Publications

Songqiao Shawn Wei, Peter M. Shearer, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Lars Stixrude, Dongdong Tian (2020). Oceanic plateau of the Hawaiian mantle plume head subducted to the uppermost lower mantle. Science.

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Kiran Chotalia, Neil Cagney, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, John Brodholt (2020). The coupled effects of mantle mixing and a water-dependent viscosity on the surface ocean. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Antoniette Grima, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Fabio Crameri (2020). Orphaning Regimes: The Missing Link Between Flattened and Penetrating Slab Morphologies. Frontiers in Earth Science.

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Fabio Crameri, Clinton P. Conrad, Laurent Montesi, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2019). The dynamic life of an oceanic plate. Tectonophysics.

Manuele Faccenda, Ana M. G. Ferreira, Nicola Tisato, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Lars Stixrude, Giorgio Pennacchioni (2019). Extrinsic Elastic Anisotropy in a Compositionally Heterogeneous Earth's Mantle. J. Geophysical Research-solid Earth.

Federico M. Davila, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Federico Martina, Pilar Avila, Julieta Nobile, Gilda Collo, Miguel Ezpeleta, Horacio Canelo, Francisco Sanchez (2018). Mantle Influence on Andean and Pre-Andean Topography. Evolution Chilean-argentinean Andes.

Fabio Crameri, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2018). Abrupt upper-plate tilting during slab-transition-zone collision. Tectonophysics.

Fabio Crameri, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Paul J. Tackley (2017). The dynamical control of subduction parameters on surface topography. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.

John-Michael Kendall, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2016). Why is Africa rifting?. Magmatic Rifting Active Volcanism.

Neil Cagney, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2016). Dynamics and excess temperature of a plume throughout its life cycle. Geophysical J. Int..

Neil Cagney, Fabio Crameri, William H. Newsome, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Aline Cotel, Sstanley R. Hart, John A. Whitehead (2016). Constraining the source of mantle plumes. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Maxwell L. Rudolph, Vedran Lekic, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2015). Viscosity jump in Earth's mid-mantle. Science.

Neil Cagney, William H. Newsome, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Aline Cotel, Stanley R. Hart, John A. Whitehead (2015). Temperature and velocity measurements of a rising thermal plume. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.

Federico M. Davila, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2015). Dynamic uplift during slab flattening. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Santanu Bose, Nibir Mandal, Puspendu Saha, Shamik Sarkar, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2014). Thrust initiation and its control on tectonic wedge geometry: An insight from physical and numerical models. J. Struct. Geology.

Federico M. Davila, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2014). Reply to comment on "dynamic topography in South America" by Hechenleitnera, Fiore lli, Larrovere, Grellet-Tinnera, and Carignano. J. South Am. Earth Sciences.

Caroline M. Eakin, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Federico M. Davila (2014). Influence of Peruvian flat-subduction dynamics on the evolution of western Amazonia. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Mark Richards, Eduardo Contreras-Reyes, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, M. ark Ghiorso, Lars Stixrude (2013). Petrological interpretation of deep crustal intrusive bodies beneath oceanic hotspot provinces. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.

John A. Whitehead, Aline Cotel, Stanley Hart, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, William H. Newsome (2013). Numerical calculations of two-dimensional large Prandtl number convection in a box. J. Fluid Mechanics.

Federico M. Davila, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2013). Dynamic topography in South America. J. South Am. Earth Sciences.

Joost van Summeren, Clinton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2012). The importance of slab pull and a global asthenosphere to plate motions. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.

John B. Naliboff, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Larry J. Ruff, Nico de Koker (2012). The effects of lithospheric thickness and density structure on Earth's stress field. Geophysical J. Int..

Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2012). Geophysics of Chemical Heterogeneity in the Mantle. Ann. Rev. Earth Planetary Sciences, Vol 40.

Mainak Mookherjee, Bijay B. Karki, Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2012). Energetics, equation of state, and elasticity of NAL phase: Potential host for alkali and aluminum in the lower mantle. Geophysical Research Lett..

Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2011). Thermodynamics of mantle minerals - II. Phase equilibria. Geophysical J. Int..

Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2010). Thermodynamics of the Earth's Mantle. Theoretical Computational Methods In Mineral Physics: Geophysical Applications.

Federico M. Davila, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Mario Gimenez (2010). Tectonic and dynamic controls on the topography and subsidence of the Argentine Pampas: The role of the flat slab. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Susan L. Bilek, Candy E. Elliott, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2009). Triggered seismicity associated with the 1990 Nicoya, Costa Rica, M-w=7.0 earthquake. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.

John B. Naliboff, Clinton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2009). Modification of the lithospheric stress field by lateral variations in plate-mantle coupling. Geophysical Research Lett..

Jeroen Ritsema, Paul Cupillard, Benoit Tauzin, Wenbo Xu, Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2009). Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature. Geology.

Fabio Cammarano, Barbara Romanowicz, Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Wenbo Xu (2009). Inferring the thermochemical structure of the upper mantle from seismic data. Geophysical J. Int..

Jeroen Ritsema, Wenbo Xu, Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2009). Estimates of the transition zone temperature in a mechanically mixed upper mantle. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Wenbo Xu, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Lars Stixrude, Jeroen Ritsema (2008). The effect of bulk composition and temperature on mantle seismic structure. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Benjun Wu, Clinton P. Conrad, Arnauld Heuret, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Serge Lallemand (2008). Reconciling strong slab pull and weak plate bending: The plate motion constraint on the strength of mantle slabs. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Sean Loyd, Thorsten W. Beckert, Cliton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Frank A. Corsetti (2007). Time variability in Cenozoic reconstructions of mantle heat flow: Plate tectonic cycles and implications for Earth's thermal evolution. Proc. National Acad. Sciences United States Am..

Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Boris Kiefer, Patrizia Fumagalli (2007). Phase stability and shear softening in CaSiO3 perovskite at high pressure. Phys. Rev. B.

Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2007). Influence of phase transformations on lateral heterogeneity and dynamics in Earth's mantle. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Clinton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2007). Faster seafloor spreading and lithosphere production during the mid-Cenozoic. Geology.

Anna M. Courtier, Matthew G. Jackson, Jesse F. Lawrence, Zhengrong Wang, Cin-Ty Aeolus Lee, Ralf Halama, Jessica M. Warren, Rhea Workman, Wenbo Xu, Marc M. Hirschmann, Angela M. Larson, Stan R. Hart, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Lars Stixrude, Wang-Ping Chen (2007). Correlation of seismic and petrologic thermometers suggests deep thermal anomalies beneath hotspots. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Clinton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2006). Influence of continental roots and asthenosphere on plate-mantle coupling. Geophysical Research Lett..

Yanick Ricard, Frederic Chambat, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2006). Gravity observations and 3D structure of the Earth. Comptes Rendus Geoscience.

Xiqiao Xu, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Clinton P. Conrad (2006). Global reconstructions of Cenozoic seafloor ages: Implications for bathymetry and sea level. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2005). Thermodynamics of mantle minerals - I. Physical properties. Geophysical J. Int..

Susan L. Bilek, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2005). Stress changes in the Costa Rica subduction zone due to the 1999 M-w=6.9 Quepos earthquake. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Susan L. Bilek, Clinton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2005). Slab pull, slab weakening, and their relation to deep intra-slab seismicity. Geophysical Research Lett..

Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2005). Mineralogy and elasticity of the oceanic upper mantle: Origin of the low-velocity zone. J. Geophysical Research-solid Earth.

A. Hope Jahren, Clinton P. Conrad, Nan Crytal Arens, German Mora, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2005). A plate tectonic mechanism for methane hydrate release along subduction zones. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Clinton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2004). The temporal evolution of plate driving forces: Importance of "slab suction" versus "slab pull" during the Cenozoic. J. Geophysical Research-solid Earth.

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Jerome H. Guynn (2004). Origin of the lithospheric stress field. J. Geophysical Research-solid Earth.

Clinton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Keith E. Louden (2004). Iceland, the Farallon slab, and dynamic topography of the North Atlantic. Geology.

Clinton P. Conrad, Susan Bilek, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2004). Great earthquakes and slab pull: interaction between seismic coupling and plate-slab coupling. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Margaret M. Streepey, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Ben A. van der Pluijm, Eric J. Essene, Jerry F. Magloughlin (2004). Exhumation of a collisional orogen: A perspective from the North American Grenville Province. Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution Grenville Orogen In North Am..

Clinton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (2002). How mantle slabs drive plate tectonics. Science.

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Mark A. Richards, Clinton P. Conrad, Ross W. Griffiths (2001). Plume generation in natural thermal convection at high Rayleigh and Prandtl numbers. J. Fluid Mechanics.

Hans-Peter Bunge, Mark A. Richards, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, John R. Baumgardner, Stephen P. Grand, Barbara A. Romanowicz (1998). Time scales and heterogeneous structure in geodynamic earth models. Science.

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Mark A. Richards (1998). The dynamics of Cenozoic and Mesozoic plate motions. Rev. Geophysics.

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Paul G. Silver (1998). Dynamic topography, plate driving forces and the African superswell. Nature.

Paul G. Silver, Raymond M. Russo, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (1998). Coupling of South American and African Plate motion and Plate deformation. Science.

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Michael Gurnis (1997). Cenozoic subsidence and uplift of continents from time-varying dynamic topography. Geology.

Mark A. Richards, Yanick Ricard, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Giorgio Spada, Roberto Sabadini (1997). An explanation for Earth's long-term rotational stability. Science.

Mark A. Richards, Carolina LithgowBertelloni (1996). Plate motion changes, the Hawaiian-Emperor bend, and the apparent success and failure of geodynamic models. Earth Planetary Science Lett..

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Mark A. Richards (1995). Cenozoic plate driving forces. Geophysical Research Lett..

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Mark A. Richards, Yanick Ricard, Richard J. O'connell, Dave C. Engebretson (1993). Toroidal-poloidal partitioning of plate motions since 120 ma. Geophysical Research Lett..

Yanick Ricard, Mark Richards, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Yves Le Stunff (1993). A geodynamic model of mantle density heterogeneity. J. Geophysical Research-solid Earth.