Publications

                   

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Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and M.G. Abelsalam (2009), Lithospheric fabrics and asthenospheric flow beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent areas: insights from shear-wave splitting measurements, (submitted).

 

Liu, K.H. (2009), NA-SWS-1.1: A uniform database of teleseismic shear-wave splitting measurements for North America, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10, Q05011, doi:10.1029/2009GC002440. pdf.

 

Atef, A., K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao (2009), Apparent weekly and daily earthquake periodicities in the western United State, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 2273-2279, doi: 10.1785/0120080217.

 

Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu (2009), Significant seismic anisotropy beneath the southern Lhasa Terrane, Tibetan Plateau, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10, Q02008, doi:10.1029/2008GC002227. pdf

 

Gao,S.S., K.H. Liu, R.J. Stern, G.R. Keller, J.P. Hogan, J. Pulliam, and E.Y. Anthony,

Characteristics of mantle fabrics beneath the southern-central United State: Constraints from shear-wave splitting measurements, Geosphere, Vol. 4, pp. 411-417, 2008. pdf

 

Gao,S.S., T.M. Niemi, R.A. Black, K.H. Liu, R.R. Anderson, R.M. Joeckel, R.W. Busby, and J. Taber,

Rationale for a permanent seismic network in the Central Plains utilizing USArray,

Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, Vol. 89, Page 85, 2008. pdf

 

Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, Y. Gao, and J. Wu,
Shear-wave splitting and mantle flow associated with the deflected Pacific slab beneath northeast Asia,  Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, B01305, doi:10.1029/2007JB005178, 2008. pdf

 

Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao,
Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Baikal rift and adjacent areas,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, B11301, doi:10.1029/2005JB004099, 2006. pdf

 

Nair, S.K., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, and P.G. Silver,
Southern African crustal evolution and composition: Constraints from receiver function studies,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, B02304, doi:10.1029/2005JB003802, 2006. pdf

 

Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and C. Chen,
Significant crustal thinning beneath the Baikal rift zone: New constraints from receiver function analysis,
Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 31, L20610, doi:10.1029/2004GL020813, 2004. pdf

 

Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu,
Seafloor asymmetry in the Atlantic Ocean,
Oceanic and Coastal Sea Research, Vol. 3, pp. 191-194, 2004.

 

Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, P.G. Silver, and Y. Zhang
Mantle Layering Across Central South America,
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108, No. B11, 2510, doi:10.1029/2002JB002208, 2003. pdf

 

Hubbard, M.S., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, K.E. Nicolaysen, and C.G. Oviatt,
Great Plains workshop held to prepare for USArray Deployment,
Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, Vol. 84, Pages 314 and 320, 2003.

 

Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, P.M. Davis, P.D. Slack, Y. A. Zorin, V.V. Mordvinova, and V.M. Kozhevnikov,
Evidence for Small-Scale Mantle Convection in the Upper Mantle Beneath the Baikal Rift Zone,
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108(B4), 2194, doi:10.1029/2002JB002039, pp. 5: 1-12, 2003. pdf

 

Liu, K.H. ,
Effects of inelasticity on the apparent depth and detectability of seismic discontinuities in the mantle,
Geophysical Research Letters, 30(9), 1455, doi:10.1029/2002GL015264, 2003. pdf

 

Gao, S.S, P.G. Silver, K.H. Liu, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group,
Mantle Discontinuities Beneath Southern Africa,
Geophysical Research Letters, 29(10), P. 1291-1294, 10.1029/2001GL013834, 2002. pdf

 

Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao,
Characterization of a Continuous, Very Narrow-band Seismic Signal Near 2.08 Hz,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91: 1910-1916, 2001. pdf

 

Silver, P.G., S.S. Gao, K.H. Liu, and the Kaapvaal Seismic Group,
Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa,
Geophysical Research Letters, 28: 2493-2496, 2001. pdf

 

Davis, P. M., J. L. Rubinstein, K. H. Liu, S. Gao, L. Knopoff,
Northridge earthquake damage caused by geologic focusing of seismic waves,
Science, 289:, 1746-1750, 2000. pdf

 

Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, A.W. Rigor, Yu.A. Zorin, V.V. Mordvinova, V.M. Kozhevnikov, and N. A. Logatchev,
SKS splitting beneath continental rift zones,
Reply to Comment by Vauchez et al. on "SKS splitting beneath continental rift zones" by Gao et al.,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 104: 10,791-10,794, 1999. pdf

 

Liu, H.,
Path and Site Effects on Localized Damage Caused by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake,
PhD thesis, UCLA, 258pp, 1998.

 

Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, A.W. Rigor, Yu.A. Zorin, V.V. Mordvinova, V.M. Kozhevnikov, and N. A. Logatchev,
SKS splitting beneath continental rift zones,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 102:, 22,781-22,797, 1997. pdf

 

Liu, H., S. Gao, and P. M. Davis,
Analysis of Northridge aftershock amplitudes and damage,
Annual report of the Southern California Earthquake Center, B8-B13, 1997.

 

Davis, P.M., H. Liu, and S. Gao,
Progress report: Northridge earthquake aftershock analysis,
Annual report of the Southern California Earthquake Center, 1996.

 

Gao, S., H. Liu, P.M. Davis, and L. Knopoff,
Localized amplification of seismic waves and correlation with damage due to the Northridge earthquake: evidence for focusing in Santa Monica,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86: No. 1B, pp. S209-S230, Feb. 1996. pdf

 

Kohler, M. D., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, M. Benthien, S. Gao, G. S. Fuis, R. W. Clayton, D. Okaya, and J. Mori,
Data report for the 1993 Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE93), Southern California: a passive study from Seal Beach northeastward through the Mojave Desert,
USGS Open File Report, OF 96-0085, 1996.

 

Gao, S., H. Liu, P.M. Davis, L. Knopoff, and G. Fuis,
A 98-station seismic array to record aftershocks of the 1994 Northridge earthquake,
USGS Open File Report, OF 96-690, 1996. html

 

Liu, H., P.M. Davis, and S. Gao,
SKS splitting beneath southern California,
Geophysical Research Letters, 22: 767-770, 1995. pdf

 

Davis, P.M, S. Gao, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, M. Benthien and D. Daniels,
Baikal 1992 seismic array project data report,
DARPA/NMRO and IRIS Data Management Center, 1994.

 

Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P. Slack, Y.A. Zorin, N.A. Logatchev, M. Kogan, P. Burkholder and R.P. Meyer,
Asymmetric upwarp of the asthenosphere beneath the Baikal rift zone, Siberia,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 99: 15,319-15,330, 1994. pdf

 

Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, Yu.A. Zorin, V.V. Mordvinova, V.M. Kozhevnikov, and R.P. Meyer,
Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath the Baikal rift zone,
Nature, 371: 149-151, 1994. pdf

 

Gao, S., P.M. Davis, H. Liu, P.D. Slack, Yu.A. Zorin, N.A. Logatchev, M.G. Kogan, P.D. Burkholder, and R.P. Meyer,
Preliminary Results of Teleseismic Studies of the Mantle of the Baikal Rift,
Physics of the Earth, N7-8: 113-122, Moscow, Russia, 1994. html

 

Tian, C., D. Li, Z. Wang, H. Liu, and T. Liu,
A Synthetical study on beach dam facies in Eogene system Raoyang depression,
J. of East China Petroleum Inst., 10: 1-8, Dec. 1986.

 

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MEETING PRESENTATIONS

Liu, K.H. and S.S. Gao, 2008. First-order characteristics of mantle fabrics revealed by

teleseismic shear-wave splitting parameters at broadband seismic stations in North America, Eos, Trans. AGU, 89(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract S44A-02.

 

Moidaki, M., S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu, 2008. Rift-parallel magmatic dykes beneath the Midcontinent rift: evidence from shear-wave splitting analysis, Eos, Trans. AGU, 89(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract S44A-03.

 

Moidaki, M. K.H. Liu, S.S. Gao, J.P. Hogan, M.G. Abdelsalam, 2007. Shear wave splitting beneath the New Madrid seismic zon and adjacent areas, Eos, Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S42A-08.

 

Gao,S.S., K.H. Liu, R.J. Stern, G.R. Keller, J.P. Hogan, J. Pulliam, E. Anthony, 2007. Characteristics of mantle fabrics beneath the southern-central United States: Constraints from shear-wave splitting measurements, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V34A-08.

 

Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu, 2007. A uniform database of shear-wave splitting parameters for North America, Gordon Research Conferences.

 

Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, Y. Gao, and J. Wu, 2007. Shear-wave splitting and mantle flow associated with the deflected Pacific slab beneath northeast Asia, Gordon Research Conferences.

 

Cullers, R.L., S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu, A Geologic Classification of Worldwide Seismic Sites, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2005.

 

Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and R.L. Cullers, Crustal thickness beneath ocean islands, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2005.

 

Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao, A Cold Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the Baikal Rift, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2005.

 

Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, Z. Zhang, and Y. Gao, Searching for the difference in attenuation between the fast and slow shear waves, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2004.

 

Kaur, K., Y. Gao, K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao, Mantle anisotropy above the deflected Pacific slab beneath Northeast China, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2004.

 

Liu, K.H., S. Gao, and S.K. Nair, Temporal variations of crustal characteristics
AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2004.

 

Chinaka, C., K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao, Constraints on South American crustal evolution and composition from crustal Poisson's ratio and thickness measurements, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2003.

 

Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao, Searching for sharp lower-mantle discontinuities in the lower mantle beneath the western United States by stacking thousands of P-to-S converted phases, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2003.

 

Nair, S.N., K.H. Liu, S.S. Gao, and P.G. Silver, Spatial variations in crustal thickness and Vp/Vs ratio in southern Africa and their geological implications, AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2003.

 

Bruce, E., R. Yarnell, S. Gao, and K.H. Liu, Mantle structure and dynamics beneath east Asia: consequences of subducting slabs and continental collision, GSA meeting in Kansas City, 2003.

 

Gao, S.S., A. Cao, C. Chen, M. Hubbard, K.H. Liu, C. Oviatt, J. Zachary, and Y. Zhang, Small earthquakes in NE Kansas and their possible causes, GSA meeting in Kansas City, 2003.

 

Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu, Systematic Measurements of Splitting Parameters of P-to-S Converted Phases from Mantle Discontinuities, Fall AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2002.

 

Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao, Structure of the 660-km discontinuity below a deflected slab: complex or simple? Fall AGU annual meeting in San Francisco, 2002.

 

Chen, C., S.S. Gao, and K.H. Liu, Variation of Crustal Thickness and Vp/Vs Across Mongolian Foldbelt, the Baikal Rift, and Siberian Platform: Observations and Interpretation, GSA annual meeting in Denver, 2002.

 

Gao, S.S., and K.H. Liu, Aimin Cao, Chizheng Chen, Mary Hubbard, Jim Zachary, Yongkai Zhang, Old Rifts Never Die: Crustal Thickening Across the Midcontinent Rift and Its Possible Role in Post-rifting Tectonics, GSA annual meeting in Denver, 2002.

 

Liu, K.H., and S.S. Gao, Possible Seismic Discontinuities in the Lower Mantle, Oral presentation, chaired the session, GSA annual meeting in Denver, 2002.

 

Cao, A., K.H. Liu, and S.S. Gao, Evidences of a Stalled-Slab beneath the Coast Ranges, California, from Seismicity and Converted Phases, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2001.

 

Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, and P.G. Silver, SKS/SKKS Splitting Parameters Beneath GSN Stations: A Web-Based Database, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2001.

 

Liu, K.H., S.S. Gao, A. Cao, Y. Zhang, J. Zachary, and C. Chen, Mantle Layering Beneath GSN Stations from Nonlinear Stacking of P-to-S Converted Waves,
Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 2001.

 

Gao, S.S., K.H. Liu, P.G. Silver, and R. Willemann, Near Real-Time Determination of Shear-Wave Splitting Parameters IAGA-IASPEI Joint Scientific Assembly in Vietnam, 2001.

Kelly Liu

Ph.D. in Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA, 1998

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