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Dan-Ping Yan is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China and focuses research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work engages a diverse range of subfields with a strong emphasis on geophysics and geology, including artificial intelligence applications, mechanics of materials, and geochemistry and petrology.

The scope of their research encompasses various key topics such as geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical investigations, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and broader geological studies and exploration.

Dan-Ping Yan's notable recent publications include:

  • Paleo-Pacific plate subduction on the eastern Asian margin: Insights from the Jurassic foreland system of the overriding plate (2022), Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Formation and Forward Propagation of the Indosinian Foreland Fold-Thrust Belt and Nanpanjiang Foreland Basin in SW China (2021), Tectonics
  • Insights into post-orogenic extension and opening of the Palaeo-Tethys Ocean recorded by an Early Devonian core complex in South China (2020), Journal of Geodynamics
  • Geology of China and adjacent regions: An introduction (2020), Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Multi-Phase Non-Coaxial Orogenic Growth: Propagation of the Longmen Shan Thrust Belt on the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau (2023), Tectonics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dan-Ping Yan include Liang Qiu, Ruoyan Kong, Hong-Xu Mu, Shouheng Sun, and Shahnawaz Ariser. Liang Qiu appears as the most frequent collaborator.

The primary journals and venues where Dan-Ping Yan has published multiple works are:

  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences X
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Structural Geology

The research produced by Dan-Ping Yan contributes to understanding of tectonic processes, orogenic belt dynamics, foreland basin development, and geological evolution within East Asia and surrounding regions. Their interdisciplinary approach incorporates geophysical and geochemical techniques while addressing geological mapping and high-pressure studies.

Best Publications

  • SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronological and geochemical evidence for Neoproterozoic arc-magmatism along the western margin of the Yangtze Block, South China.

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Dan-Ping Yan;Dan-Ping Yan;Allen K Kennedy;Yunqian Li

  • Reappraisal of the ages of Neoproterozoic strata in south China; no connection with the Grenvillian Orogeny

    Jun Hong Zhao;Mei Fu Zhou;Dan Ping Yan;Jian Ping Zheng

  • Origin and tectonic significance of a Mesozoic multi-layer over-thrust system within the Yangtze Block (South China)

    Dan-Ping Yan;Dan-Ping Yan;Mei-Fu Zhou;Hong-Lin Song;Xin-Wen Wang

  • The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Yuxiao Ma;Dan-Ping Yan;Xiaoping Xia

  • Subduction-related origin of the 750 Ma Xuelongbao adakitic complex (Sichuan Province, China): Implications for the tectonic setting of the giant Neoproterozoic magmatic event in South China

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Dan-Ping Yan;Chang-Liang Wang;Liang Qi

  • Depositional age, provenance, and tectonic setting of the Neoproterozoic Sibao Group, southeastern Yangtze Block, South China

    Wei Wang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Dan-Ping Yan;Jian-Wei Li

  • 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 record of Neoproterozoic active-margin sedimentation in the eastern Jiangnan Orogen, South China

    Wei Wang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Dan-Ping Yan;Liang Li

  • Provenance and tectonic setting of the Neoproterozoic Yanbian Group, western Yangtze Block (SW China)

    Wei-Hua Sun;Mei-Fu Zhou;Dan-Ping Yan;Jian-Wei Li

  • Proterozoic Fe-Cu metallogeny and supercontinental cycles of the southwestern Yangtze Block, southern China and northern Vietnam

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Mei-Fu Zhou;Xin-Fu Zhao;Xin-Fu Zhao;Wei Terry Chen;Wei Terry Chen;Xiao-Chun Li

  • Late Triassic porphyritic intrusions and associated volcanic rocks from the Shangri-La region, Yidun terrane, Eastern Tibetan Plateau: Adakitic magmatism and porphyry copper mineralization

    Bai-Qiu Wang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Jian-Wei Li;Dan-Ping Yan

  • 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

  • Structural and geochronological constraints on the Mesozoic‐Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Longmen Shan thrust belt, eastern Tibetan Plateau

    Dan-Ping Yan;Dan-Ping Yan;Mei-Fu Zhou;Shu-Bin Li;Guo-Qin Wei

  • Zircon Lu–Hf isotopic constraints on Neoproterozoic subduction-related crustal growth along the western margin of the Yangtze Block, South China

    Jun-Hong Zhao;Mei-Fu Zhou;Dan-Ping Yan;Yue-Heng Yang

  • Late Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic rift successions in SW China: Implication for the Yangtze Block–North Australia–Northwest Laurentia connection in the Columbia supercontinent

    Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Xin-Fu Zhao;Xin-Fu Zhao;Wei-Terry Chen

  • The Longmenshan Tectonic Complex and adjacent tectonic units in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: A review

    Dan-Ping Yan;Yu Zhou;Liang Qiu;Michael L. Wells

  • Mesozoic geology of Southwestern China: Indosinian foreland overthrusting and subsequent deformation

    Liang Qiu;Liang Qiu;Dan-Ping Yan;Shuang-Li Tang;Shuang-Li Tang;Qin Wang

  • Structural style and tectonic significance of the Jianglang dome in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China

    Dan-Ping Yan;Dan-Ping Yan;Mei-Fu Zhou;Honglin Song;Zhaoren Fu

  • Longevity of the Permian Emeishan mantle plume (SW China): 1 Ma, 8 Ma or 18 Ma?

    J. Gregory Shellnutt;Mei Fu Zhou;Dan Ping Yan;Yanbin Wang

  • An Andean-type arc system in Rodinia constrained by the Neoproterozoic Shimian ophiolite in South China

    Jun Hong Zhao;Paul D. Asimow;Mei Fu Zhou;Jian Zhang

  • Constraints on the depth, geometry and kinematics of blind detachment faults provided by fault-propagation folds: An example from the Mesozoic fold belt of South China

    Dan-Ping Yan;Dan-Ping Yan;Bing Zhang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Guoqing Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

Mei-Fu Zhou
Mei-Fu Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian-Wei Li
Jian-Wei Li China University of Geosciences
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Jian-Feng Gao
Jian-Feng Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xin-Fu Zhao
Xin-Fu Zhao China University of Geosciences
Jun-Hong Zhao
Jun-Hong Zhao China University of Geosciences
Allen K. Kennedy
Allen K. Kennedy Curtin University
Liang Qi
Liang Qi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University
Christina Yan Wang
Christina Yan Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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