Kelly Liu

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

      

Research

Research Interests

 

I am a geophysicist with a teaching and research interest in both exploration geophysics and solid-earth geophysics. My 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.

                                         Selected Research Projects

A Joint Study of Geology and Subsurface Structure beneath Libya

Integrated Studies of Early Stages of Continental Extension: from Incipient to Young Rifts

Comprehensive Analyses of Broadband Seismic Data Recorded in the Afar Depression

Mantle Anisotropic Structure and Dynamics beneath the Western United States

Desert Eyes: Origin and Evolution of Enigmatic Domes and Basins in Egypt (Field Photos)

Significant and complex seismic anisotropy beneath the Himalayas and the southern Tibet

Testing the hypothesis of pervasive two-layer azimuthal anisotropy beneath North America

IRES: Reconstructing the geological history of the Egyptian Nile (Field Photos)  

4D anatomy of continental rifts transitioning into sea floor spreading

Lower mantle velocity discontinuities

Spatial variation of mantle velocity discontinuities across South America

SKS splitting beneath southern California

Path and Site Effects on Localized Damage Caused by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake

Seismic Study of Continental Orogenic Zones: The Rocky Mountains and the Midcontinent Rift

Continental Crustal Composition and Evolution: Constraints from Receiver Function Analysis

 

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Formerly University of Missouri-Rolla

MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY