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Taofa Zhou is affiliated with Hefei University of Technology in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Zhou's work integrates geophysical methods with artificial intelligence techniques, contributing to both fundamental and applied fields.

Zhou has contributed extensively to geological and geochemical analysis, with particular attention to geochemistry, geologic mapping, and tectonic studies. Their publications also address radioactive element chemistry and processing, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and the geochemistry and geochronology of Asian mineral deposits.

Frequent coauthors in Zhou's research include Yu Fan, Fangyue Wang, Noel C. White, Lejun Zhang, and Feng Yuan. These collaborations highlight interdisciplinary approaches and diverse expertise in the study of mineral deposits and geochemical processes.

Zhou has published in a variety of venues, demonstrating a broad engagement with the scientific community. Prominent journals featuring their work include:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Acta Petrologica Sinica
  • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
  • American Mineralogist
  • Lithos

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhou include:

  • Critical metal resources in the Middle-Lower Yangtze River Valley metallogenic belt, 2020, Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)
  • Convolutional neural network and transfer learning based mineral prospectivity modeling for geochemical exploration of Au mineralization within the Guandian-Zhangbaling area, Anhui Province, China, 2020, Applied Geochemistry
  • Silicate melt inclusions in the new millennium: A review of recommended practices for preparation, analysis, and data presentation, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Release of Uranium from Uraninite in Granites Through Alteration: Implications for the Source of Granite-Related Uranium Ores, 2021, Economic Geology
  • Multiple generations of titanites and their geochemical characteristics record the magmatic-hydrothermal processes and timing of the Dongguashan porphyry-skarn Cu-Au system, Tongling district, Eastern China, 2020, Mineralium Deposita

Zhou's interdisciplinary approach bridges earth sciences and computational methods, frequently employing artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to enhance mineral prospectivity modeling and geochemical exploration.

The main fields of Zhou's research are Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 174 publications, and Computer Science, encompassing 76 publications. Their subfields of study focus heavily on geophysics (151 publications), artificial intelligence (76 publications), and inorganic chemistry (15 publications), alongside work in geochemistry and petrology, as well as economics and econometrics.

Zhou's research addresses a range of core topics including geological and geochemical analysis (180 publications), geochemistry and geologic mapping (152 publications), earthquake and tectonic studies (92 publications), radioactive element chemistry and processing (30 publications), high-pressure geophysics and materials (30 publications), geochemistry and geochronology of Asian mineral deposits (24 publications), and geochemistry and elemental analysis (20 publications).

Best Publications

  • Molybdenite Re–Os and albite 40Ar/39Ar dating of Cu–Au–Mo and magnetite porphyry systems in the Yangtze River valley and metallogenic implications

    Jingwen Mao;Yitian Wang;Bernd Lehmann;Jinjie Yu

  • Granites in the Sawuer region of the west Junggar, Xinjiang Province, China: Geochronological and geochemical characteristics and their geodynamic significance

    Taofa Zhou;Taofa Zhou;Feng Yuan;Yu Fan;Dayu Zhang

  • Intracontinental Porphyry and Porphyry-Skarn Mineral Systems in Eastern China: Scrutiny of a Special Case “Made-in-China”

    Franco Pirajno;Franco Pirajno;Taofa Zhou

  • A review of the intracontinental porphyry deposits in the Middle-Lower Yangtze River Valley metallogenic belt, Eastern China

    Taofa Zhou;Shiwei Wang;Yu Fan;Feng Yuan

  • Os-Os dating of copper and molybdenum deposits along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China

    Weidong Sun;Zhi Xie;Jiangfeng Chen;Xun Zhang

  • Geochronology of the volcanic rocks in the Lu-Zong basin and its significance

    TaoFa Zhou;Yu Fan;Feng Yuan;SanMing Lu

  • New Advances in Detecting the Distal Geochemical Footprints of Porphyry Systems—Epidote Mineral Chemistry as a Tool for Vectoring and Fertility Assessments

    David R. Cooke;Mike Baker;Pete Hollings;Gabe Sweet

  • Geochemistry and evolution of ore-forming fluids of the Yueshan Cu–Au skarn- and vein-type deposits, Anhui Province, South China

    Taofa Zhou;Feng Yuan;Shucang Yue;Xiaodong Liu

  • Petrography, geochemistry and geochronology of the host porphyries and associated alteration at the Tuwu Cu deposit, NW China: a case for increased depositional efficiency by reaction with mafic hostrock?

    Ping Shen;Hongdi Pan;Hongdi Pan;Taofa Zhou;Jingbin Wang

  • Geochronology and significance of volcanic rocks in the Ning-Wu Basin of China

    TaoFa Zhou;TaoFa Zhou;Yu Fan;Feng Yuan;LeJun Zhang;LeJun Zhang

  • Geochemistry of the Huangshandong Ni–Cu deposit in northwestern China: Implications for the formation of magmatic sulfide mineralization in orogenic belts

    Yu-Feng Deng;Yu-Feng Deng;Xie-Yan Song;Lie-Meng Chen;Taofa Zhou

  • The formation and trace elements of garnet in the skarn zone from the Xinqiao Cu-S-Fe-Au deposit, Tongling ore district, Anhui Province, Eastern China

    Xin Xiao;Xin Xiao;Tao-fa Zhou;Noel C. White;Noel C. White;Le-jun Zhang

  • Convolutional neural network and transfer learning based mineral prospectivity modeling for geochemical exploration of Au mineralization within the Guandian–Zhangbaling area, Anhui Province, China

    He Li;Xiaohui Li;Feng Yuan;Simon M. Jowitt

  • A new practical isobaric interference correction model for the<i>in situ</i>Hf isotopic analysis using laser ablation-multi-collector-ICP-mass spectrometry of zircons with high Yb/Hf ratios

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  • Petrogenesis of Dongguashan skarn-porphyry Cu-Au deposit related intrusion in the Tongling district, eastern China: geochronological, mineralogical, geochemical and Hf isotopic evidence

    Shi-Wei Wang;Shi-Wei Wang;Tao-Fa Zhou;Feng Yuan;Yu Fan

  • Source, evolution and emplacement of Permian Tarim Basalts: Evidence from U–Pb dating, Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotope systematics and whole rock geochemistry of basalts from the Keping area, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, northwest China

    Dayu Zhang;Taofa Zhou;Feng Yuan;Feng Yuan;Simon M. Jowitt

  • 3D computational simulation-based mineral prospectivity modeling for exploration for concealed Fe–Cu skarn-type mineralization within the Yueshan orefield, Anqing district, Anhui Province, China

    Xiaohui Li;Feng Yuan;Feng Yuan;Mingming Zhang;Simon M. Jowitt

  • Three-dimensional weights of evidence-based prospectivity modeling: A case study of the Baixiangshan mining area, Ningwu Basin, Middle and Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China

    Feng Yuan;Xiaohui Li;Mingming Zhang;Simon Martin Jowitt

  • Release of Uranium from Uraninite in Granites Through Alteration: Implications for the Source of Granite-Related Uranium Ores

    Long Zhang;Zhenyu Chen;Fangyue Wang;Noel C. White;Noel C. White

  • Role of asthenosphere and lithosphere in the genesis of the Early Permian Huangshan mafic–ultramafic intrusion in the Northern Tianshan, NW China

    Yu-Feng Deng;Xie-Yan Song;Pete Hollings;Pete Hollings;Taofa Zhou

  • Multiple generations of titanites and their geochemical characteristics record the magmatic-hydrothermal processes and timing of the Dongguashan porphyry-skarn Cu-Au system, Tongling district, Eastern China

    Xin Xiao;Taofa Zhou;Noel C. White;Noel C. White;Lejun Zhang

  • Geochemical characteristics of the Shujiadian Cu deposit related intrusion in Tongling: Petrogenesis and implications for the formation of porphyry Cu systems in the Middle–Lower Yangtze River Valley metallogenic belt, eastern China

    Shiwei Wang;Taofa Zhou;Feng Yuan;Yu Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon M. Jowitt
Simon M. Jowitt University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Pete Hollings
Pete Hollings Lakehead University
David R. Cooke
David R. Cooke University of Tasmania
Franco Pirajno
Franco Pirajno University of Western Australia
Alison Ord
Alison Ord University of Western Australia
Xie-Yan Song
Xie-Yan Song Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weidong Sun
Weidong Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Trevor Ireland
Trevor Ireland University of Queensland
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong

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