Green Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Welcome to Tianze's Site
Peer-reviewed articles
Liu, T., Gong, J., Fan, W., & Lin, G. (2023). In-situ Vp/Vs reveals fault-zone material variation at the westernmost Gofar transform fault, East Pacific Rise. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, PDF
Klemperer, S. L., Zhao, P., Whyte, C. J., Darrah, T. H., Crossey, L. J., Karlstrom, K. E., Liu, T., Winn, C., Hilton, D. R., Ding, L., Limited underthrusting of India below Tibet: 3He/4He analysis of thermal springs locates the mantle suture in continental collision. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(12), PDF
Liu, T., & Shearer, P. M. (2022). Likely P-to-S conversion at the core-mantle boundary extracted from array processing of noise records. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(7), PDF
Liu, T., & Shearer, P. M. (2021). Complicated lithospheric structure beneath the contiguous US revealed by teleseismic S reflections. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(5), PDF
Liu, T., Klemperer, S. L., Yu, C., & Ning, J. (2020). Post-critical SsPmp and its applications to virtual deep seismic sounding (VDSS)—3: back-projection imaging of the crust-mantle boundary in a heterogeneous lithosphere, theory and application. Geophysical Journal International, 223(3), PDF.
Sleep, N. & Liu, T. (2019). Nonlinear suppression of high-frequency S waves by the near-field velocity pulse with reference to the 2002 Denali earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(1), PDF
Liu, T., Klemperer, S. L., Ferragut, G., & Yu, C. (2019). Post-critical SsPmp and its applications to Virtual Deep Seismic Sounding (VDSS)–2: 1-D imaging of the crust/mantle and joint constraints with receiver functions., . Geophysical Journal International, 219(2), PDF
Liu, T., Klemperer, S. L., Yu, C., & Ning, J. (2018). Post-critical SsPmp and its applications to Virtual Deep Seismic Sounding (VDSS)—1: sensitivity to lithospheric 1-D and 2-D structure. Geophysical Journal International, 215(2), PDF
Tao, K., Liu, T., Ning, J., & Niu, F. (2014). Estimating sedimentary and crustal structure using wavefield continuation: theory, techniques and applications. Geophysical Journal International, 197(1), PDF
Posters and Presentations
Liu, T., Klemperer, S. L., & Ning, J. (2018). Moho depth of the Ordos Block in North China from lithospheric-mantle-corrected Virtual Deep Seismic Sounding (VDSS). Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2018, T33C-0408. PDF
Liu, T., Klemperer, S. L., Yu, C., & Ning, J. (2017). Imaging the Moho beneath sedimentary basins: A comparative study of Virtual Deep Seismic Sounding (VDSS) and P wave receiver functions (PRF). Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2017, S33A-0841. PDF
Ferragut, G. C., Liu, T., & Klemperer, S. L. (2017). Significant variation of post-critical SsPmp amplitude: Observations from the Yellowknife array. Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2017, S31B-0808. PDF
Liu, T., Chen, J., Zebker, H. A., & Klemperer, S. L. (2016). Preliminary InSAR study of a seismic "bright spot" beneath the Yadong-Gulu Rift, Tibet Plateau. Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2016, G23A-1014. PDF
Klemperer, S. L., Liu, T., Hilton, D., Karlstrom, K., & Zhao, P. (2015). Does the "mantle" helium signature provide useful information about the lithospheric architecture of Tibet/Himalaya? Invited talk, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, T13G-03. Abstract
Liu, T., Yu, C., Klemperer, S. L., & Ning, J. (2015). Lateral variation of crustal structure beneath a stable craton: Seismic evidences from Ordos, China. Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, T11B-2893. PDF
Liu, T., Tao, K., Ning, J., & Klemperer, S. L. (2014). Lithospheric structure of Ordos, China: Evidences from Virtual Deep Seismic Sounding (VDSS). Oral presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, T32A-02. Abstract
Liu, T., Tao, K., Ning, J., & Klemperer, S. L. (2013). Defining Moho in Ordos, China: A combination of different geophysical methods. Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, T11B-2446. PDF
Liu, T., Tao, K., Ning, J., & Chen Y. J. (2012). Receiver function image of the crustal structure beneath Ordos: A comparison with VDSS results. Poster presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, T33E-2701. Abstract