A free plate surface and weak oceanic crust produce single-sided subduction on Earth

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

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A stabilization algorithm for geodynamic numerical simulations with a free surface

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Generation of plate-like behavior and mantle heterogeneity from a spherical, viscoplastic convection model

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Dynamics and implications of slab detachment due to ridge-trench collision

(2009) Erin R. Burkett et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Subduction styles in the Precambrian: Insight from numerical experiments

(2009) E. Sizova et al.   LITHOS

Toroidal mantle flow through the western U.S. slab window

(2008) G. Zandt et al.   GEOLOGY

Planforms of self-consistently generated plates in 3D spherical geometry

(2008) H. J. van Heck et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

A benchmark comparison of spontaneous subduction models—Towards a free surface

(2008) H. Schmeling et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Modelling compressible mantle convection with large viscosity contrasts in a three-dimensional spherical shell using the yin-yang grid

(2008) Paul J. Tackley   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Dynamics of double subduction: Numerical modeling

(2008) Yury A. Mishin et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Why is terrestrial subduction one-sided?

(2007) Taras V. Gerya et al.   GEOLOGY

Plate tectonics on the early Earth: Limitations imposed by strength and buoyancy of subducted lithosphere

(2007) Jeroen van Hunen et al.   LITHOS