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Lifei Zhang

Lifei Zhang

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Earth Science

D-Index
61
Citations
13287
World Ranking
1795
National Ranking
109

Overview

Lifei Zhang is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing particularly on geophysics, mechanics of materials, artificial intelligence applications, geochemistry, and environmental chemistry. Their research encompasses a wide array of topics related to geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, methane hydrates, and elemental analysis.

Zhang's publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • Melting of subducted slab dictates trace element recycling in global arcs (2022, Science Advances)
  • Favorable P-T-ƒO2 conditions for abiotic CH4 production in subducted oceanic crusts: A comparison between CH4-bearing ultrahigh- and CO2-bearing high-pressure eclogite (2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • High-pressure experimental and thermodynamic constraints on the solubility of carbonates in subduction zone fluids (2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • Abiotic methane generation through reduction of serpentinite-hosted dolomite: Implications for carbon mobility in subduction zones (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • Boron isotopes of tourmalines from the central Himalaya: Implications for fluid activity and anatexis in the Himalayan orogen (2022, Chemical Geology)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Zhang include Thomas Bader, Renbiao Tao, Guibin Zhang, Huijuan Li, and Han Hu. These collaborations indicate active engagement in multi-author research efforts within their fields of study.

The primary venues where Zhang publishes their work include:

  • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Acta Petrologica Sinica
  • Lithos
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Their research contributions focus largely on geological and geochemical analysis, with emphasis on the behavior of materials and element recycling under high-pressure conditions typical of subduction zones and tectonic settings. An important part of their work explores carbon mobility and abiotic methane production in deep Earth environments, providing insight into geochemical processes affecting global arc systems and subducted slabs.

Lifei Zhang has published 187 works in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in geophysics and related subfields. This range of topics and publication venues reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding complex geological processes and the integration of experimental, thermodynamic, and elemental analysis methods within their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Evolution from Oceanic Subduction to Continental Collision: a Case Study from the Northern Tibetan Plateau Based on Geochemical and Geochronological Data

    Shuguang Song;Lifei Zhang;Yaoling Niu;L I Su

  • Geochemical, Sr-Nd and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic studies of Late Carboniferous magmatism in the West Junggar, Xinjiang: Implications for ridge subduction

    Hongyan Geng;Min Sun;Chao Yuan;Wenjiao Xiao

  • Continental orogenesis from ocean subduction, continent collision/subduction, to orogen collapse, and orogen recycling: The example of the North Qaidam UHPM belt, NW China

    Shuguang Song;Yaoling Niu;Yaoling Niu;Li Su;Cong Zhang

  • U–Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic volcanic rocks in the Tarim Block of northwest China: implications for the breakup of Rodinia supercontinent and Neoproterozoic glaciations

    Bei Xu;Ping Jian;Haifei Zheng;Haibo Zou

  • Triassic collision of western Tianshan orogenic belt, China: Evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb dating of zircon from HP/UHP eclogitic rocks

    Lifei Zhang;Yongliang Ai;Xuping Li;Daniela Rubatto

  • Geochemistry and U–Pb zircon ages of metamorphic volcanic rocks of the Paleoproterozoic Lüliang Complex and constraints on the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, North China Craton

    Shuwen Liu;Jian Zhang;Qiugen Li;Lifei Zhang

  • Ultra-deep origin of garnet peridotite from the North Qaidam ultrahigh-pressure belt, northern Tibetan Plateau, NW China

    Shuguang Song;Lifei zhang;Yaoling Niu

  • The zircon SHRIMP chronology and trace element geochemistry of the Carboniferous volcanic rocks in western Tianshan Mountains

    Yongfeng Zhu;Lifei Zhang;Libing Gu;Xuan Guo

  • Geochronology of diamond-bearing zircons from garnet peridotite in the North Qaidam UHPM belt, Northern Tibetan Plateau: A record of complex histories from oceanic lithosphere subduction to continental collision

    Shuguang Song;Lifei Zhang;Yaoling Niu;Li Su

  • Tracing the 850-Ma continental flood basalts from a piece of subducted continental crust in the North Qaidam UHPM belt, NW China

    Shuguang Song;Li Su;Xian-hua Li;Guibing Zhang

  • Grenville-age orogenesis in the Qaidam-Qilian block: The link between South China and Tarim

    Shuguang Song;Li Su;Xian-hua Li;Yaoling Niu;Yaoling Niu

  • Petrology, Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic geochemistry and zircon chronology of the Late Palaeozoic volcanic rocks in the southwestern Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, NW China

    Yongfeng Zhu;Xuan Guo;Biao Song;Lifei Zhang

  • The subducted oceanic crust within continental-type UHP metamorphic belt in the North Qaidam, NW China: Evidence from petrology, geochemistry and geochronology

    Guibin Zhang;Shuguang Song;Lifei Zhang;Yaoling Niu

  • Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism in western Tianshan, China: Part I. Evidence from inclusions of coesite pseudomorphs in garnet and from quartz exsolution lamellae in omphacite in eclogites

    Lifei Zhang;Lifei Zhang;David J. Ellis;Wenbo Jiang

  • Eclogite and carpholite-bearing metasedimentary rocks in the North Qilian suture zone, NW China: implications for Early Palaeozoic cold oceanic subduction and water transport into mantle

    S. G. Song;S. G. Song;L. F. Zhang;Y. Niu;C. J. Wei

  • Tectonic evolution of early Paleozoic HP metamorphic rocks in the North Qilian Mountains, NW China: New perspectives

    Shuguang Song;Yaoling Niu;Lifei Zhang;Chunjing Wei

  • Eclogites from the south Tianshan, NW China: petrological characteristic and calculated mineral equilibria in the Na2O–CaO–FeO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O system

    C. J. Wei;R. Powell;L. F. Zhang

  • Geochemistry and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic systematics of the Neoarchean Yixian-Fuxin greenstone belt, northern margin of the North China Craton: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic setting

    Wei Wang;Shuwen Liu;Xiang Bai;Pengtao Yang

  • Ultra-high pressure metamorphism in western Tianshan, China : Part II. Evidence from magnesite in eclogite

    Lifei Zhang;Lifei Zhang;David J. Ellis;Samantha Williams;Wenbo Jiang

  • CH4 inclusions in orogenic harzburgite: Evidence for reduced slab fluids and implication for redox melting in mantle wedge

    Shuguang Song;Shuguang Song;Li Su;Yaoling Niu;Yong Lai

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuguang Song
Shuguang Song Peking University
Yaoling Niu
Yaoling Niu China University of Geosciences
Yingwei Fei
Yingwei Fei Carnegie Institution for Science
Chunjing Wei
Chunjing Wei Peking University
Li Su
Li Su China University of Geosciences
Xiaoli Li
Xiaoli Li Singapore University of Technology and Design
David J. Ellis
David J. Ellis Australian National University
Biao Song
Biao Song Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Shuwen Liu
Shuwen Liu Peking University
Kurt Bucher
Kurt Bucher University of Freiburg

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