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Yilin Xiao is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China and has published extensively in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, and Artificial Intelligence. The primary focus centers on geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and geochemistry with applications in paleoclimatology and high-pressure geophysics.

Yilin Xiao's frequent publication venues reflect a strong presence in specialized geology and geochemistry journals. These include:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Lithos
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Earth Science

The scientist has collaborated often with several coauthors, indicating active engagement in collaborative research. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Dong-Bo Tan (20 joint publications)
  • Fengtai Tong (18 joint publications)
  • Yangyang Wang (17 joint publications)
  • He Sun (17 joint publications)
  • Hai-Ou Gu (12 joint publications)

Yilin Xiao's published papers demonstrate a focus on geochemical processes in geological contexts, mineral dating techniques, and fluid characteristics in subduction zones. Notable recent publications include:

  • Extremely light K in subducted low-T altered oceanic crust: Implications for K recycling in subduction zone, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • In situ rutile U-Pb dating based on zircon calibration using LA-ICP-MS, geological applications in the Dabie orogen, China, 2020, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Supercritical fluid in deep subduction zones as revealed by multiphase fluid inclusions in an ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic vein, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Trace Elements and Li Isotope Compositions Across the Kamchatka Arc: Constraints on Slab-Derived Fluid Sources, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Lithium isotope separation effect of N-phenylaza-15-crown-5, 2021, Journal of Molecular Liquids

The research topics covered by Yilin Xiao encompass a wide range of geological and geochemical themes:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Overall, Yilin Xiao's scientific contributions reflect a multidisciplinary engagement with complex Earth processes, advancing understanding in both theoretical and applied aspects of geosciences across multiple analytical and regional frameworks.

Best Publications

  • Collision of the North China and Yangtse Blocks and formation of coesite-bearing eclogites: Timing and processes☆

    Shuguang Li;Yilin Xiao;Deliang Liou;Yizhi Chen

  • Oxygen and hydrogen isotope geochemistry of ultrahigh-pressure eclogites from the Dabie Mountains and the Sulu terrane

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Bin Fu;Yiliang Li;Yilin Xiao

  • Sm/Nd, Rb/Sr, and40Ar/39Ar Isotopic Systematics of the Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphic Rocks in the Dabie-Sulu Belt, Central China: A Retrospective View

    Shuguang Li;Emil Jagoutz;Ching-Hua Lo;Yizhi Chen

  • Hydrogen and oxygen isotope evidence for fluid–rock interactions in the stages of pre- and post-UHP metamorphism in the Dabie Mountains

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Bin Fu;Yilin Xiao;Yiliang Li

  • Fluid history of UHP metamorphism in Dabie Shan, China: a fluid inclusion and oxygen isotope study on the coesite-bearing eclogite from Bixiling

    Yilin Xiao;Jochen Hoefs;Alfons M. van den Kerkhof;Jens Fiebig

  • Origin of low δ26Mg Cenozoic basalts from South China Block and their geodynamic implications

    Jian Huang;Shu-Guang Li;Shu-Guang Li;Yilin Xiao;Shan Ke

  • Rapid enhancement of chemical weathering recorded by extremely light seawater lithium isotopes at the Permian–Triassic boundary

    He Sun;Yilin Xiao;Yongjun Gao;Guijie Zhang

  • Making continental crust through slab melting: Constraints from niobium–tantalum fractionation in UHP metamorphic rutile

    Yilin Xiao;Yilin Xiao;Weidong Sun;Jochen Hoefs;Klaus Simon

  • Fluid Evolution during HP and UHP Metamorphism in Dabie Shan, China: Constraints from Mineral Chemistry, Fluid Inclusions and Stable Isotopes

    Y.-L. Xiao

  • High-temperature inter-mineral magnesium isotope fractionation in eclogite from the Dabie orogen, China

    Wang-Ye Li;Wang-Ye Li;Fang-Zhen Teng;Yilin Xiao;Jian Huang

  • Ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project: I. Petrology and geochemistry of the main hole (0-2,050 m)

    Zeming Zhang;Yilin Xiao;Jochen Hoefs;J. G. Liou

  • Petrogenesis of UHP metamorphic rocks from Qinglongshan, southern Sulu, east-central China

    Zeming Zhang;Yilin Xiao;Fulai Liu;J.G. Liou

  • Geochemical constraints of the eclogite and granulite facies metamorphism as recognized in the Raobazhai complex from North Dabie Shan, China

    Y. L. Xiao;J. Hoefs;A. M. Van Den Kerkhof;S. G Li

  • Rapid eclogitisation of the Dabie-Sulu UHP terrane: Constraints from Lu-Hf garnet geochronology

    Alexander Schmidt;Stefan Weyer;Klaus Mezger;Erik E. Scherer

  • Lithium isotope fractionation during incongruent melting: Constraints from post-collisional leucogranite and residual enclaves from Bengbu Uplift, China

    He Sun;Yongjun Gao;Yilin Xiao;Hai-ou Gu

  • Oxygen and hydrogen isotope geochemistry of gneisses associated with ultrahigh pressure eclogites at Shuanghe in the Dabie Mountains

    Bin Fu;Yong-Fei Zheng;Zhengrong Wang;Yilin Xiao

  • Mineral and fluid inclusions in zircon of UHP metamorphic rocks from the CCSD-main drill hole: A record of metamorphism and fluid activity

    Zeming Zhang;Kun Shen;Yilin Xiao;Jochen Hoefs

  • Mg-Sr isotopes of low-δ26Mg basalts tracing recycled carbonate species: Implication for the initial melting depth of the carbonated mantle in Eastern China

    Jian Huang;Yilin Xiao

  • Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project: II Oxygen isotope and fluid inclusion distributions through vertical sections

    Yilin Xiao;Zeming Zhang;Jochen Hoefs;Alfons van den Kerkhof

  • Fluid/rock interaction and mass transfer in continental subduction zones: constraints from trace elements and isotopes (Li, B, O, Sr, Nd, Pb) in UHP rocks from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Program, Sulu, East China

    Yilin Xiao;Yilin Xiao;Jochen Hoefs;Zhenhui Hou;Klaus Simon

  • Revealing the climate of snowball Earth from Δ17O systematics of hydrothermal rocks

    Daniel Herwartz;Andreas Pack;Dmitri Krylov;Yilin Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen Hoefs
Jochen Hoefs University of Göttingen
Shuguang Li
Shuguang Li China University of Geosciences
Zeming Zhang
Zeming Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian Huang
Jian Huang University of Iowa
Yong-Fei Zheng
Yong-Fei Zheng University of Science and Technology of China
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Bin Fu
Bin Fu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Juhn G. Liou
Juhn G. Liou Stanford University
Fang-Zhen Teng
Fang-Zhen Teng University of Washington
Gerhard Wörner
Gerhard Wörner University of Göttingen

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