The International Journal of Integrated Solid Earth Sciences

The prime focus of Tectonophysics will be high-impact original research and reviews in the fields of kinematics, structure, composition, and dynamics of the solid earth at all scales. Tectonophysics particularly encourages submission of papers based on the integration of a multitude of geophysical, geological, geochemical, geodynamic, and geotectonic methods with focus on:

• Kinematics and deformation of the lithosphere based on space geodesy (e.g. GPS, InSAR), neoteoctonic studies, tectonic geomorphology, and geochronology;
• Structure, composition, and thermal state of the crust and mantle and their evolution in various time scales based on geophysical and geochemical studies;
• Structural geology, folding, faulting, fracturing, analysis of stress and strain, and rock mechanics;
• Orogenesis, tectonism, thermochronology, surficial processes, land-climate interactions, and Lithospheric-asthenospheric interactions;
• Active tectonics, seismology, mechanisms of earthquakes and volcanism, geological hazards and their societal impacts;
• Rheology and numerical modelling of geodynamic processes;
• Laboratory measurements of physical and chemical parameters of crustal and mantle rocks, and their application to geophysics and petrology;
• Innovative development, including testing, of new methods in geophysics and geodynamics.


Tectonophysics welcomes contributions of three types:

• Regular papers.
• Fast track papers for short, innovative rapid communication, which will usually be reviewed within three weeks after submission. More information about this paper type can be found within the Guide for Authors.
• Comprehensive invited review articles which provide an overview of significant subjects.


Abstracts of maximum 300 words describing the objectives of the research, and the rationale and methods (if relevant), should be included for all article types: regular, fast-track and invited review.

In addition Special Issues devoted to a single topic, and edited by an authority in that field, are also published.

• Regular papers.
• short, innovative rapid communication
• Comprehensive invited review articles

Editors-in-Chief
Philippe Agard
Sorbonne University, Paris, France Email Philippe Agard Geodynamics, Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology, Subduction Processes.
Ramon Carbonell
Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, Barcelona, Spain Email Ramon CarbonellStructure, Composition and Thermal State of the Crust and Mantle, Orogenesis, Lithospheric-Asthenospheric Interactions, Geodynamics, Geophysical Methodology & Seismology
Ling Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Email Ling Chen Seismic Structure and Deformation of the Crust and Mantle, Lithospheric Properties and Dynamics, Continental Evolution, Seismic Methodology, Subduction Processes, Mantle Dynamics and its Surface Responses
Gregory Houseman
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Email Gregory Houseman
Zheng Xiang Li
Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Email Zheng Xiang Li Regional to global tectonics, palaeomagnetism, palaeogeography and supercontinent reconstruction, geodynamics.
Kelin Wang
Geological Survey of Canada Pacific, Sidney, Australia Email Kelin Wang Contemporary Crustal Deformation and Stresses, Plate Boundary Processes, Subduction Zone Geodynamics, Thermal and Hydrological Processes of the Lithosphere, Rock Mechanicsand Rheology, Earthquake Mechanics
Honorary Editors
Terry Engelder
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States
Hans Thybo
Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey & University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Seiya Uyeda
RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Shimizu, Japan
Friedemann Wenzel
Helmholtz Nuclear Research Centre Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Editorial Board Members
Mark Allen
Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
Irina Artemieva
University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
Håkon Ausrtheim
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Philip Benson
University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Peter Betts
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Susan Bilek
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, United States
Marco Bonini
Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
Clark Burchfiel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Claudio Chiarabba
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Roma, Italy
Sierd Cloetingh
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Domenico Cosentino
Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy
Huw Davies
Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Giulio Di Toro
University of Padua, Padova, Italy
Jeff Freymueller
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Eiichi Fukuyama
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan
Kevin Furlong
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Taras Gerya
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Agust Gudmundsson
Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
Shaocheng Ji
University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Shun-ichiro Karato
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Anastasia Kiratzi
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nina Kukowski
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
Serge Lallemand
University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Xian-Hua Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Jin Liu-Zeng
China Earthquake Administration Institute of Geology, Beijing, China
Jean-Claude Mareschal
University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
John McBride
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
Aral Okay
Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey
Fernando Ornelas Marques
University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Lluís Pujades Beneit
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Giorgio Ranalli
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Thorkild Rasmussen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, København, Denmark
Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Norman Sleep
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
Fabio Speranza
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Roma, Italy
Fabrizio Storti
University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Peter Suhadolc
University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Trond Torsvik
Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway
Rob Van der Voo
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United StatesErchie Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Qiang Wang
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou, China
Qin Wang
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Shimon Wdowinski
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Florida, United States
Hermann Zeyen
Paris-Sud University, Orsay, France
Peizhen Zhang
China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China
Yueqiao Zhang
Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China