As subducting plates reach the base of the upper mantle, some appear to flatten and
stagnate, while others seemingly go through unimpeded. This variable resistance to slab …

We present a review of the analogue modelling method, which has been used for 200 years,
and continues to be used, to investigate geological phenomena and geodynamic processes …

Abstract We reconstructed Philippine Sea and East Asian plate tectonics since 52 Ma from
28 slabs mapped in 3‐D from global tomography, with a subducted area of~ 25% of present …

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 …

Layered viscosity, temperature‐dependent viscosity, and surface plates have an important
effect on the scale and morphology of structure in spherical models of mantle convection …

The gravitational pull of subducted slabs is thought to drive the motions of Earth's tectonic
plates, but the coupling between slabs and plates is not well established. If a slab is …

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 …

ASTHMA now affects one child in seven in the United Kingdom1. Most cases (95%) of
childhood asthma are associated with atopy, the immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated familial …

We show in this paper that mobile-lid mantle convection in a three-dimensional spherical
shell with observationally constrained mantle viscosity structure, and realistic convective …

As high‐performance computing facilities and sophisticated modeling software become
available, modeling mantle convection in a three‐dimensional (3‐D) spherical shell …