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Claudio Faccenna

Editor in Chief of G-Cubed from Jan 2018

Dynamic topography in the Banda arc and Weber Deep.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Transient Mantle Flow Triggers Morphotectonic Activity in Asia

by Claudio Faccenna 8 April 20224 August 2023

Changes in mantle dynamics following the Australian collision in southeast Asia triggered fast and intense morphotectonic activity at the surface.

Schematic showing behavior of magma in the Main Ethiopian Rift
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Gas-Rich, Transcrustal Magma Storage in the Main Ethiopian Rift

by Claudio Faccenna 14 August 202024 March 2023

Increments of melt trapped in crystals reveal upper crustal magmas in the Main Ethiopian Rift are rich in water and other volatiles, leading to extensive diffuse degassing and hydrothermal systems.

World map showing distribution of SEAfloor FLuid Expulsion Anomalies (SEAFLEASs)
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A New Global Map of Seafloor Fluid Expulsion Anomalies

by Claudio Faccenna 20 April 202023 January 2023

The first open-source database of SEAfloor FLuid Expulsion Anomalies (SEAFLEASs) at a global scale reveals their distribution and physical parameters.

Close up view of the head of a statue of Alexander von Humboldt in Berlin, Germany
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The Scientist Who Connected It All

by Thorsten W. Becker and Claudio Faccenna 11 September 20195 October 2021

Approaching the 250th anniversary of Alexander von Humboldt’s birth, we look back at the life and legacy of “the most scientific man of his age.”

Figuring showing thickness of the crust in the High Arctic and Circum-Arctic regions
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Revealing the Arctic Crust

by Claudio Faccenna 25 July 201924 March 2023

A new model, ArcCRUST, reveals with unprecedent resolution the geometry and the thermal state of the oceanic crust of the High Arctic and Circum-Arctic domain.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Introducing the New Editor in Chief for G-Cubed

by Claudio Faccenna 30 November 20173 February 2018

Find out who is taking over at Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, AGU’s premier interdisciplinary journal, and his vision for the coming years.

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