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MODEL (Mechanics Of Deformation of the Earth's Lithosphere) is a research project funded by a Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC), which started in december 2010. We develop and use numerical models to better understand how the Earth deforms on geological timescales.

Advances in 3D geodynamic modeling

Fold and salt tectonics

Continental collisions

Geodynamic inversions

Present-day lithosphere structure

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