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Hetényi, György, Dr.

György Hetényi

ETH Zürich
Dr. György Hetényi
Schweiz. Erdbebendienst (SED)
NO FO 69.7
Sonneggstrasse 5
8092 Zürich

Phone: +41 44 632 43 81
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Research interests

I am interested in the geodynamics of the continental lithosphere: structure, deformation and associated physical processes. My principal tools of investigation are geophysical imaging (seismology, gravimetry) and numerical modelling (themo-mechanical, petrological).

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Currently I work on the implementation of AlpArray, a temporary seismic array in the greater Alpine area (broadband, passive, high-resolution, ...). I also have a project in Bhutan and Nepal on gravity anomalies and regional seismic hazard.

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Previously I have mostly worked on orogeny, deformation and phase changes:

  • the Himalaya-Tibet region (crustal and lithospheric structures [Hi-CLIMB project], rheology of India, eclogitization of the lower crust);
  • the Alpine-Carpathian-Pannonian region (crustal thickness, mantle transition zone topography and history [CBP project]);
  • a numerical approach that does conserve mass during metamorphic phase changes in thermo-mechanical models;
  • columnar jointing in igneous rocks (size, composition).
Down the Rongbuk Valley before Pedruk

Publications

Books

Hetényi G, Cattin R, Vergne J (2010) Geodynamics of Tibet and the Himalayas: Geophysical advances from imaging and modelling. LAP Lambert Acad. Publ., Saarbrücken, Germany, ISBN 978-3-8383-2353-4, 408 p.
Available on amazon, bod, buchhandel, morebooks, ...

Peer-reviewed papers

  • Bosshard SA, Mattsson HB, Hetényi G (2012) Origin of internal flow structures in columnar jointed basalt from Hrepphólar, Iceland:I. Textural and geochemical characterization. B. Volcanol., accepted for publication.
  • Hetényi G, Taisne B, Garel F, Médard E, Bosshard S, Mattsson HB (2012) Scales of columnar jointing in igneous rocks: field measurements and controlling factors. B. Volcanol. 74, 457-482, doi:10.1007/s00445-011-0534-4 [kmz] The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
  • Cornwell DG, Hetényi G, Blanchard TD (2011) Mantle transition zone variations beneath the Ethiopian Rift and Afar: Chemical heterogeneity within a hot mantle? Geophys. Res. Lett. 38:L16308, doi:10.1029/2011GL047575 [pdf]
  • Hetényi G, Godard V, Cattin R, Connolly JAD (2011) Incorporating metamorphism in geodynamic models: the mass conservation problem. Geophys. J. Int. 186(1):6-10, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05052.x [pdf]
  • Mattsson HB, Caricchi L, Almqvist BSG, Caddick MJ, Bosshard SA, Hetényi G, Hirt AM (2011) Melt migration in basalt columns driven by crystallization-induced pressure gradients. Nat. Commun. 2:299, doi:10.1038/ncomms1298 [pdf]
  • Vitale Brovarone A, Groppo C, Hetényi G, Compagnoni R, Malavieille J (2011) Coexistence of lawsonite-bearing eclogite and blueschist: phase equilibria modelling of Alpine Corsica metabasalts and petrological evolution of subducting slabs. J. Metamorphic Geol. 29(5):583-600, doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00931.x [pdf]
  • Hetényi G, Vergne J, Bollinger L, Cattin R (2011) Discontinuous low-velocity zone in southern Tibet questions the viability of channel flow model. In: Growth and Collapse of the Tibetan Plateau, eds. R. Gloaguen, L. Ratschbacher, Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub. series 353:99-108, doi:10.1144/SP353.6 [pdf] The original publication is available here.
  • Labrousse L, Hetényi G, Raimbourg H, Jolivet L, Andersen TB (2010) Initiation of crustal-scale thrusts triggered by metamorphic reactions at depth: insights from a comparison between the Himalayas and Scandinavian Caledonides. Tectonics 29:TC5002, doi:10.1029/2009TC002602 [pdf]
  • Hetényi G, Stuart GW, Houseman GA, Horváth F, Hegedűs E, Brückl E (2009) Anomalously deep mantle transition zone below Central Europe: Evidence of lithospheric instability. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36: L21307, doi:10.1029/2009GL040171 [pdf]
  • Nábĕlek J, Hetényi G, Vergne J, Sapkota S, Kafle B, Jiang M, Su H, Chen J, Huang BS, the Hi-CLIMB Team (2009) Underplating in the Himalaya-Tibet Collision Zone Revealed by the Hi-CLIMB Experiment. Science 325(5946):1371-1374, doi: 10.1126/science.1167719 [pdf] Read online
    Read more about this at OSU, CNRS
  • Wittlinger G, Farra V, Hetényi G, Vergne J, Nábělek J (2009) Seismic velocities in Southern Tibet lower crust. A receiver function approach for eclogite detection. Geophys. J. Int. 177(3):1037-1049, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04084.x [pdf]
  • Hetényi G, Cattin R, Brunet F, Vergne J, Bollinger L, Nábĕlek JL, Diament M (2007) Density distribution of the India plate beneath the Tibetan Plateau: geophysical and petrological constraints on the kinetics of lower-crustal eclogitization. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 264(1-2):226-244, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.036 [pdf]
  • Hetényi G, Bus Z (2007) Shear wave velocity and crustal thickness in the Pannonian Basin from receiver function inversions at four permanent stations in Hungary. J. Seismol. 11(4):405-414, doi: 10.1007/s10950-007-9060-4 [pdf] The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
  • Hetényi G, Cattin R, Vergne J, Nábĕlek JL (2006) The effective elastic thickness of the India Plate from receiver function imaging, gravity anomalies and thermomechanical modelling. Geophys. J. Int. 167(3):1106-1118, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03198.x [pdf]

Published abstracts, other papers and reports

Further publications can be found here.

Ph.D. Thesis

Evolution of deformation of the Himalayan prism: from imaging to modelling.
École Normale Supérieure - Université Paris-Sud XI, 400 pp., 2007.
Abstract [en/fr/hu] Download from here or from TEL.

  • Awards:
    Prize of the Chancellery of Paris Universities 2008 (Aguirre-Basualdo Prize)
    Award of the William B. & Elizabeth Behr Agocs Geophysical Research Fund 2008
  • Related talks:
    University of Leeds, Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics (November 2007)
    Géosciences Montpellier (December 2007)
    Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (January 2008)
    Université de Grenoble, LGIT-LGCA (February 2008)
    University of Cambridge, Bullard Colloquia (April 2008)
    Université de Toulouse, DTP (May 2008)
    University of Bristol (June 2008)
    CRPG Nancy (June 2008)
    Université Paris 6, Laboratoire de Tectonique (June 2008)
    ISTO Orléans (March 2009)
    Eötvös University, Department of Geophysics, Budapest (April 2009)
    ETH Zürich, Earth Sciences Department Colloquium (May 2009)
    JAMSTEC, IFREE Yokohama (February 2010)
    TU Freiberg (December 2010)
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