Björn Holger Heyn

Academic Interests:
My research focuses on various aspects of mantle convection, especially on dynamics of mantle upwellings in the form of plumes. I use numerical methods, in particular the open-source finite element code ASPECT, to simulate the behavior and evolution of mantle plumes from their origin at the core-mantle boundary (CMB), to their interaction with tectonic plates at the surface. As part of this work, I am also interested in the deformation of the CMB as response to mantle flow, the processes that determine the style of large-scale mantle convection, and melt generation and migration at the surface that leads to volcanism. Due to my background in seismology, I aim to combine geodynamic models with observations from seismology, geochemistry, mineral physics, and other geophysical observables.
Publications
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Heyn, Björn Holger & Conrad, Clinton Phillips (2022). On the Relation Between Basal Erosion of the Lithosphere and Surface Heat Flux for Continental Plume Tracks . Geophysical Research Letters. ISSN 0094-8276. 49(7). doi: 10.1029/2022GL098003. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2020). Core-mantle boundary topography and its relation to the viscosity structure of the lowermost mantle . Earth and Planetary Science Letters. ISSN 0012-821X. 543. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116358. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2020). How Thermochemical Piles Can (Periodically) Generate Plumes at Their Edges . Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. ISSN 2169-9313. 125(6). doi: 10.1029/2019JB018726. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Trønnes, Reidar G; Baron, Marzena Anna; Eigenmann, Katarina R.; Guren, Marthe Grønlie; Heyn, Björn Holger & Løken, Andreas [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Core formation, mantle differentiation and core-mantle interaction within Earth and the terrestrial planets. . Tectonophysics. ISSN 0040-1951. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.10.021. Full text in Research Archive
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2018). Stabilizing effect of compositional viscosity contrasts on thermochemical piles. Geophysical Research Letters. ISSN 0094-8276. 45(15), p. 7523–7532. doi: 10.1029/2018GL078799. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Reiss, Anne-Sophie; Thomas, Christine; van Driel, Jac & Heyn, Björn Holger (2017). A hot midmantle anomaly in the area of the Indian Ocean Geoid Low. Geophysical Research Letters. ISSN 0094-8276. 44(13), p. 6702–6711. doi: 10.1002/2017GL073440.
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Heyn, Björn Holger & Conrad, Clinton Phillips (2021). Plume-induced heat flux anomalies and the associated thinning of the continental lithosphere.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2020). How thermochemical piles initiate plumes at their edges. European Geosci. Union, Gen. Assembly, Geophys. Res. Abstr..
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Selway, Kate (2020). Numerical constraints on heat flux variations and lithospheric thinning associated with passage of the Iceland plume beneath Greenland.
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Selway, Kate; Conrad, Clinton Phillips; Ramirez, Florence; Karlsson, Nanna B; Weerdesteijn, Maaike Francine Maria & Heyn, Björn Holger (2020). How magnetotellurics can aid cryosphere studies: mantle rheology, GIA, surface heat flow, and basal melting.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2020). How thermochemical piles initiate plumes at their edges.
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Conrad, Clinton Phillips; Domeier, Mathew; Selway, Kate & Heyn, Björn Holger (2020). A link between seamount volcanism and thermochemical piles in the deepest mantle.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2020). How thermochemical piles initiate plumes at their edges .
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2019). What core-mantle boundary topography can tell us about plume locations and the viscosity and density structure of thermochemical piles. European Geosci. Union, Gen. Assembly, Geophys. Res. Abstr..
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2019). Core-mantle boundary topography and its relation to lowermost mantle viscosity structure. Ada Lovelace Workshop on Modelling Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics. Abstr..
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2019). Periodic plume generation at the edges of thermochemical piles. European Geosci. Union, Gen. Assembly, Geophys. Res. Abstr..
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Conrad, Clinton Phillips; Domeier, Mathew; Selway, Kate & Heyn, Björn Holger (2019). A link between seamount volcanism and thermochemical piles in the deepest mantle.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2019). Periodic plume generation at the edges of thermochemical piles.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2019). Core-mantle boundary topography and its relation to lowermost mantle viscosity structure.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2019). What core-mantle boundary topography can tell us about plume locations and the viscosity and density structure of thermochemical piles.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2019). Linking surface volcanism and deep Earth: Piles, plumes, and dynamic topography.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2018). Stabilization of thermochemical piles by compositional viscosity contrasts.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2018). Stabilization of thermochemical piles by compositional viscosity contrasts. EGU Gen. Assembly, EGU2018-12950.
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Heyn, Björn Holger; Conrad, Clinton Phillips & Trønnes, Reidar G (2017). Stabilizing effect of a chemical viscosity contrast on LLSVP structures Abstr., Gordon Res. Conf. on Chemical and dynamical evolution of Earth's deep interior, from formation to today. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
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Heyn, Björn Holger (2020). Geodynamics of Earth's Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces Interaction with mantle flow, plume formation, and core-mantle boundary deformation. Unipub forlag. ISSN 1501-7710. Full text in Research Archive