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Chusi Li is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on geophysics. Within this main field, their work spans subfields such as geophysics, artificial intelligence, atmospheric science, geochemistry and petrology, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics that include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geochemistry and elemental analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, and geological formations and processes.

Recent publications by Chusi Li demonstrate a range of geoscientific investigations. Notable papers include:

  • Sr-Nd-Hf-O isotope constraints on crustal contamination and mantle source variation of three Fe-Ti-V oxide ore deposits in the Emeishan large igneous province, 2020, published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Cu and Ni Isotope Variations of Country Rock-Hosted Massive Sulfides Located Near Midcontinent Rift Intrusions, 2021, published in Economic Geology
  • Late Permian-Early Triassic mafic dikes in the southwestern margin of the South China block: Evidence for Paleo-Pacific subduction, 2021, published in Lithos
  • Geology and geochemistry of the Tulaergen conduit-style magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposit in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, northwestern China, 2021, published in Mineralium Deposita
  • Triassic arc mafic magmatism in North Qiangtang: Implications for tectonic reconstruction and mineral exploration, 2020, published in Gondwana Research

Chusi Li regularly publishes in venues such as Economic Geology, Mineralium Deposita, Chemical Geology, Gondwana Research, and Precambrian Research. Economic Geology and Mineralium Deposita are among the most frequent publication venues for this researcher.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with peers including Edward M. Ripley, Qingfei Wang, Jun Deng, Shengchao Xue, and Zhong-Jie Bai.

Best Publications

  • Tethys tectonic evolution and its bearing on the distribution of important mineral deposits in the Sanjiang region, SW China

    Jun Deng;Qingfei Wang;Qingfei Wang;Gongjian Li;Chusi Li

  • Partitioning of nickel, copper, iridium, rhenium, platinum, and palladium between monosulfide solid solution and sulfide liquid: Effects of composition and temperature

    Chusi Li;Sarah-Jane Barnes;E. Makovicky;J. Rose-Hansen

  • Sulfide Saturation in Mafic Magmas: Is External Sulfur Required for Magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) Ore Genesis?

    Edward M. Ripley;Chusi Li

  • Empirical equations to predict the sulfur content of mafic magmas at sulfide saturation and applications to magmatic sulfide deposits

    Chusi Li;Edward M. Ripley

  • Geology and petrology of the Voisey's Bay intrusion: reaction of olivine with sulfide and silicate liquids

    C Li;A.J Naldrett

  • The boundary between the Simao and Yangtze blocks and their locations in Gondwana and Rodinia: Constraints from detrital and inherited zircons

    Qingfei Wang;Qingfei Wang;Jun Deng;Chusi Li;Gongjian Li

  • Fundamentals of Magmatic Sulfide Deposits

    A. J. Naldrett

  • Trace element indiscrimination diagrams

    Chusi Li;Chusi Li;Nicholas T. Arndt;Qingyan Tang;Edward M. Ripley

  • Sulfur Contents at Sulfide-Liquid or Anhydrite Saturation in Silicate Melts: Empirical Equations and Example Applications

    Chusi Li;Edward M. Ripley

  • SULFUR ISOTOPE EXCHANGE AND METAL ENRICHMENT IN THE FORMATION OF MAGMATIC Cu-Ni-(PGE) DEPOSITS

    Edward M. Ripley;Chusi Li

  • Re-Os isotope systematics of Ni-Cu sulfide ores, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario: evidence for a major crustal component

    R.J. Walker;J.W. Morgan;A.J. Naldrett;C. Li

  • The genesis of Archaean chromitites from the Nuasahi and Sukinda massifs in the Singhbhum Craton, India

    Sisir K. Mondal;Edward M. Ripley;Chusi Li;Robert Frei

  • Compositional variations of olivine from the Jinchuan Ni–Cu sulfide deposit, western China: implications for ore genesis

    Chusi Li;Zhanghua Xu;Sybrand A. de Waal;Edward M. Ripley

  • Geochronology, petrology and Hf–S isotope geochemistry of the newly-discovered Xiarihamu magmatic Ni–Cu sulfide deposit in the Qinghai–Tibet plateau, western China

    Chusi Li;Chusi Li;Zhaowei Zhang;Wenyuan Li;Yalei Wang

  • Geochemical constraints on the origin of sulfide mineralization in the Duke Island Complex, southeastern Alaska

    Joyashish Thakurta;Edward M. Ripley;Chusi Li

  • Copper solubility in a basaltic melt and sulfide liquid/silicate melt partition coefficients of Cu and Fe

    Edward M Ripley;James G Brophy;Chusi Li

  • Compositional Variations of Olivine and Sulfur Isotopes in the Noril’sk and Talnakh Intrusions, Siberia: Implications for Ore-Forming Processes in Dynamic Magma Conduits

    Chusi Li;Edward M. Ripley;Anthony J. Naldrett

  • Apatite trace element and halogen compositions as petrogenetic-metallogenic indicators: Examples from four granite plutons in the Sanjiang region, SW China

    Li-Chuan Pan;Rui-Zhong Hu;Xin-Song Wang;Xian-Wu Bi

  • Sulfur isotopic studies of continental flood basalts in the Noril’sk region: implications for the association between lavas and ore-bearing intrusions

    Edward M. Ripley;Peter C. Lightfoot;Chusi Li;Erika R. Elswick

  • The relative effects of composition and temperature on olivine-liquid Ni partitioning: Statistical deconvolution and implications for petrologic modeling

    Chusi Li;Edward M. Ripley

  • Re–Os isotopic systematics of the Voisey's Bay Ni–Cu–Co magmatic ore system, Labrador, Canada

    David D Lambert;Jeffrey G Foster;Louise R Frick;C Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward M. Ripley
Edward M. Ripley Indiana University
Anthony J. Naldrett
Anthony J. Naldrett University of Toronto
Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier Cardiff University
Sarah-Jane Barnes
Sarah-Jane Barnes Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Qingfei Wang
Qingfei Wang China University of Geosciences
Kezhang Qin
Kezhang Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ruizhong Hu
Ruizhong Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong Zhong
Hong Zhong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liang Qi
Liang Qi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sandra L. Kamo
Sandra L. Kamo University of Toronto

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