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
Cao, Z., & Liu, L. (2024). Western US intraplate deformation controlled by the complex lithospheric structure. Nature communications, 15(1), Article 3917. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48223-2
Fan, J., Zhao, D., Li, C., Liu, L., & Dong, D. (2024). Remnants of shifting early Cenozoic Pacific lower mantle flow imaged beneath the Philippine Sea Plate. Nature Geoscience, 17(4), 347-352. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01404-6
Hou, Z., Liu, L., Zhang, H., Xu, B., Wang, Q., Yang, T., Wang, R., Zheng, Y., Li, Y., Gao, L., Yu, N., Wang, X., Miao, Z., Han, S., & Lü, Q. (2024). Cenozoic eastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau controlled by tearing of the Indian slab. Nature Geoscience, 17(3), 255-263. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01382-9
Li, S., Suo, Y., Dai, L., Wang, L., Jiang, Z., Cao, X., Guohui, S., Liu, L., Zhou, J., Li, X., Liu, J., Zhu, J., Qiao, L., Wang, G., Jiang, S., Wang, X., Liu, L., Guan, H., Li, X., ... Sun, Y. (2024). 元地球与数字孪生：思想突破、技术变革与范式转换. Earth Science Frontiers, 31(1), 46-63. https://doi.org/10.13745/j.esf.sf.2024.1.48
Liu, L., Li, H. Y., Liu, L., Ryan, J. G., Morgan, J. P., Ren, K. X., & Xu, Y. G. (2024). Horizontally forced initiation of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction zone. Communications Earth and Environment, 5(1), Article 91. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01263-4
