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Overview

Huayong Chen is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a research focus primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, notably Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanical Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials. The principal topics studied include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

Their publication record demonstrates extensive contributions to various scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • American Mineralogist
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Chemical Geology
  • Gondwana Research
  • Journal of Earth Science

Huayong Chen has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, among them:

  • Bing Xiao
  • Pete Hollings
  • Jinsheng Han
  • Yu Zhang
  • Gaobin Chu

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored include:

  • Using Mineral Chemistry to Aid Exploration: A Case Study from the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona (2020), published in Economic Geology
  • Texture and geochemistry of multi-stage hydrothermal scheelite in the Tongshankou porphyry-skarn Cu-Mo(-W) deposit, eastern China: Implications for ore-forming process and fluid metasomatism (2020), published in American Mineralogist
  • Pyrite geochemistry and its implications on Au-Cu skarn metallogeny: An example from the Jiguanzui deposit, Eastern China (2021), published in American Mineralogist
  • Elemental behavior during chlorite alteration: New insights from a combined EMPA and LA-ICPMS study in porphyry Cu systems (2020), published in Chemical Geology
  • Ore-forming fluid source of the orogenic gold deposit: Implications from a combined pyrite texture and geochemistry study (2020), published in Chemical Geology

The diversity of Huayong Chen's research topics, combined with cross-disciplinary efforts integrating geosciences and computer science methods, reflects a multifaceted approach to earth sciences challenges. Their work notably contributes to the understanding of mineral chemistry, hydrothermal processes, geochemical textures, and elemental behavior relevant to ore formation and tectonic activity.

Best Publications

  • Geodynamic settings and tectonic model of skarn gold deposits in China: An overview

    Yan-Jing Chen;Hua-Yong Chen;Khin Zaw;Franco Pirajno

  • LA-ICP-MS trace element analysis of pyrite from the Chang'an gold deposit, Sanjiang region, China: Implication for ore-forming process ☆ ☆☆

    Jing Zhang;Jing Zhang;Jun Deng;Hua-yong Chen;Hua-yong Chen;Li-qiang Yang

  • The chlorite proximitor: A new tool for detecting porphyry ore deposits

    Jamie J. Wilkinson;Jamie J. Wilkinson;Zhaoshan Chang;David R. Cooke;Michael J. Baker

  • Magmatic evolution of the Tuwu–Yandong porphyry Cu belt, NW China: Constraints from geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes

    Bing Xiao;Huayong Chen;Pete Hollings;Jinsheng Han

  • Isotopic geochemistry of the Sawayaerdun orogenic-type gold deposit, Tianshan, northwest China: Implications for ore genesis and mineral exploration

    Hua-Yong Chen;Yan-Jing Chen;Mike Baker

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of igneous rocks in the Bailingshan area: Implications for the tectonic setting of late Paleozoic magmatism and iron skarn mineralization in the eastern Tianshan, NW China

    Weifeng Zhang;Huayong Chen;Jinsheng Han;Liandang Zhao

  • Metamorphosed Pb–Zn–(Ag) ores of the Keketale VMS deposit, NW China: Evidence from ore textures, fluid inclusions, geochronology and pyrite compositions

    Yi Zheng;Li Zhang;Yan-jing Chen;Yan-jing Chen;Pete Hollings

  • Evolution of ore-forming fluids in the Sawayaerdun gold deposit in the Southwestern Chinese Tianshan metallogenic belt, Northwest China

    Huayong Chen;Yanjing Chen;Michael J. Baker

  • LA-ICP-MS trace element geochemistry of garnets: Constraints on hydrothermal fluid evolution and genesis of the Xinqiao Cu–S–Fe–Au deposit, eastern China

    Yu Zhang;Yu Zhang;Yong-jun Shao;Cheng-dong Wu;Hua-yong Chen

  • Evolution of the Giant Marcona-Mina Justa Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold District, South-Central Peru

    Huayong Chen;Alan H. Clark;T. Kurtis Kyser;Thomas D. Ullrich

  • The Late Paleozoic magmatic evolution of the Aqishan-Yamansu belt, Eastern Tianshan: Constraints from geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotopes of igneous rocks

    Liandang Zhao;Huayong Chen;Li Zhang;Weifeng Zhang

  • External sulphur in IOCG mineralization: Implications on definition and classification of the IOCG clan

    Huayong Chen

  • Indosinian tectonics and mineral systems in China: an introduction

    Yan-Jing Chen;M. Santosh;Ian Somerville;Hua-Yong Chen

  • Using Mineral Chemistry to Aid Exploration: A Case Study from the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona

    Cooke;Cooke;JJ Wilkinson;JJ Wilkinson;JJ Wilkinson;M Baker;M Baker;P Agnew

  • Geology, C–H–O–S–Pb isotope systematics and geochronology of the Yindongpo gold deposit, Tongbai Mountains, central China: Implication for ore genesis

    Jing Zhang;Yan-Jing Chen;Yan-Jing Chen;Franco Pirajno;Jun Deng

  • The Marcona Magnetite Deposit, Ica, South-Central Peru: A Product of Hydrous, Iron Oxide-Rich Melts?

    Huayong Chen;Alan H. Clark;T. Kurtis Kyser

  • Geological characteristics and metallogenesis of the shilu Fe-ore deposit in Hainan Province, South China

    Deru Xu;Deru Xu;Zhilin Wang;Jianxin Cai;Chuanjun Wu

  • Petrography and geochemistry of the Shilu Fe–Co–Cu ore district, South China: Implications for the origin of a Neoproterozoic BIF system

    D.R. Xu;Z.L. Wang;H.Y. Chen;Pete Hollings

  • Mineralization and fluid evolution of the Jiyuan polymetallic Cu–Ag–Pb–Zn–Au deposit, eastern Tianshan, NW China

    Huayong Chen;Juntao Yang;Michael Baker

  • Contrasting fluids and reservoirs in the contiguous Marcona and Mina Justa iron oxide–Cu (–Ag–Au) deposits, south-central Perú

    Huayong Chen;Huayong Chen;T. Kurtis Kyser;Alan H. Clark

  • Pyrite geochemistry and its implications on Au-Cu skarn metallogeny: An example from the Jiguanzui deposit, Eastern China

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  • Alteration zonation and short wavelength infrared (SWIR) characteristics of the Honghai VMS Cu-Zn deposit, Eastern Tianshan, NW China

    Jianhan Huang;Huayong Chen;Jinsheng Han;Xiaohua Deng

  • Late Paleozoic magmatism and metallogenesis in the Aqishan-Yamansu belt, Eastern Tianshan: Constraints from the Bailingshan intrusive complex

    Liandang Zhao;Liandang Zhao;Huayong Chen;Pete Hollings;Jinsheng Han

  • Late-stage southwards subduction of the Mongol-Okhotsk oceanic slab and implications for porphyry CuMo mineralization: Constraints from igneous rocks associated with the Fukeshan deposit, NE China

    Changzhou Deng;Deyou Sun;Deyou Sun;Jinsheng Han;Huayong Chen

  • Unveiling growth histories of multi-generational garnet in a single skarn deposit via newly-developed LA-ICP-MS U Pb dating of grandite

    Shitao Zhang;Huayong Chen;Qihai Shu;Yu Zhang

  • Metallogenesis of the Xinjiang Orogens, NW China – New discoveries and ore genesis

    Huayong Chen;Bo Wan;Franco Pirajno;Yanjing Chen

  • Geochemistry and geochronology of multi-generation garnet: New insights on the genesis and fluid evolution of prograde skarn formation

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  • Intra-continental back-arc basin inversion and Late Carboniferous magmatism in Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Constraints from the Shaquanzi magmatic suite

    Hongjun Jiang;Jinsheng Han;Huayong Chen;Yi Zheng

  • A hydrothermal origin for the large Xinqiao Cu-S-Fe deposit, Eastern China: Evidence from sulfide geochemistry and sulfur isotopes

    Yu Zhang;Yu Zhang;Yong-jun Shao;Hua-yong Chen;Zhong-fa Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Pete Hollings
Pete Hollings Lakehead University
Yan-Jing Chen
Yan-Jing Chen Peking University
Jamie J. Wilkinson
Jamie J. Wilkinson Imperial College London
Xiaoping Xia
Xiaoping Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhaoshan Chang
Zhaoshan Chang Colorado School of Mines
Keda Cai
Keda Cai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoping Long
Xiaoping Long Northwest University
Leonid V. Danyushevsky
Leonid V. Danyushevsky University of Tasmania
David R. Cooke
David R. Cooke University of Tasmania
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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