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Morgan, Gwynfor T., Davies, J. Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Myhill, Robert, Wookey, James and Panton, James 2025. A method for the prediction of seismic discontinuity topography from thermochemical mantle circulation models. Geophysical Journal International 243 (2) , ggaf344. 10.1093/gji/ggaf344

Béguelin, 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 26 (8) , e2025GC012357. 10.1029/2025GC012357

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

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

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. -.

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 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, 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, 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, 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

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