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J. P. Zheng is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan in China, primarily working in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research prominently focuses on geophysics, with significant contributions to artificial intelligence applications, economics and econometrics, molecular biology, and geochemistry and petrology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

J. P. Zheng has authored numerous papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Early Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Central Qilian block, NW China: Geochronological and petrogenetic constraints for Rodinia assembly (2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Global-scale emergence of continental crust during the Mesoarchean-early Neoarchean (2021, Geology)
  • Lithospheric structure and evolution of the North China Craton: An integrated study of geophysical and xenolith data (2020, Science China Earth Sciences)
  • Vertical depletion of ophiolitic mantle reflects melt focusing and interaction in sub-spreading-center asthenosphere (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Geochemical and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic study of metasedimentary rocks from the Huangyuan Group of the Central Qilian block (NW China): Implications for paleogeographic reconstruction of Rodinia (2020, Precambrian Research)

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, with a concentration in:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Lithos
  • Gondwana Research
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Chemical Geology

Collaboration is a key part of J. P. Zheng's research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Hong-Kun Dai
  • Qing Xiong
  • Yuping Su
  • Qiang Ma
  • Xianquan Ping

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Widespread Archean basement beneath the Yangtze craton

    Jianping Zheng;W.L. Griffin;Suzanne Y. O'Reilly;Ming Zhang

  • Mechanism and timing of lithospheric modification and replacement beneath the eastern North China Craton: Peridotitic xenoliths from the 100 Ma Fuxin basalts and a regional synthesis

    J.P. Zheng;J.P. Zheng;W.L. Griffin;S.Y. O’Reilly;C.M. Yu

  • Relict refractory mantle beneath the eastern North China block: significance for lithosphere evolution

    Jianping Zheng;Jianping Zheng;Suzanne O'Reilly;William Griffin;William Griffin;Fengxiang Lu

  • Lithospheric thinning and destruction of the North China Craton

    Wu Fy;Xu Yg;Gao S;Zheng Jp

  • Secular evolution of the lithosphere beneath the eastern North China Craton: evidence from Mesozoic basalts and high-Mg andesites

    Hong Fu Zhang;Min Sun;Xin Hua Zhou;Mei Fu Zhou

  • 3.6 Ga lower crust in central China: New evidence on the assembly of the North China craton

    Jianping Zheng;W.L. Griffin;Suzanne Y. O'Reilly;Fengxiang Lu

  • Nature and Evolution of Cenozoic Lithospheric Mantle beneath Shandong Peninsula, Sino-Korean Craton, Eastern China

    Jianping Zheng;Suzanne Y. O'reilly;W. L. Griffin;Fengxiang Lu

  • Evolution of subcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath eastern China: Re–Os isotopic evidence from mantle xenoliths in Paleozoic kimberlites and Mesozoic basalts

    Hong Fu Zhang;Steven L. Goldstein;Xin Hua Zhou;Min Sun

  • Mineral Chemistry of Peridotites from Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Lithosphere: Constraints on Mantle Evolution beneath Eastern China

    Jianping Zheng;William L. Griffin;Suzanne Y. O'reilly;Jinsui Yang

  • Geochemistry and zircon U–Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic arc related granitoid in the Northwestern Yangtze Block and its geological implications

    Yuanbao Wu;Shan Gao;Hongfei Zhang;Jianping Zheng

  • Triassic “adakitic” rocks in an extensional setting (North China): Melts from the cratonic lower crust

    Qiang Ma;Jianping Zheng;W.L. Griffin;Ming Zhang

  • Zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope of Quanyishang A-type granite in Yichang: signification for the Yangtze continental cratonization in Paleoproterozoic

    Qing Xiong;JianPing Zheng;ChunMei Yu;YuPing Su

  • Are continental “adakites” derived from thickened or foundered lower crust?

    Qiang Ma;Qiang Ma;Jian Ping Zheng;Yi Gang Xu;William L. Griffin

  • Geochemistry and geochronology of Carboniferous volcanic rocks in the eastern Junggar terrane, NW China: Implication for a tectonic transition

    Yuping Su;Yuping Su;Jianping Zheng;Jianping Zheng;William L. Griffin;Junhong Zhao

  • Elemental and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic geochemistry of Late Paleozoic volcanic rocks beneath the Junggar basin, NW China: Implications for the formation and evolution of the basin basement

    Jianping Zheng;Jianping Zheng;Min Sun;Guochun Zhao;Paul T. Robinson;Paul T. Robinson

  • Copper isotopic composition of the silicate Earth

    Sheng Ao Liu;Jian Huang;Jingao Liu;Gerhard Wörner

  • Re–Os isotopes of sulfides in mantle xenoliths from eastern China: Progressive modification of lithospheric mantle

    Xisheng Xu;Xisheng Xu;William Lindsay Griffin;Suzanne O'Reilly;Norman Pearson

  • U–Pb and Hf-isotope analysis of zircons in mafic xenoliths from Fuxian kimberlites: evolution of the lower crust beneath the North China craton

    Jianping Zheng;Jianping Zheng;W. L. Griffin;W. L. Griffin;Suzanne Y. O’Reilly;Fengxiang Lu

  • Neoproterozoic crustal growth and reworking of the Northwestern Yangtze Block: Constraints from the Xixiang dioritic intrusion, South China

    Jun Hong Zhao;Jun Hong Zhao;Mei Fu Zhou;Jian Ping Zheng;Shi Ming Fang

Frequent Co-Authors

R. A. Briere
R. A. Briere Carnegie Mellon University
Fang Liu
Fang Liu Beihang University

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