Conference abstracts of Rob Govers

2011

Baes, Marzieh, Rob Govers, and Rinus Wortel, Study of different lithospheric responses to continental collision: Insight from numerical models, Geoscience society of New Zealand conference, Nelson, New Zealand, 27 November to 1 December, 2011 (pdf).
Bartol, Jeroen, Rob Govers, and Rinus Wortel, The central Anatolian plateau: relative timing of uplift and magmatism, EGU, Vienna, Austria, April 4-8, 2011 (pdf).
Furlong, Kevin P., and Rob Govers, Partitioning deformation in subduction regimes throughout the earthquake cycle, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 5-9 December 2011.
Govers, Rob, Rinus Wortel, and Marzieh Baes, Initiation of the post-Oligocene subduction phase in the Western Mediterranean, EGU, Vienna, Austria, April 4-8 2011 (pdf).
Govers, Rob, Karin Warners-Ruckstuhl, Cyril Hochard, Peter J Webb, Sandrine Quere, Marinus J R Wortel, Gérard Stampfli, Cees van Oosterhout, J. Huw Davies, Torque balance evolution of Eurasia since the Miocene, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 5-9 December 2011.
Plattner, Christina, Falk Amelung, Scott Baker, Rob Govers, Mike Poland, Modeling flank motion at Kilauea volcano (Hawai’i): Insights in the dynamic interaction between tectonic and magmatic driving forces for volcano deformation, EGU, Vienna, Austria, April 4-8 2011 (pdf).
Plattner, Christina , Falk Amelung, Scott Baker, Rob Govers, Michael P Poland, Yan Lavallee, Modeling “secular” flank motion at Kilauea Volcano (Hawai’i) during 2000-2003, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 5-9 December 2011.
Riva, Riccardo, and Rob Govers, Postseismic deformation following the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake from dedicated post-processing of GRACE data, EGU, Vienna, Austria, April 4-8 2011.
Warners-Ruckstuhl, Karin, Rob Govers, and Rinus Wortel, The Eurasian stress field: important role of topography and mantle flow, EGU, Vienna, Austria, April 4-8, 2011 (pdf).
Wortel, Rinus, Rob Govers, and Marzieh Baes, Plate boundary reorganization in the western-central Mediterranean: Initiation of subduction along the southern boundaries?, EGU, Vienna, Austria, April 4-8 2011.

2010

Baes, Marzieh, Rob Govers, and Rinus Wortel, Subduction initiation along a weakened margin: Insights from numerical models of STEP faults, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2010 (pdf).
Bartol, Jeroen, Rob Govers, and Rinus Wortel, The central Anatolian plateau: new insights from thermal-flexural modeling, GSA meeting Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia, Ankara, Turkey, 4-8 October 2010 (pdf).
Bartol, Jeroen, Rob Govers, and Rinus Wortel, On the cause of Miocene uplift of the Central Anatolian plateau: new insights from thermal-flexural modeling, 6th TOPO-EUROPE Workshop, 4-7 November 2010 (pdf).
Bartol, Jeroen, Rob Govers, and Rinus Wortel, A possible cause of the Miocene uplift and volcanism in the central Anatolian plateau, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A.,13-16 December 2010 (pdf).
Bartol, J., Rob Govers, and Rinus Wortel, Uplift of the eastern and central Anatolian plateau; New insights from thermal modeling, NAC (Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres) , Veldhoven, The Netherlands, 22-23 April, 2010.
Govers, Rob, Roberta de Franco, and Rinus Wortel, How the subduction contact controls the response to continental collision, GSA meeting Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia, Ankara, Turkey, 4-8 October 2010 (pdf).
Govers, Rob, Roberta de Franco, and Rinus Wortel, Nature of the plate contact and subduction zone diversity, GSA meeting Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia, Ankara, Turkey, 4-8 October 2010.
Govers, Rob, Rinus Wortel, and Marzieh Baes, Initiation of the post-Oligocene subduction phase in the Western Mediterranean [invited], AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A.,13-16 December 2010 (pdf).
Govers Rob, Subduction zone diversity and great earthquakes, UU-China Workshop "Dynamics of crustal faulting: from great earthquakes to human-induced seismicity", June 7-9, 2010.
Govers, R., Wortel, R. and Baes, M., On the cause of Miocene opening of the Western Mediterranean, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A.,13-16 December 2010 (invited).
Ozbakir, Ali, Rob Govers and Rinus Wortel, The nature and location of the plate boundary between the Anatolian and African plates, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2010 (pdf).
Ozbakir, Ali, Rob Govers and Rinus Wortel, The nature and location of the plate boundary between the Anatolian and African plates, GSA meeting Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia, Ankara, Turkey, 4-8 October 2010 (pdf).
Quere, Sandrine, Karin Ruckstuhl, Rinus Wortel, Rob Govers, Cyril Hochard and Gérard Stampfli, Towards modelling the evolution of intra plate stress : the Eurasian plate 20 Ma, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2010 (pdf)
Warners-Ruckstuhl, K.N., Govers, R., and Wortel, R. Imprint of global mantle convection on the intra-plate stress field of Eurasia, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A.,13-16 December 2010.
Wortel, R., Govers, R., and Baes, M., Plate boundary reorganization in the western Mediterranean, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A.,13-16 December 2010.

2009

Bartol, J. and R. Govers, Messinian-Pontian Crisis in the Black Sea: Constraining the magnitude of sea level drop, EGU (SSP17), Vienna, Austria, 2009.
Furlong, K.P., Hayes, G.P., Govers, R., and Malservisi, R.,The 29 September Mw8+ Samoa Earthquake: Tectonic drivers and reactivated detachment faults?, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2009.
Plattner, T., Malservisi, R., and Govers, R., Dynamic effects of micro-plate transfer: Lessons from Baja California (invited), MX, IASPEI (L1), Cape Town, South Africa, 2009.
Plattner, T., Malservisi, R., and Govers, R., Microplate transfer by lithospheric coupling forces at the plate boundary, EGU2009-5040, Vienna, Austria, 2009.
Plattner, T., Amelung, F., Dixon, T., and Govers, R., Surface subsidence induced by the Crandall Mine (Utah) collapse: InSAR observations and anelastic modeling, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2009.
Riva, R.E.M., and R. Govers, Relating viscosities from post-seismic relaxation to a realistic viscosity structure for the lithosphere, EGU (GD7/G21), Vienna, Austria, 2009.
Ruckstuhl, K., P. Th. Meijer, M.J.R. Wortel, and R. Govers, How important is the mantle's fingerprint on the lithospheric stress field?, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2009.
van Benthem, S., R. Govers, and W. Spakman, An evaluation of Neogene tectonic reconstructions for the eastern Caribbean using tomography, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2009.

2008

Baes, M., Govers, R., and Wortel R., Subduction initiation in the western Mediterranean: preliminary results of numerical modeling, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2008 (pdf).
Baes, M., R. Govers, R. Wortel, Geodynamic models of Late Oligocene subduction initiation in the Western Mediterannean, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2008 (html).
Bartol J. and Govers, R. Flexural response of the Black Sea to the Messinian Salinity Crisis, Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Velhoven, Netherlands, 2008 (pdf).
Van Benthem S. and Govers, R. Dynamics of the Caribbean and Panama plates, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2008 (pdf).
DeFranco, R., Govers, R., and Wortel, R. Nature of the plate contact and subduction zones diversity, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2008 (pdf).
DeFranco, R., Govers, R., and Wortel, R., Subduction Zone Diversity and Nature of the Plate Contact, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2008 (html).
Domzig, A., Govers, R., Wortel, R., Deverchere, J., and Yelles, K., The western Algerian Margin: an Example of a Miocene STEP (Subduction-Transform Edge Propagator)? New constraints for the geodynamic evolution of the Alboran region, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2008 (pdf).
Govers, R. On the Messinian evolution of the western Alboran region, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2008 (pdf).
Govers, R. On the Messinian evolution of the western Alboran region, Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven, Netherlands, 2008 (pdf).
Plattner, T., Malservisi, R., and Govers, R. Do stalled slab fragments drive Baja California?, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2008.
Plattner, C., R. Malservisi, R. Govers, G. Iaffaldano, Baja transfer by partial coupling with the Pacific plate, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2008 (html).
Tirel, C., Wortel, R. Govers, R., Brun, J.-P., Burov, E. Accretion of continental nappes along a convergent plate boundary, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2008 (pdf).
van Benthem S. and Govers, R., The Caribbean plate: Pushed, pulled or dragged?, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2008 (html).
van Benthem S. and Govers, R. Dynamics of the Caribbean and Panama plates, Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven, Netherlands, 2008 (pdf).
Wortel, M.J.R., Govers, R., and Spakman, W., Collisional processes in the Africa-Eurasia convergence zone, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2008 (pdf).
Wortel, M.J.R., R. Govers, W. Spakman, Continental Collision and the STEP-wise Evolution of Convergent Plate Boundaries: The Mediterranean Region, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2008 (html).

2007

Domzig, A., J. Deverchere, K. Yelles, R. Govers, R. Wortel, C. Petit, A. Cattaneo, A. Kherroubi, and the MARADJA Scientific teams, The Algerian Margin: an example of reactivation in compression of a complex Cenozoic passive margin, AGU, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2007 (pdf)
De Franco, R., R. Govers, and R. Wortel, From oceanic lithosphere subduction to continental collision: Influence of the plate contact, AGU, San Francisco, U.S.A, 2007 (pdf)
De Franco, R., R. Govers, and R. Wortel, The impact of having a subduction channel or a subduction fault (invited), EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2007 (pdf)
Govers, R., P. Th. Meijer, and W. Krijgsman, Solid earth response to Messinian Salinity Crisis events, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2007 (pdf).
Malservisi, R., R. Govers and K. Furlong, How does a lithospheric plate boundary adapt to changes in plate motion? An example from South Island of New Zealand EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2007.

2006

De Franco, R., R. Govers, and R. Wortel, Subduction along a subduction fault or along a subduction channel: expected signatures from 2D numerical experiments, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2006 (pdf)
Furlong, K.P., and R. Govers, Topo-Mendocino - The link between topography and lithospheric processes in the wake of the Mendocino triple junction in northern California, USA, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2006 (pdf).
Govers, R., and P. Langebroek, Discriminating between possible causes for active tectonics of the SE Carpathians, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2006 (pdf).
Govers, R., P. Th. Meijer, and W. Krijgsman, Solid earth response to complete dessication of the Mediterranean as predicted from a 3D regional isostasy model, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2006 (pdf).
Govers, R., M.J.R. Wortel, and K. Ruckstuhl, STEP faults and their role in Mediterranean geodynamics, Third EUROMARGINS conference, Bologna, 4th-7th October 2006 (pdf).
Govers, R., P. Th. Meijer, and W. Krijgsman, Solid earth response to MSC events as predicted from a 3D regional isostasy model,R.C.M.N.S. Interim Colloquium "The Messinian salinity crisis revisited-II" Parma (Italy), 7th-9th September 2006 (pdf).
Govers, R., P. Th. Meijer, and W. Krijgsman, Solid earth response to the Messinian salinity crisis, H23, AGU, San Francisco, US, 2006 (pdf).
Lafemina, P., T. Dixon, and R. Govers, Cocos Ridge collision: Tectonic escape and mountain building in Central America, Geological Society of America annual meeting, Philadelphia, U.S., 2006 (html).
Malservisi, R., R. Govers and K. Furlong, How does a lithospheric plate boundary adapt to changes in plate motion? An example from South Island of New Zealand, T22, AGU, San Francisco, US, 2006.
Riva, R.E.M., and R. Govers, Is it possible to constrain a realistic viscosity structure for the crust?, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2006 (pdf).
Ruckstuhl, K., R. Govers, and M.J.R. Wortel, Consequences of STEP's in the Calabrian subduction region, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2006 (pdf).
Wortel, M.J.R., W. Spakman, and R. Govers, Deep structure and evolution of the Cyprus Arc, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2006 (pdf).

2005

De Franco, R., and R. Govers, Subduction following continent-continental fragment collision: insights from two-dimensional numerical experiments (solicited), 06917, EGU, 2005 (pdf).
Govers, R., and P. Langebroek, Geodynamic Models of Active Tectonics in the South-East Carpathians (Romania), U51B-02, AGU, San Francisco, US, 2005 (pdf).
Govers, R., and M.J.R. Wortel, Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults and return flow around slab edges: geodynamic models with possible implications for the eastern Aegean region, International symposium on the Geodynamics of Eastern Mediterranean: active tectonics of the Aegean region, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005.
Govers, R., P. Langebroek, A. van der Hoeven, W. Spakman , and B. Ambrosius , What's moving Vrancea?, 09335 , EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2005 (pdf).
Malservisi, R., K.P. Furlong, and R Govers, Lithospheric-scale plate boundary response to changes in plate motion, T21C-0502, AGU, San Francisco, US, 2005 (pdf).
Ruckstuhl, K., R. Govers, and M.J.R Wortel, Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: dynamic consequences of slab edges in the Central Mediterranean 07591, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2005 (pdf).
Schmalzle, G.M., P. LaFemina, T. Dixon, R. Malservisi, R. Govers, and J. Oldow, Strain Patterns Across the Eastern California Shear Zone, G21B-1281, AGU, San Francisco, USA, 2005 (pdf).
Schmalzle, G., T. Dixon, R. Malservisi, and R. Govers, Strain Accumulation Across the Central San Andreas Fault: Impact of Laterally Varying Crustal Properties, Joint Assembly of AGU, SEG, NABS and SPD/AAS, New Orleans, USA, 2005 (pdf).

2004

De Franco, R., and R. Govers, A preliminary investigation of the continuity of subduction following terrane accretion, EGU, Nice, France, 2004 (pdf).
Goes, S., S. van der Lee, R. Govers, and P. Vacher, Seismic constraints on the thermal structure of continental lithosphere (invited EGU04-A-04662), Nice, France, 2004 (pdf).
Govers, R., and R. Wortel, Slab-Transform Edge Propagator (STEP) faults: dynamic consequences as inferred from modeling, EGU04-A-06235, EGU, Nice, France, 2004 (pdf).
Govers, R., and R. Wortel, Lithosphere Tearing and Mantle Flow due to Slab Edges in the SW Pacific, Western Pacific Geophysical Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2004 (pdf).
Riva, R., R. Govers, and A. Aoudia, Crustal lateral heterogeneities and postseismic relaxation (invited EGU04-A-00484), EGU, Nice, France, 2004 (pdf).
Ruckstuhl, K., R. Govers, and M.J.R. Wortel, Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: dynamic consequences of slab edges, EuroMargins, Barcelona, Spain, 2004.
Wortel, M.J.R., and Rob Govers, Dynamic consequences of plate tearing at lateral terminations of subducting slabs: Slab-Transform Edge-Propagator (STEP) faults, IGC, Florence, Italy, 2004.

2003

de Franco, R., and R. Govers, Consequences of different rheologies on numerical models of subduction, 8th Workshop 'Numerical modeling of mantle convection and lithosphere dynamics', Castle of Hruba Skala, Czech Republic, September 13 - 18, 2003.
Govers, R., and R. Wortel, Dynamics of slab-transform plate boundaries: preliminary finite element models of the south-central Mediterranean uppermost mantle and lithosphere, 8th Workshop 'Numerical modeling of mantle convection and lithosphere dynamics', Castle of Hruba Skala, Czech Republic, September 13 - 18, 2003.
Riva, R., R. Govers, A. Aoudia, and B. Vermeersen, Influence of lateral variations in crustal mechanical properties on postseismic deformation, EGU, Nice, France, 2003.

2002

Govers, R., In between strike slip and subduction: lithosphere scale transitional tectonics of the Southern Alps, Invited abstract SE31D-04, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(22), 71, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 2002.

2001

Buiter, S., R. Govers, R. Wortel, and M. van der Meulen, Could slab detachment explain the Late Miocene uplift of Northern Italy?, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Nice, France, 2001.
Buiter, S.J.H., R. Govers, and M.J.R. Wortel, A modelling study of vertical displacements at convergent plate margins, 7th Workshop 'Numerical modeling of mantle convection and lithosphere dynamics', Aussois, France, 2001.
Govers, R., and P. Th. Meijer, Is the Juan de Fuca Plate driven by neighbor plates?, Abstract T12C-0924, EOS Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., 2001.

2000

Govers, R., Lithosphere Scale Geodynamic Simulations of Transpression, Vijfde Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven (Netherlands), 2000.
Govers, R., and P. Th. Meijer, On the Dynamics of the Juan de Fuca Plate, EOS Trans. AGU, 81 (48), F1096, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 2000.
Govers, R., M.J.R. Wortel, and S.J.H. Buiter, Surface expressions of slab break-off: results from 3D numerical models, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Nice (France), 2000.
Malservisi, R., K.P. Furlong, and R. Govers, Australian plate flexure int the Fiordland (New Zealand) subduction, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Nice (France), 2000.

1999

Buiter, S.J.H., R. Govers, and M.J.R. Wortel, Surface motions due to slab detachment, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 1, 65, European Geophysical Society Meeting, The Hague (Netherlands), 1999.
Buiter, S., R. Govers, and R. Wortel, A modelling study of vertical surface displacements at convergent plate margins, EOS Trans. AGU, -, -, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1999.
Furlong, K.P., and R. Govers, Geodynamics of the Mendocino triple junction, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 1, 67, European Geophysical Society Meeting, The Hague (Netherlands), 1999.
Furlong, K.P., S.Y. Schwartz, and R. Govers, Crustal structure and mantle dynamics in the wake of the Mendocino Triple Junction, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1999.
Goes, S., R. Govers, and P. Vacher, Shallow mantle temperatures under Europe from P and S wave tomography, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 1, 48, European Geophysical Society Meeting, The Hague (Netherlands), 1999.
Govers, R., Lithosphere scale transitional tectonics between strike-slip and subduction: Application to the western Mediterranean, the northeast Pacific, and New Zealand, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 1, 65, European Geophysical Society Meeting, The Hague (Netherlands), 1999.
Malservisi, R., K.P. Furlong, and R. Govers, The role of Australian plate flexure on Fiordland (New Zealand) topography, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1999.

1998

Buiter, S.J.H., R. Govers, and M.J.R. Wortel, Numerical simulations of the surface effects of slab detachment, Abstract en Programmaboek, 4e Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven (Netherlands), 1998.
Buiter, S.J.H., R. Govers, and M.J.R. Wortel, Numerical simulations of the surface effects of slab detachment: The Apennines, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 16(I), C13, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Nice (France), 1998.
Buiter, S., R. Govers, and M.J.R. Wortel, 2D Simulations of the Surface Effects of Slab Detachment, EOS Trans. AGU, 103, F849, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1998.
Dillisse, I., S. Goes, R. Govers, and P. Vacher, Imaging upper mantle temperature and composition using seismic velocities: A test for the Mendocino triple junction area., Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 16(I), C35, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Nice (France), 1998.
Dillisse, I., S. Goes, R. Govers, and P. Vacher, Imaging upper mantle temperature and composition using seismic velocities: A test for the Mendocino triple junction area., Abstract en Programmaboek, 4e Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven (Netherlands), 1998.
Furlong, K.P., and R. Govers, Geodynamics of the Mendocino Triple Junction: Implications for Crustal Structure and Mantle Fabric, EOS Trans. AGU, 103, F859, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1998.
Goes, S., R. Govers, P. Vacher, H. Bijwaard, W. Spakman, H. Marquering, R. Snieder, and I. Dillisse, Shallow Mantle Temperatures Under Europe From P and S Wave Tomography, EOS Trans. AGU, 103, F664, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1998.
Govers, R., Numerical simulations of transpression, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 16(I), C45, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Nice (France), 1998.
Govers, R., Crustal thickening and deformation resulting from transpression: Results from numerical simulations, Abstract en Programmaboek, 4e Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven (Netherlands), 1998.
Govers, R., Lithosphere Scale Geodynamic Simulations of Transpression, EOS Trans. AGU, 103*, F903, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1998.
Kreemer, C., S. Goes, R. Govers, and W. Holt, Active deformation of eastern Indonesia and the Philippines inferred from seismicity and geodetic data, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 16(I), C46, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Nice (France), 1998.
van Wijk, J.W., and R. Govers, 3-D thermal modeling of the southern Californian upper mantle; the tectonic history of microplates, Abstract en Programmaboek, 4e Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven (Netherlands), 1998.
van Wijk, J.W., and R. Govers, 3-D thermal modeling of the southern Californian upper mantle; the tectonic history of microplates, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 16(I), C50, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Nice (France), 1998.

1997

Govers, R., K.P. Furlong, and J. van Wijk, Subduction of Ridges and Very Young Lithosphere: Modeling Derived Constraints on its Occurrence During the Cenozoic in the Northeast Pacific, Abstracts book, AGU Chapman conference on the history and dynamics of global plate motions, Marshall, California, June 17-22, 1997.
Kreemer, C., R. Govers, S. Goes, and B. Holt, Seismic Strain and Displacements in South-East Indonesia, EOS Trans. AGU, 78, 719, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1997.

1996

Buiter, S.J.H., M.J. van der Meulen, R. Govers, M.J.R. Wortel, and J.E. Meulenkamp, The role of subduction in foreland basin evolution: The Apennines, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 14(1), 80, The Hague (Netherlands), 1996.
Goes, S., R. Govers, S. Schwartz, and K. Furlong, Thermal modeling and seismicity of the Mendocino Triple Junction, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 14(1), 51, The Hague (Netherlands), 1996.
Govers, R., K.P. Furlong, and K.M.M. Rohr, Oceanic plate fragmentation resulting from attempted subduction of ridges: the Explorer Plate, Abstract en Programmaboek, #76, 3e Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven (Netherlands), 1996.
Govers, R., K.P. Furlong, and K.M.M. Rohr, Oceanic plate fragmentation resulting from subduction of ridges: The Explorer Plate, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 14(1), 107, The Hague (Netherlands), 1996.
Passier, M.L., R. Snieder, and R. Govers, Intermediate and small-scale upper mantle structure, Abstracts book, 58, Conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Santa Fe (New Mexico, U.S.A.), 1996.
Prims, J., K.P. Furlong, R. Govers, and K.M.M. Rohr, 3d flexural modeling in a transpressional regime: The Queen Charlotte Fault system in western Canada, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 14(1), 109, The Hague (Netherlands), 1996.

1995

Goes, S., S. Schwartz, R. Govers, and K.P. Furlong, Thermal modeling and seismicity of the Mendocino Triple Junction, EOS Trans. AGU, 76(46), F627, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1995.
Govers, R., and D. van der Wal, Imprints in peridotites of mantle processes in the western Mediterranean, Terra abstracts, 121, EUG VIII, Strasbourg (France), 1995.
Govers, R., and D. van der Wal, Mantle processes of the western Mediterranean recorded in the Ronda peridotite, IUGG XXI, Boulder, Colorado (U.S.A.), 1995.
Govers, R., K.P. Furlong, and K.M.M. Rohr, Dynamic evolution of the Explorer Plate, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 13(1), 17, Hamburg (Germany), 1995.
Govers, R., K.P. Furlong, and K.M.M. Rohr, Dynamics of a subduction-spreading-transform triple junction: the Explorer Plate, GAC/MAC Abstracts, 20, A-38, Victoria, B.C. (Canada), 1995.
Govers, R., K.P. Furlong, and K.M.M. Rohr, The Explorer Plate as a consequence of the evolution of a subduction-spreading-transform triple junction, IUGG XXI Abstracts volume B, 334, Boulder, Colorado (U.S.A.), 1995.
Meijer, P.T., R. Govers, and M.J.R. Wortel, Stress field of the South American plate, Terra abstracts, 41, EUG VIII, Strasbourg (France), 1995.
Meijer, P.Th., R. Govers, and M.J.R. Wortel, Forces controlling the current state of stress in the Andes, EOS Trans. AGU, 76(46), F373, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1995.

1994

Govers, R., and D. van der Wal, Implications of grain growth observations for the evolution of the Western Mediterranean upper mantle, EOS Trans. AGU, 75(44), 648-649, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1994.
Govers, R., and M.J.R. Wortel, Relation of the uplift of rift flanks to the mechanical properties of continental lithosphere during extension, EOS Trans. AGU, 75 (16), 333, Spring Meeting Suppl., Baltimore, Maryland (U.S.A.), 1994.
Govers, R., and M.J.R. Wortel, Physical conditions leading to symmetric or asymmetric continental extension; results from finite element modeling, Terra Nostra, 117, 1994.
Meijer, P.Th., M.J.R. Wortel, and R. Govers, Tectonic force distribution and stress field of the South American Plate, C15 , Annales Geophysicae Supplement, Grenoble (France), 1994.

1993

Govers, R., and M.J.R. Wortel, Extension of continental lithosphere and initiation of lithosphere-scale faults, Terra abstracts, 5, 237, EUG VII, Strasbourg (France), 1993.
Govers, R., and M.J.R. Wortel, Causes for Asymmetric extension and initiation of lithosphere-scale faults, EOS Trans. AGU, 74(43), 614, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1993.

1992

Govers, R., Initiation of detachment faults in lithospheric extension: results from dynamic modeling, Abstract en Programmaboek, 8, 1e Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven (Netherlands), 1992.
Govers, R., and M.J.R. Wortel, Initiation of lithosphere-scale faults: extension of stable continental lithosphere, EOS Trans. AGU, 73(43), 561, Fall Meeting Suppl., San Francisco (U.S.A.), 1992.

1991

Govers, R., Intraplate stress and strain rate as a function of depth and time, Terra Abstracts, 3, 263, EUG VI, Strasbourg (France), 1991.
Wortel, M.J.R., M.J.N. Remkes, R. Govers, and S.A.P.L. Cloetingh, Dynamics of the lithosphere and the intraplate stress field, Program and Abstracts volume, 5, Royal Society Discussion Meeting on "Origin and distribution of tectonic stress in the lithosphere", London, London (U.K.), 1991.

1990

Wortel, M.J.R., M.J.N. Remkes, R. Govers, and S.A.P.L. Cloetingh, Dynamics, stress field and seismicity of oceanic lithosphere, Program and abstracts volume, Symposium "Evolution of the oceanic lithosphere", Adler (USSR), 1990.

1989

Govers, R., R. Wortel, and S. Cloetingh, A method for estimating average differential stresses from focal depths, Annales Geophysicae Supplement, 10, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Barcelona (Spain), 1989.
Wortel, R., R. Govers, S. Cloetingh, and C. Stein, Stress level in the Indian plate: new constraints from the depth distribution of oceanic intraplate earthquakes, Abstract Volume 28th IGC Washington, part 3, 382-383, 28th International Geological Conference, Washington D.C., 1989.

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