Highlights from Earth System Science

recent Publications

• Victoria continental microplate dynamics controlled by the lithospheric strength distribution of the East African Rift

  Glerum, A., Brune, S., Stamps, D. S., Strecker, M., 2020. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16176-x

• Impact of canal reconstruction on groundwater flow during bank filtration assessed by transient 3-D modelling of flow and heat transport

  Wang, W., S.E. Oswald, T. Gräff, H.-J. Lensing, T. Liu, D. Strasser, M. Munz, 2020. Hydrogeology J., 28, 723–743, doi: 10.1007/s10040-019-02063-3.

• Exploring the efficiency of stepwise dissolution in removal of stubborn non-radiogenic Pb Condrule U-Pb dating

  Merle, R., Amelin, Y., Yin, Q.-Z., Huyskens, M. H., Sanborn, M. E., Nagashima, K., Yamashita, K., Ireland, T., Krot, A., and Sieber, M.J..2020. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. DOI:/10.1016/j.gca.2020.03.010

• The Bayesian Earthquake Analysis Tool

  Vasyura-Bathke, H., Dettmer, J., Steinberg, A., Heimann, S., Isken, M. P., Zielke, O., Mai, P. M., Sudhaus, H., & Jónsson, S., 2020. Seismological Research Letters. DOI: 10.1785/0220190075

• Illuminating subduction zone rheological properties in the wake of a giant earthquake

  Weiss, J. R., Qiu Q., Barbot S., Wright T. J., Foster J. H., Saunders A., Brooks B. A., BEvis M., Kendrick E., Ericksen T. L., Avery J., Smalley R., Cimbaro S. R., LEnzon L. E., Báron J., Báez J. C., EWchalar A.. 2019.  Science Advances Vol. 5, no. 12, eaax6720, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax6720

• Nature's contributions to people in mountains: A review

  Martín-López B, I. Leister , P. Lorenzo Cruz, I. Palomo, A. Grêt-Regamey, P.A. Harrison, S. Lavorel, B. Locatelli, S. Luque and A. Walz. 2019. PLoS ONE 14(6): e0217847. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217847

• Surface erosion events controlled the evolution of plate tectonics on Earth

  Sobolev, S, Brown, M. (2019). Nature volume 570, pages 52-57 (2019). doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1258-4