Marine Geology Division

September/2006-July/2009: Ph.D., Marine Geology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

September/2003-July/2006: M.Sc., Marine Geochemistry, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

September/1999-July/2003: B.Sc., Hydrogeology & Engineering Geology, Ocean University of China

December/2012-Present: Associate professor, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China

October/2009-July/2012: Postdoctoral, Marine Geology, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China

1. Sedimentation, transportation and distribution of sediments in the marginal sea

2. Marine Sedimentary environment and paleoclimate change recorded in the Indian Ocean

1. Principal investigator of “The provenance identification of meso- and micro-river near the East China Sea and their contribution to the mud area on the inner shelf” (National Nature Science Foundation of China, Grant No.: 201206063);

2. Principal investigator of “The sedimentary record of the Andaman Sea since the last glaciation and its response to the Indian monsoon” (National Nature Science Foundation of China, Grant No.: 201476074);

3. Principal investigator of “Reconstruct the atmospheric CO2 concentration and its effect on climate changes since the last deglaciation in the northeastern Indian Ocean” (National Nature Science Foundation of China, Grant No.: 201676054); 

1. Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, et al. Records of the East Asian winter monsoon from mud area in the inner shelf of the East China Sea since the mid-Holocene. Chinese Science Bulletin. 2010, 55 (21): 2306-2314.

2. Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, et al. Concentration distribution and assessment of heavy metals in sediments of mud area from inner continental shelf of the East China Sea. Environmental Earth Sciences. 2011, 64（2）: 567-579.

3. Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, et al. Environmental record from the mud area in the inner continental shelf of the East China Sea since Holocene. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 2011, 30（4）: 43-52.

4. Shengfa Liu, Yanguang Liu, Gang Yang, et al. Distribution of major and trace elements in surface sediment of Hangzhou Bay in China. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 2012, 31（4）: 89-100.

5. Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, et al. Holocene paleoclimatic reconstruction based on the mud deposit on the inner shelf of the East China Sea. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2013, 69: 113-120.

6. Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, Xisheng Fang, et al. Spatial and temporal distributions of clay minerals in mud deposits on the inner shelf of the East China Sea: Implications for paleoenvironmental changes in the Holocene. Quaternary International. 2014, 349:270-279.

7. Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, Gang Yang, et al. Concentration distribution and assessment of heavy metals in the surface sediments of the western Gulf of Thailand. Environmental Earth Sciences. 2016, 75(4): 1-14.

8. Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, Gang Yang, et al. Distribution of major and trace elements in surface sediments of the western Gulf of Thailand: Evidence for understanding modern sedimentation. Continental Shelf Research. 2016, 117: 81-91.

9. Shengfa Liu, Beibei Mi, Xisheng Fang, et al. A preliminary study of a sediment core drilled from the mud area on the inner shelf of the East China Sea: implications for paleoclimatic changes during the fast transgression period (13 ka BP-8 ka BP). Quaternary International. 2017, 441: 35-50.

10. Beibei Mi, Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, et al. A high resolution record of rare earth element compositional changes from the mud deposit on the inner shelf of the East China Sea: implications for paleoenvironmental changes. Quaternary International. 2017, 447: 35-45. (Corresponding author)

11. Xuefa Shi, Shengfa Liu, Xisheng Fang, et al. Distribution of clay minerals in surface sediments of the western Gulf of Thailand: sources and transport patterns. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2015, 105: 390-398.

12. Jingrui Li, Shengfa Liu, Xiuli Feng, et al. Major and trace element geochemistry of mid-Bengal Bay surface sediments: Implications for provenance. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 2017, 36(3): 82-90.

13. Jingrui Li, Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, et al. Distributions of clay minerals in surface sediments of the middle Bay of Bengal. Continental Shelf Research. 2017, 145:59-67.