Publications

Summary

• 12 peer-reviewed articles
• 3 preprints/submitted articles
• 5 articles in preparation
• 1 contribution to a book
• 2 contributions to code manuals
• 3 invited conference presentations
• 7 media appearances
• 77 conference abstracts (39 first-author of which 15 talks)

Peer-reviewed articles

  1. Van Zelst, I., Craig, T., Thieulot, C.. The effect of temperature-dependent material properties on simple thermal models of subduction zones. In press at Solid Earth. [EarthArxiv]

  2. Regorda, A., Thieulot, C., Van Zelst, I., Erdös, Z., Maia, J., Buiter, S. (2023). Rifting Venus: Insights from numerical modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128(3), e2022JE007588. [doi] [pdf]

  3. Van Zelst, I. (2022). Comment on 'Estimates on the Frequency of Volcanic Eruptions on Venus' by Byrne & Krishnamoorthy (2022). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127(12), e2022JE007448. [doi] [pdf]

  4. Van Zelst, I., Rannabauer, L. , Gabriel, A.-A., and Van Dinther, Y. (2022b). Earthquake rupture on multiple splay faults and its effect on tsunamis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(8), e2022JB024300. [doi] [pdf]

  5. Van Zelst, I., Crameri, F., Pusok, A. E., Glerum, A., Dannberg, J., Thieulot, C. (2022a). 101 geodynamic modelling: how to design, interpret, and communicate numerical studies of the solid Earth. Solid Earth, 13, 583–637. [doi] [pdf]

  6. Brizzi, S., Becker, T. W., Faccenna, C., Behr, W., Van Zelst, I., Dal Zilio, L., and van Dinther, Y. (2021). The role of sediment accretion and buoyancy on subduction dynamics and geometry. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(20), e2021GL096266. [doi] [pdf]

  7. Wirp, S. A., Gabriel, A.-A., Madden, E. H., Schmeller, M., Van Zelst, I., Krenz, L., Van Dinther, Y., and Rannabauer, L. (2021). 3D linked subduction, dynamic rupture, tsunami, and inundation modeling: dynamic effects of supershear and tsunami earthquakes, hypocenter location, and shallow fault slip. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 177. [doi] [pdf]

  8. Madden, E. H., Bader, M., Behrens, J., Van Dinther, Y., Gabriel, A.-A., Rannabauer, L., Ulrich, T., Uphoff, C., Vater, S., Wollherr, S., Van Zelst, I. (2020). Linked 3D modeling of megathrust earthquake-tsunami events: from subduction to tsunami run up. Geophysical Journal International, 224(1), 487-516. [doi] [pdf]

  9. Brizzi, S., Van Zelst, I., Funiciello, F., Corbi, F., and Van Dinther, Y. (2020). How sediment thickness influences subduction dynamics and seismicity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(8). [doi] [pdf]

  10. Van Zelst, I., Wollherr, S., Madden, E. H. , Gabriel, A.-A., and Van Dinther, Y. (2019). Modeling megathrust earthquakes across scales: one-way coupling from geodynamics and seismic cycles to dynamic rupture. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(11), 11414-11446. [doi] [pdf]

  11. Ulrich, T., Vater, S., Madden, E. H., Behrens, J., Van Dinther, Y., Van Zelst, I., Fielding, E. J., Liang, C., and Gabriel, A.-A. (2019). Coupled, physics-based modeling reveals earthquake displacements are critical to the 2018 Palu, Sulawesi tsunami. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1-33. [doi] [pdf]

  12. Boneh, Y., Schottenfels, E., Kwong, K., Van Zelst, I., Tong, X., Eimer, M., Miller, M. S., Moresi, L., Warren, J. M., Wiens, D. A., Billen, M., Naliboff, J., and Zhan, Z. (2019). Intermediate-depth earthquakes controlled by incoming plate hydration along bending-related faults. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 3688-3697. [doi] [pdf]


Preprints / submitted articles

  1. Van Zelst, I., Maia, J., Plesa, A.-C., Ghail, R. C., Spühler, M.. Estimates on the possible annual seismicity of Venus. In review at Geophysical Research Letters. [EarthArxiv]

  2. Van Zelst, I., Brizzi, S., Van Rijsingen, E., Funiciello, F., and Van Dinther, Y.. Investigating global correlations between tsunami, earthquake, and subduction zone characteristics. In revision at Seismica. [EarthArxiv]

  3. Koopmans, R.-J., Białek, A., Donohoe, A., Fernández Jiménez, M., Frasl, B., Gurciullo, A., Kleinschneider, A., Losiak, A., Mannel, T., Muñoz Elorza, I., Nilsson, D., Oliveira, M., Sørensen-Clark, P. M., Timoney, R., and Van Zelst, I. (2018). Hesperos: A geophysical mission to Venus. [ArXiv]


Articles in preparation

  1. Taysum, B., Grenfell, J. L., Van Zelst, I., Rauer, H.. Maintenance of exoplanet biosignatures in small steam atmospheres.

  2. Rauer, H. and the PLATO Mission Consortium. The PLATO Mission.

  3. Van Zelst, I., Garcia, R. F., Gülcher, A. J. P., Horleston, A., Kawamura, T., Klaasen, S., Lognonné, P., Maia, J., Orgel, C., Panning, M., Plesa, A.-C., Sabbeth, L., Smolinski, K., Stähler, S.. Quakes on Venus: Why aren't we looking for them?

  4. McArthur, A. D., Brizzi, S., Van Zelst, I., Brown, A., McCaffrey, W. D.. Trench sedimentation control on convergent margin deformation.

  5. Van Zelst, I. & Pérez Díaz, L.. Distilling the history of the Earth into discrete events for the educational card game QUARTETnary.


Contributions to books

  1. Van Zelst, I. & Brachmann, C. (2023). Interior degassing. In: Gargaud, M. et al. (eds): Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.


Contributions to code manuals

  1. Fieldstone
    Thieulot, C. (2020). [link]

  2. ASPECT: Advanced Solver for Problems in Earth’s ConvecTion, User Manual
    Bangerth, W., and Heister, T., et al., Computational Infrastructure in Geodynamics (2014). [link]


Invited conference abstracts

  1. Earthquake rupture on multiple splay faults and its effect on tsunamis
    Van Zelst, I., Rannabauer, L., Gabriel, A.-A., and Van Dinther, Y.. SIAM 2021, Milan, Italy (online). Talk.

  2. Modelling splay fault rupture and tsunamis with self-consistent initial conditions from a geodynamic seismic cycle model of subduction
    Van Zelst, I., Rannabauer, L., Gabriel, A.-A., and Van Dinther, Y.. AGU 2020, San Francisco, California, USA (online). Panel member.

  3. Tsunamigenic earthquakes preferentially occur in sediment-starved subduction zones with a rough incoming seafloor
    Van Zelst, I., Brizzi, S., Van Rijsingen, E., Funiciello, F., and Van Dinther, Y.. AGU 2019, San Francisco, California, USA. eLightning Presentation.


Conference abstracts

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Theses

2020 Tsunamigenic earthquakes from tectonics to dynamic rupture
PhD Thesis, ETH Zürich. Supervisors: A. Fichtner and Y. van Dinther. [doi]
2015 Mantle dynamics on Venus: insights from numerical modelling
MSc Thesis, Utrecht University. Supervisors: A. P. van den Berg, R. C. Ghail and C. Thieulot.
2014 Numerical geodynamic modelling: compression and extension using ASPECT, SULEC and ELEFANT
MSc Guided Research, Utrecht University. Supervisors: C. Thieulot and S. J. H. Buiter.
2013 On the influence of weak zones on lithospheric- and crustal-scale numerical models
BSc Thesis, Utrecht University. Supervisors: C. Thieulot and W. Spakman.

Citation metrics*

Number of citations 285
h-index 7
i10-index 7
*according to Google Scholar; retrieved: June 2023