Harro Schmeling
Geosciences / Geophysics
Frankfurt University
Germany
Biography
Harro Schmeling,is currently working as a Professor of Geophysics (C4), Institute of Earth Sciences, Section Geophysics, frankfurt univ. Germany. Education: Diplom (M.Sc.), Geophysics, University Frankfurt, 1980 Dr. rer. nat (PhD), Geophysics, University Frankfurt, 1985 Docent, Geophysics, Uppsala University, 1987
Research Interest
Mantle convection with variable viscosity, melting, and the interaction with the lithosphere. Evolution and structure of mantle plumes, plume heads and hotspots . Melting and melt percolation processes in a convecting mantle, Ascent of melts through the lithosphere and crust. Continental rifting. Role of phase transitions on subducting slabs and mantle convection. Dynamics of orogenic processes. Physical properties of partially molten rocks.
Publications
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Schmeling, H, and G. Marquart, 2014: A scaling law for approximating porous hydrothermal convection by an equivalent thermal conductivity: theory and application to the cooling oceanic lithosphere. Geophys. J. Int., 197 (2): 645-664 doi:10.1093/gji/ggu022
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Burchardt, S., V. R. Troll, H. Schmeling, H. Koyi, L, Blythe, 2016: Erupted frothy xenoliths may explain lack of country-rock fragments in plutons. Sci. Rep. 6, 34566; doi: 10.1038/srep34566.
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Schmeling, H., G. Marquart, and V. Nawa, 2017: The role of hydrothermal cooling of the oceanic lithosphere for ocean floor bathymetry and heat flow, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JB013881
