UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Publication network from the last five years
Profiles
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Arie van den Berg
- Faculty of Geosciences, DES - Mantle Dynamics & Theoretical Geophysics group - Emeritus Associate Professor
- Research Programme in Earth Sciences Utrecht (DES / IVAU)
Person: Guest, Contract or Emeritus
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Lydian Boschman
- Faculty of Geosciences, DES - Mantle Dynamics & Theoretical Geophysics group - Assistant Professor
- Research Programme in Earth Sciences Utrecht (DES / IVAU)
Person: Assistant Professor
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Agnes Hendrickx, MSc
- Faculty of Geosciences, DES - Mantle Dynamics & Theoretical Geophysics group - PhD Candidate
- Research Programme in Earth Sciences Utrecht (DES / IVAU)
Person: PhD Candidate
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Douwe van Hinsbergen
- Faculty of Geosciences, DES - Mantle Dynamics & Theoretical Geophysics group - Professor in Global Tectonics and Paleogeography
- Research Programme in Earth Sciences Utrecht (DES / IVAU)
Person: Professor
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Jadie Sauerbier
- Faculty of Geosciences, DES - Mantle Dynamics & Theoretical Geophysics group - PhD Candidate
- Research Programme in Earth Sciences Utrecht (DES / IVAU)
Person: PhD Candidate
Research output
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Active Plume, Abandoned Ridge, or Ancient Slab? olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions Record the Mantle Melting Conditions Below the East Pacific Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico
Koornneef, J. M., Tromp, L. J. J., Nikogosian, I. K., Barning, E. M., Deuss, A., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Harris, P. D. & van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Apr 2026, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 27, 4, e2025GC012699.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Cooling-Induced Rheological Weakening Along the Nascent Plate Interface—A Mechanism for Catastrophic Subduction Initiation?
Kotowski, A. J., Seyler, C. E., Kirkpatrick, J. D. & van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 131, 1, 34 p., e2025JB032212.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Describing the Global Gravity Field of Mars With Lithospheric Flexure and Deep Mantle Flow
Root, B., Qin, W., van der Tang, Y. & Thieulot, C., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 131, 2, e2024JE008765.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Fluid-Induced Magnetic Enhancement in Sandstone Friction Experiments: Implications for Coseismic Fault Temperature Estimates
Fu, Q., Dekkers, M. J., Spassov, S., Gürer, D., Hung, C. C., Arts, J. P. B. & Niemeijer, A. R., 16 Jun 2026, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 53, 11, e2026GL121692.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Geology of the abrupt northern termination of the Sistan suture zone and the subduction zone configuration in eastern Iran since the late Cretaceous
Rojhani, E., Ghaemi, F., Bagheri, S., Li, S., Lom, N. & van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Aug 2026, In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 308, 107148.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Activities
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Mantle structure of the Caribbean and its geodynamic consequences
Govers, R. M. A. (Invited speaker), Broerse, D. B. T. (Invited speaker), van Benthem, S. A. C. (Invited speaker), Spakman, W. (Invited speaker) & Wortel, M. J. R. (Invited speaker)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Poster/paper presentation › Academic
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VVFG excursion 2017
Cohen, K. (Organiser), Hoek, W. Z. (Organiser) & Advokaat, E. L. (Organiser)
27 Oct 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, seminar, course › Professional
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Computational Geodynamics
Thieulot, C. (Invited speaker)
9 Nov 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Academic
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ASPECT hackaton
Glerum, A. (Participant)
24 Jun 2016 → 2 Jul 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, seminar, course › Academic
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Computational Geodynamics
Thieulot, C. (Invited speaker)
26 May 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Popular
In the media
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Science and Technology Your backyard has traveled thousands of kilometers without you noticing, and a new tool shows where it was up to 320 million years ago.
16/05/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Helium in Zambiaanse warmwaterbronnen wijst op het scheuren van tektonische platen
12/05/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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New tool tracks lost continents and moving plates over the last 320 million years
4/05/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Where Was Your House 320 Million Years Ago? New Map Tracks Our Wandering Continents
3/05/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Prizes & Grants
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AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award for On the enigmatic birth of the Pacific Plate within the Panthalassa Ocean
Boschman, L. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award for Paleomagnetic Constraints on the Tectonic History of the Mesozoic Ophiolite and Arc Terranes of Western Mexico
Boschman, L. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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best poster award, Netherlands Earth Sciences Conferences 2008 (NAC9)
Spakman, W. (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Elected foreign member of the Norwegian Academy for Sciences and Letters
Spakman, W. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Election to learned society
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ERC Starting Grant 2011/2012
van Hinsbergen, D. J. J. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively