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Chuan-Lin Zhang

Chuan-Lin Zhang

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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
5834
World Ranking
7509
National Ranking
475

Overview

Chuan-Lin Zhang is affiliated with Hohai University in China and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. Their work spans several subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research primarily centers on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and High-pressure Geophysics and Materials. Other notable topics covered include earthquake and tectonic studies, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Paleozoic post-collisional magmatism and high-temperature granulite-facies metamorphism coupling with lithospheric delamination of the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt, NW China (2021, Geoscience Frontiers)
  • Subduction initiation of Proto-Tethys Ocean and back-arc extension in the northern Altun Mountains, northwestern China: Evidence from high-Mg diorites and A-type rhyolites (2020, Lithos)
  • Triassic-Jurassic Granitoids and Pegmatites from Western Kunlun-Pamir Syntax: Implications for the Paleo-Tethys Evolution at the Northern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau (2020, Lithosphere)
  • Early Cretaceous granitoids in the Southern Pamir: Implications for the Meso-Tethys evolution of the Pamir Plateau (2020, Lithos)
  • The Tarim Craton in the Northwest of China (2022, International Geology Review)

Chuan-Lin Zhang frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors including Xiantao Ye, Xiaoqiang Liu, Masumeh Sargazi, Zhihao Song, and Xiao-Shu Hao.

The research outputs have appeared predominantly in journals such as Lithos, Lithosphere, International Geology Review, Gondwana Research, and Geoscience Frontiers. Lithos stands out as the most common publication venue followed by Lithosphere and International Geology Review.

Best Publications

  • Geological and geochronological evidence for the Precambrian evolution of the Tarim Craton and surrounding continental fragments

    Songnian Lu;Huaikun Li;Chuanlin Zhang;Guanghua Niu

  • Magmatic and metamorphic events during the early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai orogeny, southeastern South China: New age constraints and pressure-temperature conditions

    Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Jo-Anne Wartho;Chris Clark

  • Tectonic framework and evolution of the Tarim Block in NW China

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou;Huai-Kun Li;Hong-Yan Wang

  • Early history of the eastern Sibao Orogen (South China) during the assembly of Rodinia: New mica 40Ar/39Ar dating and SHRIMP U–Pb detrital zircon provenance constraints

    Zheng Xiang Li;Zheng Xiang Li;Jo Anne Wartho;Sandra Occhipinti;Chuan Lin Zhang

  • Tectonic framework and crustal evolution of the Precambrian basement of the Tarim Block in NW China: New geochronological evidence from deep drilling samples

    Zhi-Qin Xu;Bi-Zhu He;Chuan-Lin Zhang;Jian-Xin Zhang

  • Precambrian evolution and cratonization of the Tarim Block, NW China: Petrology, geochemistry, Nd-isotopes and U–Pb zircon geochronology from Archaean gabbro-TTG–potassic granite suite and Paleoproterozoic metamorphic belt

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Huai-Kun Li;M. Santosh;Zheng-Xiang Li

  • Neoproterozoic ultramafic–mafic-carbonatite complex and granitoids in Quruqtagh of northeastern Tarim Block, western China: Geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic implications

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Xian-Hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Song-Nian Lu

  • Neoproterozoic mafic dyke swarms at the northern margin of the Tarim Block, NW China: Age, geochemistry, petrogenesis and tectonic implications

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Hai-Min Ye

  • Diverse Permian magmatism in the Tarim Block, NW China: Genetically linked to the Permian Tarim mantle plume?

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Yi-Gang Xu;Zheng-Xiang Li;Hong-Yan Wang

  • A permian layered intrusive complex in the western tarim block, northwestern China: Product of a Ca. 275-ma mantle plume?

    Chuan‐Lin Zhang;Xian‐Hua Li;Zheng‐Xiang Li;Hai‐Min Ye

  • Neoproterozoic mafic-ultramafic layered intrusion in Quruqtagh of northeastern Tarim Block, NW China: Two phases of mafic igneous activity with different mantle sources

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Dong-Sheng Yang;Hong-Yan Wang;Yutaka Takahashi

  • A Permian large igneous province in Tarim and Central Asian orogenic belt, NW China: Results of a ca. 275 Ma mantle plume?

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Yi-Gang Xu

  • Age and origin of high Ba–Sr appinite–granites at the northwestern margin of the Tibet Plateau: Implications for early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Western Kunlun orogenic belt

    Hai-Min Ye;Xian-Hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Chuan-Lin Zhang

  • An early Paleoproterozoic high-K intrusive complex in southwestern Tarim block, NW China: Age, geochemistry, and tectonic implications

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Hai-Feng Yu

  • Multiple phases of the Neoproterozoic igneous activity in Quruqtagh of the northeastern Tarim Block, NW China: Interaction between plate subduction and mantle plume?

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou;Hong-Yan Wang;Huai-Kun Li

  • The Fuchuan ophiolite in Jiangnan Orogen: Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb geochronology, Hf isotope and implications for the Neoproterozoic assembly of South China

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;M. Santosh;Hai-Bo Zou;Huai-Kun Li

  • In-situ SIMS U–Pb dating of phanerozoic apatite with low U and high common Pb

    Qiu-Li Li;Xian-Hua Li;Fu-Yuan Wu;Qing-Zhu Yin

  • Neoproterozoic sedimentary basin evolution in southwestern Tarim, NW China: New evidence from field observations, detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotope compositions

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Xian-Tao Ye;Hai-Bo Zou;Xiang-Yan Chen

  • Neoproterozoic Bimodal Intrusive Complex in the Southwestern Tarim Block, Northwest China: Age, Geochemistry, and Implications for the Rifting of Rodinia

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Haimin Ye

  • Permian A-type granites in Tarim and western part of Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB): Genetically related to a common Permian mantle plume?

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou

  • Revisiting the “Irtish tectonic belt”: Implications for the Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Altai orogen

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Hai-Bo Zou;Yi-Gang Xu

  • Tectonic evolution of the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt along the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for the assembly of the Tarim terrane to Gondwana

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou;Xian-Tao Ye;Xiang-Yan Chen

  • The Gondwana connection of South China: Evidence from monazite and zircon geochronology in the Cathaysia Block

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Qing-Bo Zhu;Xiang-Yan Chen

  • Is the Precambrian basement of the Tarim Craton in NW China composed of discrete terranes

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou;M. Santosh;Xian-Tao Ye

  • Tectonic evolution of the Western Kunlun orogenic belt in northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Evidence from zircon SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology

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Frequent Co-Authors

Haibo Zou
Haibo Zou Auburn University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Zheng-Xiang Li
Zheng-Xiang Li Curtin University
Xian-Hua Li
Xian-Hua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi-Gang Xu
Yi-Gang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard E. Ernst
Richard E. Ernst Carleton University
Xiaoping Long
Xiaoping Long Northwest University
Yuexing Feng
Yuexing Feng University of Queensland
Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Yu Liu
Yu Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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