Selected Journal Articles Using CIG Mantle Convection Software Results

Azimuthal seismic anisotropy constrains net rotation of the lithosphere

Becker, T.W. (2008), as published in GRL 24, L05303, doi:10.1029/2007GL032928

On the effect of temperature and strain-rate viscosity on global mantle flow, net rotation, and driving forces

Becker, T.W. (2006), as published in GJI 167, pp 943-957

A review of the role of subduction dynamics for regional and global plate motions

Becker, T.W., and C. Faccenna, in press, Int. J. Earth Sci., Subduction Zone Geodynamics, spec.

Radial seismic anisotropy as a constraint for upper mantle rheology

Becker, T.W., B. Kustowski, and G. Ekström (2008), as published in EPSL 267, pp 213-237

Generation of plate tectonics and mantle heterogeneity from a spherical, visco-plastic convection model

Foley, B., and T.W. Becker, as submitted to G^3

Three-dimensional mantle convection simulations with a low-viscosity asthenosphere and the relationship between heat flow and the horizontal length scale of convection

Höink, T. and A. Lenardic, in Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L10304, doi:10.1029/2008GL033854, 2008

The Solid Earth Research and Teaching Environment: a new software framework to share research tools in the classroom and across disciplines

Milner, K., T.W. Becker, L. Boschi, J. Sain, D. Schorlemmer, and H. Waterhouse (2008), submitted to Eos Trans AGU. References 1D geodynamics tool "HC" still in development, a product of a 2006 CIG proposal.

Migration of Tharsis volcanism on Mars caused by differential rotation of the lithosphere

Zhong, S. (2008), as published in Nature Geoscience, 14 December 2008, doi: 10.1038/NGO392

The influence of plume head–lithosphere interaction on magmatism associated with the Yellowstone hotspot track

Manea, V.C., M. Manea, W.P. Leeman, and D.L. Schutt (2010), in press for Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research