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Carolina R. Lithgow-Bertelloni
Full Professor, University of California Los Angeles
Professional Experience
University of California Los Angeles
Full Professor
2018 - Present
Education
University of California Berkeley
Doctorate
1994
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2021
Citation
For fundamental contributions to our understanding of thermo-chemical convection and links between surface geology, tectonics, and mantle dynamics.
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Francis Birch Lecture
Received December 2018
Publications
How Phase Transitions Impact Changes in Mantle Convection Style Throughout Earth's History: From Sta...
Mineral phase transitions can either hinder or accelerate mantle flow. In the present day, the formation of the bridgmanite + ferropericl...
February 08, 2025
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May 30, 2023
Mantle Phase Changes Detected From Stochastic Tomography
February 17, 2023
Constraining Upper Mantle Viscosity Using Temperature and Wa...
August 07, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Plumes over LLSVPs: Supercharging multi-scale flow resolution with hybrid experimental-adjoint digital twins
INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON MANTLE FORMATION, STRUCTURE, AND DYNAMICS IN THE EARTH AND OTHER PLANETARY BODIES I POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 12 december 2024
Xiyuan Bao, Carolina R. Lithgow-Bertelloni
Approximately half of global hotspots are significantly hotter than mid-ocean ridges, often exhibiting distinct geochemical signatures. These hotspots...
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How Phase Transitions Impact Convection Style, Material Exchange, and Surface Dynamics throughout Earth’s History: A Modeling Study
REDISCOVERING EARTH’S MANTLE HETEROGENEITIES THROUGH IMAGING, MODELING, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND MINERAL EXPERIMENTS III ELIGHTNING
study of earth's deep interior | 12 december 2024
Ranpeng Li, Juliane Dannberg, Rene Gassmoeller, Ca...
Mineral phase transitions can either hinder or accelerate mantle flow. In the present day, the formation of the bridgmanite + ferropericlase assemblag...
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Temporal variations in paleoshorelines from the evolution of subduction heterogeneity since the Paleozoic
ADVANCES IN DEEP EARTH–SURFACE INTERACTIONS I POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 11 december 2024
Matthew Bogumil, Carolina R. Lithgow-Bertelloni
Subduction of oceanic plates represents the return of Earths top thermal boundary layer to the mantle, recycling both thermal and compositional hetero...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2023
Chair
Bucher Medal Committee
2020 - 2022
Member
Study of the Earth's Deep Interior Canvassing Committee
2020 - 2021
Editor
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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