BA, MA, PhD, FG.

Responsibilities.

Visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Humboldt Visiting Professor Bremen. Research affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Co-Editor, Marine Geophysical Researches. Associate Editor, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Co-Leader, IGCP Project 476. Member, NERC Review College

Courses taught.

GL4521, GL3513.

Research Interests.

Marine geology; Sedimentary geology; Climate change; Geochemistry; Subduction tectonics.

Selected Publications

• Clift P. & Blusztajn J. 2005. Reorganization of the western Himalayan river system after five million years ago. Nature, 241, 1001-1003
• Clift P. & Vannuicchi P. 2004. Controls on tectonic accretion versus erosion in subduction zones: Implications for the origin and recycling of the continental crust. Reviews of Geophysics, 42, 2, 1-31
• Clift P. 2006. Controls on the erosion of Cenozoic Asia and the flux of clastic sediment to the ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 241, 571-580
• Clift P., Lee J.I., Hildebrand P., Shimizu N., Layne G.D., Blusztajn J., Blum J.D., Garzanti E.&Khan A.A. 2002. Nd and Pb isotope variability in the Indus River system: Implications for sediment provenance and crustal heterogeneity in the Western Himalaya. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 200,  1-2, 91-106

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