Dr. Alissa Kotowski

Universitair docent
Structural geology & EM
a.j.kotowski@uu.nl

Publicaties

2026

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Petroccia, A., Giuntoli, F., Kotowski, A., Buono, G., Chogani, A., Hellebrand, E., Pappalardo, L., & Callegari, I. (2026). Tracking Dehydration Reactions and Fossil Fluid Flux in Shear Zones Using Garnet Microstructures. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 44(5), 394-414. [DOI] [Repository]
Maremmani, A., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Advokaat, E. L., Kotowski, A. J., & Guilmette, C. (2026). Orogenic architecture diagrams to reconstruct paleogeography and plate tectonics: Newfoundland (Canada) as a case study. Journal of the Geological Society, Article jgs2026-039. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Arias, A., Eberhard, L., Beinlich, A., John, T., Kotowski, A., & Plümper, O. (2026). Quantifying Vein Network Permeability in Dehydrated Serpentinites Using Thermodynamics and Generative AI. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131(2), Article e2025JB032776. [DOI] [Repository]
Kotowski, A. J., Seyler, C. E., Kirkpatrick, J. D., & van Hinsbergen, D. J. J. (2026). Cooling-Induced Rheological Weakening Along the Nascent Plate Interface—A Mechanism for Catastrophic Subduction Initiation? Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131(1), Article e2025JB032212. [DOI] [Repository]

2025

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kleijbeuker, L. H., Amiri, H., Hamers, M. F., & Kotowski, A. J. (2025). Quantitative Microstructural Analysis of Exhumed Epidote-Amphibolites and Plate Interface Rheology in Warm Subduction Zones. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 26(4), Article e2024GC011886. [DOI] [Repository]

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kotowski, A. (2023). Metamorphic and mechanical feedbacks facilitate plate boundary weakening during subduction initiation. Abstract from American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2023, San Francisco, California, United States.
Kotowski, A. (2023). Low-temperature plate boundary serpentinization post-dates subduction initiation and facilitates obduction of an Appalachian ophiolite. Abstract from Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, France. [DOI]

2022

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kelemen, P. B., de Obeso, J. C., Leong, J. A., Godard, M., Okazaki, K., Kotowski, A. J., Manning, C. E., Ellison, E. T., Menzel, M. D., Urai, J. L., Hirth, G., Rioux, M., Stockli, D. F., Lafay, R., Beinlich, A. M., Coggon, J. A., Warsi, N. H., Matter, J. M., Teagle, D. A. H., ... Sulaimani, Z. A. (2022). Listvenite Formation During Mass Transfer into the Leading Edge of the Mantle Wedge: Initial Results from Oman Drilling Project Hole BT1B. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. [DOI]
Kotowski, A. J., Cisneros, M., Behr, W. M., Stockli, D. F., Soukis, K., Barnes, J., & Ortega-Arroyo, D. (2022, May 23). Subduction, underplating, and return flow recorded in the Cycladic Blueschist Unit exposed on Syros Island, Greece. [DOI]
Kotowski, A. (2022). Relative strengths and deformation mechanisms of amphibole-rich rocks in hot and cold subduction zones (Invited). Abstract from Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2022, Denver, Colorado, United States.
Kotowski, A. (2022). Glaucophane plasticity and scale-dependent yield strength from nanoindentation experiments. Abstract from European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria. [DOI]

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kotowski, A. J., Cloos, M., Stockli, D. F., & Orent, E. B. (2021). Structural and Thermal Evolution of an Infant Subduction Shear Zone: Insights From Sub‐Ophiolite Metamorphic Rocks Recovered From Oman Drilling Project Site BT‐1B. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. [DOI]
Cisneros, M., Barnes, J. D., Behr, W. M., Kotowski, A. J., Stockli, D. F., & Soukis, K. (2021). Insights from elastic thermobarometry into exhumation of high-pressure metamorphic rocks from Syros, Greece. Solid Earth. [DOI]

2020

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Menzel, M. D., Urai, J. L., de Obeso, J. C., Kotowski, A., Manning, C. E., Kelemen, P. B., Kettermann, M., Jesus, A. P., & Harigane, Y. (2020). Brittle Deformation of Carbonated Peridotite—Insights From Listvenites of the Samail Ophiolite (Oman Drilling Project Hole BT1B). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. [DOI]

2019

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kotowski, A., & Behr, W. M. (2019). Length scales and types of heterogeneities along the deep subduction interface: Insights from exhumed rocks on Syros Island, Greece. Geosphere. [DOI]