Deep Time Data Mining
Interrogating plate reconstructions to target mineral deposits using AI
Our latest paper reveals how plate tectonics has driven Earth's climate shifts
New research published in Communications Earth & Environment shows that the balance between volcanic outgassing and carbon sequestration into oceanic lithosphere is the key driver …
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.
Ray + Zarr: a better way to scale plate reconstruction workflows
Why I've moved from Dask to Ray for distributed raster processing, and why Zarr is the natural storage format to pair with it.
GPlately 2.0 is here
GPlately version 2.0 has been released on GitHub — a major milestone for our open-source Python library for plate tectonic reconstructions. Here's a quick tour of what it can do.
A billion-year carbon budget for the solid Earth
Our paper in G-Cubed couples plate tectonic models with thermodynamic carbon outflux estimates to build the most comprehensive reconstruction of solid Earth carbon degassing and …
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.
How mantle plumes steer spreading ridges
Our paper in Nature Communications reveals a new mechanism for mid-ocean ridge migration: plumes with high buoyancy flux can capture and anchor ridges in place, and when they wane, …
Spreading ridge migration enabled by plume-ridge de-anchoring
Numerical modelling shows that high-buoyancy mantle plumes can capture and de-anchor spreading ridges, enabling their migration over vast distances.
What kept Earth frozen for 57 million years?
A new paper in Geology links the duration of the Sturtian Snowball Earth glaciation to exceptionally low CO2 outgassing from mid-ocean ridges — not volcanic arcs.