| This project encompasses quantitative studies of lithospheric dynamics, the stress field in the lithosphere, and the role of lithosphere dynamics in tectonic processes. Our research in this field is characterized by an integrated geophysical/geological approach. Methods: Numerical modelling, in combination with (analysis of) geophysical, geological and geodetic observational data. Dating methods are important for the connection between field data and numerical modelling. Aim: Increase understanding of the tectonic processes involved with emphasis on (a) lithosphere dynamics, (b) the intraplate stress field, and (c) the relation between the processes in upper mantle and deeper parts of the lithosphere and the geological processes at or near the surface. Present topics: Slab detachment, and other non-stationary aspects of the subduction process and convergent plate boundaries; the role of slab detachment in exhumation processes (PTt-paths) and mineralization; vertical motions; intraplate stress field. |
