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Ben-Xun Su is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, primarily contributing to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a broad range of subfields, with significant emphasis on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, Geochemistry and Petrology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics cover various aspects of geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, as well as geochemistry and elemental analysis. Additional areas of focus include radioactive element chemistry and processing and isotope analysis in ecology.

Ben-Xun Su has published extensively, with some recent papers highlighting their involvement in studies related to oceanic lithosphere, isotopic signatures of sulfide deposits, and the occurrence of water in chromitites. Notable works include:

  • The complex life cycle of oceanic lithosphere: A study of Yarlung-Zangbo ophiolitic peridotites, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Sulfur and copper isotopic signatures of chalcopyrite at Kalatongke and Baishiquan: Insights into the origin of magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • The occurrence, origin, and fate of water in chromitites in ophiolites, 2020, American Mineralogist
  • Trace elements in olivine: Proxies for petrogenesis, mineralization and discrimination of mafic-ultramafic rocks, 2021, Lithos
  • A new model for chromitite formation in ophiolites: Fluid immiscibility, 2020, Science China Earth Sciences

Their frequent coauthors include Mengmeng Cui, Jing Wang, Yan Xiao, Patrick Asamoah Sakyi, and İ̇brahim Uysal, indicating collaborative work across multiple projects.

Ben-Xun Su has published prominently in several respected scientific venues. Among these, Lithos and Acta Petrologica Sinica stand out as the sources of the majority of their work, followed by notable contributions to the Journal of Petrology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, and the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry.

Best Publications

  • SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology and Sr-Nd isotopes of Ni-Cu-Bearing Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions in Eastern Tianshan and Beishan in correlation with flood basalts in Tarim Basin (NW China): Constraints on a ca. 280 Ma mantle plume

    Ke-zhang Qin;Ben-xun Su;Patrick Asamoah Sakyi;Dong-mei Tang

  • Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in suprasubduction zone environments

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;Ben-Xun Su;Ben-Xun Su;Jian-Feng Gao

  • U-Pb ages and Hf-O isotopes of zircons from Late Paleozoic mafic-ultramafic units in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Tectonic implications and evidence for an Early-Permian mantle plume

    Ben-Xun Su;Ke-Zhang Qin;Patrick Asamoah Sakyi;Xian-Hua Li

  • Magnesium Isotopic Compositions of International Geological Reference Materials

    Fang Zhen Teng;Fang Zhen Teng;Wang Ye Li;Shan Ke;Wei Yang

  • Evolution of lithospheric mantle beneath the Tan-Lu fault zone, eastern North China Craton: Evidence from petrology and geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths

    Yan Xiao;Hong-Fu Zhang;Wei-Ming Fan;Ji-Feng Ying

  • Widespread refertilization of cratonic and circum-cratonic lithospheric mantle

    Yan-Jie Tang;Hong-Fu Zhang;Hong-Fu Zhang;Ji-Feng Ying;Ben-Xun Su

  • Episodic widespread magma underplating beneath the North China Craton in the Phanerozoic: Implications for craton destruction

    Hong-Fu Zhang;Hong-Fu Zhang;Ri-Xiang Zhu;M. Santosh;Ji-Feng Ying

  • Subduction-induced mantle heterogeneity beneath Eastern Tianshan and Beishan: Insights from Nd–Sr–Hf–O isotopic mapping of Late Paleozoic mafic–ultramafic complexes

    Ben-Xun Su;Ke-Zhang Qin;He Sun;Dong-Mei Tang

  • Zircon dating, Hf–Sr–Nd–Os isotopes and PGE geochemistry of the Tianyu sulfide-bearing mafic–ultramafic intrusion in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China

    Dongmei Tang;Kezhang Qin;Chusi Li;Liang Qi

  • Late Paleozoic magmatic record of East Junggar, NW China and its significance: Implication from zircon U-Pb dating and Hf isotope

    Yan Xiao;Hongfu Zhang;Ji'an Shi;Benxun Su

  • Metasomatism-induced mantle magnesium isotopic heterogeneity: Evidence from pyroxenites

    Yan Hu;Yan Hu;Fang-Zhen Teng;Hong-Fu Zhang;Yan Xiao

  • Iron and magnesium isotope fractionation in oceanic lithosphere and sub-arc mantle: Perspectives from ophiolites

    Ben-Xun Su;Ben-Xun Su;Ben-Xun Su;Fang-Zhen Teng;Yan Hu;Ren-Deng Shi

  • Occurrence of an Alaskan-type complex in the Middle Tianshan Massif, Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Inferences from petrological and mineralogical studies

    Ben-Xun Su;Ke-Zhang Qin;Patrick Asamoah Sakyi;Sanjeewa P.K. Malaviarachchi

  • Geochemistry and geochronology of acidic rocks in the Beishan region, NW China: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications

    Ben-Xun Su;Ke-Zhang Qin;Patrick Asamoah Sakyi;Ping-Ping Liu

  • Highly heterogeneous lithospheric mantle beneath the Central Zone of the North China Craton evolved from Archean mantle through diverse melt refertilization

    Yan-Jie Tang;Hong-Fu Zhang;Ji-Feng Ying;Ben-Xun Su

  • Slab-derived lithium isotopic signatures in mantle xenoliths from northeastern North China Craton

    Yan-Jie Tang;Hong-Fu Zhang;Hong-Fu Zhang;Etienne Deloule;Ben-Xun Su

  • Geochemistry of ultrapotassic volcanic rocks in Xiaogulihe NE China: Implications for the role of ancient subducted sediments

    Yang Sun;Jifeng Ying;Xinhua Zhou;Ji'an Shao

  • The Early Permian mafic–ultramafic complexes in the Beishan Terrane, NW China: Alaskan-type intrusives or rift cumulates?

    Ben-Xun Su;Ke-Zhang Qin;M. Santosh;He Sun

  • The role of crustal contamination in the formation of Ni–Cu sulfide deposits in Eastern Tianshan, Xinjiang, Northwest China: Evidence from trace element geochemistry, Re–Os, Sr–Nd, zircon Hf–O, and sulfur isotopes

    Dong-Mei Tang;Ke-Zhang Qin;He Sun;Ben-Xun Su

  • Iron and magnesium isotopic constraints on the origin of chemical heterogeneity in podiform chromitite from the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet

    Yan Xiao;Fang-Zhen Teng;Ben-Xun Su;Yan Hu

  • Abnormal lithium isotope composition from the ancient lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton

    Yan-Jie Tang;Hong-Fu Zhang;Etienne Deloule;Ben-Xun Su

  • Geochronologic-petrochemical studies of the Hongshishan mafic-ultramafic intrusion, Beishan area, Xinjiang (NW China): petrogenesis and tectonic implications

    Benxun Su;Kezhang Qin;Patrick Asamoah Sakyi;Dongmei Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong-Fu Zhang
Hong-Fu Zhang Northwest University
Kezhang Qin
Kezhang Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chunming Han
Chunming Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ji-Feng Ying
Ji-Feng Ying Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yan-Jie Tang
Yan-Jie Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bo Wan
Bo Wan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ibrahim Uysal
Ibrahim Uysal Karadeniz Technical University
Songjian Ao
Songjian Ao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mei-Fu Zhou
Mei-Fu Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences

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