École Normale Supérieure - PSL
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Mingqi Liu

Postdoc
École Normale Supérieure - PSL
liumq12@outlook.com
liumq@geologie.ens.fr


Pipeline

Under review

  • Liu, M., Wang, B., Wu, B., Guvercin, S., Zhang, L., Yang, Z., Seyler, C., Platt, J., Barbot, S. A rock-centric framework for earthquake dynamics and seismic hazards.
  • Chen, Y., Chen, H*., Liu, M.*, Gerya, T*., An, K., Lin, X., Yang, H., Shi, X. Grain size reduction-induced ductile weakening controls the evolution of vertical slab tearing.
  • Journeau, C., Thomas, A., Abercrombie, R., Hirao, B., Liu, M., Kuna, V. OBS Data Mining Reveals Seismic Structure and Dynamics of the oceanic Blanco Transform Fault, Northeast Pacific.

Selected

Selected publications

  1. Science
    Dynamic segmentation of the Sagaing fault
    Liu, M., Wang B., Guvercin S., Li Z., Wang T., Liu C., Ji L., Babrot S.
    Science, 2026
  2. Sci Adv
    Deciphering grain-size reduction as a driver of mid-lithosphere discontinuity formation
    Mingqi Liu, Taras Gerya, Zhong-Hai Li, Liang Chen, James Connolly
    Science Advances, 2026
  3. EPSL
    Role of hydrothermal alteration and thermally activated healing on earthquake dynamics along oceanic transform faults
    Mingqi Liu, Sylvain Barbot
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2026
  4. Tectonics
    The Effect of Brittle-Ductile Weakening on the Formation of Faulting Patterns at Mid-Ocean Ridges
    Mingqi Liu, Taras Gerya, Antoine Rozel
    Tectonics, 2025
  5. JGR - Solid Earth
    Forced Subduction Initiation Near Spreading Centers: Effects of Brittle-Ductile Damage
    Mingqi Liu, Taras Gerya
    JGR - Solid Earth, 2023
  6. EPSL
    Self-organization of magma supply controls crustal thickness variation and tectonic pattern along melt-poor mid-ocean ridges
    Mingqi Liu, Taras Gerya, Antoine Billy Rozel
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022
  7. NC
    Vertical tearing of subducting plates controlled by geometry and rheology of oceanic plates
    Yaguang Chen, Hanlin Chen*, Mingqi Liu*, Taras Gerya*
    Nature Communications, 2023
  8. NC
    Low-degree mantle melting controls the deep seismicity and explosive volcanism of the Gakkel Ridge
    Ivan Koulakov, Vera Schlindwein, Mingqi Liu, Taras Gerya, Andrey Jakovlev, Aleksey Ivanov
    Nature Communications, 2022
  9. SCES
    Dynamics of thinning and destruction of the continental cratonic lithosphere: Numerical modeling
    Mingqi Liu, Zhonghai Li
    Science China Earth Sciences, 2018
  10. JAES
    Diapir versus along-channel ascent of crustal material during plate convergence: Constrained by the thermal structure of subduction zones
    Ming-Qi Liu, Zhong-Hai Li, Shao-Hua Yang
    Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2017

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  1. Liu, M., Wang B., Guvercin S., Li Z., Wang T., Liu C., Ji L., Babrot S. (2026). Dynamic segmentation of the Sagaing fault. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.ady3237
  2. Liu, M., Gerya, T. V., Li, Z. H., Chen, L., & Connolly, J. A. (2026). Deciphering grain-size reduction as a driver of mid-lithosphere discontinuity formation. Science Advances, 12(17), eaed4229.
  3. Liu, M., Barbot, S. (2026). Role of hydrothermal alteration and thermally activated healing on earthquake dynamics along oceanic transform faults. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 675, 119765.
  4. Zhang, H., Batbot, S., Yang, Z., Liu, M., Zhang, L., Platt, J. (2026). Large megathrust earthquakes in cold mantle wedge corners under lawsonite blueschist facies. Nature Communications, 17, 4007. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70315-4
  5. 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.
  6. Chen, Y., Chen, H.*, Liu, M.*, Gerya, T*. (2023). Vertical tearing of subducting plates controlled by geometry and rheology of oceanic plates. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7931. (Corresponding author).
  7. 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.
  8. Koulakov, I., Schlindwein, V., Liu, M., Gerya, T., Jakovlev, A., Ivanov, A. (2023). Reply to: Increase of P-wave velocity due to melt in the mantle at the Gakkel Ridge. Nature Communications, 14(1), 968.
  9. 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.
  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.
  11. Li, Z. H., Cui, Q. H., Zhong, X. Y., Liu, M. Q., Wang, Y., & Huangfu, P. P. (2021). Numerical modeling of continental dynamics: Questions, progress and perspectives. Acta Geol Sin, 95, 238-258. (In Chinese).
  12. Li, Z. H., Yang, S. T., Liu, M. Q., & Huangfu, P. (2019). Aqueous fluid activity and its effects in the subduction zones: A systematic numerical modeling study. Earth Science, 44(12), 3984-3992. (In Chinese).
  13. Liu M., Li Z. (2018). Dynamics of thinning and destruction of the continental cratonic lithosphere: Numerical modeling. Science China Earth Sciences, 61, 823-852. (In both Chinese and English). (Cover Article)
  14. Shi, Y., Wei, D., Li, Z.-H., Liu, M.-Q., Liu, M. (2018). Subduction Mode Selection During Slab and Mantle Transition Zone Interaction: Numerical Modeling. Pure Appl. Geophys. 175, 529-548.
  15. 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.
  16. Li Z-H, Liu M-Q, Gerya T. (2015). Material transportation and fluid-melt activity in the subduction channel: Numerical modeling. Science China Earth Sciences, 58(8): 1251-1268. (In both Chinese and English).