Publications

AUGURY publications

Arnould, M., Coltice, N., Flament, N., & Mallard, C. (2020). Plate tectonics and mantle controls on plume dynamics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 547, 116439.

Bocher, M., Ulvrova, M., Arnould, M., Coltice, N., Mallard, C., Gérault, M., & Adenis, A. (2020). Drawing everyday sexism in academia: observations and analysis of a community-based initiative. Advances in Geosciences, 53, 15-31.

Coltice, N., Husson, L., Faccenna, C., & Arnould, M. (2019). What drives tectonic plates?. Science advances, 5(10), eaax4295.

Ulvrova, M. M., Coltice, N., Williams, S., & Tackley, P. J. (2019). Where does subduction initiate and cease? A global scale perspective. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 528, 115836.

Gillooly, T., Coltice, N., & Wolf, C. (2019). An anticipation experiment for plate tectonics. Tectonics, 38(11), 3916-3938.

Arnould, M., Ganne, J., Coltice, N., & Feng, X. (2019). Northward drift of the Azores plume in the Earth’s mantle. Nature communications, 10(1), 1-8.

Coltice, N., & Shephard, G. E. (2018). Tectonic predictions with mantle convection models. Geophysical Journal International, 213(1), 16-29.

Bocher, M., Fournier, A., & Coltice, N. (2018). Ensemble Kalman filter for the reconstruction of the Earth’s mantle circulation. Nonlin. Processes Geophys 25, 99–123.

Coltice, N., Larrouturou, G., Debayle, E. & Garnero, E.J. (2017). Interactions of scales of convection in the Earth’s mantle. Tectonophysics, in press.

Mallard, C., Jacquet, B., & Coltice, N. (2017). ADOPT: A tool for automatic detection of tectonic plates at the surface of convection models. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(8), 3197-3208.

Coltice, N., Gérault, M., & Ulvrová, M. (2017). A mantle convection perspective on global tectonics. Earth-Science Reviews, 165, 120-150.

Mallard, C., Coltice, N., Seton, M., Müller, R.D., Tackley, P.J. (2016), Subduction controls the distribution and fragmentation of Earth’s tectonic plates. Nature 535, 140–143.

Bocher, M., Coltice, N., Fournier, A. & Tackley, P.J. (2016). A sequential data assimilation approach for the joint reconstruction of mantle convection and surface tectonics. Geophysical Journal International 204, 200-214.

Bello, L., Coltice, N., Tackley, P. J., R.D. M¨uller, J. Cannon (2015). Assessing the role of slab rheology in coupled plate-mantle convection models. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 430, 191-201.

Rey, P.F., Coltice, N., & Flament, N. (2014). Spreading continents kick-started plate tectonics. Nature 513, 405.

Bello, L., Coltice, N., Rolf, T., & Tackley, P. J. (2014). On the predictability limit of convection models of the Earth’s mantle. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Pre-AUGURY publications

Coltice, N., Rolf, T., Tackley, P. J., & Labrosse, S. (2012). Dynamic causes of the relation between area and age of the ocean floor. Science, 336(6079), 335-338.

Rolf, T., Coltice, N., & Tackley, P. J. (2012). Linking continental drift, plate tectonics and the thermal state of the Earth’s mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 351, 134-146.

Coltice, N., Seton, M., Rolf, T., Müller, R. D., & Tackley, P. J. (2013). Convergence of tectonic reconstructions and mantle convection models for significant fluctuations in seafloor spreading. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 383, 92-100.

Coltice, N., Rolf, T., & Tackley, P. J. (2014). Seafloor spreading evolution in response to continental growth. Geology, G35062-1.

Rolf, T., Coltice, N., & Tackley, P. J. (2014). Statistical cyclicity of the supercontinent cycle. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(7), 2351-2358.