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Shoufa Lin is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including geophysics, artificial intelligence applications in geosciences, geology, ecology, and paleontology.

Their research contributions cover a range of topics such as geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, as well as paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils. More specifically, the main subjects addressed in their publications include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Shoufa Lin has contributed articles to several frequent publication venues, including:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Geological Journal
  • Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America

Some of the recent papers authored by or associated with Shoufa Lin include:

  • Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks of South China: Their separate positions in Gondwana until early Paleozoic juxtaposition (2023, Geology)
  • Quantitative characterization of orogens through isotopic mapping (2023, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution from subduction to collision of the Khondalite Belt in North China: Evidence from multiple magmatism in the Qianlishan Complex (2021, Precambrian Research)
  • Origin and age of the Shenshan tectonic mélange in the Jiangshan-Shaoxing-Pingxiang Fault and late Early Paleozoic juxtaposition of the Yangtze Block and the West Cathaysia terrane, South China (2021, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Identification of ca. 520 Ma mid-ocean-ridge-type ophiolite suite in the inner Cathaysia block, South China: Evidence from shearing-type oceanic plagiogranite (2021, Geological Society of America Bulletin)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Shoufa Lin's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Cees R. van Staal
  • Wenjiao Xiao
  • Changqing Yin
  • Jiahui Qian
  • Longming Li

Best Publications

  • Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia

    Wenjiao Xiao;Chunming Han;Chao Yuan;Min Sun

  • Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids

    W J Xiao;B F Windley;C Yuan;M Sun

  • Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional processes of the Beishan orogenic collage

    W. J. Xiao;Q. G. Mao;B. F. Windley;C. M. Han

  • Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of gneissic rocks from the Chinese Altai: Progressive accretionary history in the early to middle Palaeozoic

    Min Sun;Chao Yuan;Wenjiao Xiao;Xiaoping Long;Xiaoping Long

  • Accretionary orogenesis of the Chinese Altai: Insights from Paleozoic granitoids

    Chao Yuan;Chao Yuan;Min Sun;Wenjiao Xiao;Xianhua Li

  • Transpression (or transtension) zones of triclinic symmetry: natural example and theoretical modelling

    Shoufa Lin;Dazhi Jiang;Paul F. Williams

  • 2.1–1.85 Ga tectonic events in the Yangtze Block, South China: Petrological and geochronological evidence from the Kongling Complex and implications for the reconstruction of supercontinent Columbia

    Changqing Yin;Changqing Yin;Shoufa Lin;Shoufa Lin;Donald W. Davis;Guochun Zhao

  • Detrital zircon age and Hf isotopic studies for metasedimentary rocks from the Chinese Altai: Implications for the Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Xiaoping Long;Xiaoping Long;Min Sun;Chao Yuan;Wenjiao Xiao

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of igneous rocks from the Kongling terrane: Implications for Mesoarchean to Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution of the Yangtze Block

    Longming Li;Longming Li;Longming Li;Shoufa Lin;Shoufa Lin;Donald W. Davis;Wenjiao Xiao

  • Tectonic evolution of the southeastern margin of the Yangtze Block: Constraints from SHRIMP U-Pb and LA-ICP-MS Hf isotopic studies of zircon from the eastern Jiangnan Orogenic Belt and implications for the tectonic interpretation of South China

    Changqing Yin;Changqing Yin;Shoufa Lin;Shoufa Lin;Donald W. Davis;Guangfu Xing

  • Geochemistry and tectonic implications of late Mesoproterozoic alkaline bimodal volcanic rocks from the Tieshajie Group in the southeastern Yangtze Block, South China

    Longming Li;Longming Li;Shoufa Lin;Shoufa Lin;Guangfu Xing;Donald W. Davis

  • Ca. 830 Ma back-arc type volcanic rocks in the eastern part of the Jiangnan orogen: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South China Block

    Longming Li;Longming Li;Shoufa Lin;Shoufa Lin;Guangfu Xing;Donald W. Davis

  • Deformation path in high-strain zones, with reference to slip partitioning in transpressional plate-boundary regions

    D. Jiang;S. Lin;P.F. Williams

  • U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China

    Long-Ming Li;Min Sun;Yuejun Wang;Guangfu Xing

  • Synchronous vertical and horizontal tectonism in the Neoarchean: Kinematic evidence from a synclinal keel in the northwestern Superior craton, Canada

    Shoufa Lin

  • Synchronous vertical and horizontal tectonism at late stages of Archean cratonization and genesis of Hemlo gold deposit, Superior craton, Ontario, Canada

    Shoufa Lin;Shoufa Lin;Gary P. Beakhouse

  • Appalachian-style multi-terrane Wilson cycle model for the assembly of South China: REPLY

    Shoufa Lin;Shoufa Lin;Guangfu Xing;Donald W. Davis;Changqing Yin

  • Promontory-promontory collision in the Canadian Appalachians

    Shoufa Lin;Cees R. van Staal;Benoît Dubé

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of volcanic rocks from the Shaojiwa Formation and Xingzi Group, Lushan area, SE China: Implications for Neoproterozoic back-arc basin in the Yangtze Block

    Longming Li;Longming Li;Shoufa Lin;Shoufa Lin;Guangfu Xing;Donald W. Davis

  • Unique Carboniferous-Permian tectonic-metallogenic framework of Northern Xinjiang (NW China): Constraints for the tectonics of the southern Paleoasian Domain

    WJ Xiao;CM Han;C Yuan;HL Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Davis
Donald W. Davis University of Toronto
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changqing Yin
Changqing Yin Sun Yat-sen University
Cees R. van Staal
Cees R. van Staal Geological Survey of Canada
Chao Yuan
Chao Yuan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Xiaoping Xia
Xiaoping Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Robert L. Linnen
Robert L. Linnen University of Western Ontario
Xiaoping Long
Xiaoping Long Northwest University
William J. Davis
William J. Davis Geological Survey of Canada

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