Scientist, Topic 3
Research Division 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
Research Unit: Marine Geodynamics
Office:
Phone: +49-431 600 2278
E-Mail: yuli(at)geomar.de
Address:
黑料视频 | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel
Germany
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Research Focus
Crustal and upper mantle structure revealed by seismic tomography using seismic refraction and wide-angle data. Research topics include oceanic crustal structure, subducting plate, arc-backarc system, and rifted continental margin.
Education and Career
Since 10/2022 Postdoc at 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
11/2021 鈥� 05/2022 Research assistant at 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
07/2019 鈥� 10/2021 Visiting scientist at 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
09/2015 鈥� 06/2022 PhD student at South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Doctoral degree in 06/2022 at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
09/2011 鈥� 06/2015 Bachelor鈥檚 degree at China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
He, E., Qiu, X., Li, Y., Grevemeyer, I., Xu, M., Zhao, M., Wang, Y., & Chen, C. (2025). Strong Serpentinization and Hydration in the Subducting Plate of the Southern Mariana Trench: Insights from Vp/Vs Ratios. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(6), e2024GL113792.
Zhang, J., Li., C.-F., Wu, Z., Li, Y., Fang, Y., Dong, C., & Li, H. (2025). Asymmetric oceanic crustal accretion and mantle serpentinization in the southwestern propagator tip of the South China Sea basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 177(1), 107380.
Li, Y., Grevemeyer, I., Kodaira, S., & Fujie, G. (2023). Seismic Structure of the Izu Arc鈥怋ackarc System. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(11): e2023JB027213.
He, E., Zhao, M., Huang, H., Li, Y., Tan, P., Qiu, X., Zhang, X., & Liu, K. (2023). Seismic structures of Zhenbei and Huangyan seamounts and their postspreading volcanic evolution. Tectonophysics, 869, 230102.
Li, Y., Grevemeyer, I., Huang, H., Qiu, X., & Murray-Bergquist, L. (2022). Crustal compositional variations from continental to oceanic domain: A Vp/Vs Ratio study across the Zhongsha Block, South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(5): e2021JB023470.
Li, Y., Grevemeyer, I., Huang, H., Qiu, X., & Xu, Z. (2021). Seismic constraint from Vp/Vs ratios on the structure and composition across the continent-ocean transition zone, South China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(16): e2021GL094656.
Li, Y., Huang, H., Grevemeyer, I., Qiu, X., Zhang, H., & Wang, Q. (2021). Crustal structure beneath the Zhongsha Block and the adjacent abyssal basins, South China Sea: New insights into rifting and initiation of seafloor spreading. Gondwana Research, 99: 53-76.
Huang, H., Klingelhoefer, F., Qiu, X., Li, Y., & Wang, P. (2021). Seismic imaging of an intracrustal deformation in the northwestern margin of the South China Sea: The role of a ductile layer in the crust. Tectonics, 40: e2020TC006260.
Zhou, Y., Liu, H., Liu, Q., Yan, Y., Li, Y., Yao, Y., Li, Y., Liu, W., & Zhu, R. (2021). Early Cretaceous compressive structures in the Nansha block (Dangerous Grounds): Implications for the late Mesozoic tectonic regime on the southern margin of the South China Sea. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 222: 104963.
Li, Y., Huang, H., He, E., Cao, L., Qiu, X., Guo, X., & Liu, H. (2020). Tectonic framework of miniature continental block鈥搉arrow oceanic basin revealed by the southern typical profile in the China seas鈥揥estern Pacific Ocean [in Chinese with English abstract]. Chinese Journal of Geophysics-Chinese Edition, 63(5): 1938-1958.
Li, Y., Huang, H., Qiu, X., Du, F., Long, G., Zhang, H., Chen, H., & Wang, Q. (2020). Wide-angle and multi-channel seismic surveys in Zhongsha waters [in Chinese with English abstract]. Chinese Journal of Geophysics-Chinese Edition, 63(4): 1523-1537.
Huang, H., Xiong, H., Qiu, X., & Li, Y. (2020). Crustal structure and magmatic evolution in the Pearl River Delta of the Cathaysia Block: New constraints from receiver function modeling. Tectonophysics, 778(5): 228365.
Li, Y., Zhu, R., Liu, H., Qiu, X., & Huang, H. (2019). The Cenozoic activities of Yangjiang-Yitongdong Fault: insights from analysis of the tectonic characteristics and evolution processes in western Zhujiang (Pearl) River Mouth Basin. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38(9): 87-101.
Research Cruises and Fieldwork
01/2021 鈥� 02/2021 TRANSFORMERS (M170), North Atlantic, R/V Meteor
05/2018 鈥� 07/2018 NSFC Open Research Cruises of 2018, South China Sea, R/V Shiyan 2
05/2017 鈥� 06/2017 NSFC Open Research Cruises of 2017, South China Sea, R/V Shiyan 2
01/2016 Geological fieldwork of the Qiongnan Suture Zone, Hainan Island
Awards
07/2022 President鈥檚 Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
07/2022 Outstanding Graduates Award: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
12/2021 National Merit Scholarship: Ministry of Education of China
12/2021 Publication Most Frequently Cited Award in 2021: Chinese Society of Oceanography (Award for the article published in Acta Oceanologica Sinica Issue 9 in 2019)
12/2018 Outstanding Student Paper Award: Chinese Geophysical Society (Awarded from 2018 Annual Meeting of Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU))
12/2012 National Encouragement Scholarship: Ministry of Education of China
