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Name  
ZHANG Xiaoran
Title  
  Special-term Professor
Highest Education  
  Ph.D.
Subject Categories  
  Geology, Tectonics
Phone  
  010-82998517
Zip Code  
  100029
Fax  
  010-62010846
Email  
  zxr@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Office  
  No.19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China

Education and Appointments:
  • 2005.9-2009.6: B.S. of Geology, Nanjing University (Nanjing)
  • 2009.9-2012.7: M.Phil. of Structural Geology, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing)
  • 2012.8-2016.6: Ph.D. of Petrology, University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • 2016.6-2016.8: Research Assistant, The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • 2016.8-2020.11: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica (Taipei)
  • 2021.1-present: Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing)

Research Interests:
  1. Central Asian Orogenic Belt
  2. Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Java, etc.)
  3. Continent reconstruction (e.g., Gondwana)
  4. Arc magmatism tempo and triggers
  5. Subduction-collision processes
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Publications:

1.     Zhang, X.R.*, Chung, S.-L., Tien, C.-Y., Maulana, A., Mawaleda, M., Lee, H.-Y., Liu, P.-P., Xi, J.Y., 2024. Mid-Cretaceous to Early Eocene Neo-Tethyan subduction records in West Sulawesi, Indonesia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1130/B36484.1.

2.     Zhang, X.R.*, Xi, J.Y., Liu, P.-P., Li, S., 2023. Arc magmatism of the North Sulawesi Arc, Indonesia, and its constraints on subduction initiation. Acta Petrologica Sinica 39, 2554-2568.

3.     Zhang, X.R.*, Chung, S.-L., Ghani, A.A., Rahmat, R., Hsin, Y.-J., Lee, H.-Y., Liu, P.-P., Xi, J.Y., 2023. Time to reconsider the enigmatic tail of eastern Paleo-Tethys: New insights from Borneo. Lithos 442-443, 107089.

4.     Zhang, X.R.*, Huang, T.-N., Chung, S.-L.*, Maulana, A., Mawaleda, M., Tien, C.-Y., Lee, H.-Y., Liu, P.-P., 2022. Late Eocene subduction initiation of the Indian Ocean in the North Sulawesi Arc, Indonesia, induced by abrupt Australian plate acceleration. Lithos 422-423, 106742.

5.     Zhang, X.R.*, Chung, S.-L.*, Tang, J.-T., Maulana, A., Mawaleda, M., Thura Oo, Tien, C.-Y., Lee, H.-Y., 2021. Tracing Argoland in eastern Tethys and implications for India-Aisa convergence. Geological Society of America Bulletin 133, 1712-1722.

6.     Zhang, X.R.*, Tien, C.-Y., Chung, S.-L.*, Maulana, A., Mawaleda, M., Chu, M.-F., Lee, H.-Y., 2020. A Late Miocene magmatic flare-up in West Sulawesi triggered by Banda slab rollback. Geological Society of America Bulletin 132, 2512-2528..

7.     Zhang, X.R.*, Chung, S.-L.*, Lai, Y.-M., Ghani, A.A., Murtadha, S., Lee, H.-Y., Hsu, C.C., 2019. A 6000-km-long Neo-Tethyan arc system with coherent magmatic flare-ups and lulls in South Asia. Geology 47, 573-576.

8.     Zhang, X.R.*, Zhao, G.C.*, Han, Y.G., Sun, M., 2019. Differentiating advancing and retreating subduction zones through regional zircon Hf isotope mapping: A case study from the Eastern Tianshan, NW China. Gondwana Research 66, 246-254.

9.     Zhang, X.R.*, Chung, S.-L.*, Lai, Y.-M., Ghani, A.A., Murtadha, S., Lee, H.-Y., Hsu, C.C., 2018. Detrital zircons dismember Sibumasu in East Gondwana. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 123, 6098-6110.

10.   Zhang, X.R.*, Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Han, Y.G., Liu, Q., 2017. Triassic magmatic reactivation in Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Evidence from geochemistry and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes of granites. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 145, 446-459.

11.   Zhang, X.R., Zhao, G.C.*, Eizenhofer, P.R., Sun, M., Han, Y.G., Hou, W.Z., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., Liu, Q., Xu, B., 2017. Varying Contents of Sources Affect Tectonic-Setting Discrimination of Sediments: A Case Study from Permian Sandstones in the Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China. The Journal of Geology 125, 299-316.

12.   Zhang, X.R., Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Eizenhofer, P.R., Han, Y.G., Hou, W. Z., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., Liu, Q., Xu, B., 2016. Tectonic evolution from subduction to arc-continent collision of the Junggar ocean: Constraints from U-Pb dating and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the North Tianshan belt, NW China. Geological Society of America Bulletin 128, 644-660.

13.   Zhang, X.R., Zhao, G.C.*, Eizenhofer, P.R., Sun, M., Han, Y.G., Hou, W. Z., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., Liu, Q., Xu, B., 2016. Late Ordovician adakitic rocks in the Central Tianshan block, NW China: Partial melting of lower continental arc crust during back-arc basin opening. Geological Society of America Bulletin 128, 1367-1382.

14.   Zhang, X.R., Zhao, G.C.*, Eizenhofer, P.R., Sun, M., Han, Y.G., Hou, W.Z., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., Liu, Q., Xu, B., 2016. Tectonic transition from Late Carboniferous subduction to Early Permian post-collisional extension in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of mafic-intermediate intrusions. Lithos 256-257, 269-281.

15.   Zhang, X.R., Zhao, G.C.*, Eizenhofer, P.R., Sun, M., Han, Y.G., Hou, W.Z., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., Liu, Q., Xu, B., 2015. Latest Carboniferous closure of the Junggar ocean constrained by geochemical and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic data of granitic gneisses from the Central Tianshan block, NW China. Lithos 238, 26-36.

16.   Zhang, X.R., Zhao, G.C.*, Eizenhofer, P.R., Sun, M., Han, Y.G., Hou, W.Z., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., Liu, Q., Xu, B., 2015. Paleozoic magmatism and metamorphism in the Central Tianshan block revealed by U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope studies of detrital zircons from the South Tianshan belt, NW China. Lithos 233, 193-208.

17.   Zhang, X.R.*, Shi, R.D.*, Huang, Q.S., Liu, D.L., Gong, X.H., Chen, S.S., Wu, K., Yi, G.D., Sun, Y. L., Ding, L., 2014. Early Jurassic high-pressure metamorphism of the Amdo terrane, Tibet: Constraints from zircon U-Pb geochronology of mafic granulites. Gondwana Research 26, 975-985.

18.   Zhang, X.R., Shi, R.D.*, Huang, Q.S., Liu, D.L., Cidan, S.L., Yang, J.S., Ding, L., 2010. Finding of high-pressure mafic granulites in the Amdo basement, central Tibet. Chinese Science Bulletin 32, 3694-3702.

19.   Hao, Y.L., Huang, Q.S., Zhang, X.R., Shi, R.D., 2011. Re-Os isotopes of Dali picrite (Yunnan): New constraints on the formation of Emeishan Large Igneous Province. Acta Petrologica Sinica 27, 2937-2946.

20.   Shi, R.D.*, Griffin, W.L., O’Reilly, S.Y., Huang, Q.S., Zhang, X.R., Liu, D.L., Zhi, X.C., Xia, Q.X., Ding, L., 2012. Melt/mantle mixing produces podiform chromite deposits in ophiolites: implications of Re-Os systematics in the Dongqiao Neo-tethyan ophiolite, northern Tibet. Gondwana Research 21, 194-206.

21.   Shi, R.D.*, Griffin, W.L., O’Reilly, S.Y., Zhou, M.F., Zhao, G.C., Huang, Q.S., Zhang, X.R., Ding, B.H., Ding, L., 2012. Archean mantle contributes to the genesis of chromitite in the Palaeozoic Sartohay ophiolite, Asiatic Orogenic Belt, northwestern China. Precambrian Research 216, 87-94.

22.   Huang, Q.S., Shi, R.D.*, Liu, D.L., Zhang, X.R., Fan, S.Q., Ding L., 2013. Os isotopic evidence for a carbonaceous chondritic mantle source for the Nagqu ophiolite from Tibet and its implications. Chinese Science Bulletin 58, 92-98.

23.   Han, Y.G., Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Eizenhofer, P.R., Hou, W.Z., Zhang, X.R., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., Zhang, G.W., 2015. Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton. Tectonics 34, 334-351.

24.   Huang, Q.S., Shi, R.D.*, O’Reilly, S.Y., Griffin, W.L., Zhang, M., Liu, D.L., Zhang, X.R., 2015. Re-Os isotopic constraints on the evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethyan oceanic mantle, Central Tibet. Lithos 224-225, 32-45.

25.   Huang, W.T., Dupont-Nivet, G. Lippert, P.C., Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Dekkers, M.J., Guo, Z.J., Waldrip, R., Li, X.C., Zhang, X.R., Liu, D.D., Kapp, 2015. Can a primary remanence be retrieved from partially remagnetized Eocence volcanic rocks in the Nanmulin Basin (southern Tibet) to date the India-Asia collision? Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 120, 42-66.

26.   Liu, Q., Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Eizenhofer, P.R., Han, Y.G., Hou, W.Z., Zhang, X.R., Wang, B., Liu, D.X., Xu, B., 2015. Ages and tectonic implications of Neoproterozoic ortho-and paragneisses in the Beishan Orogenic Belt, China. Precambrian Research 266, 551-578.

27.   Zhu, C.Y.L., Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Liu, Q., Han, Y.G., Hou, W.Z., Zhang, X.R., Eizenhofer, P.R., 2015. Geochronology and geochemistry of the Yilan blueschists in the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications. Lithos 216-217, 241-253.

28.   Han, Y.G., Zhao, G.C.*, Cawood, P.A., Sun, M., Eizenhofer, P.R., Hou, W.Z., Zhang, X.R., Liu, Q., 2016. Tarim and North China cratons linked to northern Gondwana through switching accretionary tectonics and collisional orogenesis. Geology 44, 95-98.

29.   Han, Y.G., Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Eizenhofer, P.R., Hou, W.Z., Zhang, X.R., Liu, Q., Wang, B., Liu, D.X., Xu, B., 2016. Late Paleozoic subduction and collision processes during the amalgamation of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt along the South Tianshan suture zone. Lithos 246-247, 1-12.

30.   Han, Y.G., Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Eizenhofer, P.R., Hou, W.Z., Zhang, X.R., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., 2016. Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the initial uplift and denudation of the Chinese western Tianshan after the assembly of the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Sedimentary Geology 339, 1-12.

31.   Liu, Q., Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Han, Y.G., Eizenhofer, P.R., Hou, W.Z., Zhang, X.R., Zhu, Y.L., Wang, B., Liu, D.X., 2016. Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane. Lithos 262, 546-560.

32.   Liu, D.L., Shi, R.D.*, Ding, L., Huang, Q.S., Zhang, X.R., Yue, Y.H., Zhang, L.Y., 2017. Zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotopic compositions of Mesozoic granitoids in southern Qiangtang, Tibet: implications for the subduction of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethyan Ocean. Gondawana Research 41, 157-172.

33.   Liu, Q., Zhao, G.C.*, Han, Y.G., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhu, C.Y.L., Hou, W.Z., Zhang, X.R., 2017. Timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Alxa Terrane: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of Late Carboniferous to Permian gabbros and diorites. Lithos 274-275, 19-30.

34.   Liu, Q., Zhao, G.C.*, Han, Y.G., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhu, C.Y.L., Hou, W.Z., Zhang, X.R., Wang, B., 2017. Geochronology and geochemistry of Permian to Early Triassic granitoids in the Alxa Terrane: Constraints on the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. Lithosphere 9, 665-680.

35.   Xu, B., Zhao, G.C.*, Li, J.H., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., Han, Y.G., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhang, X.R., Hou, W.Z., Liu, Q., 2017. Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in the Chagan Obo Temple area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research 43, 149-163.

36.   Zhu, C.Y.L., Zhao, G.C.*, Ji, J.Q., Sun, M., Han, Y.G., Liu, Q., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhang, X.R., Hou, W.Z., 2017. Subduction between the Jiamusi and Songliao blocks: Geological, geochronological and geochemical constraints from the Heilongjiang Complex. Lithos 282-283, 128-144.

37.   Zhu, C.Y.L., Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Han, Y.G., Liu, Q., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhang, X.R., Hou, W.Z., 2017. Detrital zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic data for meta-sedimentary rocks from the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications. Lithos 282-283, 23-32.

38.   Zhu, C.Y.L., Zhao, G.C.*, Sun, M., Eizenhofer, P.R., Liu, Q., Zhang, X.R., Han, Y.G., Hou, W.Z., 2017. Geochronology and geochemistry of the Yilan greenschists and amphibolites in the Heilongjiang complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications. Gondwana Research 43, 213-228

39.   Liu, Q., Zhao, G.C.*, Han, Y.G., Li, X.P., Zhu, Y.L., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhang, X.R., Wang, B., Tsui, R.W.S., 2018. Geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic to Mesozoic granitoids in western Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The Journal of Geology 126, 451-471.

40.   Liu, Q., Zhao, G.C.*, Han, Y.G., Li, X.P., Zhu, Y.L., Wang, B., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhang, X.R., Tsui, R.W.S., 2019. Timing of the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Carboniferous- Triassic  volcanosedimentary successions in western Inner Mongolia, China. Geological Society of America Bulletin 131, 941-956.

41.   Liu, Q., Zhao, G.C.*, Han, Y.G., Zhu, Y.L., Wang, B., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhang, X.R., 2019. Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. Gondwana Research 69, 73-88.

42.   Xu, B., Zhao, G.C.*, Li, J.H., Liu, D.X., Wang, B., Han, Y.G., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhang, X.R., Hou, W.Z., and Liu, Q., 2019. Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Permian strata in the Bengbatu area (Inner Mongolia) and tectonic implications. Geoscience Frontiers 10, 195-212.

43.   Hou, W.Z., Zhao, G.C.*, Han, Y.G., Eizenhofer, P.R., Zhang, X.R., Liu, Q., 2020. A ~2.5 Ga magmatic arc in NE China: New geochronological and geochemical evidence from the Xinghuadukou Complex. Geological Journal 55, 2550-2571.

44.   Liu, P.P., Xue, Z.R., Wang, D.B., Tian, W., Zhang, X.R., Guo, Z.F., 2022. Super-eruptions and their environmental impacts. Acta Petrologica Sinica 38(5), 1375-1388.

45.  Liu, P.P., Chung, S.-L., Ma, B., Li, X.H., Li, Q.L., Lee, H.-Y., Zhang, X.R., 2022. Zircon Hf-O isotopic constraints on the origin and temporal evolution of the Toba volcanic system, Indonesia. Lithos 422-423, 106925.

 
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