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Dr. Kelly Liu is a geophysicist with a teaching and research interest in both exploration geophysics and solid-earth geophysics. Her expertise includes 3-D seismic data interpretation, digital signal processing, computational and observational seismology, seismic hazard mitigation, and layered structure detection in the earth's mantle.
Dr. Liu was elected a Geological Society of America (GSA) Fellow in 2017. According to Kevin Mickus who nominated her "Dr. Liu has been a leader in using seismic data to determine crust and mantle structure, especially using shear wave splitting and seismic anisotropy to determine the nature of tectonic environments".
CREE Senior Research Investigator
Contact Information
Geology and Geophysics Program
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri 65409-0410
(573)-341-6724 (phone)
(573)-341-6935 (fax)
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Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. in Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
… → 1998
M.S.. in Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
… → 1995
Department of Exploration, B.S. in Exploration Geophysics, China University of Petroleum
… → 1984
External positions
Associate Professor, Kansas State University
Jan 1 2005 → Jan 1 2006
Assistant Professor, Kansas State University
Jan 1 2000 → Jan 1 2005
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Kansas State University
Jan 1 1999 → Jan 1 2000
Research Interests
- Exploration of Earth's interior using geophysical methods especially passive and active seismology.
- Oil and gas exploration
- Hazard mitigation
- Crustal thickness and composition
- Mantle velocity structure and dynamics
- Crustal and mantle seismic anisotropy
- Mantle flow
- Asthenospheric flow
- Seismic anisotropy
- Continental crust
- Mantle transition zone
- Tibetan Plateau
- Continental rift
- Receiver functions
- Poisson's ratio
- Shear-wave splitting
Disciplines
- Geology
- Geophysics and Seismology
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A Tilted Broad Plume Underneath the Greenland Cratonic Keels
Wang, D., Gao, S. S., Liao, Y. & Liu, K. H., Apr 28 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 8, e2023GL107360.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Crustal Deformation In The Vicinity Of The Tan-Lu Fault Zone In East China Constrained By Receiver Function Analyses
Zheng, T., Wang, J. X., Gao, S. S., Ding, Z., Liu, K. H., Yu, Y., Gu, Q., Fan, X. & Chang, L., Apr 10 2024, In: Tectonophysics. 876, 230265.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Layered Mantle Flow Field Associated With Plate Kinematics And Slab Modulation Underneath The Horseshoe-Shaped Banda Arc-Islands
Li, S., Kong, F., Liu, K. H. & Gao, S. S., Mar 1 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 129, 3, e2023JB027694.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lithospheric Evolution of the South-Central United States Constrained by Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Surface Wave Dispersion
Wang, T., Gao, S. S., Liu, K. H., Mickus, K. L. & Chen, L., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 129, 6, e2023JB026874.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mantle Flow and Olivine Fabric Transition in the Myanmar Continental Subduction Zone
Fan, E., Ai, Y., Gao, S. S., He, Y., Liu, K. H., Jiang, M., Hou, G., Yang, S., Mon, C. T., Thant, M. & Sein, K., Jan 1 2024, In: Geology. 52, 4, p. 225-229 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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S&T's College of Engineering and Computing Honors 11 Ph.D. Students
Stutts, D. S., Ma, H., Stanley, J. J., Johnson, C. E., Xu, G., Huang, J., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F., Al-Dahhan, M. H., Liu, K. H., Luo, T., Mulligan, P. R., Chen, G., Swift, T. M., El-adaway, I. H. & Stanley, R. J.
5/2/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Study Findings from Missouri University of Science and Technology Provide New Insights into Geology (Ongoing fragmentation of the subducting Cocos slab, Central America)
Liu, K. H., Obrist-Farner, J. & Locmelis, M.
10/6/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Missouri S&T's Engineers Without Borders to visit South America; Missouri S&T's Engineers Without Borders to visit South America
5/22/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research