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Professor Jeroen van Hunen
Professor
MSc Geophysics, PhD

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences | Rm 325 | +44 (0) 191 33 42293 |
Fellow in the Durham Energy Institute |
Biography
2017 – present — Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
2013 – present — Reader, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
2011 – 2013 — Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
2006 – 2011 — Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
2004 – 2006 — Oberassistent, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
2002 – 2004 — Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
2001 — PhD, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
1996 — MSc, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Research Interests
- Subduction dynamics
- Dynamics of the early Earth
- Sub-lithospheric small-scale convection
- Plumes and intraplate volcanism
- Interaction between tectonics and paleo-climate
- Mine Geothermal energy
- Carbon Capture and Storage

Career Research Interests
My research involves the application of fluid dynamics applied to the Earth on a variety of length and time scales:
- Starting at Earth's earliest history, I am interested in the evolution and dynamics of plate tectonics through time, which led to an ERC starting grant 2012-2017 on 'Modelling the Archaean Subduction Environment' (MASE).
- Related to this is the growth and destruction of cratonic lithosphere, which I have worked for a number of years now.
- I have also worked extensively on subduction dynamics, from shallow flat subduction (my PhD work back in the '90s) to continental collision and slab break-off.
- Another research interest is on the interaction between mantle and lithosphere, which results in small-scale convection, edge-driven convection, and intraplate volcanism.
- On a smaller scale, I am interested in sustainable, renewable, or clean energy solutions. Work on this includes Carbon Capture and Storage, and, since recently, modelling of geothermal heat extracted from abandoned, flooded mines, something we have plenty of here in the Northeast of England.
Committee and Society Service
2021-2025 — President of EGU Geodynamics division
2017-2021 — Deputy president of EGU Geodynamics division
2012 – present — Research Council Member of NERC Peer Review College.
2014 – present — Associate Editor of 'Tectonics'
2010 – 2016 — Associate Editor of 'Solid Earth'
2010 – 2013 — EGU programme committee for geodynamics division.
Recent and Current Grants
- 2021 --- 'Geothermal Energy and Solar-geothermal heat (GEMS)’, EPSRC/NERC Decarbonising Heating and Cooling scheme grant, £1.4M
- 2020 --- Royal Society award ‘Understanding craton stability using geodynamical and geochemical tools’,
£8k. - 2016 — 'NNESMO', NERC Advanced Training grant on numerical modelling, £32k
- 2015 — 'Subitop', as participant of an EU Horizon2020 ITN, PI: GFZ, Potsdam, Germany, €3.9M; Durham component: €273k.
- 2015 — 'NNESMO', NERC Advanced Training grant on numerical modelling, £30k
- 2014 — 'The Feedback Between Volatiles and Mantle Dynamics', NERC, £341k
- 2014 — 'NNESMO', NERC Advanced Training grant on numerical modelling, £34k
- 2012 — ‘What drives and resists plate sinking through the transition zone’, NERC, ~£366,000, with co-I Dr. Goes (Imperial College London).
- 2011 — ‘Modelling the Archean Subduction Environment (MASE)’, ERC Starting Grant, €1.5M
- 2010 — ‘TOPOMOD’, as participant of an EU FP7 International Training Network, PI: Univ. Roma Tre, Rome, Italy, €3.8M; Durham component: ~€473k.
- 2010: — ‘The dynamics of continental collision and slab break-off’, Charles Waites PhD studentship, 3yrs,
- 2010 — Orogenic Plateau Magmatism – NERC Standard Grant. NE/H021620/1 - Co-I.
- 2009 — ‘Timescales, mechanisms and/or numerical tools for CO2 dissolution in brine’, ONE North East and GRL, UK, 3 yrs FTE PhD project of Francesca Watson.
- 2008 — ‘Multigrid Improvements’, NERC/EPSRC/NAG Ltd. UK, 12 months, Distributed Computational Science and Engineering (dCSE) support for software development.
Research groups
- Geodynamics Research Group
- Geophysics Research Group
Related Links
Esteem Indicators
- 2011: University of Liverpool, May, 2011:
- 2007: Co-organiser of the 'Tenth International Workshop on Modelling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics.' September 2007:
- 2007: Convenor of EGU special session: 'Geodynamics and Geochemistry of the Early Earth':
- 2007: Invited Speaker at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds:
- 2007: Keynote speaker at 'Archaen Oceans' workshop, April 2007:
- 2006: Convenor of Special session at EGU. 'Mantle Plumes, intraplate magmatism and hotspot-ridge interaction: Geodynamical, Geophysical and Geochemical Aspects':
- 2005: Convenor of Special session at EGU. 'Mantle Plumes, intraplate magmatism and hotspot-ridge interaction: Geodynamical, Geophysical and Geochemical Aspects':
- 2005: Invited speaker at the EGU April 2005:
- 2004: Invited Speaker at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Prague, Czech Republic: Sepetember 2004
- 2003: Invited Speaker at the Department of Earth Sciences, Caltech, USA:
- 2002: Invited seminar at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds:
Publications
Book review
Chapter in book
- van Hunen, Jeroen (2019). Onset and Evolution of Plate Tectonics: Geodynamical Constraints. In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier.
- van Hunen, J., van Keken, P.E., Hynes, A. & Davies, G.F. (2008). Tectonics of early Earth: some geodynamic considerations. In When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Planet Earth?. Condie, K. C. & Pease, V. Virginia: GeoScienceWorld. 440: 157 - 171.
Doctoral Thesis
- van Hunen J. (2001). Shallow and buoyant lithospheric subduction: causes and implications from thermo-chemical modeling. Earth Sciences . Utrecht University. PhD.
Journal Article
- Phillips, Thomas B., Naliboff, John B., McCaffrey, Ken J. W., Pan, Sophie, van Hunen, Jeroen & Froemchen, Malte (2023). The influence of crustal strength on rift geometry and development – insights from 3D numerical modelling. Solid Earth 14(4): 369-388.
- Jain, Charitra, Rozel, Antoine B., van Hunen, Jeroen, Chin, Emily J. & Manjón-Cabeza Córdoba, Antonio (2022). Building archean cratonic roots. Frontiers in Earth Science 10.
- Negredo, Ana M., van Hunen, Jeroen, Rodríguez-González, Juan & Fullea, Javier (2022). On the origin of the Canary Islands: Insights from mantle convection modelling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 584: 117506.
- Schliffke, Nicholas, van Hunen, Jeroen, Allen, Mark B., Magni, Valentina & Gueydan, Frédéric (2022). Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio. Nature Communications 13(1): 582.
- Schliffke, Nicholas, van Hunen, Jeroen, Gueydan, Frédéric, Magni, Valentina & Allen, Mark B. (2021). Curved orogenic belts, back-arc basins, and obduction as consequences of collision at irregular continental margins. Geology 49(12): 1436-1440.
- Pearson, D. Graham, Scott, James M., Liu, Jingao, Schaeffer, Andrew, Wang, Lawrence Hongliang, van Hunen, Jeroen, Szilas, Kristoffer, Chacko, Thomas & Keleman, Peter B. (2021). Deep continental roots and cratons. Nature 596(7871): 199-210.
- Braszus, Benedikt, Goes, Saskia, Allen, Rob, Rietbrock, Andreas, Collier, Jenny, Harmon, Nick, Henstock, Tim, Hicks, Stephen, Rychert, Catherine A., Maunder, Ben, van Hunen, Jeroen, Bie, Lidong, Blundy, Jon, Cooper, George, Davy, Richard, Kendall, J. Michael, Macpherson, Colin, Wilkinson, Jamie & Wilson, Marjorie (2021). Subduction history of the Caribbean from upper-mantle seismic imaging and plate reconstruction. Nature Communications 12(1): 4211.
- Sun, Guozheng, Liu, Shuwen, Cawood, Peter A., Tang, Ming, van Hunen, Jeroen, Gao, Lei, Hu, Yalu & Hu, Fangyang (2021). Thermal state and evolving geodynamic regimes of the Meso- to Neoarchean North China Craton. Nature Communications 12(1): 3888.
- Farangitakis, G.P, McCaffrey, K.J.W., Willingshofer, E., Allen, M.B., Kalnins, L.M.K., van Hunen, J., Persaud, P. & Sokoutis, D. (2021). The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion. Basin Research 33(2): 1603-1625.
- Baldini, James U.L., Lechleitner, Franziska A., Breitenbach, Sebastian F.M., van Hunen, Jeroen, Baldini, Lisa M., Wynn, Peter M., Jamieson, Robert A., Ridley, Harriet E., Baker, Alexander J., Walczak, Izabela W. & Fohlmeister, Jens (2021). Detecting and quantifying palaeoseasonality in stalagmites using geochemical and modelling approaches. Quaternary Science Reviews 254: 106784.
- Manea, Vlad Constantin, Manea, Marina, Chen, Min, van Hunen, Jeroen & Konrad-Schmolke, Matthias (2020). Editorial: Unusual Subduction Processes. Frontiers in Earth Science 8.
- Davy, R. G., Collier, J. S., Henstock, T. J., Rietbrock, Andreas, Goes, Saskia, Blundy, Jon, Harmon, Nick, Rychert, Catherine, Macpherson, Colin G., Van Hunen, Jeroen, Kendall, Mike, Wilkinson, Jamie, Davidson, Jon, Wilson, Marjorie, Cooper, George, Maunder, Benjamin, Bie, Lidong, Hicks, Stephen, Allen, Robert, Chichester, Ben, Tait, Stephen, Robertson, Richie, Latchman, Joan, Krüger, Frank, Collier, Jenny, Henstock, Tim, Allen, Robert, Butcher, Sophie, Castiello, Gabriella, Chen, Chen, Harkin, Caroline, Posse, Dan, Roche, Ben, Bird, Anna, Clegg, Andy, Pitcairn, Ben, Weeks, Martin, Kirk, Henning & Labahn, Erik (2020). Wide‐Angle Seismic Imaging of Two Modes of Crustal Accretion in Mature Atlantic Ocean Crust. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125(6): e2019JB019100.
- Farangitakis, G.P., Heron, P.J., McCaffrey, K.J.W., van Hunen, J & Kalnins, L.M.K. (2020). The impact of oblique inheritance and changes in relative plate motion on the development of rift-transform systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 541: 116277.
- Hertgen, Solenn, Yamato, Philippe, Guillaume, Benjamin, Magni, Valentina, Schliffke, Nicholas & van Hunen, Jeroen (2020). Influence of the thickness of the overriding plate on convergence zone dynamics. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 21(2): e2019GC008678.
- Briaud, Arthur, Agrusta, Roberto, Faccenna, Claudio, Funiciello, Francesca & Hunen, Jeroen (2020). Topographic fingerprint of deep mantle subduction. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125(1): e2019JB017962.
- Bie, L., Rietbrock, A., Hicks, S., Allen, R., Blundy, J., Clouard, V., Collier, J., Davidson, J., Garth, T., Goes, S., Harmon, N., Henstock, T., Van Hunen, J., Kendall, M., Krüger, F., Lynch, L., MacPherson, C., Robertson, R., Rychert, K., Tait, S., Wilkinson, J. & Wilson, M. (2020). Along arc heterogeneity in local seismicity across the Lesser Antilles subduction zone from a dense ocean-bottom seismometer network. Seismological Research Letters 91(1): 237-247.
- Schliffke, Nicholas, Hunen, Jeroen, Magni, Valentina & Allen, Mark B. (2019). The Role of Crustal Buoyancy in the Generation and Emplacement of Magmatism During Continental Collision. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20(11): 4693-4709.
- Allen, R.W., Collier, J.S., Stewart, A.G., Henstock, T., Goes, S., Rietbrock, A. & Voila Team (2019). The role of arc migration in the development of the Lesser Antilles: A new tectonic model for the Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Caribbean. Geology 47(9): 891.
- Harmon, Nicholas, Rychert, Catherine, Collier, Jenny, Henstock, Tim, van Hunen, Jeroen & Wilkinson, Jamie J (2019). Mapping geologic features onto subducted slabs. Geophysical Journal International 219(2): 725-733.
- Heron, PJ, Peace, AL McCaffrey, K Welford, JK Wilson, R, van Hunen, J & Pysklywec, RN (2019). Segmentation of rifts through structural inheritance: Creation of the Davis Strait. Tectonics 38(7): 2411-2430.
- Farangitakis, G.P., Sokoutis, D., McCaffrey, K.J.W., Willingshofer, E., Kalnins, L.M., Phethean, J.J.J., van Hunen, J. & van Steen, V. (2019). Analogue modeling of plate rotation effects in transform margins and rift-transform intersections. Tectonics 38(3): 823-841.
- Maunder, B., van Hunen, J., Bouilhol, P. & Magni, V. (2019). Modeling Slab Temperature: a Reevaluation of the Thermal Parameter. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20(2): 673-687.
- Goes, Saskia, Collier, Jenny, Blundy, Jon, Davidson, Jon, Harmon, Nick, Henstock, Tim, Kendall, J., Macpherson, Colin, Rietbrock, Andreas, Rychert, Kate, Prytulak, Julie, van Hunen, Jeroen, Wilkinson, Jamie & Wilson, Marjorie (2019). Project VoiLA: Volatile Recycling in the Lesser Antilles. Eos 100.
- Riel, Nicolas, Bouilhol, Pierre, van Hunen, Jeroen, Cornet, Julien, Magni, Valentina, Grigorova, Vili & Velic, Marco (2019). Interaction between mantle-derived magma and lower arc crust: quantitative reactive melt flow modeling using STyx. Geological Society Special Publication 478: 65-87.
- Heron, P.J., Pysklywec, R.N., Stephenson, R. & van Hunen, J. (2019). Deformation driven by deep and distant structures: Influence of a mantle lithosphere suture in the Ouachita orogeny, southeastern United States. Geology 47(2): 147-150.
- Kaislaniemi, L., van Hunen, J. & Bouilhol, P. (2018). Lithosphere destabilization by melt weakening and crust-mantle interactions-implications for generation of granite-migmatite belts. Tectonics 37(9): 3102-3116.
- Agrusta, Roberto, van Hunen, Jeroen & Goes, Saskia (2018). Strong plates enhance mantle mixing in early Earth. Nature Communications 9: 2708.
- Peace, Alexander, McCaffrey, Ken, Imber, Jonathan, van Hunen, Jeroen, Hobbs, Richard & Wilson, Robert (2018). The role of pre-existing structures during rifting, continental breakup and transform system development, offshore West Greenland. Basin Research 30(3): 373-394.
- Wang, Hongliang, van Hunen, Jeroen & Pearson, D. Graham (2018). Making Archean cratonic roots by lateral compression: A two-stage thickening and stabilization model. Tectonophysics 746: 562-571.
- Freeburn, Rebecca, Bouilhol, Pierre, Maunder, Ben, Magni, Valentina & van Hunen, Jeroen (2017). Numerical models of the magmatic processes induced by slab breakoff. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 478: 203-213.
- Magni, V., Allen, M.B., van Hunen, J. & Bouilhol, P. (2017). Continental underplating after slab break-off. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 474: 59-67.
- Clarke, A.L., Imber, J., Davies, R.J., van Hunen, J., Daniels, S.E. & Yielding, G. (2017). Application of material balance methods to CO2 storage capacity estimation within selected depleted gas reservoirs. Petroleum Geoscience 23(3): 339-352.
- Goes, Saskia, Agrusta, Robert, van Hunen, Jeroen & Garel, Fanny (2017). Subduction-transition zone interaction: A review. Geosphere 13(3): 644-664.
- Agrusta, Roberto, Goes, Saskia & van Hunen, Jeroen (2017). Subducting-slab transition-zone interaction: Stagnation, penetration and mode switches. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 464: 10-23.
- Phethean, Jordan J.J., Kalnins, Lara M., van Hunen, Jeroen, Biffi, Paolo G., Davies, Richard J. & McCaffrey, Ken J.W. (2016). Madagascar’s escape from Africa: A high-resolution plate reconstruction for the Western Somali Basin and implications for supercontinent dispersal. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3) 17(12): 5036-5055.
- Maunder, B., van Hunen, J., Magni, M. & Bouilhol, P. (2016). Relamination of mafic subducting crust throughout Earth’s history. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 449: 206-216.
- Condie, K.C., Aster, R.C. & van Hunen, J. (2016). A great thermal divergence in the mantle beginning 2.5 Ga: Geochemical constraints from greenstone basalts and komatiites. Geoscience Frontiers 7(4): 543-553.
- Baker, A.J., Sodemann, H., Baldini, J. U. L., Breitenbach, S. F. M., Johnson, K. R., van Hunen, J. & Pingzhong, Z. (2015). Seasonality of westerly moisture transport in the East Asian Summer Monsoon and its implications for interpreting precipitation δ18O. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 120(12): 5850-5862.
- Wang, H., Agrusta, R. & van Hunen, J. (2015). Advantages of a conservative velocity interpolation (CVI) scheme for particle-in-cell methods with application in geodynamic modeling. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16(6): 2015-2023.
- Peace, A., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Hobbs, R., Van Hunen, J. & Gerdes, K. (2015). Quantifying the influence of sill intrusion on the thermal evolution of organic-rich sedimentary rocks in non-volcanic passive margins: an example from ODP 210-1276, offshore Newfoundland, Canada. Basin Research 29(3): 249-265.
- Wang, H., van Hunen, J. & Pearson, D.G. (2015). The thinning of subcontinental lithosphere: The roles of plume impact and metasomatic weakening. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3) 16(4): 1156-1171.
- van Hunen, J. & Miller, M.S. (2015). Collisional Processes and Links to Episodic Changes in Subduction Zones. Elements 11(2): 119-124.
- Holt, P.J., Allen, M.B. & van Hunen, J. (2015). Basin formation by thermal subsidence of accretionary orogens. Tectonophysics 639: 132-143.
- Bouilhol, P., Magni, V., van Hunen, J. & Kaislaniemi, L. (2015). A numerical approach to melting in warm subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 411: 37-44.
- Agrusta, R., van Hunen, J. & Goes, S. (2014). The effect of metastable pyroxene on the slab dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters 41(24): 8800-8808.
- Kaislaniemi, L. & van Hunen, J. (2014). Dynamics of lithospheric thinning and mantle melting by edge-driven convection: Application to Moroccan Atlas mountains. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15(8): 3175-3189.
- Bottrill, A.D., van Hunen, J, Cuthbert, S.J., Brueckner, H.K. & Allen, M.B. (2014). Plate rotation during continental collision and its relationship with the exhumation of UHP metamorphic terranes: Application to the Norwegian Caledonides. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15(5): 1766-1782.
- Magni, V., Faccenna, C., van Hunen, J. & Funiciello, F. (2014). How collision triggers backarc extension: Insight into Mediterranean style of extension from 3-D numerical models. Geology 42(6): 511-514.
- Watson, F. E., Mathias, S. A., Daniels, S. E., Jones, R. R., Davies, R. J., Hedley, B. J. & van Hunen, J. (2014). Dynamic modelling of a UK North Sea saline formation for CO2 sequestration. Petroleum Geoscience 20(2): 169-185.
- Kaislaniemi, L., van Hunen, J., Allen, M. B. & Neill, I. (2014). Sub-lithospheric small-scale convection—a mechanism for collision zone magmatism. Geology 42(4): 291-294.
- Magni, V., Bouilhol, P. & van Hunen, J. (2014). Deep water recycling through time. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15(11): 4203-4216.
- Wang, H.L., van Hunen, J., Pearson, D.G. & Allen, M.B. (2014). Craton stability and longevity: The roles of composition-dependent rheology and buoyancy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 391: 224-233.
- Laurie, L., Stevens, G. & van Hunen, J. (2013). The end of continental growth by TTG magmatism. Terra Nova 25(2): 130-136.
- Magni, V., Faccenna, C., van Hunen, J. & Funiciello, F. (2013). Delamination vs. break-off: the fate of continental collision. Geophysical Research Letters 40(2): 285-289.
- Bianco, T.A., Ito, G., van Hunen, J., Mahoney, J.J. & Ballmer, M.D. (2013). Geochemical variations at ridge-centered hotspots caused by variable melting of a veined mantle plume. Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Watson, FE Mathias, SA van Hunen, J, Daniels, SE & Jones, RR (2012). Dissolution of CO2 from leaking fractures in saline formations. Transport in Porous Media 94: 729-745.
- Bottrill, Andrew D., van Hunen, Jeroen & Allen, Mark B. (2012). Insight into collision zone dynamics from topography: numerical modelling results and observations. Solid Earth 3(2): 387-399.
- Magni, V., van Hunen, J., Funiciello, F. & Faccenna, C. (2012). Numerical models of slab migration in continental collision zones. Solid Earth 3(2): 293-306.
- Moyen, Jean-François & van Hunen, Jeroen (2012). Short-term episodicity of Archaean plate tectonics. Geology 40(5): 451-454.
- van Hunen, Jeroen & Moyen, Jean-François (2012). Archean Subduction: Fact or Fiction? Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 40(1): 195.
- Holt, P.J., van Hunen, J. & Allen, M.B. (2012). Subsidence of the West Siberian Basin: Effects of a mantle plume impact. Geology 40(8): 703-706.
- van Hunen, J. & Allen, M.B. (2011). Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 302(1-2): 27-37.
- Ballmer, M.D., Ito, G., van Hunen, J. & Tackley, P.J. (2011). Spatial and temporal variability in Hawaiian hotspot volcanism induced by small-scale convection. Nature Geoscience 4(7): 457-460.
- Bianco, TA, Ito, G, van Hunen, J, Ballmer, MD & Mahoney JJ (2011). Geochemical variations at intraplate hot spots caused by variable melting of a veined mantle plume. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 12(7).
- Mittelstaedt, E., Ito, G. & van Hunen, J. (2011). Repeat ridge jumps associated with plume‐ridge interaction, melt transport, and ridge migration. Journal of Geophysical Research 116: B01102.
- Ballmer, M.D., Ito, G., van Hunen, J. & Tackley, P.J. (2010). Small-scale sublithospheric convection reconciles geochemistry and geochronology of 'Superplume' volcanism in the western and south Pacific. Earth and planetary science letters 290(1-2): 224-232.
- van Wijk, J.W., Baldridge, W.S., van Hunen, J., Goes, S., Aster, R., Coblentz, D.D., Grand, S.P. & and Ni, J. (2010). Small-scale convection at the edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for topography, magmatism, and evolution of Proterozoic lithosphere. Geology 38(7): 611-614.
- Holt, P.J., Allen, M.B., van Hunen, J. & Bjørnseth, H.M. (2010). Lithospheric cooling and thickening as a basin forming mechanism. Tectonophysics 495(3-4): 184-194.
- van Hunen, Jeroen & Cadek, Ondrej (2009). Reduced oceanic seismic anisotropy by small-scale convection. Earth and Planetay Science Letters 284(3-4): 622-629.
- Halla, J., van Hunen, J., Heilimo, E. & Holtta, P. (2009). Geochemical and numerical constraints on Neoarchean plate tectonics. Precambrian Research 174: 155-162.
- Gröcke, D R, Rimmer, S M, Yoksoulian, L E, Cairncross, B, Tsikos, H & van Hunen, J. (2009). No evidence for thermogenic methane release in coal from the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 277(1-2): 204-212.
- Faccenna C, Di Giuseppe E, Funiciello F, Lallemand S & van Hunen J (2009). Control of seafloor aging on the migration of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana trench. Earth and planetary science letters 288(3-4): 386-398.
- Ballmer, Maxim D., van Hunen, Jeroen, Ito, Garrett, Bianco, Todd A. & Tackley, Paul J. (2009). Intraplate volcanism with complex age-distance patterns: A case for small-scale sublithospheric convection. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 10: Q06015.
- Di Giuseppe, E., Faccenna, C., Funiciello, F., van Hunen, J. & Giardini, D. (2009). On the relation between trench migration, seafloor age, and the strength of the subducting lithosphere. Lithosphere 1: 121-128.
- Bianco, T.A, Ito, G., van Hunen, J., Ballmer, M.D. & Mahoney, J.J. (2008). Geochemical variation at the Hawaiian hot spot caused by upper mantle dynamics and melting of a heterogeneous plume. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9(11): Q11003.
- Schmeling, H., Babeyko, A.,, Enns, A., Faccenna, C., Funiciello, F., Gerya, T., Golabek, G., Grigull, S., Morra, G. & van Hunen, J. (2008). A benchmark comparison of subduction models. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interior 171: 198-223.
- van Hunen, J. & van den Berg, A.P. (2008). Plate tectonics on the early Earth limitations imposed by strength and buoyancy of subducted lithosphere. Lithos 103(1-2): 217-235.
- Di Giuseppe, E., van Hunen, J., Funiciello, F., Faccenna, C. & Giardini, D. (2008). Slab stiffness control of trench motion: Insights from numerical models. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9(2): Q02014.
- Martin, P.,, van Hunen, J., Parman, S., & Davidson, J. (2008). Why does plate tectonics only occur on Earth? Physics Education 43(2): 144-150.
- van Wijk, J., van Hunen, J. & Goes, S. (2008). Small-scale convection during continental rifting: Evidence from the Rio Grande rift. Geology 36(7): 575-578.
- Ballmer, M.D., van Hunen, J., Ito, G.,, Tackley, P.J., & Bianco, T. (2007). Non-hotspot volcano chains originating from small-scale sublithospheric convection. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L23310.
- Cizkova, H., van Hunen, J. & van den Berg, A.P. (2007). Stress distribution within subducting slabs and their deformation in the transition zone. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 161(3-4): 202-214.
- van Hunen, J., & Zhong, S. (2006). Influence of rheology on realignment of mantle convective structure with plate motion after a plate reorganization. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 7(8): Q08008.
- van Hunen, J.,, Zhong, S.,, Shapiro, N.M., & Ritzwoller, M.H. (2005). New evidence for dislocation creep from 3-D geodynamic modelling of the Pacific upper mantle structure. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 238(1-2): 146-155.
- van Hunen, J., van den Berg, A.P. & Vlaar, N.J. (2004). Various mechanisms to induce present-day shallow flat subduction and implications for the younger Earth: a numerical parameter study. Physics Of The Earth And Planetary Interiors 146(1-2): 179-194.
- van Thienen, P., van den Berg, A.P., de Smet, J.H., van Hunen, J. & Drury, M.R. (2003). Interaction between small-scale mantle diapirs and a continental root. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 4(2): 8301.
- van Hunen, J., & Zhong, S. (2003). New insight in the Hawaiian plume swell dynamics from scaling laws. Geophysical Research Letters 30(15): 1785-1788.
- Huang, J.S., Zhong, S.J. & van Hunen, J. (2003). Controls on sublithospheric small-scale convection. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108(B8): 2405.
- van Hunen, J., Huang, J. & Zhong, S. (2003). The effect of shearing on the onset and vigour of small-scale convection in a Newtonian rheology. Geophysical Research Letters 30(19): 1991.
- van Hunen, J.,, van den Berg, A.P., & Vlaar, N.J. (2002). The impact of the South-American plate motion and the Nazca Ridge subduction on the flat subduction below South Peru. Geophysical Research Letters 29(14).
- Cizkova, H.,, van Hunen, J.,, van den Berg, A.P., & Vlaar, N.J. (2002). The influence of rheological weakening and yield stress on the interaction of slabs with the 670 km discontinuity. Earth And Planetary Science Letters 199(3-4): 447-457.
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- van Hunen, J.,, van den Berg, A.P., & Vlaar, N.J. (2001). Latent heat effects of the major mantle phase transitions on low-angle subduction. Earth And Planetary Science Letters 190(3-4): 125-135.
- van Hunen, J.,, van den Berg, A.P., & Vlaar, N.J. (2000). A thermo-mechanical model of horizontal subduction below an overriding plate. Earth And Planetary Science Letters 182(2): 157-169.
Supervision students
Mr. Adam Gillett
MScR
Miss Alexandra Sweeney
PhD
Mr Malte Froemchen
PhD
Mr. Ugurcan Cetiner
PhD