Mingming Li

Yuan, Q., Li, M., 2022. Instability of the African large low-shear-wave-velocity province due to its low intrinsic density. Nature Geosci., doi:10.1038/s41561-022-00908-3.

Li, M., McNamara, A.K., 2022. Evolving morphology of crustal accumulations in Earth's lowermost mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 577, 117265.

Pachhai, S., Li, M., Thorne, M.S., Dettmer, J., Tkalčić, H., 2021. Internal structure of ultralow-velocity zones consistent with origin from a basal magma ocean. Nature Geosci. 15, 79-84.

Chandler, B.C., Chen, L.-W., Li, M., Romanowicz, B., & Wenk, H.-R. (2021). Seismic anisotropy, dominant slip systems and phase transitions in the lowermost mantle. Geophy. J. Int., 227, 1665-1681.

Wang, W., Liu, J., Zhu, F., Li, M., Dorfman, S., M., Li, J., & Wu, Z. (2021). Formation of large low shear velocity provinces through the decomposition of oxidized mantle. Nature Communications, 12, 1911.

Wang, Y., & Li, M. (2021). The interaction between mantle plumes and lithosphere and its surface expressions: 3-D numerical modelling. Geophy. J. Int., 225, 906-925.

Li, M. (2021), The cycling of subducted oceanic crust in the Earth’s deep mantle, Book Chapter in “Mantle Convection and Surface Expressions”, Geophysical Monograph Series, page: 303-328.

Wang, Y. & Li, M. (2020), Constraining mantle viscosity structure from a statistical analysis of slab stagnation events, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 21, e2020GC009286.

Li, M. (2020), The Formation of Hot Thermal Anomalies in Cold Subduction‐Influenced Regions of Earth's Lowermost Mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 125(6), e2019JB019312.

Li, M., & Zhong, S. (2019), Lateral Motion of Mantle Plumes in 3D Geodynamic Models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46(9).

Wang, Y., Pavlis, G. L. & Li, M., 2019, Heterogeneous distribution of water in the mantle transition zone inferred from wavefield imaging. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 505, 42-50.

Li, M., Zhong, S. J. & Olson, P., 2018, Linking lowermost mantle structure, core-mantle boundary heat flux and mantle plume formation. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 277, 10-29.

Li, M. & McNamara, A. K., 2018, The influence of deep mantle compositional heterogeneity on Earth's thermal evolution. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 500, 86-96.

Chandler, B. C., Yuan, K., Li, M., Cottaar, S., Romanowicz, B., Tomé, C. N. & Wenk, H. R. A, 2018, Refined Approach to Model Anisotropy in the Lowermost Mantle. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 375, 012002.

Li, M., and S. Zhong (2017), The source location of mantle plumes from 3D spherical models of mantle convection, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 478, 47-57.

Li, M., McNamara, A.K., Garnero, E.J., Yu, S., 2017. Compositionally-distinct ultra-low velocity zones on Earth’s core-mantle boundary. Nature Communications 8, 177.

Frost, D.A., Rost, S., Garnero, E.J., and Li, M. Seismic evidence for Earth’s crusty deep mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 470, 54-63.

Zhao, C. P., E. J. Garnero, M. Li, A. McNamara, and S. L. Yu (2017), Intermittent and lateral varying ULVZ structure at the northeastern margin of the Pacific LLSVP, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 122(2), 1198-1220.

Li, M., Black, B., Zhong, S., Manga, M., Rudolph, M.L. and Olson, P., 2016. Quantifying melt production and degassing rate at mid-ocean ridges from global mantle convection models with plate motion history. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17: 2884-2904.

Gu, T., Li, M., McCammon, C. and Lee, K.K.M., 2016. Redox-induced lower mantle density contrast and effect on mantle structure and primitive oxygen. Nature Geoscience, 9: 723-727.

Zhang, Z., Dorfman, S.M., Labidi, J., Zhang, S., Li, M., Manga, M., Stixrude, L., McDonough, W.F. and Williams, Q., 2016. Primordial metallic melt in the deep mantle. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(8): 3693-3699.

Li, M., 2015, Thermochemical Structure and Dynamics of Earth's Lowermost Mantle, PhD dissertation.

Williams, C.D., Li, M., McNamara, A.K., Garnero, E.J. and van Soest, M.C., 2015. Episodic entrainment of deep primordial mantle material into ocean island basalts. Nature Communnications, 6: 8937.

Li, M., McNamara, A.K. and Garnero, E.J., 2014. Chemical complexity of hotspots caused by cycling oceanic crust through mantle reservoirs. Nature Geoscience, 7(5): 366-370.

Cottaar, S., Li, M., McNamara, A.K., Romanowicz, B. and Wenk, H.-R., 2014. Synthetic seismic anisotropy models within a slab impinging on the core–mantle boundary. Geophysical Journal International, 199(1): 164-177.

Li, M. and McNamara, A.K., 2013. The difficulty for subducted oceanic crust to accumulate at the Earth's core-mantle boundary. J. Geophys. Res., 118(4): 1807-1816.

Li, M. and He, Y.M., 2011. Lithospheric structure beneath northeastern boundary region of the North China Craton from Rayleigh wave dispersion inversion. Acta Seismologica Sinica, 33(2): 143-155.