Contact Information
Research Interests
Prof. Liu has a broad interest in the temporal evolution of solid Earth. He takes an interdisciplinary approach to study the history of subduction and mantle convection, and their interactions with Earth's surface. Particular questions Prof. Liu tries to answer include what drives the long-term, large-scale continental vertical motion; how could orogeny be related to mantle dynamics; to what extent major volcanic eruptions are due to abnormal subduction processes. In practice, he applies forward and inverse data-assimilation methods to the construction of geodynamic simulations, using observational data from various fields.
Education
- Ph.D. Geophysics, California Institute of Technology, 2010
Courses Taught
- GEOL 107: Physical Geology
- GEOL 450: Probing the Earth's Interior
- GEOL 552: Geodynamics
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Recent Publications
Frost, D. A., Avery, M. S., Buffett, B. A., Chidester, B. A., Deng, J., Dorfman, S. M., Li, Z., Liu, L., Lv, M., & Martin, J. F. (2022). Multidisciplinary Constraints on the Thermal-Chemical Boundary Between Earth's Core and Mantle. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(3), [e2021GC009764]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC009764
Li, S., Ding, W., Guo, X., & Liu, L. (2022). Pacific-Asian Tectonics: Preface. Earth-Science Reviews, 226, [103946]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103946
Liu, Y., Liu, L., Wu, Z., Li, W., & Hao, X. (2022). New insight into East Asian tectonism since the late Mesozoic inferred from erratic inversions of NW-trending faulting within the Bohai Bay Basin. Gondwana Research, 102, 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.01.022
Wang, Y., Liu, L., & Zhou, Q. (2022). Topography and Gravity Reveal Denser Cratonic Lithospheric Mantle Than Previously Thought. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(1), [e2021GL096844]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096844
Cao, Z., & Liu, L. (2021). Origin of Three-Dimensional Crustal Stress Over the Conterminous United States. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(11), [e2021JB022137]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022137
