A stagnant slab is a subducted slab of oceanic lithosphere subhorizontally deflected above,
across, or below the 660 km discontinuity. This phenomenon has now been widely …

Cold, dense subducting lithosphere provides the primary force driving tectonic plates at
Earth's surface. The force available to drive the plates depends on a balance between the …

Numerically modelling the dynamics of a self-consistently subducting lithosphere is a
challenging task because of the decoupling problems of the slab from the free surface. We …

A variety of atypical plume-like structures and focused upwellings that are not rooted in the
lower mantle have recently been discussed, and seismological imaging has shown …

Subduction of tectonic plates limited in lateral extent and with a free‐trailing tail, ie,“free
subduction,” is modeled in a three‐dimensional (3‐D) geometry. The models use a …

Deep earthquakes behave like shallow earthquakes but must have fundamentally different
physical processes. Their rupture behaviors, magnitude-frequency statistics, and aftershocks …

We have performed 3-D scaled lithospheric experiments to investigate the role of the
gravitational force exerted by a subducting slab on the deformation of the subducting plate …

Several models have been proposed to relate slab geometry to parameters such as plate
velocity or plate age. However, studies on the observed relationships between slab …

Three‐dimensional dynamically consistent laboratory models are carried out to model the
large‐scale mantle circulation induced by subduction of a laterally migrating slab. A …

The 660-kilometre seismic discontinuity is the boundary between the Earth's lower mantle
and transition zone and is commonly interpreted as being due to the dissociation of …