific oceans

scholarly article

Development of the Australian-Antarctic depth anomaly

scholarly article

Dynamic subsidence and uplift of the Colorado Plateau

scholarly article

Dynamic subsidence of Eastern Australia during the Cretaceous

article

Dynamic topography, gravity and the role of lateral viscosity variations from inversion of global mantle flow

scholarly article by Ting Yang & Michael Gurnis published 6 September 2016 in Geophysical Journal International

Enhanced convection and fast plumes in the lower mantle induced by the spin transition in ferropericlase

scholarly article

Erratum: Controls on the structure of subducted slabs

scientific article published in Nature

Evolving force balance during incipient subduction

scholarly article

Formation of Australian continental margin highlands driven by plate–mantle interaction

article

Formation of sequences in the cratonic interior of North America by interaction between mantle, eustatic, and stratigraphic processes

scholarly article

Free-surface formulation of mantle convection-I. Basic theory and application to plumes

GPlates: Building a Virtual Earth Through Deep Time

scholarly article by Dietmar Müller et al published July 2018 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Global tectonic reconstructions with continuously deforming and evolving rigid plates

article published in 2018

Holographic measurements of surface topography in laboratory models of mantle hotspots

scientific article

Horizontal subduction and truncation of the Cocos Plate beneath central Mexico

article

How to Create New Subduction Zones: A Global Perspective

article published in 2019

Incipient subduction at the contact with stretched continental crust: The Puysegur Trench

scholarly article

Inferring mantle properties with an evolving dynamic model of the Antarctica-New Zealand region from the Late Cretaceous

scientific article published on 14 May 2010

Insights on the kinematics of the India-Eurasia collision from global geodynamic models

scholarly article

Interaction of weak faults and non-newtonian rheology produces plate tectonics in a 3D model of mantle flow

scientific article published in Nature

Large-scale mantle convection and the aggregation and dispersal of supercontinents

scientific article published in Nature

Lower mantle structure from paleogeographically constrained dynamic Earth models

article by Dan J Bower et al published January 2013 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Mantle dynamics of continentwide Cenozoic subsidence and tilting of Australia

article

Mantle instability beneath the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California and Death Valley extension

scholarly article

Mantle upwelling after Gondwana subduction death explains anomalous topography and subsidence histories of eastern New Zealand and West Antarctica

article

Mantle upwellings above slab graveyards linked to the global geoid lows

Mantle-induced subsidence and compression in SE Asia since the early Miocene

article

Models of mantle convection incorporating plate tectonics: The Australian region since the Cretaceous

scientific article published in 2000

Multi-scale dynamics and rheology of mantle flow with plates

scientific article published in 2012

Multiscale dynamics of the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone

article

Oceanic Residual Topography Agrees With Mantle Flow Predictions at Long Wavelengths

scholarly article

On the competing roles of fault reactivation and brittle failure in generating plate tectonics from mantle convection

scientific article published in 2000

Origin and time evolution of subduction polarity reversal from plate kinematics of Southeast Asia

article

Phanerozoic marine inundation of continents driven by dynamic topography above subducting slabs

scientific article published in Nature

Plate tectonic reconstructions with continuously closing plates

Plate tectonics and net lithosphere rotation over the past 150My

scholarly article

Quantifying K, U, and Th contents of marine sediments using shipboard natural gamma radiation spectra measured on DVJOIDESResolution ⬇️

scientific article

Rapid drift of large continents during the late Precambrian and Paleozoic: Paleomagnetic constraints and dynamic models

scholarly article

Reconstructing Farallon Plate Subduction Beneath North America Back to the Late Cretaceous

scientific article published on 7 November 2008

Reply to 'Unclear causes for subduction'

article

Ridge subduction sparked reorganization of the Pacific plate-mantle system 60-50 million years ago

scholarly article

Role of faults, nonlinear rheology, and viscosity structure in generating plates from instantaneous mantle flow models

scientific article published in 1998

Role of temperature-dependent viscosity and surface plates in spherical shell models of mantle convection

article by Shijie Zhong et al published 10 May 2000 in Journal of Geophysical Research

Sculpting the earth from inside out.

scientific article

Seismic tomography, surface uplift, and the breakup of Gondwanaland: Integrating mantle convection backwards in time

scientific article

Seismological support for the metastable superplume model, sharp features, and phase changes within the lower mantle

scientific article

Sharp sides to the African superplume

scientific article

Simultaneous inversion of mantle properties and initial conditions using an adjoint of mantle convection

scientific article published in August 2008

Slab avalanche-induced tectonics in self-consistent dynamic models

scholarly article

Slabs in the lower mantle and their modulation of plume formation

scientific article

Stalled slab dynamics

article

Stratigraphic architecture of Solander Basin records Southern Ocean currents and subduction initiation beneath southwest New Zealand

article by Jiten Patel et al published 3 June 2020 in Basin Research

Stress loading from viscous flow in the lower crust and triggering of aftershocks following the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake

scholarly article by Jishu Deng et al published 1 November 1999 in Geophysical Research Letters

Strike-slip Enables Subduction Initiation beneath a Failed Rift: New Seismic Constraints from Puysegur Margin, New Zealand

scholarly article published 23 July 2020

Strike‐Slip Enables Subduction Initiation Beneath a Failed Rift: New Seismic Constraints From Puysegur Margin, New Zealand

scientific article

Subduction Initiation With Vertical Lithospheric Heterogeneities and New Fault Formation

scholarly article

Subduction initiation at relic arcs

scholarly article by Wei Leng & Michael Gurnis published 5 September 2015 in Geophysical Research Letters

Subduction zone evolution and low viscosity wedges and channels

scientific article

Supplementary material to "Arc volcanism, carbonate platform evolution and palaeo-atmospheric CO2: Components and interactions in the deep carbon cycle"

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

Tectonic evolution and deep mantle structure of the eastern Tethys since the latest Jurassic

article

The dynamics of plate tectonics and mantle flow: from local to global scales

scientific article

The influence of carbonate platform interactions with subduction zone volcanism on palaeo-atmospheric CO2 since the Devonian

The role of oceanic plateau subduction in the Laramide orogeny

Topographic asymmetry of the South Atlantic from global models of mantle flow and lithospheric stretching

scientific article published in February 2014

Trench motion-controlled slab morphology and stress variations: Implications for the isolated 2015 Bonin Islands deep earthquake

scholarly article by Ting Yang et al published 3 July 2017 in Geophysical Research Letters

List of works by Michael Gurnis

A Bayesian 3-D linear gravity inversion for complex density distributions: application to the Puysegur subduction system

A Global Plate Model Including Lithospheric Deformation Along Major Rifts and Orogens Since the Triassic

A benchmark study on mantle convection in a 3-D spherical shell using CitcomS

A dipping, thick segment of the Farallon Slab beneath central U.S

A dynamic process for drowning carbonate reefs on the northeastern Australian margin

A geodynamic and mineral physics model of a solid-state ultralow-velocity zone

A long-lived Indian Ocean slab: Deep dip reversal induced by the African LLSVP

A rapid burst in hotspot motion through the interaction of tectonics and deep mantle flow.

A reassessment of the heat transport by variable viscosity convection with plates and lids

A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc ⬇️

A review of observations and models of dynamic topography

Apparent episodic crustal growth arising from a smoothly evolving mantle

Arc volcanism, carbonate platform evolution and palaeo-atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>: Components and interactions in the deep carbon cycle

Bounds on global dynamic topography from Phanerozoic flooding of continental platforms

Catastrophic initiation of subduction following forced convergence across fracture zones

Compressible thermochemical convection and application to lower mantle structures

Constraints on the lateral strength of slabs from three-dimensional dynamic flow models

Contrasted East Asia and South America tectonics driven by deep mantle flow

Controls of the structure of subducted slabs

Depressed continental hypsometry behind oceanic trenches: A clue to subduction controls on sea-level change

Developing community-based scientific priorities and new drilling proposals in the southern Indian and southwestern Pacific oceans

Development of the Australian-Antarctic depth anomaly

Dynamic subsidence and uplift of the Colorado Plateau

Dynamic subsidence of Eastern Australia during the Cretaceous

Dynamic topography, gravity and the role of lateral viscosity variations from inversion of global mantle flow

Enhanced convection and fast plumes in the lower mantle induced by the spin transition in ferropericlase

Erratum: Controls on the structure of subducted slabs

Evolving force balance during incipient subduction

Formation of Australian continental margin highlands driven by plate–mantle interaction

Formation of sequences in the cratonic interior of North America by interaction between mantle, eustatic, and stratigraphic processes

Free-surface formulation of mantle convection-I. Basic theory and application to plumes

GPlates: Building a Virtual Earth Through Deep Time

Global tectonic reconstructions with continuously deforming and evolving rigid plates

Holographic measurements of surface topography in laboratory models of mantle hotspots

Horizontal subduction and truncation of the Cocos Plate beneath central Mexico

How to Create New Subduction Zones: A Global Perspective

Incipient subduction at the contact with stretched continental crust: The Puysegur Trench

Inferring mantle properties with an evolving dynamic model of the Antarctica-New Zealand region from the Late Cretaceous

Insights on the kinematics of the India-Eurasia collision from global geodynamic models

Interaction of weak faults and non-newtonian rheology produces plate tectonics in a 3D model of mantle flow

Large-scale mantle convection and the aggregation and dispersal of supercontinents

Lower mantle structure from paleogeographically constrained dynamic Earth models

Mantle dynamics of continentwide Cenozoic subsidence and tilting of Australia

Mantle instability beneath the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California and Death Valley extension

Mantle upwelling after Gondwana subduction death explains anomalous topography and subsidence histories of eastern New Zealand and West Antarctica

Mantle upwellings above slab graveyards linked to the global geoid lows

Mantle-induced subsidence and compression in SE Asia since the early Miocene

Models of mantle convection incorporating plate tectonics: The Australian region since the Cretaceous

Multi-scale dynamics and rheology of mantle flow with plates

Multiscale dynamics of the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone

Oceanic Residual Topography Agrees With Mantle Flow Predictions at Long Wavelengths

On the competing roles of fault reactivation and brittle failure in generating plate tectonics from mantle convection

Origin and time evolution of subduction polarity reversal from plate kinematics of Southeast Asia

Phanerozoic marine inundation of continents driven by dynamic topography above subducting slabs

Plate tectonic reconstructions with continuously closing plates

Plate tectonics and net lithosphere rotation over the past 150My

Quantifying K, U, and Th contents of marine sediments using shipboard natural gamma radiation spectra measured on DVJOIDESResolution ⬇️

Rapid drift of large continents during the late Precambrian and Paleozoic: Paleomagnetic constraints and dynamic models

Reconstructing Farallon Plate Subduction Beneath North America Back to the Late Cretaceous

Reply to 'Unclear causes for subduction'

Ridge subduction sparked reorganization of the Pacific plate-mantle system 60-50 million years ago

Role of faults, nonlinear rheology, and viscosity structure in generating plates from instantaneous mantle flow models

Role of temperature-dependent viscosity and surface plates in spherical shell models of mantle convection

Sculpting the earth from inside out.

Seismic tomography, surface uplift, and the breakup of Gondwanaland: Integrating mantle convection backwards in time

Seismological support for the metastable superplume model, sharp features, and phase changes within the lower mantle

Sharp sides to the African superplume

Simultaneous inversion of mantle properties and initial conditions using an adjoint of mantle convection

Slab avalanche-induced tectonics in self-consistent dynamic models

Slabs in the lower mantle and their modulation of plume formation

Stalled slab dynamics

Stratigraphic architecture of Solander Basin records Southern Ocean currents and subduction initiation beneath southwest New Zealand

Stress loading from viscous flow in the lower crust and triggering of aftershocks following the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake

Strike-slip Enables Subduction Initiation beneath a Failed Rift: New Seismic Constraints from Puysegur Margin, New Zealand

Strike‐Slip Enables Subduction Initiation Beneath a Failed Rift: New Seismic Constraints From Puysegur Margin, New Zealand

Subduction Initiation With Vertical Lithospheric Heterogeneities and New Fault Formation

Subduction initiation at relic arcs

Subduction zone evolution and low viscosity wedges and channels

Supplementary material to "Arc volcanism, carbonate platform evolution and palaeo-atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>: Components and interactions in the deep carbon cycle"