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Prof.dr. M.J.R. Wortel Person

Prof.dr. M.J.R. Wortel

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Expertise Plate tectonics; Lithosphere dynamics; Subduction process; Stress field and deformation of the lithosphere; Relation between mantle processes and geological processes
Expertise (NL) Plaattektoniek; Dynamica van de lithosfeer; Subductieproces; Spanningsveld en deformatie van de lithosfeer; Relatie mantelprocessen en geologische processen
Digital Author ID info:eu-repo/dai/nl/068439202
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Organisation Vening Meinesz Research School of Geodynamics - VMSG (UU)
Professor
Organisation Tectonophysics Group (UU)
Chair (EN) Tectonophysics
Chair (NL) Geofysica, op het gebied van tektonofysica
Phone +31-30-2535074
Email m. j. r. wortel -at- uu. nl
URL http://www.geo.uu.nl/phpscripts/staffpages/personal/personal...
Management
Organisation ISES, The Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Science (VU)

Publications

A box model of the Late Miocene Mediterranean Sea: implications from combined 87Sr/86Sr and salinity data
The role of gateways in the evolution of temperature and salinity of semi-enclosed basins: An oceanic box model for the Miocene Mediterranean Sea and Paratethys
An oceanic box model of the Miocene Mediterranean Sea with emphasis on the effects of closure of the eastern gateway
Tectonic control on past circulation of the Mediterranean Sea : a model study of the late Miocene

Current research

(the most recent research is at the top)
Supervisor Plate re-organisation in the western Mediterranean
Project leader Model analysis of the controlling factors of the Messinian Salinity Crisis
Supervisor The marine gateway as a key factor in the sedimentary evolution of the Mediterranean basin: an ocean-model study linking tectonics and paleocirculation
Supervisor Eurocores TOPO-Europe: Quantifying uplift due to evolution of East Mediterranean plate boundaries and upper mantle structure
Supervisor Unraveling the key controls of bauxite formation in Suriname
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Completed research projects

(the most recent research is at the top)
Project leader Eurocores-Euromargins: Imaging the Western Mediterranean margins: a key target to understand the interaction between deep and shallow processes (WESTMED)

Classification

D15300 Geophysics

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