Papers submitted:
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  1. Zhong, S., The role of mechanical structure of continents and the upper mantle on the geoid, plate motion, and net rotation of lithosphere, submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 2000.
  2. Zhong, S. and M. T. Zuber, Degree-1 mantle convection and Martian crustal dichotomy, submitted to Nature, 2000.

    Papers in press:
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  1. Zhong, S., and M. T. Zuber, Crustal compensation during mountain building, Geophys. Res. Lett., in press, 2000.
  2. A. B. Watts, and S. Zhong, Observations of flexure and the rheology of the oceanic lithosphere, Geophys. J. Int., in press, 2000.
  3. Gurnis, M, J. Ritsema, H. van Heijst, and S. Zhong, Tonga slab deformation: The influence of a lower mantle upwelling on a slab in a young subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., in press, 2000.
  4. Gurnis, M, S. Zhong, and J. Toth, On the competing roles of fault reactivation and brittle failure in generating plate tectonics from mantle convection, to appear in AGU monograph on The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, 1998.

    Papers published:
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  1. Zhong, S., M. T. Zuber, L. Moresi, and M. Gurnis, The role of temperature-dependent viscosity and surface plates in spherical shell models of mantle convection, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11063-11082, 2000.
  2. Zhong, S., E. M. Parmentier, and M. T. Zuber, On the dynamic origin of asymmetric distribution of mare basalts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 177, 131-140, 2000.
  3. Zhong, S., and M. T. Zuber, Long-wavelength topographic relaxation for self-gravitating planets and its implications to the compensation of lunar basins, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 4153-4164, 2000.
  4. Moresi, L., M. Gurnis, and S. Zhong, Plate tectonics and convection in the Earth's mantle: Toward a numerical simulation, Computing in Sci. Eng., 2, no. 3, 22-33, 2000.
  5. Zuber, M., et al., Internal structure and early thermal evolution of Mars from Mars Global Surveyor topography and gravity, Science, 287, 1788-1793, 2000.
  6. Zhong, S. and G. F. Davies, Effects of plate and slab viscosities on geoid, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 170, 487-496, 1999.
  7. Van Keken, P., and S. Zhong, Mixing in a 3D spherical model of present day mantle convection, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 171, 533-547, 1999.
  8. Zhong, S., M. Gurnis, and L. Moresi, The role of faults, nonlinear rheology, and viscosity structure in generating plates from instantaneous mantle flow models, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 15255-15268, 1998.
  9. Zhong, S., Dynamics of crustal compensation and its influences on crustal isostasy, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 15287-15299, 1997.
  10. Zhong, S., and M. Gurnis, Dynamic interaction between tectonic plates, subducting slabs, and the mantle, Earth Interactions, 1997.
  11. Zhong, S., and M. Gurnis, Incorporation of fault-bound plates in three-dimensional models of mantle flow, Nature, 383, 245-247, 1996.
  12. Zhong, S., Analytic solutions for mantle flow with lateral variation sin viscosity, Geophys J. Int., 124, 18-28, 1996.
  13. L. Moresi, S. Zhong, and M. Gurnis, The accuracy of finite element solutions of Stokes' flow with strongly varying viscosity, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 97, 83-94, 1996
  14. Zhong, S., M. Gurnis, and L. Moresi, Free surface formulation of mantle convection, part 1: basic theory and implication to plumes, Geophys. J. Int., 127, 708-718 1996.
  15. M. Gurnis, C. Eloy, and S. Zhong, Free surface formulation of mantle convection, part 2: implication to subduction observables, Geophys. J. Int., 127, 719-727, 1996
  16. Zhong, S., and M. Gurnis, Mantle convection with plates and mobile, faulted plate margins, Science, 267, 838-843, 1995.
  17. Zhong, S., and M. Gurnis, Towards a realistic simulations of plate margins, Geophys. Res. Lett, 22, 981-984, 1995.
  18. Zhong, S., and M. Gurnis, The role of plates and temperature-dependent viscosity in phase change dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 15903-15917, 1994.
  19. Zhong, S., and M. Gurnis, Controls on trench topography from dynamic models of subducted slabs, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 15683-15695, 1994
  20. Zhong, S., and M. Gurnis, Dynamic feedback between an non-subducting raft and thermal convection, J. Geophys. Res., 98,12219-12232, 1993
  21. Zhong, S., M. Gurnis, and G. Hulbert, Accurate determination of surfac enormal stress in viscous flow from a consistent boundary flux method, Phys .Earth Planet. Inter., 78, 1-8, 1993
  22. Zhong, S. and M. Gurnis, Viscous flow model of a subduction zone with a faulted lithosphere: long and short wavelength topography, gravity and geoid, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1891-1894, 1992
  23. Zhong, S. and W. Xu, Numerical studies on temperature field of Zhangzhou ogeothermal field and speculations on the origin of the geothermal field, in Geophysical Studies on Fujian Geothermics, Chinese Science and Technology Press, p196-215, 1992
  24. Xu, W. and S. Zhong, Hydrothermal system of FuZhuo geothermal field -- numerical model and its application, in Geophysical Studies on Fujian Geothermics, Chinese Science and Technology Press, p216-233, 1992
  25. Xu, W., S. Zhong, and W. Bai, A earthquake source model based on curved propagation of faults, Chinese Geophysical J. , 35, 46-58, 1992
  26. Gurnis, M. and S. Zhong, Generation of long-wavelength wavelength heterogeneity in the mantle by the dynamic interaction between plates and convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 581-584, 1991