Clint Conrad
Assistant Professor


Office: Post 804
Phone: 808-956-6649
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E-mail: clintc@hawaii.edu

Department of Geology and Geophysics
SOEST, University of Hawaii
1680 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822


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Conrad Peer-Reviewed Publications

All of the publications listed here were peer-reviewed. Please also see other contributions.

2012

  1. Heuret, A., C.P. Conrad,, F. Funiciello, S. Lallemand, and L. Sandri, Relation between subduction megathrust earthquakes, trench sediment thickness and upper plate strain, Geophysical Research Letters, in press, 2012. [preprint] [online supplement]
  2. van Summeren‡, J., C.P. Conrad, and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, The importance of slab pull and a global asthenosphere to plate motions, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13, Q0AK03, doi:10.1029/2011GC003873, 2012. [online version] [reprint] [theme issue]
  3. Husson, L., C.P. Conrad, and C. Faccenna, Plate motions, Andean orogeny, and volcanism above the South Atlantic convection cell, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 317-318, 126-135, 2012. [online version] [reprint]
  4. Ruban, D.A., S.O. Zorina, C.P. Conrad, and N.I. Afanasieva, In quest of Paleocene global-scale transgressions and regressions: constraints from a synthesis of regional trends, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 123, 7-18, 2012. [online version] [reprint]

2011

  1. Bianco‡, T.A., C.P. Conrad, and E.I. Smith, Time-dependence of intraplate volcanism caused by shear-driven upwelling of low-viscosity regions within the asthenosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B11103, doi:10.1029/2011JB008270, 2011. [online version] [reprint]
  2. van Summeren‡, J., C.P. Conrad, and E. Gaidos, Mantle convection, plate tectonics, and volcanism on hot exo-Earths, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 736, L15, 2011. [online version] [reprint] [abstract in ExoPlanet News]
  3. Conrad, C.P., T.A. Bianco‡, E.I. Smith, and P. Wessel, Patterns of intraplate volcanism controlled by asthenospheric shear, Nature Geoscience, 4, 317-321, 2011. [online version] [reprint] [online supplement] [news & views] [news note in Earth] [Basaltic volcanism locations: intraplate other]

2010

  1. Ruban, D., C.P. Conrad, and A.J. van Loon, The challenge of reconstructing the Phanerozoic sea level and the Pacific Basin tectonics, Geologos, 16, 237-245, 2010. [online version] [reprint]
  2. Ruban, D., S. Zorina, and C.P. Conrad, No global-scale transgressive-regressive cycles in the Thanetian (Paleocene): evidence from interregional correlation, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 295, 226-235, 2010. [online version] [reprint]
  3. Gaidos, E., C.P. Conrad, M. Manga, and J. Hernlund, Thermodynamic limits on magnetodynamos in rocky exoplanets, Astrophysical Journal, 718, 596-609, 2010. [online version] [reprint]
  4. Fiedler§, J.W., and C.P. Conrad, Spatial variability of sea level rise due to water impoundment behind dams, Geophysical Research Letters, L12603, doi:10.1029/2010GL043462, 2010. [online version] [reprint] [highlighted in Nature] [response model]
  5. Conrad, C.P., and M.D. Behn, Constraints on lithosphere net rotation and asthenospheric viscosity from global mantle flow models and seismic anisotropy, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 11, Q05W05, doi:10.1029/2009GC002970, 2010. [online version] [reprint] [theme issue] [mantle flow model]
  6. Conrad, C.P., B. Wu†, E.I. Smith, T.A. Bianco‡, and A. Tibbetts, Shear-driven upwelling induced by lateral viscosity variations and asthenospheric shear: A mechanism for intraplate volcanism, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 178, 162-175, 2010. [online version] [reprint] [highlighted in Nature Geoscience] [summary on MantlePlumes.org]

2009

  1. Naliboff, J.B., C.P. Conrad, and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, Modification of the Lithospheric Stress Field by Lateral Variations in Plate-Mantle Coupling, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L22307, doi:10.1029/2009GL040484, 2009. [online version] [reprint] [AGU journal highlight in EOS]
  2. Conrad, C.P., and L. Husson, Influence of dynamic topography on sea level and its rate of change, Lithosphere, 1, 110-120, 2009. [online version] [reprint]
  3. Cooper, C.M., and C.P. Conrad, Does the mantle control the maximum thickness of cratons?, Lithosphere, 1, 67-72, 2009. [online version] [erratum] [reprint]
  4. Métivier‡, L., O. de Viron, C.P. Conrad, S. Renault, M. Diament, and G. Patau, Evidence of earthquake triggering by the solid earth tides, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 278, 370-375, 2009. [online version] [reprint] [New Scientist Article] [Geo.de Article (in German)] [Johns Hopkins News-Letter] [MSNBC-Discovery]
  5. Becker, T.W., C.P. Conrad, B. Buffett, and R.D. Müller, Past and present seafloor age distributions and the temporal evolution of plate tectonic heat transport, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 278, 233-242, 2009. [online version] [reprint]

2008

  1. Métivier‡, L., and C.P. Conrad, Body tides of a convecting, laterally heterogeneous, and aspherical Earth, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, B11405, doi:10.1029/2007JB005448, 2008. [online version] [reprint] [auxiliary material]
  2. Meade, B.J., and C.P. Conrad, Andean growth and the deceleration of South American subduction: Time evolution of a coupled orogen-subduction system, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 275, 93-101, 2008. [online version] [reprint] [Discovery Channel Article] [highlight in Nature Geoscience]
  3. Smith, E.I., C.P. Conrad, T. Plank, A. Tibbetts, and D. Keenan, Testing models for basaltic volcanism: implications for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, American Nuclear Society, Proceedings of the 12th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, 157-164, 2008. [printed version] [reprint]
  4. Wu†, B., C.P. Conrad, and A. Heuret, C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, and S. Lallemand, Reconciling strong slab pull and weak plate bending: The plate motion constraint on the strength of mantle slabs, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 272, 412-421, 2008. [online version] [reprint] [table 1]
  5. Husson, L., C.P. Conrad, and C. Faccenna, Tethyan closure, Andean orogeny, and westward drift of the Pacific basin, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 271, 303-310, 2008. [online version] [reprint] [highlight in Nature Geoscience]

2007

  1. Loyd, S.J., T.W. Becker, C.P. Conrad, C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, and F.A. Corsetti, Time variability in Cenozoic reconstructions of mantle heat flow: Plate tectonic cycles and implications for Earth's thermal evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104, 14266-14271, 2007. [online version] [reprint] [Geology Times article]
  2. Conrad, C.P., M.D. Behn, and P.G. Silver, Global mantle flow and the development of seismic anisotropy: Differences between the oceanic and continental upper mantle, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B07317, doi:10.1029/2006JB004608, 2007. [online version] [reprint] [auxiliary material] [flow model and anisotropy code]
  3. Steiner†, S.A., and C.P. Conrad, Does active mantle upwelling help drive plate motions?, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 161, 103-114, 2007. [online version] [reprint]
  4. Conrad, C.P., and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, Faster seafloor spreading and lithosphere production during the mid-Cenozoic, Geology, 35, 29-32, 2007. [online version] [reprint] [highlight in Nature] [spreading rate data]

2006

  1. Husson, L., and C.P. Conrad, Tectonic velocities, dynamic topography, and relative sea level, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L18303, doi:10.1029/2006GL026834, 2006. [online version] [reprint]
  2. Conrad, C.P., and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, Influence of continental roots and asthenosphere on plate-mantle coupling, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L05312, doi:10.1029/2005GL025621, 2006. [online version] [reprint] [lithosphere thickness model]
  3. Xu, X., C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, and C.P. Conrad, Global reconstructions of Cenozoic seafloor ages: Implications for bathymetry and sea level, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 243, 552-564, 2006. [online version] [reprint]

2005

  1. Jahren, H.J., C.P. Conrad, N.C. Arens, G. Mora, and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, A plate tectonic mechanism for methane hydrate release along subduction zones, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 236, 691-704, 2005. [online version] [reprint]
  2. Bilek, S.L., C.P. Conrad, and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, Slab pull, slab weakening, and their relation to deep intra-slab seismicity, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L14305, doi:10.1029/2005GL022922, 2005. [online version] [reprint]

2004

  1. Conrad, C.P., S. Bilek, and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, Great earthquakes and slab pull: interaction between seismic coupling and plate-slab coupling, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 218, 109-122, 2004. [online version] [reprint]
  2. Conrad, C.P., C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, and K.E. Louden, Iceland, the Farallon slab, and dynamic topography of the North Atlantic, Geology, 32, 177-180, 2004. [online version] [reprint]
  3. Conrad, C.P., and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, The temporal evolution of plate driving forces: Importance of "slab suction" versus "slab pull" during the Cenozoic, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, B10407, doi:10.1029/2004JB002991, 2004. [online version] [reprint]
  4. Behn, M.D., C.P. Conrad, and P.G. Silver, Detection of upper mantle flow associated with the African superplume, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 224, 259-274, 2004. [online version] [reprint]

2003

  1. Conrad, C.P., and M. Gurnis, Mantle flow, seismic tomography and the breakup of Gondwanaland: Integrating mantle convection backwards in time, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 1031, doi:10.1029/2001GC000299, 2003. [online version] [reprint]

2002

  1. Conrad, C.P., and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, How mantle slabs drive plate tectonics, Science, 298, 207-209, 2002. [online version] [reprint] [online supplement] [U. Michigan press release] [Geotimes article]

2001

  1. Conrad, C.P., and B.H. Hager, Mantle convection with strong subduction zones, Geophysical Journal International, 144, 271-288, 2001. [online version] [reprint]
  2. Lithgow-Bertelloni, C., M.A. Richards, C.P. Conrad, and R.W. Griffiths, Plume generation in natural and thermal convection at high Rayleigh and Prandtl numbers, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 434, 1-21, 2001. [online version] [reprint]

2000

  1. Conrad, C.P., Convective instability of thickening mantle lithosphere, Geophysical Journal International, 143, 52-70, 2000. [online version] [reprint]

1999

  1. Conrad, C.P., and B.H. Hager, Effects of plate bending and fault strength at subduction zones on plate dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 17551-17571, 1999. [online version] [reprint]
  2. Conrad, C.P., and B.H. Hager, The thermal evolution of an earth with strong subduction zones, Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 3041-3044, 1999. [online version] [reprint]
  3. Conrad, C.P., and P. Molnar, Convective instability of a boundary layer with temperature- and strain-rate-dependent viscosity in terms of "available buoyancy", Geophysical Journal International, 139, 51-68, 1999. [online version] [reprint]

1998

  1. Molnar, P., G.A. Houseman, and C.P. Conrad, Rayleigh-Taylor instability and convective thinning of mechanically thickened lithosphere: Effects of non-linear viscosity decreasing exponentially with depth and of horizontal shortening of the layer, Geophysical Journal International, 133, 568-584, 1998. [online version] [reprint]

1997

  1. Conrad, C.P., and B.H. Hager, Spatial variations in the rate of sea level rise caused by the present-day melting of glaciers and ice sheets, Geophysical Research Letters, 24, 1503-1506, 1997. [online version] [reprint]
  2. Conrad, C.P., and P. Molnar, The growth of Rayleigh-Taylor-type instabilities in the lithosphere for various rheological and density structures, Geophysical Journal International, 129, 95-112, 1997. [online version] [reprint]

1996

1995

  1. Conrad, C.P., and B.H. Hager, The elastic response of the earth to interannual variations in Antarctic precipitation, Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 3183-3186, 1995. [online version] [reprint]

§ an undergraduate student working in my research group
† a graduate student working in my research group
‡ a postdoctoral scholar working in my research group



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