General
Research Areas
Research interests General:
Physical sedimentation in continental and marine environments Interaction of sedimentary and tectonic processes Basin tectonics
Recent focuses:
(1) Sedimentary response to Mesozoic deformation of structural belts adjacent to the Sichuan basin;
(2) Late Paleozoic-Middle Triassic marine sedimentation of the Yangtze block and its relation with Palaeo-Tethyan evolution;
(3) Triassic turbidite sedimentation and Mesozoic deformations of the Songpan-Ganzi terrane and adjacent regions, western China
Physical sedimentation in continental and marine environments Interaction of sedimentary and tectonic processes Basin tectonics
Recent focuses:
(1) Sedimentary response to Mesozoic deformation of structural belts adjacent to the Sichuan basin;
(2) Late Paleozoic-Middle Triassic marine sedimentation of the Yangtze block and its relation with Palaeo-Tethyan evolution;
(3) Triassic turbidite sedimentation and Mesozoic deformations of the Songpan-Ganzi terrane and adjacent regions, western China
Education
B.S. in geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 1982
M.S. in geology, Xi’an College of Geology, Xi’an, China, 1984
Ph.D. in geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 1994
M.S. in geology, Xi’an College of Geology, Xi’an, China, 1984
Ph.D. in geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 1994
Experience
Visiting scholar, Imperial College, London University, UK, Sept 1987 to Dec 1988
Teaching assistant and lecture in Xi’an College of Geology, Xi’an, China, Jan 1989 to Aug 1991
Post-doctorial research, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing, China, Jan 1995 to June 1997
Associate professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing, China, 1998 to 2000 Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing, China, 2001 to present
Teaching assistant and lecture in Xi’an College of Geology, Xi’an, China, Jan 1989 to Aug 1991
Post-doctorial research, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing, China, Jan 1995 to June 1997
Associate professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing, China, 1998 to 2000 Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing, China, 2001 to present
Publications
Papers
Wei, H.-H., Meng, Q.-R., Wu, G.-L., and Li, L., 2012, Multiple controls on rift basin sedimentation in volcanic settings: Insights from the anatomy of a small Early Cretaceous basin in the Yanshan belt, northern North China. Geologic Society of American Bulletin, v. 123, doi: 10.1130/B30495.1 (now on-line)
Meng, Q.-R., Wei, H.-H., Qu, Y.-Q., and Ma, S.-X., 2011, Stratigraphic and sedimentary records of the rift to drift evolution of the northern North China craton at the Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic transition. Gondwana Research, v. 20, p. 205 - 218.
- Wei, H.H., Liu, J.L., and Meng, Q.R., 2010, Structural and sedimentary evolution of the southern Songliao basin, northeast China, and implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity. AAPG Bulletin, v. 94, no. 4, p. 533 - 566.
- Meng, Q.R., 2009, Some remarks on formation of the Qaidam basin. Chinese Journal of Geology, v. 44, no. 4, p. 1213 - 1226. (in Chinese)
- Meng, Q.R., and Fang, X., 2008. Cenozoic tectonic development of the Qaidam Basin in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, in Burchfiel, B.C., and Wang, E., eds., Investigations into the Tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau: Geological Society of America Special Paper 444, p. 1–24.
- Meng, Q.R., Li, S, and Li, R., 2007. Mesozoic evolution of the Hefei basin in eastern China: Sedimentary response to deformation in the adjacent Dabieshan and along the Tanlu fault. Geologic Society of America Bulletin, v. 119, no. 7/8, p. 897–916
- Meng，O.R., Qu, H.J. and Hu, J.M., 2007. Triassic deep-marine sedimentation in the western Qinling and Songpan terrane, Sci China Ser D-Earth Sci, v. 50 (Supp. II), p. 246–263
- Meng, Q.R., Hu, J., Wang, E., and Qu, H., 2006. Late Cenozoic large-magnitude denudation by landslides in the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letter，v. 243, p. 252–267.
- Darby, B., Ritts, B., Yue, Y., and Meng, Q., 2005. Did the Altyn Tagh fault extend beyond the Tibetan Plateau? Earth and Planetary Science Letter, v. 240, p. 425-435.
- Meng, Q., Wang, E., and Hu, J., 2005. Mesozoic sedimentary evolution of the northwest Sichuan Basin: implications for continued clockwise rotation of the South China block. Geologic Society of American Bulletin, v. 107, no. 3/4, p. 396–410.
- Meng, Q., Hu, J., Jin, J., Zhang, Y., and Xu, D., 2003. Tectonics of late Mesozoic wide extensional basin system in the China-Mongolia border region. Basin Research, v. 15, no. 3, p. 397–415.
- Meng, Q., 2003. What drove late Mesozoic extension of the northern China- Mongolia tract? Tectonophysics, v. 369, p. 155–174.
- Wang, E., Meng, Q., Burchfiel, B.C., and Zhang, G., 2003. Mesozoic large-scale lateral extrusion, rotation, and uplift of the Tongbai-Dabie Shan belt in East China. Geology, v. 31, no. 4, p. 307–310.
- Meng, Q., Hu, J., and Yang, F., 2001. Timing and magnitude of displacement on the Altyn Tagh fault: constraints from stratigraphic correlation of adjacent Tarim and Qaidam basin, NW China. Terra Nova, v. 13, p. 86–91.
- Meng, Q., and Zhang, G., 2000. Geologic framework and tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, central China. Tectonophysics, v. 323, p. 183–196.
- Meng, Q.-R., and Zhang, G.-W., 1999, Timing of collision of North and South China blocks: controversy and reconciliation. Geology, v. 27, no. 2, p. 123 -126.