GM2 Giridas Maiti

Dr. Giridas Maiti

  • Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften -
    Allgemeine Geologie

    KIT - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie,
    Campus Süd

    Adenauerring 20a, Geb. 50.41
    76131 Karlsruhe

Research Area

  • Geodynamic processes
  • Basin modelling
  • Deep lithsopheric slab dynamics (slab breakoff, slab avalanching etc.)

Expertise and Skills

  • Thermo Mechanical Numerical Simulation
  • Finite Element (FEM), Finite Difference (FD) Modelling
  • Matlab, Python, Latex
  • Comsol Multiphysics

Publication Overview

List of Publications


2024
Topography Response to Horizontal Slab Tearing and Oblique Continental Collision: Insights From 3D Thermomechanical Modeling
Maiti, G.; Koptev, A.; Baville, P.; Gerya, T.; Crosetto, S.; Andrić-Tomašević, N.
2024. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129 (10), e2024JB029385. doi:10.1029/2024JB029385
Biotite chemistry as an indicator of hydrothermal deposit types and fluid sources: Insights from big data compilation, multivariate statistical analysis, and machine learning
Baidya, A. S.; Maiti, G.; Mondal, S.; Upadhyay, D.
2024. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 259, Art.-Nr.: 107442. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107442
3D thermo-mechanical modelling of oblique continental collision: relative role of slab tearing in along-strike topography evolution
Maiti, G.; Koptev, A.; Baville, P.; Gerya, T.; Crosetto, S.; Andrić-Tomašević, N.
2024. EGU General Assembly 2024, Copernicus. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9322
2023
Integrated records of tectonic and climate interactions in the Northern Alpine Foreland Basin sedimentary architecture
Andrić-Tomašević, N.; Eskens, L. H. J.; Maiti, G.; Ehlers, T. A.
2023. Abstracts of the Annual AlpArray and 4D-MB Scientific Meeting, Bad Hofgastein, 7th Annual AlpArray Scientific Meeting, Bad Hofgastein, 4th-6th October 2023, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.17169/refubium-40983
Slab tearing in non-collisional settings: Insights from thermo-mechanical modelling of oblique subduction
Andrić-Tomašević, N.; Koptev, A.; Maiti, G.; Gerya, T.; Ehlers, T. A.
2023. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 610, Art.-Nr.: 118097. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118097
Horizontal and vertical slab tearing as different stages of a self-sustaining process developing in a non-collisional setting with oblique subduction
Koptev, A.; Andrić-Tomašević, N.; Maiti, G.; Gerya, T.; Ehlers, T.
2023. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023 (EGU23), Art.-Nr.: 1559, Copernicus. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1559
Effects of deep lithospheric processes and lateral crustal heterogeneity on the 3D evolution of foreland basins
Maiti, G.; Balázs, A.; Eskens, L.; Gerya, T.; Koptev, A.; Andrić-Tomašević, N.
2023. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023 (EGU23), Art.-Nr.: 812, Copernicus. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-812
2020
Slab-parallel advection versus Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in melt-rich layers in subduction zones : A criticality analysis
Ghosh, D.; Maiti, G.; Mandal, N.
2020. Physics of the earth and planetary interiors, 307, Article no: 106560. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2020.106560
Cold Plumes Initiated by Rayleigh‐Taylor Instabilities in Subduction Zones, and Their Characteristic Volcanic Distributions : The Role of Slab Dip
Ghosh, D.; Maiti, G.; Mandal, N.; Baruah, A.
2020. Journal of geophysical research / Solid earth, 125 (8), e2020JB019814. doi:10.1029/2020JB019814
Insights into the dynamics of an orogenic wedge from lubrication theory : Implications for the Himalayan tectonics
Maiti, G.; Mandal, N.; Misra, S.
2020. Tectonophysics, 776, Article no: 228335. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228335
How far does a subduction wedge follow lubrication dynamics?
Maiti, G.; Mandal, N.
2020. Physics of the earth and planetary interiors, 298, Article no: 106346. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2019.106346