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Davies, J. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Panton, J., Altoe, I., Andersen, M., Beguelin, P., Biggin, A., Davies, C., Elliott, T., Engbers, Y. A., Fernandes, V. M., Ferreira, A. M. G., Fowler, S., Ghelichkhan, S., Heinen, B. J., Koelemeijer, P., Latallerie, F., Li, W., Morgan, G., Mason, S. J., Myhill, R., Nowacki, A., O'Malley, C. P., Plimmer, A., Porcelli, D., Récalde, N., Roberts, G. G., Rodney, J. B., Shea, J., Shorttle, O., Sturgeon, W., Walker, A. M., Ward, J. and Wookey, J. 2025. How to assess similarities and differences between mantle circulation models and Earth using disparate independent observations. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 481 (2315) , 20240827. 10.1098/rspa.2024.0827

Morgan, Gwynfor T., Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Myhill, Robert and Panton, James 2025. On the global geodynamic consequences of different phase boundary morphologies. Solid Earth 16 (4/5) , 297–314. 10.5194/se-16-297-2025

Panton, James, Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Koelemeijer, Paula, Myhill, Robert and Ritsema, Jeroen 2025. Unique composition and evolutionary histories of large low velocity provinces. Scientific Reports 15 (1) , 4466. 10.1038/s41598-025-88931-3

Beguelin, Paul, Panton, James, Andersen, Morten ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3130-9794, Elliot, Tim, Davies, Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Rodney, Joel and Plimmer, Abigail 2025. Comparing geochemical and geodynamical models of plume and ridge mantle source composition. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems Item availability restricted.

Ward, Jamie, Walker, Andrew M., Nowacki, Andy, Panton, James and Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2024. The sensitivity of lowermost mantle anisotropy to past mantle convection. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 356 , 107264. 10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107264

Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm 2024. The making of slab breakoff. Journal of the Geological Society 182 (1) , jgs2024-167. 10.1144/jgs2024-167

Plimmer, A., Davies, J. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Panton, J. 2024. Investigating the effect of lithosphere thickness and viscosity on mantle dynamics throughout the supercontinent cycle. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 25 (11) , e2024GC011688. 10.1029/2024gc011688

Zhang, Duo and Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2024. How a volcanic arc influences back-arc extension: insight from 2D numerical models. Solid Earth 15 , pp. 1113-1132. 10.5194/se-15-1113-2024

Lei, Zhibin and Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2023. Progressive weakening within the overriding plate during dual inward dipping subduction. Tectonophysics 863 , 230004. 10.1016/j.tecto.2023.230004

Panton, James, Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Myhill, Robert 2023. The stability of dense oceanic crust near the core‐mantle boundary. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 128 (2) , e2022JB025610. 10.1029/2022jb025610

Panton, James, Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Elliott, Tim, Andersen, Morten ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3130-9794, Porcelli, Don and Price, Matthew G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752 2022. Investigating influences on the Pb Pseudo‐Isochron using three‐dimensional mantle convection models with a continental reservoir. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 23 (8) , e2021GC010309. 10.1029/2021gc010309

Knight, B. S., Davies, J. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Capitanio, F. A. 2021. Timescales of successful and failed subduction: insights from numerical modelling. Geophysical Journal International 225 (1) , pp. 261-276. 10.1093/gji/ggaa410

Beall, Adam, Fagereng, Åke, Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Garel, Fanny and Davies, D. Rhodri 2021. Influence of subduction zone dynamics on interface shear stress and potential relationship with seismogenic behavior. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22 (2) , e2020GC009267. 10.1029/2020GC009267

Price, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752, Davies, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Panton, James 2019. Controls on the deep water cycle within three-dimensional mantle convection models. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20 (5) 10.1029/2018GC008158

Phillips, T N ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6455-1205, Oldham, D and Davies, J H ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2019. Towards global SEM mantle convection simulations on Polyhedral-based grids. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 348 , pp. 48-57. 10.1016/j.cam.2018.08.042

Mitchell, Neil C. and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2018. Equatorial Pacific gravity lineaments: interpretations with basement topography along seismic reflection lines. Marine Geophysical Research 39 (4) , pp. 551-565. 10.1007/s11001-018-9351-x

Davies, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Price, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752 2018. Examining the role of chemical heterogeneity on the deep mantle seismic signature using 3D thermo-chemical mantle modelling. Presented at: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., USA, 10-14 December 2018.

Price, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752, Davies, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Panton, James 2018. Constraining the global water budget: Understanding the deep-water cycle using 3-D mantle convection models. Presented at: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., USA, 10-14 December 2018. -.

Price, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752 and Davies, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2018. Profiling the robustness, efficiency and limits of the forward-adjoint method for 3D mantle convection modelling. Geophysical Journal International 212 (2) , pp. 1450-1462. 10.1093/gji/ggx489

Price, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752, Davies, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Panton, James 2017. Investigating melting induced mantle heterogeneities in plate driven mantle convection models. Presented at: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 11-15 December, 2015.

Wolstencroft, Martin and Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2017. Breaking supercontinents; no need to choose between passive or active. Solid Earth 8 , pp. 817-825. 10.5194/se-8-817-2017

Barry, T L, Davies, J. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Wolstencroft, M., Millar, I. L., Zhao, Z., Jian, P., Safanova, I. and Price, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752 2017. Whole-mantle convection with tectonic plates preserves long-term global patterns of upper mantle geochemistry. Scientific Reports 7 , 1870. 10.1038/s41598-017-01816-y

Van Heck, Hein J., Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Elliott, Tim and Porcelli, Don 2016. Global-scale modeling of melting and isotopic evolution of Earth's mantle: melting modules for TERRA. Geoscientific Model Development 9 , 1399–1411. 10.5194/gmd-9-1399-2016

Price, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752 and Davies, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2016. Investigating past mantle structures with assimilation techniques in mantle convection models. Presented at: China-UK Workshop on Deep Volatiles, Mineral Deposits and Geodynamics, State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Nanjing, China, 9-15 September 2016.

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Garel, Fanny, Davies, Rhodri and Goes, Saskia 2015. Overriding plate deformation during subduction evolution [invited paper]. Presented at: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 14-18 December 2015.

Price, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752 and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2015. Testing the stability of LLSVPs using the full adjoint method for mantle circulation models. Presented at: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 14-18 December, 2015.

Van Heck, Henrikus, Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Nowacki, Andy and Wookey, James 2015. Probing seismically melting induced mantle heterogeneities in the thermo-chemical convection models. Presented at: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 14-18 December 2015.

Price, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-1752 and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2015. Testing the limit of predicitability of mantle circulation models. Presented at: British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2015, National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton, UK, 10-11 September 2015.

Walker, Andrew, Davies, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Davies, D. Rhodri and Wookey, James 2015. Linking TERRA and DRex to relate mantle convection and seismic anisotropy. Presented at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015.

Nowacki, Andy, Van Heck, Henrikus, Davies, Rhodri, Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Wookey, James 2015. Plumes, piles or puddings? Testing hypotheses of lowermost mantle dynamics with geodynamic and seismic calculations. Presented at: GeoBerlin - Annual Meeting DGGV DMG, Berlin, Germany, 4-7 October 2015.

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Van Heck, Henrikus, Nowacki, Andy, Wookey, James, Elliott, Tim and Porcelli, Don 2015. Dynamic coupling of bulk chemistry, trace elements and mantle flow. Presented at: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 14-18 December, 2015.

Garel, F., Goes, S., Davies, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Davies, J. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Kramer, S. and Wilson, C. 2014. Interaction of subducted slabs with the mantle transition-zone: A regime diagram from 2-D thermo-mechanical models with a mobile trench and an overriding plate. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15 (5) , pp. 1739-1765. 10.1002/2014GC005257

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2013. Global map of solid earth surface heat flow. Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems 14 (10) , pp. 4608-4622. 10.1002/ggge.20271

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Van Heck, Henrikus 2013. Improving hydrocarbon exploration through mantle circulation modeling. Presented at: 75th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, London, UK, 10-13 June 2013. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, 10.3997/2214-4609.20130101

Davies, David Rhodri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7662-9468, Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Bollada, Peter Charles, Hassan, O., Morgan, K. and Nithiarasu, A. 2013. A hierarchical mesh refinement technique for global 3-D spherical mantle convection modelling. Geoscientific Model Development 6 , pp. 1095-1107. 10.5194/gmd-6-1095-2013

Davies, David Rhodri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7662-9468, Goes, S., Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Schuberth, B. S. A., Bunge, H.-P. and Ritsema, J. 2012. Reconciling dynamic and seismic models of Earth's lower mantle: the dominant role of thermal heterogeneity. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 353-54 , pp. 253-269. 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.016

Oldham, David N., Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Phillips, Timothy Nigel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6455-1205 2012. Generic polyhedron grid generation for solving partial differential equations on spherical surfaces. Computers & Geosciences 39 , pp. 11-17. 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.06.004

Wolstencroft, Martin and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2011. Influence of the Ringwoodite-Perovskite transition on mantle convection in spherical geometry as a function of Clapeyron slope and Rayleigh number. Solid Earth 2 , pp. 315-326. 10.5194/se-2-315-2011

Wolstencroft, Martin and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2011. Influence of the Ringwoodite-Perovskite transition on mantle convection in spherical geometry as a function of Clapeyron slope and Rayleigh number. Solid Earth 3 , pp. 713-741. 10.5194/sed-3-713-2011

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Davies, David Rhodri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7662-9468 2010. Earth's surface heat flux. Solid Earth 1 (1) , pp. 5-24. 10.5194/se-1-5-2010

Davies, David Rhodri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7662-9468 and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2009. Thermally-driven mantle plumes reconcile multiple hot-spot observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 278 (1-2) , pp. 50-54. 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.027

Wolstencroft, M., Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Davies, David Rhodri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7662-9468 2009. Nusselt-Rayleigh number scaling for spherical shell Earth mantle simulation up to a Rayleigh number of 109109. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 176 (1-2) , pp. 132-141. 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.05.002

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2008. Did a mega-collision dry Venus' interior? Earth and Planetary Science Letters 268 (3-4) , pp. 376-383. 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.031

Davies, David Rhodri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7662-9468, Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Hassan, O., Morgan, K. and Nithiarasu, P. 2008. Adaptive finite element methods in geodynamics: convection dominated mid-ocean ridge and subduction zone simulations. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow 18 (7/8) , pp. 1015-1035. 10.1108/09615530810899079

Davies, David Rhodri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7662-9468, Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Hassan, O., Morgan, K. and Nithiarasu, P. 2007. Investigations into the applicability of adaptive finite element methods to two-dimensional infinite Prandtl number thermal and thermochemical convection. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 8 (5) , Q05010. 10.1029/2006GC001470

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Bunge, Bunge Hans-Peter 2006. Are splash plumes the origin of minor hotspots? Geology 34 (5) , pp. 349-352. 10.1130/G22193.1

Wolstencroft, Martin, Rana, Omer Farooq ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3597-2646 and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2006. Distributed storage of high-volume environmental simulation data: mantle modelling. Presented at: 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2006), Hong Kong, 18-22 December 2006. 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2006 main conference proceedings) : (WI ’06) : proceedings : 18-22 December, 2006, Hong Kong, China. Los Alamitos, Calif: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 991-996. 10.1109/WI.2006.63

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2005. Steady plumes produced by downwellings in Earth-like vigor spherical whole mantle convection models. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 6 (12) , pp. 1-25. 10.1029/2005GC001042

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2005. Steady plumes produced by downwellings in Earth-like vigor spherical whole mantle convection models. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 6 (12) , Q12001. 10.1029/2005GC001042

Oldham, David N. and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2004. Numerical investigation of layered convection in a three-dimensional shell with application to planetary mantles. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 5 (12) , pp. 1-25. 10.1029/2003GC000603

Rhodes, Mark and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2004. Constructing a Geodynamic A Priori Seismic (GAPS) velocity model of upper mantle heterogeneity. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 5 (3) 10.1029/2003GC000622

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Brodholt, John P. and Wood, Bernard J. 2002. Introduction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 360 (1800) , pp. 2361-2369. 10.1098/rsta.2002.1086

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2002. Earth science: breaking plates. Nature 418 (6899) , pp. 736-738. 10.1038/418736a

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Brodholt, J. P. and Wood, B. J., eds. 2002. Chemical reservoirs and convection in the Earth's mantle. Philosophical Transactions Royal Society London A, vol. 1800. London: Royal Society.

Rhodes, Mark and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2001. Tomographic imaging of multiple mantle plumes in the uppermost lower mantle. Geophysical Journal International 147 (1) , pp. 88-92. 10.1046/j.0956-540x.2001.01512.x

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Bunge, Hans‐Peter 2001. Seismically ”fast” geodynamic mantle models. Geophysical Research Letters 28 (1) , pp. 73-76. 10.1029/2000GL011805

Bunge, Hans-Peter and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2001. Tomographic images of a mantle circulation model. Geophysical Research Letters 28 (1) , pp. 77-80. 10.1029/2000GL011804

Leng, Joanna, Brooke, John, Hewitt, Terry and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 2000. Visualization of seismic data in geophysics and astrophysics. Presented at: SGI 2000 Users' Conference Proceedings, Krakow, Poland, 11-14th October 2000. SGI2000 Conference Proceedings. pp. 112-123.

Davies, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 1999. Simple analytic model for subduction zone thermal structure. Geophysical Journal International 139 (3) , pp. 823-828. 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00991.x

Rowland, Andrea and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 1999. Buoyancy rather than rheology controls the thickness of the overriding mechanical lithosphere at subduction zones. Geophysical Research Letters 26 (19) , pp. 3037-3040. 10.1029/1999GL005347

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 1999. The role of hydraulic fractures and intermediate-depth earthquakes in subduction-zone magmatism. Nature 398 (6723) , pp. 142-145. 10.1038/18202

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and von Blanckenburg, F. 1998. Thermal controls on slab breakoff and the rise of high-pressure rocks during continental collisions. Hacker, B. and Liou, J. G., eds. When continents collide : Geodynamics and geochemistry of ultrahigh-pressure rocks, Petrology and Structural Geology, vol. 10. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 97-115.

von Blanckenburg, F. and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 1996. Feasibility of double slab breakoff (Cretaceous and Tertiary) during the Alpine convergence. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 89 (1) , pp. 111-127.

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm 1995. Slab breakoff: A model of lithosphere detachment and its test in the magmatism and deformation of collisional orogens. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 129 (1-4) , pp. 85-102. 10.1016/0012-821X(94)00237-S

von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm and Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 1995. Slab breakoff: A model for syncollisional magmatism and tectonics in the Alps. Tectonics 14 (1) , pp. 120-131. 10.1029/94TC02051

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 1994. Lateral water transport across a dynamic mantle wedge: a model for subduction zone magmatism. Ryan, Michael P., ed. Magmatic Systems, International Geophysics series, vol. 57. San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 197-221.

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Stevenson, D. J. 1992. Physical model of source region of subduction zone volcanics. Journal of Geophysical Research 97 (B2) , pp. 2037-2070. 10.1029/91JB02571

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 1992. Lower bound estimate of average earthquake mislocation from variance of travel-time residuals. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 75 (1-3) , pp. 89-101. 10.1016/0031-9201(92)90120-K

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Gudmundsson, Olafur and Clayton, R. W. 1992. Spectra of mantle shear wave velocity structure. Geophysical Journal International 108 (3) , pp. 865-882. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1992.tb03476.x

Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Bickle, M. J. 1991. A physical model for the volume and composition of melt produced by hydrous fluxing above subduction zones. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 335 (1638) , pp. 355-364. 10.1098/rsta.1991.0051

Gudmundsson, O., Davies, John Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260 and Clayton, R. W. 1990. Stochastic analysis of global travel time data: Mantle heterogeneity and random errors in the ISC data. Geophysical Journal International 102 (1) , pp. 25-43. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1990.tb00528.x