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Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

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Han-Shou Liu

Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 698

Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 614-6505

FAX: (301) 614-6522

Email: han-shou.liu-1@nasa.gov

CURRENT POSITION

    Geophysicist (Emeritus), Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

RESEARCH AREAS

    Dynamics of Planets

EDUCATION

    1962 - MS Cornell University
    1963 - PhD Cornell University

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

    1961 Research Assistant, Cornell Center for Radiophysics and Space Research
    1962 Visiting Astronomer, Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory
    1963 Visiting Astronomer, Yale University Observatory
    1964 Research Associate, US National Academy of Science
    1965 - Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    2003 H. S. Liu, R. Kolenkiewicz, J. Li and J. Chen, Satellite detection of the convection generated stresses in Earth, Recent Research Development in Geophysics 5, 117-137.

    2003 H. S. Liu, R. Kolenkiewicz and C. Wade Jr., Insolation pulsation theory for atmospheric greenhouse-gas concentrations, Recent Research Development in Atmospheric Science 2, 93-104.

    2003 H. S. Liu, R. Kolenkiewicz and C. Wade. Jr., Orbital noise of the Earth causes intensity fluctuation in the geomagnetic field, Fluctuation and Noise Letters, 3, 1, 63-72.

    1992 H. S. Liu, Frequency variation of the Earth's obliquity and 100-kyr ice age cycles, Nature 358. 397-399.

    1983 H. S. Liu, A dynamical basis for crustal deformation and seismotectonic movement in central Europe, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 32, 146-159.

    1981 H. S. Liu, Ore deposits in Africa and their relationship to the underlying mantle, Modern Geology 8, 23-36.

    1979 H. S. Liu, Convection generated stress concentration and seismogenic models of the Tangshan earthquake in China, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 19, 307-318.

    1974 H. S Liu, On the break up of tectonic plates by polar wandering, Journal of Geophysical Research 79, 2568-2572.

    1968 H. S. Liu, Mercury has two permanent thermal bulges, Science 159, 307.

    1965 H.S. Liu, Theory of rotation for the planet Mercury, Science 150, 1717.

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