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Xiaohui Yuan is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and has a research focus within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Geophysics. Their body of work includes 119 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences, of which 116 are concentrated in Geophysics, alongside contributions in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Radiation, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Laser-plasma interactions and diagnostics
  • Geological formations and processes exploration

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Xiaohui Yuan, key publications include:

  • "Intracontinental deformation of the Tianshan Orogen in response to India-Asia collision," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "The Hindu Kush slab break-off as revealed by deep structure and crustal deformation," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Sharp Lateral Moho Variations Across the SE Tibetan Margin and Their Implications for Plateau Growth," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Full Waveform Inversion Beneath the Central Andes: Insight Into the Dehydration of the Nazca Slab and Delamination of the Back-Arc Lithosphere," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "New insights into the structural elements of the upper mantle beneath the contiguous United States from S-to-P converted seismic waves," 2020, Geophysical Journal International

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Tectonophysics
  • Nature Communications

Collaboration frequently occurs with coauthors such as:

  • Benjamín Heit
  • Frederik Tilmann
  • Bernd Schurr
  • Wei Li
  • Qiang Xu

Best Publications

  • Seismic Images of Crust and Upper Mantle Beneath Tibet: Evidence for Eurasian Plate Subduction

    R. Kind;X. Yuan;J. Saul;D. Nelson

  • Seismic Evidence for a Detached Indian Lithospheric Mantle Beneath Tibet

    G. Kosarev;R. Kind;S. V. Sobolev;X. Yuan

  • Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of southern Tibet from a seismological passive source experiment

    Xiaohui Yuan;James Ni;Rainer Kind;James Mechie

  • The rapid drift of the Indian tectonic plate

    Prakash Kumar;Xiaohui Yuan;M. Ravi Kumar;Rainer Kind

  • The boundary between the Indian and Asian tectonic plates below Tibet

    Junmeng Zhao;Xiaohui Yuan;Hongbing Liu;Prakash Kumar

  • The elusive lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) beneath cratons

    David W. Eaton;Fiona Darbyshire;Rob L. Evans;Herman Grütter

  • Subduction and collision processes in the Central Andes constrained by converted seismic phases

    X. Yuan;S. V. Sobolev;R. Kind;O. Oncken

  • Evidence from Earthquake Data for a Partially Molten Crustal Layer in Southern Tibet

    Rainer Kind;James Ni;Wenjin Zhao;Jianxin Wu

  • Moho topography in the central Andes and its geodynamic implications

    X Yuan;S.V Sobolev;R Kind

  • Seismic signature of the collision between the east Tibetan escape flow and the Sichuan Basin

    Zhongjie Zhang;Xiaohui Yuan;Yun Chen;Xiaobo Tian

  • Rejuvenation of the lithosphere by the Hawaiian plume

    Xueqing Li;Rainer Kind;Xiaohui Yuan;Ingo Wölbern

  • Imaging the colliding Indian and Asian lithospheric plates beneath Tibet

    Prakash Kumar;Xiaohui Yuan;Rainer Kind;James Ni

  • The S receiver functions: synthetics and data example

    Xiaohui Yuan;Rainer Kind;Xueqing Li;Rongjiang Wang

  • The lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary in the Tien Shan‐Karakoram region from S receiver functions: Evidence for continental subduction

    P. Kumar;X. Yuan;R. Kind;G. Kosarev

  • Tearing of the Indian lithospheric slab beneath southern Tibet revealed by SKS-wave splitting measurements

    Yun Chen;Wei Li;Xiaohui Yuan;José Badal

  • Seismic Detection and Characterization of the Altiplano-Puna Magma Body, Central Andes

    George Zandt;Mark Leidig;Josef Chmielowski;David Baumont

  • Seismic imaging of subducting continental lower crust beneath the Pamir

    F. Schneider;X. Yuan;B Schurr;J. Mechie

  • Deep India meets deep Asia: Lithospheric indentation, delamination and break-off under Pamir and Hindu Kush (Central Asia)

    Sofia-Katerina Kufner;Bernd Schurr;Christian Sippl;Xiaohui Yuan

  • Mapping the Hawaiian plume conduit with converted seismic waves

    Xueqing Li;Rainer Kind;K. Priestley;Stephan V. Sobolev

  • Geometry of the Pamir-Hindu Kush intermediate-depth earthquake zone from local seismic data

    Christian Sippl;B Schurr;X. Yuan;J. Mechie

  • Rejuvenation of the Lithosphere by the Hawaiian Plume

    R. Kind;X. Li;X. Yuan;I. Woelbern

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Kind
Rainer Kind Freie Universität Berlin
James Mechie
James Mechie University of Potsdam
Frederik Tilmann
Frederik Tilmann Freie Universität Berlin
Bernd Schurr
Bernd Schurr Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Christian Haberland
Christian Haberland University of Potsdam
Stephan V. Sobolev
Stephan V. Sobolev University of Potsdam
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay Cornell University
Eric Sandvol
Eric Sandvol University of Missouri
Wilfried Jokat
Wilfried Jokat University of Bremen
Lothar Ratschbacher
Lothar Ratschbacher TU Bergakademie Freiberg

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