Clint Conrad
Assistant Professor


Office: Post 804
Phone: 808-956-6649
Fax: 808-956-5154
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 Publications

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2010

  1. Conrad, C.P., B. Wu&dagger, E.I. Smith, T.A. Bianco&Dagger, 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, in press, 2009. [online version] [preprint]

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, in press, 2009. [preprint]
  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&Dagger, 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&Dagger, 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. [reprint]
  4. Wu&dagger, 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. [abstract] [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] [download flow model]
  3. Steiner&dagger, 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] [download 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. 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]
  3. 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] [download model]

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., 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]
  2. Behn, M.A., C.P. Conrad, and P. Silver, Detection of upper mantle flow associated with the African superplume, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 224, 259-274, 2004. [online version] [reprint]
  3. 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]
  4. 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. [abstract] [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, and 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] [supporting material] [U. Michigan press release] [Geotimes article]

2001

  1. 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. [reprint]
  2. Conrad, C.P., and B.H. Hager, Mantle convection with strong subduction zones, Geophysical Journal International, 144, 271-288, 2001. [reprint]

2000

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

1999

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  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]

&dagger a graduate student working in my research group
&Dagger a postdoctoral scholar working in my research group