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Zhaoshan Chang is a researcher affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their academic contributions span multiple fields, predominantly in Earth and Planetary Sciences, as well as Computer Science. Within these broader fields, they have focused extensively on subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Economics and Econometrics.

The primary topics of Zhaoshan Chang's research include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits.

Their publication record highlights several influential papers that address various aspects of mineral deposits and geochemical processes. Notable works include:

  • The giant Zaozigou Au-Sb deposit in West Qinling, China: magmatic- or metamorphic-hydrothermal origin? (2020, Mineralium Deposita)
  • Fluid compositions reveal fluid nature, metal deposition mechanisms, and mineralization potential: An example at the Haobugao Zn-Pb skarn, China (2020, Geology)
  • Using Mineral Chemistry to Aid Exploration: A Case Study from the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona (2020, Economic Geology)
  • Skarn Zonation of the Giant Jiama Cu-Mo-Au Deposit in Southern Tibet, SW China (2024, Economic Geology)
  • Recent advances in the application of mineral chemistry to exploration for porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum deposits: detecting the geochemical fingerprints and footprints of hypogene mineralization and alteration (2020, Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis)

Zhaoshan Chang frequently collaborates with a network of coauthors, including Shiqiang Huang, Stephen Piurkowsky, Paul Agnew, Paula Brunetto, and Jun Deng. These collaborations span a variety of research topics and contribute to a diverse publication output.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in several scholarly venues, with the most frequent publications in:

  • Economic Geology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis

Best Publications

  • Multistage sedimentary and metamorphic origin of pyrite and gold in the giant Sukhoi Log deposit, Lena gold province, Russia

    Ross R. Large;Valeriy V. Maslennikov;François Robert;Leonid V. Danyushevsky

  • U‐Pb dating of zircon by LA‐ICP‐MS

    Zhaoshan Chang;Zhaoshan Chang;Jeffery D. Vervoort;William C. McClelland;Charles Knaack

  • Age and pyrite Pb-isotopic composition of the giant Sukhoi Log sediment-hosted gold deposit, Russia

    Sebastien Meffre;Ross R. Large;Robert Scott;Jon Woodhead

  • Geology of the post-collisional porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit at Qulong, Tibet

    Zhiming Yang;Zengqian Hou;Noel C. White;Zhaoshan Chang

  • Copper isotope ratios in magmatic and hydrothermal ore-forming environments

    Peter B Larson;Kierran Maher;Frank C Ramos;Zhaoshan Chang

  • High-Mg diorite from Qulong in southern Tibet: Implications for the genesis of adakite-like intrusions and associated porphyry Cu deposits in collisional orogens

    Zhi-Ming Yang;Yong-Jun Lu;Zeng-Qian Hou;Zhao-Shan Chang

  • Sulfur isotopes in sediment-hosted orogenic gold deposits: Evidence for an early timing and a seawater sulfur source

    Zhaoshan Chang;Ross R. Large;Valery Maslennikov

  • Exploration Tools for Linked Porphyry and Epithermal Deposits: Example from the Mankayan Intrusion-Centered Cu-Au District, Luzon, Philippines

    Zhaoshan Chang;Jeffrey W. Hedenquist;Noel C. White;David R. Cooke

  • The chlorite proximitor: A new tool for detecting porphyry ore deposits

    Jamie J. Wilkinson;Jamie J. Wilkinson;Zhaoshan Chang;David R. Cooke;Michael J. Baker

  • Zircon trace elements and magma fertility: insights from porphyry (-skarn) Mo deposits in NE China

    Qihai Shu;Qihai Shu;Zhaoshan Chang;Zhaoshan Chang;Yong Lai;Xinlu Hu

  • The giant Zaozigou Au-Sb deposit in West Qinling, China: magmatic- or metamorphic-hydrothermal origin?

    Kun-Feng Qiu;Kun-Feng Qiu;Hao-Cheng Yu;Jun Deng;Duncan McIntire

  • Regional Metallogeny of Mo-Bearing Deposits in Northeastern China, with New Re-Os Dates of Porphyry Mo Deposits in the Northern Xilamulun District

    Qihai Shu;Qihai Shu;Qihai Shu;Zhaoshan Chang;Yong Lai;Yitao Zhou

  • Generation of postcollisional porphyry copper deposits in southern Tibet triggered by subduction of the Indian continental plate

    Zhi-Ming Yang;Richard Goldfarb;Zhao-Shan Chang

  • Fluid compositions reveal fluid nature, metal deposition mechanisms, and mineralization potential: An example at the Haobugao Zn-Pb skarn, China

    Qihai Shu;Qihai Shu;Zhaoshan Chang;Zhaoshan Chang;John Mavrogenes

  • Composition and evolution of fluids forming the Baiyinnuo'er Zn-Pb Skarn Deposit, Northeastern China: insights from laser ablation ICP-MS study of fluid inclusions

    Qihai Shu;Qihai Shu;Qihai Shu;Zhaoshan Chang;Johannes Hammerli;Johannes Hammerli;Yong Lai

  • The origin of the world class tin-polymetallic deposits in the Gejiu district, SW China: Constraints from metal zoning characteristics and 40Ar–39Ar geochronology

    Yanbo Cheng;Yanbo Cheng;Jingwen Mao;Zhaoshan Chang;Franco Pirajno

  • New Advances in Detecting the Distal Geochemical Footprints of Porphyry Systems—Epidote Mineral Chemistry as a Tool for Vectoring and Fertility Assessments

    David R. Cooke;Mike Baker;Pete Hollings;Gabe Sweet

  • The magmatic–hydrothermal transition—evidence from quartz phenocryst textures and endoskarn abundance in Cu–Zn skarns at the Empire Mine, Idaho, USA

    Zhaoshan Chang;L.D. Meinert

  • The Empire Cu-Zn Mine, Idaho: Exploration Implications of Unusual Skarn Features Related to High Fluorine Activity

    Zhaoshan Chang;Lawrence D. Meinert

  • Using Mineral Chemistry to Aid Exploration: A Case Study from the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona

    Cooke;Cooke;JJ Wilkinson;JJ Wilkinson;JJ Wilkinson;M Baker;M Baker;P Agnew

  • Skarn Zonation of the Giant Jiama Cu-Mo-Au Deposit in Southern Tibet, SW China

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  • Spectral characteristics of propylitic alteration minerals as a vectoring tool for porphyry copper deposits

    Luke C. Neal;Jamie J. Wilkinson;Jamie J. Wilkinson;Jamie J. Wilkinson;Philippa J. Mason;Philippa J. Mason;Zhaoshan Chang;Zhaoshan Chang

  • Skarn deposits of China

    Zhaoshan Chang;Qihai Shu;Lawrence Meinert

Frequent Co-Authors

Jamie J. Wilkinson
Jamie J. Wilkinson Imperial College London
David R. Cooke
David R. Cooke University of Tasmania
Pete Hollings
Pete Hollings Lakehead University
Huayong Chen
Huayong Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul H.G.M. Dirks
Paul H.G.M. Dirks James Cook University
Carl Spandler
Carl Spandler University of Adelaide
Zhiming Yang
Zhiming Yang North Carolina Central University
Leonid V. Danyushevsky
Leonid V. Danyushevsky University of Tasmania
J. Bruce Gemmell
J. Bruce Gemmell University of Tasmania
Zengqian Hou
Zengqian Hou Chinese Academy of Sciences

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