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Liangshu Wang

Liangshu Wang

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
3912
World Ranking
8397
National Ranking
542

Overview

Liangshu Wang is affiliated with Nanjing University in China. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on geophysics as a subfield. Their work also intersects with atmospheric science and earth-surface processes.

The scientist's research interests cover fundamental topics including high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic waves and analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, and geological formations and processes.

Wang has published extensively in several key journals within their field. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Tectonophysics

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Wang include:

  • Sharp Lateral Moho Variations Across the SE Tibetan Margin and Their Implications for Plateau Growth, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Layered crustal azimuthal anisotropy beneath the northeastern Tibetan Plateau revealed by Rayleigh-wave Eikonal tomography, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Restricted lithospheric extrusion in the SE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from anisotropic Rayleigh-wave tomography, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Layered crustal anisotropy and deformation in the SE Tibetan plateau revealed by Markov-Chain-Monte-Carlo inversion of receiver functions, 2020, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • P and S wave tomography of east-central China: insight into past and present mantle dynamics, 2021, Tectonophysics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wang include Zhouchuan Huang, Mingjie Xu, Ning Mi, Mijian Xu, and Dayong Yu.

Best Publications

  • Two crustal low-velocity channels beneath SE Tibet revealed by joint inversion of Rayleigh wave dispersion and receiver functions

    Xuewei Bao;Xuewei Bao;Xiaoxiao Sun;Mingjie Xu;David W. Eaton

  • Crust and upper mantle structure of the North China Craton and the NE Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications

    Xuewei Bao;Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;Mingjie Xu;Liangshu Wang

  • Mantle structure and dynamics beneath SE Tibet revealed by new seismic images

    Zhouchuan Huang;Pan Wang;Mingjie Xu;Liangshu Wang

  • Seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath China

    Zhouchuan Huang;Zhouchuan Huang;Liangshu Wang;Dapeng Zhao;Ning Mi

  • P wave tomography and anisotropy beneath Southeast Asia: Insight into mantle dynamics

    Zhouchuan Huang;Dapeng Zhao;Liangshu Wang

  • Seismic heterogeneity and anisotropy of the Honshu arc from the Japan Trench to the Japan Sea

    Zhouchuan Huang;Zhouchuan Huang;Dapeng Zhao;Liangshu Wang

  • Shear wave anisotropy in the crust, mantle wedge, and subducting Pacific slab under northeast Japan

    Zhouchuan Huang;Zhouchuan Huang;Dapeng Zhao;Liangshu Wang

  • The tectonic evolution of the Qiongdongnan Basin in the northern margin of the South China Sea

    Bo Hu;Liangshu Wang;Wenbo Yan;Shaowen Liu

  • Shear wave splitting in the southern margin of the Ordos Block, north China

    Zhouchuan Huang;Mingjie Xu;Liangshu Wang;Ning Mi

  • Crustal structure beneath SE Tibet from joint analysis of receiver functions and Rayleigh wave dispersion

    Xiaoxiao Sun;Xuewei Bao;Xuewei Bao;Mingjie Xu;David W. Eaton

  • Present‐Day Geothermal Regime in Tarim Basin, Northwest China

    Chang-Ge Feng;Shao-Wen Liu;Liang-Shu Wang;Cheng Li

  • Upper mantle structure and dynamics beneath Southeast China

    Zhouchuan Huang;Zhouchuan Huang;Liangshu Wang;Dapeng Zhao;Mingjie Xu

  • Aseismic Deep Slab and Mantle Flow Beneath Alaska: Insight From Anisotropic Tomography

    Tao Gou;Tao Gou;Dapeng Zhao;Zhouchuan Huang;Liangshu Wang

  • Teleseismic shear-wave splitting in SE Tibet: Insight into complex crust and upper-mantle deformation

    Zhouchuan Huang;Liangshu Wang;Mingjie Xu;Zhifeng Ding

  • Lithospheric structure of the Ordos Block and its boundary areas inferred from Rayleigh wave dispersion

    Xuewei Bao;Mingjie Xu;Liangshu Wang;Ning Mi

  • P and S Wave Tomography Beneath the SE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for Lithospheric Delamination

    Zhouchuan Huang;Liangshu Wang;Mingjie Xu;Dapeng Zhao

  • Insight into the subducted Indian slab and origin of the Tengchong volcano in SE Tibet from receiver function analysis

    Mijian Xu;Hui Huang;Zhouchuan Huang;Pan Wang

  • P Wave Anisotropic Tomography of the SE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for the Crustal and Upper‐Mantle Deformations

    Zhouchuan Huang;Liangshu Wang;Mingjie Xu;Dapeng Zhao

  • Insight into NE Tibetan Plateau expansion from crustal and upper mantle anisotropy revealed by shear-wave splitting

    Zhouchuan Huang;Frederik Tilmann;Mingjie Xu;Liangshu Wang

  • Two episodes of Paleoproterozoic metamorphosed mafic dykes in the Lvliang Complex: Implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Xi Wang;Wenbin Zhu;Rongfeng Ge;Meng Luo

  • Three-dimensional P wave azimuthal anisotropy in the lithosphere beneath China

    Zhouchuan Huang;Pan Wang;Dapeng Zhao;Liangshu Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Dapeng Zhao
Dapeng Zhao Tohoku University
Hui Huang
Hui Huang Shenzhen University
Xiaodong Song
Xiaodong Song Peking University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Frederik Tilmann
Frederik Tilmann Freie Universität Berlin
Xiaohui Yuan
Xiaohui Yuan University of Potsdam
Liangshu Shu
Liangshu Shu Nanjing University
David W. Eaton
David W. Eaton University of Calgary
Toru Matsuzawa
Toru Matsuzawa Tohoku University
Yongxiang Li
Yongxiang Li RMIT University

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