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Chao Yuan is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, and Geochemistry and Petrology. Their work spans 117 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences and 39 in Engineering, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement across these domains.

The scientist's research topics mainly cover:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Chao Yuan's publication record includes frequent contributions to specific academic venues, with the most papers appearing in:

  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Lithos
  • Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Chao Yuan are:

  • Petrogenesis of Early Cambrian granitoids in the western Kunlun orogenic belt, Northwest Tibet: Insight into early stage subduction of the Proto-Tethys Ocean (2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Two late Carboniferous belts of Nb-enriched mafic magmatism in the Eastern Tianshan: Heterogeneous mantle sources and geodynamic implications (2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Tectonic evolution of the Chinese Tianshan Orogen from subduction to arc-continent collision: Insight from polyphase deformation along the Gangou section, Central Asia (2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Structural evolution of the eastern segment of the Irtysh Shear Zone: Implications for the collision between the East Junggar Terrane and the Chinese Altai Orogen (northwestern China) (2020, Journal of Structural Geology)
  • Episodic Long-Term Exhumation of the Tianshan Orogenic Belt: New Insights From Multiple Low-Temperature Thermochronometers (2023, Tectonics)

Throughout their career, Chao Yuan has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Yunying Zhang
  • Min Sun
  • Yingde Jiang
  • Pengfei Li
  • Zongying Huang

This profile delineates a researcher with a focus on the tectonics, geodynamics, and geochemical characterization of orogenic belts and related geological phenomena, based on extensive peer-reviewed publications and collaborations in the earth sciences community.

Best Publications

  • Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia

    Wenjiao Xiao;Chunming Han;Chao Yuan;Min Sun

  • A Tale of Amalgamation of Three Permo-Triassic Collage Systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, Sutures, and Terminal Accretion

    Wenjiao Xiao;Brian F. Windley;Shu Sun;Jiliang Li

  • U-Pb zircon, geochemical and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic constraints on age and origin of Jurassic I- and A-type granites from central Guangdong, SE China: A major igneous event in response to foundering of a subducted flat-slab?

    Xian-Hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Wu-Xian Li;Ying Liu

  • End-Permian to mid-Triassic termination of the accretionary processes of the southern Altaids: implications for the geodynamic evolution, Phanerozoic continental growth, and metallogeny of Central Asia

    Wenjiao Xiao;Brian Windley;B. C. Huang;C. M. Han

  • Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids

    W J Xiao;B F Windley;C Yuan;M Sun

  • Geochemical, Sr-Nd and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic studies of Late Carboniferous magmatism in the West Junggar, Xinjiang: Implications for ridge subduction

    Hongyan Geng;Min Sun;Chao Yuan;Wenjiao Xiao

  • Early Paleozoic to Devonian multiple-accretionary model for the Qilian Shan, NW China

    Wenjiao Xiao;Brian F. Windley;Yong Yong;Zhen Yan

  • Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of gneissic rocks from the Chinese Altai: Progressive accretionary history in the early to middle Palaeozoic

    Min Sun;Chao Yuan;Wenjiao Xiao;Xiaoping Long;Xiaoping Long

  • Accretionary orogenesis of the Chinese Altai: Insights from Paleozoic granitoids

    Chao Yuan;Chao Yuan;Min Sun;Wenjiao Xiao;Xianhua Li

  • Archean crustal evolution of the northern Tarim craton, NW China: Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints

    Xiaoping Long;Chao Yuan;Min Sun;Guochun Zhao

  • Geochemical and zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of the Baijuhuajian metaluminous A-type granite: Extension at 125–100 Ma and its tectonic significance for South China

    Jean Wong;Min Sun;Guangfu Xing;Xian-hua Li

  • Reworking of the Tarim Craton by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas: Evidence from Neoproterozoic granitoids in the Kuluketage area, NW China

    Xiaoping Long;Chao Yuan;Min Sun;Alfred Kröner

  • Accretionary Tectonics of the Western Kunlun Orogen, China: A Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic, Long-Lived Active Continental Margin with Implications for the Growth of Southern Eurasia

    W. J. Xiao;B. F. Windley;D. Y. Liu;P. Jian

  • Triassic granitoids in the eastern Songpan Ganzi Fold Belt, SW China: Magmatic response to geodynamics of the deep lithosphere

    Chao Yuan;Mei-Fu Zhou;Min Sun;Yongjiu Zhao

  • Detrital zircon age and Hf isotopic studies for metasedimentary rocks from the Chinese Altai: Implications for the Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Xiaoping Long;Xiaoping Long;Min Sun;Chao Yuan;Wenjiao Xiao

  • Post-collisional plutons in the Balikun area, East Chinese Tianshan: Evolving magmatism in response to extension and slab break-off

    Chao Yuan;Min Sun;Simon Wilde;Wenjiao Xiao

  • Late Carboniferous high-Mg dioritic dikes in Western Junggar, NW China: Geochemical features, petrogenesis and tectonic implications

    Jiyuan Yin;Chao Yuan;Min Sun;Xiaoping Long

  • Geochemical and geochronological study of early Carboniferous volcanic rocks from the West Junggar: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications

    Hongyan Geng;Min Sun;Chao Yuan;Guochun Zhao

  • Geochemistry and U–Pb detrital zircon dating of Paleozoic graywackes in East Junggar, NW China: Insights into subduction–accretion processes in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Xiaoping Long;Chao Yuan;Min Sun;Inna Safonova

  • Detrital zircon ages and Hf isotopes of the early Paleozoic flysch sequence in the Chinese Altai, NW China: New constrains on depositional age, provenance and tectonic evolution

    Xiaoping Long;Chao Yuan;Min Sun;Wenjiao Xiao

  • Geochemical, Sr-Nd and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic studies of Late Carboniferous magmatism in the West Junggar, Xinjiang: Implications for ridge subduction

    H. Y. Geng;M. Sun;C. Yuan;W. S. Xian

Frequent Co-Authors

Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Xiaoping Long
Xiaoping Long Northwest University
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Keda Cai
Keda Cai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fu-Yuan Wu
Fu-Yuan Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoping Xia
Xiaoping Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Simon A. Wilde
Simon A. Wilde Curtin University
Alfred Kröner
Alfred Kröner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Chunming Han
Chunming Han Chinese Academy of Sciences

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