Qinya Liu
Assistant Professor (Geophysics)
Department of Physics
University of Toronto
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Publications
  1. High-resolution seismic array imaging based on a SEM-FK hybrid method, P. Tong, C. W. Chen, D. Komatitsch, P. Basini and Q. Liu, in preparation (2013).
  2. Toward real-time regional earthquake simulation II: Real-time Online earthquake Simulation (ROS) of Taiwan earthquakes, S. J. Lee, Q. Liu, J. Tromp, D. Komatitsch, W. T. Liang, and B. S. Huang, submitted to GJI (2013).
  3. Spectral-element simulations of elastic wave propagation in exploration and geotechnical applications, L. Zheng, Q. Zhao, Q. Liu, B. Milkereit, G. Grasselli. Expanded abstract, CSEG GeoConvention: Integration (2013). PDF
  4. Numerical simulation of acoustic emission in rocks using FEM/DEM, G. Grasselli, Q. Zhao, A. Lisjak, and Q. Liu. in Rock Dynamics and Applications - State of the Art, Keynotes in Proceedings of First International Conference on Rock Dynamics and Applications. (2013)
  5. Dynamic simulation of acoustic emission in brittle rocks by two-dimensional finite-discrete element analysis, A. Lisjak, Q. Liu, Q. Zhao, Mahabadi, O., Grasselli, G., accepted by GJI (2013).
  6. Seismic imaging: From classical to adjoint tomography, Qinya Liu, Yu J. Gu, Tectonophysics, 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.07.006 (2012). PDF
  7. Computation of surface-wave sensitivity: Mode summation and adjoint SEM, Ying Zhou, Qinya Liu and Jeroen Tromp, GJI, 187, 1560-1576 (2011).  PDF
  8. Forward and adjoint simulations of seismic wave propagation on unstructured hexahedral meshes, Peter, D., Komatitsch, D., Luo, Y., Martin, R., Goff, L., Casarotti, E., Loher, P.L., Magnoni, F., Liu, Q., Blitz, C., Nissen-meyer, T., Basini, P., Tromp, J., Geophys. J. Int. 186, 721–739 (2011).   PDF
  9. Adjoint centroid-moment tensor inversions, YoungHee Kim, Qinya Liu and Jeroen Tromp, Geophys. J. Int., 186, 264-278 (2011).   PDF
  10. On the visibility of the inner-core shear wave phase PKJKP at long periods, P. M. Shearer, C. A. Rychert, and Q. Liu, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1379-1383 (2011).   PDF
  11. Near real-time simulations of global CMT earthquakes, Tromp, J., Komatitsch, D., Hjorleifsdottir, V., Liu, Q., Zhu, H., Peter, D., Bozdag, E., McRitchie, D., Friberg, P., Trabant, C., and Hutko, A., Geophys. J. Int., 183, 381-389. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04734.x (2010).   PDF
  12. Seismic tomography of the southern California crust based on spectral-element and adjoint methods, Carl Tape, Qinya Liu, Alessia Maggi and Jeroent Tromp, GJI, 180, 433-462 (2010).   PDF
  13. Adjoint Tomography of the Southern California Crust, Carl Tape, Qinya Liu, Alessia Maggi, and Jeroen Tromp, Science, No. 21, Vol. 325, Page 988-992 (2009).   PDF
  14. Finite-frequency Sensitivity Kernels for Global Seismic Wave Propagation based upon Adjoint Methods, Qinya Liu and Jeroen Tromp, GJI, Vol. 174, Issue 1, Page 265-286 (2008)   PDF
  15. Time-reversal location of glacial earthquakes, Larmat, C., Tromp, J., Liu, Q., Montagner, J.-P., J. Geophysics. Res., 113, B09314, doi:10.1029/2008JB005607 (2008).   PDF
  16. Spectral-element and adjoint methods in seismology, Tromp, J., Komatitsch, D., and Liu, Q., Comm. in Comput. Phys, 3, 1-32 (2008).   PDF
  17. Three-Dimensional simulations of seismic-Wave propagation in the Taipei basin with realistic topography based upon the spectral-element method, Lee, S.-J., Chen, H.-W., Liu, Q., Komatitsch, D., Huang, B.S., and Tromp, J., Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., Vol 98, No. 1, 253-264 (2008).   PDF
  18. Finite-frequency sensitivity of body waves to anisotropy based upon adjoint methods, Sieminski, A., Liu, Q., Trampert, J., and Tromp, J., Geophys. J. Int., 171, 368-389 (2007).   PDF
  19. Finite-frequency Sensitivity of Surface Waves to Anisotropy based upon Adjoint Methods, Anne Sieminski, Qinya Liu, Jeannot Trampert and Jeroen Tromp, Geophysical Journal International, 168, 1153-1174 (2007).   PDF
  20. Finite-frequency Tomography using Adjoint Methods -- Methodology and Examples using Membrane Surface Waves, Carl Tape, Qinya Liu and Jeroen Tromp, Geophysical Journal International, 168, 1105-1129 (2007).   PDF
  21. Finite-frequency Sensitivity Kernels based upon Adjoint Methods, Qinya Liu and Jeroen Tromp, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 96, No. 6, pp. 2383-2397 (2006).  PDF
  22. A Structural (Vp) Model of the Salton Trough, California, and its Implication for Seismic Hazard, Peter Lovely, John Shaw, Qinya Liu, and Jeroen Tromp, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 96, No. 5, pp 1882-1896 (2006).   PDF
  23. Seismic Tomography, Adjoint Methods, Time Reversal, and Banana-Doughnut Kernels, Jeroen Tromp, Carl Tape, and Qinya Liu, Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 160, Issue 1, P195-216 (2005).   PDF
  24. Spectral-Element Moment Tensor Inversions for Earthquakes in Southern California, Qinya Liu, Jascha Polet, Dimitri Komatitsch and Jeroen Tromp, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 94, No. 5, pp.1748-1761 (2004).  PDF
  25. Simulations of ground motion in the Los Angeles basin based upon the spectral-element method, Dimitri Komatitsch, Qinya Liu, Jeroen Tromp, Peter Suss, Christiane Stidham and John H. Shaw, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 94, number 1 (2004).  PDF

 

Conferences (first-author only)
  1. Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2011
  2. Seismology of the Earth and Stars, Princeton, May 4-6, 2011
  3. Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2010
  4. 1st Quest Workshop, Sardinia, Italy, Sep 2010
  5. WPGM, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2010
  6. Spring AGU meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2010
  7. Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2009
  8. Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2008
  9. ESSA Annual meeting, Kingston, Canada, Oct 2008
  10. SSA Annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Apr 2008
  11. Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2007
  12. CIG/SPICE Workshop, Jackson, NH, Oct 2007
  13. SPICE Workshop, Corsica, France, May 2007
  14. Using Adjoint Method to improve 3-D Velocity Models of Southern California, Qinya Liu, Carl Tape, Alessia Maggi and Jeroen Tromp, presentation, 2006 Fall AGU Meeting
  15. CIG/Earthscope Workshop in St Louis, Oct 2006
  16. Using Adjoint Method to Construct 3-D Banana-Doughnut Kernels in both Regional and Global scales, Qinya Liu and Jeroen Tromp, presentation, 2005 Fall AGU Meeting.
  17. Spectral-Element Mesh Generation for an Integrated 3D Southern California Crustal Velocity Model, Qinya Liu, Dimitri Komatitsch and Jeroen Tromp, poster, 2005 Mesh-Design workshop, Pau, France, Oct 2005
  18. Using Adjoint methods to construct 3-D Banana-Doughnut Kernels, poster, Qinya Liu and Jeroen Tromp, 2004 Fall AGU meeting
  19. Spectral-element Moment Tensor inversion of Earthquakes in Southern California, Qinya Liu, Jascha Polet, Dimitri Komatitsch, Jeroen Tromp, presentation, 2003 Fall AGU meeting
  20. Spectral-element Centroid-Moment Tensor Inversions, Qinya Liu, Dimitri Komatitsch and Jeroen Tromp, S71C-1103, poster, 2002 Fall AGU meeting.
  21. Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, 2001