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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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