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Christopher R. Kincaid

kincaid@gso.uri.edu

http://www.gso.uri.edu/kincaid%40gso.uri.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D., Geophysics M.A., Geophysics B.A., Earth Science

The Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University Wesleyan University

1990 1987 1983

Areas of Specialization

Research

Chris Kincaid's research interests are divided between the dynamics of Earth's interior and problems in coastal physical oceanography. The former involves laboratory and numerical modeling of circulation and thermal-chemical transport within Earth's largest fluid reservoir, the mantle. Work focuses on the thermal, chemical and dynamical evolution of subduction zones, mantle plumes and mid-ocean ridge systems. Research within his coastal hydrodynamics lab involves both observational and computational studies on the circulation and residence time of estuarine waters and the dynamical interaction between estuary and shelf waters.

Teaching

Chris Kincaid teaches graduate courses on marine and environmental fluid dynamics, oceanographic modeling and geodynamics, along with an undergraduate course on Earth System Science.

Students

Paul Hall Amber Harris Jennifer Webster Dwight Coleman William DeLeo Kurt Rosenburger Diana Stram John Sifling Deanna Bergondo

Ph.D. M.S. M.S. M.S. M.S. M.S. Ph.D. M.S. Ph.D.

2003 Candidate Candidate 2001 2001 2001 2001 1996 2004

Publications:

Kincaid, C., R. Pockalny and L. Huzzey, Spatial and temporal variability in flow and hydrography at the mouth of Narragansett Bay, J. Geophy. Res., 108, 3218-3235, 2003.

Kincaid, C. and R. W. Griffiths, Variability in mantle flow and temperatures within subduction zones. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5, Q06002, doi:10.1029/2003GC000666, 2004.

Hall, P., and C. Kincaid. Diapiric flow at subduction zones: A recipe for rapid transport. Science, 292, 2472-2475, 2001.

Hall, P. S., and C. Kincaid, Melting, dehydration, and the geochemistry of off-axis plume-ridge interaction, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5, Q12E18, doi:10.1029/2003GC000667, 2004

Kincaid, C., and R. W. Griffiths, Thermal evolution of the mantle during rollback subduction, Nature, 425, 58-62, 2003.

Presentations:

Kincaid, C. The dynamics of plume-ridge interaction: Constraints from laboratory modeling (Keynote Speech). NSF-RIDGE Workshop on the Iceland Plume, Iceland. September 2001.

Kincaid C. The dynamics of the mantle wedge in subduction zones (Keynote Speech). NSF-Margins Theoretical Institute, Eugene, Oregon. August 2000.

Sullivan, B. and C. Kincaid. May 15, 2001. Modeling circulation and transport in Narragansett Bay. AGU Spring Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Spring 2000.

Kincaid, C., L. Huzzey, and R. Rockalny. Circulation patterns at the mouth of Narragansett Bay from Shipboard ADCP data. Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating the Next Century; Abs. Book, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, p. 99, February, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Kincaid, C. Thermal structure of subduction zones: Geophysical constraints. State of the Arc (SOTA) Meeting, Mt. Hood, Oregon, August, 2003. (Keynote Speech)