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Dr. Wouter Schellart

Research Interests

  • Subduction kinematics and dynamics.
  • Arc - backarc system evolution and dynamics.
  • Mantle convection.
  • Geodynamic modelling (physical and numerical).
  • Physical properties of analogue modelling materials.
  • Tectonic reconstructions.
  • Mountain building and mountain destruction.
  • Geophysical fluid dynamics.
  • Mesoscale structural geology.

Contact Wouter

P: +61 3 9905 1782
F: +61 2 9905 4903
E: Wouter Schellart

QE II Fellow and Monash Fellow

Wouter Schellart

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Publications

  • Schellart, W.P., Shear test results for cohesion and friction coefficients for different granular materials: scaling implications for their usage in analogue modelling. Tectonophysics 324, 1-16, 2000.
  • Schellart, W.P., G.S. Lister and M.W. Jessell, Analogue modelling of arc and backarc deformation in the New Hebrides arc and North Fiji Basin. Geology 30, 311-314, 2002.
  • Schellart, W.P., Analogue modelling of large-scale tectonic processes: an introduction. In: Analogue modelling of large-scale tectonic processes, edited by W.P. Schellart and C. Passchier. Journal of the Virtual Explorer 7, 1-6, 2002.
  • Schellart, W.P., G.S. Lister and M.W. Jessell, Analogue modelling of asymmetrical back-arc extension. In: Analogue modelling of large-scale tectonic processes, edited by W.P. Schellart and C. Passchier. Journal of the Virtual Explorer 7, 25-42, 2002.
  • Schellart, W.P., G.S. Lister and M.W. Jessell, Some experimental insights into arc formation and back-arc extension. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata 42 (suppl. 1/2), 85-91, 2002.
  • Schellart, W.P., Alpine deformation at the western termination of the Axial Zone, Southern Pyrenees. In: Reconstruction of the evolution of the Alpine-Himalayan orogeny, edited by G. Rosenbaum and G.S. Lister. Journal of the Virtual Explorer 8, 35-55, 2002.
  • Schellart, W.P. and D.A. Nieuwland, 3D evolution of a pop-up structure above a double basement strike-slip fault: some insights from analogue modelling. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 212, 169-179, 2003.
  • Schellart, W.P., M.W. Jessell and G.S. Lister, Asymmetric deformation in the backarc region of the Kuril arc, northwest Pacific: New insights from analogue modeling. Tectonics 22, 1047, doi:10.1029/2002TC001473, 2003.
  • Schellart, W.P., Quantifying the net slab pull force as a driving mechanism for plate tectonics. Geophysical Research Letters 31, L07611, doi:10.1029/2004GL019528, 2004.
  • Schellart, W.P. and G.S. Lister, Tectonic models for the formation of arc-shaped convergent zones and backarc basins. In: Orogenic Curvature: integrating paleomagnetic and structural analyses, edited by A.J Sussman and A.B. Weil, Geological Society of America Special Paper 383, 237-258, 2004.
  • Schellart, W.P., Kinematics of subduction and subduction-induced flow in the upper mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research 109, B07401, doi:10.1029/2004JB002970, 2004.
  • Sandiford, M., D. Coblentz, and W.P. Schellart, Evaluating slab-plate coupling in the Indo-Australian plate. Geology 33, 113-116, 2005.
  • Schellart, W.P., Influence of the subducting plate velocity on the geometry of the slab and migration of the subduction hinge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 231, 197-219, 2005.
  • Schellart, W.P. and G.S. Lister, The role of the East Asian active margin in widespread extensional and strike-slip deformation in East Asia. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 162, 959-972, 2005.
  • Stegman, D.R., J. Freeman, W.P. Schellart, L. Moresi, and D. May, Influence of trench width on subduction hinge retreat rates in 3-D models of slab rollback. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 7, Q03012, doi:10.1029/2005GC001056, 2006.
  • Schellart, W.P., G.S. Lister and V. G. Toy, A Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic reconstruction of the Southwest Pacific region: Tectonics controlled by subduction and slab rollback processes. Earth-Science Reviews 76, EARTH-01424, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.01.002, 191-233, 2006.
  • Schellart, W.P., J. Freeman, D.R. Stegman, L. Moresi and D. May, Evolution and diversity of subduction zones controlled by slab width. Nature 446, 308-311, doi:10.1038/nature05615, 2007.
  • Schellart, W.P., Northeastward subduction followed by slab detachment to explain ophiolite obduction and Late Miocene volcanism in Northland, New Zealand. Terra Nova 19, 211-218, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00736.x, 2007.
  • Schellart, W.P., The potential influence of subduction zone polarity on overriding plate deformation, trench migration and slab dip angle. Tectonophysics 445, 363-372, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.09.009, 2007.
  • Schellart, W.P., Comment on “The thermal structure of subduction zone back arcs” by Claire A. Curie and Roy D. Hyndman. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, B11407, doi:10.1029/2007JB005287, 2007.
  • Schellart, W.P., Kinematics and flow patterns in deep mantle and upper mantle subduction models: Influence of the mantle depth and slab to mantle viscosity ratio, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 9, Q03014, doi:10.1029/2007GC001656, 2008.
  • Schellart, W.P., D.R. Stegman, and J. Freeman, Global trench migration velocities and slab migration induced upper mantle volume fluxes: Constraints to find an Earth reference frame based on minimizing viscous dissipation, Earth-Science Reviews 88, 118-144, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.01.005, 2008.
  • Schellart, W.P., Estimate of the slab to upper mantle effective viscosity ratio from fluid dynamic models of subduction, Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, 49 (suppl. 2), 194-198, 2008.
  • Schellart, W.P., Subduction zone trench migration: Slab driven or overriding-plate-driven?, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 170, 73-88, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.07.040, 2008.
  • Schellart, W.P., Overriding plate shortening and extension above subduction zones: A parametric study to explain formation of the Andes mountains, Geological Society of America Bulletin 120, 1441-1454, doi: 10.1130/B26360.1, 2008.
  • Schellart, W.P., Reply to comment on "The potential influence of subduction zone polarity on overriding plate deformation, trench migration and slab dip angle", Tectonophysics 463, 214-217, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.03.016, 2009.
  • Schellart, W.P., B.L.N. Kennett, W. Spakman, and M. Amaru, Plate reconstructions and tomography reveal a fossil lower mantle slab below the Tasman Sea, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 278, 143-151, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.004, 2009.
  • Stegman, D.R., R. Farrington, F.A. Capitanio, and W.P. Schellart, A regime diagram for subduction styles from 3-D numerical models of free subduction, Tectonophysics, in press.
  • Schellart, W.P., Evolution of the slab bending radius and the bending dissipation in three-dimensional subduction models with a variable slab to upper mantle viscosity ratio, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in press.
  • Schellart, W.P., and N. Rawlinson, Convergent plate margin dynamics: New perspectives from structural geology, geophysics and geodynamic modelling, Tectonophysics, 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.030, in press.