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3968
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Kelly H. Liu is affiliated with Missouri University of Science and Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics. Their work further delves into subfields such as Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their research topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Optical coherence tomography applications
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Geological and geophysical studies

Kelly H. Liu has contributed to various scholarly journals, frequently publishing in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geology
  • Tectonophysics
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent publications by Liu include:

  • Receiver function investigation of crustal structure in the Malawi and Luangwa rift zones and adjacent areas, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • 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, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Seismic Anisotropy and Mantle Flow in the Sumatra Subduction Zone Constrained by Shear Wave Splitting and Receiver Function Analyses, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Maternal Diabetes Induces Immune Dysfunction in Autistic Offspring Through Oxidative Stress in Hematopoietic Stem Cells, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Crustal structure beneath the Ethiopian Plateau and adjacent areas from receiver functions: Implications for partial melting and magmatic underplating, 2021, Tectonophysics

Liu frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Stephen S. Gao
  • Youqiang Yu
  • Fansheng Kong
  • Muchen Sun
  • Tuo Wang

Kelly H. Liu has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Southern African crustal evolution and composition: Constraints from receiver function studies

    Shaji K. Nair;Stephen S. Gao;Kelly H. Liu;Paul G. Silver

  • Shear wave splitting and mantle flow associated with the deflected Pacific slab beneath northeast Asia

    Kelly H. Liu;Stephen S. Gao;Yuan Gao;Jing Wu

  • Determining crustal structure beneath seismic stations overlying a low‐velocity sedimentary layer using receiver functions

    Youqiang Yu;Jianguo Song;Jianguo Song;Kelly H. Liu;Stephen S. Gao

  • Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa

    Paul G. Silver;Stephen S. Gao;Kelly H. Liu

  • Mantle Transition Zone Discontinuities beneath the Contiguous United States

    Stephen S. Gao;Kelly H. Liu

  • Northridge earthquake damage caused by geologic focusing of seismic waves

    Paul M. Davis;Justin L. Rubinstein;Kelly H. Liu;Stephen S. Gao

  • Crustal Anisotropy and Ductile Flow beneath the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and Adjacent Areas

    Fansheng Kong;Jing Wu;Kelly H. Liu;Stephen S. Gao

  • Evidence for small‐scale mantle convection in the upper mantle beneath the Baikal rift zone

    Stephen S. Gao;Kelly H. Liu;Paul M. Davis;Phillip D. Slack

  • Significant Seismic Anisotropy beneath the Southern Lhasa Terrane, Tibetan Plateau

    Stephen S. Gao;Kelly H. Liu

  • Seismic anisotropy beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent areas: Implications for mantle flow

    Stephen S. Gao;Kelly H. Liu;Mohamed G. Abdelsalam

  • Complex seismic anisotropy beneath western Tibet and its geodynamic implications

    Jing Wu;Jing Wu;Zhongjie Zhang;Fansheng Kong;Bing B. Yang

  • Spatial variations of crustal characteristics beneath the Hoggar swell, Algeria, revealed by systematic analyses of receiver functions from a single seismic station

    Kelly H. Liu;Stephen S. Gao

  • Making Reliable Shear‐Wave Splitting Measurements

    Kelly H. Liu;Stephen S. Gao

  • Mantle layering across central South America

    Kelly H. Liu;Stephen S. Gao;Paul G. Silver;Yongkai K. Zhang;Yongkai K. Zhang

  • Mantle discontinuities beneath Southern Africa

    Stephen S. Gao;Stephen S. Gao;Paul G. Silver;Kelly H. Liu

  • Significant crustal thinning beneath the Baikal rift zone: New constraints from receiver function analysis

    Stephen S. Gao;Kelly H. Liu;Chizheng Chen;Chizheng Chen

  • Apparent Weekly and Daily Earthquake Periodicities in the Western United States

    Ali Hadi Atef;Kelly H. Liu;Stephen S. Gao

  • NA‐SWS‐1.1: A uniform database of teleseismic shear wave splitting measurements for North America

    Kelly H. Liu

  • A Uniform Database of Teleseismic Shear Wave Splitting Measurements for the Western and Central United States

    Kelly H. Liu;Ahmed Elsheikh;Awad Lemnifi;Uranbaigal Purevsuren

  • Seismic azimuthal anisotropy beneath the eastern United States and its geodynamic implications

    Bin B. Yang;Yunhua Liu;Yunhua Liu;Haider Dahm;Haider Dahm;Kelly H. Liu

  • A Uniform Database of Teleseismic Shear-Wave Splitting Measurements for the Western and Central United States: December 2014 Update

    Bin B. Yang;Kelly H. Liu;Haider H. Dahm;Stephen S. Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen S. Gao
Stephen S. Gao Missouri University of Science and Technology
Paul G. Silver
Paul G. Silver Carnegie Institution for Science
Robert J. Stern
Robert J. Stern The University of Texas at Dallas
Dapeng Zhao
Dapeng Zhao Tohoku University
Mohamed G. Abdelsalam
Mohamed G. Abdelsalam Oklahoma State University
Zhongjie Zhang
Zhongjie Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul M. Davis
Paul M. Davis University of California, Los Angeles
David E. James
David E. James Carnegie Institution for Science
G. Randy Keller
G. Randy Keller University of Oklahoma
Sanzhong Li
Sanzhong Li Ocean University of China

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