CV
Full CV available on request.
Education:
Ph.D. Earth and Planetary Science (2020)
UC Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Advisor: Mark Richards
Thesis title: Magmatic Architecture of Hotspot Volcanism and Large Igneous Provinces
B.Sc. Physics (2013)
Johns Hopkins University
Publications:
32. Magmatic architecture of continental flood basalts I : Observations from Deccan
Traps, Tushar Mittal, Mark Richards, Isabel Fendley, JGR:Solid Earth in review 2021a
31. Magmatic architecture of continental flood basalts II : A new conceptual model,
Tushar Mittal, and Mark Richards, JGR:Solid Earth in review 2021b
30. Understanding Deccan Volcanism : A Volcanological Perspective, Stephen Self,
Tushar Mittal, Gauri Dole, Loyc Vanderkluysen, Annual Reviews of Earth and
Planetary Sciences submitted 2021
29. How does salinity shape ocean circulation and ice geometry on Enceladus and
other icy satellites?, Wanying Kang, Tushar Mittal, Suyash Bire, Jean-Michel
Campin, and John Marshal, Nat. Astronomy in review 2021
28. Thickness characteristics of phoehoe lavas in the Deccan Province, Western Ghats,
India, and in continental flood basalt provinces elsewhere, Stephen Self, Tushar
Mittal, Anne Jay, Frontiers in Earth Science accepted, doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.630604
2020
27. No CretaceousPaleogene Boundary in Exposed Rajahmundry Traps: A Refined
Chronology of the Longest Deccan Lava Flows From 40Ar/39Ar Dates, Magnetostratigraphy, and Biostratigraphy,Isabel M. Fendley, Courtney J. Sprain, Paul
R. Renne, Ignacio Arenillas, Jos A. Arz, Vicente Gilabert, Stephen Self, Tushar
Mittal, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems,21(9), e2020GC009149 2020
26. Bristle-state’ friction: How to simulate high-velocity rupture experiments using
rate and state dependent constitutive relations, towards a loading-independent ’universal’ friction, Seth Saltiel, Tushar Mittal, Jorge Crempien; Jaime Campos.
Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 373 2020
25. Assessing the environmental consequences of the generation and alteration of mafic
volcaniclastic deposits during Large Igneous Province emplacement, Benjamin Black,
Tushar Mittal, Francesca Lingo, Jeff Karson, Kristina Walowski, Andres Hernandez, Ellen Gales, Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Environmental
and Biotic Changes 255: 117, AGU Publications. 2020
24. Precipitation of multiple light elements to power Earth’s early dynamo, Tushar
Mittal, Nicholas Knezek, Sarah M. Arveson, Chris P. McGuire, Curtis D. Williams,
Timothy D. Jones, and Jie Li. EPSL 532 116030. 2020
23. Ongoing Dispersal of the August 7, 2019 Pumice Raft from the Tonga Arc in
the Southwestern Pacific Ocean, Martin Jutzeler, Erik Van Sebille, Robert Marsh,
Tushar Mittal, Rebecca Carey, Kristen Fauria, Michael Manga, Jocelyn McPhie.
Geophysical Research Letters (47.5), e2019GL086768. 2020
22. Volatile Degassing From Magma Chambers as a Control on Volcanic Eruptions
Tushar Mittal, MA Richards, J. Geophys. Res Solid Earth, 124(8), 7869-7901.
2019
21. Ca isotopes record rapid crystal growth in volcanic and sub-volcanic systems Michael
A Anontelli, Tushar Mittal, Anders McCarthy, Barbara Tripoli, James M.
Watkins, and Donald J. DePaolo., PNAS 116 (41), 20315-20321 2019
20. Detection of submarine eruptions using Argo floats and its implications for ocean
dynamics, Tushar Mittal, and Delbridge, Brent, EPSL 511, 105-116 2019
19. Shell Structure of Enceladus from Satellite Gravity and Topography, Doug Hemingway and Tushar Mittal, Icarus 332, 111-131 2019
18. Kinetic and equilibrium Ca isotope effects in high-T rocks and minerals, Antonelli,
Michael A., Martin Schiller, Edwin A. Schauble, Tushar Mittal, Donald J. DePaolo, Thomas Chacko, Edward S. Grew, and Barbara Tripoli, EPSL 517, 71-82
2019
17. Mercury Chemostratigraphy Records for Terrestrial Deccan Volcanism Isabel Fendley, Tushar Mittal, Courtney Sprain, Mark Marvin Di Pasquale, Paul Renne,
EPSL 524, 115721 2019
16. The Eruptive Tempo of Deccan Volcanism in Relation to the Cretaceous-Paleogene
Boundary, Courtney Sprain, Paul Renne, Loyc Vanderkluysen, Kanchan Pande,
Steve Self, Tushar Mittal, Science 363 (6429), 866-870 2019
15. An ExoKuiper Belt with an Extended Halo around HD 191089 in Scattered Light.
Ren, B., Choquet, E., Perrin, M. D. ... Tushar Mittal et al. The Astrophysical
Journal, 882(1), 64. 2019
14. Plume-ridge interaction via melt channelization at Galpagos and other near -
ridge hotspot provinces Tushar Mittal, MA Richards, Geochemistry, Geophysics,
Geosystems 18 (4), 1711-1738 2017
13. The demise of Phobos and development of a Martian ring system BA Black, T
Mittal, Nature Geoscience 8 (12), 913 - 2015
12. Fast Modes and Dusty Horseshoes in Transitional Disks, T Mittal, and E Chiang;
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 798 (1), L25 21 2014
11. The Spitzer infrared spectrograph debris disk catalog. II. Silicate feature analysis of
unresolved targets, T Mittal, CH Chen, H Jang-Condell, P Manoj, BA Sargent,
DM Watson; The Astrophysical Journal 798 (2), 87 25 2014
10. The Spitzer infrared spectrograph debris disk catalog. I. Continuum analysis of
unresolved targets CH Chen, T Mittal, M Kuchner, WJ Forrest, CM Lisse, P
Manoj, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 211 (2), 25 22 2014
9. Experimental measurements and bristle friction modeling of nonlinear hysteresis
loops and harmonic generation in rock fractures, Seth Saltiel, B Bonner, T Mittal,
B Delbridge, J Ajo-Franklin, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth - 2017
8. Infrared Spectroscopy of HR 4796A’s Bright Outer Cometary Ring+ Tenuous Inner Hot Dust Cloud, Carey Lisse, ML Sitko, ..., T. Mittal, The Astronomical
Journal 154 (5), 182 - 2017
7. Spectral Evidence for an Inner Carbon-rich Circumstellar Belt in the Young HD
36546 A-star System, CM Lisse, ML Sitko,..., T Mittal,The Astrophysical Journal Letters 840 (2), L20 - 2017
6. IRTF/SPEX Observations of the HR 4796A Cometary Ring System, CM Lisse,
ML Sitko, ..., T Mittal, Astron. J - 2017
5. Discovery and spectroscopy of the young jovian planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini
Planet Imager, B Macintosh, JR Graham, ... T. Mittal Science 350 (6256), 64-67
169 2015
4. IRS Spectra of Debris Disks in the Scorpius-Centaurus OB Association, H JangCondell, CH Chen, T. Mittal, P Manoj, D Watson, CM Lisse, The Astrophysical
Journal 808 (2), 167 13 2015
3. Discovery of resolved debris disk around HD 131835, LW Hung, MP Fitzgerald,
CH Chen, T. Mittal, PG Kalas, JR Graham The Astrophysical Journal 802 (2),
138 8 2015
2. Polarimetry with the Gemini planet imager: methods, performance at first light,
and the circumstellar ring around HR 4796A MD Perrin, G Duchene,..., T. Mittal
The Astrophysical Journal 799 (2), 182 68 2015
1. Five debris disks newly revealed in scattered light from the Hubble space telescope
NICMOS archive, R Soummer, MD Perrin,..., T. Mittal; The Astrophysical Journal Letters 786 (2), L23 39 2014