Research Interests

Dr. D. Sokoutis research combines field studies with physical analogue modelling. He currently works on the mechanics of the lithosphere in cooperation with numerical modellers addressing the role of rheology during continent – continent collision, extension of thickened and hot lithosphere, rifting associated with and without magmatism, as well as the effects of erosion and sedimentation in orogenic belts. Dr. Sokoutis actively co-operates in a number of international research projects. A number of processes are of particular interest for his physical modelling research such as:

• The influence of erosion and mass transport in tectonic processes
• The role of the lithospheric mantle rheology in compressional/extensional processes.
• Deformation processes in subduction zones and associated basins.
• Continental lithospheric folding.
• Relationship between intra-plate tectonics and volcanism Oceanic domain: role of paleo-ridges and transform zones on the localization of volcanic chains.
• Continental domain: role of rifts and associated structures in the formation of intra-plate volcanism.