Areas of Focus
- Tectonics and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau
- Tectonic evolution of the lithosphere in Eastern China
- Application of non-traditional methods, especially sedimentary geochemistry, in tectonic studies
- Interactions between tectonic sphere and other Earth spheres
Work Experience
- 2013 - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences - Professor
- 2002 - Nanjing University - Researcher
- 2002 - Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
Publications
- Petrogenesis of a basalt−andesite−dacite suite in the northern Tarim Basin, NW China: Implications for the crust−mantle interactions controlled by the Permian mantle plume, Lu, L., Zhang, Y.T., Li, Z.F., Zhang, K.J.*, 2023
- Hydrothermal metasomatism and solid-phase transfer in petrogenesis of listvenite: the Meso-Tethyan ophiolite, central Tibet, China, Ji, C., Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., 2023
- Editorial: Tectonic and Environmental Reconstructions: Perspectives From Geochemistry and Isotopes of Sedimentary Rocks, Zhang, K.J.*, Huang, Q.T., Wei, J., Uysal, T., Lu, L., 2022
- Middle Triassic back-arc rifting in central China: Evidence from geochronology, geochemistry and Hf isotopes of basic–intermediate dykes in the Gonghe basin, Tian, R.Y., Zeng, L., Hui, J., Ji, C., Zhang, K.J.*, 2022
- Tectonic evolution of the northwestern margin of the South China Sea: Insights from geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes of the newly discovered latest Permian granite in the Xisha Islands, Li, Q.H., Hu, X.C., Zhang, K.J.*, Xia, B., Ji, C., Huang, Q.T., Zhong, L.F., Zhong, Y., Lu, L., 2022
- Late Cretaceous post-orogenic delamination in the western Gangdese arc: Evidence from geochronology, petrology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of intermediate–acidic igneous rocks, Li, Q.H., Lu, L., Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., Huangfu, P., Hui, J., Ji, C., 2022
- Did the eruption of the Tarim LIP control the formation of Paleozoic hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Tarim basin, China?, Zhu, G.Y., Zhang, K.J.*, 2022
- Contrasting collision-induced far-field orogenesis controlled by thermo-rheological properties of the composite terrane, Huangfu, P.P., Li, Z.H., Fan, W.M., Zhang, K.J., Shi, Y.L., 2022
- Compositional signatures of ophiolitic rocks from the Dongco massif: Novel insights into the evolution of the central Tibetan Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau, Yang, P., Huang, Q.T., Zhang, K.J., Kapsiotis, A., Zheng, H., Peng, T.P., Zhou, R.J., Yang, Q.K., Luo, W.X., Xia, B., 2022
- Tectonic evolution of the Liupan Shan fold-and-thrust belt, NE Tibetan Plateau during the late Cenozoic: numerical simulations, Zhou, S.H., Hu, C.B., Zhang, K.J., Orellana-Rovirosa, F., Shi, Y.L., 2022
- Middle–late Permian high-K adakitic granitoids in the NE Alxa block, northern China: Orogenic record following the closure of the Paleo-Asian oceanic branch?, Hui, J., Zhang, K.J.*, Zhang, J.*, Qu, J.F., Zhang, B.H., Zhao, H., Niu, P.F., 2021
- Anduo Late Cretaceous high-K calc-alkaline and shoshonitic volcanic rocks in central Tibet, western China: Relamination of the subducted Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau, Ji, C., Yan, L.L., Lu, L., Jin, X., Huang, Q.T., Zhang, K.J.*, 2021
- Crustal material recycling induced by subduction erosion and subduction-channel exhumation: A case study of central Tibet (western China) based on P-T-t paths of the eclogite-bearing Baqing metamorphic complex, Jin, X., Zhang, Y.X.*, Whitney, D.L., Zhang, K.J.*, Raia, N.H., Hamelin, C., Hu, J.C., Lu, L., Zhou, X.Y., Khalid, S.B., 2021
- India-Tarim lithospheric mantle collision beneath western Tibet controls the Cenozoic building of Tian Shan, Huangfu, P.P., Li, Z.H., Fan, W.M., Zhang, K.J., Zhao, J.M., Shi, Y.L., 2021
- Coupling response of the Meso-Cenozoic differential evolution of the North China Craton to lithospheric structural transformation, Ju, Y., Yu, K., Wang, G., Li, W., Zhang, K.J., Li, S., Guo, L., Sun, Y., Feng, H., Qiao, P., Ali, R., 2021
- Infant intra-oceanic arc magmatism due to initial subduction induced by oceanic plateau accretion: A case study of the Bangong Meso-Tethys, central Tibet, western China, Yan, L.L., Zhang, K.J.*, 2020
- Late Neoproterozoic intracontinental rifting of the Tarim carton, NW China: An integrated geochemical, geochronological and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic study of siliciclastic rocks and basalts from deep drilling cores, Chen, W.Y., Zhu, G.Y.*, Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, H.H., Du, D.D., Zhang, Z.Y., Xia, B., 2020
- Contrasting latest Permian intracontinental gabbro and Late Triassic arc gabbro–diorite in the Gangdese constrain the subduction initiation of the Neo-Tethys, Li, Q.H., Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., Jin, X., 2020
- Early Cretaceous continent basalts in the Alxa Block, NW China: geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic implications, Hui, J., Cheng, H.Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, K.J., Qu, J.F., Zhang, B.H., 2020
- Provenance and tectonic settings of the Late Paleozoic sandstones in central Inner Mongolia, NE China: Constraints on the evolution of the southeastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Lu, L., Qin, Y., Zhang, K.J., Han, C.Y., Wei, T., Li, Z.F., Qu, Z.H., 2020
- Provenance of newly discovered Upper Ordovician black rock units in the West Kunlun orogen, China: Constraints from detrital zircon U–Pb chronology and whole-rock geochemistry, Chen, W.Y., Zhang, Y.J., Zhu, G.Y., Zhang, K.J., Du, D.D., Zhang, Z.Y., Chen, Z.Y., Yan, H.H., Sun, Q.S., Li, T.T., Xia, B., Yuan, Y.J., 2020
- Discovery of Cryogenian interglacial source rocks in the Tarim Craton, NW China: Implications for Neoproterozoic paleoclimatic reconstructions and hydrocarbon exploration, Zhu, G.Y., Yan, H.H., Chen, W.Y., Yan, L., Zhang, K.J., Li, T.T., Chen, Z.Y., Wu, G.H., Santosh, M., 2020
- Extrusion model for the Early Mesozoic intracontinental deformation of South China related to the North and South China collision, Tang, X.C., Ji, C., Li, Q.H., Wu, Y., Zhang, K.J., 2020
- Distribution and geodynamic setting of the Late Neoproterozoic– Early Cambrian hydrocarbon source rocks in the South China and Tarim Blocks, Zhu, G.Y., Li, T.T., Zhang, Z.Y., Zhao, K., Zhang, K.J., Chen, W.Y., Yan, H.H., Wang, P.J., 2020
- Switch of NE Asia from extension to contraction at the mid-Cretaceous: A tale of the Okhotsk oceanic plateau from initiation by the Perm Anomaly to extrusion in the Mongol–Okhotsk ocean?, Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., Ji, C., 2019
- Crustal thickening of central Tibet prior to the Indo–Asian collision: Evidence from petrology, geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes on K-rich charnockite–granite suite in eastern Qiangtang, Lu, L., Zhang, K.J.*, Jin, X., Zeng, L., Yan, L.L., Santosh, M., 2019
- Is exhumation of UHP terranes limited to low latitudes?, Yan, L.L., Zhang, K.J.*, 2019
- Diachronous closure of the Shuanghu Paleo-Tethys ocean: Constraints from the Late Triassic Tanggula arc-related volcanism in the East Qiangtang subterrane, Central Tibet, Lu, L., Qin, Y., Li, Z.F., Yan, L.L., Jin, X., Zhang, K.J.*, 2019
- Petrogenesis of a post-collisional magmatism at the Carboniferous–Permian boundary in central Inner Mongolia, NE China: Insights into the closure timing of the Hegenshan Ocean?, Lu, L., Qin, Y., Zhang, K.J., Han, C.Y., Li, Z.F., Wei, T., Qu, Z.H., Xu, Y.Z., 2019
- Excellent source rocks discovered in the Cryogenian interglacial deposits in South China: Geology, geochemistry, and hydrocarbon potential, Zhu, G.Y., Li, T.T., Zhao, K., Zhang, Z.Y., Chen, W.Y., Yan, H.H., Zhang, K.J., Chi, L.X., 2019
- Continental lithospheric-scale subduction versus crustal-scale underthrusting in the collision zone: Numerical modeling, Huangfu, P.P., Li, Z.H., Gerya, T., Fan, W.M., Zhang, K.J., Zhang, H., Shi, Y.L., 2019
- Early Cretaceous arc granitoids from the central Lhasa subterrane: Production of the northward subduction of Yarlung Zangbo Neo‐Tethyan Ocean?, Zheng, H., Huang, Q.T., Cai, Z.R., Zhang, K.J., Liu, H.C., Cheng, C., Lu, L.J.,Yang, P., Yu, S.R., 2019
- Protoliths and tectonic implications of the newly discovered Triassic Baqing eclogites, central Tibet: Evidence from geochemistry, Sr–Nd isotopes and geochronology, Jin, X., Zhang, Y.X., Zhou, X.Y., Zhang, K.J., Li, Z.W., Khalid, S.B., Hu, J.C., Lu, L., Sun, W.D., 2019
- Newly discovered Late Triassic Baqing eclogite in central Tibet indicates an anticlockwise West–East Qiangtang collision, Zhang, Y.X., Jin, X., Zhang, K.J.*, Sun, W.D.,
