Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection

João C. Duarte works in tectonics, geodynamics, and marine geology. He is an auxiliar professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and a researcher at IDL, where he coordinates the research group on Continental Margins and the Deep Ocean Frontier. João has published more than 40 papers and has several edited works, including two Elsevier books entitled Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones and A Journey Through Tides, an Elsevier special volume in the Journal of Geodynamics on the “200 years of geodynamic modelling”, and an AGU monograph entitled Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards. He was awarded the Dis_x0002_covery Early Career Researcher Award from the Australian Research Council in 2015. In 2017, he was awarded the Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists of the European Geosciences Union. He is a member of the editorial board of Communications Earth & Environment and a Fellow of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. João is passionate about science communication, and he regu_x0002_larly collaborates with science magazines and the media.

• 1. Introduction to Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection2. The Physics and Origin of Plate Tectonics from Grain to Global Scales3. Energetics of the Solid Earth: Implications for the Structure of Mantle Convection4. Influence of Mantle Rheology on the Formation of Plate Tectonic Style of Mantle Convection5. Tectonic Strain Rates, Diffuse Oceanic Plate Boundaries, and the Plate Tectonic Approximation6. Tectonics is a Hologram7. Internal Planetary Feedbacks, Mantle Dynamics, and Plate Tectonics 8. Tectono-convective Modes on Earth and other Terrestrial Bodies9. The Past and the Future of Plate Tectonics and other TectonicRegimes10. How Mantle Convection Drives the Supercontinent Cycle: Mechanism, Driving Force, and Substantivity11. Observations and Models of Dynamic Topography: Current Status and Future Directions12. Feedbacks between Internal and External Dynamics13. Co-Evolution of Life and Plate Tectonics: The Biogeodynamic Perspective on the Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic Transitions14. Subduction Zones: A Short Review 15.An Evolutionary Perspective on Subduction Initiation16. Lithosphere-Mantle Interactions in Subduction Zones17. Mantle Plumes and their Interactions18. Evolution of Mantle Plumes and Lower Mantle Structure in Numerical Models using Tectonic Reconstructions as Boundary Conditions19. Rifting Continents20. Mid-Ocean Ridges: Geodynamics Written in the Seafloor21. Roles of Serpentinization in Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of Earth’s Mantle22. Numerical Modelling of Subduction23. Literate, Reusable, Geodynamic Modelling24. Perspectives On Planetary Tectonics

"Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection,written by specialists in the field, gathers state-of-the-art perspectives on the dynamics of plate tectonics and mantle convection…. [The] fascinating questions explored in this book, provid[e] perspectives from different vantage points and open the curtain to the endeavors and stories behind the science." --Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin