Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Bunge
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Geophysics
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München
Theresienstr. 41
80333 Munich
Germany
Geophysics
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München
Theresienstr. 41
80333 Munich
Germany
about
Hans-Peter Bunge serves as Chair of Geophysics at Munich's Ludwig Maximilians University since 2003. Prior to his Munich appointment he served five years on the Princeton faculty following a European Union postdoctoral year at the Institute de Physique du Globe in Paris. He completed his Berkeley PhD in 1996, the majority of which he spent at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where his graduate work on global mantle convection models was supported by the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics and the Advanced Computing Laboratory. An elected member of the Academia Europaea, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Bunge served as President of the Geodynamics Division of the European Union of Geosciences from 2007-2009.
Bunge's research interests lie in theoretical and observational geodynamics using high performance computing to tackle problems of Earth dynamics. His work has ranged from modeling mantle and core convection to lithosphere dynamics, and the application of mineral physics to relate seismic information quantitatively to geodynamic models. Recently, he analyzed rapid plate motion variations as a probe into plate boundary forces and paleo mantle flow. Bunge developed fluid dynamics inverse theory based on an adjoint approach as a means to assimilate observations into geodynamic models and to solve the initial condition problem in geodynamics.
research
Geodynamics is concerned with the physical processes that drive motion like mountain building or plate tectonics in the Earth and planets. By its nature it is highly interdisciplinary, and provides the link between such diverse areas in the Earth sciences as tectonics, paleomagnetism, seismology, mineral physics, geochemistry or geodesy. There are many connections between these fields. These connections arise because convection in the Earth's mantle and core is the source of all large-scale geologic activity we observe on our planet. Ultimately convection in the Earth and planets reflects their gradual heat loss, as these bodies slowly cool over time.
The methods of Geodynamics are firmly rooted in physics, specifically in continuum mechanics. Increasingly computer modeling and modern high-performance parallel computing are gaining ground in order to solve the equations of motion that govern geodynamic processes, although analog models to study physical processes at the laboratory scale are holding their own. Geodynamicists share the growing importance of computer simulations with researchers in other fields. For the coming decade this development, which is driven by rapid advances in computer hardware, promises dramatic progress in our ability to understand many complex Earth processes.
The Munich Geodynamics group is a leader in applying high-performance computing to problems in Geodynamics and in linking geodynamic models to observations. We welcome students and offer a wide array of international collaborations. Particularly qualified studends from Germany and abroad may apply for Ph.D. positions in the DFG Graduate School UPLIFT which is directed jointly by TU and LMU Munich.
vitae
Born: August 13, 1964, Bad-Saarow, Brandenburg, Germany
Main Areas of Research
- Computational Geophysics, especially Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics
- Parallel and High-Performance Computing (HPC), especially clustered computing
- Data-assimilation and fluid dynamic inverse techniques for global geodynamic Earth models
- Work at the interface of computational, theoretical and observational Geodynamics
Education
- Highschool, 1984, Clausthals-Zellerfeld
- B.S. Geology, 1987, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen
- B.S. Physics, 1988, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen
- Ph.D. Geophysics, Fall 1996, University of California, Berkeley
Thesis title: Global Mantle Convection Models
Thesis advisor: Mark Richards
Professional Experience
- Research Assistant, 1986-88, Structural Geology
Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen - Research Assistant, January 1989 - May 1989, Mining Geology
Council for Mineral Technology (MINTEK), Johannesburg, South Africa - Graduate Research Assistant, 1990-1996, Geophysics
Los Alamos National Laboratory and UC Berkeley - European Union post doctoral scholar, 1997-1998
Invited to the Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris - Visiting Professor, June - July 1999
Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon - Assistant Professor, 1998 - 2003
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University - Professor and Chair of Geophysics, since 2003
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
Awards
- Fulbright Scholar, 1989-1990
- Student Fellow "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes", (top 0.1% German students)
1985-1991 - PhD Fellow "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes", (top 0.1% German PhD students)
1991-1996 - Fellow of the University of California, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
since 1996 - Bernard Friedman award in Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley, 1997 - Computerworld Honors Program, Smithsonian Institution, 2001
- LMU Research Professor for Geophysics (Bundesexzellenzinitiative)
- Member of the LMU Center of Advanced Studies since 2010
Academic Societies
- Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (BAdW)
- Member of the Academia Europaea
Professional Societies
- Member American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Member European Geophysciences Union (EGU)
- Member German Geophysical Society (DGG)
Selected Service
- Reviewer for NSF, DFG, ERC and other funding agencies (since 1993)
- Member National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA) resource allocation committee (2000-2003)
- External advisor of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) (since 2001)
- Member of the scientifc advisory board of the Geoforschungszentrum (GFZ) (2004-2007)
- Associate and Guest Editor for various journals (e.g., Tectonophysics, Gondwana Research)
- Editorial Board Member – Proceedings of the Royal Society A (since 2018)
- President EGU Geodynamics Division (2007-2009)
- Coordinator of DFG Schwerpunktprogramm (SPP) 1375 'SAMPLE' on South Atlantic Margin Processes (2008-2016)
- ESA appointed lecturer in Geophysics to European Astronauts (since 2010)
- Board of Trustees, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen (2016-2024)
- Head, Commission of Geodesy and Glaciology, Bavarian Academy of Sciences (BAdW)
charged with directing geophysical and geodetic research of the BAdW - Resource Allocation Board Member, Leibniz Rechenzentrum (LRZ) Munich
German National Supercomputing Center (Tier-1 Supercomputer) - Permanent Secretary (speaker for the president of the BAdW) of the LRZ Advisory Board
Outreach
- Scientific Advisor for American Museum of Natural History (New York)
Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth ‘Deep Earth’ scientific display, charged with
development of video and explanation material for Deep Earth Dynamics (2000-current) - TV and radio presentations (e.g., BR, Arte, ZDF, RTL)
- Frequent presentations to general audiences (e.g., Ars Electronica Linz) and decision makers (e.g., federal and state ministers) on HPC simulations applied to deep Earth dynamics
projects
DFG Graduate Research Training Group UPLIFT
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/440512084?language=en
Vertical motion of the Earth’s lithosphere (uplift) occurs on different spatial and temporal scales. Commonly assumed to be primarily related to plate tectonic mechanisms and isostatic adjustment, it has become clear that mantle related forcing and in particular mantle plumes are a significant contributor to uplift events in many regions of the world. This makes vertical motions a powerful probe into sublithospheric processes. Due to significant improvements of observational methods (such as satellite missions) and data analysis techniques (such as digital geological maps), geodetic and geological constraints have crossed a threshold whereby they have become invaluable sources to inform geodynamic models. The latter in turn provide key insight into complex landscape evolution processes. Here, for the first time, we seek to apply an interdisciplinary approach of geodynamics, geodesy and geology to answer one of the most pressing scientifically and societally relevant questions of contemporary geophysics, namely how the interaction of exo- and endogenic forcing shapes a diverse array of processes from landscape evolution to the occurrence of earthquakes. Only a combined interpretation of interdisciplinary observations with different spatial and temporal sensitivity, in conjunction with physical models, will enable us to disentangle the different uplift mechanisms. The method-oriented nature of this interdisciplinary research calls for a Research Training Group, based on the fact that extensive expertise in the contributing fields exists at the two applicant universities. This specific setting at one location of scientifically strong groups with excellent international reputation in the fields of geophysics, geodesy and geology, complemented by top-level high-performance computing capabilities, is a unique situation in Germany and a rare one worldwide. The tailored qualification programme is embedded in the existing infrastructure of the Munich Geocenter operated by the two applicant universities. Specific elements of the qualification and study programme will foster scientific excellence of doctoral candidates in an interdisciplinary and international research environment, and shall produce young researchers capable not only to do in-depth science in their respective disciplines, but having the competence to work beyond disciplines. The resulting profile is highly needed to work on today’s big geoscientific challenges, and will provide excellent chances for future top-level careers in science and industry.
research group
https://www.geophysik.uni-muenchen.de/en/research/geodynamics
Publications
2025
- Ma, Jincheng and Song, Xiaodong and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Fichtner, Andreas and Tian, You (2025), Wholesale flat subduction of the Indian slab and northward mantle convective flow: Plateau growth and driving force of the India–Asia collision , 122(7), e2411776122, doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2411776122.
2024
- Noe, Sebastian , et al. (2024), The collaborative seismic Earth model: Generation 2 , 129(12), e2024JB029656, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029656.
- Vilacís, Berta and Brown, Hamish and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Carena, Sara and Hayek, J. Nicolás and Stotz, Ingo L. and Wang, Z. Ray and Friedrich, Anke M. (2024), Dynamic topography and the planform of mantle convection since the Jurassic inferred from global continental hiatus maps , 480(2302), 20240311, doi: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0311.
- Stotz, Ingo L. and Carena, Sara and Vilacı́s, Berta and Hayek, Jorge N. and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2024), Kerguelen Plume Drives the Eocene Directional Change in Australian Plate Motion , 2024(3), lithosphere_2023_289, doi: 10.2113/2024/lithosphere_2023_289.
- Taiwo, Ayodeji and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Craig, George (2024), A meteorology approach to assess mantle flow induced dynamic topography using object-based image processing methods , doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107195.
2023
- Bunge, Hans-Peter and Horbach, Andre and Colli, Lorenzo and Ghelichkhan, Siavash and Vilacís, Berta and Hayek, Jorge N. (2023), Geodynamic data assimilation: Techniques and observables to construct and constrain time-dependent Earth models Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, pp. 311–325, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Editors: Ismail-Zadeh, Alik and Castelli, Fabio and Jones, Dylan and Sanchez, Sabrina, doi: 10.1017/9781009180412.021, Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
- Taiwo, Ayo and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Schuberth, Bernhard S. A. and Colli, Lorenzo and Vilacís, Berta (2023), Robust Global Mantle Flow Trajectories and their Validation via Dynamic Topography Histories , 234(3), 2160–2179, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad188.
- Stotz, Ingo L. and Vilacís, Berta and Hayek, Jorge N. and Carena, Sara and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2023), Plume driven plate motion changes: New insights from the South Atlantic realm , 124, 104257, doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104257.
- Ma, Jincheng and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Fichtner, Andreas and Chang, Sung-Joon and Tian, You (2023), Structure and Dynamics of Lithosphere and Asthenosphere in Asia: A Seismological Perspective , 50(7), e2022GL101704, doi: 10.1029/2022GL101704.
- Mohr, Marcus and Rüde, Ulrich and Wohlmuth, Barbara and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2023), Challenges for Mantle Convection Simulations at the Exa-Scale: Numerics, Algorithmics and Software Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol. 58, pp. 75-92, Springer International Publishing, Editors: Pekka Neittaanmäki and Marja-Leena Rantalainen, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-29082-4_4.
- Wang, Zhirui Ray and Stotz, Ingo L. and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Vilacís, Berta and Hayek, Jorge N. and Ghelichkhan, Sia and Lebedev, Sergei (2023), Cenozoic upper mantle flow history of the Atlantic realm based on Couette/Poiseuille models: Towards paleo-mantle-flowgraphy , 340, 107045, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2023.107045.
- Cottrell, Rory D and Bono, Richard K and Channell, James ET and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Tarduno, John A (2023), No Late Cretaceous true polar wander oscillation and implications for stability of Earth relative to the rotation axis , 620, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118338.
2022
- Vilacís, Berta and Hayek, Jorge N. and Stotz, Ingo L. and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Friedrich, Anke M. and Carena, Sara and Clark, Stuart R. (2022), Evidence for active upper mantle flow in the Atlantic and Indo-Australian realms since the Upper Jurassic from hiatus maps and spreading rate changes , 478(2262), 20210764, doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0764.
- Ma, Jincheng and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Thrastarson, Solvi and Fichtner, Andreas and van Herwaarden, Dirk-Philip and Tian, You and Chang, Sung-Joon and Liu, Tingting (2022), Seismic full‐waveform inversion of the crust‐mantle structure beneath China and adjacent regions , 127(9), doi: 10.1029/2022JB024957.
- Brown, Hamish and Colli, Lorenzo and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2022), Asthenospheric flow through the Izanagi-Pacific slab window and its influence on dynamic topography and intraplate volcanism in East Asia (10:889907), doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.889907.
2021
- Stotz, Ingo L. and Vilacís, Berta and Hayek, Jorge N. and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Friedrich, Anke M. (2021), Yellowstone Plume Drives Neogene North American Plate Motion Change , 48(18), e2021GL095079, doi: 10.1029/2021GL095079.
- Hayek, Jorge N. and Vilacís, Berta and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Friedrich, Anke M. and Carena, Sara and Vibe, Yulia (2021), Correction: Continent-scale Hiatus Maps for the Atlantic Realm and Australia since the Upper Jurassic and links to mantle flow-induced dynamic topography , 477(2251), 20210437, doi: 10.1098/rspa.2021.0437.
- Ghelichkhan, S. and Bunge, H.-P. and Oeser, J. (2021), Global mantle flow retrodictions for the early Cenozoic using an adjoint method: evolving dynamic topographies, deep mantle structures, flow trajectories and sublithospheric stresses , 226(2), 1432-1460, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggab108.
2020
- Krob, F. and Glasmacher, UA and Bunge, H.P. and Friedrich, AM and Hackspacher, PC (2020), Application of stratigraphic frameworks and thermochronological data on the Mesozoic SW Gondwana intraplate environment to retrieve the Parana-Etendeka plume movement , 84, 81-110, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2020.02.010.
- Hayek, Jorge N. and Vilacís, Berta and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Friedrich, Anke M. and Carena, Sara and Vibe, Yulia (2020), Continent-scale Hiatus Maps for the Atlantic Realm and Australia since the Upper Jurassic and links to mantle flow induced dynamic topography , 476(2242), 20200390, doi: 10.1098/rspa.2020.0390.
- Colli, Lorenzo and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Oeser, Jens (2020), Impact of model inconsistencies on reconstructions of past mantle flow obtained using the adjoint method , 221(1), 617-639, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa023.
- Bauer, S., et al. (2020), TerraNeo — Mantle Convection Beyond a Trillion Degrees of Freedom Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol. 136, pp. 569-610, Springer, Editors: Bungartz, H.-J. and Reiz, S. and Uekermann, B. and Neumann, P. and Nagel, W., doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-47956-5_19.
2019
- Bunge, H.-P. and Colli, L and Ghelichkhan, S. and Oeser, J. (2019), Deep Time Reconstructions of Internal Earth Structure with the Adjoint Method , 93, 3-4, doi: 10.1111/1755-6724.14226.
- Horbach, A and Mohr, M. and Bunge, H.-P. (2019), A semi-analytic accuracy benchmark for Stokes flow in 3-D spherical mantle convection codes , 11(1), doi: 10.1007/s13137-019-0137-3.
- Bono, Richard K. and Tarduno, John A. and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2019), Hotspot motion caused the Hawaiian-EmperorBend and LLSVPs are notfixed , doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11314-6.
- Carena, S. and Bunge, H.-P. and Friedrich, A.M. (2019), Analysis of geological hiatus surfaces across Africa in the Cenozoic and implications for the timescales of convectively-maintained topography , doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0329.
2018
- Ghelichkhani, Siavash and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2018), The adjoint equations for thermochemical compressible mantle convection: derivation and verification by twin experiments , doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2018.0329.
- Vibe, Yulia and Friedrich, Anke M. and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Clark, Stuart R. (2018), Correlations of oceanic spreading rates and hiatus surface area in the North Atlantic realm , doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/L736.1.
- Fichtner, Andreas , et al. (2018), The Collaborative Seismic Earth Model: Generation 1 , 45, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077338.
- Friedrich, Anke M. and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Rieger, Stefanie M. and Colli, Lorenzo and Ghelichkhan, Siavash and Nerlich, Rainer (2018), Stratigraphic framework for the plume mode of mantle convection and the analysis of interregional unconformities on geological maps , 53, 159-188, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.06.003.
- Bunge, Hans-Peter and Glasmacher, Ulrich Anton (2018), Models and Observations of Vertical Motion (MoveOn) associated with rifting to passive margins: Preface , 53, 1-8, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.07.005.
- Vibe, Yulia and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Clark, Stuart R. (2018), Anomalous subsidence history of the West Siberian Basin as an indicator for episodes of mantle induced dynamic topography , 53, 99-109, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.03.011.
- Ghelichkhan, Siavash and Murböck, Michael and Colli, Lorenzo and Pail, Roland and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2018), On the observability of epeirogenic movement in current and future gravity missions , 53, 273-284, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.016.
- Colli, Lorenzo and Ghelichkhan, Siavash and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Oeser, Jens (2018), Retrodictions of Mid Paleogene mantle flow and dynamic topography in the Atlantic region from compressible high resolution adjoint mantle convection models: Sensitivity to deep mantle viscosity and tomographic input model , 53, 252-272, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.027.
2017
- Chust, Thomas C. and Steinle-Neumann, Gerd and Dolejs, David and Schuberth, Bernhard S.A. and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2017), MMA-EoS: A computational framework for mineralogical thermodynamics , 122(12), 9881-9920, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014501.
2016
- Bauer, S., et al. (2016), Hybrid Parallel Multigrid Methods for Geodynamical Simulations Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol. 113, pp. 211-235, Springer, Editors: Bungartz, H.-J. and Neumann, P. and Wolfgang, E., doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-40528-5_10.
- Colli, Lorenzo and Ghelichkhan, Siavash and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2016), On the ratio of dynamic topography and gravity anomalies in a dynamic Earth , 43(6), 2510–2516, doi: 10.1002/2016GL067929.
- Ghelichkhan, Siavash and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2016), The compressible adjoint equations in geodynamics: derivation and numerical assessment , 7(1), 1-30, doi: 10.1007/s13137-016-0080-5.
- Nerlich, Rainer and Colli, Lorenzo and Ghelichkhan, Siavash and Schuberth, Bernhard and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2016), Mantle convection models constrain central Neo-Tethys Ocean reconstructions , 43(18), 9595–9603, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070524.
2015
- Colli, Lorenzo and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Schuberth, Bernhard (2015), On retrodictions of global mantle flow with assimilated surface velocities , 42(20), 8341–8348, doi: 10.1002/2015GL066001.
- Nerlich, Rainer and Clark, Stuart R. and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2015), An outlet for Pacific mantle: The Caribbean Sea? , 7, 59-65, doi: 10.1016/j.grj.2015.06.001.
- Weismüller, Jens and Gmeiner, Björn and Ghelichkhan, Siavash and Huber, Markus and John, Lorenz and Wohlmuth, Barbara and Rüde, Ulrich and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2015), Fast asthenosphere motion in high-resolution global mantle flow models , 42(18), 7429–7435, doi: 10.1002/2015GL063727.
- Amodeo, Jonathan and Schuberth, Bernhard and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Carrez, Philippe and Cordier, Patrick (2015), On the role of thermal heterogeneities on the rheology of MgO under conditions of the Earth's lower mantle , 242, 1-8, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2015.02.008.
- Iaffaldano, Giampiero and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2015), Rapid plate-motion variations through geological time: observations serving geodynamic interpretation , 43, 571-592, doi: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060614-105117.
- Vynnytska, Lyudmyla and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2015), Restoring past mantle convection structure through fluid dynamic inverse theory: regularisation through surface velocity boundary conditions , 6(1), 83-100, doi: 10.1007/s13137-014-0060-6, published online 30 May 2014.
2014
- Nerlich, Rainer and Clark, Stuart R. and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2014), Reconstructing the link between the Galapagos hotspot and the Caribbean Plateau , 1-2, 1-7, doi: 10.1016/j.grj.2014.02.001.
- Butterworth, N.P. and Talsma, A.S. and Müller, R.D. and Seton, M. and Bunge, H.-P. and Schuberth, B.S.A. and Shephard, G.E. and Heine, C. (2014), Geological, tomographic, kinematic and geodynamic constraints on the dynamics of sinking slabs , 73, 1-13, doi: 10.1016/j.jog.2013.10.006.
- Horbach, André and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Oeser, Jens (2014), The adjoint method in geodynamics: derivation from a general operator formulation and application to the initial condition problem in a high resolution mantle circulation model , 5(2), 163-194, doi: 10.1007/s13137-014-0061-5.
- Colli, L., et al. (2014), Rapid South Atlantic spreading changes and coeval vertical motion in surrounding continents: Evidence for temporal changes of pressure-driven upper mantle flow , 33(7), 1304–1321, doi: 10.1002/2014TC003612.
2013
- O'Farrell, K.A. and Lowman, J.P. and Bunge, H.-P. (2013), Comparison of spherical-shell and plane-layer mantle convection thermal structure in viscously stratified models with mixed-mode heating: implications for the incorporation of temperature-dependent parameters , 192, 456-472, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs053.
- Nerlich, Rainer and Clark, Stuart R. and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2013), The Scotia Sea gateway: No outlet for Pacific mantle , 604, 41-50, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.023.
- Colli, Lorenzo and Fichtner, Andreas and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2013), Full waveform tomography of the upper mantle in the South Atlantic region: Imaging a westward fluxing shallow asthenosphere? , 604, 26-40, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.06.015.
- Bunge, H.-P. (2013), Paleo-structure of the Earth’s Mantle: Derivation from Fluid Dynamic Inverse Theory , 46(10).
2012
- Davies, D.R. and Goes, S. and Davies, H.J. and Schuberth, B.S.A. and Bunge, H.-P. and Ritsema, J. (2012), Reconciling dynamic and seismic models of Earth's lower mantle: The dominant role of thermal heterogeneity , 353, 253-269, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.016.
- Shephard, G. E. and Bunge, H-P. and Schuberth, B.S.A. and Müller, R.D. and Talsma, A.S. and Moder, C. and Landgrebe, T. (2012), Testing absolute plate reference frames and the implications for the generation of geodynamic mantle heterogeneity structure , 317-318, 204--217, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.027.
2011
- Iaffaldano, G. and Husson, L. and Bunge, H.-P. (2011), Monsoon speeds up Indian plate motion , 304, 503-510, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.026.
2010
- Fichtner, Andreas and Kennett, Brian L. N. and Igel, Heiner and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2010), Full waveform tomography for radially anisotropic structure: New insights into present and past states of the Australasian upper mantle , 290(3-4), 270-280.
2009
- Tarduno, John; and Bunge, Hans-Peter; and Sleep, Norm; and Hansen, Ulrich (2009), The Bent Hawaiian-Emperor Hotspot Track: Inheriting the Mantle Wind , 324(5923), 50-53, doi: 10.1126/science.1161256.
- Phillips, B. and Bunge, H.-P. and Schaber, K. (2009), True polar wander in mantle convection models with multiple, mobile continents , 15(71), 288-296, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.11.007.
- Schaber, K. and Bunge, H.-P and Schuberth, B. and Malservisi, R. and Horbach, A. (2009), Stability of the rotation axis in high-resolution mantle circulation models: Weak polar wander despite strong core heating , 10, doi: doi:10.1029/2009GC002541, doi:10.1029/2009GC002541.
- Iaffaldano, Giampiero and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2009), Relating rapid plate-motion variations to plate-boundary forces in global coupled models of the mantle/lithosphere system: Effects of topography and friction , 474(106), 393-404, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.035.
- Fichtner, Andreas and Kennett, Brian L. N. and Igel, Heiner and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2009), Full waveform tomography for upper-mantle structure in the Australasian region using adjoint methods , 179(3), 1703-1725.
- Schuberth, B. S. A. and Bunge, H.-P. and Ritsema, J. (2009), Tomographic filtering of high-resolution mantle circulation models: Can seismic heterogeneity be explained by temperature alone? , 10(5), doi: 10.1029/2009GC002401.
- Oeser, Jens and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Mohr, Marcus and Igel, Heiner (2009), Frontiers in Computational Geophysics: simulations of mantle circulation, plate tectonics and seismic wave propagation Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol. 100, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-70804-9, Editors: Hirschel, E. H. and Krause, E., doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-70805-6_30.
- Fichtner, Andreas and Igel, Heiner and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Kennett, Brian L. N. (2009), Simulation and inversion of seismic wave propagation on continental scales based on a spectral-element method , 4(1-2), 11-22.
- Schuberth, B. S. A. and Bunge, H.-P. and Steinle-Neumann, G. and Moder, C. and Oeser, J. (2009), Thermal versus elastic heterogeneity in high-resolution mantle circulation models with pyrolite composition: High plume excess temperatures in the lowermost mantle , 10(1), doi: 10.1029/2008GC002235.
2008
- Shahnas, M. Hosein and Lowman, Julian P. and Jarvis, Gary T. and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2008), Convection in a spherical shell heated by an isothermal core and internal sources: Implications for the thermal state of planetary mantles , 168(1-2), 6-15, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.04.007.
- Kennett, Brian L.N. and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2008), Geophysical Continua .
- Iaffaldano, Giampiero and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2008), Strong plate coupling along the Nazca-South America convergent margin , 36(6), 443-446, doi: 10.1130/G24489A.1.
- Fichtner, Andreas and Kennett, Brian L. N. and Igel, Heiner and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2008), Theoretical background for continental and global scale full-waveform inversion in the time-frequency domain , 175(2), 665-685, [Winner of the 2008 Student Paper Award of the Geophysical Journal International.].
- Fichtner, Andreas and Igel, Heiner (2008), Efficient numerical surface wave propagation through the optimization of discrete crustal models - a technique based on non-linear dispersion curve matching (DCM) , 173(2), 519-533.
- Heidbach, Oliver and Iaffaldano, Giampiero and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2008), Topography growth drives stress rotations in the central Andes: 3 Observations and models , 35(8), doi: 10.1029/2007GL032782.
2007
- Bunge, H. and Steinle-Neumann, G. and Piazzoni, A. and Schuberth, B. and Moder, C. and Oeser, J. (2007), Global mantle circulation models with thermodynamically self consistent mineralogy: bridging the geodynamic/seismic gap , pp. A4+.
- Schuberth, B. and Piazzoni, A. and Bunge, H. and Igel, H. and Steinle-Neumann, G. and Moder, C. and Oeser, J. (2007), Self-consistent Synthetic Mantle Discontinuities From Joint Modeling of Geodynamics and Mineral Physics and Their Effects on the 3D Global Wave Field , pp. B9+.
- Moder, Christoph and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Igel, Heiner and Schuberth, Bernhard (2007), Visualization of large datasets with Paraview .
- Piazzoni, Antonio and Steinle-Neumann, Gerd and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Dolejš, David (2007), A mineralogical model for density and elasticity of the Earth's mantle , 8(11), 1-23, doi: 10.1029/2007GC001697.
- Cloetingh, Sierd et al. (2007), TOPO-EUROPE: The geoscience of coupled deep Earth-surface processes , 58(1-4), 1-118, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.02.008.
- Phillips, Benjamin R. and Bunge, Hans-Peter (2007), Supercontinent cycles disrupted by strong mantle plumes , 35(9), 847-850, doi: 10.1130/G23686A.1.
- Moder, Christoph and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Igel, Heiner and Schuberth, Bernhard (2007), Visualization in the Geosciences with Paraview and Geowall , pp. 147-155, Berlin, Lehmanns Media, ISBN: 9783865412164, Editors: Benger, Werner and Heinzl, René and Kapferer, Wolfgang and Schoor, Wolfram and Tyagi, Mayank and Venkataraman, Shalini and Weber, Gunther.
- Iaffaldano, Giampiero and Bunge, Hans-Peter and Bücker, Martin (2007), Mountain belt growth inferred from histories of past plate convergence: A new tectonic inverse problem , 260(3-4), 516-523, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.006.
2006
- Iaffaldano, G. and Bunge, H.-P. and Dixon, T. H. (2006), Feedback between mountain belt growth and plate convergence , 34(10), 893-896, doi: 10.1130/G22661.1.
- Käser, M. and Igel, H. and de la Puente, J. and Schuberth, B. and Bunge, H.P. (2006), Erdbebenforschung durch Höchstleistungsrechnen , No.02/2006, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften - Akademie Aktuell.
- Oeser, J. and Bunge, H.-P. and Mohr, M. (2006), Cluster Design in the Earth Sciences: TETHYS Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4208, pp. 31–40, Springer, Editors: Gerndt, Michael and Kranzlmüller, Dieter, doi: 10.1007/11847366_4.
- Fichtner, A. and Bunge, P. and Igel, H. (2006), The adjoint method in seismology: II - Applications: traveltimes and sensitivity functionals , 157(1-2), 105-123, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.03.018.
- Fichtner, A. and Bunge, H.-P. and Igel, H. (2006), The adjoint method in seismology: I - Theory , 157(1-2), 86-104, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.03.016.
- Davies, J. H. and Bunge, H.-P. (2006), Are splash plumes the origin of minor hotspots? , 34(5), 349-352, doi: 10.1130/G22193.1.
2005
- Bunge, H.-P. (2005), Low plume excess temperature and high core heat flux inferred from non-adiabatic geotherms in internally heated mantle circulation models , 153(1-3), 3-10.
- Phillips, B. R. and Bunge, H.-P. (2005), Heterogeneity and time dependence in 3D spherical mantle convection models with continental drift , 233(1-2), 121-135.
- Fournier, A.M. and Bunge, H.-P. and Hollerbach, R. and Vilotte, J.P. (2005), A Fourier-spectral element algorithm for thermal convection in rotating axisymmetric containers , 204(2), 462-489.
2004
- Fournier, A. and Bunge, H.-P. and Hollerbach, R. and Vilotte, J.-P (2004), Application of the spectral-element method to the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equation , 156(3), 682-700.
2003
- Bunge, H.-P. and Hagelberg, C. R. and Travis, B. J. (2003), Mantle circulation models with variational data assimilation: inferring past mantle flow and structure from plate motion histories and seismic tomography , 152(2), 280-301, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01823.x.
2002
- Bunge, H.-P. and Richards, M. A. and Baumgardner, J. R. (2002), Mantle-circulation models with sequential data assimilation: inferring present-day mantle structure from plate-motion histories , 360(1800), 2545-2567.
- Richards, M. A. and Yang, W. S. and Baumgardner, J. R. and Bunge, H.P. (2002), Role of a low-viscosity zone in stabilizing plate tectonics: Implications for comparative terrestrial planetology (vol 2, pg U1, 2001) (3), Art. No. 1040.
2001
- Bunge, H.-P. and Dalton, M. (2001), Building a high-performance LINUX cluster for large-scale geophysical modeling, Linux Clusters: The HPC Revolution , Editors: Loftis, B. and Lane, L..
- Richards, M. A. and Yang, W. S. and Baumgardner, J. R. and Bunge, H.P. (2001), Role of a low-viscosity zone in stabilizing plate tectonics: Implications for comparative terrestrial planetology (2), Art. No. 2000GC000115.
- Bunge, H.-P. and Ricard, Y. and Matas, J. (2001), Non-adiabaticity in mantle convection , 28(5), 879-882.
- Davies, J. H. and Bunge, H.-P. (2001), Seismically "fast" geodynamic mantle models , 28(1), 73-76.
- Bunge, H.-P. and Davies, J. H. (2001), Tomographic images of a mantle circulation model , 28(1), 77-80.
2000
- Igel, H. and Takeuchi, N. and Geller, R. J. and Megnin, C. and Bunge, H.P. and Clevede, E. and Dalkolmo, J. and Romanowicz, B. (2000), The COSY Project: verification of global seismic modeling algorithms , 119(1-2), 3-23.
- Bunge, H.-P. and Grand, S.P. (2000), Mesozoic plate-motion history below the northeast Pacific Ocean from seismic images of the subducted Farallon slab , 405, 337 - 340.
1999
- Richards, M.A. and Bunge, H.-P. and Lithgow-Bertelloni, C. (1999), Mantle convection and plate motion history: toward general circulation models , AGU Chapman Monography.
- Richards, M.A. and Bunge, H.-P. and Ricard, Y. and Baumgardner, J.R. (1999), Polar wandering in mantle convection models , 26, 1777 - 1780.
1998
- Bunge, H.-P. and Richards, M.A. and Lithgow-Bertelloni, C. and Baumgardner, J.R. and Grand, S. and Romanowicz, B. (1998), Time scales and heterogeneous structure in geodynamic earth models , 280, 91 - 95.
1997
- Mégnin, C. and Bunge, H.-P. and Romanowicz, B. and Richards, M.A. (1997), Imaging 3-D spherical convection models: what can seismic tomography tell us about mantle dynamics? , 24(11), 1299-1302, doi: 10.1029/97GL01256.
- Bunge, H.-P. and Richards, M.A. and Baumgardner, J.R. (1997), A sensitivity study of 3-D spherical mantle convection at 10exp8 Rayleigh number: Effects of depth dependent viscosity, heating mode and an endothermic phase change , 102, 11991-12007.
1996
- Painter, J.S. and Bunge, H.-P. and Livnat, Y. (1996), Case Study: Mantle Convection Visualization on the Cray T3D , pp. 409 - 412, Editors: Yagel, R. and Nielson, G. M..
- Bunge, H.-P. and Richards, M.A. (1996), The origin of long-wavelength structure in mantle convection: effects of plate motions and viscosity stratification , 23, 2987-2990.
- Bunge, H.-P. and Richards, M.A. and Baumgardner, J.R (1996), The effect of depth dependent viscosity on the planform of mantle convection , 379, 436-438.
1995
- Bunge, H.-P. and Baumgardner, J.R. (1995), Mantle convection modeling on parallel virtual machines , 9, 207-215.