BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Christopher R. Kincaid Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island Narragansett, RI 02882-1197
Tel: (401) 874-6571 / Fax: (401) 874-6811 / e-mail: kincaid@lighthouse.gso.uri.edu

Education:
1990 Ph.D. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, The Johns Hopkins University
1987 M.A. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, The Johns Hopkins University
1983 B.S. Earth Science, Wesleyan University
1982 -Summer Geology Field Course, West Texas State University

Additional courses and training:

Computing Education Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 3/92. Course on Programming the Connection Machine (CM-5) System offered by LANL's Advanced Computing Laboratory.

Title: Assistant Professor of Oceanography

Experience:
1991-present Assistant Professor of Oceanography,
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI.

1991-present Visiting Research Scientist,
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC.

1990-present Research Collaborator
Earth and Environmental Sciences Division-5, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

1990-91 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC.

1988-90 Graduate Research Assistant
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.

1985-89 Graduate Research Assistant
The Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD.

1983-84 Groundwater Geophysical Field Assistant
Water Resources Division, United States Geological Survey, Hartford, CT.

Professional Societies:
Member, American Geophysical Union

Current Research Interests:
Earth Dynamics:
Geophysical fluid dynamics applied to deep Earth systems. Laboratory and numerical experiments on mantle dynamics and related thermal-chemical transport processes.

Coastal Physical Oceanography:
Estuarine circulation: Observational and computational methods applied to problems of 1) residence time of estuarine waters, 2) dynamical interaction between estuary and shelf waters

Teaching Activities: Graduate Level Courses
Introductory Fluid Dynamics for Marine and Environmental Sciences
Geodynamics
Marine Geophysics
Geological Oceanography

Graduate/Undergraduate Student Advising:
Primary Advisor to GSO Degree Candidates:
D. Coleman (PhD in Geophys.), P. Hall (PhD in Geophys.), J. Sifling (MS in Phys. Oceano.), D. Stram (MS in Phys. Oceano.), W. Deleo (MS in Phys. Oceano.)

Secondary Advisor to:
[GSO] R. Bird (PhD 1994), R. Kingsley (PhD); [Wesleyan] A. Hoshide (BA, 1994), J. Stein (MS, 1995), H. Stevens (BA, 1996); [WHOI] L. Magde (PhD)

Post-doctoral Advising:
William Ellis: Project on coupled hydrodynamic-chemical transport modeling in estuaries.

Selected Publications:

Hoshide, A. K., P. Patton, J. Stein and C. Kincaid, Modeling estuarine circulation and the effects of dredging in the Housatonic River estuary, Geol. Soc. Am., Abstracts with Programs, 26, p. 305, 1994.

Kincaid, C., J-G., Schilling and C. Gable, The dynamics of off-axis plume - ridge interaction in the uppermost mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 137, 29-43, 1996.

Kincaid, C., D. Sparks, and R. Detrick, The relative importance of plate-driven and buoyancy- driven flow at mid-ocean ridge spreading centers, J. Geophys. Res., vol 101, 16177-16193, 1996.

Kincaid, C., and I. S. Sacks, The thermal and dynamical evolution of the upper mantle in subduction zones, J. Geophy. Res., in press, 1996.

Kincaid, C., and P. Silver, The role of viscous dissipation in the orogenic process, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 142, 271-288, 1996.

Kincaid, C., G. Ito, and C. Gable, Laboratory investigation of the interaction of off-axis mantle plumes and spreading centers, Nature, 376, 758-761, 1995.

Kincaid, C., Subduction dynamics: From the trench to the core-mantle boundary, Rev. of Geophys, pp 401-412, July, 1995

Kincaid, C., G. Ito, L. Magde, R. Detrick and D. Sparks, Laboratory experiments on the dynamics of plume-plate interactions, in Anderson, D.L., Hart, S.R., and Hoffman, A.W., covenors, Plume 2, Terra Nostra, 3/1995, p.p. 75-78, Alfred-Wegener Stiftung, Bonn, 1995

Kincaid, C., I.S. Sacks and C. Gable, The growth of deep mantle plumes in a large scale mantle shear flow: Laboratory and numerical experiments, EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union , v. 76, p. S41, 1995.

Kincaid, C. and P. Olson, "A numerical investigation of circulation and salt distribution in the Patuxent River Estuary," In Understanding the Estuary: Advances in Chesapeake Bay Research. Proceedings of a Conference. Chesapeake Research Consortium Publication 129. CBP/TRS 24/88, 1988.

Kincaid, C. and P. Olson, An experimental study of subduction and slab migration, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 13832-13840, 1987.

Kincaid, C., W. Ellis and W. DeLeo, Hydrographic survey for the offshore ecological risk assessment at Derecktor Shipyard/Coddington Cove, Newport, Rhode Island. In: Derecktor Shipyard Marine Ecological Risk Assessment, Department of the Navy (Northern Division) Technical Report, Contract Number 197, Vol. III, Appendix D, in review, 1996.

Larson, R., and C. Kincaid, Onset of mid-Cretaceous volcanism: Superplume or elevation of the 670 km boundary?, Geology, 24, 551-554, 1996.

Magde, L., C. Kincaid, D. Sparks and R. Detrick, Combined laboratory and numerical studies of the interaction between buoyant and plate-driven upwelling beneath segmented spreading centers, J. Geophy. Res., 101, 22107-22122, 1996.

Naar, D., Z. Liu, Y. Rappaport, R. Batiza, R. Hagen, R. Hey, R. Nelson, T. Plake, R. Stefani, J.-G., Schilling, C. Kincaid, G. Xu, R. Poreda, L. Joseph, C. Jacobs, R. Beale, D. Bishop, A. Harris, R. Rusby, D. Fontignie, A. Woods, S. Kruse, J. Korenaga, N. Seama, H. Vergaga, R. Guada, GLORI-B and geochemical investigation of the Easter Island Seamount Chain: EPR to San Ambrosio Island, EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union , v. 74, p. 672, 1993.

Olson, P and C. Kincaid, Experiments on the interaction of thermal convection and compositional layering at the base of the mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 4347-4354, 1991.

Olson, P. and C. Kincaid, "Numerical model of Patuxent River Estuary hydrodynamics," Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Technical Report 89-1, 150 pp., 1991.

Sacks, I. S., and C. Kincaid, The role of fluids in subduction zones, In: Proceedings of Workshop LXIV (64), SUBCON, An interdisciplinary conference on the subduction process, (eds.): S. Kirby, D. Scholl, G. Bebout, USGS Redbook Open-File Rep. #95-21, in press, 1995.

Spiegelman, M., Kincaid, C and I.S. Sacks, Arcs still suck: Not-so-simple models for melt and fluid transport in subduction zones, EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union , v. 75, p. 641, 1994.

Stein, J., C. Kincaid, P. Patton and A. Hoshide, Numerical modeling of circulation and residence time of water in the Housatonic River Estuary, EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union , v. 75, p. 305, 1994.

Collaborators within the last 48 months:
Robert Detrick and Laura Magde (WHOI); Peter Patton (Wesleyan); Paul Silver and I. S. Sacks (CIW); Carl Gable and Bryan Travis (LANL); David Sparks and Marc Spiegelman (LDEO); Marc Parmentier (Brown); Peter Olson (Johns Hopkins); Brad Moran, J-G. Schilling, Roger Larson, Steve Carey and Tetsu Hara (GSO); Julie Morris (Washington Univ.).

Doctoral Advisors:
P. Olson & O. Phillips, The Johns Hopkins University
P. Silver, Carnegie Institution of Wash., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism

Post-Doctoral Advisors:
P. Silver and I.S. Sacks, CIW/DTM

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