Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activityReconstructing the History of Earthquakes, Mountains, and Volcanoes
A visit with Mian Liu, Professor of Geological Sciences
Published: October 10, 2007 - Topics:
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Liu’s early research
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Liu’s dissertation research focused on Hawaiian “hotspots” and volcanic eruptions. In his postdoctoral position, Liu studied “mantle convection,” trying to understand how the earth’s mantle flows, a force that is the “primary driving mechanism of everything we see on earth today.” When he came to MU in 1992, Liu shifted his interest once again, this time to continental dynamics.