THORSTEN W. BECKER
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Southern California
Los Angeles

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New Orleans, 2006

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1. Faccenna, C., Becker, T. W., Lucente, F. P., Jolivet, L. and Rossetti, F.: History of Subduction and Back-arc Extension in the Central Mediterranean, Geophys. J. Int., 145, 809, 2001. PDF 95
2. Becker, T. W. and Boschi, L.: A comparison of tomographic and geodynamic mantle models, Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 3(1), 1003, doi:10.1029/2001GC000168, 2002. PDF 86
3. Becker, T. W., Kellogg, J. B., and O'Connell, R. J.: Thermal constraints on the survival of primitive blobs in the lower mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 171, 351, 1999. PDF 68
4. Felzer, K. R., Becker, T. W., Abercrombie, R. E., Ekström, G., and Rice, J. R.: Triggering of 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake by aftershocks of the 1992 Landers earthquake, J. Geophy. Res., 107, 2190, 2002. PDF 66
5. Becker, T. W., Faccenna, C., O'Connell, R. J., and Giardini, D.: The development of slabs in the upper mantle: insights from experimental and laboratory experiments. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 15207, 1999. PDF 56
6. Becker, T. W., Kellogg, J. B., Ekström, G., and O'Connell, R. J.: Comparison of azimuthal seismic anisotropy from surface waves and finite-strain from global mantle-circulation models, Geophys. J. Int., 155, 696-714, 2003. PDF 37
7. Enns, A., Becker, T. W., and Schmeling, H.: The dynamics of subduction and trench migration for viscosity stratification. Geophys. J. Int., 160, 761-775, 2005. PDF 34
8. Becker, T. W., Hardebeck, J. L., and Anderson, G.: Constraints on fault slip rates of the southern California plate boundary from GPS velocity and stress inversions. Geophys. J. Int., 160, 634-650, 2005. PDF 23
9. Becker, T. W. and O'Connell, R. J.: Predicting plate velocities with mantle circulation models, Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 2(12), doi:10.1029/2001GC000171, 2001. PDF 22
10. Becker, T. W.: On the effect of temperature and strain-rate viscosity on global mantle flow, net rotation, and driving forces. Geophys. J. Int., 167, 943-957, 2006. PDF 18
11. Piromallo, C., Becker, T. W., Funiciello, F., and Faccenna, C.: Three-dimensional instantaneous mantle flow induced by subduction, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L08304, doi:10.1029/2005GL025390, 2006. PDF 17
12. Becker, T. W. and Braun, A.: New program maps geoscientific datasets interactively. EOS Transactions AGU, 79, 505, 1998. 19
13. Becker, T. W., Chevrot, S., Schulte-Pelkum, V., and Blackman, D. K.: Statistical properties of seismic anisotropy predicted by upper mantle geodynamic models. J. Geophys. Res., 111, B08309, doi:10.1029/2005JB004095, 2006. PDF 15
14. Boschi, L., T. W. Becker, G. Soldati, and A M. Dziewonski, On the relevance of Born theory in global seismic tomography, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06302, doi:10.1029/2005GL025063, 2006. PDF 15
15. Becker, T. W., Schulte-Pelkum, V., Blackman, D. K., Kellogg, J. B., and O'Connell, R. J.: Mantle flow under the western United States from shear wave splitting, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 247, 235-251, 2006. PDF 15
Faccenna, C., Heuret, A., Funiciello, F., Lallemand, S., and Becker, T. W.: Predicting trench and plate motion from the dynamics of a strong slab. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 257, 29-36, 2007. PDF 15
Dahm, T. and Becker, T.: On the elastic and viscous properties of media containing strongly interacting in-plane cracks. Pure Appl. Geophys., 151, 1, 1998. PDF 12
Boschi, L., Becker, T. W., and Steinberger, B.: Mantle plumes: Dynamic models and seismic images, Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 8, Q10006, doi:10.1029/2007GC001733, 2008. PDF 11
Becker, T. W. and Schmeling, H.: Earthquake recurrence time variations with and without fault zone interactions. Geophys. J. Int., 135, 165-176, 1998. PDF 6

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