2024​​

31. Shi, Z., R. Mitchell, Y. Li*, B. Wan, L. Chen, P. Peng, L. Zhao, L. Liu, R. Zhu. Sluggish basal mantle structures support their long-lived stability. Nat. Comms., 15, 10000. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-64416-6. 

30. Zhang, L., C. Li, J. Zhang, B. Zhou, Y. Zhao, Y. Liu, K. Di, R. Mitchell, J. Li, Z. Zhang, L. Chen, X. Liang, W. Sun, Y. Liu, X. Zhao, J. Hao, C. Xu, Y. Zheng, Y. Wang, X. Wang, P. Zhao, W. Lv, Y. Li, H. Lan, Y. Li, W. Wang, Y. Lu, H. Lin, P. Fang, W. Lin, Y. Wei, L. Chen, G. Fang, Y. Lin, Z. Yao, Y. Pan. Buried palaeo-polygonal terrain detected underneath Utopia Planitia on Mars by the Zhurong radar.  Nat. Astron. 8, 69-76. doi:10.1038/s41550-023-02117-3 

29. Yang, F., C. Yu*, J. Li*, S. Chen, Y. Li, Z. Zhang, W. Wang. Complicated thermo-chemical heterogeneity of the mantle transition zone beneath the Philippine Sea Plate revealed by SS precursors investigation.  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.. 668, 119092. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119092.

28. Liu, X., F. Tian, J. Li*, Y. Li, W. Sun. The evolution of dense ULVZs originating outside LLSVPs and implications for dynamics at LLSVP margins. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth.​

27. Liu, Y., T. Yang, K. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Li. Influence of Grain Size Evolution on Mantle Plume and LLSVPs Dynamics.  Geochem. Geophys. Geosys.e2024GC011807. doi:10.1029/2024GC011807.

2023​

26. Li, Y., Z. Zhang, J. Li, Z. Shi, L. Zhao. Effects of depth- and composition-dependent thermal conductivity and the compositional viscosity ratio on the long-term evolution of large thermochemical piles of primordial material in the lower mantle of the Earth: Insights from 2-D numerical modeling. Sci. China. Earth Sci. 66 (8):1865-1876. doi.10.1007/s11430-022-1111-6. 

25. Li, Y., Y. Wang, L. Zhao, L. Chen, J. Huang. The role of mantle viscosity heterogeneities on the development of secondary plumes in the upper mantle. Geophys. J. Int. 235(3), 2900-2915. doi:10.1093/gji/ggad412 

24. Li, Y., X. Niu, S. Liu, Z. Shi, Z. Zhang, J. Li, L. Zhao. Influence of the miscibility of bridgmanite and davemaoite on the long-term evolution of large low shear velocity provinces: insights from 2-D numerical models. Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese). 66(10),4241-4252. doi:10.6038/cjg2023R0228.

23. Liang, X.-F., Y. Chu, B. Wan, L. Chen, L. Chen, E. Sandvol, S. Grand, Y. Li, M. Wang, X. Tian, Y. Chen, T. Xu, Y. Li., W. Ji. Fragmentation of continental subduction is ending the Himalayan orogeny.  Sci. Bull., 68, 3048-3054. doi:10.1016/j.scib.2023.10.017

22.  Zhao, L., Z. Guo,  H. Yuan, X. Wang, H. Shen, J. Yang,  B. Sun, N. Tan, H. Zhang, Y. Liu, Y. Li, J. Wang,  W. Ji, R. Zhu. Dynamic modeling of tectonic carbon processes: state of art and conceptual workflow. Sci. China Earth Sci. 66 (3), 456-471. 

21. Guerrero, J., F. Deschamps, Y. Li, W. Hsieh, P. Tackley. Influence of heterogeneous thermal conductivity on the long-term evolution of the lower mantle thermochemical structure: implications for primordial reservoirs.  Solid Earth. 14, 119-135.

20.  Yang, J., L. Zhao, Y. Li. Tectonic deformation at the outer rise of subduction zone. Geophys. J. Int. 232(3) ,1533-1544. doi:10.1093/gji/ggac402. 

2022

19.  Li, Y., F. Deschamps, Z. Shi, J.Guerrero, W.-P. Hsieh, L. Zhao, P.J.Tackley. Influence of composition-dependent thermal conductivity on the long-term evolution of primordial reservoirs in Earth's lower mantle.  Earth Planets Space 74:46. doi: 10.1186/s40623-022-01608-3. ​

18.  Huang, M., Y. Li,  and L. Zhao. Effects of thermal, compositional and rheological properties on the long-term evolution of large thermochemical piles of primordial material in the deep mantle. Sci. China Earth Sci. 65 (12), 2405-2416. doi:10.1007/s11430-021-9950-7

17.  Liu, C., H. Dick, R. Mitchell, W. Wei, Z. Zhang, A. Hofmann, J. Yang, Y. Li. Archean cratonic mantle recycled at a mid-ocean ridge.  Sci. Adv. 8. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn6749. 

Research Highlight in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment​

2021

16.  Wang, X., B.J.P. Kaus, J. Yang, K. Wang, Y. Li, L. Chen, L. Zhao. 3D geodynamic models for HP-UHP rock exhumation in opposite-dip double subduction-collision system. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB022326.

15.  Vilella, K., T. Bodin, C. Boukare, F. Deschamps, J. Badro, M. Ballmer, Y. Li. Constraints on the composition and temperature of LLSVPs from seismic properties of lower mantle minerals. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 554, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116685

2020

14.  Yang, J., B. Kaus., Y. Li, P. Leloup, A. Popov, G. Lu, K. Wang, L. Zhao. Lower crustal rheology controls the development of large offset strike-slip faults. Geophys. Res.Lett., 47, doi:10.1029/2020GL089435

13.  Yang, J., G. Lu, T. Liu, Y. Li, K. Wang, X. Wang et al. Amagmatic subduction produced by mantle serpentinization and oceanic crust delamination. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2019GL086257. doi:10.1029/2019GL086257

12.  Chen, L., L. Liu, F. Capitanio, T. Gerya, Y. Li. The role of pre-existing weak zones in the formation of the Himalaya and Tibetan plateau: 3-D thermo-mechanical modeling. Geophys. J. Int.  221(3),1971-1983.

2019

11.  Li, Y., F. Deschamps, J. Yang, L. Chen, L. Zhao, P. Tackley. Effects of the compositional viscosity ratio on the long-term evolution of thermo-chemical reservoirs in the deep Earth. Geophys. Res. Lett.  doi:10.1029/2019GL083668.

10.  Deschamps, F., and Y. Li. Core-mantle dynamics topography: influence of post-perovskite viscosity. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, doi:10.1029/2019JB017859. 

9.  Wang, X., K. Boris, L. Zhao, J. Yang, Y. Li. Mountain building in Taiwan: insights from 3-D geodynamic models. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 124, 5924-5950, doi: 10.1029/2018JB017165. 

2018

8.  Li, Y., K. Vilella, F. Deschamps, L. Zhao, P. J. Tackley.  Effects of Iron spin transition on the structure and stability of large primordial reservoirs in Earth's lower mantle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45，5918-5928, doi: 10.1029/2018GL078125 . 

7. Chen, C., Z. Ren, K. Pan, J. Tang, T. Kalscheuer, H. Maurer, Y. Sun, Y. Li. Exact solutions of the vertical gravitational anomaly for a polyhedral prism with vertical polynomial density contrast of arbitrary orders. Geophys. J. Int., 214 (1), 2115-2132, doi:10.1093/gji/ggy250.

6. Ren, Z., Y. Zhong, C. Chen, J. Tang, T. Kalscheuer, H. Maurer, Y. Li. Gravity gradient tensor of arbitrary 3D polyhedral bodies with up to third-order polynomial horizontal and vertical mass contrasts. Surv. Geophys. 39(5), 901-935, doi:10.1007/s10712-018-9467-1.

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Prior to IGGCAS

2016

5.  Li, Y., F. Deschamps, and P. J. Tackley.  Small post-perovskite patches at the base of lower mantle primordial reservoirs: Insights from 2-D numerical modeling and implications for ULVZs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 3215–3225, doi: 10.1002/2016GL067803.

2015

4.  Li, Y., F. Deschamps, P. J. Tackley. Effects of the post-perovskite phase transition properties on the stability and structure of primordial reservoirs in the lower mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 432, 1-12, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.040. 

3.  Deschamps, F., Y. Li, and P.J. Tackley. Large-scale thermo-chemical structure of the deep mantle : observations and models, in A. Khan and F. Deschamps (eds.), The Earth's heterogeneous mantle, Springer Geophysics, 479-515,  doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15627-9_15. [pdf]  

2014

2.  Li, Y., F. Deschamps, and P.J. Tackley. The stability and structure of primordial reservoirs in the lower mantle : insights from models of thermochemical convection in three-dimensional spherical geometry, Geophys.J. Int., 119, 914-930,doi:10.1093/gji/ggu295. [pdf]

1.  Li, Y., F. Deschamps, and P.J. Tackley. Effects of low-viscosity post-perovskite on the stability and structure of primordial reservoirs in the lower mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 7089-7097, doi:10.1002/2014GL061362. [pdf]