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Yan Chen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Orléans in France, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a broad range of topics within this field, with significant contributions in geophysics, geology, and interdisciplinary studies involving artificial intelligence and molecular biology.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Yan Chen has published extensively, with notable papers such as:

  • Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Temporal Separation of W and Sn Mineralization by Temperature-Controlled Incongruent Melting of a Single Protolith: Evidence from the Wangxianling Area, Nanling Region, South China, 2022, Economic Geology
  • Geological characteristics, evaluation criteria and discovery significance of Paleogene Yingxiongling shale oil in Qaidam Basin, NW China, 2022, Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • Early Neoproterozoic (870-820 Ma) amalgamation of the Tarim craton (northwestern China) and the final assembly of Rodinia, 2021, Geology
  • Detrital zircons record the evolution of the Cathaysian Coastal Mountains along the South China margin, 2021, Basin Research

The researcher has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors across their body of work, including:

  • Michel Faure
  • Bo Wang
  • Shengli Wang
  • Chao Li
  • Yongshu Zhang

Yan Chen's publications are commonly found in respected venues such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Tectonics
  • Geological Magazine

Within the main field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yan Chen's research is concentrated primarily in subfields including geophysics-with 84 publications-geology, artificial intelligence, molecular biology, and global and planetary change. Their work integrates geological and geophysical methodologies with contemporary analytical approaches.

Best Publications

  • Paleomagnetic constraints on the geodynamic history of the major blocks of China from the Permian to the present

    Randolph J. Enkin;Zhenyu Yang;Yan Chen;Vincent Courtillot

  • Middle Paleozoic convergent orogenic belts in western Inner Mongolia (China): framework, kinematics, geochronology and implications for tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Bei Xu;Jacques Charvet;Yan Chen;Pan Zhao

  • Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the Tianshan belt, NW China

    Jacques Charvet;Liangshu S. Shu;Sébastien Laurent-Charvet;Bo Wang

  • Tectonic evolution of the Tancheng-Lujiang (Tan-Lu) fault via Middle Triassic to Early Cenozoic paleomagnetic data

    Stuart A. Gilder;P. Hervé Leloup;Vincent Courtillot;Yan Chen

  • SHRIMP zircon U-Pb age constraints on Neoproterozoic Quruqtagh diamictites in NW China

    Bei Xu;Shuhai Xiao;Haibo Zou;Yan Chen

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic history of the central Chinese Tian Shan; reactivated tectonic structures and active deformation

    M. Jolivet;Stephane Dominguez;Julien Charreau;Yan Chen

  • Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block

    Liangshu Shu;Jinlong Yao;Bo Wang;Michel Faure

  • Magnetostratigraphy of the Yaha section, Tarim Basin (China): 11 Ma acceleration in erosion and uplift of the Tian Shan mountains

    Julien Charreau;Stuart Gilder;Yan Chen;Stéphane Dominguez

  • Oligo-Miocene magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetism of the Xishuigou section, Subei (Gansu Province, western China) and implications for shallow inclinations in central Asia.

    Stuart Gilder;Yan Chen;Sevket Sen

  • Magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetism of the Neogene Kuitun He section (northwest China): implications for Late Cenozoic uplift of the Tianshan mountains

    Julien Charreau;Yan Chen;Stuart Gilder;Stéphane Dominguez

  • Structural and Geochronological Study of High-Pressure Metamorphic Rocks in the Kekesu Section (Northwestern China): Implications for the Late Paleozoic Tectonics of the Southern Tianshan

    Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Liangshu S. Shu;Koenraad de Jong

  • Evolution of calc-alkaline to alkaline magmatism through Carboniferous convergence to Permian transcurrent tectonics, western Chinese Tianshan

    Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Dominique Cluzel;Liangshu S. Shu;Michel Faure

  • Primary Carboniferous and Permian paleomagnetic results from the Yili Block (NW China) and their implications on the geodynamic evolution of Chinese Tianshan Belt

    Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Yan Chen;Sheng Zhan;Sheng Zhan;Liangshu Shu

  • The Mo deposits of Northeast China: A powerful indicator of tectonic settings and associated evolutionary trends

    Yan Jing Chen;Yan Jing Chen;Cheng Zhang;Pin Wang;Franco Pirajno

  • Neogene uplift of the Tian Shan Mountains observed in the magnetic record of the Jingou River section (northwest China)

    Julien Charreau;Yan Chen;Stuart Gilder;Laurie Barrier

  • Did the Paleo-Asian Ocean between North China Block and Mongolia Block exist during the late Paleozoic? First paleomagnetic evidence from central-eastern Inner Mongolia, China

    Pan Zhao;Pan Zhao;Yan Chen;Bei Xu;Michel Faure

  • Late Mesozoic compressional to extensional tectonics in the Yiwulüshan massif, NE China and its bearing on the evolution of the Yinshan-Yanshan orogenic belt: Part I: Structural analyses and geochronological constraints

    Wei Lin;Michel Faure;Yan Chen;Wenbin Ji

  • New 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Late Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the western Tianshan (Xinjiang, northwestern China), with emphasis on Permian fluid ingress

    Koenraad de Jong;Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Liangshu S. Shu

  • Timing, duration and role of magmatism in wide rift systems: Insights from the Jiaodong Peninsula (China, East Asia)

    Nicolas Charles;Romain Augier;Charles Gumiaux;Patrick Monié

  • Resolving the problem of shallow magnetizations of Tertiary age in Asia: insights from paleomagnetic data from the Qiangtang, Kunlun, and Qaidam blocks (Tibet, China), and a new hypothesis

    J. P. Cogné;N. Halim;Y. Chen;V. Courtillot

  • Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Yili Block, western Chinese Tianshan

    Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Liangshu S. Shu;Dominique Cluzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Faure
Michel Faure University of Orléans
Wei Lin
Wei Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jean-Pascal Cogné
Jean-Pascal Cogné Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Stuart Gilder
Stuart Gilder Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Vincent Courtillot
Vincent Courtillot Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Dominique Cluzel
Dominique Cluzel University of New Caledonia
Jacques Charvet
Jacques Charvet University of Orléans
Romain Augier
Romain Augier University of Orléans
Qingchen Wang
Qingchen Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liangshu Shu
Liangshu Shu Nanjing University

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