Research projects
Bernhard Steinberger
Large-scale mantle flow
Global mantle flow models constrained by mineral physics and surface observations
Time changes of geoid and inertia tensor for models of mantle flow
Relation of mantle density anomalies, flow and geoid (spatial and spectral characteristics) on Earth, Mars and Venus
Dynamics of subducted slabs in the Earth's mantle
Plate motions and large-scale lithospheric stress field due to mantle flow, slab pull and plume push
Dynamic topography induced by global mantle flow
Influence of mantle convection on the Earth's magnetic field
Plumes and hotspots
Effects of mantle flow on hotspot motion
Paleolatitudes of hotspots and Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): Kerguelen, Ontong-Java (Louisville), Hawaii
Hotspot motion and age progression along hotspot tracks
Implications of hotspot motion on global plate reconstructions
Relation between seismological observations, and mantle plumes and LIPs
True polar wander (TPW)
Dynamics of TPW
Determining plate motions and TPW in the absence of hotspot tracks
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