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Liu, M., Gerya, T., & Rozel, A. (2025). The effect of brittle-ductile weakening on the formation of faulting patterns at mid-ocean ridges. Tectonics, 44(2), e2024TC008586.
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Liu, M., Gerya, T. (2023). Forced subduction initiation near spreading centers: Effects of brittle-ductile damage. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(2), e2022JB024701.
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Koulakov, I., Schlindwein, V., Liu, M., Gerya, T., Jakovlev, A., & Ivanov, A. (2022). Low-degree mantle melting controls the deep seismicity and explosive volcanism of the Gakkel Ridge. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1-10.
Liu, M., Gerya, T., Rozel, A. B. (2022). Self-organization of magma supply controls crustal thickness variation and tectonic pattern along melt-poor mid-ocean ridges. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, 117482.
Liu M., Li Z. (2018). Dynamics of thinning and destruction of the continental cratonic lithosphere: Numerical modeling. Science China Earth Sciences, 61, 823-852. (Cover Article)
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Liu M-Q, Li Z-H, Yang S-H. (2017). Diapir versus along-channel ascent of crustal material during plate convergence: Constrained by the thermal structure of subduction zones. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 145A: 16-36.
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