A geodynamical view on the steadiness of geodetically derived rigid plate motions over geological time

The role of the Zagros orogeny in slowing down Arabia-Eurasia convergence since ~5 Ma

(2013) Jacqueline Austermann et al.   TECTONICS

The strength of large-scale plate boundaries: Constraints from the dynamics of the Philippine Sea plate since ∼5Ma

(2012) Giampiero Iaffaldano   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Why has the Nazca plate slowed since the Neogene?

(2012) Javier Quinteros et al.   GEOLOGY

The role of Poiseuille flow in creating depth-variation of asthenospheric shear

(2012) Svetlana I. Natarov et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

On the role of slab pull in the Cenozoic motion of the Pacific plate

(2012) Claudio Faccenna et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Bending stress and dissipation in subducted lithosphere

(2012) B. A. Buffett et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The global CMT project 2004–2010: Centroid-moment tensors for 13,017 earthquakes

(2012) G. Ekström et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Reconstructing plate-motion changes in the presence of finite-rotations noise

(2012) Giampiero Iaffaldano et al.   Nature Communications

Plate tectonic reconstructions with continuously closing plates

(2011) Michael Gurnis et al.   COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES

Geologically current motion of 56 plates relative to the no-net-rotation reference frame

(2011) Donald F. Argus et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process

(2011) P. AGARD et al.   GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE

Global-scalePwave tomography optimized for prediction of teleseismic and regional travel times for Middle East events: 2. Tomographic inversion

(2011) N. A. Simmons et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Indian and African plate motions driven by the push force of the Réunion plume head

(2011) Steven C. Cande et al.   NATURE

Plate tectonics and net lithosphere rotation over the past 150My

(2010) Trond H. Torsvik et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Full waveform tomography for radially anisotropic structure: New insights into present and past states of the Australasian upper mantle

(2010) Andreas Fichtner et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Horizontal subduction zones, convergence velocity and the building of the Andes

(2010) J. Martinod et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Continental collision and slab break-off: A comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations

(2010) Jeroen van Hunen et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Three-dimensionality of slab detachment due to ridge-trench collision: Laterally simultaneous boudinage versus tear propagation

(2010) Erin R. Burkett et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

The angular velocities of the plates and the velocity of Earth's centre from space geodesy

(2010) Donald F. Argus et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Geologically current plate motions

(2010) Charles DeMets et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

India-Asia collision and the Cenozoic slowdown of the Indian plate: Implications for the forces driving plate motions

(2010) Alex Copley et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Arabia-Somalia plate kinematics, evolution of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple junction, and opening of the Gulf of Aden

(2010) Marc Fournier et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Recent tectonic plate decelerations driven by mantle convection

(2009) A. M. Forte et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Slowing of India's convergence with Eurasia since 20 Ma and its implications for Tibetan mantle dynamics

(2009) Peter Molnar et al.   TECTONICS

Age, spreading rates, and spreading asymmetry of the world's ocean crust

(2008) R. Dietmar Müller et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Revised Pacific-Antarctic plate motions and geophysics of the Menard Fracture Zone

(2008) Marcel B. Croon et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

A high-resolution model for Eurasia-North America plate kinematics since 20 Ma

(2008) S. Merkouriev et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Kinematics of slab tear faults during subduction segmentation and implications for Italian magmatism

(2008) Gideon Rosenbaum et al.   TECTONICS

Relating rapid plate-motion variations to plate-boundary forces in global coupled models of the mantle/lithosphere system: Effects of topography and friction

(2008) Giampiero Iaffaldano et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS