Areas of Focus
- Isotope Geochronology
- Petrology and Geochemistry
Work Experience
- 2005-11--Present, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Researcher
- 1993-05--2005-10, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Researcher
- 1989-10--1993-04, Guangzhou Branch of the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Researcher
- 1988-12--1989-09, Guangzhou Branch of the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1983-09--1988-12 PhD: Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1979-09--1983-06 Bachelor: University of Science and Technology of China
Publications
- New isotopic constraints on age and origin of Mesoarchean charnockite, trondhjemite and amphibolite in the Ntem Complex of NW Congo Craton, Precambrian Research, Xianhua Li, 2016
- Age of Alpine Corsica ophiolites revisited: insights from in situ zircon U-Pb age and O-Hf isotopes, Lithos, Xianhua Li, 2015
- Accuracy of LA-ICPMS zircon U-Pb age determination: An inter-laboratory comparison, Science China Earth Sciences, Xianhua Li, 2015
- Extreme lithium isotopic fractionation in three zircon standards (Plešovice, Qinghu and Temora), Scientific Reports, Xianhua Li, 2015
- U-Pb age and Hf-O isotopes of detrital zircons from Hainan Island: Implications for Mesozoic subduction models, Lithos, Xianhua Li, 2015
- Metasedimentary melting in the formation of charnockite: Petrological and zircon U-Pb-Hf-O isotope evidence from the Darongshan S-type granitic complex in southern China, Lithos, Xianhua Li, 2015
- Age determination of nephrite by in-situ SIMS U–Pb dating syngenetic titanite: A case study of the nephrite deposit from Luanchuan, Henan, China, Lithos, Xianhua Li, 2015
- Deciphering the physical mechanism of the topography effect for oxygen isotope measurements using a Cameca IMS-1280 SIMS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Xianhua Li, 2015
- Eoarchean ultra-depleted mantle domains inferred from ca. 3.81 Ga Anshan trondhjemitic gneisses, North China Craton, Precambrian Research, Xianhua Li, 2015
- Mid-Neoproterozoic angular unconformity in the Yangtze Block revisited: Insights from detrital zircon U-Pb age and Hf-O isotopes, Precambrian Research, Xianhua Li, 2015
- Detrital zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope constrains on the generation and reworking of Precambrian continental crust in the Cathaysia Block, South China: A synthesis, Gondwana Research, Xianhua Li, 2014
- Accretionary wedge harzburgite serpentinization and rodingitization constrained by perovskite U/Pb SIMS age, trace elements and Sm/Nd isotopes: Case study from the Western Carpathians, Slovakia, Lithos, Xianhua Li, 2014
- From crustal anatexis to mantle melting in the Variscan orogen of Corsica (France): SIMS U-Pb zircon age constraints, Tectonophysics, Xianhua Li, 2014
- Neoproterozoic S-type granites in the Alxa block, westernmost North China and tectonic implications: in situ zircon U-Pb-Hf-O isotopic and geochemical constraints, American Journal of Science, Xianhua Li, 2014
- In situ zircon U-Pb and Hf-O isotopic results for ca. 73 Ma granite in Hainan Island: Implications for the termination of an Andean-type active continental margin in southeast China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Xianhua Li, 2014
- Screening criteria for reliable U-Pb geochronology and oxygen isotope analysis in uranium-rich zircons: A case study from the Suzhou A-type granites, SE China, Lithos, Xianhua Li, 2014
- New isotopic constraints on age and magma genesis of an embryonic oceanic crust: the Chenaillet Ophiolite in the Western Alps, Lithos, Xianhua Li, 2013
- Revisiting the 'C-type adakites' of the Lower Yangtze River Belt, central eastern China: In-situ zircon Hf–O isotope and geochemical constraints, Chemical Geology, Xianhua Li, 2013
- Qinghu zircon: A working reference for microbeam analysis of U-Pb age and Hf and O isotopes, Chinese Science Bulletin, Xianhua Li, 2013
- Geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf–O–C isotopic constraints on the origin of the Neoproterozoic Qieganbulake ultramafic–carbonatite complex from the Tarim Block, Northwest China, Lithos, Xianhua Li, 2013
Awards
- He Liang He Li Science and Technology Progress Award (Earth Science Award), Other, 2011
- Causation and Geodynamics of Yanshanian Granites in Eastern China, Second Prize, National, 2011
- Magmatism and Geodynamic Evolution in Southern China, First Prize, Provincial, 2009
- Isotope Geochemistry Constraints on the Evolution of the Crust in Southern China, Second Prize, Provincial, 1998
