Highlighted publications
Govers, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2005). Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: Response to edges of subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 236(1-2), 505-523.
van de Zedde, D. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2001). Shallow slab detachment as a transient source of heat at mid-lithospheric depths. Tectonics, 20, 868-882.
Carminati, E., Wortel, M. J. R., Spakman, W., & Sabadini, R. (1998). The role of slab detachment processes in the opening of the western-central Mediterranean basins: Some geological and geophysical evidence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 160(3-4), 651-665. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032465782&partnerID=40&md5=dbc8f4392099aa16b7bcf2438f42a4ce
Wortel, M. J. R., & Spakman, W. (2000). Subduction and slab detachment in the Mediterranean-Carpathian region. Science, 290, 1910-1917. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.290.5498.1910
Publications
2021
Scholarly publications
Meghraou, M., Jolivet, L., Wortel, R., & Conticelli, S. (2021). Introduction to the Special Section in “Geodynamics, Crustal and Lithospheric Tectonics, and Active Deformation in the Mediterranean Regions”: (A Tribute to Prof. Renato Funiciello). Tectonics, 40(7), 1-3. [e2021TC006939]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021TC006939
2019
Scholarly publications
Wortel, R., & Meijer, P. (2019). The Interface Between Tectonic Evolution and Cold-Water Coral Dynamics in the Mediterranean. In C. Orejas, & C. Jimenez (Eds.), Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals: Past, Present and Future: Understanding the Deep-Sea Realms of Coral (Vol. 9, pp. 499-505). (Coral Reefs of the World; Vol. 9). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91608-8_41
Other output
Özbakir, A. D., Govers, R. M. A., Fichtner, A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2019). The Kefalonia Transform Fault: a STEP in the making. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria. http://www.geo.uu.nl/~govers/Abstracts/2019%20EGU%20Ozbakir%20et%20al.pdf
Nijholt, N., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2019). The Gibraltar arc: can various (near)surface observations be explained through lithospheric-scale forces?. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria. http://www.geo.uu.nl/~govers/Abstracts/2019%20EGU%20Nijholt.pdf
2018
Scholarly publications
Nijholt, N., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2018). On the forces that drive and resist deformation of the south-central Mediterranean: a mechanical model study. Geophysical Journal International, 214(2), 876-894. [ggy144]. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy144
Other output
Wortel, M. J. R., & Govers, R. M. A. (2018). Modes of nappe emplacement in thrust belts: The Appennines, Italy. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2018, Wien, Austria.
Nijholt, N., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2018). On the forces that drive and resist deformation of the south-central Mediterranean: a mechanical model study. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, [EGU2018-11914]. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy144
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/375866/EGU2018_11914.pdf?sequence=1
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Nijholt, N., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2018). On the forces that drive and resist deformation of the south-central Mediterranean: a mechanical model study. Abstract from Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres 2018, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
2017
Scholarly publications
Özbakir, A. D., Govers, R., & Wortel, R. (2017). Active faults in the Anatolian-Aegean plate boundary region with Nubia. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 26(1), 30-56, plus Appendices. https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-1603-4
Other output
Nijholt, N., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2017). A slab expression in the Gibraltar arc? Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19, [13870]. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-13870.pdf
Wortel, M. J. R., Govers, R. M. A., & Polonia, A. (2017). Nappes, STEPs and the depth-dependence of orogenic arc formation. TS7.1. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria.
2016
Scholarly publications
Nikogosian, I., Ersoy, Ö., Whitehouse, M., Mason, P. R. D., de Hoog, J. C. M., Wortel, R., & van Bergen, M. J. (2016). Multiple subduction imprints in the mantle below Italy detected in a single lava flow. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 449, 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.033
Polonia, A., Torelli, L., Artoni, A., Carlini, M., Faccenna, C., Ferranti, L., Gasperini, L., Govers, R., Klaeschen, D., Monaco, C., Neri, G., Nijholt, N., Orecchio, B., & Wortel, R. (2016). The Ionian and Alfeo-Etna fault zones: New segments of an evolving plate boundary in the central Mediterranean Sea? Tectonophysics, 675, 69-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.03.016
Other output
Nijholt, N., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2016). Interplay of plate convergence and arc migration in the central Mediterranean (Sicily and Calabria). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, [EGU2016-13691]. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-13691.pdf
Nijholt, N., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2016). Lithosphere Dynamics in the South-Central Mediterranean (Sicily-Calabria). Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Fransisco, California, United States.
2015
Professional publications
Wortel, M. J. R., & Cloetingh, S. A. P. L. (2015). Nicolaas Jacob Vlaar, Levensbericht door M.J.R. Wortel en S.A.P.L. Cloetingh. In Levensberichten en herdenkingen 2014 (pp. 54-60). KNAW. https://www.knaw.nl/nl/actueel/publicaties/levensberichten-en-herdenkingen-2014/@@download/pdf_file/LH2014-totaal.pdf
Other output
Govers, R. M. A., van Benthem, S. A. C., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2015). What drives micro-plate motion and deformation in the northeastern Caribbean plate boundary region?. Abstract from 20th Caribbean Geological Conference, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Polonia, A., Wortel, M. J. R., Nijholt, N., & Govers, R. M. A. (2015). Deformation of the Calabria Arc subduction complex and its relation to STEP activity at depth. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria.
Govers, R. M. A., Garcia Sancho, C., Ruckstuhl, K. N., van der Burgt, J. C. H., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2015). A consistent geodynamic model for predicting the velocity and plate-internal deformation of Eurasia. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria.
Govers, R. M. A., Wortel, M. J. R., & van Benthem, S. A. C. (2015). What drives micro-plate motion and deformation in the northeastern Caribbean plate boundary region?. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, California, United States.
Bartol, J., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2015). Late Cretaceous – recent lithosphere scale evolution of Turkey: linking the crustal surface evolution to the structure of the mantle. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, California, United States.
2014
Other output
Govers, R. M. A., van Benthem, S. A. C., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2014). What drives microplate motion and deformation in the northeastern Caribbean plate boundary region?. Abstract from GSA Annual Meeting 2014, Vancouver, Canada.
Govers, R. M. A., van Benthem, S. A. C., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2014). What drives microplate motion and deformation in the northeastern Caribbean plate boundary region?. Abstract from Congres of the Italian Geological Society SGI-SIMP, Milan, United Kingdom.
Govers, R. M. A., Ruckstuhl, K. N., Garcia Sancho, C., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2014). A consistent geodynamic model for predicting the velocity and plate-internal deformation of Eurasia. Abstract from Wegener 2014 conference, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Govers, R. M. A., Wortel, M. J. R., Ruckstuhl, K. N., & van der Burgt, J. C. H. (2014). Dating the collision of India by tracking the evolution of forces on Eurasia. Abstract from NAC 12, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, Netherlands.
Polonia, A., L., T., A., A., G., B., Faccenna, C., L., F., L., G., Govers, R. M. A., C, M., G., N., B, O., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2014). A new plate boundary in the Ionian Sea. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria.
2012
Professional publications
van der Linden, W., & Wortel, R. (2012). 4.2.4. Earth Sciences at Utrecht. In P. Floor (Ed.), Dutch Earth Sciences - Development and Impact: Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands; 1912-2012 Centenary volume (pp. 105-109).
Other output
Topper, R. P. M., Meijer, P. T., Flecker, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2012). A box model study of the Late Miocene Mediterranean: Strontium isotopes and evaporites. Poster session presented at Poster.
2011
Scholarly publications
Topper, R. P. M., Flecker, R., Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2011). A box model of the Late Miocene Mediterranean Sea: Implications from combined 87Sr/86Sr and salinity data. Paleoceanography, 26(3), PA3223. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010PA002063
Agard, P., Omrani, J., Jolivet, L., Whitechurch, H., Vrielynck, B., Spakman, W., Monie, P., Meyer, B., & Wortel, R. (2011). Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process. Geological Magazine, 148(5-6), 692-725. https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675681100046X
2010
Scholarly publications
Wortel, R., & Govers, R. (2010). Geoscience: Driving Earth's surface motions. Nature, 465(7298), 559. https://doi.org/10.1038/465559a
2009
Scholarly publications
Wortel, R., Govers, R., & Spakman, W. (2009). Continental collision and the STEP-wise evolution of convergent plate boundaries: From structure to dynamics. In S. Lallemand, & F. Funiciello (Eds.), Subduction Zone Geodynamics (pp. 47-59). (Frontiers in Earth Sciences). Springer. http://www.springerlink.com/content/p105885153np6788/?p=8e08531127414a63b33828f090caa636&pi=2
2008
Professional publications
Kloosterboer-van Hoeve, M. L., van den Berg, A., van Bergen, M. J., de Bresser, J. H. P., Meijer, P. T., Paulssen, H., Wortel, R., & van der Valk, A. E. (2008). De bewegende aarde : een NLT-module voor 5/6 vwo. Junior College Utrecht, Universiteit Utrecht.
2006
Scholarly publications
Hafkenscheid, E., Wortel, M. J. R., & Spakman, W. (2006). Subduction history of the Tethyan region derived from seismic tomography and tectonic reconstructions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 111(B8), B08401-doi:10.1029/2005JB003791.
2005
Scholarly publications
Govers, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2005). Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: Response to edges of subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 236(1-2), 505-523.
2004
Scholarly publications
Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., Burov, E., Matenco, L., Toussaint, G., Bertotti, G., Andriessen, P. A. M., Wortel, M. J. R., & Spakman, W. (2004). Thermo-mechanical controls on the mode of continental collision in the SE Carpathians (Romania). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 218(1-2), 57-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00645-9
van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Snel, E., Garstman, S. A., Marunteanu, M., Langereis, C. G., Wortel, M. J. R., & Meulenkamp, J. E. (2004). Vertical motions in the Aegean volcanic arc: evidence for rapid subsidence preceding volcanic activity on Milos and Aegina. Marine Geology, 209(1-4), 329-345.
2003
Scholarly publications
Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., Horváth, F., Dinu, C., Stephenson, R. A., Bertotti, G., Bada, G., Matenco, L., Garcia-Castellanos, D., Andriessen, P. A. M., Wortel, M. J. R., Spakman, W., Mocanu, V., Langereis, C. G., Krijgsman, W., Fokkema, J. T., Drijkoningen, G., Ambrosius, B. A. C., Neubauer, F., Fodor, L., ... TECTOP Working, G. (2003). Probing Tectonic Topography in the Aftermath of Continental Convergence in Central Europe. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 84(10), 89-96. https://doi.org/10.1029/2003EO100001
2001
Scholarly publications
Buiter, S. J. H., Govers, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2001). A modeling study of vertical surface displacements at convergent plate margins. Geophysical Journal International, 147(2), 415-427.
van de Zedde, D. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2001). Shallow slab detachment as a transient source of heat at mid-lithospheric depths. Tectonics, 20, 868-882.
1999
Scholarly publications
Van Der Meulen, M. J., Kouwenhoven, T. J., Van Der Zwaan, G. J., Meulenkamp, J. E., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1999). Late Miocene uplift in the Romagnan Apennines and the detachment of subducted lithosphere. Tectonophysics, 315(1-4), 319-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00282-6
Govers, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1999). Some remarks on the relation between vertical motions of the lithosphere during extension and the necking depth parameter inferred from kinematic modeling studies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 104(B10), 23245-23253. [1999JB900201]. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999jb900201
Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1999). Cenozoic dynamics of the African plate with emphasis on the Africa-Eurasia collision. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 104(B4), 7405-7418. [1999JB900009]. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999jb900009
1998
Scholarly publications
van der Meulen, M. J., Meulenkamp, J. E., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1998). Lateral shifts of Apenninic foredeep depocentres reflecting detachment of subducted lithosphere. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 154(1-4), 203-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00166-0
Buiter, S. J. H., Wortel, M. J. R., & Govers, R. (1998). The role of subduction in the evolution of the Apennines foreland basin. Tectonophysics, 296(3-4), 249-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00158-9
Carminati, E., Wortel, M. J. R., Meijer, P. T., & Sabadini, R. (1998). The two-stage opening of the western-central Mediterranean basins: A forward modeling test to a new evolutionary model. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 160(3-4), 667-679. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00119-8
1997
Scholarly publications
Wong A Ton, S. Y. M., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1997). Slab detachment in continental collision zones: An analysis of controlling parameters. Geophysical Research Letters, 24(16), 2095-2098. [97GL01939]. https://doi.org/10.1029/97gl01939
Olbertz, D., Wortel, M. J. R., & Hansen, U. (1997). Trench migration and subduction zone geometry. Geophysical Research Letters, 24(3), 221-224. https://doi.org/10.1029/96GL03971
Meijer, P. T., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1997). Forces controlling the present-day state of stress in the Andes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 148(1-2), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00029-0
Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1997). Present-day dynamics of the Aegean region: A model analysis of the horizontal pattern of stress and deformation. Tectonics, 16(6), 879-895. https://doi.org/10.1029/97TC02004
1996
Scholarly publications
Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1996). Temporal variation in the stress field of the Aegean region. Geophysical Research Letters, 23(5), 439-442. https://doi.org/10.1029/96GL00380
1995
Scholarly publications
Yoshioka, S., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1995). Three-dimensional numerical modeling of detachment of subducted lithosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(B10), 20,223-20,244. https://doi.org/10.1029/94jb01258
Govers, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1995). Extension of stable continental lithosphere and the initiation of lithospheric scale faults. Tectonics, 14(4), 1041-1055. https://doi.org/10.1029/95TC00500
1994
Scholarly publications
de Jonge, M. R., Wortel, M. J. R., & Spakman, W. (1994). Regional scale tectonic evolution and the seismic velocity structure of the lithosphere and upper mantle: the Mediterranean region. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99(B6), 12,091-"12,108". http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028311978&partnerID=40&md5=ad5713019225ced40aef3a9c6ca23221
1993
Scholarly publications
Govers, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1993). Initiation of asymmetric extension in continental lithosphere. Tectonophysics, 223(1-2), 75-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(93)90159-H
1992
Scholarly publications
van den Beukel, J., & Wortel, R. (1992). Ridge-trench interaction: a possible mechanism for ophiolite emplacement. Ofioliti, 17(1), 141-154.
Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1992). The dynamics of motion of the South American plate. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97(B8), 11915-11931.
Govers, R., Wortel, M. J. R., Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., & Stein, C. A. (1992). Stress magnitude estimates from earthquakes in oceanic plate interiors. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97(B8).
Wortel, M. J. R., & Spakman, W. (1992). Structure and dynamics of subducted lithosphere in the Mediterranean region. In Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: Biological, chemical, geophysical, physical and medical sciences (3 ed., Vol. 95, pp. 325-347). (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen). KNAW.
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https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/349369/1992KNAW_Wortel_Spakman.pdf?sequence=1
1991
Scholarly publications
Wortel, M. J. R., Remkes, M. J. N., Govers, R., Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., & Meijer, P. T. (1991). Dynamics of the lithosphere and the intraplate stress field. Philosophical Transactions - Royal Society of London, A, 337(1645), 111-126.
1990
Scholarly publications
de Jonge, M. R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1990). The thermal structure of the Mediterranean upper mantle: a forward modelling approach. Terra Nova, 2(6), 609-616. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1990.tb00126.x
1989
Scholarly publications
Stein, C. A., Cloetingh, S., & Wortel, R. (1989). Seasat‐derived gravity constraints on stress and deformation in the northeastern Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 16(8), 823-826. https://doi.org/10.1029/GL016i008p00823
Cloetingh, S., Wortel, R., & Vlaar, N. J. (1989). On the initiation of subduction zones. Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH, 129(1-2), 7-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00874622
Spakman, W., Stein, S., van der Hilst, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1989). Resolution experiments for NW Pacific subduction zone tomography. Geophysical Research Letters, 16(10), 1097-1100. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0024876764&partnerID=40&md5=5a78a9ce189c09a28174d8b91c026ee6
1988
Scholarly publications
Wortel, M. J. R., & Vlaar, N. J. (1988). Subduction zone seismicity and the thermo-mechanical evolution of downgoing lithosphere. Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH, 128(3-4), 625-659. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00874551
van den Beukel, J., & Wortel, R. (1988). Thermo-mechanical modelling of arc-trench regions. Tectonophysics, 154(3-4), 177-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(88)90101-1
Spakman, W., Wortel, M. J. R., & Vlaar, N. J. (1988). The Hellenic subduction zone: a tomographic image and its geodynamic implications. Geophysical Research Letters, 15(1), 60-63. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0023796423&partnerID=40&md5=fa2ec5f46c6eeeec9f80654d21ec6bf5
1987
Scholarly publications
van den Beukel, J., & Wortel, R. (1987). Temperatures and shear stresses in the upper part of a subduction zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 14(10), 1057-1060. https://doi.org/10.1029/GL014i010p01057
Shudofsky, G. N., Cloetingh, S., Stein, S., & Wortel, R. (1987). Unusually deep earthquakes in East Africa: Constraints on the thermo‐mechanical structure of a continental rift system. Geophysical Research Letters, 14(7), 741-744. https://doi.org/10.1029/GL014i007p00741
Stein, S., Cloetingh, S., Wiens, D. A., & Wortel, R. (1987). Why does near ridge extensional seismicity occur primarily in the Indian Ocean? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 82(1-2), 107-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(87)90110-5
1986
Scholarly publications
Wortel, R. (1986). Deep earthquakes and the thermal assimilation of subducting lithosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 13(1), 34-37. https://doi.org/10.1029/GL013i001p00034
Wortel, M. J. R. (1986). Dynamical aspects of active continental margins. Geologie en Mijnbouw, 65(2), 119-132.
van den Beukel, J., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1986). Thermal modelling of arc-trench regions. Geologie en Mijnbouw, 65(2), 133-143.
Wortel, M. J. R., & Cloetingh, S. A. P. L. (1986). On the dynamics of convergent plate boundaries and stress in the lithosphere. In F-C. Wezel (Ed.), Developments in Geotectonics (Vol. 21, pp. 115-139). (Developments in Geotectonics). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-42688-8.50011-4
Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1986). Stress in the Indo-Australian plate. Tectonophysics, 132, 49-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(86)90024-7
1985
Scholarly publications
Wortel, M. J. R., & Cloetingh, S. A. P. L. (1985). Accretion and lateral variations in tectonic structure along the Peru-Chile Trench. Tectonophysics, 112(1-4), 443-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(85)90190-8
Cloetingh, S., & Wortel, R. (1985). Regional stress field of the Indian Plate. Geophysical Research Letters, 12(2), 77-80. https://doi.org/10.1029/GL012i002p00077
Cloetingh, S., Wortel, R., & Vlaar, N. J. (1985). Comment on "Short-lived 1.9 Ga continental margin and its destruction, Wopmay orogen, northwest Canada". Geology, 13(1), 82-83. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1985)13<82:CAROSG>2.0.CO;2
1984
Scholarly publications
Wortel, M. J. R. (1984). Spatial and temporal variations in the Andean subduction zone. Journal of the Geological Society, 141(5), 783-791. https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.141.5.0783
Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., Wortel, M. J. R., & Vlaar, N. J. (1984). Passive margin evolution, initiation of subduction and the Wilson cycle. Tectonophysics, 109(1-2), 147-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(84)90175-6
1983
Scholarly publications
Wortel, M. J. R. (1983). AGE-DEPENDENT SUBDUCTION OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE AND THE RHEOLOGY OF SUBDUCTED SLABS. In Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics (Vol. 15, pp. 391-395). (Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics). Elsevier Scientific Publ Co. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-99662-6.50078-2
Wortel, M. J. R., & Cloetingh, S. A. P. L. (1983). AGE-DEPENDENT DRIVING FORCES AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF THE FARALLON PLATE. In Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics (Vol. 15, pp. 385-389). (Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics). Elsevier Scientific Publ Co. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-99662-6.50077-0
Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., Wortel, M. J. R., & Vlaar, N. J. (1983). STATE OF STRESS AT PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS AND THE PROBLEM OF INITIATION OF SUBDUCTION. In Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics (Vol. 15, pp. 583-587). (Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics). Elsevier Scientific Publ Co. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-99662-6.50112-x
1982
Scholarly publications
Wortel, R. (1982). Seismicity and rheology of subducted slabs. Nature, 296(5857), 553-556. https://doi.org/10.1038/296553a0
Cloetingh, S., & Wortel, R. (1982). Finite element models of passive continental margins with implications for the initiation of subduction zones. Geologie en Mijnbouw, 61(3), 281-292.
Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., Wortel, M. J. R., & Vlaar, N. J. (1982). Evolution of passive continental margins and initiation of subduction zones. Nature, 297, 139-142. https://doi.org/10.1038/297139a0
1981
Scholarly publications
Wortel, R., & Cloetingh, S. (1981). On the origin of the Cocos-Nazca spreading center. Geology, 9(9), 425-430. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1981)9<425:OTOOTC>2.0.CO;2
1980
Scholarly publications
Cloetingh, S., Nolet, G., & Wortel, R. (1980). Crustal structure of the eastern Mediterranean inferred from Rayleigh wave dispersion. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 51(2), 336-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(80)90215-0
Wortel, M. J. R. (1980). Comments on ‘Lengths of intermediate and deep seismic zones and temperatures in downgoing slabs of lithosphere’ by Peter Molnar, David Freedman and John S. F. Shih. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 60(2), 307-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1980.tb04296.x
England, P., & Wortel, R. (1980). Some consequences of the subduction of young slabs. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 47(3), 403-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(80)90028-X
1979
Scholarly publications
Cloetingh, S., Nolet, G., & Wortel, R. (1979). On the use of rayleigh wave group velocities for the analysis of continental margins. Tectonophysics, 59(1-4), 335-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(79)90054-4
1978
Scholarly publications
Wortel, M. J. R., & Vlaar, N. J. (1978). Age-dependent subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath western South America. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 17(3), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(78)90037-7
Nolet, G., Panza, G. F., & Wortel, R. (1978). An averaged model for the Adriatic subplate. Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH, 116(6), 1284-1298. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00874687
Vlaar, N. J., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1978). Gravity and the earthquake mechanism. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 16(3), 240-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(78)90017-1
1976
Scholarly publications
Vlaar, N. J., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1976). Lithospheric aging, instability and subduction. Tectonophysics, 32(3-4), 331-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(76)90068-8