Journal Publications

  1. Grigull, S., Ellis, S.M., Little, T.A., Hill, M.P., Buiter, S.J.H., Rheological constraints on quartz derived from scaling relationships and numerical models of sheared brittle-ductile quartz veins, central Southern Alps, New Zealand, Journal of Structural Geology, accepted
  2. Crameri, F., Schmeling, H., Golabek, G.J., Duretz, T., Orendt, R., Buiter, S.J.H., May, D.A., Kaus, B.J.P., Gerya, T.V., Tackley, P.J., A comparison of numerical surface topography calculations in geodynamic modelling: An evaluation of the 'sticky air' method, Geophysical Journal International, accepted
  3. Buiter, S.J.H., A review of brittle compressional wedge models, 2012, Tectonophysics, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.018
  4. Buiter, S.J.H., B. Steinberger, S. Medvedev, J. Tetreault, Could the mantle have caused subsidence of the Congo Basin? 2012, Tectonophysics 514-517, 62-80, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.024
  5. Ellis, S.M., Little, T.A., Wallace, L.M., Hacker, B.R., Buiter, S.J.H., 2011, Feedback between rifting and diapirism can exhume ultrahigh-pressure rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 311, 427-438, doi: doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.031
  6. van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Buiter, S.J.H., Torsvik, T.H., Gaina, C. and Webb, S.J, 2011, The formation and evolution of Africa from the Archaean to Present: Introduction, Geological Society, London, Special Publication 357, 1-8
  7. Quinquis, M.E.T., Buiter, S.J.H., S. Ellis, 2011, The role of boundary conditions in numerical models of subduction zone dynamics, Tectonophysics 497, 57-70, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2010.11.001
  8. Buiter, S.J.H., O.A. Pfiffner and C. Beaumont, 2009, Inversion of extensional sedimentary basins: A numerical evaluation of the localisation of shortening, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 288, 492-504, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.011
  9. Buiter, S.J.H., R.S. Huismans and C. Beaumont, 2008, Dissipation analysis as a guide to mode selection during crustal extension and implications for the styles of sedimentary basins, Journal of Geophysical Research 113, B06406, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005272
  10. Buiter, S.J.H., 2008, Rheology in numerical models of lithosphere deformation, Bollettino Soc. Geol. Italiana (Ital. J. Geosci.) 127 (2), 193-198
  11. Selzer, C., S.J.H. Buiter and O. A. Pfiffner, 2008, Numerical modelling of frontal and basal accretion at collisional margins, Tectonics 27, TC3001, doi: 10.1029/2007TC002169
  12. Buiter, S.J.H. and T.H. Torsvik, 2007, Horizontal movements in the eastern Barents Sea constrained by numerical models and plate reconstructions, Geophysical Journal International 137, 1376-1389, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03595.x
  13. Selzer, C., S.J.H. Buiter and O. A. Pfiffner, 2007, Sensitivity of shear zones in orogenic wedges to surface processes and strain softening, Tectonophysics 437, 51-70
  14. Buiter, S.J.H., A.Yu. Babeyko, S. Ellis, T. V. Gerya, B. J.P. Kaus, A. Kellner, G. Schreurs, Y. Yamada, 2006, The Numerical Sandbox: Comparison of Model Results for a Shortening and an Extension Experiment, Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Crustal-Scale Processes, Geological Society, London, Special Publication 253, 29-64. pdf-file Note 1
  15. Schreurs, G., Buiter, S.J.H., Boutelier, D., Corti, G., Costa, E., Cruden, A., Daniel, J.-M., Hoth, S., Koyi, H., Kukowski, N., Lohrmann, J., Ravaglia, A., Schlische, R.W., Withjack, M.O., Yamada, Y., Cavozzi, C., DelVentisette, C., Elder Brady, J., Hoffmann-Rothe, A., Mengus, J.-M., Montanari, D. and Nilforoushan, F., 2006, Analogue benchmarks of shortening and extension experiments, Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Crustal-Scale Processes, Geological Society, London, Special Publication 253, 1-27. pdf-file Note 1
  16. Panien, M., S.J.H. Buiter, G. Schreurs and O.A. Pfiffner, 2006, Inversion of a symmetric basin: insights from a comparison between analogue and numerical experiments, Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Crustal-Scale Processes, Geological Society, London, Special Publication 253, 253-270.
  17. Huismans, R.S., S.J.H. Buiter and C. Beaumont, 2005, The effect of plastic-viscous layering and strain-softening on mode selection during lithospheric extension, Journal of Geophysical Research 110, B02406, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003114
  18. Fiebig, M., S.J.H. Buiter, and D. Ellwanger, 2004, Pleistocene glaciations of South Germany, Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology, Editors J. Ehlers and P.L. Gibbard, Elsevier, 147-154
  19. Buiter, S.J.H. and O.A. Pfiffner, 2003, Numerical models of the inversion of half-graben basins, Tectonics 22 (5), 10.1029/2002TC001417
  20. Buiter, S.J.H., R. Govers and M.J.R. Wortel, 2002, Two-dimensional simulations of surface deformation caused by slab detachment, Tectonophysics 354, 195-210. pdf-file Note 2
  21. Pfiffner, O.A., F. Schlunegger and S.J.H. Buiter, 2002, The Swiss Alps and their peripheral foreland basin: stratigraphic response to deep crustal processes, Tectonics 21 (2), 10.1029/2000TC900039
  22. Buiter, S.J.H., R. Govers and M.J.R. Wortel, 2001, A modelling study of vertical displacements at convergent plate margins, Geophysical Journal International 147, 415-427. pdf-file Note 3
  23. Hafkenscheid, E., S.J.H. Buiter, M.J.R. Wortel, W. Spakman and H. Bijwaard, 2001, Modelling the three-dimensional seismic velocity structure below Indonesia: a comparison with tomography, Tectonophysics 333, p. 35-46.
  24. Van der Meulen, M.J., S.J.H. Buiter, J.E. Meulenkamp, M.J.R. Wortel, 1999, An early Pliocene uplift of the central Apenninic foredeep, and its geodynamic significance, Tectonics 19, p. 300-313.
  25. Buiter, S.J.H., M.J.R. Wortel and R. Govers, 1998, The role of subduction in the evolution of the Apennines foreland basin, Tectonophysics 296, p. 249-268. pdf-file Note 2

Note 1: This is an electronic version of an article published in: Buiter, S.J.H. and Schreurs, G. (eds), 2006, Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Crustal-Scale Processes. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by The Geological Society of London.
Note 2: The papers from Tectonophysics are reprinted with permission from Elsevier Science. The Tectonophysics papers can also be found on the Tectonophysics homepage.
Note 3: The paper from GJI is reprinted with permission from Blackwell Publishing.


Editor of books and special issue

  1. Buiter, S.J.H., Funiciello, F., van Hunen, J. (eds), Subduction zones, Solid Earth in progress
  2. van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Buiter, S.J.H., Torsvik, T.H., Gaina, C. and Webb, S.J. (eds), 2011 The Formation and Evolution of Africa: A Synopsis of 3.8 Ga of Earth History Geological Society, London, Special Publication 357, 378 pp.
  3. Buiter, S.J.H. and Schreurs, G. (eds), 2006, Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Crustal-Scale Processes, Geological Society, London, Special Publication 253, 440 pp.

Reports/Theses

  1. Steinberger, B., S. Buiter, S. Medvedev, J. Tetreault, 2010, The mantle under Africa: An overview of global and regional tomography models, lithosphere thickness models and their effect on present-day and past dynamic topography, NGU report 2010.058 (confidential until 01.12.2012)
  2. Ebbing, J., C. Braitenberg, S. Buiter, S. Wienecke, C. Barrere, L. Marello and J.R. Skilbrei, 2008, Lithospheric structure and tectonic setting of the greater Barents Sea Region, NGU report 2008.012
  3. Buiter, S., 2007, Unravelling the effective elastic thickness of the Barents Sea, NGU report 2007.051
  4. Redfield,T, S.J.H. Buiter and M.A. Smethurst, 2007, Geodynamics, Geomagnetism and Paleogeography: A 50 Year Celebration, NGU report 2007.057
  5. Gaina, C., T.H. Torsvik, T.F. Redfield, B. Steinberger, S. Buiter, M.A. Smethurst, J. Knies. Ph. Ball, N. Kusznir, A. Alvey and R.D. Mueller, 2006, Frontier Science and Exploration: the Atlantic - Arctic, , NGU report 2006.077
  6. Torsvik, T.H., M.A. Smethurst, T.F. Redfield, C. Gaina, B. Steinberger, S. Rousse, S. Buiter, R.D. Muller, M. Gurnis, 2006. SPlates: Palaeogeographic reconstruction software. NGU report 2006.060
  7. Buiter, S.J.H., 2000, Surface deformation resulting from subduction and slab detachment, Ph.D. Thesis, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, Geologica Ultraiectina 191.
  8. Buiter, S.J.H., 1994, Modelling the seismic velocity structure beneath southern Indonesia, M.Sc. Thesis, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
  9. Buiter, S., 1993, Georadaronderzoek bij Loenen, Detectie van grondwatertrappen in een stuwwal, Instituut voor Grondwater en Geo-Energie TNO, TNO-rapport OS 93-86 B
  10. Buiter, S., 1993, Georadar onderzoek naar vocht in de onverzadigde zone, interimverslag , Instituut voor Grondwater en Geo-Energie TNO, TNO-rapport OS 93-85 B

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