Flament, Nicolas

Top Publications

Year	Title
2017	Influence of mantle flow on the drainage of eastern Australia since the Jurassic Period Published in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2017	Origin and evolution of the deep thermochemical structure beneath Eurasia Published in Nature Communications
2016	A rapid burst in hotspot motion through the interaction of tectonics and deep mantle flow Published in Nature
2016	Formation of Australian continental margin highlands driven by plate–mantle interaction Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Absolute plate motions since 130 Ma constrained by subduction zone kinematics Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Provenance of plumes in global convection models Published in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2015	Ridge subduction sparked reorganization of the Pacific plate-mantle system 60–50 million years ago Published in Geophysical Research Letters
2014	Spreading continents kick-started plate tectonics Published in Nature
2014	Topographic asymmetry of the South Atlantic from global models of mantle flow and lithospheric stretching Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2013	A review of observations and models of dynamic topography Published in Lithosphere
2013	The evolution of the 87Sr/86Sr of marine carbonates does not constrain continental growth Published in Precambrian Research
2008	A case for late-Archaean continental emergence from thermal evolution models and hypsometry Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Research Areas

Research Overview

My research focuses on the role of deep-Earth processes for the evolution of Earth’s surface. My particular approach consists of iterating between the construction and analysis of geodynamic models, the analysis of global datasets, and the synthesis of regional observations. This approach allows me to identify key processes explaining first-order observations, and ensures that the models I develop are consistent with data.

Topics of interest
- Interaction between lithospheric and mantle processes
- Long-term and secular evolution of sea level
- Landscape evolution
- Phanerozoic dynamic topography
- Phanerozoic global tectonics
- Phanerozoic evolution of the structure of the deep Earth
- Thermal evolution of the solid Earth
Methods
- Geodynamic modeling (CitcomS)
- Spatio-temporal data analysis (GPlates)
- Analytical solutions of physical problems

Geographic Focus

Africa Continent
Atlantic Ocean Geographic Region
Australia Continent
Eurasia Geographic Region
Global Geographic Region
South America Continent

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

American Geophysical Union Member 2008 -
European Geosciences Union 2007 -
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Faculty 2016 - 2018

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Constraining Absolute Plate Motions Since the Triassic Published In Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth
2020	Drainage and Sedimentary Responses to Dynamic Topography Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2020	Global kinematics of tectonic plates and subduction zones since the late Paleozoic Era Published In Geoscience Frontiers
2020	Palaeolatitudinal distribution of lithologic indicators of climate in a palaeogeographic framework Published In Geological Magazine
2020	Present-dayd dynamic topography and lower-mantle structure from palaeogeographically constrained mantle flow models Published In Geophysical Journal International
2020	Quantitative stratigraphic analysis in a source-to-sink numerical framework Published In Geoscientific Model Development
2020	The interplay of dynamic topography and eustasy on continental flooding in the late Paleozoic Published In Tectonophysics
2020	Plate tectonics and mantle controls on plume dynamics Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2019	Constraining Absolute Plate Motions Since the Triassic Published In Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth
2019	Drainage and Sedimentary Responses to Dynamic Topography Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2019	Global kinematics of tectonic plates and subduction zones since the late Paleozoic Era Published In Geoscience Frontiers
2019	Palaeolatitudinal distribution of lithologic indicators of climate in a palaeogeographic framework Published In Geological Magazine
2019	Present-dayd dynamic topography and lower-mantle structure from palaeogeographically constrained mantle flow models Published In Geophysical Journal International
2019	Quantitative stratigraphic analysis in a source-to-sink numerical framework Published In Geoscientific Model Development
2019	The interplay of dynamic topography and eustasy on continental flooding in the late Paleozoic Published In Tectonophysics
2018	Dynamic topography of passive continental margins and their hinterlands since the Cretaceous Published In Gondwana Research
2018	Geodynamic reconstruction of an accreted Cretaceous back-arc basin in the Northern Andes Published In Journal of Geodynamics
2018	Global tectonic reconstructions with continuously deforming and evolving rigid plates Published In Computers and Geosciences
2018	On the scales of dynamic topography in whole-mantle convection models Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2018	The dynamic topography of eastern China since the latest Jurassic Period Published In Tectonics
2018	Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth Published In The Conversation
2017	Correspondence: Reply to ‘Numerical modelling of the PERM anomaly and the Emeishan large igneous province’ Published In Nature Communications
2017	Dynamic topography and eustasy controlled the paleogeographic evolution of northern Africa since the mid-Cretaceous Published In Tectonics
2017	Improving global paleogeography since the late Paleozoic using paleobiology Published In Biogeosciences
2017	Influence of mantle flow on the drainage of eastern Australia since the Jurassic Period Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2017	Origin and evolution of the deep thermochemical structure beneath Eurasia Published In Nature Communications
2017	The deep Earth origin of the Iceland plume and its effects on regional surface uplift and subsidence Published In Solid Earth
2017	The role of deep Earth dynamics in driving the flooding and emergence of New Guinea since the Jurassic Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2016	A rapid burst in hotspot motion through the interaction of tectonics and deep mantle flow Published In Nature
2016	Alignment between seaﬂoor spreading directions and absolute plate motions through time Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2016	Formation of Australian continental margin highlands driven by plate–mantle interaction Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2016	Large fluctuations of shallow seas in low-lying Southeast Asia driven by mantle flow Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2016	Tectonic evolution and deep mantle structure of the eastern Tethys since the latest Jurassic Published In Earth-Science Reviews
2016	The GPlates Portal: cloud-based interactive 3D visualization of global geophysical and geological data in a web browser Published In PLoS One
2015	Absolute plate motions since 130 Ma constrained by subduction zone kinematics Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Assimilating lithosphere and slab history in 4-D Earth models Published In Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
2015	Influence of subduction history on South American topography Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Provenance of plumes in global convection models Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2015	Ridge subduction sparked reorganization of the Pacific plate-mantle system 60–50 million years ago Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2015	Tectonic speed limits from plate kinematic reconstructions Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2014	Cenozoic uplift of south Western Australia as constrained by river profiles Published In Tectonophysics
2014	Circum-Arctic mantle structure and long-wavelength topography since the Jurassic Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2014	Linking plate tectonics and mantle flow to Earth’s topography Published In Geology (Boulder)
2014	Spreading continents kick-started plate tectonics Published In Nature
2014	Topographic asymmetry of the South Atlantic from global models of mantle flow and lithospheric stretching Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2013	A review of observations and models of dynamic topography Published In Lithosphere
2013	The evolution of the 87Sr/86Sr of marine carbonates does not constrain continental growth Published In Precambrian Research
2012	A deep subaqueous fan depositional model for the Paleoarchaean (3.46 Ga) Marble Bar Cherts, Warrawoona Group, Western Australia Published In Geological Magazine
2012	Insights on the kinematics of the India-Eurasia collision from global geodynamic models Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2011	Lower crustal flow kept Archean continental flood basalts at sea level Published In Geology (Boulder)
2008	A case for late-Archaean continental emergence from thermal evolution models and hypsometry Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2012	Late Cretaceous to present-day opening of the southwest Pacific constrained by numerical models and seismic tomography Published In Eastern Australian Basins Symposium IV
2012	Subduction history of the Melanesian borderlands Published In Eastern Australian Basins Symposium IV

Presentations

Invited Talk
- Reconstructing mantle flow and long-wavelength dynamic topography since the Jurassic Period, GD Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017
- Predicting lower mantle heterogeneity from 4-D Earth models, Speaker, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016
- Progress and challenges in reconciling predictions and constraints of dynamic topography, Speaker, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2016
- Evolution of the subduction-driven, long-wavelength topography of Africa since the Jurassic, Speaker, TopoAfrica final workshop 2013
- Evolution of the subduction-driven, long-wavelength topography of South America since the Jurassic, Speaker, American Geophysical Union Meeting of the Americas 2013
- Crustal growth, thermal evolution of the Earth, and Archaean emerged land surface, Speaker, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2023	Global climate change and coastal landscape evolution in southern Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2016 - 2018	The geodynamics of past sea level changes Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
	Dynamic Earth models for frontier diamond exploration Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Other Research Activities

ARC Industry Transformation Research Hub: Basin Genesis (Sydney, Melbourne, Curtin, Wollongong) Research collaborator 2015 - 2020
Dynamic Earth Models and Surface Maps for Frontier Hydrocarbon Exploration - Industry grant (Statoil ASA) Principal Investigator 2013 - 2016

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Evolution of the deep structure of the Earth since the Paleozoic

Exchange of carbon dioxide and water between the solid Earth and its surface since the Paleozoic

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Modelling the Controls on Tidewater Glacier Retreat in Alaska	Sanders, James

Web Of Science Researcher Id

N-8344-2013

Scopus Id

54386793300

Top Publications

Year	Title
2017	Influence of mantle flow on the drainage of eastern Australia since the Jurassic Period Published in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2017	Origin and evolution of the deep thermochemical structure beneath Eurasia Published in Nature Communications
2016	A rapid burst in hotspot motion through the interaction of tectonics and deep mantle flow Published in Nature
2016	Formation of Australian continental margin highlands driven by plate–mantle interaction Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Absolute plate motions since 130 Ma constrained by subduction zone kinematics Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Provenance of plumes in global convection models Published in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2015	Ridge subduction sparked reorganization of the Pacific plate-mantle system 60–50 million years ago Published in Geophysical Research Letters
2014	Spreading continents kick-started plate tectonics Published in Nature
2014	Topographic asymmetry of the South Atlantic from global models of mantle flow and lithospheric stretching Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2013	A review of observations and models of dynamic topography Published in Lithosphere
2013	The evolution of the 87Sr/86Sr of marine carbonates does not constrain continental growth Published in Precambrian Research
2008	A case for late-Archaean continental emergence from thermal evolution models and hypsometry Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Research Areas

Research Overview

My research focuses on the role of deep-Earth processes for the evolution of Earth’s surface. My particular approach consists of iterating between the construction and analysis of geodynamic models, the analysis of global datasets, and the synthesis of regional observations. This approach allows me to identify key processes explaining first-order observations, and ensures that the models I develop are consistent with data.

Topics of interest
- Interaction between lithospheric and mantle processes
- Long-term and secular evolution of sea level
- Landscape evolution
- Phanerozoic dynamic topography
- Phanerozoic global tectonics
- Phanerozoic evolution of the structure of the deep Earth
- Thermal evolution of the solid Earth
Methods
- Geodynamic modeling (CitcomS)
- Spatio-temporal data analysis (GPlates)
- Analytical solutions of physical problems

Geographic Focus

Africa Continent
Atlantic Ocean Geographic Region
Australia Continent
Eurasia Geographic Region
Global Geographic Region
South America Continent

Member Of

American Geophysical Union Member 2008 -
European Geosciences Union 2007 -
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Faculty 2016 - 2018

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Constraining Absolute Plate Motions Since the Triassic Published In Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth
2020	Drainage and Sedimentary Responses to Dynamic Topography Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2020	Global kinematics of tectonic plates and subduction zones since the late Paleozoic Era Published In Geoscience Frontiers
2020	Palaeolatitudinal distribution of lithologic indicators of climate in a palaeogeographic framework Published In Geological Magazine
2020	Present-dayd dynamic topography and lower-mantle structure from palaeogeographically constrained mantle flow models Published In Geophysical Journal International
2020	Quantitative stratigraphic analysis in a source-to-sink numerical framework Published In Geoscientific Model Development
2020	The interplay of dynamic topography and eustasy on continental flooding in the late Paleozoic Published In Tectonophysics
2020	Plate tectonics and mantle controls on plume dynamics Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2019	Constraining Absolute Plate Motions Since the Triassic Published In Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth
2019	Drainage and Sedimentary Responses to Dynamic Topography Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2019	Global kinematics of tectonic plates and subduction zones since the late Paleozoic Era Published In Geoscience Frontiers
2019	Palaeolatitudinal distribution of lithologic indicators of climate in a palaeogeographic framework Published In Geological Magazine
2019	Present-dayd dynamic topography and lower-mantle structure from palaeogeographically constrained mantle flow models Published In Geophysical Journal International
2019	Quantitative stratigraphic analysis in a source-to-sink numerical framework Published In Geoscientific Model Development
2019	The interplay of dynamic topography and eustasy on continental flooding in the late Paleozoic Published In Tectonophysics
2018	Dynamic topography of passive continental margins and their hinterlands since the Cretaceous Published In Gondwana Research
2018	Geodynamic reconstruction of an accreted Cretaceous back-arc basin in the Northern Andes Published In Journal of Geodynamics
2018	Global tectonic reconstructions with continuously deforming and evolving rigid plates Published In Computers and Geosciences
2018	On the scales of dynamic topography in whole-mantle convection models Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2018	The dynamic topography of eastern China since the latest Jurassic Period Published In Tectonics
2018	Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth Published In The Conversation
2017	Correspondence: Reply to ‘Numerical modelling of the PERM anomaly and the Emeishan large igneous province’ Published In Nature Communications
2017	Dynamic topography and eustasy controlled the paleogeographic evolution of northern Africa since the mid-Cretaceous Published In Tectonics
2017	Improving global paleogeography since the late Paleozoic using paleobiology Published In Biogeosciences
2017	Influence of mantle flow on the drainage of eastern Australia since the Jurassic Period Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2017	Origin and evolution of the deep thermochemical structure beneath Eurasia Published In Nature Communications
2017	The deep Earth origin of the Iceland plume and its effects on regional surface uplift and subsidence Published In Solid Earth
2017	The role of deep Earth dynamics in driving the flooding and emergence of New Guinea since the Jurassic Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2016	A rapid burst in hotspot motion through the interaction of tectonics and deep mantle flow Published In Nature
2016	Alignment between seaﬂoor spreading directions and absolute plate motions through time Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2016	Formation of Australian continental margin highlands driven by plate–mantle interaction Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2016	Large fluctuations of shallow seas in low-lying Southeast Asia driven by mantle flow Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2016	Tectonic evolution and deep mantle structure of the eastern Tethys since the latest Jurassic Published In Earth-Science Reviews
2016	The GPlates Portal: cloud-based interactive 3D visualization of global geophysical and geological data in a web browser Published In PLoS One
2015	Absolute plate motions since 130 Ma constrained by subduction zone kinematics Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Assimilating lithosphere and slab history in 4-D Earth models Published In Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
2015	Influence of subduction history on South American topography Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Provenance of plumes in global convection models Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2015	Ridge subduction sparked reorganization of the Pacific plate-mantle system 60–50 million years ago Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2015	Tectonic speed limits from plate kinematic reconstructions Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2014	Cenozoic uplift of south Western Australia as constrained by river profiles Published In Tectonophysics
2014	Circum-Arctic mantle structure and long-wavelength topography since the Jurassic Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2014	Linking plate tectonics and mantle flow to Earth’s topography Published In Geology (Boulder)
2014	Spreading continents kick-started plate tectonics Published In Nature
2014	Topographic asymmetry of the South Atlantic from global models of mantle flow and lithospheric stretching Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2013	A review of observations and models of dynamic topography Published In Lithosphere
2013	The evolution of the 87Sr/86Sr of marine carbonates does not constrain continental growth Published In Precambrian Research
2012	A deep subaqueous fan depositional model for the Paleoarchaean (3.46 Ga) Marble Bar Cherts, Warrawoona Group, Western Australia Published In Geological Magazine
2012	Insights on the kinematics of the India-Eurasia collision from global geodynamic models Published In G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences
2011	Lower crustal flow kept Archean continental flood basalts at sea level Published In Geology (Boulder)
2008	A case for late-Archaean continental emergence from thermal evolution models and hypsometry Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2012	Late Cretaceous to present-day opening of the southwest Pacific constrained by numerical models and seismic tomography Published In Eastern Australian Basins Symposium IV
2012	Subduction history of the Melanesian borderlands Published In Eastern Australian Basins Symposium IV

Presentations

Invited Talk
- Reconstructing mantle flow and long-wavelength dynamic topography since the Jurassic Period, GD Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017
- Predicting lower mantle heterogeneity from 4-D Earth models, Speaker, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016
- Progress and challenges in reconciling predictions and constraints of dynamic topography, Speaker, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2016
- Evolution of the subduction-driven, long-wavelength topography of Africa since the Jurassic, Speaker, TopoAfrica final workshop 2013
- Evolution of the subduction-driven, long-wavelength topography of South America since the Jurassic, Speaker, American Geophysical Union Meeting of the Americas 2013
- Crustal growth, thermal evolution of the Earth, and Archaean emerged land surface, Speaker, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2023	Global climate change and coastal landscape evolution in southern Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2016 - 2018	The geodynamics of past sea level changes Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
	Dynamic Earth models for frontier diamond exploration Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Other Research Activities

ARC Industry Transformation Research Hub: Basin Genesis (Sydney, Melbourne, Curtin, Wollongong) Research collaborator 2015 - 2020
Dynamic Earth Models and Surface Maps for Frontier Hydrocarbon Exploration - Industry grant (Statoil ASA) Principal Investigator 2013 - 2016

Potential Supervision Topics

Evolution of the deep structure of the Earth since the Paleozoic

Exchange of carbon dioxide and water between the solid Earth and its surface since the Paleozoic

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Modelling the Controls on Tidewater Glacier Retreat in Alaska	Sanders, James

Reviewer Of

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences (Journal)
Earth and Planetary Science Letters (Journal)
G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences (Journal)
Geology (Boulder) (Journal)
Geophysical Journal International (Journal)
Gondwana Research (Journal)
Journal of Geodynamics (Journal)
Lithosphere (Journal)
Nature Communications (Journal)
Nature Geoscience (Journal)
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (Journal)
Scientific Reports (Journal)
Solid Earth (Journal)

Awards And Honors

Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awards, conferred by European Geosciences Union, 2017

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3237-0757 (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

N-8344-2013

Scopus Id

54386793300

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Presentations

Invited Talk

Funding

Investigator On

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Reviewer Of

Background

Awards And Honors

Identity

Orcid Id

Web Of Science Researcher Id

Scopus Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Presentations

Invited Talk

Funding

Investigator On

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Reviewer Of

Background

Awards And Honors

Identity

Orcid Id

Web Of Science Researcher Id

Scopus Id

Visualisations

Research Areas

Geographic Focus