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Christina Yan Wang

Christina Yan Wang

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Earth Science

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45
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National Ranking
293

Overview

Christina Yan Wang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a significant body of research within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on geophysics, artificial intelligence applications, geochemistry, and petrology, as well as intersecting fields such as economics and materials chemistry.

Their research spans several main topics, notably:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching

Christina Yan Wang's recent publications include the following works:

  • "Gold endowment of the metasomatized lithospheric mantle for giant gold deposits: Insights from lamprophyre dykes" (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • "Mantle-derived gold scavenged by bismuth-(tellurium)-rich melts: Evidence from the mesozoic wulong gold deposit in the north china craton" (2021, Ore Geology Reviews)
  • "Magmatic-hydrothermal processes recorded by muscovite and columbite-group minerals from the Bailongshan rare-element pegmatites in the West Kunlun-Karakorum orogenic belt, NW China" (2020, Lithos)
  • "Periodic Mixing of Magmas Recorded by Oscillatory Zoning of the Clinopyroxene Macrocrysts from an Ultrapotassic Lamprophyre Dyke" (2020, Journal of Petrology)
  • "Magma oxygen fugacity of mafic-ultramafic intrusions in convergent margin settings: Insights for the role of magma oxidation states on magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization" (2020, American Mineralogist)

The venues where this research has frequently been published include:

  • Lithos
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Collaborative work features several frequent coauthors such as:

  • Bo Wei
  • Yonghua Cao
  • Wei Tan
  • Chang-Ming Xing
  • Mei-Fu Zhou

Throughout their career, Christina Yan Wang has contributed extensively to studies involving high-pressure geophysics and geological mapping, integrating multiple scientific domains. Their research activity demonstrates a blend of empirical geological investigation and modern analytical techniques to further understand mineral deposits, magmatic processes, and geochemical systems relevant to tectonic and volcanic settings.

Best Publications

  • Two magma series and associated ore deposit types in the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Nicolas T. Arndt;John Malpas;Christina Yan Wang

  • Permian flood basalts and mafic intrusions in the Jinping (SW China)–Song Da (northern Vietnam) district: Mantle sources, crustal contamination and sulfide segregation

    Christina Yan Wang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Liang Qi

  • Two stages of immiscible liquid separation in the formation of Panzhihua-type Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits,SW China

    Mei Fu Zhou;Wei Terry Chen;Christina Yan Wang;Stephen A. Prevec

  • Structural and geochronological constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Dulong-Song Chay tectonic dome in Yunnan province, SW China

    Dan-Ping Yan;Dan-Ping Yan;Mei-Fu Zhou;Mei-Fu Zhou;Christina Yan Wang;Bin Xia

  • Sulfide Saturation and Magma Emplacement in the Formation of the Permian Huangshandong Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit, Xinjiang, Northwestern China

    Jian-Feng Gao;Jian-Feng Gao;Mei-Fu Zhou;Peter C. Lightfoot;Christina Yan Wang

  • Determination of low concentrations of platinum group elements in geological samples by ID-ICP-MS

    Liang Qi;Liang Qi;Mei-Fu Zhou;Christina Yan Wang

  • Geochemistry of the Early Paleozoic Baiyin Volcanic Rocks (NW China): Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the North Qilian Orogenic Belt

    Christina Yan Wang;Qi Zhang;Qing Qian;Mei‐Fu Zhou

  • Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Permian Baimazhai mafic–ultramafic intrusion, SW China

    Christina Y Wang;M-F Zhou;Reid Roderick Keays;Reid Roderick Keays

  • Zircon Lu-Hf isotopic compositions of metaluminous and peralkaline A-type granitic plutons of the Emeishan large igneous province (SW China): Constraints on the mantle source

    J. Gregory Shellnutt;Christina Yan Wang;Mei Fu Zhou;Yueheng Yang

  • Field Relationships and Geochemical Constraints on the Emplacement of the Jinchuan Intrusion and its Ni-Cu-PGE Sulfide Deposit, Gansu, China

    Jérémie Lehmann;Nicholas Arndt;Brian Windley;Mei-Fu Zhou

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of 2.5 to 2.4 Ga granitic plutons from the southern margin of the North China Craton: Implications for a tectonic transition from arc to post-collisional setting

    Yan-Yan Zhou;Tai-Ping Zhao;Christina Yan Wang;Guo-Hui Hu

  • Metasomatized lithospheric mantle for Mesozoic giant gold deposits in the North China craton

    Zaicong Wang;Huai Cheng;Keqing Zong;Xianlei Geng

  • Flood basalt-related Fe-Ti oxide deposits in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

    Kwan Nang Pang;Mei Fu Zhou;Liang Qi;Gregory Shellnutt

  • Evaluation of a technique for determining Re and PGEs in geological samples by ICP-MS coupled with a modified Carius tube digestion

    Liang Qi;Liang Qi;Mei-Fu Zhou;Mei-Fu Zhou;Christina Yan Wang;Min Sun

  • Rate of growth of the preserved North American continental crust: Evidence from Hf and O isotopes in Mississippi detrital zircons

    Christina Yan Wang;Ian H. Campbell;Charlotte M. Allen;Ian S. Williams

  • Petrogenesis of the Mesozoic granites and Mo mineralization of the Luanchuan ore field in the East Qinling Mo mineralization belt, Central China

    Zhiwei Bao;Christina Yan Wang;Taiping Zhao;Chuangju Li

  • Controls on the PGE distribution of Permian Emeishan alkaline and peralkaline volcanic rocks in Longzhoushan, Sichuan Province, SW China

    Liang Qi;Liang Qi;Christina Yan Wang;Christina Yan Wang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Mei-Fu Zhou

  • Natural Magnetite: an efficient catalyst for the degradation of organic contaminant

    Hongping He;Yuanhong Zhong;Xiaoliang Liang;Wei Tan

  • A brief review of ophiolites in China

    Qi Zhang;Christina Yan Wang;Dunyi Liu;Ping Jian

  • Using detrital zircons from river sands to constrain major tectono-thermal events of the Cathaysia Block, SE China

    Yonghang Xu;Christina Yan Wang;Taiping Zhao

  • Flood basalt-related Fe-Ti oxide deposits in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China (vol 119, pg 123, 2010)

    Kwan-Nang Pang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Liang Qi;Gregory Shellnutt

Frequent Co-Authors

Mei-Fu Zhou
Mei-Fu Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liang Qi
Liang Qi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ronald S. Swerdloff
Ronald S. Swerdloff Lundquist Institute
Yi-Gang Xu
Yi-Gang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian-Feng Gao
Jian-Feng Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University
Hazel Margaret Prichard
Hazel Margaret Prichard Cardiff University
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Peter C. Lightfoot
Peter C. Lightfoot Lightfoot Geoscience
Peter J. Snyder
Peter J. Snyder University of Pennsylvania

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