| East Asian lithospheric evolution dictated by multistage Mesozoic flat-slab subduction L Liu, D Peng, L Liu, L Chen, S Li, Y Wang, Z Cao, M Feng Earth-Science Reviews 217, 103621, 2021 | 50 | 2021 |
| Global back-arc extension due to trench-parallel mid-ocean ridge subduction Y Liu, L Liu, Y Li, D Peng, Z Wu, Z Cao, S Li, Q Du Earth and Planetary Science Letters 600, 117889, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
| Secular craton evolution due to cyclic deformation of underlying dense mantle lithosphere Y Wang, Z Cao, L Peng, L Liu, L Chen, C Lundstrom, D Peng, X Yang Nature Geoscience 16 (7), 637-645, 2023 | 9 | 2023 |
| Origin of Three‐Dimensional Crustal Stress Over the Conterminous United States Z Cao, L Liu Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 126 (11), e2021JB022137, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| An emerging plume head interacting with the Hawaiian plume tail L Zhang, Z Cao, RE Zartman, C Li, S Sun, L Liu, W Sun The Innovation 4 (2), 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| Western US intraplate deformation controlled by the complex lithospheric structure Z Cao, L Liu Nature Communications 15 (1), 3917, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
| Revealing the deep cause of the Intermountain Seismic Belt Z Cao Earth & Environment, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Long-lived Northern Hemisphere convergence systems driven by upper-mantle thermal inhomogeneity L Liu, Z Cao, JP Morgan, HY Li, F Yang, YG Xu Geology 52 (5), 373-378, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Implementation of a particle-in-cell method for the energy solver in 3D spherical geodynamic modeling H Dong, ZB Cao, LJ Liu, YC Li, SZ Li, LM Dai, XY Li Earth and Planetary Physics 8 (3), 549-563, 2024 | | 2024 |
| An emerging plume head at Hawaii L Zhang, Z Cao, L Liu, W Sun EGU24, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Cenozoic India-Asia collision driven by mantle dragging the cratonic root Y Li, L Liu, D Peng, Z Cao | | 2023 |
| Understanding lithospheric and mantle dynamics using geodynamic models with data-assimilation Z Cao University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023 | | 2023 |
| Hemispheric Dichotomy of Mantle Dynamics Revealed by Machine Learning AJ Stewart, Y Li, Z Cao, L Liu arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.14312, 2023 | | 2023 |
| Continental Delamination Initiates Subduction and Supercontinent Breakup Z Cao, L Liu | | 2023 |
| Coupled Evolution of Earth's Hydrogen Distribution and Thermal History X Bao, Z Cao, KC Gourley, S Gutierrez, Y Liang, D Zhou, BA Buffett, ... AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, MR33A-06, 2022 | | 2022 |
| Continental Lithosphere Delamination Triggers Subduction Initiation Z Cao, L Liu AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, T15D-0153, 2022 | | 2022 |
| Lithosphere Delamination and Relamination Reconcile Craton Longevity and Temporal Variations L Peng, L Liu, Y Wang, Z Cao, L Liu AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2021, T15C-0185, 2021 | | 2021 |
| Continental-scale converging mantle flow beneath Eurasia and America, from model to observation Y Li, D Peng, Z Cao, L Liu AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2021, DI45C-0035, 2021 | | 2021 |
| Western US Crustal Stress and Relative Motion Controlled by Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Interaction Z Cao, L Liu AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2021, T45F-14, 2021 | | 2021 |
| Exploring Upper-Mantle Dynamics using Global Adjoint Convection Models Z Cao, L Liu, Y Wang AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2020, DI015-0006, 2020 | | 2020 |
