Slab tearing (sketch)
Sketch of laterally progressing slab detachment and resulting inflow of asthenospheric material into the opening gap.
Earth Sciences advance
Simplified 2-D depth-time diagram representing how the Earth Sciences advance through direct and indirect observations, and physical and conceptual modelling.
Solid-state convection
Simulation of infinite Prandtl number, thermal convection (e.g., mantle convection).
Solid-state convection (animation)
Simulation of infinite Prandtl number, thermal convection (e.g., mantle convection).
Subduction earthquakes (crosssection)
Vertical crosssection through the Japan subduction zone highlighting large, subduction-related earthquakes recorded over the last decades and the spatial distribution of their hypocentres.
Subduction zones (map)
A map of the Earth's subduction zones, featuring all major subduction trenches, including the South American and the Izu Bonin Marianas.
Ecological recovery
Ecological recovery of flora following destruction by ash deposition from the 1883 eruption of Krakatau in Indonesia.