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Overview

Guowei Zhang is affiliated with Northwest University in China and conducts research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their expertise spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Molecular Biology, and Mechanics of Materials. The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits.

They have contributed to numerous scholarly articles featured in a variety of academic publication venues. The common platforms for their research dissemination include:

  • Geological Journal
  • Gondwana Research
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Among the recent publications associated with Guowei Zhang are:

  • "Central China Orogenic Belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents," 2021, Gondwana Research
  • "Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution and proto-basin of the Yangtze Block, China," 2024, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Formation and evolution of Xianshuihe Fault Belt in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from structural deformation and geochronology," 2020, Geological Journal
  • "Differential exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes: A case study from South Altyn Tagh, western China," 2021, Gondwana Research
  • "Pre-plate tectonics and origin of continents," 2022, Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a network of peers, including Xiao Xiong, Laimin Zhu, Rukui Lu, Lele Ding, and Yunpeng Dong. This collaborative work spans multiple publications and contributes to the interdisciplinary nature of their research.

Best Publications

  • Tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, China: Review and synthesis

    Yunpeng Dong;Guowei Zhang;Franz Neubauer;Xiaoming Liu

  • Phanerozoic tectonics of the South China Block: Key observations and controversies

    Yuejun Wang;Weiming Fan;Guowei Zhang;Yanhua Zhang

  • Geologic framework and tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, central China

    Qing-Ren Meng;Guo-Wei Zhang

  • Recent and Future Climate Change in Northwest China

    Yafeng Shi;Yongping Shen;Ersi Kang;Dongliang Li

  • Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

    Guochun Zhao;Guochun Zhao;Yuejun Wang;Baochun Huang;Yunpeng Dong

  • Timing of collision of the North and South China blocks: Controversy and reconciliation

    Qing-Ren Meng;Guo-Wei Zhang

  • Tectonics of South China continent and its implications

    GuoWei Zhang;AnLin Guo;YueJun Wang;SanZhong Li

  • Palaeozoic tectonics and evolutionary history of the Qinling orogen: Evidence from geochemistry and geochronology of ophiolite and related volcanic rocks

    Yunpeng Dong;Guowei Zhang;Christoph Hauzenberger;Franz Neubauer

  • Tectonic setting of the South China Block in the early Paleozoic: Resolving intracontinental and ocean closure models from detrital zircon U‐Pb geochronology

    Yuejun Wang;Feifei Zhang;Weiming Fan;Guowei Zhang

  • Mesozoic tectono-magmatic response in the East Asian ocean-continent connection zone to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate

    Sanzhong Li;Yanhui Suo;Xiyao Li;Jie Zhou

  • Neoproterozoic accretionary tectonics along the northwestern margin of the Yangtze Block, China: Constraints from zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry

    Yunpeng Dong;Xiaoming Liu;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Qing Chen

  • Central China Orogenic Belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

    Yunpeng Dong;Shengsi Sun;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Jie Zhao

  • Kwangsian crustal anatexis within the eastern South China Block: Geochemical, zircon U-Pb geochronological and Hf isotopic fingerprints from the gneissoid granites of Wugong and Wuyi-Yunkai Domains

    Yuejun Wang;Yuejun Wang;Aimei Zhang;Weiming Fan;Guochun Zhao

  • Collision leading to multiple-stage large-scale extrusion in the Qinling orogen: Insights from the Mianlue suture

    Sanzhong Li;Timothy M. Kusky;Lu Wang;Guowei Zhang

  • Geochronological, geochemical and Nd-Hf-Os isotopic fingerprinting of an early Neoproterozoic arc-back-arc system in South China and its accretionary assembly along the margin of Rodinia

    Yuejun Wang;Yuejun Wang;Aimei Zhang;Peter A. Cawood;Peter A. Cawood;Weiming Fan

  • Orogenesis and dynamics of the Qinling Orogen

    Guowei Zhang;Qingren Meng;Zaiping Yu;Yong Sun

  • Timing of Paleozoic amalgamation between the North China and South China Blocks: Evidence from detrital zircon U–Pb ages

    Yunpeng Dong;Xiaoming Liu;Franz Neubauer;Guowei Zhang

  • Mesozoic sedimentary basin development and tectonic implication, northern Yangtze Block, eastern China: record of continent–continent collision

    Shaofeng Liu;Ronald Steel;Guowei Zhang

  • Syn- and post-collisional granitoids in the Central Tianshan orogen: Geochemistry, geochronology and implications for tectonic evolution

    Yunpeng Dong;Guowei Zhang;Franz Neubauer;Xiaoming Liu

  • Propagation tectonics and multiple accretionary processes of the Qinling Orogen

    Yunpeng Dong;Xiaoning Zhang;Xiaoming Liu;Wei Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Yunpeng Dong
Yunpeng Dong Northwest University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Sanzhong Li
Sanzhong Li Ocean University of China
Yuejun Wang
Yuejun Wang Sun Yat-sen University
Hong-Fu Zhang
Hong-Fu Zhang Northwest University
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Franz Neubauer
Franz Neubauer University of Salzburg
Timothy M. Kusky
Timothy M. Kusky China University of Geosciences
Weiming Fan
Weiming Fan University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaochun Liu
Xiaochun Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

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