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Biography Revised: 5/21/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006

PHOTO: Liu Guangding
Liu Guangding 刘光鼎
Expert on Geologic Oceanography and Geophysics

Biography

Liu Guangding, male, Han nationality, is a native of Penglai, Shandong Province. He graduated from Beijing University in 1952.

Liu led the geologic and geophysical investigation of China's seas for many years. He worked as the editor-in-chief for 'Geologic and Geophysical Series Maps of the Chinese Seas' and wrote such monographs as 'Geologic and Geophysical Features of the Chinese Seas.' Using lithosphere plate tectonic theory, Liu analyzed the geophysical field, geologic structure and evolutionary history of the Chinese seas and directed hydrocarbon exploration of the region. As the first scholar who taught the seismic prospecting and marine geophysical exploration in China, Liu initiated the comprehensive study of geology and geophysics for the purpose of promoting oil reservoir geophysical and shallow layer geophysical engineering for supporting the national economic construction. In recent years, based on the summary of macro-frame Chinese tectonics, Liu put forward the sea facies residual basin of the pre-Cenozoic and provided the theoretical foundation for the secondary construction of Chinese oil and natural gas resources.

Career Data

Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Geophysics Research Institute
1999—???? Honorary Chairman, China Society for Oceanography
Chairman, China Geophysical Society
1993— Academician, Third World Academy of Sciences
1980— Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1952 Graduate, Beijing University, Physics Department Beijing Municipality


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