Grigne, C., S. Labrosse and P. J. Tackley, Convective heat transfer as a function of wavelength: Implications for the cooling of the Earth, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B3, B03409, doi:10.1029/2004JB003376. PDF
Nakagawa, T., and P. J. Tackley, Three-dimensional numerical simulations of thermo-chemical multiphase convection in Earth's mantle, Third MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. PDF
Hernlund, J., C. Thomas and P. J. Tackley, Phase boundary double-crossing and partial melting in Earth's deepest mantle, Nature, 434, 882-886. PDF
Mittlestaedt, E., and P. J. Tackley, Plume heat flow is much less than CMB heat flow, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., submitted.
Deschamps, F., J. Trampert and P. J. Tackley, Thermo-chemical structure of the lower mantle: seismological evidence and consequences for geodynamics, submitted to Superplume: Beyond Plate Tectonics
Nakagawa, T., and P. J. Tackley, The interaction between the post-perovskite phase change and a thermo-chemical boundary layer near the core-mantle boundary, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., submitted
Nakagawa, T., and P. J. Tackley, Deep mantle heat flow and thermal evolution of the Earth's core based on thermo-chemical multiphase mantle convection, Geophys., Geochem., Geosys, submitted
Jurine, D., C. Jaupart, G. Brandeis and P. J. Tackley, Penetration of plumes through continental lithosphere, J.Geophys. Res., submitted to J. Geophys. Res.
Tackley, P. J., S. Xie, T. Nakagawa and J. W. Hernlund, Experimental studies of mantle convection: Philosophy, accomplishments and thermo-chemical structure and evolution, submitted to AGU monograph...
Nakagawa, T. and P.J. Tackley, Effects of thermo-chemical mantle convection on the thermal evolution of the Earth's core, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 220, 107-119, 2004. PDF
Xie, S and P.J. Tackley, Evolution of helium and argon isotopes in a convecting mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 146, 417-439. PDF.
Nakagawa, T., and P.J. Tackley, Thermo-chemical structure in the mantle arising from a three-component convective system and implications for geochemistry, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter.,146, 125-138. PDF
Schubert, G., P. Olson, G. Masters and P.J. Tackley, Superplumes or plume clusters?, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 146, 147-162. PDF
Xie, S. and P. J. Tackley, Evolution of U-Pb and Sm-Nd systems in numerical models of mantle convection, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B11204, doi:10.1029/2004JB003176. PDF.
Nakagawa, T. and P. J. Tackley, Effects of a perovskite-post perovskite phase change near the core-mantle boundary in compressible mantle convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L16611, doi:10.1029/2004GL020648. PDF
2003
Tackley, P.J., S. D. King, Testing the tracer ratio method for modeling active compositional fields in mantle convection simulations, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 4, doi:10.1029/2001GC000214. PDF
Hernlund, J.W., P.J. Tackley, Three-dimensional spherical shell convection at infinite Prandtl number using the 'cubed sphere' method, proceedings of the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. PDF
Tackley, P.J., S. Xie, Stag3D: A code for modeling thermo-chemical multiphase convection in Earth's mantle, proceedings of the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. PDF
Tackley, P.J., Strong heterogeneity caused by deep mantle layering, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 3, 10.1029/2001GC000167, 2002. PDF
Farnetani, C.G., B. Legras, P.J. Tackley, Mixing and deformations in mantle plumes, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett, 196, 1-15, 2002. PDF
Tackley, P.J., S. Xie, The thermo-chemical structure and evolution of Earth's mantle: Constraints and numerical models, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A., 360, 2593-2609, 2002 PDF
Tackley, P.J., G. Schubert, G.A. Glatzmaier, P. Schenk, J.T. Ratcliffe and J.-P. Matas, Three-dimensional spherical simulations of mantle convection in Io, Icarus 149, 79-93, 2001. PDF
Tackley, P.J., Convection in Io's asthenosphere: Redistribution of Non-uniform tidal heating by mean flows, J. Geophys. Res. 106, 32971-32981, 2001. PDF
Tackley, P.J., Mantle convection and plate tectonics: Towards an integrated physical and chemical theory, Science, 288, 2002-2007, 2000. PDF
Tackley, P.J., The quest for self-consistent incorporation of plate tectonics in mantle convection, in History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, edited by M.A. Richards, R. Gordon, R. van der Hilst,AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 121, 2000. PDF
Tackley, P.J., Self-consistent generation of tectonic plates in time-dependent, three-dimensional mantle convection simulations, part 1: Pseudoplastic yielding, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 1, 2000. PDF
Tackley, P.J., Self-consistent generation of tectonic plates in time-dependent, three-dimensional mantle convection simulations, part 2: Strain weakening and asthenosphere, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 1, 2000. PDF
Tackley, P.J., J.R. Baumgardner, G.A. Glatzmaier, P. Olson, and T. Clune, Three-dimensional spherical simulations of convection in Earth's mantle and core using massively-parallel computers, in Proceedings of HPC99, ed. A. Tentner, p95-100, 1999. PDF1, PDF2-6
Moore, W.B., G. Schubert, and P.J. Tackley, The role of rheology in lithospheric thinning by mantle plumes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1073-1076, 1999. PDF
Tackley, P.J., Self-consistent generation of tectonic plates in three-dimensional mantle convection, Earth Planet. Sci Lett., 157, 9-22, 1998. PDF
Tackley, P.J., Three-dimensional simulations of mantle convection with a thermochemical CMB boundary layer: D"?, in The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, edited by Gurnis.et. al., pp. 231-253, American Geophysical Union, 1998c.PDF
Moore, W.B., G. Schubert, and P.J. Tackley, Three-Dimensional Simulations of Plume-Lithosphere Interaction at the Hawaiian Swell, Science, 279, 1008-1011, 1998. PDF
Thompson, P.F., and P.J. Tackley, Generation of mega-plumes from the core-mantle boundary in a compressible mantle with temperature-dependent viscosity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25 (11), 1999-2002, 1998. PDF
Tackley, P.J., Effects of phase transitions on three-dimensional mantle convection, in The Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics Volume 5: The Doornbos Volume, edited by D. Crossley, pp. 273-336, Gordon and Breach, New York, 1997a.
Ratcliff, J.T., P.J. Tackley, G. Schubert, and A. Zebib, Transitions in thermal convection with strongly variable viscosity, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 102, 201-212, 1997. PDF
Schubert, G., D.L. Turcotte, V. Solomatov, and P.J. Tackley, Mantle convection and the thermal evolution of Venus, in Venus II - Geology, Geophysics, Atmosphere, and Solar Wind Environments, edited by S.W. Bougher, D.M. Hunter, and R.J. Phillips, pp. 1245-1289, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1997.
Shiokawa, R., Y. Iwase, T. Nakakuki, S. Honda, P.J. Tackley, and T. Eguchi, Video of mantle convection simulations (in Japanese), Zisin, 50, 349-352, 1997.
Tackley, P.J., Effects of strongly variable viscosity on three-dimensional compressible convection in planetary mantles, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3311-3332, 1996a. PDF
Tackley, P.J., On the ability of phase transitions and viscosity layering to induce long-wavelength heterogeneity in the mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 1985-1988, 1996b. PDF
Tackley, P.J., Slow motion in the mantle, Physics World, 9 (5), 33-37, 1996c.
Tackley, P.J., Mantle dynamics: Influence of the transition zone, US National Report to the IUGG, 1991-1994, 275-282, 1995a.
Tackley, P.J., On the penetration of an endothermic phase transition by upwellings and downwellings, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 15477-15488, 1995b. PDF
Schubert, G., and P.J. Tackley, Mantle dynamics: The strong control of the spinel-perovskite transition at a depth of 660 km, J. Geodynamics, 20 (4), 417-428, 1995.
Tackley, P.J., Three-dimensional models of mantle convection: Influence of phase transitions and temperature-dependent viscosity, Ph.D. Thesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1994.
Tackley, P.J., D.J. Stevenson, G.A. Glatzmaier, and G. Schubert, Effects of multiple phase transitions in a 3-dimensional spherical model of convection in Earth's mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 99 (B8), 15877-15901, 1994. Link to article at AGU
Tackley, P.J., and D.J. Stevenson, A mechanism for spontaneous self-perpetuating volcanism on the terrestrial planets, in Flow and Creep in the Solar System: Observations, Modeling and Theory, edited by D.B. Stone, and S.K. Runcorn, pp. 307-322, Kluwer, 1993.
Tackley, P.J., D.J. Stevenson, G.A. Glatzmaier, and G. Schubert, Effects of an endothermic phase transition at 670 km depth in a spherical model of convection in the Earth's mantle, Nature, 361 (6414), 699-704, 1993.
Bercovici, D., G. Schubert, and P.J. Tackley, On the Penetration Of the 660 Km Phase-Change By Mantle Downflows, Geophysical Research Letters, 20 (23), 2599-2602, 1993.
Jordan, T.H., P. Puster, G.A. Glatzmaier, and P.J. Tackley, Comparisons between seismic Earth structures and mantle flow models based on radial correlation functions, Science, 261 (5127), 1427-1431, 1993.
Tackley, P.J., Effects of strongly temperature-dependent viscosity on time-dependent, 3-dimensional models of mantle convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20 (20), 2187-2190, 1993.