Dr. Sibiao Liu

Scientific Interests

• Geodynamics and geophysics
• Oceanic plate: Mid-ocean ridge – transforms and subduction zones
• Continental plate: mountain belts and foreland basins
• Numerical geodynamic code development
• Geo-data visualization and auralization

Education and career

• since 03/2021  Associate Researcher at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
• 03/2020 – 02/2021  Postdoc at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• 03/2019 – 02/2020  Research Scholar at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

 

• 11/2015 – 02/2020  Ph.D. in Geophysics at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences/ Universität Potsdam, Germany. Supervsor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Sobolev
• 09/2012 – 11/2014  M.Sc. in Geophysics at University of Alberta, Canada. Supervsor: Prof. Claire Currie, PhD.
• 09/2007 – 08/2011  B.Sc. in Geophysics at China University of Geosciences Beijing, China

Projects

• since 03/2022  Structure, tectonic and petroleum system evolution of the southern Central Andes at 36°S: inferences from field geology and numerical modelling. (with Dr. Matías Barrionuevo). Funding institution: Ministry of Science of Argentina, Argentina
• since 10/2021  Structures and Dynamics of Mid-Ocean Ridge - Transform Fault System. (with Prof. Lars Rüpke). Funding institution: the North German Supercomputing Alliance (HLRN), Germany
• 10/2016 – 09/2019  High-resolution subduction modelling of Cenozoic Andean Orogeny. (with Prof. Stephan Sobolev). Funding institution: the North German Supercomputing Alliance (HLRN), Germany
• 11/2015 – 12/2018   Controls of Cenozoic foreland-deformation patterns. Funding institution: the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany
• 09/2012 – 08/2014  Geodynamic modeling of flat-slab subduction during the Laramide orogeny. Funding institution: University of Alberta, Canada

Engagement in the scientific system

• 07/2022 – Present   Reviewer for the international journals Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Journale International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Tectonophysics
• 09/2022 – 10/2023  Steering Committee Representative, FYORD program, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
• 10/2021 – 10/2023  Postdoc Speaker at GEOMAR, Germany
• 02/2011 – 06/2011  Undergraduate Mentor, China University of Geosciences Beijing, China
• 07/2008 – 08/2008  Math lecture, Beijing Tongxin Experimental Primary School, China

Publications

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• Chen, M., Tao, C., Rüpke, L. H., Liu, Y., Wang, H., & Liu, S. (2023). Lithospheric structure controls the intermittent detachment faulting on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, e2023JB026467. doi.org/10.1029/2023JB026467
• Liu, S., Guo, Z., Rüpke, L. H., Morgan, J. P., Grevemeyer, I., , Ren, Y., & Li, C. (2023). Sensitivity of gravity anomalies to mantle rheology at mid-ocean ridge – transform fault systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 622, 118420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118420
• Guo, Z., Liu, S., Rüpke, L. H., Grevemeyer, I., Morgan, J. P., Lange, D., Ren, Y., & Tao, C. (2023). Disparate crustal thicknesses beneath oceanic transform faults and adjacent fracture zones revealed by gravity anomalies. Geology, 51(3), 300–304. doi.org/10.1130/G50429.1
• Liu, S., Sobolev, S. V., Babeyko, A. Y., & Pons, M. (2022). Controls of the Foreland Deformation Pattern in the Orogen-Foreland Shortening System: Constraints From High-Resolution Geodynamic Models. Tectonics, 41(2), e2021TC007121. doi.org/10.1029/2021TC007121
• Pons, M., Sobolev, S. V., Liu, S., & Neuharth, D. (2022). Hindered Trench Migration Due To Slab Steepening Controls the Formation of the Central Andes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(12), e2022JB025229. doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025229
• Giambiagi, L., Tassara, A., Echaurren, A., Julve, J., Quiroga, R., Barrionuevo, M., Liu, S., et al. (2022). Crustal anatomy and evolution of a subduction-related orogenic system: Insights from the Southern Central Andes (22-35°S). Earth-Science Reviews, 232, 104-138. doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104138
• Barrionuevo, M., Liu, S., Mescua, J., Yagupsky, D., Quinteros, J., Giambiagi, L., et al. (2021). The influence of variations in crustal composition and lithospheric strength on the evolution of deformation processes in the southern Central Andes: insights from geodynamic models. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 110(7), 2361–2384. doi.org/10.1007/s00531-021-01982-5
• Liu, S. (2020). Controls of foreland-deformation patterns in the orogen-foreland shortening system (doctoralthesis). Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. doi.org/10.25932/publishup-44573
• Ibarra, F., Liu, S., Meeßen, C., Prezzi, C. B., Bott, J., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., et al. (2019). 3D data-derived lithospheric structure of the Central Andes and its implications for deformation: Insights from gravity and geodynamic modelling. Tectonophysics, 766, 453–468. doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.06.025
• Liu, S., & Currie, C. A. (2016). Farallon plate dynamics prior to the Laramide orogeny: Numerical models of flat subduction. Tectonophysics, 666, 33–47. doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.10.010