References
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Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 60, 333-354, 1980. First publication with the predecessor of GTECTON (TECTON).
- Melosh, H. J., and A. Raefsky, A simple and efficient method for introducing faults into finite element computations, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 71(5), 1391-1400, 1981. First publication about split (faulted) nodes in TECTON.
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- Govers, R., Wortel, M.J.R., 1993. Initiation of asymmetric extension in continental lithosphere. Tectonophysics 223, 75–96. First publication with the thermo-mechanical GTECTON code, including temperature dependent viscosities, traction boundary conditions, and residual force update.
- Govers, R.M.A., Dynamics of lithospheric extension: A modeling study, PhD Thesis, Geologica Ultraiectina, 105, 240 pp., 1993. First publication with the consequences of surface processes on lithosphere dynamics.
- Hall Wallace, M., and H.J. Melosh, Buckling of a pervasively faulted lithosphere, Pageoph., 142(2), 1994. Description of handling of geometric non-linearity.
- Govers, R., Meijer, P., 2001. On the dynamics of the Juan de Fuca plate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 189, 115–131. First publication with the spherical plane stress GTECTON code.
- Govers, R., Wortel, M., 1995. Extension of stable continental lithosphere and the initiation of lithospheric scale faults. Tectonics 14, 1041–1055. First publication with strain weakening and large deformation update in the GTECTON code.
- Govers, R., Wortel, M., 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 104, 23,245–23,253. First publication with Winkler pressure boundary conditions
- Buiter, S., Govers, R., Wortel, M., 2002. Two-dimensional simulations of surface deformation caused by slab detachment. Tectonophysics 354, 195–210. First publication with self-orienting slippery fault displacements.
- Govers, R., Wortel, M., 2005. Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: response to edges of subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 236, 505–523. First publication with 3D version and sparse solver implementation of GTECTON.
- Schmalzle, G., Dixon, T., Malservisi, R., Govers, R., 2006. Strain accumulation across the Carrizo segment of the San Andreas Fault, California: Impact of laterally varying crustal properties. Journal of Geophysical Research 111. First publication with out-of-plane version of GTECTON.
- De Franco, R., Govers, R., Wortel, R., 2007. Numerical comparison of different convergent plate contacts: subduction channel and subduction fault. Geophysical Journal International 171, 435–450. First publication with solution of steady state solution to diffusion-advection equation in GTECTON.
- Baes, M., R. Govers and M.J.R. Wortel, Subduction initiation along a STEP fault: Insights from numerical models, Geophys. J. Int., 184(3), 991-1008, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04896.x, 2011. First paper using Drucker-Prager visco-elasto-plastic flow laws in GTECTON, and plastic strain softening.
- Plattner, C., Malservisi, R., Govers, R., 2009. On the plate boundary forces that drive and resist Baja California motion. Geology 37, 359–362. First publication on handling fault intersections and triple junctions in GTECTON.
- George, O., Malservisi, R., Govers, R., Connor, C., and Connor, L. (2016). Is uplift of volcano clusters in the Tohoku volcanic arc, Japan driven by (sub)crustal ponding? A geodynamic study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 121:4780–4796. First paper on axi-symmetric modules in GTECTON.
- Govers, R., Furlong, K.P., van de Wiel, L., and Herman, M., (2017) The geodetic signature of the earthquake cycle at subduction zones: constraints from megathrust events, in prep. for Rev. Geophys. First paper on fully parallel version of GTECTON.