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  • 2014 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Mingguo Zhai is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans numerous specialized areas within this domain, with a particular focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist has made substantial contributions to several key research topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Mingguo Zhai has published extensively, with frequent appearances in notable academic venues. These publication venues include:

  • Precambrian Research (31 publications)
  • Lithos (20 publications)
  • Acta Petrologica Sinica (11 publications)
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)

Frequent co-authors featured in Zhai's research collaborations include Lei Zhao (26 joint publications), Peng Peng (16 joint publications), Jun-Sheng Lu (15 joint publications), Qiuli Li (12 joint publications), and K. Sajeev (11 joint publications).

Some of the recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Mingguo Zhai are:

  • Late Neoarchean magmatic - metamorphic event and crustal stabilization in the North China Craton (2021), published in American Journal of Science
  • Towards resolving the 'jigsaw puzzle' and age-fossil inconsistency within East Gondwana (2020), published in Precambrian Research
  • Mantle plume-triggered rifting closely following Neoarchean cratonization revealed by 2.50-2.20 Ga magmatism across North China Craton (2022), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Four phases of Orosirian metamorphism in the north North China Craton (NNCC): Insights into the regional tectonic framework and evolution (2023), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Distribution pattern of age and geochemistry of 2.18-2.14 Ga I- and A-type granites and their implication for the tectonics of the Liao-Ji belt in the North China Craton (2020), published in Lithos

Mingguo Zhai was awarded the distinction of Fellow by The World Academy of Sciences in 2014. This recognition reflects their standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Accretion leading to collision and the Permian Solonker suture, Inner Mongolia, China: Termination of the central Asian orogenic belt

    Wenjiao Xiao;Brian F. Windley;Jie Hao;Mingguo Zhai

  • The early Precambrian odyssey of the North China Craton: A synoptic overview

    Ming-Guo Zhai;Ming-Guo Zhai;M. Santosh

  • Lithotectonic elements of Precambrian basement in the North China Craton: Review and tectonic implications

    Guochun Zhao;Mingguo Zhai

  • Mesozoic lithosphere destruction beneath the North China Craton: evidence from major-, trace-element and Sr–Nd–Pb isotope studies of Fangcheng basalts

    Hong-Fu Zhang;Min Sun;Xin-Hua Zhou;Wei-Ming Fan

  • Metallogeny of the North China Craton: Link with secular changes in the evolving Earth

    Mingguo Zhai;Mingguo Zhai;M. Santosh;M. Santosh

  • Palaeoproterozoic tectonic history of the North China craton: a review

    M Zhai

  • Sm-Nd and SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of high-pressure granulites in the Sanggan area, North China Craton: Timing of Paleoproterozoic continental collision

    J.H. Guo;M. Sun;F.K. Chen;M.G. Zhai

  • Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic continental evolution and tectonic history of the North China Craton: a review

    Mingguo Zhai;Jinghui Guo;Wenjun Liu

  • The amalgamation of the supercontinent of North China Craton at the end of Neo-Archaean and its breakup during late Palaeoproterozoic and Meso-Proterozoic

    Mingguo Zhai;Aiguo Bian;Taiping Zhao

  • A 1.78 Ga large igneous province in the North China craton: The Xiong'er volcanic province and the North China dyke Swarm

    Peng Peng;Mingguo Zhai;Richard E. Ernst;Jinghui Guo

  • High-pressure granulites in the Sanggan area, North China craton: metamorphic evolution, P-T paths and geotectonic significance

    J. H. Guo;P. J. O'Brien;M. Zhai

  • Ore-forming fluids associated with granite-hosted gold mineralization at the Sanshandao deposit, Jiaodong gold province, China

    Hong Rui Fan;Ming Guo Zhai;Yi Han Xie;Jin Hui Yang

  • SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of the Fuping Complex: implications for formation and assembly of the North China Craton

    Hong Guan;Hong Guan;Min Sun;Simon A. Wilde;Xinhua Zhou

  • Cratonization and the Ancient North China Continent: A summary and review

    MingGuo Zhai

  • Multi-stage crustal growth and cratonization of the North China Craton

    Mingguo Zhai;Mingguo Zhai

  • Geochronological Constraints on the Paleoproterozoic Evolution of the North China Craton: SHRIMP Zircon Ages of Different Types of Mafic Dikes

    Peng Peng;Mingguo Zhai;Huafeng Zhang;Jinghui Guo

  • Thermobarometry of phengite‐bearing eclogites in the Dabie Mountains of central China

    D. A. Carswell;P. J. O'brien;R. N. Wilson;M. Zhai

  • Geochemical and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic compositions of mafic dikes from the Jiaodong Peninsula, China: evidence for vein-plus-peridotite melting in the lithospheric mantle

    Jin Hui Yang;Sun Lin Chung;Ming Guo Zhai;Xin Hua Zhou

  • Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP dating for the volcanic rocks of the Xiong’er Group: Constraints on the initial formation age of the cover of the North China Craton

    Taiping Zhao;Mingguo Zhai;Bin Xia;Huimin Li

  • ̃2.7Ga crust growth in the North China craton

    Neng Jiang;Jinghui Guo;Mingguo Zhai;Shuangquan Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Peng Peng
Peng Peng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinghui Guo
Jinghui Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lianchang Zhang
Lianchang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fu-Yuan Wu
Fu-Yuan Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jin-Hui Yang
Jin-Hui Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong-Rui Fan
Hong-Rui Fan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Simon A. Wilde
Simon A. Wilde Curtin University
Chang Whan Oh
Chang Whan Oh Jeonbuk National University
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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