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Mike Gurnis
Director, Seismological Laboratory and John E and Hazel S Smits Professor of Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
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Role of GIA vs. Mantle Flow in Perturbing Intraplate Stress and Seismicity in Eastern North America
ON THE SEISMICITY OF “STABLE” CONTINENTAL REGIONS: THE APRIL 2024 NEW JERSEY EARTHQUAKE AND BEYOND POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2024
Erin Hightower, Michael Gurnis
Despite the stability of the continental interior, eastern North America has hosted significant historical earthquakes, including the recent M 4.8 New...
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Dynamic Emergence of Plate Motions and Great Megathrust Earthquakes Across Length and Time Scales
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM: CONVERGENT MARGIN PROCESSES TRENCH TO ARC (ALEUTIANS/ALASKA AND BEYOND) III POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2024
Jiaqi Fang, Michael Gurnis, Nadia Lapusta
The slow motion of tectonic plates over thousands of kilometers is intermittently interrupted by great earthquakes with sudden slips localized near co...
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Craton Deformation from Flat-Slab Subduction and Rollback
ADVANCES IN DEEP EARTH–SURFACE INTERACTIONS II ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 13 december 2024
Shaofeng Liu, Bo Zhang, Pengfei Ma, Simon Williams...
The mechanisms underlying the deformation and eventual destruction of Earth's cratons remain enigmatic, despite proposed links to subduction and deep ...
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Enabling large-scale geodynamic-geochemical modeling via neural network acceleration
PLANETARY HABITABILITY AND THE ROLE OF FLUIDS, MELTS, AND VOLATILES IN THE EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL PLANETARY SYSTEMS IV POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 12 december 2024
Qian Yuan, Paul D. Asimow, Michael Gurnis, Paula M...
To achieve a comprehensive understanding of the mantle convection system, it is essential to develop a model that incorporates the complex interaction...
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Decoding the Formation and Evolution of Large River Systems in Ancient North America
LINKING SURFACE PROCESSES TO THE STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD: PAST IS THE KEY TO THE FUTURE II ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 12 december 2024
Sara Polanco, Michael D. Blum, Huilin Wang, Trista...
We aim to unravel the controls that led to the formation and evolution of three continental-scale river systems in North America: the McMurray, Bell, ...
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Rapid shear zone weakening during subduction initiation
LITHOSPHERIC RHEOLOGY CONSTRAINED BY EXPERIMENTAL DEFORMATION AND OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES OF NATURALLY DEFORMED ROCKS, FABRICS, AND MICROSTRUCTURES II POSTER
tectonophysics | 10 december 2024
Yida Li, Michael Gurnis
Subduction zones play a pivotal role in the mechanics of plate tectonics by providing the driving force through slab pull and weak megathrusts that fa...
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Influence of Subduction History and Mineral Deformation on Seismic Anisotropy in the Lower Mantle
DEEP CONNECTIONS: STRUCTURES, DYNAMICS, AND INTERACTIONS AT EARTH’S CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY II ELIGHTNING
study of earth's deep interior | 09 december 2024
Mo Hu, Michael Gurnis, Jennifer M. Jackson
Seismic anisotropy, largely absent in the bulk of the lower mantle, becomes pronounced in the deepest part of the lower mantle (D"). This anisotropy o...
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Dynamic Emergence of Plate Motions and Great Megathrust Earthquakes Across Length and Time Scales
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
23 november 2024
Jiaqi Fang, Michael Gurnis, Nadia Lapusta
The slow motion of tectonic plates over thousands of kilometers is intermittently interrupted by great earthquakes with sudden slips localized near...