I received my B.Sc. in Geology from Peking University in 1984 and my M.Sc. in Geosciences from the University of Houston in 1989. I then moved to Chicago and received my Ph.D. in Geophysical Sciences from The University of Chicago in 1994. After a postdoc at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I joined the faculty at Brown University in 1998.
| Wang, Chunguang, Liang, Yan, Xu, Wenliang, Sun, Chenguang, Shimizu, Kei. "Distribution of REE between amphibole and pyroxenes in the lithospheric mantle: An assessment from the lattice strain model." American Mineralogist, 2024. |
| Zhang, Zhen-Yu, Liu, Chuan-Zhou, Liang, Yan, Liu, Tong, Zhang, Chang, Liu, Bo-Da, Lin, Yin-Zheng, Zhang, Wei-Qi, Ji, Wen-Bin. "Pyroxenite–harzburgite sequences in the Dazhuqu ophiolite (Southern Tibet) formed through hydrous melt infiltration and melt–peridotite reaction." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 178, no. 12, 2023. |
| Zhang, Wenbo, Zhang, Nan, Liang, Yan, Tokle, Leif. "The Effect of Pressure‐Dependent Viscosity on the Dynamics of the Post‐Overturn Lunar Mantle." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, vol. 128, no. 10, 2023. |
| Liang, Yan. "Mixing Loops, Mixing Envelopes, and Scattered Correlations among Trace Elements and Isotope Ratios Produced by Mixing of Melts Derived from a Spatially and Lithologically Heterogenous Mantle." Journal of Petrology, vol. 63, no. 9, 2022. |
| Wang, Chunguang, Liang, Yan, Xu, Wenliang. "Formation of Amphibole‐Bearing Peridotite and Amphibole‐Bearing Pyroxenite Through Hydrous Melt‐Peridotite Reaction and In Situ Crystallization: An Experimental Study." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 126, no. 3, 2021. |
| Tokle, Leif, Hirth, Greg, Liang, Yan, Raterron, Paul, Dygert, Nick. "The Effect of Pressure and Mg‐Content on Ilmenite Rheology: Implications for Lunar Cumulate Mantle Overturn." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, vol. 126, no. 1, 2021. |
| Liang, Yan, Ji, Zejia, Liu, Boda. "What can we learn from REE abundances in clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene in residual mantle peridotites?." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 176, no. 3, 2021. |
| Liu, Boda, Liang, Yan. "Importance of the size and distribution of chemical heterogeneities in the mantle source to the variations of isotope ratios and trace element abundances in mid-ocean ridge basalts." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 268, 2020, pp. 383-404. |
| Liang, Yan. "Trace element fractionation and isotope ratio variation during melting of a spatially distributed and lithologically heterogeneous mantle." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 552, 2020, pp. 116594. |
| Wang, Chunguang, Lo Cascio, Mauro, Liang, Yan, Xu, Wenliang. "An experimental study of peridotite dissolution in eclogite-derived melts: Implications for styles of melt-rock interaction in lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019. |
| Liu, Boda, Liang, Yan. "Importance of permeability and deep channel network on the distribution of melt, fractionation of REE in abyssal peridotites, and U-series disequilibria in basalts beneath mid-ocean ridges: A numerical study using a 2D double-porosity model." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 528, 2019, pp. 115788. |
| Li, Haoyuan, Zhang, Nan, Liang, Yan, Wu, Bingcheng, Dygert, Nicholas J., Huang, Jinshui, Parmentier, E. M. "Lunar Cumulate Mantle Overturn: A Model Constrained by Ilmenite Rheology." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2019. |
| Le Roux, Véronique, Liang, Yan. "Ophiolitic Pyroxenites Record Boninite Percolation in Subduction Zone Mantle." Minerals, vol. 9, no. 9, 2019, pp. 565. |
| Yang, Alexandra Yang, Wang, Chunguang, Liang, Yan, Lissenberg, C. Johan. "Reaction Between Mid‐Ocean Ridge Basalt and Lower Oceanic Crust: An Experimental Study." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 20, no. 9, 2019, pp. 4390-4407. |
| Liang, Yan, Liu, Boda. "Stretching chemical heterogeneities by melt migration in an upwelling mantle: An analysis based on time-dependent batch and fractional melting models." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 498, 2018, pp. 275-287. |
| Sun, Chenguang, Liang, Yan. "A REE-in-plagioclase–clinopyroxene thermometer for crustal rocks." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 172, no. 4, 2017. |
| Liu, Boda, Liang, Yan. "An introduction of Markov chain Monte Carlo method to geochemical inverse problems: Reading melting parameters from REE abundances in abyssal peridotites." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 203, 2017, pp. 216-234. |
| Liang, Yan. "Diffusion." Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, 2017, pp. 1-13. |
| Liang, Yan. "Effect of pressure on closure temperature of a trace element in cooling petrological systems." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 172, no. 2-3, 2017. |
| Shimizu, Kei, Liang, Yan, Sun, Chenguang, Jackson, Colin R.M., Saal, Alberto E. "Parameterized lattice strain models for REE partitioning between amphibole and silicate melt." American Mineralogist, vol. 102, no. 11, 2017, pp. 2254-2267. |
| Dygert, Nick, Kelemen, Peter B., Liang, Yan. "Spatial variations in cooling rate in the mantle section of the Samail ophiolite in Oman: Implications for formation of lithosphere at mid-ocean ridges." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 465, 2017, pp. 134-144. |
| Zhang, Nan, Dygert, Nick, Liang, Yan, Parmentier, E. M. "The effect of ilmenite viscosity on the dynamics and evolution of an overturned lunar cumulate mantle." Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, no. 13, 2017, pp. 6543-6552. |
| Liu, Boda, Liang, Yan. "The prevalence of kilometer-scale heterogeneity in the source region of MORB upper mantle." Science Advances, vol. 3, no. 11, 2017, pp. e1701872. |
| Sun, Chenguang, Graff, Michelle, Liang, Yan. "Trace element partitioning between plagioclase and silicate melt: The importance of temperature and plagioclase composition, with implications for terrestrial and lunar magmatism." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 206, 2017, pp. 273-295. |
| Dygert, Nick, Hirth, Greg, Liang, Yan. "A flow law for ilmenite in dislocation creep: Implications for lunar cumulate mantle overturn." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 43, no. 2, 2016, pp. 532-540. |
| Wang, Chunguang, Liang, Yan, Dygert, Nick, Xu, Wenliang. "Formation of orthopyroxenite by reaction between peridotite and hydrous basaltic melt: an experimental study." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 171, no. 8-9, 2016. |
| Dygert, Nick, Liang, Yan, Kelemen, Peter B. "Formation of Plagioclase Lherzolite and Associated Dunite–Harzburgite–Lherzolite Sequences by Multiple Episodes of Melt Percolation and Melt–Rock Reaction: an Example from the Trinity Ophiolite, California, USA." Journal of Petrology, vol. 57, no. 4, 2016, pp. 815-838. |
| Liang, Yan, Liu, Boda. "Simple models for disequilibrium fractional melting and batch melting with application to REE fractionation in abyssal peridotites." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 173, 2016, pp. 181-197. |
| Baltzell, Conroy, Parmentier, E. M., Liang, Yan, Tirupathi, Seshu. "A high-order numerical study of reactive dissolution in an upwelling heterogeneous mantle: 2. Effect of shear deformation." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 16, no. 11, 2015, pp. 3855-3869. |
| Sun, Chenguang, Liang, Yan. "A REE-in-garnet–clinopyroxene thermobarometer for eclogites, granulites and garnet peridotites." Chemical Geology, vol. 393-394, 2015, pp. 79-92. |
| Liang, Yan. "A simple model for closure temperature of a trace element in cooling bi-mineralic systems." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 165, 2015, pp. 35-43. |
| Yao, Lijing, Liang, Yan. "Closure temperature in cooling bi-mineralic systems: I. Definition and with application to REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometer." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 162, 2015, pp. 137-150. |
| Tirupathi, Seshu, Hesthaven, Jan S., Liang, Yan. "Modeling 3D Magma Dynamics Using a Discontinuous Galerkin Method." Communications in Computational Physics, vol. 18, no. 01, 2015, pp. 230-246. |
| Wang, Chunguang, Liang, Yan, Xu, Wenliang. "On the significance of temperatures derived from major element and REE based two-pyroxene thermometers for mantle xenoliths from the North China Craton." Lithos, vol. 224-225, 2015, pp. 101-113. |
| Dygert, Nick, Liang, Yan. "Temperatures and cooling rates recorded in REE in coexisting pyroxenes in ophiolitic and abyssal peridotites." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 420, 2015, pp. 151-161. |
| Sun, Chenguang, Liang, Yan. "An assessment of subsolidus re-equilibration on REE distribution among mantle minerals olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, and garnet in peridotites." Chemical Geology, vol. 372, 2014, pp. 80-91. |
| Dygert, Nick, Liang, Yan, Sun, Chenguang, Hess, Paul. "An experimental study of trace element partitioning between augite and Fe-rich basalts." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 132, 2014, pp. 170-186. |
| Watkins, James M., Liang, Yan, Richter, Frank, Ryerson, Frederick J., DePaolo, Donald J. "Diffusion of multi-isotopic chemical species in molten silicates." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 139, 2014, pp. 313-326. |
| Saper, Lee, Liang, Yan. "Formation of plagioclase-bearing peridotite and plagioclase-bearing wehrlite and gabbro suite through reactive crystallization: an experimental study." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 167, no. 3, 2014. |
| Liang, Yan. "Time scales of diffusive re-equilibration in bi-mineralic systems with and without a fluid or melt phase." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 132, 2014, pp. 274-287. |
| Cherniak, Daniele J., Liang, Yan. "Titanium diffusion in olivine." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 147, 2014, pp. 43-57. |
| Zhang, Nan, Parmentier, E. M., Liang, Yan. "A 3-D numerical study of the thermal evolution of the Moon after cumulate mantle overturn: The importance of rheology and core solidification." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, vol. 118, no. 9, 2013, pp. 1789-1804. |
| Liang, Yan, Sun, Chenguang, Yao, Lijing. "A REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometer for mafic and ultramafic rocks." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 102, 2013, pp. 246-260. |
| Sun, Chenguang, Liang, Yan. "Distribution of REE and HFSE between low-Ca pyroxene and lunar picritic melts around multiple saturation points." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 119, 2013, pp. 340-358. |
| Wang, Chunguang, Liang, Yan, Xu, Wenliang, Dygert, Nick. "Effect of melt composition on basalt and peridotite interaction: laboratory dissolution experiments with applications to mineral compositional variations in mantle xenoliths from the North China Craton." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 166, no. 5, 2013, pp. 1469-1488. |
| Zhang, Nan, Parmentier, E. M., Liang, Yan. "Effects of lunar cumulate mantle overturn and megaregolith on the expansion and contraction history of the Moon." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 40, no. 19, 2013, pp. 5019-5023. |
| Sun, Chenguang, Liang, Yan. "The importance of crystal chemistry on REE partitioning between mantle minerals (garnet, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and olivine) and basaltic melts." Chemical Geology, vol. 358, 2013, pp. 23-36. |
| Dygert, Nick, Liang, Yan, Hess, Paul. "The importance of melt TiO2 in affecting major and trace element partitioning between Fe–Ti oxides and lunar picritic glass melts." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 106, 2013, pp. 134-151. |
| Yao, Lijing, Sun, Chenguang, Liang, Yan. "A parameterized model for REE distribution between low-Ca pyroxene and basaltic melts with applications to REE partitioning in low-Ca pyroxene along a mantle adiabat and during pyroxenite-derived melt and peridotite interaction." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 164, no. 2, 2012, pp. 261-280. |
| Cherniak, Daniele J., Liang, Yan. "Ti diffusion in natural pyroxene." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 98, 2012, pp. 31-47. |
| Tursack, Emily, Liang, Yan. "A comparative study of melt-rock reactions in the mantle: laboratory dissolution experiments and geological field observations." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 163, no. 5, 2011, pp. 861-876. |
| Schiemenz, Alan, Liang, Yan, Parmentier, E. M. "A high-order numerical study of reactive dissolution in an upwelling heterogeneous mantle-I. Channelization, channel lithology and channel geometry." Geophys. J. Int., vol. 186, no. 2, 2011, pp. 641-664. |
| Hesse, M. A., Schiemenz, A. R., Liang, Y., Parmentier, E. M. "Compaction-dissolution waves in an upwelling mantle column." Geophys. J. Int., vol. 187, no. 3, 2011, pp. 1057-1075. |
| Sun, Chenguang, Liang, Yan. "Distribution of REE between clinopyroxene and basaltic melt along a mantle adiabat: effects of major element composition, water, and temperature." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 163, no. 5, 2011, pp. 807-823. |
| Liang, Yan, Schiemenz, Alan, Hesse, Marc A., Parmentier, E. M. "Waves, channels, and the preservation of chemical heterogeneities during melt migration in the mantle." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 38, no. 20, 2011, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Liang, Y., Parmentier, E. M. "A Two-Porosity Double Lithology Model for Partial Melting, Melt Transport and Melt-rock Reaction in the Mantle: Mass Conservation Equations and Trace Element Transport." Journal of Petrology, vol. 51, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 125-152. |
| Liang, Yan, Schiemenz, Alan, Hesse, Marc A., Parmentier, E. Marc, Hesthaven, Jan S. "High-porosity channels for melt migration in the mantle: Top is the dunite and bottom is the harzburgite and lherzolite." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 37, no. 15, 2010, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Liang, Y. "Multicomponent Diffusion in Molten Silicates: Theory, Experiments, and Geological Applications." Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, vol. 72, no. 1, 2010, pp. 409-446. |
| Liang, Yan, Peng, Qinglan. "Non-modal melting in an upwelling mantle column: Steady-state models with applications to REE depletion in abyssal peridotites and the dynamics of melt migration in the mantle." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 74, no. 1, 2010, pp. 321-339. |
| Thacker, Carla, Liang, Yan, Peng, Qinglan, Hess, Paul. "The stability and major element partitioning of ilmenite and armalcolite during lunar cumulate mantle overturn." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 73, no. 3, 2009, pp. 820-836. |
| Koleszar, A.M., Saal, A.E., Hauri, E.H., Nagle, A.N., Liang, Y., Kurz, M.D. "The volatile contents of the Galapagos plume; evidence for H2O and F open system behavior in melt inclusions." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 287, no. 3-4, 2009, pp. 442-452. |
| Lo Cascio, Mauro, Liang, Yan, Shimizu, Nobumichi, Hess, Paul C. "An experimental study of the grain-scale processes of peridotite melting: implications for major and trace element distribution during equilibrium and disequilibrium melting." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 156, no. 1, 2008, pp. 87-102. |
| Morgan, Zachary, Liang, Yan, Kelemen, Peter. "Significance of the concentration gradients associated with dunite bodies in the Josephine and Trinity ophiolites." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 9, no. 7, 2008, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Liang, Yan. "Simple models for dynamic melting in an upwelling heterogeneous mantle column: Analytical solutions." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 72, no. 15, 2008, pp. 3804-3821. |
| Cherniak, Daniele J., Liang, Yan. "Rare earth element diffusion in natural enstatite." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 71, no. 5, 2007, pp. 1324-1340. |
| SAAL, A, KURZ, M, HART, S, BLUSZTAJN, J, BLICHERTTOFT, J, LIANG, Y, GEIST, D. "The role of lithospheric gabbros on the composition of Galapagos lavas." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 257, no. 3-4, 2007, pp. 391-406. |
| Morgan, Zachary, Liang, Yan, Hess, Paul. "An experimental study of anorthosite dissolution in lunar picritic magmas: Implications for crustal assimilation processes." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 70, no. 13, 2006, pp. 3477-3491. |
| Morgan, Zachary, Liang, Yan. "An experimental study of the kinetics of lherzolite reactive dissolution with applications to melt channel formation." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 151, no. 4, 2006, pp. 493-493. |
| Beck, Alyssa R., Morgan, Zachary T., Liang, Yan, Hess, Paul C. "Dunite channels as viable pathways for mare basalt transport in the deep lunar mantle." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 33, no. 1, 2006, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Morgan, Zachary, Liang, Yan. "An experimental study of the kinetics of lherzolite reactive dissolution with applications to melt channel formation." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 150, no. 4, 2005, pp. 369-385. |
| Lo Cascio, Mauro. "Grain-scale processes during isothermal-isobaric melting of lherzolite." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 31, no. 16, 2004. |
Sun, C. and Liang, Y. (2014) An assessment of subsolidus reequilibration on REE distribution among mantle minerals olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, and garnet in peridotites. Chemical Geology, 372, 80-91, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.02.014.
Liang, Y. (2014) Time scales of diffusive re-equilibration in bi-mineralic systems with and without a fluid phase. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 132, 274-287, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.02.008.
Watkins, J. M., Liang, Y., Richter, F. M., Ryerson, F. J., and DePaolo, D. J. (2014) Diffusion of multi-isotopic chemical species in molten silicates. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 139, 313-326, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.039.
Dygert, N., Liang, Y., Sun, C. and Hess, P. C. (2014) An experimental study of trace element partitioning between augite and Fe-rich basalts. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, doi: 132, 170-186, 10.1016/j.gca.2014.01.042.
Saper, L. and Liang, Y. (2014) Formation of plagioclase-bearing peridotites and peridotite-wehrlite-gabbro suite through melt-rock reaction: An experimental study. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 167: 985, doi: 10.1007/s00410-014-0985-7.
Liang, Y., Sun, C., and Yao, L. (2013) A REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometer for mafic and ultramafic rocks. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 102, 246-260, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.035.
Dygert, N., Liang, Y., and Hess, P. C. (2013) The importance of melt TiO2 in affecting major and trace element partitioning between Fe-Ti oxides and lunar picritic glass melts. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 106, 134-151, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.12.005.
Sun, C. and Liang, Y. (2013) Distribution of REE and HFSE between low-Ca pyroxene and lunar picritic melts around multiple-saturation points. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 119, 340-358, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.05.036.
Sun, C. and Liang, Y. (2013) The importance of crystal chemistry on REE partitioning between mantle minerals (garnet, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and olivine) and basaltic melts. Chemical Geology 358, 23-36, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.08.045.
Zhang, N., Parmentier, E. M., and Liang, Y. (2013) A 3D numerical study of the thermal evolution of the Moon after lunar cumulate mantle overturn: The importance of rheology and inner core solidification. Journal of Geophysial Research 118, 1-16, doi: 10.1002/jgre.200121.
Wang, C. G., Liang, Y., Xu W. L., Dygert, N. (2013) Effect of melt composition on basalt and peridotite interaction: Laboratory dissolution experiments with applications to mineral compositional variations in mantle xenoliths from the North China Craton. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. doi: 10.1007/s00410-013-0938-6.
Zhang, N., Parmentier, E. M., and Liang, Y. (2013) Effects of lunar cumulate mantle overturn and megaregolith on the expandsion and contraction history of the Moon. Geophys. Res. Lett. doi: 10.1002/grl.50988.
Cherniak, D. and Liang, Y. (2012) Ti diffusion in natural pyroxene. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.021.
Yao, L., Sun, C. and Liang, Y. (2012) A parameterized model for REE partitioning between low-Ca pyroxene and basaltic melts with applications to adiabatic mantle melting and pyroxenite-derived melt and peridotite interaction. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. doi: 10.1007/s00410-012-0737-5.
Tursack, E. and Liang, Y. (2012) A comparative study of melt-rock reactions in the mantle: laboratory dissolution experiments and geological field observations. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 163, 861-876, doi: 10.1007/s00410-011-0703-7.
Sun, C. and Liang, Y. (2012) Distribution of REE between clinopyroxene and basaltic melt along a mantle adiabat: Effects of major element composition, water, and temperature. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 163, 807-823, doi: 10.1007/s00410-011-0700-x.
Dygert, N., Liang, Y., and Hess, P. C. (2012) The importance of melt TiO2 in affecting major and trace element partitioning between Fe-Ti oxides and lunar picritic glass melts. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.12.005.
Liang, Y., Schiemenz, A., Hesse, M., and Parmentier, E. M. (2011) Waves, channels, and the preservation of chemical heterogeneities during melt migration in the mantle. 38, L20308, Geophys. Res. Lett. doi: 10.1029/2011GL049034.
Hesse, M., Schiemenz, A., Liang, Y., and Parmentier, E. M. (2011) Compaction-dissolution waves in an upwelling mantle column. Geophysical Journal International, 187, 1057-1075, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05177.x.
Schiemenz, A., Liang, Y., Parmentier, E. M. (2011) A high-order numerical study of reactive dissolution in an upwelling heterogeneous mantle: I. Channelization, channel lithology, and channel geometry. Geophysical Journal International, 186, 641-664, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05065.x.
Liang, Y. (2010) Multicomponent diffusion in molten silicates: Theory, experiments, and geological applications. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 72, 409-446, doi: 10.2138/rmg.2010.72.9.
Liang, Y., Schiemenz, A., Hesse, M., Parmentier, E. M., and Hesthaven, J. S. (2010) High-porosity channels for melt migration in the mantle: Top is the dunite and bottom is the harzburgite and lherzolite. Geophys. Res. Lett. 37, L15306, doi: 10.1029/2010GL044162.
Liang, Y. and Parmentier, E. M. (2010) A two-porosity double lithology model for partial melting, melt migration and melt-rock reaction in the mantle: The nature of channel melt and the role of matrix dissolution. J. Petrol. 51, 125-152, doi:10.1093/petrology/egp086.
Liang, Y. and Peng, Q. (2010) Non-modal melting in an upwelling mantle column: Steady-state models with applications to REE depletion in abyssal peridotites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74, 321-339, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.09.029.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | PhD | University of Chicago |
| 1989 | MS | University of Houston |
| 1984 | BS | Peking University |
EEPS 0010: Face of the Earth
EEPS 1420: Petrology
EEPS 1690C: Planetary Petrology
EEPS 2410: Kinetics of Geochemical Processes
EEPS 2920D: Introduction to Geochemical Modeling
GEOL 2920: Physics of Melt Migration
GEOL 2920: Evolution of the Moon I & II
ADVISING
Current Graduate Students:
Noah Hooper
Former Graduate Students:
Zachary Morgan, Ph.D. 2006
Mauro Lo Cascio, Ph.D. 2008
Carla Thacker, M.Sc. 2008
Qinglan Peng, M.Sc. 2009
Chenguang Sun, Ph.D. 2014
Nicholas Dygert, Ph.D. 2015
Lijing Yao, Ph.D. 2015
Conroy Baltzell (co-advising with Prof. Marc Parmentier), M.Sc. 2016
Ran Yin, M.Sc. 2016
Boda Liu, Ph.D. 2018
| EEPS 0010 - Face of the Earth |
| EEPS 1420 - Petrology |
| EEPS 1960C - Planetary Petrology |
| EEPS 2410 - Kinetics of Geochemical Processes |
| EEPS 2910Z - Trace Element Geochemistry |
| EEPS 2920D - Introduction to Geochemical Modeling |
| GEOL 0230 - Geochemistry: Earth and Planetary Materials and Processes |
| GEOL 1420 - Petrology |
| GEOL 2410 - Kinetics of Geochemical Processes |
| GEOL 2920D - Introduction to Geochemical Modeling |
| GEOL 2920Y - Seminar on Melting and Melt Distribution in the Mantle |
