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Chang Whan Oh is affiliated with Jeonbuk National University in South Korea and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Computer Science. Their research focuses on subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology.

The main topics of their work cover a range of geological and geochemical studies including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological Modeling and Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits

Chang Whan Oh has published extensively, with a notable number of papers appearing in specialized scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Lithos
  • Journal of the Geological Society of Korea
  • Minerals
  • Precambrian Research
  • Episodes

Recent papers from 2020 and 2021 represent various aspects of geochemistry, tectonics, and volcanic studies. Examples include:

  • Distribution pattern of age and geochemistry of 2.18-2.14 Ga I- and A-type granites and their implication for the tectonics of the Liao-Ji belt in the North China Craton (2020, Lithos)
  • Ages and tectonic settings of the Neoproterozoic igneous rocks in the Gyeonggi Massif of the southern Korean Peninsula and the correlation with the Neoproterozoic igneous rocks in China (2020, Lithos)
  • Paleoproterozoic postcollisional metamorphic and igneous activities in the Jinan area of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt in the North China Craton and their tectonic implications (2020, Precambrian Research)
  • Petrogenesis of the Cenozoic volcanic rocks in Baekdu volcano in northeastern Asia and the expected depth of the magma chamber based on geochemistry, mineral chemistry, and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope chemistry (2021, Lithos)
  • The age and geochemistry of the mid-Cretaceous volcanic rocks in the Jinan Basin: Implications for the mid-Cretaceous tectonic environments of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia (2020, Lithos)

Chang Whan Oh frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Byung Choon Lee
  • Seung Hwan Lee
  • Bo Young Lee
  • Deung-Lyong Cho
  • Kenta Kawaguchi

Best Publications

  • First Finding of Eclogite Facies Metamorphic Event in South Korea and Its Correlation with the Dabie‐Sulu Collision Belt in China

    Chang Whan Oh;Sung Won Kim;Seon Gyu Choi;Mingguo Zhai

  • A new concept on tectonic correlation between Korea, China and Japan: Histories from the late Proterozoic to Cretaceous

    Chang Whan Oh

  • The Late Permian to Triassic Hongseong-Odesan Collision Belt in South Korea, and Its Tectonic Correlation with China and Japan

    Chang Whan Oh;Timothy Kusky

  • Phanerozoic high-pressure eclogite and intermediate-pressure granulite facies metamorphism in the Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea: Implications for the eastward extension of the Dabie Sulu continental collision zone

    Sung Won Kim;Chang Whan Oh;Ian S. Williams;Daniela Rubatto

  • SHRIMP zircon geochronology, and geochemical characteristics of metaplutonic rocks from the south western Gyeonggi Block, Korea: Implications for Paleoproterozoic to Mesozoic tectonic links between the Korean Peninsula and eastern China

    Sung Won Kim;Ian S. Williams;Sanghoon Kwon;Chang Whan Oh

  • Polyphase and anticlockwise P‐T evolution for Franciscan eclogites and blueschists from Jenner, California, USA

    E. J. Krogh;C. W. Oh;J. C. Liou

  • A petrogenetic grid for eclogite and related facies under high‐pressure metamorphism

    C. W. Oh;J. G. Liou

  • Petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology of the post-collisional Triassic mangerite and syenite in the Gwangcheon area, Hongseong Belt, South Korea

    Jieun Seo;Seon Gyu Choi;Chang Whan Oh

  • Petrology, geochronology and tectonic implications of Mesozoic high Ba-Sr granites in the Haemi area, Hongseong Belt, South Korea

    Seon Gyu Choi;V. J. Rajesh;Jieun Seo;Jung Woo Park

  • Mangerite magmatism associated with a probable Late-Permian to Triassic Hongseong–Odesan collision belt in South Korea

    Chang Whan Oh;Sajeev Krishnan;Sung Won Kim;Yong Wan Kwon

  • Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Hongseong area, southwestern Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea; implication for the tectonic evolution of Northeast Asia

    C.W. Oh;S.-G. Choi;J. Seo;V.J. Rajesh;V.J. Rajesh

  • Spinel granulite in Odesan area, South Korea: Tectonic implications for the collision between the North and South China blocks

    Chang Whan Oh;Sung Won Kim;Ian Williams

  • Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Okcheon Metamorphic Belt, South Korea: Tectonic implications in East Asia

    Chang Whan Oh;Sung Won Kim;In-Chang Ryu;Toshinori Okada

  • Metamorphic evolution of two different eclogites in the Franciscan Complex, California, U.S.A.

    Chang-Whan Oh;J.G. Liou

  • Ridge Subduction-Related Jurassic Plutonism in and around the Okcheon Metamorphic Belt, South Korea, and Implications for Northeast Asian Tectonics

    Sung Won Kim;Chang Whan Oh;Seon Gyu Choi;In-Chang Ryu

  • Paleoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Hongcheon area, southern margin of the Northern Gyeonggi Massif in the Korean Peninsula, and their links to the Paleoproterozoic orogeny in the North China Craton

    Byung Choon Lee;Chang Whan Oh;Kesorjit S. Yengkhom;Keewook Yi

  • SHRIMP zircon age of a Proterozoic rapakivi granite batholith in the Gyeonggi massif (South Korea) and its geological implications

    Mingguo Zhai;Zhiyao Ni;Chang Whan Oh;Jinghui Guo

  • Permo-Triassic and Paleoproterozoic metamorphism related to continental collision in Yangpyeong, South Korea

    Chang Whan Oh;Takeshi Imayama;Seung Yeol Lee;Sang-Bong Yi

  • Neoproterozoic Bimodal Volcanism in the Okcheon Belt, South Korea, and Its Comparison with the Nanhua Rift, South China: Implications for Rifting in Rodinia

    Sung Won Kim;Chang Whan Oh;In‐Chang Ryu;I. S. Williams

  • Low-Temperature Eclogites and Eclogitic Schists in Mn-rich Metabasites in Ward Creek, California; Mn and Fe Effects on the Transition between Blueschist and Eclogite

    Chang W. Oh;J. G. Liou;S. Maruyama

  • Tectonic and deformation history of the Gyeonggi Massif in and around the Hongcheon area, and its implications in the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton

    Kesorjit S. Yengkhom;Byung Choon Lee;Chang Whan Oh;Keewook Yi

  • Correlation of Paleoproterozoic igneous and metamorphic events of the Korean Peninsula and China; Its implication to the tectonics of Northeast Asia

    Chang Whan Oh;Byung Choon Lee;Sang-Bong Yi;Hyeon Ih Ryu

Frequent Co-Authors

Sung Won Kim
Sung Won Kim Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Keewook Yi
Keewook Yi Korea Basic Science Institute
Mingguo Zhai
Mingguo Zhai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peng Peng
Peng Peng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ian S. Williams
Ian S. Williams Australian National University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Tetsumaru Itaya
Tetsumaru Itaya Okayama University of Science
Juhn G. Liou
Juhn G. Liou Stanford University
Jiaqi Liu
Jiaqi Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shigenori Maruyama
Shigenori Maruyama Tokyo Institute of Technology

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