1. Hu, F.*, Ducea, M. N., Chapman, J. B., Yang, L., Chen, G., Guo, C., Wu, F. Y. 2025. High geothermal gradients facilitating lithium mineralization: Insights from the Ke’eryin–Taiyanghe plutons, central China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 672, 119693.

2. Duan, X., Hu, F.*, Zhang, S., Feng, Z., Liang, Y., Liu, Y., ... & Yan, Y. 2025. Trace element compositions of quartz in granites and pegmatites from the Sanmudaimiao region, northern margin of the North China Craton and their implications for the formation of high-purity quartz. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 41(10), 3432-3452.

3. Hu, F.*, Jiang, H., Wan, B., Ducea, Mihai N., Gao, L., Wu, F. Y. 2024. Latitude-dependent oxygen fugacity in arc magmas. Nature Communications 15, 6050.

4. Hu, F.*, Pu, H. L., Guo, Z., Liu, T. J., Liu, X. C., He, S. X., Wu, F. Y. 2024. Discovery of the Gangbu spodumene-bearing pegmatite in the Shisha Pangma region and its geological significance. Acta Petrologica Sinica 40(5), 1489-1509.

5. Hu, F.*, Yang, L., Chen, G. H., Wu, F. Y. 2024. Tracking the magmatic- hydrothermal evolution during lithium mineralization with zircon trace elements. Acta Geologica Sinica, 98(5): 1615-1636.

6. Hu, F.*, Liu, X., He, S., Wang, J., Wu, F. 2023. Cesium-rubidium mineralization in Himalayan leucogranites. Science China Earth Sciences 66(12), 2827-2852.

7. Chen, G., Hu, F.*, Robertson, A. H., Garzanti, E., Zhang, S., Wu, F. Y. 2023. A combined methodology for reconstructing source-to-sink basin evolution, exemplified by the Triassic Songpan–Ganzi basin, central China. Sedimentary Geology 458, 106529.

8. Hu, F.*, Wu, F. Y., Ducea, M. N., Chapman, J. B., Yang, L. 2022. Does Large‐Scale Crustal Flow Shape the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau? Insights From Episodic Magmatism of Gongga‐Zheduo Granitic Massif. Geophysical Research Letters 49(12), e2022GL098756.

9. Hu, F.*, Wu, F. Y., Wang, J. G., Ducea, M. N., Chapman, J. B., Zaw, K., Lin, W., Sein, K, Meffre, S. 2022. Newly discovered Early Carboniferous and Late Permian magmatic rocks in eastern Myanmar: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the eastern Paleo-Tethys. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 227, 105093.

10. Hu, F.*, Wu, F. Y., Chen, G. H., Yang, L. 2022. The critical factors of lithium enrichment in the metasedimentary wall rocks of granitic pegmatite-type lithium deposit: Insights from the Ke'eryin area in the eastern Songpan-Ganzi Belt. Acta Petrologica Sinica 38(7), 2017-2051 (in Chinese with English abstract).

11. Hu, F.*, Wu, F.Y., Chapman, J.B., Ducea, M.N., Ji, W., Liu, S., 2020. Quantitatively Tracking the Elevation of the Tibetan Plateau Since the Cretaceous: Insights from Whole-Rock Sr/Y and La/Yb Ratios. Geophysical Research Letters 47, e2020GL089202.

12. Hu, F., Liu, S.*, Ducea, M.N., Chapman, J.B., Wu, F.Y., Kusky, T., 2020. Early Mesozoic magmatism and tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogen: Implications for oblique continental collision. Gondwana Research 88, 296–332.

13. Hu, F., Liu, S.*, Ducea, M.N., Zhang, W., Chapman, J.B., Fu, J., Wang, M., 2018. Interaction Among Magmas from Various Sources and Crustal Melting Processes During Continental Collision: Insights from the Huayang Intrusive Complex of the South Qinling Belt, China. Journal of Petrology 59, 735–770.

14. Hu, F., Liu, S.*, Ducea, M.N., Zhang, W., Deng, Z., 2017. The geochemical evolution of the granitoid rocks in the South Qinling Belt: Insights from the Dongjiangkou and Zhashui intrusions, central China. Lithos 278–281, 195–214.

15. Hu, F., Ducea, M.N., Liu, S.*, Chapman, J.B., 2017. Quantifying Crustal Thickness in Continental Collisional Belts: Global Perspective and a Geologic Application. Scientific reports 7, 7058.

16. Hu, F., Liu, S.*, Santosh, M., Deng, Z., Wang, W., Zhang, W., Yan, M., 2016. Chronology and tectonic implications of Neoproterozoic blocks in the South Qinling Orogenic Belt, Central China. Gondwana Research 30, 24–47.

17. Hu, F., Liu, S.*, Zhang, W., Deng, Z., Chen, X., 2016. A westward propagating slab tear model for Late Triassic Qinling Orogenic Belt geodynamic evolution: Insights from the petrogenesis of the Caoping and Shahewan intrusions, central China. Lithos 262, 486–506.

Cooperation articles:

1. Wu, F. W., Xu J. H., Zhang, M. P., Yang Y. H., Hu F. Y., Yang, H., Peng P. 2026. Early Precambrian rare-metal mineralization in the North China Craton. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 42(1): 1-37.

2. Sun, W., Duan, J., Liu, M., Hu, F., Jiang, X., Kong, Y. 2026. Experimental and geochemical evidence for magmatic origin of Li-Rb-Cs in geothermal waters of the Yangbajing-Gulu Rift, Tibet. Geothermics, 136, 103614.

3. Jiang, H., Chu, X., Wang, J. M., Ji, W. Q., Cao, W., Hu, F., Liu, X. C., Wu, F. Y. 2026. Discovery of a late Eocene–Early Oligocene ultra-high temperature (UHT) migmatite in the Gangdese batholith at Nyingchi, southern Tibet and its tectonic implications. Lithos, 108399.

4. Huang, K., Yu, M., Guo, C., Ma, X., Niu, J., Zhao, J., Hu, F., Liu, X. 2026. The indicative significance of apatite in the Ganfang region for lithium mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews, 188, 107105.

5. Chen, G., Zha, K., Li, H., Cheng, L., Jia, Y., Huang, R., Zavala, C., Xie, Y. C., Hu, F. 2026. Evolution of Cretaceous sediment provenance in the Danxia Basin, southeast China: Implications for tectonic and landscape reorganization in Cathaysia. Tectonics, 45(1), e2025TC009218.

6. Ding, Z. Y., Liu, S. K., Su, B. X., Li, W. J., Hu, F. Y., Sakyi, P. A. 2025. Lithium isotope fractionation during granitic magma differentiation: insights from whole rock and mineral analyses. Journal of Petrology, 66(6), egaf048.

7. Wu, F., Liu, X., Wang, J., Chen, H., Hu, F., Liu, Z. 2025. Highly fractionated granite and high-purity quartz. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 41(10), 3243-3277.

8. Xing, L. Y., Liu, X. C., Li, X. Z., Zhao, X. Y., Hu, F. Y., Yang, H., Wu, F. Y. 2025. Discovery of spodumene-bearing pegmatite in Wengbo dome and its implications for lithium mineralization in the western Himalaya. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 41(9), 2982-2999.

9. Zhao, X. Y., Liu, X. C., Xing, L. Y., Li, X. Z., Zhao, J. X., Hu, F. Y., Wu, F. Y. 2025. Identification and geological feature analysis of spodumene pegmatites in the Yadong area of the Himalayan orogen. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 41(9), 3000-3018.

10. Li, X. Z., Liu, X. C., Xing, L., Y., Zhao, X. Y., Pu, H. L., Hu, F. Y., Wu, F. Y. 2025. Discovery of the Mustang spodumene-bearing pegmatites in the Himalaya orogenic belt and its geological significance. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 41(7), 2243-2259.

11. Ciren, D., Liu, X., Mao, G., Liu, C., Wu, W., Zhao, X., ... & Wu, F. 2025. Discovery of spodumene pegmatites in the Kangmar, Xizang and the lithium resource prospects in the Tethyan Himalaya. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 41(4), 1121-1134.

12. Li, J. L., Ji, W. Q., Hu, F. Y., Xu, Q. 2025. Miocene magmatic evolution and rare-metal mineralization in the Lhasa terrane, Tibetan Plateau. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 41(3): 859-883.

13. Sun, G., Liu, S., Li, S., Kusky, T. M., Hu, F., Bao, H., Gao, L., Hu, Y. L., Yu, S. Y., Dai, L. M., Wang, L. T., Wang, X. 2025. Neoarchean orogenic belt evolution in the northeast North China Craton: Implications for the reconstruction of early Earth’s microplates. Precambrian Research, 417, 107659.

14. Wu, F. Y., Liu, X. C., Hu, F. Y., Xie, L., Wang, R. C. 2024. Himalayan leucogranites: rare-metal resources. Elements, 20(6), 401-408.

15. Hou, K. S., Wang, J. M., Hu, F. Y., Yang, L. 2024. Skarn-type rare metal mineralization in the Mount Shisha Pangma region: Petrological characteristics, mineralization age and its geological significance. Acta Petrologica Sinica 40(05), 1527-1547.

16. Liu, X. C., Yang, L., He, S. X., Hu, F. Y., Wang, J. M. 2024. A preliminary study on petrogenesis of the Shisha Pangma leucogranites. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 40(05), 1446-1460.

17. Chu, Y., Guo, Y. L., Liu, T. J., Liu, X. C., Hu, F. Y., Lei, Y. Y., Lin, W. 2024. South Tibetan Detachment System activity and leucogranite emplacement: Insights from the Shisha Pangma regions. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 40(05), 1461-1474.

18. Cong, F., Wu, F. Y., Li, W. C., Sun, Z. B., Liu, X. C., He, D. F., Ji, W. Q., Hu, F. Y., Zhang, S. H., Huang, X. M. 2024. Crystal mush rejuvenation in the formation of Triassic dacites in Mengku, SE Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 265, 106085.

19. Yang, L., Wang, J. M., Liu, X. C., Hu, F. Y., Hou, K. S., Fu, J. G., Li, G. M., Tian, Y. L., Wu, F. Y. 2024. Petrogenetic link between leucogranite and spodumene pegmatite in Lhozhag, eastern Himalaya: Constraints from U–(Th)–Pb geochronology and Li–Nd–Hf isotopes. Lithos, 470, 107530.

20. He, S. X., Spencer, C. J., Liu, X. C., Hu, F., Wang, J. M., Ji, W. Q., Wu, F. Y. 2024. Identification of Indian crustal melting beneath Gangdese arc during India-Asia collision. Lithos, 470, 107549.

21. Wang, W., Liu, S., Cawood, P. A., Yao, J., Gao, L., Guo, R., Hu, F., Lu, D., He, X. 2024. Early Neoarchean alternation of plate subduction and deep mantle upwelling. Precambrian Research, 402, 107303.

22. Yao, J., Wang, W., Gao, L., Hu, F., Lu, D., He, X., Guo, L. 2024. Initiation of Mesoarchean nascent subduction zone in the North China Craton. Bulletin, 136(3-4), 949-963.

23. Wang, J. M., Hou, K. S., Yang, L., Liu, X. C., Wang, R. C., Li, G. M., Fu, J. G., Hu, F.-Y., Tian, Y. L., Wu, F. Y. 2023. Mineralogy, petrology and PT conditions of the spodumene pegmatites and surrounding meta-sediments in Lhozhag, eastern Himalaya. Lithos 456, 107295.

24. Huang, C., Wang, H., Shi, W., Sun, J., Hu, F., Xu, L., Yang, Y. H., Wu, S. T., Xie, L. W., Yang, J. 2023. In situ Rb-Sr dating of mica by LA-ICP-MS/MS. Science China Earth Sciences 66, 2603-2621.

25. Yao, J., Wang, W., Gao, L., Hu, F., Lu, D., He, X., Guo, L. 2023. Initiation of Mesoarchean nascent subduction zone in the North China Craton. Geological Society of America Bulletin.

26. Ding, Z. Y., Liu, S. K., Su, B. X., Li, W. J., Bai, Y., Pan, Q. Q., Hu, F., Pang, K. N. 2023. Potassium isotope fractionation during granite differentiation and implications for crustal K isotope heterogeneity. Lithos 448, 107176.

27. Wu, F. Y., Guo, C. L., Hu, F., Liu, X. C., Zhao, J. X., Li, X. F., Qin, K. Z. 2023. Petrogenesis of the highly fractionated granites and their mineralizations in Nanling Range, South China. Acta Petrologica Sinica 39(1), 1-36 (in Chinese with English abstract).

28. Gao, L., Liu, S., Cawood, P. A., Hu, F., Wang, J., Sun, G., Hu, Y. 2022. Oxidation of Archean upper mantle caused by crustal recycling. Nature Communications 13(1), 3283.

29. Wang, Y., Zhu, D., Lin, C., Hu, F., Liu, J. 2022. Quantifying the growth of continental crust through crustal thickness and zircon Hf-O isotopic signatures: A case study from the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. GSA Bulletin 134(7-8), 2072-2084.

30. Liu, X. C., Wu, F. Y., Wang, R. C., Liu, Z. C., Wang, J. M., Liu, C., Hu, F., Yang, L., He, S. 2021. Discovery of spodumene-bearing pegmatites from Ra Chu in the Mount Qomolangma region and its implications for studying rare-metal mineralization in the Himalayan orogen. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 37(11), 3295-3304 (in Chinese with English abstract).

31. Zhao, J. X., He, C. T., Qin, K. Z., Shi, R. Z., Liu, X. C., Hu, F., Yu, K. L., Sun, Z. H. 2021. Geochronology, source features and the characteristics of fractional crystallization in pegmatite at the Qongjiagang giant pegmatite-type lithium deposit, Himalaya, Tibet. Acta Petrologica Sinica 37(11), 3325-3347 (in Chinese with English abstract).

32. He, S. X., Liu, X. C., Yang, L., Wang, J. M., Hu, F. Y., Wu, F. Y. 2021. Multistage magmatism recorded in a single gneiss dome: Insights from the Lhagoi Kangri leucogranites, Himalayan orogen. Lithos 398, 106222.

33. Sun, G., Liu, S., Cawood, P. A., Tang, M., van Hunen, J., Gao, L., Hu, Y., Hu, F. 2021. Thermal state and evolving geodynamic regimes of the Meso-to Neoarchean North China Craton. Nature Communications 12(1), 3888.

34. Cong, F., Wu, F.-Y., Li, W.-C., Wang, J.-G., Hu, F.-Y., He, D.-F., Ji, W.-Q., Lin, W., Sein, K., 2021. Petrogenesis of the Main Range and Eastern Province granites in eastern Myanmar: New insights from zircon U–Pb ages and Sr–Nd isotopes. Lithos 382–383, 105895.

35. Cong, F., Li, W.-C., Wu, F.-Y., Huang, L., Huang, X.-M., Sun, J., Liu, X.-C., Hu, F.-Y., Hu, S.-X., Wu, G.-H., 2020. Mesozoic crustal growth in Mainland Southeast Asia: Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic evidence from the Late Cretaceous Luyingtang granitic pluton in the northernmost SE Asian granite Province, SW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 190, 104151.

36. Cong, F., Wu, F.-Y., Li, W.-C., Mou, C.-L., Huang, X.-M., Wang, B.-D., Hu, F.-Y., Peng, Z.-M., 2020. Origin of the Triassic Lincang granites in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau: Crystallization from crystal mush. Lithos 360–361, 105452.

37. Hu, Y., Liu, S., Gao, L., Sun, G., Guo, R., Fu, J., Wang, M., Hu, F., 2019. Diverse middle Neoarchean granitoids and the delamination of thickened crust in the Western Shandong Terrane, North China Craton. Lithos 348–349, 105178.

38. Liu, S., Fu, J., Lu, Y.-J., Chen, X., Wang, M., Hu, F., Gao, L., Sun, G., Hu, Y., 2019. Precambrian Hongqiyingzi Complex at the northern margin of the North China Craton: Its zircon U-Pb-Hf systematics, geochemistry and constraints on crustal evolution. Precambrian Research 326, 58–83.

39. Sun, G., Liu, S., Gao, L., Hu, Y., Guo, R., Fu, J., Wang, M., Ma, C., Hu, F., 2019. Neoarchean sanukitoids and associated rocks from the Tengzhou-Pingyi intrusive complex, North China Craton: Insights into petrogenesis and crust-mantle interactions. Gondwana Research 68, 50–68.

40. Gao, L., Liu, S., Sun, G., Hu, Y., Guo, R., Fu, J., Wang, M., Hu, F., 2019. Neoarchean crust-mantle interactions in the Yishui Terrane, south-eastern margin of the North China Craton: Constraints from geochemistry and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes of metavolcanic rocks and high-K granitoids. Gondwana Research 65, 97–124.

41. Fu, J., Liu, S., Cawood, P.A., Wang, M., Hu, F., Sun, G., Gao, L., Hu, Y., 2018. Neoarchean magmatic arc in the Western Liaoning Province, northern North China Craton: Geochemical and isotopic constraints from sanukitoids and associated granitoids. Lithos 322, 296–311.

42. Gao, L., Liu, S., Sun, G., Guo, R., Hu, Y., Fu, J., Wang, M., Ma, C., Hu, F., 2018. Petrogenesis of late Neoarchean high-K granitoids in the Western Shandong terrane, North China Craton, and their implications for crust-mantle interactions. Precambrian Research 315, 138–161.

43. Liu, S., Wang, M., Wan, Y., Guo, R., Wang, W., Wang, K., Guo, B., Fu, J., Hu, F., 2017. A reworked ∼3.45Ga continental microblock of the North China Craton: Constraints from zircon U-Pb-Lu-Hf isotopic systematics of the Archean Beitai-Waitoushan migmatite-syenogranite complex. Precambrian Research, Archean to Proterozoic Evolution of the North China Craton 303, 332–354.

44. Fu, J., Liu, S., Wang, M., Chen, X., Guo, B., Hu, F., 2017. Late Neoarchean monzogranitic–syenogranitic gneisses in the Eastern Hebei–Western Liaoning Province, North China Craton: Petrogenesis and implications for tectonic setting. Precambrian Research, Archean to Proterozoic Evolution of the North China Craton 303, 392–413.

45. Deng, Z., Liu, S., Zhang, W., Hu, F., Li, Q., 2016. Petrogenesis of the Guangtoushan granitoid suite, central China: Implications for Early Mesozoic geodynamic evolution of the Qinling Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research 30, 112–131.

46. Liu, S. W., Wang, W., Bai, X., Guo, R. R., Guo, B. R., Hu, F. Y., Fu, J. H., Wang, M. J. 2015. Precambrian geodynamics (Ⅶ): Formation and evolution of early continental crust. Earth Science Frontiers, 22(6), 97-108.

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