主要从事地球动力学数值模拟方法开发与地学实例应用研究，通过地质、地球化学、地球物理等天然观测与动力学数值模拟的交叉应用，深入解析地球深部动力学过程与浅表构造、岩浆、地形演化之间的耦合关联，为揭示地球特定演化阶段的主导动力学机制提供定量约束。主要研究方向包括：

深部地幔对流的演化过程与浅部响应；

板内构造岩浆迁移的驱动过程与机制；

异常俯冲事件的启动机制与演化过程；

长期板块汇聚的驱动机制与浅部响应；

克拉通演化与破坏的控制过程与机制；

多层级穿地壳岩浆系统的形成与演化。

现已指导/联合指导过博士研究生、硕士研究生7名，指导本科生毕业设计及“科创计划”项目4项。课题组具备完善的数值模拟研究条件，拥有高性能计算集群及多台高性能工作站。欢迎具有地质学专业背景、对解读地球深部演化与深浅耦合效应充满热情的硕士生、博士生及博士后加入团队（即使招生简章未列招生计划，也可通过借用招生名额或联合培养等方式进行招生，欢迎随时联系~）。

1、中国科学院广州地球化学研究所2024年度代表性成果；

2、中国科学院广州地球化学研究所2023年度代表性成果；

3、第七届地球系统科学大会青年学者论坛大会报告；

4、涂光炽优秀青年学者计划A类（2021）；

5、博士研究生国家奖学金（2018）。

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liang-Liu-63. Research Gate

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1. Liu, L.*, Liu, L.J., Xu Y.G., Morgan, J.P.*, 2024c. Intermittent terrane arrival induces pulses of inland tectonic cycles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

2. Liu, L.*, Cao, Z., Morgan, J.P. *, Li, H.Y., Yang, F., and Xu, Y.G., 2024a. Long-lived Northern Hemisphere convergence systems driven by upper-mantle thermal inhomogeneity. Geology.

3. Liu, L.*, Li, H.Y.*, Liu, L.J., Ryan, J.G., Morgan, Ren, K.X., J.P., Xu, Y.G., 2024b. Horizontally Forced Initiation of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Subduction Zone. Communications Earth & Environment.

4. Liu, L.*, Liu, L.J.*, Morgan, J.P., Xu, Y.G. and Chen, L., 2023. New constraints on Cenozoic subduction between India and Tibet. Nature Communications.

5. Liu, L., Liu, L.J, and Xu, Y.G., 2021b. Intermittent Post-Paleocene continental collision in South Asia. Geophysical Research Letters.

6. Liu, L., Liu, L.J., and Xu, Y.G., 2021a. Mesozoic intraplate tectonism of East Asia due to flat subduction of a composite Yanshanian slab. Earth-Science Reviews.

7. Liu, L., Liu, L.J., Xu, Y.G., Xia, B., Ma, Q. and Menzies, M., 2019. Development of a dense cratonic keel prior to the destruction of the North China Craton: constraints from sedimentary records and numerical simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

8. Liu, L.*, Morgan, J.P*., Xu, Y. G.*, and Menzies, M., 2018a. Craton Destruction Part I: Cratonic Keel Delamination along a weak Mid‐Lithospheric Discontinuity layer, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

9. Liu, L.*, Morgan, J.P.*, Xu, Y. G.*, and Menzies, M., 2018b. Craton Destruction Part II: Evolution of Cratonic Lithosphere after a Rapid Keel Delamination Event, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

10. Yang, F., Huang, X.L., Xu, Y.G., … Liu, L., 2024. Excessive subsidence of oceanic basins caused by recycled oceanic crust in the mantle source: A new perspective on the oceanic topography within Southeast Asia. Geology.

11. Zou, Z.Y., Ma, Q., Xu, Y.G., Liu, L., et al., 2024. Stratigraphic and U-Pb zircon age constraints on the timing of the Yanliao Biota in northern China. Geological Society of America Bulletin.

12. Wu, X., Hu, J., Chen, L., Liu, L. and Liu, L., 2023. Paleogene India-Eurasia collision constrained by observed plate rotation. Nature Communications.

13. Xin, J., Zhang, H., Orellana‐Rovirosa, F., Li, Z.H., Liu, L., Xu, Y.G., Zhang, Z. and Shi, Y., 2023. Dynamics of Oceanic Slab Tearing During Transform‐Fault Horizontally‐Oblique Subduction: Insights From 3D Numerical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

14. Li, H.Y., Xie, C., Ryan, J.G., Spencer, C.J., Liu, L. and Xu, Y.G., 2023. Pb-Sr isotopes of the Kurile arc provide evidence for Indian-type oceanic crust in the Pacific basin. Lithos.

15. Peng, L., Liu L.J., and Liu, L., 2022. The Fate of Delaminated Cratonic Lithosphere. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

16. Liu, L.J., Peng, D., Liu, L., Chen, L., Li, S., Wang, Y., Cao, Z. and Feng, M., 2021. East Asian lithospheric evolution dictated by multistage Mesozoic flat-slab subduction. Earth-Science Reviews.

17. Liu, H.Q., Xu, Y.G., Wei, G.J., Wei, J.X., Yang, F., Chen, X.Y., Liu, L. and Wei, X., 2016. B isotopes of Carboniferous‐Permian volcanic rocks in the Tuha basin mirror a transition from subduction to intraplate setting in Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

18. Sun, M.D., Lin, Q., Ramezani, J., Liu, J.S., Lu, Z.A., Yang, H.Q., Bai, J.H., Cai, S.X., Chen, J.C., Chen, X.Y. and Cui, H., 2025. Terrestrial ecosystem response to Early Cretaceous global environmental change: A calibrated, high-resolution Aptian record from Northeast China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.