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Publications


(Reviewed)

T. Duretz, T.V. Gerya & D.A. May, "Numerical modelling of spontaneous slab breakoff and subsequent topographic response", Tectonophysics, 502 (1-2), pp. 244-256, 2011.

C.A. Mériaux, J.A. Mansour, L.N. Moresi, R.C. Kerr & D.A. May, "On the rise of strongly tilted mantle plume tails", Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 184 (1-2), pp. 63-79, 2011.

B.J.P Kaus, H. Mülhaus & D.A. May, "A stabilization algorithm for geodynamic numerical simulations with a free surface", Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 181 , pp. 12-20, 2010.

R.J. Farrington, D.R. Stegman, L.N. Moresi, M. Sandiford & D.A. May, "Interactions of 3D Mantle Flow and Continental Lithosphere near Passive Margins", Tectonophysics, 483 (1-2), pp. 20-28, 2010.

D.R. Stegman, J. Freeman & D.A. May, "Origin of ice diapirism, true polar wander, subsurface ocean, and tiger stripes of Enceladus driven by compositional convection", Icarus, 202 (2), pp. 669-680, 2009.

M. Vélic, D.A. May & L. Moresi, "A fast robust algorithm for computing discrete Voronoi diagrams", Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, 8 (3), pp. 343-355, DOI: 10.1007/s10852-008-9097-6, 2009.

D.A. May & L. Moresi, "Preconditioned iterative methods for Stokes flow problems arising in computational geodynamics", Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 171 (1-4), pp. 33-47, DOI:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.07.036, 2008.

M. OzBench, K. Regenauer-Lieb, D.R. Stegman, G. Morra, R. Farrington, A. Hale, D.A. May, J. Freeman, L. Bourgouin, H. Mühlhaus & L. Moresi, "A model comparison study of large-scale mantle-lithosphere dynamics driven by subduction", Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 171 (1-4), pp. 224-234, DOI:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.08.011, 2008.

W.P. Schellart, J. Freeman, D.R. Stegman, L. Moresi & D. May, "Evolution and diversity of subduction zones controlled by slab width", Nature, 7133 (446), pp. 308-311, 2007.

L.N. Moresi, H. Mülhaus, V. Lemaile. & D. May, Incompressible viscous formulations for deformation and yielding of the lithosphere, Chapter 19, pp. 457-472, Special Publication - Geological Society of London, Geological Society, 5 July, 2007.

D.R. Stegman, J. Freeman, W.P. Schellart, L. Moresi & D. May, "Influence of trench width on subduction hinge retreat rates in 3-D models of slab rollback", Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 7, 3012-+, 2006.

J. Freeman, L. Moresi & D. May, "Thermal convection with a water ice I rheology: Implications for icy satellite evolution", Icarus, 180 (1), pp. 251-264, 2006.

J. Freeman, L. Moresi & D.A. May, "Evolution into the stagnant lid convection regime with a non-Newtonian water ice rheology". Geophysical Research Letters, 31, 11701-+, 2004.

L. Moresi, D. May, J. Freeman & B. Appelbe, "Mantle Convection Modeling with Viscoelastic/Brittle Lithosphere: Numerical and Computational Methodology", In G. Goos and J. Hartmanis and J. van Leeuwen, editors, Computational Science - ICCS 2003, Proceedings, Part III, No. 2657 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 781-787, Springer Verlag, 2003.

D.A. May & J.J. Monaghan, "Can a single bubble sink a ship?", American Journal of Physics, 71 (9), pp. 842-849, 2003.




(In press)





(Under review)

T. Duretz, D.A. May, T.V. Gerya & P.J. Tackley, "Discretization errors of the Finite Difference and Marker-In-Cell method in applied geodynamics: A numerical study", Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2011.

P. Yamato, R. Tartése, T. Duretz & D.A. May, "Numerical modelling of magma transport in dykes", Tectonophysics, 2011.

S.M. Lechmann, D.A. May, B.J.P. Kaus & S.M Schmalholz, "Comparing thin-sheet models with 3D multilayer models for continental collision", Geophysical Journal International, 2011.

M. Furuichi, D.A. May & P.J. Tackley, "Development of a Stokes Flow Solver Robust to Large Viscosity Jumps Using a Schur Complement Approach with Mixed Precision Arithmetic", J. Comp. Phys. , 2010.





(In preparation)

D.A. May & M.G. Knepley, "Optimal, scalable forward models for computing gravity anomalies", Geophysical Journal International, 2011.