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Overview

Xin Liu is affiliated with the Ocean University of China in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specific focus on Geophysics. Their research interests encompass a range of specialized topics, including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects, and Silk-based biomaterials and applications.

Their recent scholarly output includes several significant papers published in notable scientific journals. Key publications include:

  • Seismic evidence for a plume-modified oceanic lithosphere-asthenosphere system beneath Cape Verde, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • Seismic Anisotropy Tomography and Mantle Dynamics, 2023, Surveys in Geophysics
  • Seismic structure and subduction dynamics of the western Japan arc, 2021, Tectonophysics
  • Seismic anisotropy and geodynamics of the East Japan subduction zone, 2023, Journal of Geodynamics
  • Oceanic plate subduction and continental extrusion in Sumatra: Insight from S-wave anisotropic tomography, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

The scientist frequently publishes in several journals, with multiple contributions to the following venues:

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Tectonophysics
  • Minerals
  • Surveys in Geophysics

Xin Liu collaborates regularly with a number of researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Dapeng Zhao
  • Qingyu Qiao
  • Zhao Long
  • Xiao Wang
  • Yue Wu

Their scholarly activity is primarily centered on Geophysics within the broader discipline of Earth and Planetary Sciences. This focus is reflected in 45 publications related to Geophysics, supported by additional work in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

Best Publications

  • Closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and Early Paleozoic amalgamation of microcontinental blocks in East Asia

    Sanzhong Li;Shujuan Zhao;Xin Liu;Huahua Cao

  • Age of the subducting Pacific slab beneath East Asia and its geodynamic implications

    Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Dapeng Zhao;Sanzhong Li;Wei Wei

  • Mesozoic basins in eastern China and their bearing on the deconstruction of the North China Craton

    Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;Liming Dai;Xin Liu

  • Paleoproterozoic structural evolution of the southern segment of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;M. Santosh;Xin Liu

  • Cenozoic faulting of the Bohai Bay Basin and its bearing on the destruction of the eastern North China Craton

    Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;Liming Dai;Lihong Zhou

  • Palaeoproterozoic tectonothermal evolution and deep crustal processes in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton: A review

    S. Z. Li;G. C. Zhao;M. Santosh;X. Liu

  • Seismic anisotropy tomography: New insight into subduction dynamics

    Dapeng Zhao;Sheng Yu;Xin Liu

  • Cenozoic tectonic jumping and implications for hydrocarbon accumulation in basins in the East Asia Continental Margin

    Yanhui Suo;Yanhui Suo;Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Shan Yu;Shan Yu;Ian D. Somerville

  • Seismic attenuation tomography of the Northeast Japan arc: Insight into the 2011 Tohoku earthquake (Mw 9.0) and subduction dynamics

    Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Dapeng Zhao;Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li

  • Mesozoic–Cenozoic evolution and mechanism of tectonic geomorphology in the central North China Block: Constraint from apatite fission track thermochronology

    Xianzhi Cao;Xianzhi Cao;Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Liqing Xu;Liqing Xu;Lingli Guo;Lingli Guo

  • TECTONIC TRANSITION AND PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE EAST ASIAN CONTINENTAL MAGIN

    Sanzhong Li;Shan Yu;Shujuan Zhao;Xin Liu

  • The northern boundary of the Proto-Tethys Ocean: Constraints from structural analysis and U–Pb zircon geochronology of the North Qinling Terrane

    Shujuan Zhao;Shujuan Zhao;Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Xin Liu;Xin Liu;M. Santosh

  • Seismic heterogeneity and anisotropy of the southern Kuril arc: insight into megathrust earthquakes

    Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Dapeng Zhao;Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li

  • P and S wave tomography of Japan subduction zone from joint inversions of local and teleseismic travel times and surface-wave data

    Xin Liu;Dapeng Zhao

  • Paleoproterozoic granulite-facies metamorphism and anatexis in the Oulongbuluke Block, NW China: Respond to assembly of the Columbia supercontinent

    Shengyao Yu;Shengyao Yu;Jianxin Zhang;Sanzhong Li;Deyou Sun

  • Seismic attenuation tomography of the Southwest Japan arc: new insight into subduction dynamics

    Xin Liu;Dapeng Zhao

  • On the trade‐off between seismic anisotropy and heterogeneity: Numerical simulations and application to Northeast Japan

    Zhouchuan Huang;Dapeng Zhao;Xin Liu

  • Numerical modeling of Late Miocene tectonic inversion in the Xihu Sag, East China Sea Shelf Basin, China

    Liming Dai;Liming Dai;Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Da Lou;Xin Liu;Xin Liu

  • Seismic attenuation tomography of the source zone of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake (M 7.3)

    Zewei Wang;Zewei Wang;Dapeng Zhao;Xin Liu;Xibing Li

  • Upper and lower plate controls on the great 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake

    Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Dapeng Zhao

  • P and S wave attenuation tomography of the Japan subduction zone

    Zewei Wang;Dapeng Zhao;Xin Liu;Chuanxu Chen

  • Coupling and transition of Meso–Cenozoic intracontinental deformation between the Taihang and Qinling Mountains

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Lingli Guo;Lingli Guo;Liqing Xu;Liqing Xu;Ian D. Somerville

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanzhong Li
Sanzhong Li Ocean University of China
Dapeng Zhao
Dapeng Zhao Tohoku University
Ian D. Somerville
Ian D. Somerville University College Dublin
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Shengyao Yu
Shengyao Yu Ocean University of China
Xibing Li
Xibing Li Central South University
Xiaochun Liu
Xiaochun Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Jianxin Zhang
Jianxin Zhang Hebei University of Technology
Yixian Xu
Yixian Xu Zhejiang University

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