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Yuan-Bao Wu is a researcher affiliated with China University of Geosciences in China, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant emphasis on Geophysics. Their work broadly encompasses subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Their principal research topics involve Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Wu has contributed to numerous publications across a range of scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Lithos
  • Precambrian Research
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • American Mineralogist

Frequent coauthors in Wu's research include:

  • Guangyan Zhou
  • Wenxiang Zhang
  • Pan Hu
  • Yu He
  • Yujie Zhao

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Yuan-Bao Wu include:

  • "Mg-Ba-Sr-Nd isotopic evidence for a mélange origin of early Paleozoic arc magmatism," 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Zircon U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry of plagiogranites within a Paleozoic oceanic arc, the Erlangping unit of the Qinling accretionary orogenic belt: Petrogenesis and geological implications," 2021, Lithos
  • "A clearer view of crustal evolution: U-Pb, Sm-Nd, and Lu-Hf isotope systematics in five detrital minerals unravel the tectonothermal history of northern China," 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Geochronology, geochemistry, and isotope compositions of 'Grenvillian' S-type granites in the North Qinling unit, central China: Petrogenesis and tectonic significance," 2021, Precambrian Research
  • "Petrochemical and isotopic evidences for multiple sources involving in the generation of post-collisional granitoid complex: A case study of the Mangling complex from the eastern Qinling orogen, China," 2020, Lithos

Wu's research integrates geochemical, geophysical, and isotopic methodologies to investigate tectonic evolution, magmatism, and crustal dynamics, often focusing on regions such as northern China and the Qinling orogenic belt. The combination of isotope geochemistry and geochronology in their work contributes to understanding the geological history and tectonothermal processes.

Best Publications

  • Genesis of zircon and its constraints on interpretation of U-Pb age

    Yuanbao Wu;Yongfei Zheng

  • Tectonic evolution of a composite collision orogen: An overview on the Qinling–Tongbai–Hong'an–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt in central China

    Yuan-Bao Wu;Yong-Fei Zheng

  • Contrasting zircon Hf and O isotopes in the two episodes of Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: Implications for growth and reworking of continental crust

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Shao-Bing Zhang;Zi-Fu Zhao;Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu

  • Rift melting of juvenile arc-derived crust: Geochemical evidence from Neoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks in the Jiangnan Orogen, South China

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Rong-Xin Wu;Rong-Xin Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu;Shao-Bing Zhang

  • Zircon U-Pb and oxygen isotope evidence for a large-scale 18O depletion event in igneous rocks during the Neoproterozoic

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Fu-Kun Chen;Bing Gong

  • Zircon U-Pb age, Hf and O isotope constraints on protolith origin of ultrahigh-pressure eclogite and gneiss in the Dabie orogen

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Zi-Fu Zhao;Zi-Fu Zhao;Yuan-Bao Wu;Shao-Bing Zhang

  • Zircon U-Pb age and Hf-O isotope evidence for Paleoproterozoic metamorphic event in South China

    Shao-Bing Zhang;Shao-Bing Zhang;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Zircon isotope evidence for ≥3.5Ga continental crust in the Yangtze craton of China

    Shao-Bing Zhang;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Reworking of juvenile crust: Element and isotope evidence from Neoproterozoic granodiorite in South China

    Rong-Xin Wu;Rong-Xin Wu;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope evidence for 3.8 Ga crustal remnant and episodic reworking of Archean crust in South China

    Shao-Bing Zhang;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Metamorphic effect on zircon Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotope systems in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite-facies metagranite and metabasite

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao;Shao-Bing Zhang

  • Low-Grade Metamorphic Rocks in the Dabie-Sulu Orogenic Belt: A Passive-Margin Accretionary Wedge Deformed during Continent Subduction

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Jian-Bo Zhou;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zhi Xie

  • The oldest basement rock in the Yangtze Craton revealed by zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope composition

    WenFang Jiao;YuanBao Wu;YuanBao Wu;SaiHong Yang;Min Peng

  • Zircon U-Pb age and geochemical constraints on the tectonic affinity of the Jiaodong terrane in the Sulu orogen, China

    Jun Tang;Jun Tang;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu;Bing Gong

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of metamorphic rocks in the Jiaobei terrane: Constraints on its tectonic affinity in the Sulu orogen

    Jun Tang;Jun Tang;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu;Bing Gong

  • Low-T eclogite in the Dabie terrane of China: petrological and isotopic constraints on fluid activity and radiometric dating

    Xu-Ping Li;Xu-Ping Li;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Fukun Chen

  • U Pb, Hf and O isotope evidence for two episodes of fluid-assisted zircon growth in marble-hosted eclogites from the Dabie orogen

    Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Zi-Fu Zhao;Zi-Fu Zhao;Bing Gong

  • 3.45Ga granitic gneisses from the Yangtze Craton, South China: Implications for Early Archean crustal growth

    Jing-Liang Guo;Shan Gao;Yuan-Bao Wu;Ming Li

  • Zircon U–Pb age and trace element evidence for Paleoproterozoic granulite-facies metamorphism and Archean crustal rocks in the Dabie Orogen

    Yuan-Bao Wu;Yong-Fei Zheng;Shan Gao;Wen-Fang Jiao

  • Geochemistry and zircon U–Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic arc related granitoid in the Northwestern Yangtze Block and its geological implications

    Yuanbao Wu;Shan Gao;Hongfei Zhang;Jianping Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong-Fei Zheng
Yong-Fei Zheng University of Science and Technology of China
Shan Gao
Shan Gao China University of Geosciences
Xiao-Chi Liu
Xiao-Chi Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zi-Fu Zhao
Zi-Fu Zhao University of Science and Technology of China
Honglin Yuan
Honglin Yuan Northwest University
Yongsheng Liu
Yongsheng Liu Yangtze University
Fu-Yuan Wu
Fu-Yuan Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lian Zhou
Lian Zhou China University of Geosciences
Zhaochu Hu
Zhaochu Hu China University of Geosciences
Jun-Hong Zhao
Jun-Hong Zhao China University of Geosciences

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