Full professor, Department of Earth Sciences,
National Central University
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電子信箱 Email：liweikuo@ncu.edu.tw
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研究興趣 Research Interests
My current research interests focus on the structure and mechanical properties of fault zones, and the evolution of fault rock microstructure during the seismic cycle. I use a combination of fieldwork, microstructural analysis, and rock deformation experiments. An important part of my research is to compare natural fault rocks with experimentally produced rocks to understand the deformation processes that occur during fault slip and the associated earthquake physics information. Recently, I have put some emphasis on investigating the transient dynamic frictional properties of clay-bearing rocks sheared under expected environmental conditions, which has applications and implications not only for studies of earthquake physics, but also for friction-related processes of geological and engineering interests.
最新成果 Recent Publications
- L.-W. Kuo*, W.-H. Wu, M. S. Tarling, S. A.F. Smith, T. T. Nguyen, W.-J. Wu and J. Si, 2026. Dehydroxylation and amorphization of wet serpentinite gouges during experimental seismic slip and implications for coseismic fluid drainage. Journal of Structural Geology, 203(105591), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105591.
- Nguyen, T. T., L.-W. Kuo*, Q.-E. Kong, C.-W. Kuo, J.-J. Dong, D. Brown, H. Wang, S.-T. Kuo, H. Li and J. Si, 2024. Fluid Drainage Leads to Thermal Decomposition of Wet Gouge During Experimental Seismic Slip. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(18), doi: 10.1029/2023GL106879
- Kuo, S.-T.*, Larry S.-H. Lai, E.-C. Yeh, Y.-L. Tsai and L.-W. Kuo, 2024. Damage asymmetry of the Chimei Fault, eastern Taiwan, and implications for deformation evolution. Journal of Structural Geology, 186, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105218.
- Ma, K.-F.*, S. von Specht*, L.-W. Kuo, H.-H. Huang, C.-R. Lin, C.-J. Lin, C.-S. Ku, E.-S. Wu, C.-Y. Wang, W.-Y. Chang and P. Jousset, 2024.07. Broad-band strain amplification in an asymmetric fault zone observed from borehole optical fiber and core. Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 402, doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01558-6.
- Chen, B.-C., T. Perdana and L.-W. Kuo*, 2023. Geophysical characteristics of a fault system in the northern Central Range of Taiwan and its applications for geothermal energy exploration. Geothermal Energy, 11:22, doi: org/10.1186/s40517-023-00265-3.
- Wang, H., H.B. Li, G. Di Toro, L.-W. Kuo, E. Spagnuolo, S. Aretusini, J.L. Si and S.-R. Song, 2023. Melting of fault gouge at shallow depth during the 2008 MW 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China. Geology, doi: 10.1130/G50810.1.
- Tran, T.-D., K.-L. Wang*, V. Kovach, A. Kotov, S. Velikoslavinsky, N. Popov, S. Dril, Z.-Y. Chu, D.-C. Lee, L.-W. Kuo, Y. Iizuka and H.-Y. Lee, 2023. Plate tectonics in action in the Mesoarchean: Implication from the Olondo greenstone belt on the Aldan Shield of Siberian Craton. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 603, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117975.
- Chen, T. Y., L. W. Kuo*, D. Brown, J. Si, T.-J. Meng, H.-S. Sheu, Y.-F. Song and G.-C. Yin, 2022. Lightning‑induced features on granitic gneiss and its implication for rare lightning scars from the geological record. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, doi:10.1007/s00410-022-01973-y.
- Kuo, L.-W.*, H. Sone, V. Luzin, E.-C. Yeh, Y.-J. Hsu and E. Tan, 2022. Gouge fabrics reset by thermal pressurization record stress on faults after earthquakes. Geology, doi: 10.1130/G50217.1
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獲獎 Award
- 2025 阮維周教授紀念基金學位論文獎(學生：陳則元-博士）
- 2025 中華民國地球物理學會蔡義本教授研究生獎學金(學生：阮氏貞-博士)
- 2024 全國地球系統科學專題研究大賽(學生：李孟沁-學士)
- 2024 中華民國地球物理學會蔡義本教授研究生獎學金(學生：陳則元-博士)
- 2024 中研學者計畫(中央研究院-113~117年)
- 2023 阮維周教授紀念基金學位論文獎(學生：吳惟馨-碩士）
- 2022 國立中央大學優秀學生獎學金(學生：陳則元-博士）
- 2022 中華民國地球物理學會蔡義本教授研究生獎學金(學生：吳惟馨-碩士)
- 2021 羅家倫校長年輕傑出研究獎(國立中央大學）
- 2021 阮維周教授紀念基金學位論文獎(學生：吳惟馨-學士）
- 2021 博士後研究人員學術研究獎-吳文傑(科技部-109年)
- 2020 吳大猷先生紀念獎(科技部-109年)
- 2020 阮維周教授紀念基金學位論文獎(學生：洪建程-碩士）
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斷層地質實驗室 Fault-Zone Geology Laboratory 