2026 Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	43	4876	4496	1846	1641	194	9097

Research.com Recognitions

2001 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Geophysics. They have also contributed to studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their research encompass:

High-pressure geophysics and materials
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Earthquake and tectonic studies
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Seismic Waves and Analysis
Planetary Science and Exploration
Astro and Planetary Science

Their frequent co-authors include Lars Stixrude, Claudio Faccenna, Whitney Behr, Marie Edmonds, and Joshua M. Feinberg.

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni has published in notable venues such as:

Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Geophysical Journal International
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Science
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Some of their recent papers include:

"Thermal expansivity, heat capacity and bulk modulus of the mantle" (2021, Geophysical Journal International)
"Constraining the Volume of Earth's Early Oceans With a Temperature-Dependent Mantle Water Storage Capacity Model" (2021, AGU Advances)
"On the relative temperatures of Earth's volcanic hotspots and mid-ocean ridges" (2022, Science)
"Oceanic plateau of the Hawaiian mantle plume head subducted to the uppermost lower mantle" (2020, Science)
"Thermodynamics of mantle minerals - III: the role of iron" (2024, Geophysical Journal International)

In 2001, they were recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

THE DYNAMICS OF CENOZOIC AND MESOZOIC PLATE MOTIONS

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Mark A. Richards

734
Citations
Thermodynamics of mantle minerals - II. Phase equilibria

Lars Stixrude;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

651
Citations
Thermodynamics of mantle minerals – I. Physical properties

Lars Stixrude;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

638
Citations
Dynamic topography, plate driving forces and the African superswell

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Paul G. Silver

590
Citations
How Mantle Slabs Drive Plate Tectonics

Clinton P. Conrad;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

531
Citations
A geodynamic model of mantle density heterogeneity

Yanick Ricard;Mark Richards;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Yves Le Stunff

526
Citations
The effect of bulk composition and temperature on mantle seismic structure

Wenbo Xu;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Lars Stixrude;Jeroen Ritsema

439
Citations
Mineralogy and elasticity of the oceanic upper mantle: Origin of the low‐velocity zone

Lars Stixrude;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

332
Citations
Coupling of South American and African Plate Motion and Plate Deformation

Paul G. Silver;Paul G. Silver;Raymond M. Russo;Raymond M. Russo;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

275
Citations
Time Scales and Heterogeneous Structure in Geodynamic Earth Models

Hans Peter Bunge;Mark A. Richards;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;John R. Baumgardner

275
Citations
Influence of continental roots and asthenosphere on plate-mantle coupling

Clinton P. Conrad;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

268
Citations
Viscosity jump in Earth’s mid-mantle

Maxwell L. Rudolph;Vedran Lekić;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

255
Citations
Geophysics of Chemical Heterogeneity in the Mantle

Lars Stixrude;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

200
Citations
The temporal evolution of plate driving forces: Importance of “slab suction” versus “slab pull” during the Cenozoic

Clinton P. Conrad;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

164
Citations
Origin of the lithospheric stress field

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Jerome H. Guynn;Jerome H. Guynn

159
Citations
Influence of phase transformations on lateral heterogeneity and dynamics in Earth's mantle

Lars Stixrude;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

159
Citations
Cenozoic plate driving forces

C. Lithgow-Bertelloni;Mark A. Richards

153
Citations
Great earthquakes and slab pull: interaction between seismic coupling and plate-slab coupling

Clinton P. Conrad;Susan Bilek;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

142
Citations
Reconciling strong slab pull and weak plate bending: The plate motion constraint on the strength of mantle slabs

Benjun Wu;Clinton P. Conrad;Arnauld Heuret;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

125
Citations
Toroidal-poloidal partitioning of plate motions since 120 MA

C. Lithgow-Bertelloni;Mark A. Richards;Yanick Ricard;Richard J. O'Connell

123
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Stixrude University of California, Los Angeles

Clinton P. Conrad University of Oslo

Mark A. Richards University of California, Berkeley

Stanley R. Hart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Thorsten W. Becker The University of Texas at Austin

Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum

John P. Brodholt University College London

Yanick Ricard École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Paul J. Tackley ETH Zurich

David Barrado Spanish National Research Council

External Links

Wikipedia of Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni Personal website of Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

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