Carbon emissions along divergent plate boundaries modulate icehouse-greenhouse climates
Carbon emissions along divergent plate boundaries modulate icehouse-greenhouse climate transitions through mid-ocean ridge and rift degassing.
R. Dietmar Müller
Professor of Geophysics
Dietmar Müller leads the EarthByte Group and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. His research focuses on plate tectonics, geodynamics, and the development of the GPlates software for producing open-access models of Earth’s dynamic history.
Craton boundary detection from full-waveform tomography model reveals links to critical metal deposits
Using full-waveform seismic tomography to detect craton boundaries and their spatial links to critical metal deposit locations.
Regional carbonate compensation depth variability in the Pacific Ocean since the Oligocene
Reconstructing regional carbonate compensation depth variability in the Pacific Ocean since the Oligocene to understand deep-sea carbon cycling.
Faranak Dalvand
Subducting seafloor anomalies promote porphyry copper formation
Plate tectonic reconstructions and machine learning show that subducting seafloor anomalies promote porphyry copper deposit formation.
Solid Earth Carbon Degassing and Sequestration Since 1 Billion Years Ago
Coupling plate tectonic models with thermodynamic carbon outflux estimates to reconstruct solid Earth carbon degassing over the last billion years.
Spatio-temporal copper prospectivity in the American Cordillera predicted by positive-unlabeled machine learning
A positive-unlabeled machine learning model predicts spatio-temporal copper prospectivity along the American Cordillera from subduction zone dynamics.
Duration of Sturtian 'Snowball Earth' glaciation linked to exceptionally low mid-ocean ridge outgassing
Exceptionally low mid-ocean ridge CO2 outgassing sustained the Sturtian Snowball Earth glaciation for over 50 million years.
Kimberlite eruptions driven by slab flux and subduction angle
Machine learning reveals that the volume and angle of subducted oceanic plates control where and when diamond-bearing kimberlite eruptions occur.
Deep time spatio-temporal data analysis using pyGPlates with PlateTectonicTools and GPlately
GPlately: a Python interface for deep-time spatio-temporal data analysis using pyGPlates, simplifying plate tectonic reconstructions.
Evolution of Earth’s tectonic carbon conveyor belt
Reconstructing the oceanic carbon conveyor belt over 250 million years reveals plate tectonics as a pivotal driver of Mesozoic climate change.