Rebecca Farrington
Computational Geodynamics
Research Fellow
School of Geosciences
Monash University
Research
My research interests focus on numerical modelling of
large-scale geodynamic systems by applying
the principles of continuum mechanics to the
surface and interior of our planet, attempting to understand the
dynamic evolution of Earth. I am especially interested in the driving
forces that produce plate tectonics and the surface expression
resulting from the interaction between the upper mantle and
continental lithosphere.
Publications
6. Farrington, R. J., L.-N. Moresi, and F. A. Capitanio (2014), The role of viscoelasticity in subducting plates, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 15,
doi:10.1002/2014GC005507.
5. Schellart, W., Stegman, D., Farrington, R., Moresi, L., (2011), Influence of lateral slab edge distance on plate velocity, trench velocity, and subduction partitioning, Journal of Geophysical Research [P], vol 116, issue 10, American Geophysical Union, USA, pp. 1-15
4. Stegman, D.R., Farrington, R., Capitanio, F.A., Schellart, W.P., (2010), A regime diagram for subduction styles from 3-D numerical models of free subduction, Tectonophysics [P], vol 483, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 29-45.
3. Schellart, W., Stegman, D., Farrington, R., Freeman, J., Moresi, L., (2010), Cenozoic tectonics of western North America controlled by evolving width of farallon slab, Science [P], vol 329, issue 5989, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington DC USA, pp. 316-319.
2. Farrington, R., Stegman, D.R., Moresi, L., Sandiford, M.A., May, D.A., (2010), Interactions of 3D mantle flow and continental lithosphere near passive margins, Tectonophysics [P], vol 483, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 20-28.
1. OzBench, M., Regenauer-Lieb, K., Stegman, D.R., Morra, G., Farrington, R., Hale, A., May, D.A., Freeman, J., Bourgouin, L., Muhlhaus, H.B., Moresi, L., (2008), A model comparison study of large-scale mantle-lithosphere dynamics driven by subduction, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, vol 171, issue 1-4, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 224-234.