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D-Index
87
Citations
27397
World Ranking
338
National Ranking
21

Overview

Yi-Gang Xu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and conducts research primarily within the Earth and Planetary Sciences field. Their work extensively covers subfields including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research topics focus on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Frequent coauthors associated with Yi-Gang Xu include:

  • Le Zhang
  • Xiao-Long Huang
  • Zexian Cui
  • Yuanyuan Hua
  • Yanqiang Zhang

Yi-Gang Xu has contributed to publications in several prominent venues, among them:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Lithos
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Yi-Gang Xu include:

  • "Magmatic perspective on subduction of Paleo-Pacific plate and initiation of big mantle wedge in East Asia," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Felsic volcanism as a factor driving the end-Permian mass extinction," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Scientific objectives and payload configuration of the Chang'E-7 mission," 2023, National Science Review
  • "Cretaceous basin evolution in northeast Asia: tectonic responses to the paleo-Pacific plate subduction," 2021, National Science Review
  • "A sample of the Moon's far side retrieved by Chang'e-6 contains 2.83-billion-year-old basalt," 2024, Science

Best Publications

  • Thermo-tectonic destruction of the archaean lithospheric keel beneath the sino-korean craton in china: evidence, timing and mechanism

    Y.-G. Xu

  • Petrologic and geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of Permian Triassic Emeishan flood basalts in southwestern China

    Yigang Xu;Sun-Lin Chung;Bor-ming Jahn;Genyao Wu

  • Destruction of the North China Craton

    RiXiang Zhu;YiGang Xu;Guang Zhu;HongFu Zhang

  • Integration of geology, geophysics and geochemistry: A key to understanding the North China Craton

    Martin Menzies;Yigang Xu;Hongfu Zhang;Weiming Fan

  • Sedimentary evidence for a rapid, kilometer-scale crustal doming prior to the eruption of the Emeishan flood basalts

    Bin He;Bin He;Yi-Gang Xu;Sun-Ling Chung;Long Xiao

  • Geologic, geochemical, and geophysical consequences of plume involvement in the Emeishan flood-basalt province

    Yi-Gang Xu;Bin He;Sun-Lin Chung;Martin A. Menzies

  • Destruction of the North China Craton in the Mesozoic

    Fu-Yuan Wu;Jin-Hui Yang;Yi-Gang Xu;Simon A. Wilde

  • Distinct mantle sources of low-Ti and high-Ti basalts from the western Emeishan large igneous province, SW China: implications for plume–lithosphere interaction

    Long Xiao;Long Xiao;Y.G. Xu;H.J. Mei;Y.F. Zheng

  • Geodynamics of the North China Craton

    Martin A. Menzies;Yigang Xu

  • Lithospheric thinning and destruction of the North China Craton

    Wu Fy;Xu Yg;Gao S;Zheng Jp

  • Age and duration of the Emeishan flood volcanism, SW China: Geochemistry and SHRIMP zircon U–Pb dating of silicic ignimbrites, post-volcanic Xuanwei Formation and clay tuff at the Chaotian section

    Bin He;Yi-Gang Xu;Xiao-Long Huang;Zhen-Yu Luo

  • Role of lithosphere-asthenosphere interaction in the genesis of Quaternary alkali and tholeiitic basalts from Datong, western North China Craton

    Yi-Gang Xu;Jin-Long Ma;Frederick A. Frey;Mark D. Feigenson

  • Mobilization and re-distribution of major and trace elements during extreme weathering of basalt in Hainan Island, South China

    Jin-Long Ma;Gang-Jian Wei;Yi-Gang Xu;Wen-Guo Long

  • Diachronous lithospheric thinning of the North China Craton and formation of the Daxin'anling–Taihangshan gravity lineament

    Yi-Gang Xu

  • On the timing and duration of the destruction of the North China Craton

    YiGang Xu;HongYan Li;ChongJin Pang;Bin He

  • The subduction of the west Pacific plate and the destruction of the North China Craton

    Rixiang Zhu;Yigang Xu

  • The Early Permian Tarim Large Igneous Province: Main characteristics and a plume incubation model

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  • Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotope constraints on crustal melting associated with the Emeishan mantle plume

    Yi-Gang Xu;Zhen-Yu Luo;Xiao-Long Huang;Bin He

  • Crust-mantle interaction during the tectono-thermal reactivation of the North China Craton: constraints from SHRIMP zircon U–Pb chronology and geochemistry of Mesozoic plutons from western Shandong

    Yi Gang Xu;Xiao-Long Huang;Jin-Long Ma;Yan-Bin Wang

  • Regional uplift associated with continental large igneous provinces: The roles of mantle plumes and the lithosphere

    A.D. Saunders;S.M. Jones;L.A. Morgan;K.L. Pierce

  • Evidence for crustal components in the mantle and constraints on crustal recycling mechanisms: pyroxenite xenoliths from Hannuoba, North China

    Yigang Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao-Long Huang
Xiao-Long Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Martin Menzies
Martin Menzies Royal Holloway University of London
Jie Li
Jie Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sun-Lin Chung
Sun-Lin Chung National Taiwan University
Gangjian Wei
Gangjian Wei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wen-Liang Xu
Wen-Liang Xu Jilin University
Xiaoping Xia
Xiaoping Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences
J. P. Zheng
J. P. Zheng China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Zheng-Xiang Li
Zheng-Xiang Li Curtin University
Ji-Feng Xu
Ji-Feng Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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