Journal publications(* student/postdoc as first author; ^corresponding author):

(Published, in press or accepted)

99. Li, Y., Y. Chen, R.M. Palin, X.Tian, X. Liang, L. Liu, Detectable continental crust in the Earth's deep interior inferred from thermodynamic modeling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL111556.

98. Li, C., Y. Wang, L. Liu, F. Cheng, J. Zhang, W. Gan, 青藏高原南缘岩石圈变形特征及其深部动力学过程，Sci. China Earth Sci., in press.

97. *Li, Y., ^L. Liu, ^S. Li, D. Peng, Z. Cao, X. Li (2024), Cenozoic India-Asia collision driven by mantle dragging the cratonic root, Nature Communications, 15, 6674.

96. *Liu, L., L. Liu, Y.G. Xu, J.P. Morgan (2024), Intermitten terrane arrival induces pulses of inland tectonic cycles, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 641, 118861.

95. *Xie, S., Z. Cao, ^L. Liu, ^D. Yang, M. Liu, Y. Li, R. Qi (2024), The role of plume-lithosphere interaction in Hawaii-Emperor chain formation, Nature Communications, 15, 6571.

94. Zhang, H., S. Ni, L. Liu, B. Schmandt (2024), Two effective degrees of freedom can represent the dominant freatures of global Rayleigh wave dispersion maps, Geophy. Res. Lett., 51(12), g2024GL108449.

93. *Dong, H., Z. Cao, ^L. Liu, Y. Li, S. Li, L. Dai, X. Li (2024), Implementation of a particle-in-cell method for the energy solver in 3D spherical geodynamic modeling, Earth Planet. Phys., 8, 1-15

92. *Cao, Z., ^L. Liu (2024), Western US Intraplate Deformation Controlled by the Complex Lithospheric Structure, Nature Communications, 15, 3917.

91. Fan, J., D. Zhao, C. Li, L. Liu, D. Dong (2024), Remnant of the eaerly Cenozoic Pacific lower mantle flow beneath the Philippine Sea Plate, Nature Geoscience, 1-6.

90. ^Hou, Z., ^L. Liu, ^H. Zhang, B. Xu, Q. Wang, T. Yang, R. Wang, Y. Zheng, Y. Li, L. Gao, N. Yu, X. Wang, Z. Miao, S. Han, Q. Lv (2024), Eastward growth of Tibetan Plateau controlled by Cenozoic Indian slab tearing, Nature Geoscience, 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01382-9.

89. Zhu, Y., ^Ji, Y., ^Liu, L., Zhu, W., Qu, R., Xie, C., Faheem, H., Yoshioka, S., Ding, L. (2023) Heterogeneous slab thermal dehydration driving warm subduction zone earthquakes, Scientific Reports, 13, 21157.

88. Qu, R., ^Y. Ji, ^L. Liu, W. Zhu, Y. Zhu, C. Xie, S. Yoshioka, H. Faheem, L. Ding (2023), Variation in the thermal and dehydration regime below Central America: Insights for the seismogenic plate interface, iScience, /doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107936.

87. Tu, X., D. Peng, K.H. Liu, J. Obrist-Farner, M. Locmelis, ^S.S. Gao, ^L. Liu (2023), Ongoing fragmentation of the subducting Cocos slab, Central America, Geology, doi:10.1130/G51403.1.

86. Liu, L., L. Chen (2023), Co-evolution of continental lithosphere and deep mantle dynamics (Invited review), Chin. Sci. Bull., 69, 200-214..

85. Wang, Z., L. Liu, Y. Fu, L. Zhao, J. Lin, Z. Jin, B. Zheng (2023), Multistage plate subduction controls intraplate volcanism and cratonic lithospheric thinning in Northeast Asia, Earth Sci. Rev., 246, 104590.

84. Zhao, F., Y. Suo, L. Liu, X. Cao, S. Li, S. Jiang, J. Deng, M. Dai, Y. Liu, Y. Hu, S. Sheng, B. Hu (2023), Fine lithospheric structure controlling Meso-Cenozoic tectono-magmatism in the South China Block: Inference from a multidisciplinary analysis, Earth Sci. Rev., 104524.

83. *Wu, X., ^J. Hu, L. Chen, L. Liu, ^L.J. Liu (2023), Paleogene India-Eurasia collision constrained by observed plate rotation, Nature Comm., 14, 7272, doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42920-0.

82. Qin, Z., ^C. Tang, ^L. Liu, T. Chen, B. Gong (2023), Large evaporite provinces: Warming from above or heating from below? The Innovation Geoscience, in press.

81. Zhao, F., Y. Suo, L. Liu, S. Li, X. Cao, J. Deng, S. Jiang, M. Dai, B. Hu (2023), Lithospheric density structure beneath the South China Block and its tectonic implications: Insights from joint inversion of multiple geophysical observations, Earth Sci. Rev., 104507.

80. *Li, Y., ^L. Liu, D. Peng, H. Dong, S. Li (2023), Evaluating tomotectonic plate reconstructions using geodynamic models with data assimilation, the case for North America, Earth Sci. Rev., 104518.

79. Zhu, W., Ji, Y., Liu, L., Qu, R., Zhu, Y., Xie, C., Ding, L. (2023) Reestimation of slab dehydration fronts in Kuril-Kamchatka using updated global subduction zone thermal structures, iScience, 26(8), 107288.

78. *Wang, Y., *Z. Cao, L. Peng, ^L. Liu, L. Chen, C. Lundstrom, D. Peng, X. Yang (2023), Secular craton evolution due to cyclic deformation of underlying mantle lithosphere, Nature Geosci., 16, 637-645.

77. *Peng, D., L. Liu (2023), Importance of global spherical geometry for studying slab dynamics and evolution in models with data assimilation, Earth Sci. Rev., 241, 104414.

76. Zhang, H., Q. Lv, X. Wang, S. Han, L. Liu, L. Gao, R. Wang, Z. Hou (2023), Lithospheric delamination evidence from seismic imaging and its controls on the Mesozoic Basin and Range magmatic province in south China, Nature Comm., 14, 2718.

75. *Liu, L., ^L. Liu, J. Morgan, Y. Xu, L. Chen (2023), New Constraints on Cenozoic subduction between India and Tibet, Nature Comm., 14, 1963.

74. *Zhang, L., Z. Cao, R.E. Zartman, et al. (2023), An emerging plume head interacting with the Hawaiian plume tail, Innovation, 4, 100404.

73. *Liu, J., S. Li, X. Cao, H. Dong, Y. Suo, Z. Jiang, J. Zhou, X. Li, R. Zhang, L. Liu, G. Foulger (2023), Back-arc tectonics and plate reconstruction of the Philippine Sea-South China Sea region since the Eocene, Geophys. Res., Lett., 50, e2022GL102154.

72. Li, S., J. Zhu, X. Cao, L. Liu, J. Liu, (2023) Atlas of global microplates, Science Publisher, Beijing, China, ISBN 978-7-03-073855-4.

71. Li, S., Y. Suo, L. Liu, G. Wang, P. Wang, et al., Microplates Related to Diverse Strike-slip/Transform Faults in the Asian-Pacific Region, AGU book, AGU, in press.

70. Cui, Q., Y. Zhou, L. Liu, Y. Gao, G. Li, S. Zhang (2023), The topography of the 660-km discontinuity beneath the Kuril-Kamchatka: Implication for morphology and dynamics of the northwestern Pacific slab, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 602, 117967.

69. Li, S., L. Liu, Y. Suo, X. Li, J. Zhou, et al. (2023), Carbon tectonics: A new paradigm for Earth system science, Sci. Bull., in press.

68. *Zhao, F., S. Li, S. Jiang, L. Liu, J. Zhu, M. Dai, Y. Liu, G. Wang, B. Hu, Y. Zhu (2022), Transcurrent tectonic system and deep seismogenic mechanism in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau: A view from gravity and magnetic anomalies, Earth Sci. Rev., 236, 104269.

67. *Dong, H., L. Dai, L. Liu, X. Jiang, S. Li, W. Gong, L. Wang, Z. Li & S. Yu (2022), Joint geodynamic-geophysical inversion suggests passive subduction and accretion of the Ontong Java Plateau, Geophy. Res. Lett., 49, e2022GL100744.

66. *Y. Liu, L. Liu, Y. Li, D. Peng, Z. Wu, Z. Cao, S. Li, Q. Du (2022), Global back-arc extension due to trench-parallel mid-ocean ridge subduction, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 600, 117889.

65. Liu, L. & W. Sun (2022), Fragmented cratonic mantle in the oceanic lithosphere, Sci. Bull., doi: 10.1360/TB-2022-0526.

64. *Wang, Y., L. Liu, Q. Zhou (2022), Geoid Reveals the Density Structure of Cratonic Lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 127, e2022JB024270.

63. *Tang, J., L. Chen, L. Liu, Z. Yan, W. Lin, Q. Meng (2022), The Role of Pre-existing Weaknesses in Intraplate Metamorphic Core Complex Formation during Slab Retreat: 2-D Thermo-Mechanical Modeling, Geophys. J. Int., ggac277.

62. *Peng, L., L. Liu & L. Liu (2022), The fate of delaminated cratonic lithosphere, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 594, 117740.

61. Li, S., Y. Suo, J. Zhou, G. Wang, X. Li, Z. Jiang, J. Liu, L. Liu, Y. Liu, et al. (2022), Tectonic Evolution of the South China Ocean-Continent Connection Zone: Transition and Mechanism of the Tethyan to the Pacific Tectonic Domains [J]. J. Geomech., 28(5).

60. Li, S., Y. Suo, J. Zhou, S. Zhong, G. Sun, J. Liu, G. Wang, J. Zhu, S. Jiang, X. Li, X. Guo, L. Liu, Y. Liu, et al. (2022) Microplate and large-scale plate: fundamental principles and paradigm transition, Acta Geolog. Sin., 96(10).

59. *Peng, D., L. Liu (2022), Quantifying slab sinking rates using global geodynamic models with data-assimilation, Earth Sci. Rev., 230, 104039.

58. Frost, A.F., M.S. Avery, B.A. Buffett, B.A. Chidester, J. Deng, S.M. Dorfman, Z. Li, L. Liu, M. Lv, J.F. Martin (2022), Multidisciplinary constraints on the thermal‐chemical boundary between Earth’s core and mantle, Geochem. Geophy. Geosyst., doi: 10.1029/2021GC009764.

57. Li, S., W. Ding, X. Guo & L. Liu (2022), Pacific-Asian Tectonics: Preface, Earth Sci. Rev., 226, 103946.

56. *Wang, Y., L. Liu & Q. Zhou (2022), Topography and gravity reveal denser cratonic lithospheric mantle than previously thought, Geophys. Res. Lett., e2021GL096844.

55. Li, S., X. Li, J. Zhou, H. Cao, L. Liu, Y. Liu, G. Sun, Y. Suo, Y. Li, S. Yu, Z. Jiang (2022), Passive magmatism on Earth and Earth-like planets, Geosyst. & Geoenviron., 1, 100008.

54. *Cao, Z. & L. Liu (2021), Origin of Three‐Dimensional Crustal Stress over the Conterminous United States, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2021JB022137.

53. *Hu, J., L. Liu & M. Gurnis (2021), Southward expanding plate coupling due to climate-tectonic interaction as a cause of Andean growth, Nature Comm., 12, 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27518-8).

52. *Peng, D., L. Liu & Y. Wang (2021), A newly discovered Late-Cretaceous East Asian flat slab explains its unique lithospheric structure and tectonics, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2021JB022103.

51. *Peng, D., L. Liu, J. Hu, S. Li, Y. Liu (2021), Formation of East Asian stagnant slabs due to a pressure-driven Cenozoic mantle wind following Mesozoic subduction, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL094638.

50. *Liu, L., L. Liu & Y. Xu (2021), Intermittent Post-Paleocene continental collision in South Asia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL094531.

49. *Liu, Y., Z. Wu,L. Liu, S. Yan, L. Hu, M. Ping, M. Zhang(2021), Cenozoic structure and tectonics of North subbasins in Beibu Gulf Basin, northern South China Sea, Tectonophysics, 812, 228912.

48. Liu, L. D. Peng, L. Liu, L. Chen, S. Li, Y. Wang, Z. Cao & M. Feng (2021), East Asian lithospheric evolution dictated by multistage Mesozoic flat-slab subduction, Earth Sci. Rev., 217, 103621.

47. *Liu, L., L. Liu & Y. Xu (2021), Mesozoic intraplate tectonism of East Asia due to flat subduction of a composite terrane slab, Earth Sci. Rev., 214, 103505.

46. *Chang, C. & L. Liu (2021), Investigating the formation of Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway using landscape evolution simulations, GSA Bull., 133, 347-361.

45. Wang, X., Q-F Chen, F. Niu, S. Wei, J. Ning, J. Li, W. Wang, J. Buchen, L. Liu (2020), Distinct Slab Interfaces Within the Mantle Transition Zone, Nature Geosci., 13, 822–827.

44. Chen, L., L. Liu, F. Capitanio, T. Gerya, Y. Li (2020), The role of pre-existing weak zones in the formation of the Himalaya and Tibetan plateau: 3-D thermo-mechanical modeling, Geophys. J. Int., 221, 1971–1983.

43. *Liu, Y., L. Liu, Z. Wu, W. Lia, X. Hao (2020), 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, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.01.022.

42. Chen, L., X. Wang, X. Liang, B. Wan & L. Liu (2020), Subduction vs. plumes: an appraisal of the driving force of plate tectonics, Science China Earth Science, 63, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-019-9538-2.

41. *Liu, L., L. Liu, Y-G Xu, B. Xia, Q. Ma & M. Menzies (2019), Development of a dense cratonic keel prior to the destruction of the North China Craton: Constraints from sedimentary records and numerical simulation, J. Geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 124, 13,192–13,206.

40. Liu, L. (2019), The elusive mantle dynamic topography (Invited Review), Sci. China Earth Sci., doi: 10.1007/s11430-019-9562-x.

39. *Murphy, B.S., L. Liu, G.D. Egbert (2019), Insights into intraplate stresses and geomorphology in the Southeastern United States, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083755.

38. Lü, Y., J. Li, L. Liu, L. Zhao (2019), Complex uppermost mantle structure and deformation beneath the Northwest Pacific region, J. Geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 124, 6866–6879.

37. *Chang, C. & L. Liu (2019), Distinct response of intraplate sedimentation to different subsidence mechanisms: insights from forward landscape evolution simulations, J. Geophys. Res.: Surface Proc., 124, doi:org/10.1029/2018JF004905.

36. *Zhou, Q. & L. Liu (2019), Topographic evolution of the western United States since the early Miocene, Earth & Planet. Sci. Lett., 514, 1-12.

35. *Zhou, Q., J. Hu, L. Liu, T. Chaparro, D.R. Stegman, M. Faccenda (2018), Western U.S. seismic anisotropy revealing complex mantle dynamics, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 500, 156-167.

34. *Hu, J, L. Liu & Q. Zhou (2018), Reproducing past subduction and mantle flow using high-resolution global convection models, Earth Planet. Phys., 2, 1–18, doi: 10.26464/epp2018019.

33. *Hu, J, L. Liu, M. Faccenda, Q. Zhou, K. Fischer, S. Marshak, C. Lundstrom, Western Gondwana craton modification by plume-lithosphere interaction (2018), Nature Geosci., 11, 203-210, doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0064-1.

32. Sun, W., L. Liu, Y. Hu, et al. (2018), Post-ridge-acceleration of the Indian plate induced by slab rollback, Solid Earth Sci., 10.1016/j.sesci.2017.12.003.

31. *Zhou, Q., L. Liu & J. Hu (2018), Origin of Yellowstone Volcanic Province due to Intruding Hot Mantle Driven by Ancient Farallon Slab, Nature Geosci., 11, 70-77, doi:10.1038/s41561-017-0035-y.

30. Kalstrom, K.E., L. Liu, Q. Zhou, L.C. Crossey, J. Thacker, R. Crow & L.S. Beard (2017), Mechanisms for post-Bouse (post-5 Ma) deformation in the lower Colorado River region. Desert Symposium, 145-149.

29. *Zhou, Q. & L. Liu (2017), A Hybrid Forward-Adjoint Data Assimilation Approach for Reconstructing the Temporal Evolution of Mantle Dynamics, Geochem. Geophy. Geosys., 18, doi:10.1002/2017GC007116.

28. Chen, L., F. Capitanio, L. Liu & T. Gerya (2017), Crustal Rheology Controls on the Tibetan Plateau Formation during India-Asia Convergence, Nature Comm., 8, doi:10.1038/ncomms15992.

27. *Hu, J., M. Faccenda & L. Liu (2017), Subduction-controlled Mantle Flow and Seismic Anisotropy in South America, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 470, 13-24.

26. Liu, L. & D. Hasterok (2016), High–Resolution Lithosphere Viscosity and Dynamics Revealed by Magnetotelluric Tomography, Science, 353, 1515-1519.

25. *Hu, J. & L. Liu (2016), Abnormal Seismological and Magmatic Processes Controlled by the Tearing South American Flat Slabs, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 450, 40-51.

24. *Leonard, T., & L. Liu (2016), The Role of a Mantle Plume in the Formation of Yellowstone Volcanism, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2015GL067131.

23. *Hu, J., L. Liu, A. Hermosillo, & Q. Zhou (2016), Simulation of Late Cenozoic South American Flat-Slab Subduction Using Geodynamic Models with Data Assimilation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 438, 1-13.

22. Heller, P. & L. Liu (2016), Dynamic topography and vertical motion of the U.S. Rocky Mountain Region prior to and during the Laramide Orogeny, GSA Bull. 128, 973-988.

21. Liu, L. (2015), The Ups and Downs of North America: Evaluating the Role of Mantle Dynamic Topography since the Mesozoic, Rev. Geophys., 53, doi:10.1002/2015RG000489.

20. Liu, L. & J.S. Zhang (2015), Differential contraction of subducted lithosphere layers generates deep earthquakes, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 421, 98-106.

19. Liu, L. & Q. Zhou (2015), Deep recycling of oceanic asthenosphere material during subduction, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL063633.

18. Liu, L. (2014), Constraining Cretaceous subduction polarity in Eastern Pacific from seismic tomography and geodynamic modeling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL061988.

17. Liu, L. (2014), Rejuvenation of Appalachian topography caused by subsidence-induced differential erosion, Nature Geoscience, 7, 518-523.

16. Kerry Key, S. Constable, L. Liu & A. Pommier (2013), Electrical image of passive mantle upwelling beneath the northern East Pacific Rise, Nature, 495, 499-503.

15. Liu, L. (2012), Lost sea floor, Nature Geoscience, 5, 165-167.

14. Shephard, G., L. Liu, D. Muller, M. Gurnis (2012),Dynamic topography and anomalously negative residual depth of the Argentine Basin, Gondwana Research, 22, 658-663.

13. Liu, L. and D.R. Stegman (2012), Origin of Columbia River flood basalt controlled by propagating rupture of the Farallon slab, Nature, 482, 386-389.

12. Liu, L. and D.R. Stegman (2011), Segmentation of Farallon slab, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 311, 1-10.

11. Liu, S., D. Nummedal and L. Liu (2011), Tracking the Farallon plate migration through the Late Cretaceous Western U.S. Interior Basins, Geology, 39, 555-558.

10. Liu, L., Y. Tan, D. Sun, M. Chen and D. Helmberger (2011), Tans-Pacific whole mantle structure, J. Geophy. Res., 116, B04306, doi:10.1029/2010JB007907.

9. Shephard, G.E., R.D. Müller, L.Liu and M. Gurnis (2010), Miocene Amazon River drainage reversal caused by plate-mantle dynamics, Nature Geoscience, 3, 870-875, doi: 10.1038/NGEO1017.

8. Liu, L. and M. Gurnis (2010), Dynamic subsidence and uplift of the Colorado Plateau, Geology, 38(7), 663-666, doi: 10.1130/G30624.

7. Liu, L. and M. Gurnis (2010), Adjoint method and its application in mantle convection, Earth Science Frontiers (INVITED; Chinese with English abstract), 17(3), 139-148.

6. Liu, L., M. Gurnis, M. Seton, J. Saleeby, R.D. Müller & J. Jackson (2010), The role of oceanic plateau subduction in the Laramide orogeny, Nature Geoscience, 3, 353-357, doi: 10.1038/NGEO829.

5. Liu, L. and P. Olson (2009), Geomagnetic dipole moment collapse by convective mixing in the core, Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L10305, doi:10.1029/2009GL038130.

4. Spasojević, S., L. Liu & M. Gurnis (2009), Adjoint Convection Models of North America Incorporating Tomographic, Plate motion and Stratigraphic Constraints, Geochem., Geophy., Geosys. 10, Q05W02, doi:10.1029/2008GC002345.

3. Liu, L., S. Spasojević & M. Gurnis, (2008), Reconstructing Farallon Plate Subduction Beneath North America back to the Late Cretaceous, Science, 322, 934-938, doi: 10.1126/science.1162921.

2. Liu L. and M. Gurnis (2008), Simultaneous Inversion of Mantle Properties and Initial Conditions Using an Adjoint of Mantle Convection, J. Geophy. Res.,113, B08405, doi:10.1029/2008JB005594.

1. Spasojević, S., L. Liu, M. Gurnis & R.D. Müller (2008), The case for dynamic subsidence of the United States east coast over the Cenozoic, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08305, doi:10.1029/2008GL033511.