Contact Information
1301 W Green Street
Biography
I am a Ph.D. candidate working with Prof. Lijun Liu. My research interests include lithospheric dynamics, plume dynamics, and the tectonic evolution of the North American Plate.
Education
B.S. Marine Science, Zhejiang University, China (2017)
Courses Taught
GEOL 100 - Planet Earth
GEOL 107 - Physical Geology
GEOL 380 - Environmental Geology
Recent Publications
Liu, Y., Liu, L., Li, Y., Peng, D., Wu, Z., Cao, Z., ... & Du, Q. (2022). Global back-arc extension due to trench-parallel mid-ocean ridge subduction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 600, 117889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117889
Cao, Z. and Liu, L., 2021. Origin of Three‐Dimensional Crustal Stress over the Conterminous United States. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, p.e2021JB022137. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022137
Liu, L., Peng, D., Liu, L., Chen, L., Li, S., Wang, Y., Cao, Z. and Feng, M., 2021. East Asian lithospheric evolution dictated by multistage Mesozoic flat-slab subduction. Earth-Science Reviews, p.103621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103621