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Zhaochu Hu is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Ecology, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their research focuses on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Analytical Chemistry Methods Development.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhaochu Hu include:

  • Yongsheng Liu
  • Wen Zhang
  • Zaicong Wang
  • Keqing Zong
  • Tao Luo

Publication venues frequently chosen by Zhaochu Hu are:

  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Chemical Geology
  • Lithos

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhaochu Hu reflect work in isotopic data analysis, lunar geology, and zircon reference materials. Notable recent publications include:

  • Tanz zircon megacrysts: a new zircon reference material for the microbeam determination of U-Pb ages and Zr-O isotopes, 2021, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Iso-Compass: new freeware software for isotopic data reduction of LA-MC-ICP-MS, 2020, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Estimation of Isotopic Reference Values for Pure Materials and Geological Reference Materials, 2020, Atomic Spectroscopy
  • Bulk compositions of the Chang'E-5 lunar soil: Insights into chemical homogeneity, exotic addition, and origin of landing site basalts, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Detailed petrogenesis of the unsampled Oceanus Procellarum: The case of the Chang'e-5 mare basalts, 2022, Icarus

Best Publications

  • In situ analysis of major and trace elements of anhydrous minerals by LA-ICP-MS without applying an internal standard

    Yongsheng Liu;Zhaochu Hu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Detlef Günther

  • Continental and Oceanic Crust Recycling-induced Melt^Peridotite Interactions in the Trans-North China Orogen: U^Pb Dating, Hf Isotopes and Trace Elements in Zircons from Mantle Xenoliths

    Yongsheng Liu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Zhaochu Hu;Changgui Gao

  • Reappraisement and refinement of zircon U-Pb isotope and trace element analyses by LA-ICP-MS

    YongSheng Liu;ZhaoChu Hu;KeQing Zong;ChangGui Gao

  • Improved in situ Hf isotope ratio analysis of zircon using newly designed X skimmer cone and jet sample cone in combination with the addition of nitrogen by laser ablation multiple collector ICP-MS

    Zhaochu Hu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Wengui Liu

  • Qinghu zircon: A working reference for microbeam analysis of U-Pb age and Hf and O isotopes

    XianHua Li;GuoQiang Tang;Bing Gong;YueHeng Yang

  • The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan Orogen, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB)

    Keqing Zong;Keqing Zong;Reiner Klemd;Yu Yuan;Zhenyu He

  • "Wave" signal-smoothing and mercury-removing device for laser ablation quadrupole and multiple collector ICPMS analysis: application to lead isotope analysis.

    Zhaochu Hu;Wen Zhang;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao

  • Upper crustal abundances of trace elements: A revision and update

    Zhaochu Hu;Zhaochu Hu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao

  • Age and growth of the Archean Kongling terrain, South China, with emphasis on 3.3 ga granitoid gneisses

    Shan Gao;Jie Yang;Lian Zhou;Ming Li

  • Geochemistry of Permian bimodal volcanic rocks from Central Inner Mongolia, North China: Implication for Tectonic setting and Phanerozoic continental growth in Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    XiaoHui Zhang;XiaoHui Zhang;Hongfu Zhang;Yanjie Tang;Simon A. Wilde

  • Calibration and correction of LA-ICP-MS and LA-MC-ICP-MS analyses for element contents and isotopic ratios

    Jie Lin;Yongsheng Liu;Yueheng Yang;Zhaochu Hu

  • 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 geochronology of basement metamorphic rocks in the Songliao Basin

    FuPing Pei;WenLiang Xu;DeBin Yang;QuanGuo Zhao

  • Simultaneous in-situ determination of U-Pb age and trace elements in zircon by LA-ICP-MS in 20 μm spot size

    XiaoMing Liu;XiaoMing Liu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;ChunRong Diwu;HongLin Yuan

  • U–Pb zircon ages and Nd, Sr, and Pb isotopes of lower crustal xenoliths from North China Craton: insights on evolution of lower continental crust

    Yongsheng Liu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Hongling Yuan;Lian Zhou

  • A “wire” signal smoothing device for laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis

    Zhaochu Hu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Shaoquan Xiao

  • Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope compositions of Paleoproterozoic aluminous A-type granites from the Kongling terrain, Yangtze Block: Constraints on petrogenesis and geologic implications

    Min Peng;Yuanbao Wu;Yuanbao Wu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Hongfei Zhang

  • Origin and evolution of the Bainaimiao arc belt: Implications for crustal growth in the southern Central Asian orogenic belt

    Shuan-Hong Zhang;Yue Zhao;Hao Ye;Jian-Min Liu

  • Iso-Compass: new freeware software for isotopic data reduction of LA-MC-ICP-MS

    Wen Zhang;Zhaochu Hu;Yongsheng Liu

  • Compositional diversity of ca. 110 Ma magmatism in the northern Lhasa Terrane, Tibet: Implications for the magmatic origin and crustal growth in a continent–continent collision zone

    Qing-Lin Sui;Qing Wang;Di-Cheng Zhu;Zhi-Dan Zhao

  • 2.6–2.7 Ga crustal growth in Yangtze craton, South China

    Kang Chen;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Yuanbao Wu;Jingliang Guo

  • Cadomian (Ediacaran-Cambrian) arc magmatism in the ChahJam-Biarjmand metamorphic complex (Iran): magmatism along the northern active margin of Gondwana

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Mohsen Khademi;Zhaochu Hu;Robert J. Stern

  • Estimation of Isotopic Reference Values for Pure Materials and Geological Reference Materials

    Wen Zhang;Zhaochu Hu

  • Geochronological and geochemical constraints on the Erguna massif basement, NE China – subduction history of the Mongol–Okhotsk oceanic crust

    De-You Sun;Jun Gou;Tian-Hao Wang;Yun-Sheng Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongsheng Liu
Yongsheng Liu Yangtze University
Shan Gao
Shan Gao China University of Geosciences
Keqing Zong
Keqing Zong China University of Geosciences
Shenghong Hu
Shenghong Hu China University of Geosciences
Lian Zhou
Lian Zhou China University of Geosciences
Yong-Fei Zheng
Yong-Fei Zheng University of Science and Technology of China
Zaicong Wang
Zaicong Wang China University of Geosciences
Ren-Xu Chen
Ren-Xu Chen University of Science and Technology of China
Honglin Yuan
Honglin Yuan Northwest University

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