Publications
64. Li, Q. and M. Liu. A visco-elasto-plastic
finite element model for integrating semi-statical short- and
long-term fault motion, in prep.
63. Yang, Y., and M. Liu. A three-dimensional
finite element model for finite strain evolution during the Indo-Asian
continental collision, in prep.
62. Liu, M., H. Wang, and Q. Li, Initiation of the
Eastern
California Shear Zone and its impact on the San Andreas Fault plate
boundary zone: A geodymanic model, J. Geophys. Res., in prep.
61. Stein, S., M. Liu, E. Calais, and Q. Li, Mid-continent earthquakes
as a complex system, Seismological Research Letters, in review.
60. Zhang,
Qie, Eric Sandvol, and Mian Liu, Lithospheric velocity structure of the
New Madrid Seismic Zone: A joint teleseismic and local P tomographic
study, GRL, in review.
59.
Liu, M., Yang, Y.,
Luo, G., Li, Q., Zhang, H. Parallel finite element modeling of
multi-timescale
faulting and lithospheric deformation in the western US, in
Cyberinfrastructure
in Geosciences, Keller, R. and Baru, C. (ed.), Cambridge University
Press, in review.
58. Wang, H. and M. Liu. Balancing seismic moment in
eastern Tibet: Implications for the Great 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, in
review.
57. Luo, G., and M. Liu. Stress evolution and fault
interactions in eastern Tibet: Implications for the 2008 Mw7.9 Wenchuan
earthquak, in review.
56. Yang, Y.
and M. Liu. Reconcile short- and long-term crustal deformation in
the western United States, Geology, in review.
55. Luo, G.
and M. Liu, 2009. How does trench coupling lead to mountain building in
the subandes? A viscoelasto-plastic finite element model, J. Geophys.
Res. vol. 114,
B03409, doi:10.1029/2008JB005861 [PDF
version]
54. Luo, G. and M. Liu, 2009. Why subduction causes mountain building
in the Andes, but not in the Cascadia? Geophys. Res. Lett, vol. 36,
L08301, doi:10.1029/2009GL037347
[PDF
version]
53.
Yang, Y. and Liu, M., 2009. Crustal thickening
and lateral
extrusion during the Indo-Asian collision: A 3D viscous flow model,
Tectonophysics, Vol. 465, pp. 128-135, .[PDF
version]
52. Zhang,
Q., Sandvol, E., and Liu, M., 2009. Tomographic Pn
Velocity and Anisotropy Structure in the Central and Eastern United
States,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 99, pp. 422-427.[PDF
version]
51. Li,
Q., Liu, M., and Stein, S., 2009. Spatial-temporal
complexity of continental intraplate seismicity: Insights from
geodynamic
modeling and implications for seismic hazard estimation, Bulletin of
the
Seismological Society of America, Vol. 99, pp. doi: 10.1785/012 .[PDF
version]
50. Li, Q., Liu, M.; Zhang,
H., 2009. A 3-D
viscoelastoplastic model for simulating long-term slip on non-planar
faults,
Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 176, pp. 293-306, . [PDF
version]
49. Yang,
Y., and Liu, M., 2009, Algorithms for optimizing rheology and loading
forces in finite element models of lithospheric deformation, in Xing,
H., ed., Advances in Geocomputing. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences,
Volume 119: Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, p. 119-138.
48. Tong, W., Wang,
L.S., Mi, N., Xu, M.J., Li, H., Yu, D.Y., Li, C., Liu,
S.W., Liu, M., and Sandvol Eric, A., 2007, Receiver function analysis
for seismic structure of the crust and uppermost mantle in the
Liupanshan are, China: Science in China, Series D, v. 50, p. 227-233.
47.
Li, Q.,
and M. Liu, 2007, Initiation of the San Jacinto Fault and its
interaction with the San Anreas Fault, Pure Appl. Geophys., DOI
10.1007/s00024-00007-00262-z.[PDF
version]
46. Liu, M., Y. Yang, Q. Li, H. Zhang, 2007, Parallel
computing of multi-scale continental deformation
in the western United States: Preliminary results, Physics of the Earth
and Planetary Interiors, 163, 35-51. [PDF
version]
45. Zhang, H., Liu, Mian, Shi, Yaolin, David Yuen, Zhenzhen Yan,
Guoping Liang, 2007, Toward an automated parallel computing environment
for geosciences, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 163,
2-22. [PDF
version]
44.
Liu, M., Yang, Y., Shen, Z-K., Wang, S., Wang, M., and Wan,Y., 2007,
Active tectonics and intracontinental earthquakes in China:The
kinematics and geodynamics, in Continental
Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues,
edited by S. Stein and S. Mazzotti, pp. 209-318, doi:
210.1130/2007.2425 (19), Geological Society of America Special Papers,
Boulder, CO.
43.
Li, Q., Liu, M., Qie,
Z., and Sandvol Eric, A., 2007, Stress evolution and seismicity
in the central-eastern United States: Insights from geodynamic
modeling, in Continental Intraplate
Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues, edited by S.
Stein and S. Mazzotti, pp. 149-166, doi: 110.1130/2007.2425 (11).
Geological Society of America Special Papers, Boulder, CO.
42. Wang, S., and M. Liu, 2006, Moving hotspots or reorganized
plates?,
Geology, 34, 465- 468; doi: 410.1130/G22236.22231. [PDF
version]
41.
Li, Q., and M. Liu, 2006, Geometrical impact of the
San Andreas Fault on stress and seismicity in California, Geophys. Res. Lett,
33, L08302, doi:10.1029/2005GL025661
[PDF
version]
40.
Liu, M., and Y. Yang,
2005, Contrasting seismicity between the North
China and South China
blocks: kinematics and geodynamic, Geophys.
Res. Lett, 32 (L12310), doi:10.1029/2005GL023048. [PDF
version]
39.
Li, Q., M. Liu, and A.
Sandvol Eric, 2005, Stress Evolution Following the 1811-1812 Large
Earthquakes in the New Madrid
Seismic Zone, Geophys. Res. Lett, 32 (L11310), doi:10.1029/2004GL022133. [PDF
version]
38.
Nabelek, P., and Liu, M.,
2004, Petrological and thermal constraints
on the origin of leucogranites in collisional orogens:
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, v. 95, p. 73-85.
37.
Liu, M., Cui, X., and Liu, F., 2004, Cenozoic rifting and
volcanism in eastern China:
a mantle dynamic link to the Indo-Asian collision?:
Tectonophysics, v.
393, p. 29-42. [PDF
version]
36.
Cui, X., M. Liu, and F. Liu, 2004, Collision-driven lateral mantle
flow under Asian continent?, in Chen, Y.,
ed., Environment, Nature Hazards, and Global Tectonics of the Earth,
Volume 2: Advances in Earth Sciences: Beijing, Higher Education Press, p.
135-146.
35.
Liu, M., and Yang, Y.,
2003, Extensinal collapse of the Tibetan
Plateau: Results from three-dimensional finite element modeling: J. Geophys. Res., v. 108, p. doi:10.1029/2002JB002248. [PDF
version]
34.
He, J., Liu, M., and Li,
Y., 2003, Is the Shanxi rift of
northern China
extending?: Geophys.
Res. Lett., v. 30, p. doi:10.1029/2003GL018764. [PDF
version]
33.
Cui, X., Nabelek, P., I., and Liu,
M., 2003, Reactive flow of mixed CO2-H2O fluid and progress of
calc-silicate reactions in contact metamorphic aureoles: Insights from
two-dimensional numerical modeling: J. Metamor.
Geol., v. 21, p. 663-684. [PDF
version]
32.
Yang, Y., Liu, M., and
Stein, S., 2003, A 3D geodynamic model of lateral crustal flow during
Andean mountain building: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 30, p. doi:10.1029/2003GL18. [PDF
version]
31.
Cui, X., P.I. Nabelek, and M. Liu,
2002. Fluid flow and oxygen isotope resetting in Notch Peak contact metamorphic
aureole: Insights from numerical modeling, GSA Bull., 114, 869-882.
30.
Yang, Y., and M. Liu, 2002.
Deformation of convergent plates: Evidence from discrepancies between
GPS velocities and rigid-plate motions, Geophys.
Res. Lett., (10),
10.1029/2001GL013391. [PDF
version]
29.
Li, Q., M. Liu, and Y.
Yang, 2002. The 01/26/2001, Bhuj,
India,
Earthquake: Intraplate or Interplate? In Plate Boundary Zones, Seth Stein and Jeffrey T. Freymueller,
Editors, AGU Geodynamics series vol. 30, DOI: 10/1029/030GD16, 2002. [PDF
version]
28.
Liu, M., Youqing Yang, Seth
Stein, and Eryn Klosko, Crustal Shortening and Extension in the
Central Andes: Insights From a Viscoelastic
Model, AGU Geodynamics series vol. 30, DOI: 10/1029/030GD19, 2002. [PDF
version]
27.
Yang, Y., and Liu, M.,
2002, Cenozoic deformation of the Tarim
basin and its implications for collisional mountain building in the
Tibetan plateau and the Tian
Shan: Tectonics, v. 21, p. 1059, doi:10.1029/2001TC001300.
[PDF
version]
26.
Eryn R. Klosko,
Seth Stein, David Hindle, Jonas Kley,
Edmundo Norabuena,
Timothy Dixon, and Mian Liu,
Comparison of GPS, Seismological, and Geological Observations of Andean
Mountain Building, AGU Geodynamics series vol. 30, DOI:
10/1029/030GD07, 2002.
25.
Liu, M., The geodynamics of orogenic
extension, in Structure evolution and dynamics of the Earth, edited by
Y. Zhang, and A. Yin, pp. 177-198, Higher Education Press,
Beijing, 2002.
24.
Liu, M., Cenozoic
extension and magmatism in the North America
Cordillera: the role of gravitational collapse, Tectonophysics, 342, 407-433, 2001. [PDF
version]
23.
Nabelek, P., M. Liu, and M.
Sirbescu, Thermal-rheological shear
heating model for leucogranite generation,
metamorphism, and deformation during the Proterozoic
Trans-Hudson orogeny, Black Hills, South Dakota, Tectonophysics, 342, 371-388, 2001. [PDF
version]
22.
Cui, X., P.I. Nabelek, and M. Liu,
Controls of layered and transient permeability on fluid flow and
thermal structure in contact metamorphic aureoles, with applications to
the Notch Peak aureole, Utah, J. Geophys.
Res., 106, 6477-6491, 2001. [PDF
version]
21.
Liu, M., Extensional
collapse of mountain belts: Insights from geodynamic modeling, Recent
Res. Devel. Geophysics, 3, 107-124,
2000.
20.
Liu, M., Shen, Y., and
Yang, Y., 2000, Gravitational collapse of orogenic
crust: A preliminary 3D finite element study: Journal of Geophysical
Research, v. 105, p. 3159-3173.
19.
Liu, M., Yang, Y.,
Stein, S., Zhu, Y., and Engeln, J., 2000,
Crustal shortening in the Andes: Why
do GPS rates differ from geological rates?:
Geophysical Research Letter, v. 27, p. 3005-3008.
18.
Flower, M., and others., 2000, Project
targets mantle dynamics and Tethyan hazard
mitigation: EOS, trans. AGU, v. 81, p. 591-601.
17.
Nabelek, P.I., and Liu, M.,
1999, Petrogenesis of leucogranites
in the Balk Hills, South
Dakota, as the consequence of shear heating
during thrusting: Geology, v. 27, p. 523-526.
16.
Nabelek, I.P., Sirbescu, M., and Liu, M., 1999, Petrogenesis
and tectonic context of the Harney Peak
granite, Black Hills,
South Dakota: Rocky
Mountain Geology, v. 34, p. 165-181.
15.
Liu, M., and Y. Shen,
1998. The Sierra Nevada uplift: A
ductile link to mantle upwelling under the Basin and Range province,
Geology, 26, 299-302.
14.
Liu, M., and Y. Shen,
1998. Crustal collapse, mantle upwelling, and Cenozoic extension in the
North American Cordillera, Tectonics, 17, 311-321.
13.
Liu, M., 1996. Dynamic
links between crustal shortening, extension, and magmatism in the North
American Cordillera, Pure. Appl. Geophys., 146, 447-467.
12.
Liu, M., and G. Zandt,
1996. Convective thermal instabilities in the wake of the migrating
Mendocino triple junction, California,
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
23, 1573-1576.
11.
Bina, C., and Liu, M., 1995. On the sensitivity of mantle
convection to mineral phase transitions, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 22.,
2565-2568.
10.
Liu, M., 1994.
Asymmetric phase effects and mantle convection patterns, Science, 264,
1904-1907.
9. Liu, M., and K.P. Furlong, 1994. Intrusion
and underplating of mafic
magmas: thermal-rheological effects and implications for Tertiary tectonomagmatism in the North American
Cordillera, Tectonophysics,
237, 175-187.
8. Liu, M., 1993, Thermal-volcanical
evolution in the California Coast Ranges, in Active Geothermal Systems
and Gold-Mercury Deposits in the Sonoma-Clear Lake Volcanic Fields,
California, Guidebook to the McLaughlin Area, Northern California,
edited by J. Rytuba, Society of Economic
Geologists, V. 16, p. 26-37.
7. Liu, M., and K.P. Furlong, 1993, Crustal
thickening and Eocene extension in the southeastern Canadian
Cordillera: Some thermal and mechanical considerations, Tectonics, 12,
776-786.
6. Liu, M., and K.P. Furlong, 1992, Cenozoic
volcanism in the California
Coast Ranges: Numerical
solutions, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 4941-4957.
5. Liu, M. and C.G. Chase, 1991. Evolution of
Hawaiian basalts: A hotspot melting model, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 104,
151-165.
4. Liu, M. and C.G. Chase, 1991. A
boundary-layer model of mantle plumes with thermal and chemical
diffusion and buoyancy, Geophysi. J. Int.
104, 433-440.
3. Liu, M., D.A. Yuen, W.
Zhao and S. Honda, 1991. Development of diapiric structure in the upper mantle due to
phase transitions, Science, 252, 1836-1839.
2. Liu, M. and C.G. Chase, 1989. Evolution of
mid-plate hotspot swells: Numerical solutions, J. Geophys.
Res., 94, 5571-5584.
1. Skulsky, T., A. Hynes, M. Liu, D. Francis, B. Rivard,
and K.S. Seymour, 1986, A continental rift model for the La Grand
greenstone belt, In: M.J. de Wit, L.D. Ashwal
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