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Overview

Yan Liang is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics covered in Yan Liang's research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Yan Liang has published numerous papers in well-regarded scientific venues. Among recent publications are:

  • "Mn-Co-Ni-O thin films prepared by sputtering with alloy target," 2020, Journal of Advanced Ceramics
  • "Formation of Amphibole-Bearing Peridotite and Amphibole-Bearing Pyroxenite Through Hydrous Melt-Peridotite Reaction and In Situ Crystallization: An Experimental Study," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Calcium diffusion in enstatite, with application to closure temperature of the Ca-in-opx thermometer," 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Decoupled Trace Element and Isotope Compositions Recorded in Orthopyroxene and Clinopyroxene in Composite Pyroxenite Veins from the Xiugugabu Ophiolite (SW Tibet)," 2022, Journal of Petrology
  • "Soot formation and laminar combustion characteristics of anisole: ReaxFF MD simulation and kinetic analysis," 2024, Carbon Neutrality

Frequent publication venues for Yan Liang include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Chuan-Zhou Liu
  • Tong Liu
  • Wei-Qi Zhang
  • Wenbin Ji
  • Qiuyun Fu

Best Publications

  • A simple model for sector zoning in slowly grown crystals; implications for growth rate and lattice diffusion, with emphasis on accessory minerals in crustal rocks

    E. Bruce Watson;Yan Liang

  • Distribution of REE between clinopyroxene and basaltic melt along a mantle adiabat: effects of major element composition, water, and temperature

    Chenguang Sun;Yan Liang

  • A REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometer for mafic and ultramafic rocks

    Yan Liang;Chenguang Sun;Lijing Yao

  • Isotope fractionation by diffusion in molten oxides

    Frank M. Richter;Yan Liang;Andrew M. Davis

  • Trace element partitioning between plagioclase and silicate melt: The importance of temperature and plagioclase composition, with implications for terrestrial and lunar magmatism

    Chenguang Sun;Chenguang Sun;Michelle Graff;Yan Liang

  • A parameterized model for REE distribution between low-Ca pyroxene and basaltic melts with applications to REE partitioning in low-Ca pyroxene along a mantle adiabat and during pyroxenite-derived melt and peridotite interaction

    Lijing Yao;Chenguang Sun;Yan Liang

  • The rate and consequences of Sr diagenesis in deep-sea carbonates

    Frank M. Richter;Yan Liang

  • A 3-D numerical study of the thermal evolution of the Moon after cumulate mantle overturn: The importance of rheology and core solidification

    Nan Zhang;E. M. Parmentier;Yan Liang

  • Diffusion in silicate melts: I. Self diffusion in CaOAl 20 3SiO 2 at 1500°C and 1 GPa

    Yan Liang;Yan Liang;Frank M. Richter;Andrew M. Davis;E. Bruce Watson

  • An experimental and numerical study of the kinetics of harzburgite reactive dissolution with applications to dunite dike formation

    Zachary Morgan;Yan Liang

  • An experimental study of the kinetics of lherzolite reactive dissolution with applications to melt channel formation

    Zachary Morgan;Yan Liang

  • An assessment of subsolidus re-equilibration on REE distribution among mantle minerals olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, and garnet in peridotites

    Chenguang Sun;Yan Liang

  • The importance of crystal chemistry on REE partitioning between mantle minerals (garnet, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and olivine) and basaltic melts

    Chenguang Sun;Yan Liang

  • The volatile contents of the Galapagos plume; evidence for H2O and F open system behavior in melt inclusions

    A.M. Koleszar;A.E. Saal;E.H. Hauri;A.N. Nagle

  • Rare earth element diffusion in natural enstatite

    Daniele J. Cherniak;Yan Liang

  • The role of lithospheric gabbros on the composition of Galapagos lavas

    A.E Saal;M.D. Kurz;S.R Hart;J.S Blusztajn

  • Kinetics of crystal‐melt reaction in partially molten silicates: 1. Grain scale processes

    Yan Liang

  • Diffusion in silicate melts: II. Multicomponent diffusion in CaOAl2O3SiO2 at 1500°C and 1 GPa

    Yan Liang;Yan Liang;Frank M. Richter;E. Bruce Watson

  • Temperatures and cooling rates recorded in REE in coexisting pyroxenes in ophiolitic and abyssal peridotites

    Nick Dygert;Yan Liang

  • A comparative study of melt-rock reactions in the mantle: laboratory dissolution experiments and geological field observations

    Emily Tursack;Yan Liang

  • Ti diffusion in natural pyroxene

    Daniele J. Cherniak;Yan Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul C. Hess
Paul C. Hess Brown University
Frank M. Richter
Frank M. Richter University of Chicago
Wen-Liang Xu
Wen-Liang Xu Jilin University
E. M. Parmentier
E. M. Parmentier Brown University
E. Bruce Watson
E. Bruce Watson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Greg Hirth
Greg Hirth Brown University
Daniele J. Cherniak
Daniele J. Cherniak University at Albany, State University of New York
Peter B. Kelemen
Peter B. Kelemen Columbia University
Jan S. Hesthaven
Jan S. Hesthaven Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andrew M. Davis
Andrew M. Davis University of Chicago

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