Papers by Michael Gurnis

Publications of Michael Gurnis

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148. Seton, M., N. Flament, J. Whittaker, R. D. Müller, D. J. Bower, and M. Gurnis, Ridge subduction sparked reorganisation of the plate-mantle system 50 million years ago, Nature Geoscience, submitted, 2012.

147. Burkett, E. and M. Gurnis, Stalled slab dynamics, Lithosphere, 5, 92-97, doi: 10.1130/L249.1, 2013.

146. Flament, N., M. Gurnis, and R. D. Müller, A review of observations and models of dynamic topography, Lithosphere, 5, 189-210, doi:10.1130/L245.1, 2013.

145. Chu, R., D. Helmberger, and M. Gurnis, Upper Mantle Surprises derived from the recent Virginia Earthquake waveform data, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in press, 2012.

144. Bower, D. J., M. Gurnis, and M. Seton, High bulk modulus structures in the lower mantle from dynamic Earth models with paleogeography, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14, 44–63, doi:10.1029/2012GC004267, 2013.

143. Bower, D. J., M. Gurnis, and D. Sun, Dynamic origins of seismic wavespeed variation in D′′, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, 214, 74–86, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2012.10.004, 2013.

142. Chu, R., W. Leng, D. V. Helmberger, and M. Gurnis, Hidden hotspot track beneath Eastern United States, Nature Geoscience, submitted, 2012.

141. Leng, W., M. Gurnis, and P. Asimow, From basalts to boninites: the geodynamics of volcanic expression during subduction initiation, Lithosphere, 4, 511–523, doi: 10.1130/L215.1, 2012.

140. Burstedde, C., G. Stadler, L. Alisic, L. C. Wilcox, E. Tan, M. Gurnis, and O. Ghattas, Large-scale adaptive mantle convection simulations, Geophysical Journal International, 192, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs070, 889–906, 2013.

139. Alisic, L., M. Gurnis, G. Stadler, C. Burstedde, and O. Ghattas, Multi-scale dynamics and rheology of mantle flow with plates, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, 27 pp, B10402, doi:10.1029/2012JB009234, 2012.

138. Shephard, G. E., L. Liu, R. D. Müller, and M. Gurnis, Dynamic topography and anomalously negative residual depth of the Argentine Basin, Gondwana Research, 22, 658–663, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.12.005, 2011.

137. Zahirovic, S., R D. Müller, M. Seton, N. Flament, M. Gurnis, and J. Whittaker, Insights on the kinematics of the India-Eurasia collision from global geodynamic models, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13, Q04W11, doi:10.1029/2011GC003883, 2012.

136. Leng, W. and Gurnis. M., Dynamics of subduction initiation with different evolutionary pathways, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q12018, doi:10.1029/2011GC003877, 2011.

135. Saleeby, J., L. Le Pourhiet, Z. Saleeby, and M. Gurnis, Epeirogenic transients related to mantle lithosphere removal in the southern Sierra Nevada region, California, Part I: Implications of thermo-mechanical modeling, Geosphere, 8, 1286–1309; doi:10.1130/GES00746.1, 2012.

134. Spasojevic, S., and M. Gurnis, Sea level and vertical motion of continents from dynamic Earth models since the Late Cretaceous, Bulletin, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 96, 2037-2064, doi: 10.1306/ 03261211121, 2012.

133. Leng, W. and Gurnis. M., Shape of thermal plumes in a compressible mantle with depth-dependent viscosity, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L05310, doi:10.1029/2012GL050959, 2012.

132. Stadler, G., C. Burstedde, and M. Gurnis, Plattentektonic im supercomputer (in German), Spektrum der Wissenschaft, April, 12-14, 2011

131. Seton, M., R. D. Müller, S. Zahirovic, C. Gaina, T. Torsvik, G. Shephard, A. Talsma, M. Gurnis, M. Turner, S. Maus, and Chandler, M. Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma, Earth Science Reviews, 113, 212-270, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.002, 2012.

130. Tan, E.,W. Leng, S. Zhong, and M, Gurnis, On the location and mobility of thermo-chemical structures with high bulk modulus in the 3-D compressible mantle, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q07005, 13 pp, doi:10.1029/2011GC003665, 2011.

129. Alisic, L. M. Gurnis, G. Stadler, C. Burstedde, L. C. Wilcox, and O. Ghattas, Slab stress and strain rate as constraints on global mantle flow, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L22308, doi:10.1029/2010GL045312, 5 pp., 2010.

128. Bower, D. J., J. K. Wicks, M. Gurnis, and J. M. Jackson, A geodynamic and mineral physics model of a solid-state ultralow-velocity zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 303, 193-202, 2011.

127. Whittaker, J. M., R. D. Müller, and M. Gurnis, Development of the Australian-Antarctic depth anomaly, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 11, Q11006, doi:10.1029/2010GC003276, 23pp, 2010.

126. Stadler, G., M. Gurnis, C. Burstedde, L. C. Wilcox, L. Alisic, and O. Ghattas, The dynamics of plate tectonics and mantle flow: From local to global scales, Science, 329, 1033-1038, 2010.

125. Burstedde, C., O. Ghattas, M. Gurnis, T. Isaac, A. Klöckner, G. Stadler, T. Warburton, and L. C. Wilcox, Extreme-scale AMR, International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (ACM/IEEE Supercomputing 2010), 12 pp, 2010.

124. Shephard, G. E., R. D. Müller, L. Liu, and M. Gurnis, Miocene Amazon River drainage reversal driven by plate-mantle dynamics, Nature Geoscience, 3, 870–875, doi:10.1038/ngeo1017, 2010.

123. Boyden, J. A., R. D. Müller, M. Gurnis, T. H. Torsvik, J. A. Clark, M. Turner, H. Ivey-Law, R. J. Watson, and J. S. Cannon, Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates, in G. R. Keller and C. Baru, eds., Geoinformatics: Cyberinfrastructure for the Solid Earth Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 95-113, 2011.

122. Matthews, K. J., A. J. Hale, M. Gurnis, R. D. Müller, and L. DiCaprio, Dynamic subsidence of Eastern Australia during the Cretaceous, Gondwana Research, 19, 372–383, 2011.

121. Liu, L. and M. Gurnis, Adjoint method and its application in mantle convection (in Chinese), Earth Science Frontiers, 17, 139-148, 2010.

120. Spasojevic, S., M. Gurnis, and R. Sutherland, Mantle upwellings above slab graveyards linked to the global geoid lows, Nature Geoscience, 3 435-438, doi:10.1038/ngeo855, 2010.

119. Torsvik, T. H., B. Steinberger, M. Gurnis, and C. Gaina, Plate tectonics and net lithosphere rotation over the past 150 My, Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, 291, 106-112, 2010.

118. Gurnis, M., M. Turner, S. Zahirovic, L. DiCaprio, S. Spasojevic, R. D. Müller, J. Boyden, M. Seton, V. C. Manea, and D. J. Bower, Plate tectonic reconstructions with continuously closing plates, Computers & Geosciences, 38, 35-42, 2012. Additional information can be found here.

117. Liu, L., and M. Gurnis, Dynamic subsidence and uplift of the Colorado Plateau, Geology, 38, 663-666, doi:10.1130/G30624.1, 2010.

116. Liu, L., M. Gurnis, M. Seton, J. Saleeby, R. D. Müller, and J. M. Jackson, The role of oceanic plateau subduction in the Laramide orogeny, Nature Geoscience, 3, 353-357, 2010.

115. Spasojevic, S., M. Gurnis, and R. Sutherland, Inferring mantle properties with an evolving dynamic model of the Antarctica-New Zealand region from the Late Cretaceous, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B05402, doi:10.1029/2009JB006612, 16 pp., 2010

114. DiCaprio, L., M. Gurnis, R. D. Müller, and E. Tan, Mantle dynamics of continent-wide Cenozoic subsidence and tilting of Australia, Lithosphere, 3, 311-316, 2011.

113. Sun, D., D. Helmberger, and M. Gurnis, A narrow mid-mantle plume below southern Africa, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L09302, doi:10.1029/2009GL042339, 5 pp., 2010.

112. Sutherland, R., S. Spasojevic, and M. Gurnis, Mantle upwelling after Gondwana subduction death explains anomalous topography and subsidence histories of eastern New Zealand and West Antarctica, Geology, 38, 155-158, 2010.

111. DiCaprio, L., R. D. Müller, and M. Gurnis, A dynamic process for drowning carbonate reefs on the northeastern Australian margin, Geology, 38, 11-14, 2010.

110. Bower, D. J., M. Gurnis, J. M. Jackson, and W. Sturhahn, Enhanced convection and fast plumes in the lower mantle induced by the Fe2+ spin transition in ferropericlase, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L10306, doi:10.1029/2009GL037706, 4 pp., 2009.

109. Spasojevic, S., L. Liu, and M. Gurnis, Adjoint models of mantle convection with seismic, plate motion and stratigraphic constraints: North America since the Late Cretaceous, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10,Q05W02, doi:10.1029/2008GC002345, 24 pp., 2009.

108. Gurnis, M., W. Landry, E. Tan, L. Armendariz, L. Strand, and M. Aivazis, Development, verification and maintenance of computational software in geodynamics, in G. R. Keller and C. Baru, eds., Geoinformatics: Cyberinfrastructure for the Solid Earth Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 49-67, 2011.

107. Downey, N. J. and M. Gurnis, Instantaneous dynamics of the cratonic Congo basin, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B06401, doi:10.1029/2008JB006066, 29 pp., 2009.

106. Hebert, L., and M. Gurnis, Geophysical implications of Izu-Bonin mantle wedge hydration from chemical geodynamic modeling, Island Arc, 19, 134–150, 2010.

105. Liu, L., S. Spasojević, and M. Gurnis, Reconstructing Farallon plate subduction beneath North America back to the Late Cretaceous, Science, 322, 934-938, DOI:10.1126/science.1162921, 2008.

104. Perez-Campos, X., Y.-H. Kim, A. Husker, P. M. Davis, R. W. Clayton, A. Iglesias, J. F. Pacheco, S. K. Singh, V. Manea, and M. Gurnis, Horizontal subduction and truncation of the Cocos Plate beneath central Mexico, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L18303, doi:10.1029/2008GL035127, 2008.

103. Burstedde, C., O. Ghattas, M. Gurnis, G. Stadler, E. Tan, T. Tu, L. C. Wilcox, and S. Zhong, Scalable adaptive mantle convection simulation on petascale supercomputers, International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (ACM/IEEE Supercomputing 2008), 15 pp., 2008.

102. DiCaprio, L., R. D. Mueller, M. Gurnis, and A. Goncharov, Linking active margin dynamics to overriding plate deformation: Synthesizing geophysical images with geological data from the Norfolk Basin, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10, Q01004, doi:10.1029/2008GC002222, 16 pp., 2009.

101. Zhong, S., A. McNamara, E. Tan, L. Moresi, and M. Gurnis, A Benchmark study on mantle convection in a 3-D spherical shell using CitcomS, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9, Q10017,doi:10.1029/2008GC002048, 32 pp., 2008.

100. Sutherland, R., M. Gurnis, P. J. J. Kamp, and M. A. House, Regional exhumation history of brittle crust during subduction initiation, Fiordland, southwest New Zealand, and implications for thermochronologic sampling and analysis strategies, Geosphere, 5, doi: 10.1130/GES00225.1, 409-425, 2009.

99. Liu, L., and M. Gurnis, Simultaneous inversion of mantle properties and initial conditions using an adjoint of mantle convection, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, B08405, doi:10.1029/2008JB005594, 2008.

98. Spasojevi, S., L. Liu, M. Gurnis, and R. D. Mueller, The case for dynamic subsidence of the United States east coast since the Eocene, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L08305, doi:10.1029/2008GL033511, 6 pp., 2008.

97. DiCaprio, L., M. Gurnis, and R. D. Mueller, Long-wavelength tilting of the Australian continent since the Late Cretaceous, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 278, 175–185, 2009.

96. Choi, E.-s., and M. Gurnis, Thermally induced brittle deformation in oceanic lithosphere and the spacing of fracture zones, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 269, 259-270, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.025, 2008.

95. L. B. Hebert, P. Antoshechkina, P. Asimow, and M. Gurnis, Emergence of a low-viscosity channel in subduction zones through the coupling of mantle flow and thermodynamics, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 278, 243–256, 2009.

94. Manea, V., and M. Gurnis, Subduction zone evolution and low viscosity wedges and channels, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 264, 22-45, 2007.

93. Choi, E.-s., L. Lavier, and M. Gurnis, Thermomechanics of mid-ocean ridge segmentation, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, 171, 374-386, 2008.

92. Tan, E., and M. Gurnis, Compressible thermochemical convection and application to lower mantle structures, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B06304, doi:10.1029/2006JB004505, 19 pp, 2007.

91. Sun, D., E. Tan, D. Helmberger, and M. Gurnis, Seismological support for the metastable superplume model, sharp features, and phase changes within the lower mantle, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.0608160104, 5 pp, 2007.

90. Le Pourhiet, L., M. Gurnis, and J. Saleeby, Mantle instability beneath the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California and Death Valley extension, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 251, 104-119, 2006.

89. Tan, E., E. Choi, P. Thoutireddy, M. Gurnis, and M. Aivazis, GeoFramework: Coupling multiple models of mantle convection within a computational framework, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 7, Q06001, doi:10.1029/2005GC001155, 14 pp., 2006.

88. Quenette, S. M., B. F. Appelbe, M. Gurnis, L. J. Hodkinson, L. Moresi, and P. D. Sunter, An investigation into design for performance and code maintainability in high performance computing, Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Journal, 46(E), C101-C116, 2005.

87. Tan, E., and M. Gurnis, Metastable superplumes and mantle compressibility, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, Number 20, L20307 10.1029/2005GL024190, 4 pp., 2005.

86. House, M. A., M. Gurnis, R. Sutherland, and P. J. J. Kamp, Patterns of Late Cenozoic exhumation deduced from apatite and zircon U-He ages from Fiordland, New Zealand, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 6, Number 9, Q09013, doi:10.1029/2005GC000968, 13 pp., 2005.

85. Hemberger, D., T. Lay, S. Ni, and M. Gurnis, Deep mantle structure and the post perovskite phase transition, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.0502504102, 7 pp., 2005.

84. Hall, C. E., and Gurnis, M., The strength of fracture zones from their bathymetric and gravitational evolution, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, B01402, doi:10.1029/2004JB003312, 17 pp., 2005.

83. Billen, M. I., and Gurnis, M., Constraints on subducting plate strength within the Kermadec Trench, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, B05407, doi:10.1029/2004JB003308, 18 pp., 2005

82. Gurnis, M., Hall, C., Lavier, L., Evolving force balance during inipient subduction, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 5, Q07001, doi:10.1029/2003GC000681, 31 pp., 2004.

81. Hall, C., Gurnis, M., Sdrolias, M., Lavier, L. L., and Müller, R. D., Catastrophic initiation of subduction following forced convergence across fracture zones, Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, 212, 15-30, 2003.

80. Choi, E.-s., and Gurnis, M., Deformation in transcurrent and extensional environments with widely spaced weak zones, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(2), 1076, doi:10.1029/2002GL016129, 2003.

79. House, M. A., Gurnis, M., Kamp, P. J. J., and Sutherland, R., Uplift in the Fiordland region, New Zealand: Implications for incipient subduction, Science, 297, 2038-2041, 2002.

78. Ni, S., Tan, E., Gurnis, M., and Helmberger, D., Sharp sides to the African superplume, Science, 296, 1850-1852, 2002.

77. Conrad, C. P., and Gurnis, M., Seismic tomography, surface uplift, and the breakup of Gondwanaland: Integrating mantle convection backwards in time, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4(3), 1031, doi:10.1029/2001GC000299, 2003.

76. Billen, M. I., and Gurnis, M., Comparison of dynamic flow models for the Central Aleutian and Tonga-Kermadec subduction zones, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4(4), 1035, doi:10.1029/2001GC000295, 2003.

75. Billen, M. I., Gurnis, M., and Simons, M., Multiscale dynamics of the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone, Geophysical Journal International, 153, 359-388, 2003.

74. Tan, E., Gurnis, M., and Han, L., Slabs in the lower mantle and their modulation of plume formation, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 3, no. 11, 1067, doi:10.1029/2001GC000238, 2002

73. Gurnis, M., and Mueller, R. D., The Origin of the Australian Antarctic Discordance from an ancient slab and mantle wedge, in Hillis, R. R., and Mueller, R. D.,The Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate, Geological Societies of Australia Special Publication 22 and Geological Society of America Special Paper 372, 2003.

72. Gurnis, M., African superplume, McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1-3, 2002.

71. Billen, M. I., and Gurnis, M., A low viscosity wedge in subduction zones, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 193, 227-236, 2001.

70. Gurnis, M., Sculpting the earth from inside out, Scientific American, 284, No. 3, 40-47, 2001. [Updated and reprinted in Our Ever Changing Earth, Scientific American, 56-63, 2005.]

69. Gurnis, M., Ritsema, J., van Heijst, H.-J., and Zhong, S., Tonga slab deformation: The influence of a lower mantle upwelling on a slab in a young subduction zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 2373-2376, 2000.

68. Gurnis, M., Mitrovica, J. X., Ritsema, J., and van Heijst, H.-J., Constraining mantle density structure using geological evidence of surface uplift rates: The case of the African superplume, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 1, Paper number 1999GC000035 [26,963 words, 14 figures, 2 tables, 2000.

67. Moresi, L., Gurnis, M., and Zhong, S., Convection in the Earth's mantle with plate tectonics: Towards a numerical simulation, Computers in Science and Engineering, 2, No. 3, 22-33, 2000.

66. Meltzer, A., Rudnick, R., Zeitler, P., Levander, A., Humphreys, G., Karlstrom, K., Ekstrom, G., Carlson, R., Dixon, T., Gurnis, M., Shearer, P., and van der Hilst, R., The USArray Initiative, GSA Today, 9 (11), 8-10, 1999.

65. Sidorin, I., Gurnis, M., and Helmberger, D. V., Evidence for a ubiquitous seismic discontinuity at the base of the mantle, Science, 286, 1326-1331, 1999.

64. Zhong, S., Zuber, M. T., Moresi, L., and Gurnis, M., The role of temperature-dependent viscosity and surface plates in spherical shell models of mantle convection, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 11,063--11,082, 2000.

63. Deng, J., Hudnut, K., Gurnis, M., and Hauksson, E., Stress loading from viscous flow in the lower crust and triggering of aftershocks following the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 3209-3212, 1999.

62. Ni, S., Ding, X., Helmberger, D. V., and Gurnis, M., Low-velocity structure beneath Africa from forward modeling, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 170, 497-507, 1999.

61. Gurnis, M., Zhong, S., and Toth, J., On the competing roles of fault reactivation and brittle failure in generating plate tectonics from mantle convection, in Richards, M. A., Gordon, R., and van der Hilst, R., (editors),The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions,American Geophysical Union, Washongton D.C., 73-94, 2000.

60. Gurnis, M., Moresi, L., and Mueller, R. D., Models of mantle convection incorporating plate tectonics: The Australian region since the Cretaceous, in Richards, M. A., Gordon, R., and van der Hilst, R., (editors),The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions,American Geophysical Union, Washongton D.C., 211-238, 2000.

59. Sidorin, I., Gurnis, M., and Helmberger, D. V., Dynamics of a phase change at the base of the mantle consistent with seismological observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 15005-15023, 1999.

58. Deng, J., Gurnis, M., Kanamori, H., and Hauksson, E., Viscoelastic flow following the 1992 Landers, California, earthquake, Science, 282, 1689-1692, 1998.

57. Han, L., and Gurnis, M., How valid are dynamic models of subduction and convection when plate motions are prescribed ? Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, 110, 235-246, 1999.

56. Sidorin, I., Gurnis, M., Helmberger, D.V., and Ding, X., Interpreting D" seismic structure using synthetic waveforms computed from dynamic models, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 163, 31-41, 1998.

55. Gurnis, M., Mueller, R. D., and Moresi,. L., Dynamics of Cretaceous vertical motion of Australia and the Australian-Antarctic discordance, Science 279, 1499-1504, 1998.

54. Toth, J., and Gurnis, M., Dynamics of subduction initiation at pre-existing fault zones, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 18,053-18,067, 1998.

53. Sidorin, I., and Gurnis, M., Geodynamically consistent seismic velocity predictions at the base of the mantle, in Gurnis, M., Wysession, M., Knittle, E., and Buffett, B., eds., The Core Mantle Boundary Region, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 209-230, 1998.

52. Gurnis, M., Wysession, M., Knittle, E., and Buffett, B., Editors, The Core Mantle Boundary Region, Geodynamics Series, Volume 28, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 1998.

51. Zhong, S., Gurnis, M., and Moresi, L., The role of faults, nonlinear rheology, and viscosity structure in generating plates from instantaneous mantle flow models, Journal of Geophysical Research 103, 15,255-15,268, 1998.

50. Lithgow-Bertelloni, C., and Gurnis, M., Cenozoic subsidence and uplift of continents from time-varying dynamic topography, Geology 25, 735-738, 1997.

49. Zhong, S., and Gurnis, M., Dynamic interaction between tectonics plates, subducting slabs, and the mantle, Earth Interactions 1, 1997.

48. Burgess, P. M., Gurnis, M., and Moresi, L., Formation of sequences in the cratonic interior of North America by interaction between mantle, eustatic and stratigraphic processes, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 108, 1515-1535, 1997.

47. Zhong, S., and Gurnis, M., Interaction of weak faults and non-Newtonian rheology produces plate tectonics in a 3D model of mantle flow, Nature 383, 245-247, 1996.

46. Gurnis, M., Eloy, C., and Zhong, S., Free-surface formulation of mantle convection, part 2: Implication for subduction zone observables, Geophysical Journal International 127, 719-727, 1996.

45. Zhong, S., Gurnis, M., and Moresi, L., Free-surface formulation of mantle convection, part 1: Basic theory and application to mantle plumes, Geophysical Journal International 127, 708-718, 1996.

44. Moresi, L., Zhong, S., and Gurnis, M., The accuracy of finite element solutions of Stokes' flow with strongly varying viscosity, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 97, 83-94, 1996.

43. Burgess, P. M., and Gurnis, M., Mechanisms for the formation of cratonic stratigraphic sequences, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 136, 647-663, 1995.

42. Moresi, L., and Gurnis, M., Constraints on the lateral strength of slabs from three-dimensional dynamic flow models, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 138, 15-28, 1996.

41. Zhong, S., and Gurnis, M., Towards a realistic simulation of plate margins in models of mantle convection, Geophysical Research Letters 22, 981-984, 1995.

40. Coakley, B., and Gurnis, M., Far field tilting of Laurentia during the Ordovician and constraints on the evolution of a slab under an ancient continent, Journal of Geophysical Research 100, 6313-6327, 1995.

39. Zhong, S., and Gurnis, M., Mantle convection with plates and mobile, faulted plate margins, Science 267, 838-843,1995

38. Gurnis, M., Vertical motion of Australia in the Cretaceous: A mantle dynamics perspective, Geophysics Down Under (Geological Society of Australia), 19, 3-7, 1994.

37. Gurnis, M., and Torsvik, T., Rapid drift of large continents during the Late Precambrian and Paleozoic: Paleomagnetic constraints and dynamics models, Geology 22, 1023-1026 1994.

36. Russell, M., and Gurnis, M., The planform of epeirogeny: Vertical motions of Australia during the Cretaceous, Basin Research 6, 63-76, 1994.

35. Zhong, S., and Gurnis, M., Role of plates and temperature-dependent viscosity in phase change dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research 99, 15,903- 15,917, 1994.

34. Zhong, S., and Gurnis, M., Controls on trench topography from dynamic models of subducted slabs, Journal of Geophysical Research 99, 15,683-15,695, 1994.

33. Gurnis, M., Comment on 'Dynamic Surface Topography' by A. M. Forte, et al., Geophysical Research Letters 20, 1663-1664, 1993.

32. Gurnis, M., Phanerozoic marine inundation of continents driven by dynamic topography above subducting slabs, Nature 364, 589-593, 1993.

31. Zhong, S., Gurnis, M., and Hulbert, G., Accurate determination of surface normal stress in viscous flow from a consistent boundary flux method, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors 78, 1-8, 1993.

30. Zhong, S., and M. Gurnis, Dynamic feedback between a continentlike raft and thermal convection, Journal of Geophysical Research 98, 12,219-12,232, 1993.

29. Gurnis, M., Depressed continental hypsometry behind oceanic trenches: A clue to subduction controls on sea level change, Geology 21, 29-32, 1993.

28. Zhong, S., and M. Gurnis, Viscous flow model of a subduction zone with a faulted lithosphere: Long and short wavelength topography, gravity, and geoid, Geophysical Research Letters 19, 1891-1894, 1992.

27. Gurnis, M., Long-term controls on eustatic and epeirogenic motions by mantle convection, GSA Today 2, 141-157 1992.

26. Gurnis, M., Rapid continental subsidence following the initiation and evolution of subduction, Science 255, 1556-1558, 1992.

25. Gurnis, M., Dynamic topography, in Nierenberg, W. A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, Vol. 2, Academic Press, San Diego, 105-109, 1992.

24. Gurnis, M., Continental flooding and mantle-lithosphere dynamics, in R. Sabadini, K. Lambeck, and E. Boschi (eds), Glacial Isostasy, Sea-Level, and Mantle Rheology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrect, 445-492, 1991.

23. Gurnis, M. and S. Zhong, Generation of long wavelength heterogeneity in the mantle by the dynamic interaction between plates and convection, Geophysical Research Letters 18, 581-584, 1991.

22. Gurnis, M., Ridge spreading, subduction and sea level fluctuations, Science 250, 970-972, 1990.

21. Gurnis, M., Plate-mantle coupling and continental flooding, Geophysical Research Letters 17, 623-626, 1990.

20. Gurnis, M., Bounds on global dynamic topography from Phanerozoic flooding of continental platforms, Nature 344, 754-756, 1990.

19. Gurnis, M., A reassessment of the heat transport by variable viscosity convection with plates and lids, Geophysical Research Letters 16, 179-182,1989.

18. Griffiths, R. W., M. Gurnis, and G. Eitelberg, Holographic measurements of surface topography in laboratory models of mantle hotspots, Geophysical Journal 96, 477-495, 1989.

17. Gurnis, M., and B. H. Hager, Controls on the structure of subducted slabs, Nature 335, 317-321, 1988.

16. Gurnis, M., A. Raefsky, G. A. Lyzenga, and B. H. Hager, Finite element solution of thermal convection on a hypercube concurrent computer, in Proc. Third Conf. Hypercube Concurrent Computers and Applications, edited by G. C. Fox, Assoc. Comp. Mach., New York, 1176-1179, 1988.

15. Gurnis, M. Large-scale mantle convection and the aggregation and dispersal of supercontinents, Nature 332, 695-699, 1988.

14. Hager, B. H., and M. Gurnis, Mantle convection and the state of the Earth's interior, Reviews of Geophysics 25, 1277-1285, 1987.

13. Davies, G. F. and M. Gurnis, Interaction of mantle dregs with convection: Lateral heterogeneity at the core-mantle boundary, Geophysical Research Letters 13, 1517-1520, 1986.

12. Gurnis, M., Convective Mixing in the Earth's Mantle, Ph.D. Thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, 1986.

11. Gurnis, M., The effects of chemical density differences on convective mixing in the Earth's mantle, Journal of Geophysical Research 91, 11407-11419, 1986.

10. Gurnis, M., Quantitative bounds on the size-spectrum of isotopic heterogeneity within the mantle, Nature 323, 317-320, 1986.

9. Gurnis, M., Stirring and mixing in the mantle by plate-scale flow: Large persistent blobs and long tendrils coexist, Geophysical Research Letters 13, 1474-1477, 1986.

8. Gurnis, M., and G. F. Davies, Mixing in numerical models of the Earth's mantle incorporating plate kinematics, Journal of Geophysical Research 91, 6375- 6395, 1986.

7. Gurnis, M., and G. F. Davies, Numerical study of high Rayleigh number convection in a medium with depth-dependent viscosity, Geophysical Journal 85, 523-542, 1986.

6. Gurnis, M., and G. F. Davies, Apparent episodic crustal growth arising from a smoothly evolving mantle, Geology 14, 396-399, 1986.

5. Gurnis, M., and G. F. Davies, The effect of depth-dependent viscosity on convective mixing in the mantle and the possible survival of primitive mantle, Geophysical Research Letters 13, 541-544, 1986.

4. Gurnis, M., and G. F. Davies, Simple parametric models of crustal growth, Journal of Geodynamics 3, 105-135, 1985.

3. Woronow, A., R. G. Strom, and M. Gurnis, Interpreting the cratering record: Mercury to Ganymede and Callisto, in Satellites of Jupiter (edited by D. Morrison) University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 237-276, 1982.

2. Gurnis, M., Martian cratering revisited: Implications for early geological evolution, Icarus 48, 62-75, 1981.

1. Strom, R.G., A. Woronow, and M. Gurnis, Crater populations on Ganymede and Callisto, Journal of Geophysical Research 86, 8659-8674, 1981.

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