Yigang Xu
Earth sciences
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English, French
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Mantle Petrology Geochemistry Lithosphere Igneous Provinces Plumes Volcanology Rock Composition
Areas of Focus
  • Mantle Petrology and Geochemistry
  • Deep Lithosphere
  • Large Igneous Provinces and Mantle Plumes
  • Volcanology
Work Experience
  • 2010-10~Present, State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Director
  • 2010-03~Present, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director
  • 2006-04~2014-03, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director
  • 1998-06~Present, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Researcher
  • 1995-10~1998-05, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Researcher
  • 1994-04~1995-09, Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Geology, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
  • 1989-07--1994-03 PhD: University of Paris VII, Department of Geology
  • 1983-09--1987-07 Bachelor of Science: Zhejiang University, Department of Geology
Publications
  • Molybdenum and boron isotope evidence for fluid-fluxed melting of intraplate upper mantle., 5th author, 2019
  • Craton Destruction Part I: Cratonic Keel Delamination along a weak Mid-Lithospheric Discontinuity layer., 3rd author, 2018
  • Craton destruction part II: Evolution of cratonic lithosphere after a rapid keel delamination event, 3rd author, 2018
  • 东亚大地幔楔与中国东部新生代板内玄武岩成因, 1st author, 2018
  • The provenance of late Permian karstic bauxite deposits in SW China, constrained by the geochemistry of interbedded clastic rocks, and U–Pb–Hf–O isotopes of detrital zircons., 3rd author, 2017
  • Triggers on sulfide saturation in Fe-Ti oxide-bearing, mafic-ultramafic layered intrusions in the Tarim large igneous province, NW China, corresponding author, 2017
  • Evolution of the mantle beneath the eastern North China Craton during the Cenozoic: Linking geochemical and geophysical observations, 2nd author, 2017
  • Initiation of Paleo-Pacific Plate subduction beneath the Eurasian continent: Evidence from Early Jurassic calc-alkaline magmatism in NE northeast China, 2nd author, 2017
  • Short episodes of crust generation during protracted accretionary processes: Evidence from Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China, 7th author, 2017
  • Phanerozoic crust growth by magma underplating in the North China Craton, 2nd author, 2017
  • Origin of high-An plagioclase in the Xiaohaizi wehrlites, NW China: insights from melt inclusions in the clinopyroxene macrocrysts and Zircon Oxygen Isotope, corresponding author, 2016
  • Coexisting high-Mg andesites and adakitic rocks in the North China Craton: The role of water in intraplate magmatism and craton destruction, corresponding author, 2016
  • Olivine and melt inclusion chemical constraints on the source of intracontinental basalts from the eastern North China Craton: discrimination of contributions from the subducted Pacific slabs, 2nd author, 2016
  • Plume-orogenic lithosphere interaction recorded in the Haladala layered intrusion in the Southwest Tianshan Orogen, NW China, 3rd author, 2016
  • High-Mg adakitic rocks and their complementary cumulates formed by hydrous fractionation of mafic magmas in a deep continental crustal magma chamber, 2nd author, 2016
  • High–alumina basalts from Bogda Mountain suggest an arc setting for Chinese Northern Tianshan during the Late Carboniferous, corresponding author, 2016
  • Are continental adakites derived from thickened or foundered lower crust?, corresponding author, 2015
  • Composition of the Tarim mantle plume: Constraints from clinopyroxene antecrysts in the early Permian Xiaohaizi dykes, NW China, corresponding author, 2015
  • Pyroxenite-derived Early Cretaceous lavas in the Liaodong Peninsula, North China Craton: implication for metasomatism and thinning of lithospheric mantle, corresponding author, 2015
  • Magmatic underplating and crustal growth in the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China, revealed by a passive seismic experiment, 2nd author, 2015
  • Provenance of Cretaceous trench-slope sediments from the Mesozoic Wandashan Orogen, NE China: implications for determining ancient drainage systems and tectonics of the Paleo-Pacific, 2nd author, 2015
  • The Permian Dongfanghong island-arc gabbro of the Wandashan Orogen, NE China: implications for Paleo-Pacific subduction, 2nd author, 2015
  • The Early Permian Tarim Large Igneous Province: main characteristics and a plume incubation model., 1st author, 2014
  • Permian large igneous provinces: characteristics, mineralization and paleo-environment effects – Preface, 1st author, 2014
  • Recycled oceanic crust in the source of 90-40 Ma basalts in North China Craton: Evidence, provenance and significance., 1st author, 2014
  • Origin of the early Permian Wajilitag igneous complex and associated Fe-Ti oxide mineralization in the Tarim large igneous province, NW China, corresponding author, 2014
  • Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction: Siberian Traps or an ignimbrite flare-up, corresponding author, 2014
  • Origin of two types of rhyolites from Tarim Large Igneous Province: consequences of plume incubation and melting, corresponding author, 2014
  • Lithosphere-mantle plume interaction in the formation of Tarim Large Igneous Province: Geochronological and geochemical constraints, corresponding author, 2014
  • CA-TIMS zircon U-Pb dating of felsic ignimbrite from the Binchuan section: Implications for the termination age of Emeishan large igneous province, corresponding author, 2014
  • Implications from zircon-saturation temperatures and lithological assemblages for Early Permian thermal anomaly in northwest China, corresponding author, 2013
  • Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Claystones from the Guadalupian-Lopingian Boundary at Penglaitan, South China: Insights into the pre-Lopingian Geological Events, corresponding author, 2013
  • Oceanic crust components in continental basalts from Shuangliao, Northeast China: Derived from the mantle transition zone, 1st author, 2012
  • Zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotopes of batholiths in Gaoligong-Tengliang belt, eastern Tibet: a comparison with the Lhasa Terrane and tectonic implications., 1st author, 2012
  • Silicic magmas from the Emeishan large igneous province, Southwest China: Petrogenesis and their link with the end-Guadalupian biological crisis, 1st author, 2010
  • The Guadalupian-Luopingian Boundary mudstones at Chaotian (SW China) are clastic rocks rather than acidic tuffs: Implication for a temporal coincidence between the end-Guadalupian mass extinction and the Emeishan volcanism, corresponding author, 2010
  • Remnants of oceanic lower crust in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle: trace element and O isotope evidence from aluminous garnet pyroxenite xenoliths from Jiaohe, Northeast China, corresponding author, 2010
Awards
  • 2014: Emeishan Mantle Plume and Mineralization, First Prize, Provincial Level
  • 2011: Deep Lithosphere Thinning and Accretion in North China and Adjacent Areas, Second Prize, National Level
  • 2006: Typical Regional Mantle Processes, First Prize, Other
  • 1996: Formation and Transformation of the Lithospheric Mantle in Eastern China, First Prize, Provincial Level
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