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Nicolaas J. Vlaar

Observed names: N. J. VLAAR, N. J. Vlaar, N.J Vlaar, N.J. VLAAR, N.J. Vlaar, Vlaar, N. J., Vlaar, N.J.
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The Hellenic Subduction Zone: A tomographic image and its geodynamic implications
1988 · W. Spakman, M. J. R. Wortel, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 411
Evolution of passive continental margins and initiation of subduction zones
1982 · S. A. P. L. Cloetingh, M. J. R. Wortel, et al. · Nature · 171
Lithospheric aging, instability and subduction
1976 · N.J. Vlaar, M.J.R. Wortel · Tectonophysics · 149
Production and recycling of oceanic crust in the early Earth
2004 · P. van Thienen, A.P. van den Berg, et al. · Tectonophysics · 144
On the initiation of subduction zones
1989 · Sierd Cloetingh, Rinus Wortel, et al. · Pure and Applied Geophysics · 136
Cooling of the earth in the Archaean: Consequences of pressure-release melting in a hotter mantle
1994 · N.J. Vlaar, P.E. van Keken, et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 129
Regions of Seismic Wave Scattering in the Earth's Mantle and Precursors to PKP
1973 · D. J. DOORNBOS, N. J. VLAAR · Nature Physical Science · 82
Plate tectonics on the terrestrial planets
2004 · P van Thienen, N.J Vlaar, et al. · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 75
Passive margin evolution, initiation of subduction and the Wilson cycle
1984 · S.A.P.L. Cloetingh, M.J.R. Wortel, et al. · Tectonophysics · 70
Thermal anomalies and magmatism due to lithospheric doubling and shifting
1983 · N.J. Vlaar · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 56
Subduction zone seismicity and the thermo-mechanical evolution of downgoing lithosphere
1988 · M. J. R. Wortel, N. J. Vlaar · Pure and Applied Geophysics · 55
Assessment of the cooling capacity of plate tectonics and flood volcanism in the evolution of Earth, Mars and Venus
2005 · P. van Thienen, N.J. Vlaar, et al. · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 47
On the formation of continental silicic melts in thermochemical mantle convection models: implications for early Earth
2004 · P. van Thienen, A.P. van den Berg, et al. · Tectonophysics · 46
Age-dependent subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath western South America
1978 · M.J.R. Wortel, N.J. Vlaar · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 44
The evolution of continental roots in numerical thermo-chemical mantle convection models including differentiation by partial melting
1999 · J.H de Smet, A.P van den Berg, et al. · Lithos · 38
Ray theory for an anisotropic inhomogeneous elastic medium
1968 · N. J. Vlaar · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 37
Mountain building and earth rotation
1994 · L. L. A. Vermeersen, R. Sabadini, et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 35
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Stability and growth of continental shields in mantle convection models including recurrent melt production
1998 · J.H. de Smet, A.P. van den Berg, et al. · Tectonophysics · 34
Early formation and long-term stability of continents resulting from decompression melting in a convecting mantle
2000 · J. De Smet, A.P. Van den Berg, et al. · Tectonophysics · 30
Continental emergence and growth on a cooling earth
2000 · N.J. Vlaar · Tectonophysics · 25
State of Stress at Passive Margins and Initiation of Subduction Zones
1982 · S. A. P. L. Cloetingh, M. J. R. Wortel, et al. · American Association of Petroleum Geologists eBooks · 22
Can lower mantle slab‐like seismic anomalies be explained by thermal coupling between the upper and lower mantles?
1999 · Hana Čížková, Ondřej Čadek, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 21
On the Initiation of Subduction Zones
1989 · Sierd Cloetingh, Rinus Wortel, et al. · Birkhäuser Basel eBooks · 20
Precambrian Geodynamical Constraints
1985 · N. J. Vlaar · Springer eBooks · 20
Numerical study of the origin and stability of chemically distinct reservoirs deep in Earth's mantle
2005 · P. van Thienen, J. van Summeren, et al. · Geophysical monograph · 18
Works count: 61
Citation count: 2,048
H-index: 21
I10-index: 30
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