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Weitao Wang is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on geophysics, with additional work in artificial intelligence, atmospheric science, geology, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Geological and geophysical studies
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques

Among Weitao Wang's recent publications are:

  • "Pulsed rise and growth of the Tibetan Plateau to its northern margin since ca. 30 Ma" (2022) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Cenozoic Exhumation of the Qilian Shan in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence From Low-Temperature Thermochronology" (2020) in Tectonics

Additionally, Wang has contributed to multidisciplinary research areas that intersect with seismology and geodynamics, often collaborating with frequent co-authors such as Peizhen Zhang, Zhigang Li, Wenjun Zheng, Yipeng Zhang, and Huiping Zhang.

Wang's work is published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)
  • Earthquake Science
  • Tectonophysics

The range of publication venues indicates an interdisciplinary approach encompassing seismology, tectonics, and broader geological sciences. Wang's research draws upon quantitative methods and often involves complex data analysis techniques relevant to the study of earth processes and seismic activity.

Best Publications

  • A seismic reference model for the crust and uppermost mantle beneath China from surface wave dispersion

    Weisen Shen;Michael H. Ritzwoller;Dou Kang;Young Hee Kim

  • Expansion of the Tibetan Plateau during the Neogene

    Weitao Wang;Wenjun Zheng;Peizhen Zhang;Qiang Li

  • Rapid incision of the Mekong River in the middle Miocene linked to monsoonal precipitation

    Junsheng Nie;Gregory Ruetenik;Kerry Gallagher;Gregory Hoke

  • Eocene onset and late Miocene acceleration of Cenozoic intracontinental extension in the North Qinling range–Weihe graben: Insights from apatite fission track thermochronology

    Jianhui Liu;Peizhen Zhang;Richard O. Lease;Dewen Zheng

  • A revised chronology for Tertiary sedimentation in the Sikouzi basin: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the northeastern corner of the Tibetan Plateau

    Wei-tao Wang;Pei-Zhen Zhang;Eric Kirby;Li-Hua Wang

  • Progressive northward growth of the northern Qilian Shan-Hexi Corridor (northeastern Tibet) during the Cenozoic

    Dewen Zheng;Weitao Wang;Jinglin Wan;Daoyang Yuan

  • The Cenozoic growth of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: A sedimentary archive from the Jiuxi Basin

    Weitao Wang;Peizhen Zhang;Jianzhang Pang;Carmala Garzione

  • Pulsed rise and growth of the Tibetan Plateau to its northern margin since ca. 30 Ma

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  • Tertiary basin evolution along the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for basin formation during Oligocene transtension

    Weitao Wang;Eric Kirby;Zhang Peizhen;Zheng Dewen

  • Magnetostratigraphy of the Neogene Chaka basin and its implications for mountain building processes in the north‐eastern Tibetan Plateau

    Hui-Ping Zhang;William H. Craddock;Richard O. Lease;Wei-tao Wang

  • Neogene Expansion of the Qilian Shan, North Tibet: Implications for the Dynamic Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

    Jianzhang Pang;Jingxing Yu;Jingxing Yu;Dewen Zheng;Dewen Zheng;Weitao Wang;Weitao Wang

  • Mid-Miocene uplift of the northern Qilian Shan as a result of the northward growth of the northern Tibetan Plateau

    Jingxing Yu;Jingxing Yu;Jianzhang Pang;Yizhou Wang;Dewen Zheng;Dewen Zheng

  • Cenozoic Exhumation of the Qilian Shan in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence From Low‐Temperature Thermochronology

    Weitao Wang;Dewen Zheng;Chaopeng Li;Ying Wang

  • Constraints on mountain building in the northeastern Tibet: Detrital zircon records from synorogenic deposits in the Yumen Basin

    Weitao Wang;Peizhen Zhang;Jingxing Yu;Yizhou Wang

  • Pattern and timing of late Cenozoic rapid exhumation and uplift of the Helan Mountain, China

    JianHui Liu;PeiZhen Zhang;DeWen Zheng;JinLin Wan

  • Deep crustal deformation of the Longmen Shan, eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, from seismic reflection and Finite Element modeling

    Shao-ying Feng;Pei-zhen Zhang;Bao-jin Liu;Ming Wang

  • Paleoelevation reconstruction of the Paleocene-Eocene Gonjo basin, SE-central Tibet

    Maoyun Tang;Jing Liu-Zeng;Gregory Dean Hoke;Qiang Xu

  • Pulsed growth of the West Qinling at -30 Ma in northeastern Tibet: Evidence from Lanzhou Basin magnetostratigraphy and provenance

    Weitao Wang;Peizhen Zhang;Caicai Liu;Dewen Zheng

  • Fine Structure of the Chenghai Fault Zone, Yunnan, China, Constrained From Teleseismic Travel Time and Ambient Noise Tomography

    Hongfeng Yang;Yaohui Duan;Junhao Song;Xiaohuan Jiang

  • Tectonic geomorphology of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Insights into the plateau formation processes

    Huiping Zhang;Peizhen Zhang;Peizhen Zhang;Veronica Prush;Dewen Zheng

  • Transforming the Miocene Altyn Tagh fault slip into shortening of the north-western Qilian Shan: insights from the drainage basin geometry

    Hui-ping Zhang;Pei-zhen Zhang;De-Wen Zheng;Wen-Jun Zheng

  • Provenance analysis of the Yumen Basin and northern Qilian Shan: Implications for the pre-collisional paleogeography in the NE Tibetan plateau and eastern termination of Altyn Tagh fault

    Feng Cheng;Feng Cheng;Carmala Garzione;Marc Jolivet;Weitao Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Peizhen Zhang
Peizhen Zhang Sun Yat-sen University
Dewen Zheng
Dewen Zheng China Earthquake Administration
Wenjun Zheng
Wenjun Zheng Sun Yat-sen University
Eric Kirby
Eric Kirby Oregon State University
Sidao Ni
Sidao Ni Chinese Academy of Sciences
Carmala N. Garzione
Carmala N. Garzione University of Arizona
Huajian Yao
Huajian Yao University of Science and Technology of China
Gregory D. Hoke
Gregory D. Hoke Syracuse University
Hongfeng Yang
Hongfeng Yang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tao Li
Tao Li Florida International University

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