Research Areas

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

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

Impact of Decelerating India‐Asia Convergence on the Crustal Flow Kinematics in Tibet: An Insight From Scaled Laboratory Modeling
Maiti, G.; Roy, A.; Sen, J.; Mandal, N.
2021. Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems, 22 (11). doi:10.1029/2021GC009967

Early Miocene Exhumation of High-Pressure Rocks in the Himalaya: A Response to Reduced India-Asia Convergence Velocity
Maiti, G.; Mandal, N.
2021. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, Article no: 632806. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.632806

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

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

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