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Wen-Liang Xu

Wen-Liang Xu

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Earth Science

D-Index
60
Citations
14828
World Ranking
1876
National Ranking
115

Overview

Wen-Liang Xu is affiliated with Jilin University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Materials Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology. Their research output spans over 180 publications across a range of interconnected disciplines.

Their recent papers include:

  • In situ geochemical composition of apatite in granitoids from the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: A window into petrogenesis, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Stagnant slab front within the mantle transition zone controls the formation of Cenozoic intracontinental high-Mg andesites in northeast Asia, 2020, Geology
  • Sliver defect formation in single crystal Ni-based superalloy castings, 2020, Materials & Design
  • Opening and closure history of the Mudanjiang Ocean in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Geochronological and geochemical constraints from early Mesozoic intrusive rocks, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Three-dimensional numerical simulation of selective laser melting process based on SPH method, 2021, Journal of Manufacturing Processes

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including:

  • Feng Wang (17 co-authored publications)
  • De-Bin Yang (17 co-authored publications)
  • An-Qi Wang (16 co-authored publications)
  • Jie Tang (15 co-authored publications)
  • Le-Ran Hao (13 co-authored publications)

Primary publication venues where Wen-Liang Xu has contributed multiple papers are:

  • Lithos (12 publications)
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin (8 publications)
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts (8 publications)
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (6 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)

Wen-Liang Xu's work covers several main topics in their research, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Best Publications

  • Recycling lower continental crust in the North China craton

    Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Roberta L. Rudnick;Hong-Ling Yuan;Xiao-Ming Liu

  • Spatial–temporal relationships of Mesozoic volcanic rocks in NE China: Constraints on tectonic overprinting and transformations between multiple tectonic regimes

    Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Fu-Ping Pei;Feng Wang;En Meng

  • Recycling deep cratonic lithosphere and generation of intraplate magmatism in the North China Craton

    Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Roberta L. Rudnick;Wen-Liang Xu;Hong-Lin Yuan

  • Triassic volcanism in eastern Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, NE China: Chronology, geochemistry, and tectonic implications

    Wen-Liang Xu;Wei-Qiang Ji;Fu-Ping Pei;En Meng

  • Recycled crust controls contrasting source compositions of Mesozoic and Cenozoic basalts in the North China Craton

    Yongsheng Liu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Peter B. Kelemen;Wenliang Xu

  • 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 U-Pb geochronology of basement metamorphic rocks in the Songliao Basin

    FuPing Pei;WenLiang Xu;DeBin Yang;QuanGuo Zhao

  • Mesozoic crustal thickening of the eastern North China craton: Evidence from eclogite xenoliths and petrologic implications

    Wenliang Xu;Shan Gao;Qinghai Wang;Dongyan Wang

  • Early Jurassic mafic magmatism in the Lesser Xing'an–Zhangguangcai Range, NE China, and its tectonic implications: Constraints from zircon U–Pb chronology and geochemistry

    Jie-Jiang Yu;Feng Wang;Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Fu-Hong Gao

  • Zircon U-Pb geochronology and petrogenesis of the Late Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the eastern segment of the northern margin of the North China Block

    Hua-Hua Cao;Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Fu-Ping Pei;Zhi-Wei Wang

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Erguna Massif, NE China: Petrogenesis and implications for the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent

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

  • Interaction of adakitic melt-peridotite: Implications for the high-Mg# signature of Mesozoic adakitic rocks in the eastern North China Craton

    Wenliang Xu;Wenliang Xu;Wenliang Xu;Janet M. Hergt;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Fuping Pei

  • Early Jurassic subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Ocean in NE China: Petrologic and geochemical evidence from the Tumen mafic intrusive complex

    Feng Guo;Hongxia Li;Weiming Fan;Jingyan Li

  • Delamination and destruction of the North China Craton

    Shan Gao;Shan Gao;JunFeng Zhang;WenLiang Xu;YongSheng Liu

  • Detrital-zircon geochronology of Late Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in eastern Heilongjiang Province, NE China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the eastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    En Meng;Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Fu-Ping Pei;De-Bin Yang

  • Mesozoic adakitic rocks from the Xuzhou–Suzhou area, eastern China: Evidence for partial melting of delaminated lower continental crust

    Wen-Liang Xu;Qing-Hai Wang;Dong-Yan Wang;Jing-Hui Guo

  • Geochronology, geochemistry, and deformation history of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous intrusive rocks in the Erguna Massif, NE China: Constraints on the late Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the Mongol-Okhotsk orogenic belt

    Jie Tang;Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Feng Wang;Shuo Zhao

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of Early–Middle Triassic magmatism in the Erguna Massif, NE China: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean

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

  • Early Paleozoic amalgamation of the Songnen–Zhangguangcai Range and Jiamusi massifs in the eastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from granitoids and rhyolites

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  • Spatial extent of the influence of the deeply subducted South China Block on the southeastern North China Block: Constraints from Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes in Mesozoic mafic igneous rocks

    De-Bin Yang;Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Fu-Ping Pei;Cheng-Hai Yang

  • Destruction of the North China Craton: Delamination or thermal/chemical erosion? Mineral chemistry and oxygen isotope insights from websterite xenoliths

    Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Qun-Jun Zhou;Fu-Ping Pei;De-Bin Yang

  • Permian bimodal volcanism in the Zhangguangcai Range of eastern Heilongjiang Province, NE China: Zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes and geochemical evidence

    En Meng;Wen-Liang Xu;Wen-Liang Xu;Fu-Ping Pei;De-Bin Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Fu-Ping Pei
Fu-Ping Pei Jilin University
Shan Gao
Shan Gao China University of Geosciences
Wen-Chun Ge
Wen-Chun Ge Jilin University
Hao Yang
Hao Yang Jilin University
Yongsheng Liu
Yongsheng Liu Yangtze University
Yi-Gang Xu
Yi-Gang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Roberta L. Rudnick
Roberta L. Rudnick University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard J. Walker
Richard J. Walker University of Maryland, College Park
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Feng Wang
Feng Wang University of California, Berkeley

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