Research output
Journal articles
In preparation
Gülcher, A. J. P., Ballmer, M. D., and P. J. Tackley. Bridgmanite-enriched domains stable in Earth’s lower mantle: insights from global 3D mantle convection models
Desiderio, M., Gülcher, A. J. P., and Ballmer, M. D., The control of basalt properties on the preservation of recycled and primordial heterogeneity in Earth’s lower mantle
Submitted
Gülcher, A. J. P., Yu, T-Y., and Gerya, T. V. (submitted to JGR: Planets), Tectono-magmatic evolution of asymmetric coronae on Venus: Topographic classification and 3D thermo-mechanical modelling
Published
Gülcher, A. J. P., Golabek, G., Thielmann, M., Ballmer, M.D., and Tackley, P.J. (2022) Narrow, fast, and “cool” mantle plumes cause by strain-weakening rheology in the lower mantle, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2021GC010314. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010314
Gülcher, A. J. P., Ballmer, M.D., and Tackley, P.J. (2021) Coupled dynamics and evolution of primordial and recycled heterogeneity in Earth’s lower mantle. Solid Earth, vol. 12, pp. 2097-2107, DOI: 10.5194/se- 12-2087-2021
Gülcher, A. J. P., Gerya, T.V., Montési, L.G.J. and Munch, J. (2020) Corona structures driven by plume- lithosphere interactions and evidence for ongoing plume activity on Venus. Nature Geoscience, vol. 13, pp. 547-554, DOI: 10.1038/s41561-020-0606-1
Gülcher, A. J. P., Gebhardt, D., Ballmer, M.D. and Tackley, P.J. (2020). Variable dynamic styles of primordial heterogeneity preservation in Earth’s lower mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 536, 116160, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116160
Gülcher, A. J. P., Beaussier, S. J. and Gerya, T.V., (2019). On the formation of oceanic detachment faults and their influence on intra-oceanic subduction initiation: 3D thermomechanical modeling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 506, pp. 195-208, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.10.042
Book chapters, reviews, and technical papers
Submitted
Gillman, C., Golabek, G. J., Gülcher, A. J. P., Lefèvre, M., and Avibe, G. (submitted), Venus. Treatise on Geochemistry, 3rd edition
Smrekar, S., Ghail, R., Byrne, P., et al. (Gülcher, A. J. P.) (under revision for Space Science Reviews), Volcano-tectonic processes on Venus (Chapter in book ‘Venus: Evolution through Time‘, Springer, eds. Spohn et al.)
Published
O’Rourke, J., Wilson, C., Ghail, R., et al. (Gülcher, A. J. P.) (2023), Venus, the Planet: Introduction to Earth’s Sister Planet. Space Science Reviews, vol. 219, 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00956-0 (Chapter in book ‘Venus: Evolution through Time‘, Springer, eds. Spohn et al.)
Rolf, T., Weller, M., Gülcher, A. J. P., et al. (2022), Venus mantle dynamics and evolution through time. Space Science Reviews, vol. 218, 70. DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s11214-022-00937-9 (Chapter in book ‘Venus: Evolution through Time‘, Springer, eds. Spohn et al.)
Cutts, J. A., et al. (Gülcher, A. J. P.) (2020) Venus Coronae and Tessera Explorer (VeCaTEx) Mission Concept Investigating the Surface of Venus from beneath the Clouds, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53(4). DOI: 10.3847/25c2cfeb.5aa5704a (White paper for the 2023-2032 Planetary Science Decadal Survey)
Contributions to conferences and seminars
Invited and keynote talks
12.2023
Invited seminar speaker, Earth and Planetary Sciences department, UC Riverside, Hewett Club Lecture Series
10.2023
Invited speaker, 31st Venus Exploration and Analysis Group meeting, status report on ‘Venus data accessibility’
10.2023
Invited seminar speaker, Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Lunch Bunch seminar series
10.2023
Invited seminar speaker, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences , Yale University, EPS Colloquium
10.2023
Invited keynote speaker, Geological Society of America (GSA), invited as keynote speaker for ‘Venus: Earth’s hotter twin’ session
(Declined due to conflict of schedule)
10.2023
Invited seminar speaker, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, Institute seminar
08.2023
Invited speaker, Humans2Venus foundation, Venus speaker series
03.2023
Invited keynote speaker, LPI Venus Surface and Atmosphere meeting, invited as keynote speaker for ‘Venus Tectonism’ session
(Declined due to conflict of schedule)
12.2022
Invited speaker, AGU Fall Meeting, session ‘Advances in Mantle Convection and Planetary Evolution’
11.2022
Invited seminar speaker, Charles University Prague geophysics seminar
04.2022
Invited speaker, VExAG “Second Planet Second Tuesdays” Colloquium, Contemporary and Historic Volcanism and Tectonic Activity on Venus
08.2021
Invited keynote speaker, German/Swiss Geodynamics Workshop 2021, Bad Belzig, Germany
03.2021
Invited keynote speaker and panelist, NAS Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032, open session ‘Venus Geodynamics’ (virtual)
03.2021
Invited seminar speaker, Imperial College Earth and Planets Seminar (virtual)
02.2021
Invited seminar speaker, Zehijang University Earth and Data seminar (virtual)
02.2021
Invited seminar speaker, Oxford University Geophysics seminar (virtual)
11.2020
Seminar speaker, ETH Zürich Planetary Geophysics seminar (virtual)
10.2020
Invited seminar speaker, University of Maryland, Department of Geology seminar series (virtual)
08.2020
Invited speaker and panelist, NASA GISS mini-conference ‘Venus Science Today’ (virtual)
07.2020
Invited seminar speaker, IGCP648 seminar series ‘Supercontinent Cycles and Global Geodynamics’ (virtual)
Conference Talks
10.2023
21st Venus Exploration and Analysis Group annual meeting, ‘Science and technology reports on Venus data archives and data access’
05.2023
ESA International EnVision Venus Science Workshop, ‘The role of geodynamic modelling of Venus’ tectonics and volcanism in paving the way for the ‘Decade of Venus’
03.2023
Lunar and Planetary Sciences Congress, ‘Corona Structures at Topographic Margins on Venus Reveal Interior Dynamic Processes‘
05.2022
EGU 2022 General Assembly (GD2.5) ‘Narrow, fast, and “cold” mantle plumes explained by strain-weakening rheology in Earth’s lower mantle’
12.2021
AGU 2021 Fall Meeting (DI34A) ‘Shaping Earth’s mantle convection via strain-weakening rheology in the lower mantle’
07.2021
Goldschmidt Conference (2c03) ‘Breakdown of primordial layering in the early Earth: implications for tectonics and ancient geochemical signals’
04.2021
EGU 2021 General Assembly (GD1.1) ‘Coupled dynamics of primordial and recycled heterogeneity in Earth’s lower mantle, and their present-day seismic signatures’
12.2020
AGU 2020 Fall Meeting (DI017) ‘The coexistence of recycled and primordial heterogeneity in Earth’s lower mantle: a geodynamical perspective’
09.2020
Europlanet Science Congress (TP11) ‘Widespread ongoing plume activity on Venus revealed by variations in the morphology of coronae’
04.2020
EGU 2020 General Assembly (GD2.1) ‘The formation, preservation and seismic signatures of chemical heterogeneities in the lower mantle’
Conference posters
03.2023
Lunar and Planetary Sciences Congress, ‘The Peculiar case of rift tectonics on Venus’
12.2022
AGU Fall Meeting (P51) ‘The origin of asymmetrical coronae on Venus: Morphology classification and 3D models of plume-margin interactions’
08.2022
Ada Lovelace Workshop, Hungary, ‘Narrow, fast, and “cool” mantle plumes caused by strain-weakening rheology in Earth’s lower mantle’
12.2021
AGU Fall Meeting (P45E) ‘The enigma of Venusian coronae’
12.2020
AGU Fall Meeting (DI009) ‘Strain-weakening rheology in Earth’s lower mantle and its control on mantle convection and tectonics’
07.2020
Goldschmidt Conference (02c) ‘The formation and preservation of chemical heterogeneities in the lower mantle’
04.2020
EGU General Assembly (EOS4.4) ‘#SciComm via the European Geoscience Union Divisions’ blogs: experiences from the editorial teams’
12.2019
AGU Fall Meeting, San Fransisco (DI41D) ‘Constraints on Primordial Heterogeneity in the Lower Mantle and Implications for Global-Scale Mantle Dynamics’
09.2019
Ada Lovelace Workshop on Lithosphere and Mantle dynamics, Siena, Italy, ‘Strain-dependent weakening in Earth’ slower mantle and its control on convection dynamics’
09.2019
Ada Lovelace Workshop on Lithosphere and Mantle dynamics, Siena, Italy, ‘The rheological control on primordial heterogeneity preservation in Earth’s lower mantle’
05.2019
EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (GD3.6) ‘Investigating the effect of rheological and tectonic parameters on the preservation of primordial reservoirs in Earth’s lower mantle: a numerical study’ (Outstanding Student Poster Presentation award)
12.2018
AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, US (DI33C) ‘Plume Penetration into Venusian Lithosphere and the Origin of Coronae’
08.2017
XV International Workshop on Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics, Putten, the Netherlands, ‘On the formation of oceanic detachment faults and their influence on intra-oceanic subduction initiation: 3D thermomechanical modeling’
Media coverage (selected)
03.2023
Lava für die Liebesgöttin, the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
01.2021
Vénus coronae et panaches actifs, L’Astronomie, vol. 145, pp. 4-7
09.2020
Venus: Science! Today!, EGU Geodynamics blog
07.2020
Venus has crown-shaped hotspots that form its own ‘Ring of Fire’, CNN Space + Science
07.2020
07.2020
The Venus ‘Ring of Fire’, ETH News
07.2020
Volcanoes are still active on Venus, Cosmos Magazine
07.2020
Other contributions to science
Database and supplementary materials
Gülcher, A. J. P., (2022) Dataset “Narrow, fast, and “cool” mantle plumes caused by strain-weakening rheology in Earth’s lower mantle” (Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems). Zenodo, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.6805415
Gülcher, A. J. P., (2021) Coupled dynamics and evolution of primordial and recycled heterogeneity in Earth’s lower mantle – Supplementary Videos. Zenodo, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4298777
Gülcher, A. J. P., Montési, L. G. V., Gerya, T. V., and Munch, J. (2020) Venus Database for coronae activity classification. Zenodo, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3241326
Scientific software
Gülcher, A. J. P., (2022) Numerical code for strain ellipse evolution calculations, used in Gülcher et al., (2022, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems). Zenodo, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6772071
Gülcher, A. J. P., (2022) Annaguelcher/StagLab-OS: STAGLAB-OS release for Gülcher et al., (2022, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems). Zenodo, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6801104: new methodology on mantle convection data analysis, feature extraction, and visualisation
STAGLAB 5.0 and 6.0, open-source Geodynamic diagnostics and scientific visualisation software (Crameri, F., 2018, DOI: 10.5194/gmd-11-2541-2018): developed new features for reading scientific data, retrieving key mantle convection information, and visualisation thereof
StagPy v0.15, open-source Python module StagPy (Morison et al., 2021, GitHub release, documentation): contribution to additional features