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Wei Wang is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Paleontology.

The researcher's work primarily focuses on several core topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Wei Wang has authored and co-authored numerous papers, several of which have appeared in frequently published venues such as Precambrian Research, Gondwana Research, Lithos, Science China Earth Sciences, and Ore Geology Reviews.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Global-scale emergence of continental crust during the Mesoarchean-early Neoarchean, 2021, Geology
  • Deconstructing South China and consequences for reconstructing Nuna and Rodinia, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • A combined geochronological and paleomagnetic study on ∼1220 Ma mafic dikes in the North China Craton and the implications for the breakup of Nuna and assembly of Rodinia, 2020, American Journal of Science
  • Continental-scale spatial distribution of chromium (Cr) in China and its relationship with ultramafic-mafic rocks and ophiolitic chromite deposit, 2021, Applied Geochemistry
  • Orogenic belt resulting from ocean-continent collision, 2022, Geology

Frequent collaborators include Gui-Mei Lu, Peter A. Cawood, Si-Fang Huang, Shuwen Liu, and Lei Gao, reflecting ongoing research partnerships contributing to various publications.

Best Publications

  • ̃2.7Ga juvenile crust formation in the North China Craton (Taishan-Xintai area, western Shandong Province): Further evidence of an understated event from U-Pb dating and Hf isotopic composition of zircon

    Yusheng Wan;Dunyi Liu;Shijin Wang;Enxiu Yang

  • 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

  • Early Mesozoic southward subduction history of the Mongol–Okhotsk oceanic plate: Evidence from geochronology and geochemistry of Early Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the Erguna Massif, NE China

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  • Zircon ages and geochemistry of late Neoarchean syenogranites in the North China Craton: A review

    Yusheng Wan;Chunyan Dong;Dunyi Liu;Alfred Kröner

  • Zircon U–Pb chronology of the Jianping Complex: Implications for the Precambrian crustal evolution history of the northern margin of North China Craton

    Shuwen Liu;M. Santosh;Wei Wang;Xiang Bai

  • Provenance of Meso- to Neoproterozoic cover sediments at the Ming Tombs, Beijing, North China Craton: An integrated study of U–Pb dating and Hf isotopic measurement of detrital zircons and whole-rock geochemistry

    Yusheng Wan;Dunyi Liu;Wei Wang;Tianrui Song

  • Neoarchean intra-oceanic arc system in the Western Liaoning Province: Implications for Early Precambrian crustal evolution in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton

    Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Shuwen Liu;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Genhou Wang

  • Deconstructing South China and consequences for reconstructing Nuna and Rodinia

    Peter A. Cawood;Wei Wang;Tianyu Zhao;Yajun Xu

  • 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

  • Petrology and geochronology of the Namche Barwa Complex in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis, Tibet: constraints on the origin and evolution of the north-eastern margin of the Indian Craton

    Zeming Zhang;Xin Dong;M. Santosh;Feng Liu

  • Petrogenesis and geochronology of Precambrian granitoid gneisses in Western Liaoning Province: Constraints on Neoarchean to early Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution of the North China Craton

    Wei Wang;Shuwen Liu;Simon A. Wilde;Qiugen Li

  • Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb geochronology and Lu–Hf isotopes of metavolcanics from eastern Hebei reveal Neoarchean subduction tectonics in the North China Craton

    Rongrong Guo;Shuwen Liu;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Qiugen Li

  • Zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry of granitoid gneisses in the Jianping gneissic terrane, Western Liaoning Province: Constraints on the Neoarchean crustal evolution of the North China Craton

    Wei Wang;Shuwen Liu;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Xiang Bai

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of Early Jurassic volcanic rocks in the Erguna Massif, northeast China: Petrogenesis and implications for the tectonic evolution of the Mongol-Okhotsk suture belt

    Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Jie Tang;Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Feng Wang

  • Geochemistry and zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes of the late Paleoproterozoic Jianping diorite–monzonite–syenite suite of the North China Craton: Implications for petrogenesis and geodynamic setting

    Wei Wang;Shuwen Liu;Xiang Bai;Qiugen Li

  • Zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes and geochemistry of Neoarchean dioritic–trondhjemitic gneisses, Eastern Hebei, North China Craton: Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic implications

    Xiang Bai;Shuwen Liu;Rongrong Guo;Lifei Zhang

  • Late Neoarchean subduction-related crustal growth in the Northern Liaoning region of the North China Craton: Evidence from ∼2.55 to 2.50 Ga granitoid gneisses

    Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Shuwen Liu;Peter A. Cawood;Xiang Bai

  • Neoarchean continental growth through arc magmatism in the Nilgiri Block, southern India

    Vinod O. Samuel;M. Santosh;Shuwen Liu;Wei Wang

  • Neoarchean subduction: A case study of arc volcanic rocks in Qinglong-Zhuzhangzi area of the Eastern Hebei Province, North China Craton

    Rongrong Guo;Shuwen Liu;Derek Wyman;Xiang Bai

  • Chronology, petrogenesis and tectonic setting of the Neoproterozoic Tongchang dioritic pluton at the northwestern margin of the Yangtze Block: Constraints from geochemistry and zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopic systematics

    Wei Wang;Shuwen Liu;Yonggang Feng;Qiugen Li

  • Zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes and geochemistry of two contrasting Neoarchean charnockitic rock series in Eastern Hebei, North China Craton: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic setting

    Xiang Bai;Shuwen Liu;Rongrong Guo;Wei Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuwen Liu
Shuwen Liu Southern Medical University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University
Shuwen Liu
Shuwen Liu Peking University
Qingfei Wang
Qingfei Wang China University of Geosciences
Derek A. Wyman
Derek A. Wyman University of Sydney
Lifei Zhang
Lifei Zhang Peking University
Simon A. Wilde
Simon A. Wilde Curtin University

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