Dr. Xinmiao Zhao
Education：
B.S., 2003, Geology, Northwest University
Ph D., 2008, Geochemistry, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS
Professional Employment：
12/2021 – present, Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS
02/2011 – 12/2021, Associate Researcher, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS
07/2008 – 02/2011, Post-doc, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS

1. Iron Isotope Geochemistry of mantle xenoliths from The North China Craton, National Natural Scientific Foundation of China (Grant No. 40903010), 01/2010 - 12/2012
2. Iron isotope geochemistry of mantle xenoliths in Paleozoic and Mesozoic volcanic rocks from the North China Craton, National Natural Scientific Foundation of China (Grant No. 41073028), 01/2012 - 12/2015

1. Zhao XM, Li ZH, Jia XL, Zhang ZF, Zhang HF. Multi-stage metasomatism revealed by trace element content and Fe isotopic composition of minerals in peridotite xenoliths from Niutoushan in the Cathaysia Block, South China. Lithos. 2021, 406-407:106506.
2. Zhao XM, Wang H, Li ZH, Evans NJ, Ying JF, Yang YH, Zhang HF. Nature and evolution of lithospheric mantle beneath the western North China Craton: Constraints from peridotite and pyroxenite xenoliths in the Sanyitang basalts. Lithos. 2021, 384-385:105987.
3. Li J, Tang SH, Zhu XK, Ma JX, Zhao XM. Titanium Isotope Analysis of Igneous Reference Materials Using a Double‐Spike MC-ICP-MS Method. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 2021, https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.14728
4. Xu XR, Tang YJ, Ying JF, Zhao XM, Xiao Y. Three-stage modification of lithospheric mantle: Evidence from petrology, in-situ trace elements, and Sr isotopes of mantle xenoliths in the Cenozoic basalts, northeastern North China Craton. GSA Bulletin, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1130/B36140.1.
5. Zhao XM, Tang SH, Li J, Wang H, Helz R, Marsh B, Zhu XK, Zhang HF. Titanium isotopic fractionation during magmatic differentiation. Contrib Mineral Petrol. 2020, 175:67.
6. Zhao XM, Wang H, Li ZH, Liu FL, Evans NJ, Zhang Zhang ZF. Multi-stage metasomatism of lithospheric mantle by asthenosphere-derived melts: evidence from mantle xenoliths in daxizhuang at the eastern North China craton. Mineral Petrol. 2020, 114: 141-159.
7. Zhao H, Zhao XM, Le Roux PJ, Zhang W, Wang H, Xie LW, Huang C, Wu ST, Yang JH, Wu FY, Yang YH. Natural Clinopyroxene Reference Materials for in situ Sr Isotopic Analysis via LA-MC-ICP-MS. Frontiers in Chemistry. 2020, 8:594316.
8. Zhao XM, Wang H, Li ZH, Liu FL, Evans NJ, Zhang HF. Multi-stage metasomatism of lithospheric mantle by asthenosphere-derived melts: evidence from mantle xenoliths in daxizhuang at the eastern North China craton., Mineralogy and Petrology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-020-00697-w
9. Wang WZ, Huang SC, Huang F, Zhao XM, Wu ZQ. Equilibrium inter-mineral titanium isotope fractionation: Implication for high-temperature titanium isotope geochemistry. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020, 269: 540-553.
10. Zhao XM, Zhang ZF, Huang SC, Liu YF, Li X, Zhang HF. Coupled extremely light Ca and Fe isotopes in peridotites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 2017, 208: 368-380.
11. Zhao XM, Cao HH, Mi X, Evans NJ, Qi YH, Huang F, Zhang HF. Combined iron and magnesium isotope geochemistry of pyroxenite xenoliths from Hannuoba, North China Craton: implications for mantle metasomatism. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 2017, 172: 40.
12. Zhu B, Zhang HF, Zhao XM, He YS. Iron isotope fractionation during skarn-type alteration: Implications for metal source in the Han-Xing iron skarn deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 2016,74, 139-150.
13. Zhao XM, Zhang HF, Zhu XK,Zhu B, Chao HH.Effects of melt percolation on iron isotopic variation in peridotites from Yangyuan, North China Craton . 2015, 401: 96-110.
14. Zhao XM, Zhang HF, Su F, Hu ZC, Lo CH, Wang Y, Yang SH, Guo JH. Phlogopite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of mantle xenoliths from the North China Craton: Constraints on the eruption ages of Cenozoic basalts. Gondwana Research. 2013 (23): 208-219.
15. Zhao XM, Zhang HF, Zhu XK. Fe isotope evidence for multistage melt-peridotite interactions in the lithospheric mantle of the eastern China. Iron isotope evidence for multistage melt-peridotite interactions in the lithospheric mantle of eastern China. Chemical Geology. 2012, 292-293(23): 127–139.
16. Zhao XM, Zhang HF, Zhu XK, Tang SH, Tang YJ. Iron isotope variations in spinel peridotite xenoliths from North China Craton: implications for mantle metasomatism. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 2010, 160: 1–14.
17. Zhu XK, Li ZH, Zhao XM, Tang SH, He XX, Nick S.Belshaw. High-precision measurements of Fe isotopics using MC-ICP-MS and Fe isotopic compositions of geological reference materials. Acta Petrol Et Mineral 2008, 27(4): 263–272.
18. Zhao XM, Zhang HF, Zhu XK, Zhang WH, Yang YH, Tang YJ. Metasomatism of Mesozoic and Cenozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the North China craton: Evidence from phlogopite-bearing mantle xenoliths. 2007 Acta Petrologica Sinica 23(6): 1281–1293.