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Zhiming Sun is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in China. Their work primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics and related sub-disciplines.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these, their detailed subfields of study cover:

  • Geophysics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Surgery

Sun's research topics show a concentration on geological and geochemical analysis as well as studies related to geomagnetism, paleomagnetism, earthquake phenomena, and tectonics. Other topics include high-pressure geophysics and materials, geology and paleoclimatology research, paleontology and fossil stratigraphy, and anesthesia and pain management.

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management

The research output of Zhiming Sun includes publications in influential scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Tectonophysics
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Acta Petrologica Sinica
  • Pain and Therapy

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sun include:

  • Paleomagnetism and U-Pb Geochronology of Early Cretaceous Volcanic Rocks from the Qiangtang Block, Tibetan Plateau: Implications for the Qiangtang-Lhasa Collision (2020), published in Tectonophysics
  • Block Tectonics Across Western Tibet and Multi-Millennial Recurrence of Great Earthquakes on the Karakax Fault (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Activity of the Baiganhu Fault of the Altyn Tagh Fault System, northern Tibetan Plateau: Insights from zircon and apatite fission track analyses (2021), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Research progress of CO2 capture and mineralization based on natural minerals (2024), published in International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials
  • Highly efficient CO2 capture on acid-treated sepiolite impregnated with mixed polyethyleneimine and diethanolamine (2024), published in Green and Smart Mining Engineering

Sun frequently collaborates with several co-authors, reflecting a network of scientific partnerships. The most frequent collaborators include:

  • Haibing Li
  • Yong Cao
  • Huan Wang
  • Xiaozhou Ye
  • Jiawei Pan

Their multidisciplinary research approach integrates techniques and concepts from geophysics, molecular biology, atmospheric science, and materials chemistry, demonstrating a broad scientific perspective within their primary field of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Continuous permeability measurements record healing inside the Wenchuan earthquake fault zone.

    Lian Xue;Hai-Bing Li;Emily E. Brodsky;Zhi-Qing Xu

  • The influence of large landslides on river incision in a transient landscape: Eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (Sichuan, China)

    William B. Ouimet;Kelin X. Whipple;Leigh H. Royden;Zhiming Sun

  • Magnetostratigraphy of Paleogene sediments from northern Qaidam Basin, China: Implications for tectonic uplift and block rotation in northern Tibetan plateau

    Zhiming Sun;Zhenyu Yang;Junling Pei;Xiaohong Ge

  • Characteristics of the fault-related rocks, fault zones and the principal slip zone in the Wenchuan Earthquake Fault Scientific Drilling Project Hole-1 (WFSD-1)

    Haibing Li;Huan Wang;Zhiqin Xu;Jialiang Si

  • A long connection (750-380 Ma) between South China and Australia: paleomagnetic constraints

    Zhenyu Yang;Zhiming Sun;Tienshui Yang;Junling Pei

  • Neotectonics of the Min Shan, China: Implications for mechanisms driving Quaternary deformation along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    Eric Kirby;Kelin X. Whipple;B. Clark Burchfiel;Wenqing Tang

  • Palaeomagnetism of late Cretaceous sediments from southern Tibet: Evidence for the consistent palaeolatitudes of the southern margin of Eurasia prior to the collision with India

    Zhiming Sun;Junling Pei;Haibing Li;Wei Xu

  • How and when did the Yellow River develop its square bend

    Aiming Lin;Zhenyu Yang;Zhiming Sun;Tianshui Yang

  • A magnetostratigraphic reassessment of correlation between Chinese loess and marine oxygen isotope records over the last 1.1 Ma

    Xisheng Wang;Zhenyu Yang;Reidar Løvlie;Zhiming Sun

  • Discrepant Cretaceous paleomagnetic poles between Eastern China and Indochina: a consequence of the extrusion of Indochina

    Zhenyu Yang;Jiyun Yin;Zhiming Sun;Yo-ichiro Otofuji

  • Long-term temperature records following the Mw 7.9 Wenchuan (China) earthquake are consistent with low friction

    Haibing Li;Lian Xue;Emily E. Brodsky;James J. Mori

  • Magnetostratigraphic constraints on the Gondwanan origin of North China: Cambrian/Ordovician boundary results

    Zhenyu Yang;Yo-ichiro Otofuji;Zhiming Sun;Baochun Huang

  • New paleomagnetic results of Paleocene volcanic rocks from the Lhasa block: Tectonic implications for the collision of India and Asia

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  • A detailed Lower Triassic conodont biostratigraphy and its implications for the GSSP candidate of the Induan–Olenekian boundary in Chaohu, Anhui Province

    Laishi Zhao;Jinnan Tong;Zhiming Sun;Michael J. Orchard

  • AFT dating constrains the Cenozoic uplift of the Qimen Tagh Mountains, Northeast Tibetan Plateau, comparison with LA-ICPMS Zircon U-Pb ages

    Dongliang Liu;Haibing Li;Zhiming Sun;Jiawei Pan

  • Global cooling and enhanced Eocene Asian mid-latitude interior aridity

    J. X. Li;J. X. Li;L. P. Yue;L. P. Yue;Andrew P. Roberts;A. M. Hirt

  • New Early Cretaceous paleomagnetic data from volcanic and red beds of the eastern Qaidam Block and its implications for tectonics of Central Asia

    Zhiming Sun;Zhenyu Yang;Junling Pei;Tianshui Yang

  • Fast slip-rate along the northern end of the Karakorum fault system, western Tibet

    Marie-Luce Chevalier;Haibing Li;Jiawei Pan;Junling Pei

  • Internal structure of the Wenchuan earthquake fault zone, revealed by surface outcrop and WFSD-1 drilling core investigation

    Huan Wang;Haibing Li;Jialiang Si;Zhiming Sun

  • Structural and physical property characterization in the Wenchuan earthquake Fault Scientific Drilling project — hole 1 (WFSD-1)

    Haibing Li;Zhiqin Xu;Yixiong Niu;Guangsheng Kong

  • New Late Cretaceous paleomagnetic data from volcanic rocks and red beds from the Lhasa terrane and its implications for the paleolatitude of the southern margin of Asia prior to the collision with India

    Yong Cao;Yong Cao;Zhiming Sun;Haibing Li;Junling Pei

  • Remagnetization of Quaternary eolian deposits: A case study from SE Chinese Loess Plateau

    Xisheng Wang;Reidar Løvlie;Zhenyu Yang;Junling Pei

  • New Paleomagnetic Results From Middle Jurassic Limestones of the Qiangtang Terrane, Tibet: Constraints on the Evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang Ocean

    Yong Cao;Zhiming Sun;Haibing Li;Junling Pei

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenyu Yang
Zhenyu Yang Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Aiming Lin
Aiming Lin Kyoto University
Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
Yo-ichiro Otofuji
Yo-ichiro Otofuji Kobe University
Sheng-Rong Song
Sheng-Rong Song National Taiwan University
Emily E. Brodsky
Emily E. Brodsky University of California, Santa Cruz
Zhiqin Xu
Zhiqin Xu Nanjing University
Baochun Huang
Baochun Huang Peking University
Dunyi Liu
Dunyi Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Jim Mori
Jim Mori Kyoto University

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