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2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
117
Citations
42893
World Ranking
49
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Mei-Fu Zhou is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans a wide range of topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Artificial Intelligence, alongside contributions in Paleontology and Geology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several main topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Mei-Fu Zhou's work appears frequently in several scientific journals, indicating key publication venues over their career:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Economic Geology
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Lithos

Their recent research includes notable papers such as:

  • Controls on the Dynamics of Rare Earth Elements During Subtropical Hillslope Processes and Formation of Regolith-Hosted Deposits (2020), Economic Geology
  • The effect of fluid-aided modification on the Sm-Nd and Th-Pb geochronology of monazite and bastnäsite: Implication for resolving complex isotopic age data in REE ore systems (2021), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Cretaceous large-scale metal accumulation triggered by post-subductional large-scale extension, East Asia (2021), Ore Geology Reviews
  • Decoupling of Au and As during rapid pyrite crystallization (2021), Geology
  • Scandium: Ore deposits, the pivotal role of magmatic enrichment and future exploration (2020), Ore Geology Reviews

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Some of the most frequent coauthors include:

  • Anthony E. Williams-Jones
  • John Malpas
  • Yan Li
  • Jie-Hua Yang
  • Zhenchao Wang

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

  • A temporal link between the Emeishan large Igneous Province (SW China) and the end-Guadalupian mass extinction

    Mei-Fu Zhou;John Malpas;Xie-Yan Song;Paul T. Robinson

  • Podiform Chromitites in the Luobusa Ophiolite (Southern Tibet): Implications for Melt-Rock Interaction and Chromite Segregation in the Upper Mantle

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;John Malpas;Zijin Li

  • Geochemistry of Neoproterozoic mafic intrusions in the Panzhihua district (Sichuan Province, SW China): Implications for subduction-related metasomatism in the upper mantle

    Jun-Hong Zhao;Mei-Fu Zhou

  • 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

  • Geochemistry, Petrogenesis and Metallogenesis of the Panzhihua Gabbroic Layered Intrusion and Associated Fe-Ti-V Oxide Deposits, Sichuan Province, SW China

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;C. Michael Lesher;Reid R. Keays

  • Multiple Mesozoic mineralization events in South China—an introduction to the thematic issue

    Rui-Zhong Hu;Mei-Fu Zhou

  • Components and episodic growth of Precambrian crust in the Cathaysia Block, South China: Evidence from U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of zircons in Neoproterozoic sediments

    JinHai Yu;JinHai Yu;Suzanne Y O'Reilly;Lijuan Wang;Lijuan Wang;William L Griffin

  • Neoproterozoic Arc‐Related Mafic Intrusions along the Northern Margin of South China: Implications for the Accretion of Rodinia

    Mei‐Fu Zhou;Allen K. Kennedy;Min Sun;John Malpas

  • Late Paleoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic Dongchuan Group in Yunnan, SW China: Implications for tectonic evolution of the Yangtze Block

    Xin Fu Zhao;Mei Fu Zhou;Jian Wei Li;Min Sun

  • Remnants of a Cretaceous intra-oceanic subduction system within the Yarlung-Zangbo suture (southern Tibet)

    Jonathan C. Aitchison;Badengzhu;Aileen M. Davis;Jianbing B. Liu

  • 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

  • Geochemistry and petrogenesis of 270 Ma Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide-bearing mafic intrusions in the Huangshan district, Eastern Xinjiang, Northwest China : implications for the tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic belt

    Mei-Fu Zhou;C. Michael Lesher;C. Michael Lesher;Zhengxi Yang;Jianwei Li;Jianwei Li

  • Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronological and Lu-Hf isotopic constraints on the Precambrian magmatic and crustal evolution of the western Yangtze Block, SW China

    Wei-Hua Sun;Mei-Fu Zhou;Jian-Feng Gao;Yue-Heng Yang

  • U–Pb geochronology and Hf–Nd isotopic geochemistry of the Badu Complex, Southeastern China: Implications for the Precambrian crustal evolution and paleogeography of the Cathaysia Block

    Jin Hai Yu;Jin Hai Yu;Jin Hai Yu;Suzanne Y. O'Reilly;Mei Fu Zhou;W. L. Griffin

  • REE and PGE Geochemical Constraints on the Formation of Dunites in the Luobusa Ophiolite, Southern Tibet

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;John Malpas;Stephen J. Edwards

  • Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

    Jason R. Ali;Gary M. Thompson;Mei-Fu Zhou;Xieyan Song

  • Two magma series and associated ore deposit types in the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Nicolas T. Arndt;John Malpas;Christina Yan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Liang Qi
Liang Qi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xin-Fu Zhao
Xin-Fu Zhao China University of Geosciences
Jian-Feng Gao
Jian-Feng Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christina Yan Wang
Christina Yan Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian-Wei Li
Jian-Wei Li China University of Geosciences
Ben-Xun Su
Ben-Xun Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dan-Ping Yan
Dan-Ping Yan China University of Geosciences
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Jun-Hong Zhao
Jun-Hong Zhao China University of Geosciences
Ruizhong Hu
Ruizhong Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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