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Kelly Liu’s Selected Publications
Wang, T., Gao, S.S., Yang, Q., Chen, L., & Liu, K.H. (2022). Shear wave velocity structure underneath the Tanzania Craton and surrounding rift segments from a joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion. Seismological Research Letters (accepted).
Yu, Y., Tilmann, F., Zhao, D., Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (2022). Continental break-up under a convergent setting: Insights from P wave radial anisotropy tomography of the Woodlark Rift in Papua New Guinea, Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098086 (accepted).
Kong, F., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Fang, Y., Zhu, H., Stern, R.J., & Li, J. (2022). Metastable olivine within oceanic lithosphere in the uppermost lower mantle, Geology (accepted).
Sun, M., Yu, Y., Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (2022). Slab stagnation and tearing of the subducting Northwest Pacific plate, Geology (accepted).
Yang, Q., Liu, K.H., Wang, T., Song, J., & Gao, S.S. (2021). Crustal and upper mantle structure beneath the southeastern United States from joint inversion of receiver functions and Rayleigh wave dispersion. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB021846. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB021846
Fan, E., He, Y., Ai, Y., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Jiang, M., Hou, G., Mon, C.T., Thant, M., & Sein, K. (2021). Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow constrained by shear wave splitting in central Myanmar. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB022144. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022144
Yang, Y., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Kong, F., & Fu, X. (2021). Mantle flow in the vicinity of the eastern edge of the Pacific-Yakutat Slab: Constraints from shear wave splitting analyses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB022354. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022354
Zheng, T., Gao, S.S., Ding, Z., Liu, K.H., Chang, L., Fan, X., Kong, F., & Yu, Y. (2021). Crustal azimuthal anisotropy and deformation beneath the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas: Insights from receiver function analysis.
Tectonophysics, 816, 229014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229014
Yu, Y., Xu, Z., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., & Gao, J. (2021). Layered mantle heterogeneities associated with post-subducted slab segments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 571, 117115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117115
Jia, Y., Liu, K.H., Kong, F., Liu, L., & Gao, S.S. (2021). A systematic investigation of piercing point dependent seismic azimuthal anisotropy. Geophysical Journal International, 227(3), 1496-1511. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab285
Qu, J., Gao, S.S., Wang, C., Liu, K.H., Zhou, S., Yang, Y., Sui, Y., & Zhang, Z. (2021). Crustal P-wave velocity structure and earthquake distribution in the Jiaodong Peninsula, China Tectonophysics, 814, 228973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228973
Shrivastava, A., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (2021). Teleseismic P-wave Attenuation Beneath the Southeastern United States, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
Wang, T., Gao, S.S., Yang, Q., & Liu, K.H. (2021). Crustal structure beneath the Ethiopian Plateau and adjacent areas from receiver functions: Implications for partial melting and magmatic underplating. Tectonophysics, 809, 228857.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228857
Jiang, E., Liu, K.H., Gao, Y., Fu, X., & Gao, S.S. (2021). Spatial variations of upper crustal anisotropy along the San Jacinto fault zone in southern California: Constraints from shear wave splitting analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB020876. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020876
Song, W., Yu, Y., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., & Fu, Y. (2021). Seismic anisotropy and mantle deformation beneath the central Sunda plate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB021259. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021259
Lin, Y., Zhang, T. & Liu, K.H. (2021). Turbidite lobe deposits in a canyon-fill system, Interpretation, 9, C17-C21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/INT-2020-0111.1
Sun, M., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Mickus, K., Fu, X., & Yu, Y. (2021). Receiver function investigation of crustal structure in the Malawi and Luangwa Rift Zones and adjacent areas. Gondwana Research, 89, 168-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.08.015
Kong, F, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Ding, W.W., & Li, J. (2020). Slab Dehydration and Mantle Upwelling in the Vicinity of the Sumatra Subduction Zone: Evidence from Receiver Function Imaging of Mantle Transition Zone Discontinuities. Journal Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 125, e2020JB019381. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019381
Yu, Y., Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (2020). Topography of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities beneath the Cenozoic Okavango rift zone and adjacent Precambrian provinces. Journal Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 125, e2019jb019290.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB019290
Zhang, T., Lin, Y., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (2020). Pre-stack simultaneous inversion for delineation of the Lower Wilcox erosional remnant sandstone beneath the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: A case study. Interpretation, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.1190/int-2019-0178.1
Zeng, C., Deng, W., Fan, J. & Liu, K.H. (2020). Reply to “Investigation of the resonance of nonwetting droplets in constricted capillary tubes”, Geophysics.
https://doi.org/10.1190/geogeo-2020-0561.1
Gao, J., Yu, Y., Song, W., Gao, S.S., & Liu, K.H. (2020). Crustal modifications beneath the central Sunda plate associated with the Indo-Australian subduction and the evolution of the South China Sea. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 306.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031920120301242
Kong, F., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Zhang, J., & Li, J. (2020). Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow in the Sumatra subduction zone constrained by shear wave splitting and receiver function analyses. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21, e2019GC008766.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008766
Yu, Y., Gao, S.S., Zhao, D., & Liu, K.H. (2020). Mantle structure and flow beneath an early-stage continental rift: Constraints from P-wave anisotropic tomography, Tectonics, 39. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005590
Sun, M., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., & Fu, X. (2020). Upper mantle and mantle transition zone thermal and water content anomalies beneath NE Asia: Constraints from receiver function imaging of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116040
Ba, K., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Kong, F., & Song, J. (2020). Receiver function imaging of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities beneath the Australian continent, Geophysical Journal International, 220, 1481-1490. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz525
Yu, Y., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., & Zhao, D. (2020). Foundered lithospheric segments dropped into the mantle transition zone beneath southern California, Geology, 48(2), 200-204. https://doi.org/10.1130/G46889.1
Zeng, C., W. Deng, J. Fan, & Liu, K.H. (2019). Investigation of the resonance of nonwetting droplets in constricted capillary tubes, Geophysics, 85.
https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2019-0228.1
Shi, Y., Y. Gao, X. Shen, & Liu, K.H. (2019). Multiscale spatial distribution of crustal seismic anisotropy beneath the northeastern margin of the Tibetan plateau and tectonic implications of the Haiyuan fault, Tectonophysics, 774.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.228274
Liu, L., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Li, S., Tong, S., & Kong, F. (2019). Toroidal mantle flow induced by slab subduction and rollback beneath the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and adjacent areas, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 11080-11090.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084961
Wang, T., Gao, S. S., Dai, Y., Yang, Q., & Liu, K. H. (2019). Lithospheric structure and evolution of southern Africa: Constraints from joint inversion of Rayleigh wave dispersion and receiver functions. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 20, 3311-3327. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008259
Zheng, T., Ding, Z., Ning, J., Liu, K.H., Gao, S.S., Chang, L., Kong, F., & Fan, X. (2019). Crustal azimuthal anisotropy beneath the central North China Craton revealed by receiver functions. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 20, 2235-2251.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008181
Wang, T., Feng, J., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (2019). Crustal structure beneath the Malawi and Luangwa Rift Zones and adjacent areas from ambient noise tomography. Gondwana Research, 67, 187-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2018.10.018
Abdelnabi, A.A., Abushalah, Y., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (2019). Integrated geological, geophysical, and petrophysical data to construct full field geological model of Cambrian-Ordovician and Upper Cretaceous Reservoir formations, Central Western Sirte Basin, Libya. Interpretation, 7, T21-T37. https://library.seg.org/doi/10.1190/int-2017-0236.1
Zheng, T., Ding, Z., Ning, J., Chang, L., Wang, X., Kong, F., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (2018). Crustal azimuthal anisotropy beneath the southeastern Tibetan Plateau and its geodynamic implications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(11), 9733-9749. https://doi.org/10.1002/2018JB015995
Kong, F., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Song, J., Ding, W., Fang, Y., Ruan, A, & Li, J. (2018). Receiver function investigations of seismic anisotropy layering beneath Southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(12). 10,672-10,683.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2018JB015830
Kong, F., Wu, J., Liu, L., Liu, K.H., Song, J., Li, J., & Gao, S.S. (2018). Azimuthal anisotropy and mantle flow underneath the southeastern Tibetan Plateau and northern Indochina Peninsula revealed by shear wave splitting analyses. Tectonophysics, 747, 68-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.09.013
Qaysi, S., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (2018). A database of shear wave splitting measurements for the Arabian Plate. Seismological Research Letters, 89, 2294-2298.
https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180144
Sun, M., Fu, X., Liu, K.H., & Gao, S.S. (2018). Absence of thermal influence from the African Superswell and cratonic keels on the mantle transition zone beneath southern Africa: Evidence from receiver function imaging. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 503, 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.09.012
Yu, Y., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Yang, T., Xue, M., Le, K.P., & Gao, J. (2018). Characteristics of the mantle flow system beneath the Indochina Peninsula revealed by teleseismic shear wave splitting analysis. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 19, 1519-1532. https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GC007474
Sun, M., Liu, K. H., Fu, X., & Gao, S. S. (2017). Receiver function imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Tanzania Craton and adjacent segments of the East African Rift System. Geophysical Research Letters, 44.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075485.
Dahm, H. H., Gao, S. S., Kong, F., & Liu, K. H. (2017). Topography of the mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath Alaska and its geodynamic implications: Constraints from receiver function stacking. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014604
Lemnifi, A. A., Elshaafi, A.,Browning, J., Aouad, N. S., El Ebaidi, S. K., Liu, K. H., & Gudmundsson, A. (2017). Crustal thickness beneath Libya and the origin of partial melt beneath AS Sawda Volcanic Province from receiver function constraints. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014291
Reed, C.A., K.H. Liu, Y. Yu, and S.S. Gao (2017). Seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath the Malawi Rift Zone, East Africa, Tectonics, 45. doi: 10.1002/2017TC004519.
Yu, Y., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, T. Yang, M. Xue, and K.P. Le (2017). Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Indochina Peninsula: Implications for slab subduction and mantle upwelling, Geophysical Research Letters, 45. doi: 10.1002/2017GL073528
Yu, Y., T. D. Hung, T. Yang, M. Xue, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao, (2017). Lateral variations of crustal structure beneath the Indochina Peninsula, Tectonophysics.
doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.05.023
Liu, L., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, and K. Mickus (2017). Receiver function and gravity constraints on crustal structure and vertical movements of the Upper Mississippi Embayment and Ozark Uplift, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 122, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014201. pdf
Yang, B.B., Y. Liu, H. Dahm, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2017). Seismic azimuthal anisotropy beneath the eastern United States and its geodynamic implications,
Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 1-9, doi: 10.1002/2016GL071227. pdf
Yu, Y., K.H. Liu, Z. Huang, D. Zhao, C.A. Reed, M. Moidaki, J. Lei, and S.S. Gao (2017). Mantle structure beneath the incipient Okavango Rift Zone in southern Africa, Geosphere, 13, 102-111, doi: 10.1130/GES01331.1. pdf
Reed, C.A., K.H. Liu, P. Chindandali, B. Massingue, H. Mdala, D. Mutamina, Y. Yu, and S.S. Gao (2016). Passive rifting of thick lithosphere in the southern East African Rift: Evidence from mantle transition zone discontinuity topography, Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, 8068-8079, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013131. pdf
Cherie, S.G., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, A.A. Elsheikh, F.S. Kong, C.A. Reed, and B.B. Yang (2016). Shear wave splitting analyses in Tian Shan: Geodynamic implications of complex seismic anisotropy, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 17, 1975-1989, doi:10.1002/2016GC006269. pdf
Reed, C.A., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, and Y. Yu (2016). The mantle transition zone beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent regions: Implications for mantle plumes and hydration, Geophysical Journal International, 205,1756-1766, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw116.
Kong, F.S., J. Wu, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2016). Crustal anisotropy and ductile flow beneath the eastern Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 442, 72-79, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.003.
Yang, B.B., K.H. Liu, H.H. Dahm, and S.S. Gao (2016). A uniform database of teleseismic shear wave splitting measurements for the western and central United States: December 2014 update, Seismological Research Letters, 87, 295-300, doi: 10.1785/0220150213.
Yu, Y., K.H. Liu, C.A. Reed, M. Moidaki, K. Mickus, E.A. Atekwana, and S.S. Gao (2015). A joint receiver function and gravity study of crustal structure beneath the incipient Okavango Rift, Botswana, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 8398-8405, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065811. pdf
Yu, Y., S.S. Gao, M. Moidaki, C.A. Reed, and K.H. Liu (2015). Seismic anisotropy beneath the incipient Okavango rift: Implications for rifting initiation, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.009.
Kong, F.S., S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu (2015), Applicability of the multiple-event stacking technique for shear-wave splitting analysis, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105, 3156-3166, doi: 10.1785/0120150078.
Yu, Y., K.H. Liu, M. Moidaki, C.A. Reed, and S.S. Gao (2015). No thermal anomalies in the mantle transition zone beneath an incipient continental rift:
Evidence from the first receiver function study across the Okavango Rift Zone, Botswana, Geophysical Journal International, 202, 1407-1418, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv229.
Lemnifi, A., K.H. Liu, S.S. Gao, C.R. Reed, A. Elsheikh, Y. Yu, and A. Elmelade (2015). Azimuthal anisotropy beneath north central Africa from shear wave splitting analyses, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 16, 1105-1114, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005706. pdf
Yu, Y., J. Song, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2015). Determining crustal structure beneath seismic stations overlying a low-velocity sedimentary layer using receiver functions,
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume, 120, 3208-3218, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011610. pdf
Wu, J., Z. Zhang, F.S. Kong, B.B. Yang, Y. Yu, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2015).
Complex seismic anisotropy beneath western Tibet and its geodynamic implications,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 413, 167-175, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.002.
Kong, F.S., S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu (2015). A systematic comparison of the transverse energy minimization and splitting intensity techniques for measuring shear-wave splitting parameters, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105, 230-239, doi: 10.1785/0120140108.
Elsheikh, A.A., S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu (2014). Formation of the Cameroon Volcanic Line by lithospheric basal erosion: Insight from mantle seismic anisotropy, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 100, 96-108, doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.06.011.
Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu (2014). Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the contiguous United States, Journal of Geophysical Research,119, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011253. pdf
Mohamed, A.A., S.S. Gao, A.A. Elsheikh, K.H. Liu, Y. Yu, and R.E. Fat-Helbary (2014).
Seismic imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the northern Red Sea and adjacent areas, Geophysical Journal International,199, 648-657, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu284.
Elsheikh, A.A., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, A.A. Mohamed, Y. Yu, and R.E. Fat-Helbary (2014). Seismic anisotropy and subduction-induced mantle fabrics beneath the Arabian and Nubian plates adjacent to the Red Sea, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 2376-2381, doi: 10.1002/2014GL059536. pdf
Liu, K.H., A. Elsheikh, A. Lemnifi, U. Purevsuren, M. Ray, H. Refayee, B. Yang, Y. Yu, and S.S. Gao (2014). A uniform database of teleseismic shear wave splitting measurements for the western and central United States, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems,15, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005267. pdf
Reed, C.A., S. Almadani, S.S. Gao, A. Elsheikh, S. Cherie, M. Abdelsalam, A. Thurmond, and K.H. Liu (2014). Receiver function constraints on crustal seismic velocities and partial melting beneath the Red Sea rift and adjacent regions, Afar Depression, Journal of Geophysical Research,119, 2138-2152, doi: 10.1002/2013JB010719. pdf
Yang, B.B., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, A.A. Elsheikh, A.A. Lemnifi, H.A. Refayee, and Y. Yu (2014). Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath the northern Great Plains of North America, Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, 1971-1985, doi:10.1002/2013JB010561. pdf
Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu (2013). Imaging mantle discontinuities using multiply-reflected P-to-S conversions, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.025.
Refayee, H.A., B.B. Yang, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2013). Mantle flow and lithosphere-asthenosphere coupling beneath the southwestern edge of the North American Craton: Constraints from shear-wave splitting measurements, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.031.
Liu, K. H., and S.S. Gao (2013). Making reliable shear-wave splitting measurements,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 103, 2680-2693, doi: 10.1785/0120120355.
Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu (2012). AnisDep: A FORTRAN program for the estimation of the depth of anisotropy using spatial coherency of shear-wave splitting parameters,
Computers & Geosciences, doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.01.020. pdf
Satsukawa, T., M. Michibayashi, E.Y. Anthony, R.J. Stern, S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu (2011). Seismic anisotropy of the uppermost mantle beneath the Rio Grande rift: Evidence from Kilbourne Hole peridotite xenoliths, New Mexico, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 311 (1-2), pp. 172-181.
Liu, K.H. and S.S. Gao (2011). Estimation of the depth of anisotropy using spatial coherency of shear-wave splitting parameters, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101, pp. 2153-2161, doi: 10.1785/0120100258.
Bashir, L., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, and K. Mickus (2011). Crustal structure and evolution beneath the Colorado Plateau and the Southern Basin and Range Province: Results from receiver function and gravity studies, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and MG. Abelsalam (2010). Seismic anisotropy beneath beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent areas: Implications for mantle flow, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B12330, doi:10.1029/2009JB007141. pdf
Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao (2010). Spatial variations of crustal characteristics beneath the Hoggar swell, Algeria, revealed by systematic analyses of receiver functions from a single seismic station, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 11, Q08011, doi:10.1029/2010GC003091. pdf
Liu, K.H. (2009). NA-SWS-1.1: A uniform database of teleseismic shear-wave splitting measurements for North America, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10, Q05011, doi:10.1029/2009GC002440. pdf
Atef, A., K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2009). Apparent weekly and daily earthquake periodicities in the western United State, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99, pp. 2273-2279, doi:10.1785/0120080217. pdf
Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu (2009). Significant seismic anisotropy beneath the southern Lhasa Terrane, Tibetan Plateau, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10, Q02008, doi:10.1029/2008GC002227. pdf
Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, Y. Gao, and J. Wu (2008). Shear-wave splitting and mantle flow associated with the deflected Pacific slab beneath northeast Asia, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, B01305, doi:10.1029/2007JB005178. pdf
Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao (2006). Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Baikal rift and adjacent areas, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, B11301, doi:10.1029/2005JB004099. pdf