Please note links to locally hosted PDF reprints. For
GJI, the definitive versions are available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.
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Ghosh, A., Becker, T. W., and Zhong, S.: Effects of lateral viscosity
variations on the geoid. Submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett., 2009.
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Bailey, I. W., Ben-Zion, Y., Becker, T. W., and Holschneider, M.:
Quantifying focal mechanism heterogeneity for fault zones in central
and southern California. Submitted to Geophys. J. Int., 2009.
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Bullen, A. L., McNamara, A., Becker, T. W., and Ritsema, J.: Global scale
models of the mantle flow field predicted by synthetic tomography
models. Submitted to Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 2009.
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| 2009 |
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Foley, B. and Becker, T. W.: Generation of plate-like behavior and mantle
heterogeneity from a spherical, visco-plastic convection model.
Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 10, Q08001, doi:10.1029/2009GC002378, 2009.
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Kaus, B, Liu, Y., Becker, T. W., Yuen, D., and Shi, Y.:
Lithospheric stress-states predicted from long-term tectonic models:
influence of rheology and possible application to Taiwan.
J. Asian Earth Sci., 36, 119-134, 2009.
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Castelnau, O., Blackman, D. K. and Becker, T. W.: Numerical
simulations of texture development and associated rheological
anisotropy in regions of complex mantle flow. Geophys. Res. Lett, 36, L12304,
doi:10.1029/2009GL038027, 2009.
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Bailey, I. W., Becker, T. W., and Ben-Zion, Y.:
Patterns of co-seismic strain computed from southern California focal mechanisms.
Geophys. J. Int., 177, 1015-1036, 2009.
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| 38 | Becker, T. W. and
Faccenna, C.: A review of the role of subduction dynamics for
regional and global plate motions. In: Subduction Zone
Geodynamics, Lallemand, S. and Funiciello, F. (eds), Springer,
p. 3-34, 2009.
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Qin, Y., Capdeville, Y., Montagner, J.-P., Boschi, L., and
Becker, T. W.: Reliability of mantle tomography models assessed by
spectral-element simulation. Geophys. J. Int., 177, 125-144, 2009.
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Milner, K., Becker, T. W., Boschi, L., Sain, J., Schorlemmer, D. and
H. Waterhouse: The Solid Earth Research and Teaching Environment: a
new software framework to share research tools in the classroom and
across disciplines. EOS Trans. AGU, 90, 12, 2009.
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Becker, T. W., Conrad, C. P., Buffett, B. and
Müller, R. D.: Past and present seafloor age distributions and
the temporal evolution of plate tectonic heat transport.
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 278, 233-242, 2009.
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| 2008 | 34 |
Kaus, B. J. P., Steedman, C., and Becker, T. W.:
From passive continental margin to mountain belt: insights from
analytical and numerical models and application to Taiwan.
Physics Earth Planet. Int., 171, 235-251, 2008.
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Platt, J. P., Kaus, B. J. P. and Becker, T. W.: The
San Andreas Transform system and the tectonics of California: An
alternative approach. Earth
Planet. Sci. Lett., 274, 380-391, 2008.
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Faccenna, C., Rossetti, F., Becker, T. W., Danesi, S., and
Morelli, A: Recent extension driven by mantle upwelling at craton edge
beneath the Admirality Mountains (Ross Sea, East
Antarctica). Tectonics, 27, TC4015, doi:10.1029/2007TC002197, 2008.
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Funiciello, F., Faccenna, C., Heuret, A., Di Giuseppe, E., Lallemand,
S., and Becker, T. W.: Trench migration, net rotation
and slab-mantle coupling. Earth
Planet. Sci. Lett., 271, 233-240, 2008.
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Boschi, L., Becker, T. W., and Steinberger, B.:
On the statistical significance of correlations between synthetic
mantle plumes and tomographic models.
Physics Earth Planet. Int., 167, 230-238, 2008.
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Becker, T. W.: Azimuthal seismic anisotropy constrains net rotation
of the lithosphere. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L05303,
doi:10.1029/2007GL032928, 2008. (Correction: 2008GL033946) |
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Becker, T. W., Kustowski, B., Ekström, G.:
Radial seismic anisotropy as a constraint for upper mantle rheology.
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 267, 213-237, 2008.
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| 2007 |
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Boschi, L., T. W. Becker, and B. Steinberger, Mantle plumes:
Dynamic models and seismic images, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8,
Q10006, doi:10.1029/2007GC001733, 2007.
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Becker, T. W., Ekström, G., Boschi, L., and Woodhouse, J.: Length
scales, patterns, and origin of azimuthal seismic anisotropy
in the upper mantle as mapped by Rayleigh waves.
Geophysical J. Int., 171, 451-462, 2007.
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Loyd, S. J., Becker, T. W., Conrad, C. P.,
Lithgow-Bertelloni, C., and Corsetti, F.A.: Time-variability in
Cenozoic reconstructions of mantle heat flow: plate tectonic cycles
and implications for Earth's thermal evolution.
Proceed. Nat. Acad. Sci., 104, 14266-14271, 2007.
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Becker, T. W., Browaeys, J. T., and Jordan, T. H.: Stochastic analysis
of shear wave splitting length scales. Earth
Planet. Sci. Lett., 259, 526-540, 2007.
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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. |
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Kaus, B. J. P. and Becker, T. W.: Effects of
elasticity on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability:
implications for large-scale
geodynamics. Geophys. J. Int., 168,
843-862, 2007.
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| 2006 |
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Montesi, L. G. J., di Toro, G., Simons, F. J.,
Akber-Knudson, S.,
Becker, T. W., Billen, M., Deschamps, A., and Kellogg, J. B.:
Young scientists focus on the dynamics of the lithosphere, EOS
Trans. AGU, 87(44), 482, 2006. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| 2005 |
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Simons, F. J., Becker, T. W., Kellogg, J. B., Billen, M.,
Hardebeck, J., Lee, C.-T., Montési, L. G. J., Panero, W. and
Zhong, S.: MYRES: A
Program to Unite Young Solid Earth Researchers, EOS
Trans. AGU, 86(5), 48, 2005. |
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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.
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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.
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| 2004 |
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Simons, F. J., Becker, T. W., Kellogg, J. B., Billen, M.,
Hardebeck, J., Lee, C.-T., Montési, L. G. J., Panero, W. and
Zhong, S.:
Young Solid Earth Researchers of the World Unite! EOS
Trans. AGU, 85(16), 160, 2004. |
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| 2003 |
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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.
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| 2002 |
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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. Geophys. Res.,
107, 2190, 2002. |
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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.
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| 2001 |
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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.
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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. |
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| 2000 |
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Becker, T. W.:
Deterministic Chaos in two State-variable Friction Sliders and the
Effect of Elastic Interactions, in
GeoComplexity and the physics of earthquakes, edited by
J. B. Rundle, D. L. Turcotte, and W. Klein,
p. 5-26,
American Geophysical Union, Washington
D. C., 2000.
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| 1999 |
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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, 351-365, 1999. |
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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.
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| 1998 |
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Becker, T. W. and Braun, A.: New program maps geoscientific datasets interactively.
EOS Transactions AGU, 79,
505, 1998. |
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Becker, T. W. and Schmeling, H.:
Earthquake recurrence time variations with and without fault zone interactions.
Geophys. J. Int.,
135, 165-176, 1998. |
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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.
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