Publications Bernhard Steinberger

 A. Refereed publications:

    1994-1998
  1. Steinberger, B., N. Petersen, H. Petermann, and D.G. Weiss (1994). Movement of magnetic bacteria in time varying magnetic fields, J. Fluid Mech., 273, 189-211, doi:10.1017/S0022112094001904 [abstract] [pdf]
  2. Steinberger, B. and R.J. O'Connell (1997). Changes of the Earth's rotation axis owing to advection of mantle density heterogeneities, Nature, 387, 169-173, doi:10.1038/387169a0 [abstract and color version of Figure 1] [pdf] [corrections] [N&V]
  3. Steinberger, B. and R.J. O'Connell (1998). Advection of plumes in mantle flow; implications on hotspot motion, mantle viscosity and plume distribution, Geophys. J. Int., 132, 412-434, doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00447.x [abstract] [pdf] [N&V]

    4. 2000-2001
  4. Steinberger, B. (2000). Slabs in the lower mantle - results of dynamic modelling compared with tomographic images and the geoid, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 118, 241-257, doi:10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00172-7 [abstract] [pdf]
  5. Steinberger, B. (2000). Plumes in a convecting mantle: Models and observations for individual hotspots, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11,127--11,152, doi:10.1029/1999JB900398 [abstract] [pdf,9.6Mb]
  6. Steinberger, B. and R. J. O'Connell (2000). Effects of mantle flow on hotspot motion, in The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, Geophys. Mon. Ser., 121, ed. Richards, M. A., R. G. Gordon, and R. D. van der Hilst, AGU, Washington, DC., 377-398. [abstract] [pdf]
  7. Steinberger, B., H. Schmeling and G. Marquart (2001). Large-scale lithospheric stress field and topography induced by global mantle circulation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 186, 75-91, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00229-1 [abstract and supplementary information] [pdf]

    8. 2002
  8. Steinberger, B. and R.J. O'Connell (2002). The convective mantle flow signal in rates of true polar wander, in Ice Sheets, Sea Level and the Dynamic Earth, Geodyn. Ser., 29, ed. Mitrovica, J. X., and L. L. A. Vermeersen, AGU, Washington, DC., 233-256. [abstract] [pdf,7.1Mb] [Figure 9, corrected] [Figure 10, corrected]
  9. Steinberger, B. and R. Holme (2002). An explanation for the shape of Earth's gravity spectrum based on viscous mantle flow models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(21), 2019, doi:10.1029/2002GL015476 [abstract] [pdf]
  10. Antretter, M., B. Steinberger, F. Heider and H. Soffel (2002). Paleolatitudes of the Kerguelen hotspot: new paleomagnetic results and dynamic modeling, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 203, 635-650, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00841-5 [abstract] [pdf]
  11. Steinberger, B. (2002). Motion of the Easter Island hotspot relative to hotspots on the Pacific plate, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 3(11), 8503, doi:10.1029/2002GC000334 [abstract] [pdf]

    12. 2003
  12. Tarduno, J.A., R.A. Duncan, D.W. Scholl, R.D. Cottrell, B. Steinberger, T. Thordarson, B.C. Kerr, C.R. Neal, F.A. Frey, M. Torii and C. Carvallo (2003). The Emperor Seamounts: Southward motion of the Hawaiian hotspot plume in Earth's mantle, Science, 301, 1064-1069, doi:10.1126/science.1086442 [pdf]
  13. O'Neill, C., D. Müller and B. Steinberger (2003). Geodynamic implications of moving Indian Ocean hotspots, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 215, 151-168, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00368-6 [abstract] [pdf]

    14. 2004
  14. Koppers, A.A.P., R.A. Duncan and B. Steinberger (2004). Implications of a non-linear 40Ar/39Ar age progression along the Louisville seamount trail for models of fixed and moving hotspots, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5, Q06L02, doi:10.1029/2003GC000671 [pdf]
  15. Steinberger, B., R. Sutherland and R.J. O'Connell (2004). Prediction of Emperor-Hawaii seamount locations from a revised model of plate motion and mantle flow, Nature, 430, 167-173, doi:10.1038/nature02660 [pdf] [N&V] [Supplementary Information]
  16. Antretter, M., P. Riisager, S. Hall, X. Zhao and B. Steinberger (2004). Modeled paleolatitudes for the Louisville hotspot and the Ontong Java Plateau, in Origin and Evolution of the Ontong Java Plateau, The Geological Society (London) Special Publication 229, pp. 21-30, edited by G. Fitton, J. Mahoney, P. Wallace, and A. Saunders, The Geological Society, London, U. K. [abstract] [pdf]
  17. Hart, S.R., M. Coetzee, R.K. Workman, J. Blusztajn, K.T.M. Johnson, J.M. Sinton, B. Steinberger and J.W. Hawkins (2004). Genesis of the Western Samoa Seamount Province: age, geochemical fingerprint and tectonics, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 227, 37-56, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.005 [abstract] [pdf]

    18. 2005
  18. Suetsugu, D., B. Steinberger and T. Kogiso (2005). Hot spots and mantle plumes, in Encyclopedia of Geology, Vol. 3, pp. 335-343, edited by R. C. Selley, L. R. M. Cocks, and I. R. Plimer, Elsevier, Oxford, doi:10.1016/B0-12-369396-9/00131-3 [pdf]
  19. O'Neill, C., R. D. Müller and B. Steinberger (2005). On the uncertainties in hotspot reconstructions, and the significance of moving hotspot reference frames, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 6(4), Q04003, doi:10.1029/2004GC000784 [pdf] [some corrections and additions]
  20. Marquart, G., B. Steinberger and K. Niehuus (2005). On the effect of a low viscosity asthenosphere on the temporal change of the geoid -- a challenge for future gravity missions, J. Geodyn., 39, 493-511, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2005.04.006 [pdf]

    21. 2006
  21. Xie, X., D. Müller, S. Li, Z. Gong and B. Steinberger (2006). Origin of anomalous subsidence along the northern South China Sea Margin and its relationship to dynamic topography, Mar. Petrol. Geol., 23, 745-765, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.03.004 [pdf].
  22. Torsvik, T. H., M. A. Smethurst, K. Burke and B. Steinberger (2006). Large igneous provinces generated from the margins of the large low-velocity provinces in the deep mantle, Geophys. J. Int., 167, 1447-1460. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03158.x [pdf]
  23. Steinberger, B. and A. Calderwood (2006). Models of large-scale viscous flow in the Earth's mantle with constraints from mineral physics and surface observations, Geophys. J. Int., 167, 1461-1481. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03131.x [pdf]
  24. Steinberger, B. and M. Antretter (2006). Conduit diameter and buoyant rising speed of mantle plumes: Implications for the motion of hotspots and shape of plume conduits, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7(1), Q11018, doi:10.1029/2006GC001409 [pdf]

    25. 2007
  25. Steinberger, B. and C. Gaina (2007). Plate tectonic reconstructions predict part of Hawaiian hotspot track to be preserved in Bering Sea, Geology, 35, 407-410, doi:10.1130/G23383A.1 [pdf][supplement]
  26. Steinberger, B. (2007). Effect of latent heat release at phase boundaries on flow in the Earth's mantle, phase boundary topography and dynamic topography at the Earth's surface, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 164, 2-20, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2007.04.021 [pdf]
  27. Boschi, L., T. W. Becker and B. Steinberger (2007). Mantle plumes: dynamic models and seismic images, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q10006, doi:10.1029/2007GC001733 [pdf]

    28. 2008
  28. Burke, K., B. Steinberger, T. H. Torsvik and M. A. Smethurst (2008). Plume Generation Zones at the margins of Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces on the the Core-Mantle Boundary, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 265, 49-60, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.042 [pdf]
  29. Mihalffy, P., B. Steinberger and H. Schmeling (2008). The effect of the large-scale mantle flow field on the Iceland hotspot track, Tectonophysics, 447, 5-18, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2006.12.012 [pdf]
  30. Müller, R. D., M. Sdrolias, C. Gaina, B. Steinberger and C. Heine (2008). Long-term sea-level fluctuations driven by ocean basin dynamics, Science, 319, 1357-1362, doi:10.1126/science.1151540 [pdf]
  31. Torsvik, T. H., M. A. Smethurst, K. Burke and B. Steinberger (2008). Long term stability in deep mantle structure: Evidence from the ~300 Ma Skagerrak-Centered Large Igneous Province (the SCLIP), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 267, 444-452, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.004 [pdf]
  32. Steinberger, B., and T. H. Torsvik (2008). Absolute plate motions and true polar wander in the absence of hotspot tracks, Nature, 452, 620-623, doi:10.1038/nature06824 [pdf]
  33. Boschi, L., T. W. Becker and B. Steinberger (2008). On the statistical significance of correlations between synthetic mantle plumes and tomographic models, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 167, 230-238, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.03.009 [pdf]
  34. Steinberger, B. and R. Holme (2008). Mantle flow models with core-mantle boundary constraints and chemical heterogeneities in the lowermost mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B05403, doi:10.1029/2007JB005080 [pdf]
  35. Torsvik, T. H., R. D. Müller, R. Van der Voo, B. Steinberger and C. Gaina (2008). Global plate motion frames: Toward a unified model, Rev. Geophys., 46, RG3004, doi:10.1029/2007RG000227 [pdf]
  36. Heine, C., R. D. Müller, B. Steinberger and T. H. Torsvik (2008). Subsidence in intracontinental basins due to dynamic topography, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 171, 252-264, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.008 [pdf]
  37. Torsvik, T. H., B. Steinberger, B., L. R. M. Cocks and K. Burke (2008). Longitude: Linking Earth's ancient surface to its deep interior, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 276, 273-282, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.026 [pdf]

    38. 2009
  38. Lei, J., D. Zhao, B. Steinberger, B. Wu, F. Shen and Z. Li (2009). New seismic constraints on the shallow structure of the Hainan plume. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 173, 33-50, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.10.013 [pdf]
  39. Smith, B., M. Jordan, B. Steinberger, C. Puskas, J. Farrell, G. Waite, S. Husen, R.J. O'Connell and E. Klingele (2009), Geodynamics of the Yellowstone hotspot and mantle plume: Seismic and GPS imaging, kinematics and mantle flow, J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res., 188, 26-56, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.020 [pdf]

    40. 2010
  40. Torsvik, T. H., B. Steinberger, M. Gurnis and C. Gaina (2010), Plate tectonics and net lithosphere rotation over the past 150 My, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 291, 106-112, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.055 [pdf]
  41. Heine, C., R. D. Müller, B. Steinberger and L. DiCaprio (2010), Integrating deep Earth dynamics in paleogeographic reconstructions of Australia, Tectonophysics, 483, 135-150, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.028 [pdf]
  42. Steinberger, B., S. C. Werner and T. H. Torsvik (2010), Deep versus shallow origin of gravity anomalies, topography and volcanism on Earth, Venus and Mars, Icarus, 207, 564-577, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.025 [pdf]
  43. Steinberger, B. and T. H. Torsvik (2010), Toward an explanation for the present and past locations of the poles, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., Q06W06, doi:10.1029/2009GC002889 [pdf]
  44. Torsvik, T.H., K. Burke, B. Steinberger, S.J. Webb and L. D. Ashwal (2010), Diamonds sampled by plumes from the core-mantle boundary, Nature, 466, 352-355, doi:10.1038/nature09216 [pdf] [supplement]

    45. 2011
  45. Lee, C.-K., S.-C. Han and B. Steinberger (2011), Influence of variable uncertainties in seismic tomography models on constraining mantle viscosity from geoid observations, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 184, 51-62, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.10.012 [pdf]
  46. van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., B. Steinberger, P. Doubrovine and R. Gassmöller (2011), Acceleration-deceleration cycles of India-Asia convergence: roles of mantle plumes and continental collision, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B06101, doi:10.1029/2010JB008051 [pdf]

    47. 2012
  47. Buiter, S. J. H., B. Steinberger, S. Medvedev and J. L. Tetreault (2012), Could the mantle have caused subsidence of the Congo Basin? Tectonophysics, 514-517, 62-80, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.024 [pdf]
  48. Steinberger, B. and T. H. Torsvik (2012), A geodynamic models of plumes from the margins of Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q01W09, doi:10.1029/2011GC003808 [pdf]
  49. Faccena, C., Becker, T.W., Lallemand, S., and Steinberger, B. (2012), On the role of slab pull and mid-Cenozoic changes in the motion of the Pacific plate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, doi:10.1029/2011GL050155 [pdf]

B. Selected other publications:

  1. Hipkin, R.G. and B. Steinberger (1990). Testing Newton's Law in the Megget Water Reservoir: in Gravity, Gradiometry and Gravimetry, ed. Rummel, R. and R.G. Hipkin, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Springer Verlag, 31-39 [pdf]
  2. Steinberger, B. (1990). Über die Bewegung von magnetischen Bakterien in Magnetfeldern (On the motion of magnetic bacteria in magnetic fields), Unpublished Diploma thesis, Universität München.
  3. Steinberger, B. and O'Connell, R.J., (1995). Mantle flow and the distribution of hotspots, Terra Nostra, 95 (3), 135-138.
  4. O'Connell, R.J. and Steinberger, B., (1995). Deflection of plumes in a convecting mantle and A self-consistent method for the advection of subducted slabs, Terra Nostra, 95 (3), 110-113.
  5. Steinberger, B. (1996). Motion of hotspots and changes of the Earth's rotation axis caused by a convecting mantle, Ph.D. thesis, Harvard Univ. [abstract][thesis.ps.gz][Note]
  6. Tarduno, J.A., Duncan, R.A., Scholl, D.W., et al. (2002). Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 197
  7. Torsvik, T.H. and Steinberger, B. (2006). Fra kontinentaldrift til manteldynamikk, Geo, Desember 2006, 20-30 [pdf]
    English translation: From continental drift to mantle dynamics, Gråsteinen, 12, 24-38 [pdf]
  8. Steinberger, B. (2008). Reconstructing Earth history in three dimensions, Science, 322, 866-868, doi:10.1126/science.1166395 [pdf]