Thorsten W. Becker, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2002 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States 
 2004-2016 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States 
 2016- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. 
Area:
Geophysics
Website:
http://www-udc.ig.utexas.edu/external/becker/index.html

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2023 Clennett EJ, Holt AF, Tetley MG, Becker TW, Faccenna C. Assessing plate reconstruction models using plate driving force consistency tests. Scientific Reports. 13: 10191. PMID 37353512 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37117-w  0.751
2020 Pritchard ME, Allen RM, Becker TW, Behn MD, Brodsky EE, Bürgmann R, Ebinger C, Freymueller JT, Gerstenberger M, Haines B, Kaneko Y, Jacobsen SD, Lindsey N, McGuire JJ, Page M, et al. New Opportunities to Study Earthquake Precursors Seismological Research Letters. 91: 2444-2447. DOI: 10.1785/0220200089  0.59
2020 Faccenna C, Becker TW. Topographic expressions of mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean Earth-Science Reviews. 209: 103327. DOI: 10.1016/J.Earscirev.2020.103327  0.349
2019 Faccenna C, Glišović P, Forte A, Becker TW, Garzanti E, Sembroni A, Gvirtzman Z. Role of dynamic topography in sustaining the Nile River over 30 million years Nature Geoscience. 12: 1012-1017. DOI: 10.1038/S41561-019-0472-X  0.368
2019 Bernard RE, Behr WM, Becker TW, Young DJ. Relationships Between Olivine CPO and Deformation Parameters in Naturally Deformed Rocks and Implications for Mantle Seismic Anisotropy Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 20: 3469-3494. DOI: 10.1029/2019Gc008289  0.349
2019 Wang W, Becker TW. Upper mantle seismic anisotropy as a constraint for mantle flow and continental dynamics of the North American plate Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 514: 143-155. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2019.03.019  0.485
2019 Siravo G, Faccenna C, Gérault M, Becker TW, Fellin MG, Herman F, Molin P. Slab flattening and the rise of the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 512: 100-110. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2019.02.002  0.443
2019 Sternai P, Sue C, Husson L, Serpelloni E, Becker TW, Willett SD, Faccenna C, Di Giulio A, Spada G, Jolivet L, Valla P, Petit C, Nocquet J, Walpersdorf A, Castelltort S. Present-day uplift of the European Alps: Evaluating mechanisms and models of their relative contributions Earth-Science Reviews. 190: 589-604. DOI: 10.1016/J.Earscirev.2019.01.005  0.429
2018 Jolivet L, Faccenna C, Becker T, Tesauro M, Sternai P, Bouilhol P. Mantle Flow and Deforming Continents: From India-Asia Convergence to Pacific Subduction. Tectonics. 37: 2887-2914. PMID 31007341 DOI: 10.1029/2018Tc005036  0.441
2018 Jackson MG, Becker TW, Konter JG. Geochemistry and Distribution of Recycled Domains in the Mantle Inferred From Nd and Pb Isotopes in Oceanic Hot Spots: Implications for Storage in the Large Low Shear Wave Velocity Provinces Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 19: 3496-3519. DOI: 10.1029/2018Gc007552  0.328
2018 Faccenna C, Holt AF, Becker TW, Lallemand S, Royden LH. Dynamics of the Ryukyu/Izu-Bonin-Marianas double subduction system Tectonophysics. 746: 229-238. DOI: 10.1016/J.Tecto.2017.08.011  0.769
2018 Steinberger B, Becker TW. A comparison of lithospheric thickness models Tectonophysics. 746: 325-338. DOI: 10.1016/J.Tecto.2016.08.001  0.415
2018 Becker TW, Hashima A, Freed AM, Sato H. Stress change before and after the 2011 M9 Tohoku-oki earthquake Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 504: 174-184. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2018.09.035  0.379
2018 Behr WM, Becker TW. Sediment control on subduction plate speeds Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 502: 166-173. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2018.08.057  0.398
2018 Holt AF, Royden LH, Becker TW, Faccenna C. Slab interactions in 3-D subduction settings: The Philippine Sea Plate region Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 489: 72-83. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2018.02.024  0.774
2018 Jackson M, Becker T, Konter J. Evidence for a deep mantle source for EM and HIMU domains from integrated geochemical and geophysical constraints Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 484: 154-167. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2017.11.052  0.365
2017 Jackson MG, Konter JG, Becker TW. Primordial helium entrained by the hottest mantle plumes. Nature. PMID 28166539 DOI: 10.1038/Nature21023  0.38
2017 Goebel TH, Kwiatek G, Becker TW, Brodsky EE, Dresen G. What allows seismic events to grow big?: Insights from b-value and fault roughness analysis in laboratory stick-slip experiments Geology. 45: 815-818. DOI: 10.1130/G39147.1  0.603
2017 Holt AF, Royden LH, Becker TW. The dynamics of double slab subduction Geophysical Journal International. 209: 250-265. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggw496  0.725
2017 Lunn J, Becker T, Knipp D, Yau A, Zhang M. Subduction, Stratosphere, Starspots, and Sushi Eos. 98. DOI: 10.1029/2018Eo075475  0.304
2017 Manga M, Becker T. Richard J. O’Connell (1941–2015) Eos. DOI: 10.1029/2017Eo086639  0.463
2017 Faccenna C, Oncken O, Holt AF, Becker TW. Initiation of the Andean orogeny by lower mantle subduction Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 463: 189-201. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2017.01.041  0.789
2017 Freed AM, Hashima A, Becker TW, Okaya DA, Sato H, Hatanaka Y. Resolving depth-dependent subduction zone viscosity and afterslip from postseismic displacements following the 2011 Tohoku-oki, Japan earthquake Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 459: 279-290. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2016.11.040  0.451
2017 Wagner LS, Jaramillo JS, Ramírez-Hoyos LF, Monsalve G, Cardona A, Becker TW. Transient slab flattening beneath Colombia Geophysical Research Letters. 44: 6616-6623. DOI: 10.1002/2017Gl073981  0.419
2017 Sembroni A, Kiraly A, Faccenna C, Funiciello F, Becker TW, Globig J, Fernandez M. Impact of the lithosphere on dynamic topography: Insights from analogue modeling Geophysical Research Letters. 44: 2693-2702. DOI: 10.1002/2017Gl072668  0.413
2017 Becker TW. Superweak asthenosphere in light of upper mantle seismic anisotropy Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 18: 1986-2003. DOI: 10.1002/2017Gc006886  0.46
2016 Miller MS, O’Driscoll LJ, Roosmawati N, Harris CW, Porritt RW, Widiyantoro S, Teofilo da Costa L, Soares E, Becker TW, Joshua West A. Banda Arc Experiment—Transitions in the Banda Arc‐Australian Continental Collision Seismological Research Letters. 87: 1417-1423. DOI: 10.1785/0220160124  0.393
2016 Hashima A, Becker TW, Freed AM, Sato H, Okaya DA. Coseismic deformation due to the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake: Influence of 3-D elastic structure around Japan 6. Geodesy Earth, Planets and Space. 68. DOI: 10.1186/S40623-016-0535-9  0.412
2016 Holt AF, Becker TW. The effect of a power-law mantle viscosity on trench retreat rate Geophysical Journal International. 208: 491-507. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggw392  0.71
2016 Schaeffer A, Lebedev S, Becker T. Azimuthal seismic anisotropy in the Earth's upper mantle and the thickness of tectonic plates Geophysical Journal International. 207: 901-933. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggw309  0.401
2016 Gvirtzman Z, Faccenna C, Becker TW. Isostasy, flexure, and dynamic topography Tectonophysics. 683: 255-271. DOI: 10.1016/J.Tecto.2016.05.041  0.422
2016 Sembroni A, Faccenna C, Becker TW, Molin P, Abebe B. Long-term, deep-mantle support of the Ethiopia-Yemen Plateau Tectonics. 35: 469-488. DOI: 10.1002/2015Tc004000  0.372
2015 Uhl JT, Pathak S, Schorlemmer D, Liu X, Swindeman R, Brinkman BA, LeBlanc M, Tsekenis G, Friedman N, Behringer R, Denisov D, Schall P, Gu X, Wright WJ, Hufnagel T, ... ... Becker T, et al. Universal Quake Statistics: From Compressed Nanocrystals to Earthquakes. Scientific Reports. 5: 16493. PMID 26572103 DOI: 10.1038/Srep16493  0.316
2015 Becker TW, Lowry AR, Faccenna C, Schmandt B, Borsa A, Yu C. Western US intermountain seismicity caused by changes in upper mantle flow. Nature. 524: 458-61. PMID 26310767 DOI: 10.1038/Nature14867  0.438
2015 Holt AF, Becker TW, Buffett BA. Trench migration and overriding plate stress in dynamic subduction models Geophysical Journal International. 201: 172-192. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggv011  0.773
2015 Jagoutz O, Royden L, Holt AF, Becker TW. Anomalously fast convergence of India and Eurasia caused by double subduction Nature Geoscience. 8: 475-478. DOI: 10.1038/Ngeo2418  0.734
2015 Faccenna C, Becker TW, Lallemand S, Steinberger B. On the role of slab pull in the Cenozoic motion of the Pacific plate Geophysical Research Letters. 39. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gl050155  0.382
2015 Sternai P, Avouac JP, Jolivet L, Faccenna C, Gerya T, Becker TW, Menant A. On the influence of the asthenospheric flow on the tectonics and topography at a collision-subduction transition zones: Comparison with the eastern Tibetan margin Journal of Geodynamics. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jog.2016.02.009  0.43
2015 Goebel THW, Sammis CG, Becker TW, Dresen G, Schorlemmer D. A Comparison of Seismicity Characteristics and Fault Structure Between Stick–Slip Experiments and Nature Pure and Applied Geophysics. 172: 2247-2264. DOI: 10.1007/S00024-013-0713-7  0.633
2015 Auer L, Becker TW, Boschi L, Schmerr N. Thermal structure, radial anisotropy, and dynamics of oceanic boundary layers Geophysical Research Letters. 42: 9740-9749. DOI: 10.1002/2015Gl066246  0.406
2015 Holt AF, Buffett BA, Becker TW. Overriding plate thickness control on subducting plate curvature Geophysical Research Letters. 42: 3802-3810. DOI: 10.1002/2015Gl063834  0.77
2015 Becker TW, Schaeffer AJ, Lebedev S, Conrad CP. Toward a generalized plate motion reference frame Geophysical Research Letters. 42: 3188-3196. DOI: 10.1002/2015Gl063695  0.365
2014 Schmandt B, Jacobsen SD, Becker TW, Liu Z, Dueker KG. Earth's interior. Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle. Science (New York, N.Y.). 344: 1265-8. PMID 24926016 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1253358  0.377
2014 Miller MS, Becker TW. Reactivated lithospheric-scale discontinuities localize dynamic uplift of the Moroccan Atlas Mountains Geology. 42: 35-38. DOI: 10.1130/G34959.1  0.457
2014 Goebel THW, Becker TW, Sammis CG, Dresen G, Schorlemmer D. Off-fault damage and acoustic emission distributions during the evolution of structurally complex faults over series of stick-slip events Geophysical Journal International. 197: 1705-1718. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggu074  0.629
2014 Yarce J, Monsalve G, Becker TW, Cardona A, Poveda E, Alvira D, Ordoñez-Carmona O. Seismological observations in Northwestern South America: Evidence for two subduction segments, contrasting crustal thicknesses and upper mantle flow Tectonophysics. 637: 57-7. DOI: 10.1016/J.Tecto.2014.09.006  0.44
2014 Faccenna C, Becker TW, Miller MS, Serpelloni E, Willett SD. Isostasy, dynamic topography, and the elevation of the Apennines of Italy Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 407: 163-174. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2014.09.027  0.42
2014 Becker TW, Conrad CP, Schaeffer AJ, Lebedev S. Origin of azimuthal seismic anisotropy in oceanic plates and mantle Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 401: 236-250. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2014.06.014  0.471
2014 Becker TW, Faccenna C, Humphreys ED, Lowry AR, Miller MS. Static and dynamic support of western United States topography Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 402: 234-246. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2013.10.012  0.455
2014 Porritt RW, Becker TW, Monsalve G. Seismic anisotropy and slab dynamics from SKS splitting recorded in Colombia Geophysical Research Letters. 41: 8775-8783. DOI: 10.1002/2014Gl061958  0.442
2014 Sun D, Miller MS, Holt AF, Becker TW. Hot upwelling conduit beneath the Atlas Mountains, Morocco Geophysical Research Letters. 41: 8037-8044. DOI: 10.1002/2014Gl061884  0.758
2014 Faccenna C, Becker TW, Auer L, Billi A, Boschi L, Brun JP, Capitanio FA, Funiciello F, Horvàth F, Jolivet L, Piromallo C, Royden L, Rossetti F, Serpelloni E. Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean Reviews of Geophysics. 52: 283-332. DOI: 10.1002/2013Rg000444  0.478
2014 Auer L, Boschi L, Becker TW, Nissen-Meyer T, Giardini D. Savani: A variable resolution whole-mantle model of anisotropic shear velocity variations based on multiple data sets Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 119: 3006-3034. DOI: 10.1002/2013Jb010773  0.395
2013 Goebel THW, Candela T, Sammis CG, Becker TW, Dresen G, Schorlemmer D. Seismic event distributions and off-fault damage during frictional sliding of saw-cut surfaces with pre-defined roughness Geophysical Journal International. 196: 612-625. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggt401  0.626
2013 Platt JP, Becker TW. Kinematics of rotating panels of E-W faults in the san andreas system: What can we tell from geodesy? Geophysical Journal International. 194: 1295-1301. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggt189  0.374
2013 Ghosh A, Becker TW, Humphreys ED. Dynamics of the North American continent Geophysical Journal International. 194: 651-669. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggt151  0.481
2013 Becker TW. Deterministic Chaos in two State‐Variable Friction Sliders and the Effect of Elastic Interactions Geophysical Monograph. 120: 5-26. DOI: 10.1029/Gm120P0005  0.365
2013 Faccenna C, Becker TW, Conrad CP, Husson L. Mountain building and mantle dynamics Tectonics. 32: 80-93. DOI: 10.1029/2012Tc003176  0.475
2013 Faccenna C, Becker TW, Jolivet L, Keskin M. Mantle convection in the Middle East: Reconciling Afar upwelling, Arabia indentation and Aegean trench rollback Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 375: 254-269. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2013.05.043  0.464
2013 Miller MS, Allam AA, Becker TW, Di Leo JF, Wookey J. Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the westernmost Mediterranean and northwestern Africa from shear wave splitting analysis Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 375: 234-243. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2013.05.036  0.418
2013 Alpert LA, Miller MS, Becker TW, Allam AA. Structure beneath the Alboran from geodynamic flow models and seismic anisotropy Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 118: 4265-4277. DOI: 10.1002/Jgrb.50309  0.431
2013 Goebel THW, Schorlemmer D, Becker TW, Dresen G, Sammis CG. Acoustic emissions document stress changes over many seismic cycles in stick-slip experiments Geophysical Research Letters. 40: 2049-2054. DOI: 10.1002/Grl.50507  0.632
2013 Yamato P, Husson L, Becker TW, Pedoja K. Passive margins getting squeezed in the mantle convection vice Tectonics. 32: 1559-1570. DOI: 10.1002/2013Tc003375  0.42
2012 Steinberger B, Torsvik TH, Becker TW. Subduction to the lower mantle - A comparison between geodynamic and tomographic models Solid Earth. 3: 415-432. DOI: 10.5194/Se-3-415-2012  0.442
2012 Miller MS, Becker TW. Mantle flow deflected by interactions between subducted slabs and cratonic keels Nature Geoscience. 5: 726-730. DOI: 10.1038/Ngeo1553  0.462
2012 Buffett BA, Becker TW. Bending stress and dissipation in subducted lithosphere Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 117. DOI: 10.1029/2012Jb009205  0.629
2012 Bailey IW, Alpert LA, Becker TW, Miller MS. Co-seismic deformation of deep slabs based on summed CMT data Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 117. DOI: 10.1029/2011Jb008943  0.437
2012 Goebel THW, Becker TW, Schorlemmer D, Stanchits S, Sammis C, Rybacki E, Dresen G. Identifying fault heterogeneity through mapping spatial anomalies in acoustic emission statistics Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 117. DOI: 10.1029/2011Jb008763  0.639
2012 Becker TW, Lebedev S, Long MD. On the relationship between azimuthal anisotropy from shear wave splitting and surface wave tomography Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 117. DOI: 10.1029/2011Jb008705  0.391
2012 Becker TW. On recent seismic tomography for the western United States Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 13. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gc003977  0.39
2012 Gérault M, Becker TW, Kaus BJP, Faccenna C, Moresi L, Husson L. The role of slabs and oceanic plate geometry in the net rotation of the lithosphere, trench motions, and slab return flow Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 13. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gc003934  0.442
2012 Konter JG, Becker TW. Shallow lithospheric contribution to mantle plumes revealed by integrating seismic and geochemical data Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 13. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gc003923  0.393
2011 Schaefer JF, Boschi L, Becker TW, Kissling E. Radial anisotropy in the European mantle: Tomographic studies explored in terms of mantle flow Geophysical Research Letters. 38. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gl049687  0.413
2011 Boschi L, Becker TW. Vertical coherence in mantle heterogeneity from global seismic data Geophysical Research Letters. 38. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gl049281  0.401
2011 Becker TW, Kawakatsu H. On the role of anisotropic viscosity for plate-scale flow Geophysical Research Letters. 38. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gl048584  0.389
2011 Becker TW, Faccenna C. Mantle conveyor beneath the Tethyan collisional belt Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 310: 453-461. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2011.08.021  0.44
2010 Becker T. Fine-Scale Modeling of Global Plate Tectonics Science. 329: 1020-1021. PMID 20798303 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1194858  0.43
2010 Faccenna C, Becker TW. Shaping mobile belts by small-scale convection. Nature. 465: 602-5. PMID 20520711 DOI: 10.1038/Nature09064  0.465
2010 Bailey IW, Ben-Zion Y, Becker TW, Holschneider M. Quantifying focal mechanism heterogeneity for fault zones in central and southern California Geophysical Journal International. 183: 433-450. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2010.04745.X  0.348
2010 Boschi L, Faccenna C, Becker TW. Mantle structure and dynamic topography in the Mediterranean Basin Geophysical Research Letters. 37. DOI: 10.1029/2010Gl045001  0.426
2010 Alpert LA, Becker TW, Bailey IW. Global slab deformation and centroid moment tensor constraints on viscosity Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 11. DOI: 10.1029/2010Gc003301  0.46
2010 Platt JP, Becker TW. Where is the real transform boundary in California? Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 11. DOI: 10.1029/2010Gc003060  0.39
2010 Ghosh A, Becker TW, Zhong SJ. Effects of lateral viscosity variations on the geoid Geophysical Research Letters. 37. DOI: 10.1029/2009Gl040426  0.44
2010 Bull AL, McNamara AK, Becker TW, Ritsema J. Global scale models of the mantle flow field predicted by synthetic tomography models Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 182: 129-138. DOI: 10.1016/J.Pepi.2010.03.004  0.378
2010 Faccenna C, Becker TW, Lallemand S, Lagabrielle Y, Funiciello F, Piromallo C. Subduction-triggered magmatic pulses: A new class of plumes? Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 299: 54-68. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2010.08.012  0.435
2010 Long MD, Becker TW. Mantle dynamics and seismic anisotropy Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 297: 341-354. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2010.06.036  0.467
2009 Bailey IW, Becker TW, Ben-zion Y. Patterns of co-seismic strain computed from southern California focal mechanisms Geophysical Journal International. 177: 1015-1036. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2009.04090.X  0.378
2009 Qin Y, Capdeville Y, Montagner JP, Boschi L, Becker TW. Reliability of mantle tomography models assessed by spectral element simulation Geophysical Journal International. 177: 125-144. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2008.04032.X  0.378
2009 Castelnau O, Blackman DK, Becker TW. Numerical simulations of texture development and associated rheological anisotropy in regions of complex mantle flow Geophysical Research Letters. 36. DOI: 10.1029/2009Gl038027  0.36
2009 Foley BJ, Becker TW. Generation of plate-like behavior and mantle heterogeneity from a spherical, viscoplastic convection model Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 10. DOI: 10.1029/2009Gc002378  0.396
2009 Kaus BJP, Liu Y, Becker TW, Yuen DA, Shi Y. Lithospheric stress-states predicted from long-term tectonic models: Influence of rheology and possible application to Taiwan Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 36: 119-134. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jseaes.2009.04.004  0.428
2009 Becker TW, Conrad CP, Buffett B, Müller RD. Past and present seafloor age distributions and the temporal evolution of plate tectonic heat transport Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 278: 233-242. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2008.12.007  0.608
2008 Faccenna C, Rossetti F, Becker TW, Danesi S, Morelli A. Recent extension driven by mantle upwelling beneath the Admiralty Mountains (East Antarctica) Tectonics. 27. DOI: 10.1029/2007Tc002197  0.44
2008 Becker TW. Azimuthal seismic anisotropy constrains net rotation of the lithosphere Geophysical Research Letters. 35. DOI: 10.1029/2007Gl032928  0.417
2008 Kaus BJP, Steedman C, Becker TW. From passive continental margin to mountain belt: Insights from analytical and numerical models and application to Taiwan Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 171: 235-251. DOI: 10.1016/J.Pepi.2008.06.015  0.45
2008 Boschi L, Becker TW, Steinberger B. On the statistical significance of correlations between synthetic mantle plumes and tomographic models Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 167: 230-238. DOI: 10.1016/J.Pepi.2008.03.009  0.398
2008 Platt JP, Kaus B, Becker TW. The mechanics of continental transforms: An alternative approach with applications to the San Andreas system and the tectonics of California Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 274: 380-391. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2008.07.052  0.395
2008 Funiciello F, Faccenna C, Heuret A, Lallemand S, Di Giuseppe E, Becker TW. Trench migration, net rotation and slab-mantle coupling Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 271: 233-240. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2008.04.006  0.408
2008 Becker TW, Kustowski B, Ekström G. Radial seismic anisotropy as a constraint for upper mantle rheology Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 267: 213-227. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2007.11.038  0.486
2007 Loyd SJ, Becker TW, Conrad CP, Lithgow-Bertelloni C, Corsetti FA. Time variability in Cenozoic reconstructions of mantle heat flow: plate tectonic cycles and implications for Earth's thermal evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104: 14266-71. PMID 17720806 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0706667104  0.324
2007 Becker TW, Ekström G, Boschi L, Woodhouse JH. Length scales, patterns and origin of azimuthal seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle as mapped by Rayleigh waves Geophysical Journal International. 171: 451-462. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2007.03536.X  0.407
2007 Kaus BJP, Becker TW. Effects of elasticity on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability: Implications for large-scale geodynamics Geophysical Journal International. 168: 843-862. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2006.03201.X  0.372
2007 Boschi L, Becker TW, Steinberger B. Mantle plumes: Dynamic models and seismic images Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 8. DOI: 10.1029/2007Gc001733  0.456
2007 Becker TW, Browaeys JT, Jordan TH. Stochastic analysis of shear-wave splitting length scales Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 259: 526-540. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2007.05.010  0.397
2007 Faccenna C, Heuret A, Funiciello F, Lallemand S, Becker TW. Predicting trench and plate motion from the dynamics of a strong slab Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 257: 29-36. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2007.02.016  0.373
2006 Becker TW. On the effect of temperature and strain-rate dependent viscosity on global mantle flow, net rotation, and plate-driving forces Geophysical Journal International. 167: 943-957. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2006.03172.X  0.453
2006 Montesi LGJ, Di Toro G, Simons FJ, Akber-Knutson S, Becker TW, Billen M, Deschamps A, Kellogg JB. Young scientists focus on the dynamics of the lithosphere Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 87: 482. DOI: 10.1029/2006Eo440005  0.752
2006 Becker TW, Chevrot S, Schulte-Pelkum V, Blackman DK. Statistical properties of seismic anisotropy predicted by upper mantle geodynamic models Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 111. DOI: 10.1029/2005Jb004095  0.4
2006 Piromallo C, Becker TW, Funiciello F, Faccenna C. Three-dimensional instantaneous mantle flow induced by subduction Geophysical Research Letters. 33. DOI: 10.1029/2005Gl025390  0.366
2006 Becker TW, Schulte-Pelkum V, Blackman DK, Kellogg JB, O'Connell RJ. Mantle flow under the western United States from shear wave splitting Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 247: 235-251. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2006.05.010  0.782
2006 Montesi LGJ, Di Toro G, Simons FJ, Akber-Knutson S, Becker TW, Billen M, Deschamps A, Kellogg JB. Meetings: Geoinformatics 2006 Eos. 87: 481-482.  0.728
2005 Enns A, Becker TW, Schmeling H. The dynamics of subduction and trench migration for viscosity stratification Geophysical Journal International. 160: 761-775. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2005.02519.X  0.456
2005 Becker TW, Hardebeck JL, Anderson G. Constraints on fault slip rates of the southern California plate boundary from GPS velocity and stress inversions Geophysical Journal International. 160: 634-650. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2004.02528.X  0.421
2005 Simons FJ, Becker TW, Kellogg JB, Billen M, Lee CA, Montèsi LGJ, Panero W, Zhong S. MYRES: A program to unite young solid earth researchers Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 86: 48. DOI: 10.1029/2005Eo050005  0.75
2004 Simons FJ, Becker TW, Kellogg JB, Billen M, Hardebeck J, Lee CA, Montési LGJ, Panero W, Zhong S. Young solid Earth researchers of the world unite! Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 85: 160-161. DOI: 10.1029/2004Eo160011  0.751
2003 Becker TW, Kellogg JB, Ekström G, O'Connell RJ. Comparison of azimuthal seismic anisotrophy from surface waves and finite strain from global mantle-circulation models Geophysical Journal International. 155: 696-714. DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-246X.2003.02085.X  0.783
2002 Felzer KR, Becker TW, Abercrombie RE, Ekström G, Rice JR. Triggering of the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake by aftershocks of the 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers earthquake Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 107: 6-1. DOI: 10.1029/2001Jb000911  0.381
2002 Becker TW, Boschi L. A comparison of tomographic and geodynamic mantle models Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 3: n/a-n/a. DOI: 10.1029/2001Gc000168  0.397
2001 Faccenna C, Becker TW, Lucente FP, Jolivet L, Rossetti F. History of subduction and back-arc extension in the central Mediterranean Geophysical Journal International. 145: 809-820. DOI: 10.1046/J.0956-540X.2001.01435.X  0.426
2001 Becker TW, O'Connell RJ. Predicting plate velocities with mantle circulation models Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2. DOI: 10.1029/2001Gc000171  0.624
1999 Becker TW, Faccenna C, O'Connell RJ, Giardini D. The development of slabs in the upper mantle: Insights from numerical and laboratory experiments Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 104: 15207-15226. DOI: 10.1029/1999Jb900140  0.636
1999 Becker TW, Kellogg JB, O'Connell RJ. Thermal constraints on the survival of primitive blobs in the lower mantle Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 171: 351-365. DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00160-0  0.786
1998 Becker TW, Schmeling H. Earthquake recurrence-time variations with and without fault-zone interactions Geophysical Journal International. 135: 165-176. DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-246X.1998.00624.X  0.381
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