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  1. Schönig, J., Ferrero, S., Gresky, K., Sorger, D., Schmitt, A., Wunder, B., Baldwin, S., and Holt, A. F. Geothermal gradient change during subduction recorded by ultrahigh-pressure eclogite. In press at Nature Geosc..
  2. Guo, Z., Holt, A. F., and Gürer, D. M. The Impact of Double Subduction on Plate Velocity and Euler Pole Shifts: Insights From Spherical Subduction Models. In press at J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth.
  3. Turino, V., Holt, A. F., Neuharth, D. J., Stoner, R. K., and Behr, W. M., 2026. Interface Deformation, Exhumation, and Underplating: The Role of Plate Velocity Changes Throughout the Evolution of a Subduction Zone. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 27, doi:10.1029/2026GC012942. (PDF)
  4. Neuharth, D., Behr, W. M., and Holt, A. F., 2026. The role of along-strike variations in interface rheology on subduction dynamics: constraints from 3D numerical models. Geophys. J. Int., 244, doi:10.1093/gji/ggaf515. (PDF)
  5. Stoner, R. K., Holt, A. F., Epstein, G. S., Guevara, V. E., and Condit, C. B., 2025. Emergent Feedbacks Between Progressive Serpentinization, Interface Weakening, and Subduction Rates. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 26, doi:10.1029/2025GC012488. (PDF)
  6. Gianni, G. M., Guo, Z., Holt, A. F., and Faccenna, C., 2025. Non-collisional orogeny in northeast Japan driven by nearby same-dip double subduction. Nature Geosc., doi:10.1038/s41561-025-01704-5. (PDF)
  7. Conrad, E. M., Faccenna, C., Holt, A. F., and Becker, T. W., 2024. Tectonic reorganization of the Caribbean plate system in the Paleogene driven by Farallon slab anchoring. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., doi:10.1029/2024GC011499. (PDF)
  8. Epstein, G. S., Condit, C. B., Stoner, R. K., Holt, A. F., and Guevara, V., 2024. Evolving Subduction Zone Thermal Structure Drives Extensive Forearc Mantle Wedge Hydration. AGU Advances, 5, doi:10.1029/2023AV001121. (PDF)
  9. Goldberg, S. L., and Holt, A. F., 2024. Characterizing the complexity of subduction zone flow with an ensemble of multiscale global convection models. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 25, doi:10.1029/2023GC011134. (PDF)
  10. Turino, V., and Holt, A. F., 2024. Spatio-temporal variability in slab temperature within dynamic 3-D subduction models. Geophys. J. Int., 236, doi:10.1093/gji/ggad489. (PDF)
  11. Clennett, E. J., Holt, A. F., Tetley, M. G., Becker, T. W., Faccenna, C., 2023. Assessing plate reconstruction models using plate driving force consistency tests. Sci. Rep., 13, doi:10.1038/srep2300487. (PDF)
  12. Holt, A. F., 2022. The topographic signature of mantle pressure build-up beneath subducting plates: Insights from spherical subduction models. Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, doi:10.1029/2022GL100330. (PDF)
  13. Behr, W. M., Holt, A. F., Becker, T. W., Faccenna, C., 2022. The effects of plate interface rheology on subduction kinematics and dynamics. Geophys. J. Int., 230, doi:10.1093/gji/ggac075. (PDF)
  14. Holt, A. F., and Condit, C. B., 2021. Slab temperature evolution over the lifetime of a subduction zone. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 22, doi:10.1029/2020GC009476. (PDF)
  15. Faccenna, C., Becker, T. W., Holt, A. F., Brun, J. P., 2021. Mountain building, mantle convection, and supercontinents: Holmes (1931) revisited. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 564, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116905. (PDF)
  16. Royden, L. H., and Holt, A. F., 2020. Subduction dynamics and mantle pressure: (i) An Analytical Framework Relating Subduction Geometry, Plate Motion, and Asthenospheric Pressure. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., doi:10.1029/2020GC009032. (PDF)
  17. Holt, A. F., and Royden, L. H., 2020. Subduction dynamics and mantle pressure: (ii) Towards a Global Understanding of Slab Dip and Upper Mantle Circulation. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., doi:10.1029/2019GC008771. (PDF)
  18. Holt, A. F., Royden, L. H., Becker, T. W., Faccenna, C., 2018. Slab interactions in 3-D subduction settings: The Philippine Sea Plate region. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 489, 72-83, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.024. (PDF)
  19. Kiraly, A., Holt, A. F., Funiciello, C., Capitanio, F., Faccenna, C., 2018. Modeling slab-slab interactions: Dynamics of a double-sided subduction system. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., doi:10.1002/2017GC007199. (PDF)
  20. Faccenna, C., Holt, A. F., Becker, T. W., Lallemand, S., Royden, L. H., 2017. Dynamics of the Ryukyu / Izu-Bonin-Mariana double subduction system. Tectonophys., doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.08.011. (PDF)
  21. Holt, A. F., Royden, L. H., Becker, T. W., 2017. The dynamics of double slab subduction. Geophys. J. Int., 209, 250-265, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw496. (PDF)
  22. Faccenna, C., Oncken, O., Holt, A. F., Becker, T. W., 2017. Initiation of the Andean Orogeny by lower mantle subduction. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 463, 189-201, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.01.041. (PDF)
  23. Holt, A. F., and Becker, T. W., 2016. The effect of a power-law mantle viscosity on trench retreat rate. Geophys. J. Int., 208, 491-507, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw392. (PDF)
  24. Holt, A. F., Buffett, B. A., Becker, T. W., 2015. Overriding plate thickness control on subducting plate curvature. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 3802-3810, doi:10.1002/2015GL063834. (PDF)
  25. Jagoutz, O., Royden, L. H., Holt, A. F., Becker, T. W., 2015. Anomalously fast convergence of India and Eurasia caused by double subduction. Nature Geosc., 8, 475-478, doi:10.1038/NGEO2418. (PDF)
  26. Holt, A. F., Becker, T. W., Buffett, B. A., 2015. Trench migration and overriding plate stress in thermo-mechanical subduction models. Geophys. J. Int., 201, 172-192, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv011. (PDF)
  27. Sun, D., Miller, M. S., Holt, A. F., Becker, T. W., 2014. Hot upwelling conduit beneath the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 8037-8044, doi:10.1002/2014GL061884. (PDF)

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Holt, A. F., 2016. Trench migration, slab bending, and mantle flow at subduction zones, Ph.D. thesis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA. (PDF)