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James T. Liu is affiliated with National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily addresses subfields such as Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on topics including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

James T. Liu has published multiple papers in prominent scientific journals. Recent notable publications include:

  • "Power and Spectral Range Characteristics for Optical Power Converters," 2021, published in Energies
  • "Submarine topography-related spatial variability of the southern Taiwan Strait sands (East Asia)," 2021, published in Marine Geology
  • "Decreasing trend of kuroshio intrusion and its effect on the chlorophyll-a concentration in the Luzon Strait, South China Sea," 2022, published in GIScience & Remote Sensing
  • "Deciphering organic matter distribution by source-specific biomarkers in the shallow Taiwan Strait from a source-to-sink perspective," 2022, published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Characteristics of sedimentary organic carbon burial in the shallow conduit portion of source-to-sink sedimentary systems in marginal seas," 2023, published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Marine Geology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

James T. Liu collaborates regularly with several co-authors, reflecting interdisciplinary teamwork. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rick J. Yang
  • Jay Lee
  • Yu-Shih Lin
  • Yuan-Pin Chang
  • Shuqin Tao

Best Publications

  • Source-to-sink transport processes of fluvial sediments in the South China Sea

    Zhifei Liu;Yulong Zhao;Christophe Colin;Karl Stattegger

  • Impacts of large dams on downstream fluvial sedimentation: An example of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) on the Changjiang (Yangtze River)

    Zhijun Dai;James T. Liu

  • Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the northeastern South China Sea and surrounding fluvial drainage basins: Source and transport

    Zhifei Liu;Christophe Colin;Xiajing Li;Yulong Zhao;Yulong Zhao

  • Detrital fine-grained sediment contribution from Taiwan to the northern South China Sea and its relation to regional ocean circulation

    Zhifei Liu;Shouting Tuo;Christophe Colin;James T. Liu

  • Detection of the Three Gorges Dam influence on the Changjiang (Yangtze River) submerged delta

    Zhijun Dai;James T. Liu;Wen Wei;Jiyu Chen

  • Insights into Submarine Geohazards from Breaks in Subsea Telecommunication Cables

    Lionel Carter;Rachel Gavey;Peter Talling;James Liu

  • Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration

    S.-J. Kao;S.-J. Kao;R. G. Hilton;K. Selvaraj;K. Selvaraj;M. Dai

  • Cyclone-induced hyperpycnal turbidity currents in a submarine canyon

    James T. Liu;Yu-Huai Wang;Rick J. Yang;Ray T. Hsu

  • The effect of a submarine canyon on the river sediment dispersal and inner shelf sediment movements in southern Taiwan

    James T. Liu;Kuen-jang Liu;Jeff C. Huang

  • A thirteen-year record of bathymetric changes in the North Passage, Changjiang (Yangtze) estuary

    Zhijun Dai;James T. Liu;Gui Fu;Hualiang Xie

  • Kuroshio subsurface water feeds the wintertime Taiwan Warm Current on the inner East China Sea shelf

    Ergang Lian;Shouye Yang;Hui Wu;Chengfan Yang

  • From the highest to the deepest: The Gaoping River–Gaoping Submarine Canyon dispersal system

    James T. Liu;Ray T. Hsu;Jia-Jang Hung;Yuan-Pin Chang

  • Sediment trapping of turbidity maxima in the Changjiang Estuary

    Jiaxue Wu;James T. Liu;Xia Wang

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coastal sediments of southwest Taiwan: an appraisal of diagnostic ratios in source recognition.

    Jheng-Jie Jiang;Chon-Lin Lee;Meng-Der Fang;Meng-Der Fang;James T. Liu

  • Gravity flows associated with flood events and carbon burial: Taiwan as instructional source area.

    James T. Liu;Shuh-Ji Kao;Chih-An Huh;Chin-Chang Hung

  • Geochemistry of river-borne clays entering the East China Sea indicates two contrasting types of weathering and sediment transport processes

    Lei Bi;Shouye Yang;Chao Li;Yulong Guo

  • Turbulent mixing and internal tides in Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon, Taiwan

    I-Huan Lee;Ren-Chieh Lien;James T. Liu;Wen-ssn Chuang

  • Sediment dynamics in a submarine canyon: a case of river–sea interaction

    James T. Liu;Hui-ling Lin

  • Cyclone-driven deep sea injection of freshwater and heat by hyperpycnal flow in the subtropics

    Shuh-Ji Kao;Shuh-Ji Kao;Minhan Dai;K. Selvaraj;W. Zhai

  • Frequent sediment density flows during 2006 to 2015, triggered by competing seismic and weather events: Observations from subsea cable breaks off southern Taiwan

    Rachel Gavey;Lionel Carter;James T. Liu;Peter J. Talling

  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Coastal Sediments of Southwestern Taiwan: an Appraisal of Diagnostic Ratios in Source Recognition

    Jheng-Jie Jiang;Chon-Lin Lee;Meng-Der Fang;James T. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuh-Ji Kao
Shuh-Ji Kao Hainan University
Chih-An Huh
Chih-An Huh Academia Sinica
Albert Galy
Albert Galy University of Lorraine
Niels Hovius
Niels Hovius University of Potsdam
Shouye Yang
Shouye Yang Tongji University
Zhifei Liu
Zhifei Liu Tongji University
Christophe Colin
Christophe Colin University of Paris-Saclay
Chen-Tung Arthur Chen
Chen-Tung Arthur Chen National Sun Yat-sen University
Saulwood Lin
Saulwood Lin National Taiwan University
Minhan Dai
Minhan Dai Xiamen University

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