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Member Since 2013
Taras Gerya
Professor, ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Chair, Hess Medal Committee; Chair, Hess Medal Committee
Professional Experience
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professor
2004 - Present
Education
Moscow State University
Doctorate
1990
Honors & Awards
Francis Birch Lecture
Received December 2021
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Union Fellow
Received December 2019
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For fundamental contributions to our understanding of lithospheric and mantle dynamics from a planetary evolution perspective.
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Publications
The Effect of Brittle‐Ductile Weakening on the Formation of Faulting Patterns at Mid‐Ocean Ridges
Although seafloor spreading is one of the most prominent plate tectonic processes, its development and faulting pattern diversity are incompletely ...
January 31, 2025
Topography Response to Horizontal Slab Tearing and Oblique C...
October 08, 2024
A Tectonic Manifesto
December 01, 2023
Tectono‐Magmatic Evolution of Asymmetric Coronae on Venus: T...
October 27, 2023
AGU Abstracts
The impact of strain rate weakening on the localization and stabilization of transform fault zones
RIFT TO RIDGE: BRIDGING THE EXTENSIONAL GAP I POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2024
Sandrine Ritter, Attila Balazs, Taras Gerya
Brittle and ductile weakening mechanisms play a crucial role by locally reducing the strength of the lithosphere. Such weak zones can promote new tect...
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Transient water storage in the mantle transition zone of rocky exoplanets
ATMOSPHERES, CLIMATE, AND POTENTIAL HABITABILITY OF ROCKY EXOPLANETS II ORAL
planetary sciences | 10 december 2024
Taras Gerya, Sebastian Lochmann, Robert J. Stern
The spinel phase (wadsleyite, ringwoodite) in the mantle transition zone (MTZ) of rocky exoplanets, can contain up to 12 wt% of water. However, whethe...
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Determining the Role of Paleogeographical Reconstructions in Phanerozoic Carbon Cycle Modeling
ADVANCING PALEOCLIMATOLOGY BY COMBINING DATA, MODELS, AND THEORY II POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 09 december 2024
Niklas Werner, Christian Vérard, Maura Brunetti, T...
Throughout the Phanerozoic, Earth's climate has oscillated between icehouse and greenhouse conditions, driven by shifts in continental and oceanic con...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - Present
Chair
Hess Medal Committee
2024 - 2025
Chair
Hess Medal Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Hess Medal Committee
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