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Rob Govers is an Associate Professor of Tectonophysics at Utrecht University. His primary research interests lie in the domains of geodynamics, plate boundaries, and the processes involving deformation in the lithosphere and upper mantle. He focuses particularly on the earthquake cycle, utilizing geodetic methods such as GPS and InSAR to study the imprints of tectonic activity, especially at subduction plate boundaries. Govers has a specific interest in active margins, including those of the North American continent, the Caribbean region, the Mediterranean-Tethys region, and Tibet. He develops numerical modeling tools and employs solutions for partial differential equations (e.g., GTECTON, GFLEX) to create numerical models that integrate geological processes and observations.
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