Publications Bernhard Steinberger

A. Refereed publications:

    1994-1998
  1. Steinberger, B., N. Petersen, H. Petermann, and D.G. Weiss (1994). Movement of magnetic bacteria in time varying magnetic fields, J. Fluid Mech., 273, 189-211, doi:10.1017/S0022112094001904 [abstract] [pdf]
  2. Steinberger, B. and R.J. O'Connell (1997). Changes of the Earth's rotation axis owing to advection of mantle density heterogeneities, Nature, 387, 169-173, doi:10.1038/387169a0 [abstract and color version of Figure 1] [pdf] [corrections] [N&V]
  3. Steinberger, B. and R.J. O'Connell (1998). Advection of plumes in mantle flow; implications on hotspot motion, mantle viscosity and plume distribution, Geophys. J. Int., 132, 412-434, doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00447.x [abstract] [pdf] [N&V]

  4. 2000-2001
  5. Steinberger, B. (2000). Slabs in the lower mantle - results of dynamic modelling compared with tomographic images and the geoid, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 118, 241-257, doi:10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00172-7 [abstract] [pdf]
  6. Steinberger, B. (2000). Plumes in a convecting mantle: Models and observations for individual hotspots, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11,127--11,152, doi:10.1029/1999JB900398 [abstract] [pdf]
  7. Steinberger, B. and R. J. O'Connell (2000). Effects of mantle flow on hotspot motion, in The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, Geophys. Mon. Ser., 121, ed. Richards, M. A., R. G. Gordon, and R. D. van der Hilst, AGU, Washington, DC., 377-398. [abstract] [pdf]
  8. Steinberger, B., H. Schmeling and G. Marquart (2001). Large-scale lithospheric stress field and topography induced by global mantle circulation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 186, 75-91, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00229-1 [abstract and supplementary information] [pdf]

  9. 2002
  10. Steinberger, B. and R.J. O'Connell (2002). The convective mantle flow signal in rates of true polar wander, in Ice Sheets, Sea Level and the Dynamic Earth, Geodyn. Ser., 29, ed. Mitrovica, J. X., and L. L. A. Vermeersen, AGU, Washington, DC., 233-256. [abstract] [pdf] [Figure 9, corrected] [Figure 10, corrected]
  11. Steinberger, B. and R. Holme (2002). An explanation for the shape of Earth's gravity spectrum based on viscous mantle flow models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(21), 2019, doi:10.1029/2002GL015476 [abstract] [pdf]
  12. Antretter, M., B. Steinberger, F. Heider and H. Soffel (2002). Paleolatitudes of the Kerguelen hotspot: new paleomagnetic results and dynamic modeling, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 203, 635-650, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00841-5 [abstract] [pdf]
  13. Steinberger, B. (2002). Motion of the Easter Island hotspot relative to hotspots on the Pacific plate, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 3(11), 8503, doi:10.1029/2002GC000334 [abstract] [pdf]

  14. 2003
  15. Tarduno, J.A., R.A. Duncan, D.W. Scholl, R.D. Cottrell, B. Steinberger, T. Thordarson, B.C. Kerr, C.R. Neal, F.A. Frey, M. Torii and C. Carvallo (2003). The Emperor Seamounts: Southward motion of the Hawaiian hotspot plume in Earth's mantle, Science, 301, 1064-1069, doi:10.1126/science.1086442 [pdf] [perspective]
  16. O'Neill, C., D. Müller and B. Steinberger (2003). Geodynamic implications of moving Indian Ocean hotspots, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 215, 151-168, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00368-6 [abstract] [pdf]

  17. 2004
  18. Koppers, A.A.P., R.A. Duncan and B. Steinberger (2004). Implications of a non-linear 40Ar/39Ar age progression along the Louisville seamount trail for models of fixed and moving hotspots, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5, Q06L02, doi:10.1029/2003GC000671 [pdf]
  19. Steinberger, B., R. Sutherland and R.J. O'Connell (2004). Prediction of Emperor-Hawaii seamount locations from a revised model of plate motion and mantle flow, Nature, 430, 167-173, doi:10.1038/nature02660 [pdf] [N&V] [Supplementary Information]
  20. Antretter, M., P. Riisager, S. Hall, X. Zhao and B. Steinberger (2004). Modeled paleolatitudes for the Louisville hotspot and the Ontong Java Plateau, in Origin and Evolution of the Ontong Java Plateau, The Geological Society (London) Special Publication 229, pp. 21-30, edited by G. Fitton, J. Mahoney, P. Wallace, and A. Saunders, The Geological Society, London, U. K. [abstract] [pdf]
  21. Hart, S.R., M. Coetzee, R.K. Workman, J. Blusztajn, K.T.M. Johnson, J.M. Sinton, B. Steinberger and J.W. Hawkins (2004). Genesis of the Western Samoa Seamount Province: age, geochemical fingerprint and tectonics, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 227, 37-56, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.005 [abstract] [pdf]

  22. 2005
  23. Suetsugu, D., B. Steinberger and T. Kogiso (2005). Hot spots and mantle plumes, in Encyclopedia of Geology, Vol. 3, pp. 335-343, edited by R. C. Selley, L. R. M. Cocks, and I. R. Plimer, Elsevier, Oxford, doi:10.1016/B0-12-369396-9/00131-3 [pdf]
  24. O'Neill, C., R. D. Müller and B. Steinberger (2005). On the uncertainties in hotspot reconstructions, and the significance of moving hotspot reference frames, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 6(4), Q04003, doi:10.1029/2004GC000784 [pdf] [some corrections and additions]
  25. Marquart, G., B. Steinberger and K. Niehuus (2005). On the effect of a low viscosity asthenosphere on the temporal change of the geoid -- a challenge for future gravity missions, J. Geodyn., 39, 493-511, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2005.04.006 [pdf]

  26. 2006
  27. Xie, X., D. Müller, S. Li, Z. Gong and B. Steinberger (2006). Origin of anomalous subsidence along the northern South China Sea Margin and its relationship to dynamic topography, Mar. Petrol. Geol., 23, 745-765, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.03.004 [pdf]
  28. Torsvik, T. H., M. A. Smethurst, K. Burke and B. Steinberger (2006). Large igneous provinces generated from the margins of the large low-velocity provinces in the deep mantle, Geophys. J. Int., 167, 1447-1460. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03158.x [pdf]
  29. Steinberger, B. and A. Calderwood (2006). Models of large-scale viscous flow in the Earth's mantle with constraints from mineral physics and surface observations, Geophys. J. Int., 167, 1461-1481. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03131.x [pdf]
  30. Steinberger, B. and M. Antretter (2006). Conduit diameter and buoyant rising speed of mantle plumes: Implications for the motion of hotspots and shape of plume conduits, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7(1), Q11018, doi:10.1029/2006GC001409 [pdf]

  31. 2007
  32. Steinberger, B. and C. Gaina (2007). Plate tectonic reconstructions predict part of Hawaiian hotspot track to be preserved in Bering Sea, Geology, 35, 407-410, doi:10.1130/G23383A.1 [pdf][supplement]
  33. Steinberger, B. (2007). Effect of latent heat release at phase boundaries on flow in the Earth's mantle, phase boundary topography and dynamic topography at the Earth's surface, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 164, 2-20, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2007.04.021 [pdf]
  34. Boschi, L., T. W. Becker and B. Steinberger (2007). Mantle plumes: dynamic models and seismic images, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q10006, doi:10.1029/2007GC001733 [pdf]

  35. 2008
  36. Burke, K., B. Steinberger, T. H. Torsvik and M. A. Smethurst (2008). Plume Generation Zones at the margins of Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces on the the Core-Mantle Boundary, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 265, 49-60, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.042 [pdf]
  37. Mihalffy, P., B. Steinberger and H. Schmeling (2008). The effect of the large-scale mantle flow field on the Iceland hotspot track, Tectonophysics, 447, 5-18, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2006.12.012 [pdf]
  38. Müller, R. D., M. Sdrolias, C. Gaina, B. Steinberger and C. Heine (2008). Long-term sea-level fluctuations driven by ocean basin dynamics, Science, 319, 1357-1362, doi:10.1126/science.1151540 [pdf]
  39. Torsvik, T. H., M. A. Smethurst, K. Burke and B. Steinberger (2008). Long term stability in deep mantle structure: Evidence from the ~300 Ma Skagerrak-Centered Large Igneous Province (the SCLIP), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 267, 444-452, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.004 [pdf]
  40. Steinberger, B., and T. H. Torsvik (2008). Absolute plate motions and true polar wander in the absence of hotspot tracks, Nature, 452, 620-623, doi:10.1038/nature06824 [pdf]
  41. Boschi, L., T. W. Becker and B. Steinberger (2008). On the statistical significance of correlations between synthetic mantle plumes and tomographic models, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 167, 230-238, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.03.009 [pdf]
  42. Steinberger, B. and R. Holme (2008). Mantle flow models with core-mantle boundary constraints and chemical heterogeneities in the lowermost mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B05403, doi:10.1029/2007JB005080 [pdf]
  43. Torsvik, T. H., R. D. Müller, R. Van der Voo, B. Steinberger and C. Gaina (2008). Global plate motion frames: Toward a unified model, Rev. Geophys., 46, RG3004, doi:10.1029/2007RG000227 [pdf]
  44. Heine, C., R. D. Müller, B. Steinberger and T. H. Torsvik (2008). Subsidence in intracontinental basins due to dynamic topography, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 171, 252-264, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.008 [pdf]
  45. Torsvik, T. H., B. Steinberger, B., L. R. M. Cocks and K. Burke (2008). Longitude: Linking Earth's ancient surface to its deep interior, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 276, 273-282, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.026 [pdf]

  46. 2009
  47. Lei, J., D. Zhao, B. Steinberger, B. Wu, F. Shen and Z. Li (2009). New seismic constraints on the shallow structure of the Hainan plume. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 173, 33-50, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.10.013 [pdf]
  48. Smith, B., M. Jordan, B. Steinberger, C.M. Puskas, J. Farrell, G.P. Waite, S. Husen, W.-L. Chang and R. O'Connell (2009), Geodynamics of the Yellowstone hotspot and mantle plume: Seismic and GPS imaging, kinematics and mantle flow, J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res., 188, 26-56, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.020 [pdf]

  49. 2010
  50. Torsvik, T. H., B. Steinberger, M. Gurnis and C. Gaina (2010), Plate tectonics and net lithosphere rotation over the past 150 My, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 291, 106-112, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.055 [pdf]
  51. Heine, C., R. D. Müller, B. Steinberger and L. DiCaprio (2010), Integrating deep Earth dynamics in paleogeographic reconstructions of Australia, Tectonophysics, 483, 135-150, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.028 [pdf]
  52. Steinberger, B., S. C. Werner and T. H. Torsvik (2010), Deep versus shallow origin of gravity anomalies, topography and volcanism on Earth, Venus and Mars, Icarus, 207, 564-577, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.025 [pdf]
  53. Steinberger, B. and T. H. Torsvik (2010), Toward an explanation for the present and past locations of the poles, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 11, Q06W06, doi:10.1029/2009GC002889 [pdf]
  54. Torsvik, T.H., K. Burke, B. Steinberger, S.J. Webb and L. D. Ashwal (2010), Diamonds sampled by plumes from the core-mantle boundary, Nature, 466, 352-355, doi:10.1038/nature09216 [pdf]

  55. 2011
  56. Lee, C.-K., S.-C. Han and B. Steinberger (2011), Influence of variable uncertainties in seismic tomography models on constraining mantle viscosity from geoid observations, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 184, 51-62, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.10.012 [pdf]
  57. van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., B. Steinberger, P. Doubrovine and R. Gassmöller (2011), Acceleration-deceleration cycles of India-Asia convergence: roles of mantle plumes and continental collision, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B06101, doi:10.1029/2010JB008051 [pdf]

  58. 2012
  59. Buiter, S. J. H., B. Steinberger, S. Medvedev and J. L. Tetreault (2012), Could the mantle have caused subsidence of the Congo Basin? Tectonophysics, 514-517, 62-80, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.024 [pdf]
  60. Steinberger, B. and T. H. Torsvik (2012), A geodynamic models of plumes from the margins of Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q01W09, doi:10.1029/2011GC003808 [pdf]
  61. Faccena, C., Becker, T.W., Lallemand, S., and Steinberger, B. (2012), On the role of slab pull and mid-Cenozoic changes in the motion of the Pacific plate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L03305, doi:10.1029/2011GL050155 [pdf]
  62. Biggin, A.J., Steinberger, B., Aubert, J., Suttie, N., Holme, R., Torsvik, T.H., van der Meer, D.G. and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J. (2012), Possible links between long-term geomagnetic variations and whole-mantle convection processes, Nat. Geosci., 5, 526-533, doi:10.1038/ngeo1521 [pdf]
  63. Torsvik, T.H., Van der Voo, R., Preeden, U., Mac Niocaill, C., Steinberger, B., Doubrovine, P., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Domeier, M., Gaina, C., Tovher, E., Meert, J.G., McCausland, P.J. and Cocks, L.R.M. (2012), Phanerozoic polar wander, paleogeography and dynamics, Earth-Sci. Rev., 114, 325-368, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.06.007 [pdf]
  64. Dubrovine, P.V., Steinberger, B. and Torsvik, T.H. (2012), Absolute plate motions in a reference frame defined by moving hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B09101, doi:10.1029/2011JB009072 [pdf]
  65. Burke, K., Werner, S.C., Steinberger, B. and Torsvik, T.H. (2012), Why is the areoid like the residual geoid? Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L17203, doi:10.1029/2012GL052701 [pdf]
  66. Steinberger, B., Torsvik, T.H. & Becker, T.W. (2012), Subduction to the lower mantle - a comparison between geodynamic and tomographic models, Solid Earth, 3, 415-432, doi:10.5194/se-3-415-2012 [pdf]

  67. 2013
  68. Torsvik, T. H., Amundsen, H., Hartz, E. H., Corfu, F., Kusznir, N., Gaina, C., Doubrovine, P., Steinberger B., Ashwal, L. D. and Jamtveit, B. (2013), A Precambrian microcontinents in the Indian Ocean, Nat. Geosci., 6, 223-227, doi:10.1038/NGEO1736 [pdf]
  69. Conrad, C.P., Steinberger B., and Torsvik, T.H. (2013), Stability of active mantle upweling revealed by net characteristics of plate tectonics Nature, 498, 479-482, doi:10.1038/nature12203 [pdf]
  70. O'Connor, J.M., Steinberger, B., Regelous, M., Koppers, A.A.P., Wijbrans, J.R., Haase, K. M., Stoffers, P., Jokat, W., and Garbe-Schönberg, D. (2013), Constraints on past plate and mantle motion from new ages for the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 14, 4564-4584, doi:10.1002/ggge.20267 [pdf]

  71. 2014
  72. Torsvik, T.H., van der Voo, R., Doubrovine, P.V., Burke, K., Steinberger, B., Ashwal, L.D., Trønnes, R., Webb, S.J., and Bull, A.L. (2014), Deep mantle structure as a reference frame for movements in and on the Earth, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 111, 8735-8740, doi:10.1073/pnas.1318135111 [pdf]

  73. 2015
  74. Steinberger, B., Spakman, W., Japsen, P. and Torsvik, T.H. (2015), The key role of global solid Earth processes in the late Cenozoic intensification of Greenland glaciation, Terra Nova, 27, 1-8, doi:10.1111/ter.12133 [pdf]
  75. Torsvik, T.H., Amundsen, H.E.F., Trønnes, R., Doubrovine, P.V., Gaina, C., Kusznir, N.J., Steinberger, B., Corfu, F., Ashwal, L.D., Griffin, W.L., Werner, S.C. and Jamtveit, B. (2015), Continental crust beneath southeast Iceland, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 112, E1818-E1827, doi:10.1073/pnas.1423099112
  76. Steinberger, B., Zhao, D. and Werner, S.C. (2015), Interior structure of the Moon - constraints from seismic tomography, gravity and topography, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 245, 26-39, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2015.05.005 [pdf]
  77. Mulyukova, E., Steinberger, B., Dabrowski, M. and Sobolev, S.V. (2015), Survival of LLSVPs for billions of years in a vigorously convecting mantle: replenishment and destruction of chemical anomaly, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 3824-3847 doi:10.1002/2014JB011688 [pdf]

  78. 2016
  79. Steinberger, B. (2016), Topography caused by mantle density variations: Observation-based estimates and models derived from tomography and lithosphere thickness, Geophys. J. Int., 205, 604-621, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw040 [pdf]
  80. Doubrovine, P.V., Steinberger, B., and Torsvik, T.H. (2016), A failure to reject: Testing the correlation between large igneous provinces and deep mantle structures with EDF statistics, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,17, 1130-1163, doi:10.1002/2015GC006044 [pdf]
  81. Torsvik, T.H., Steinberger, B., Ashwal, L.D., Doubrovine, P.V., and Trønnes, R.G. (2016), Earth evolution and dynamics – a tribute to Kevin Burke, Can. J. Earth Sci., doi:10.1139/cjes-2015-0228 [pdf]
  82. Rogozhina, I., Petrunin, A., Vaughan, A.P.M., Steinberger, B., Johnson, J.V., Kaban, M., Calov, R.,, Rickers, F., Thomas, M., and Koulakov, I. (2016), Melting at the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet explained by Iceland hotspot history, Nat. Geosci., 9, 366-369, doi:10.1038/ngeo2689 [pdf]
  83. Gassmöller, R., Dannberg, J., Bredow, E., Steinberger, B., and Torsvik, T.H. (2016), Major influence of plume-ridge interaction, lithosphere thickness variations and global mantle flow on hotspot volcanism - the example of Tristan, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 17, 1454-1479, doi:10.1002/2015GC006177 [pdf]

  84. 2017
  85. Yuan, X., Heit, B., Brune, S., Steinberger, B., Geissler, W., Jokat, W. and Weber, M. (2017), Seismic structure of the lithosphere beneath NW Namibia: Impact of the Tristan da Cunha mantle plume, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 18, 125-141, doi:10.1002/2016GC006645 [pdf]
  86. Steinberger, B., Seidel, M.-L. and Torsvik, T.H. (2017), Limited true polar wander as evidence that Earth's non-hydrostatic shape is persistently triaxial, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 827-834, doi:10.1002/2016GL071937 [pdf]
  87. Torsvik, T.H., Doubrovine, P.V., Steinberger, B., Gaina, C., Spakman, W., and Domeier, M. (2017), Pacific plate motion change caused the Hawaiian-Emperor Bend, Nat. Commun., 8, 15660, doi:10.1038/ncomms15660 [pdf]
  88. Bredow, E., Steinberger, B., Gassmöller, R., and Dannberg, J. (2017), How plume-ridge interaction shapes the crustal thickness pattern of the Réunion hotspot track, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 18, 2930-2948, doi:10.1002/2017GC006875 [pdf]
  89. Ghosh, A., Thyagarajulu, G., and Steinberger, B. (2017), The importance of upper mantle heterogeneity in generating the Indian Ocean geoid low, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 9707-9715, doi:10.1002/2017GL075392 [pdf]

  90. 2018
  91. Bredow, E., and Steinberger, B. (2018), Variable melt production rate of the Kerguelen hotspot due to long-term plume-ridge interaction, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 126-136, doi:10.1002/2017GL075822 [pdf]
  92. Konrad, K., Koppers, A.A.P., Steinberger, B., Finlayson, V., Konter, J., and Jackson, M.G. (2018), On the relative motions of long-lived Pacific mantle plumes, Nat. Commun., 9, 854, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03277-x
  93. Eshagh M., Steinberger, B., Tenzer, R., and Tassara, A. (2018), Comparison of gravimetric and mantle flow solutions for lithospheric stress modeling and their combination, Geophys. J. Int., 213, 1013-1028, doi:10.1093/gji/ggy033 [pdf]
  94. Chertova, M.V., Spakman, W., and Steinberger, B. (2018), Mantle flow influence on subduction evolution, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 489, 258-266, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.038 [pdf]
  95. Osei Tutu, A., Sobolev, S.V., Steinberger, B., Popov, A., and Rogozhina, I. (2018), Evaluating the influence of plate boundary friction and mantle viscosity on plate velocities, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 19, 642-666, doi:10.1002/2017GC007112 [pdf]
  96. Osei Tutu, A., Steinberger, B., Rogozhina, I., Sobolev, S.V., and Popov, A. (2018), Effect of upper mantle heterogeneities on lithospheric stress field and dynamic topography, Solid Earth, 9, 649-668, doi:10.5194/se-9-649-2018
  97. Rolf, T., Steinberger, B., Sruthi, U., and Werner, S.C. (2018), Inferences on the mantle viscosity structure and the post-overturn evolutionary state of Venus, Icarus, 313, 107-123, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.014 [pdf]
  98. Steinberger, B., and Becker, T.W. (2018), A comparison of lithospheric thickness models, Tectonophysics, 746, 325-338, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.08.001 [pdf]
  99. Adhikari, S., Caron, L., Steinberger, B., Reager, J., Kjeldsen, K.K., Marzeion, B., Larour, E., and Ivins, E.R. (2018), What drives 20th century polar motion? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 502, 126-132, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.059 [pdf]

  100. 2019
  101. Steinberger, B., Bredow, E., Lebedev, S., Schaeffer, A., and Torsvik, T.H. (2019), Widespread Cenozoic volcanism in the North Atlantic-Greenland region explained by the Iceland plume, Nat. Geosci., 12, 61-68, doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0251-0 [pdf]
  102. Steinberger, B., Conrad, C.P., Osei Tutu, A., and Hoggard, M.J. (2019), On the amplitude of dynamic topography at spherical harmonic degree two, Tectonophysics, 760, 221-228, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.11.032 [pdf]
  103. Torsvik, T.H., Steinberger, B., Shephard, G.E., Doubrovine, P.V., Gaina, C., Domeier, M., Conrad, C.P., Sager W.W. (2019). Pacific-Panthalassic reconstructions: Overview, errata and the way forward, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 20, 3659-3689, doi:10.1029/2019GC008402
  104. Steinberger, B., Nelson, P.L., Wang, W., Grand, S.P. (2019). Yellowstone plume conduit tilt caused by large-scale mantle flow, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 20, 5896-5912, doi:10.1029/2019GC008490

  105. 2020
  106. Szwillus, W., Ebbing, J., and Steinberger, B. (2020), Increased density of large low-velocity provinces recovered by seismologically constrained gravity inversion, Solid Earth, 11, 1551-1569, doi:10.5194/se-11-1551-2020

  107. 2021
  108. Jackson, M.G., Becker, T.W., and Steinberger, B. (2021), Spatial characteristics of recycled and primordial reservoirs in the deep mantle, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 22, e2020GC009525, doi:10.1029/2020GC009525 [pdf]
  109. Mitchell, R.N., Zhang, N., Salminen, J., Liu, Y., Spencer, C.J., Steinberger, B., Murphy, J.B., and Li, Z.-X. (2021), The supercontinent cycle, Nat. Rev. Earth Environ., 2, 358-374, doi:10.1038/s43017-021-00160-0 [pdf]
  110. Koppers, A.A.P., Becker, T.W., Jackson, M.G., Konrad, K., Müller, R.D., Romanowicz, B., Steinberger, B., and Whittaker, J.M. (2021), Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes, Nat. Rev. Earth Environ., 2, 382-401, doi:10.1038/s43017-021-00168-6 [pdf]
  111. Torsvik, T.H., Svensen, H.H., Steinberger, B., Royer, D.L., Jerram, D.A. Jones, M.T., and Domeier, M. (2021), Connecting the deep Earth and the atmosphere, in Mantle Convection and Surface Expressions, Geophys. Mon. Ser., ed. Marquardt, H., S. Cottaar, J. Konter, and M. Ballmer, AGU, Washington, DC, https://eartharxiv.org/25a9c, doi:10.1002/9781119528609.ch16
  112. Van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Steinberger, B., Guilmette, C., Maffione, M., Gürer, D., Peters, K., Plunder, A.V., McPhee, P.J., Gaina, C., Advokaat, E.L., Vissers, R.L.M., and Spakman, W. (2021), A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation, Nat. Geosci., 14, 626-630, doi:10.1038/s41561-021-00780-7 [pdf]
  113. Steinberger, B., Rathnayake, S., and Kendall, E. (2021), The Indian Ocean Geoid Low at a plume-slab overpass, Tectonophysics, 229037, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229037
  114. Bredow, E., Steinberger, B., Gassmöller, R., and Dannberg, J. (2021), Mantle convection and possible mantle plumes beneath Antarctica - insights from geodynamic models and implications for topography, in The Antarctic Mantle: a Petrological, Geophysical, Geodynamic and Geodetic View, GSL Books, ed. Martin, A.P., and W. van der Wal, Geological Society of London, doi:10.1144/M56-2020-2

B. Selected other publications:

  1. Hipkin, R.G. and B. Steinberger (1990). Testing Newton's Law in the Megget Water Reservoir: in Gravity, Gradiometry and Gravimetry, ed. Rummel, R. and R.G. Hipkin, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Springer Verlag, 31-39 [pdf]
  2. Steinberger, B. (1990). Über die Bewegung von magnetischen Bakterien in Magnetfeldern (On the motion of magnetic bacteria in magnetic fields), Unpublished Diploma thesis, Universität München.
  3. Steinberger, B. and O'Connell, R.J., (1995). Mantle flow and the distribution of hotspots, Terra Nostra, 95 (3), 135-138.
  4. O'Connell, R.J. and Steinberger, B., (1995). Deflection of plumes in a convecting mantle and A self-consistent method for the advection of subducted slabs, Terra Nostra, 95 (3), 110-113.
  5. Steinberger, B. (1996). Motion of hotspots and changes of the Earth's rotation axis caused by a convecting mantle, Ph.D. thesis, Harvard Univ. [abstract][thesis.ps.gz][Note]
  6. Tarduno, J.A., Duncan, R.A., Scholl, D.W., et al. (2002). Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 197
  7. Torsvik, T.H. and Steinberger, B. (2006). Fra kontinentaldrift til manteldynamikk, Geo, Desember 2006, 20-30 [pdf]
    English translation: From continental drift to mantle dynamics, Gråsteinen, 12, 24-38 [pdf]
  8. Steinberger, B. (2008). Reconstructing Earth history in three dimensions, Science, 322, 866-868, doi:10.1126/science.1166395 [pdf]