Wu Chen
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
E-mail： wuchen@itpcas.ac.cn
Address： No. 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
Research Areas
• Structural geology and tectonics
• Continental deformation
• Geologic mapping
Education
Ph.D. China University of Geosciences, Beijing 2016
Geology
Dissertation: “Geologic history of the northern Tibetan Plateau and the role of Wilson cycles in constructing the Tethyan orogenic system”
Committee: An Yin
M.S. China University of Geosciences, Beijing 2013
Geology
Dissertation: “Paleozoic to Mesozoic magmatic evolution and sedimentary dispersal history of the Eastern Kunlun Range”
Committee: An Yin
B.S. China University of Geosciences, Beijing 2010
Geology
Experience
Structural geology and Tectonics
Work Experience
Structural geology and Tectonics
Teaching Experience
1. Summer Field Camp
2. Introduction to Earth Sciences
3. Structural Geology
Publications
（2） Geology, geochemistry, and geochronology of the Paleoproterozoic Donggouzi mafic-ultramafic complex: Implications for the evolution of the North China craton, Lithos, 2020, Corresponding author
（3） Tectonics of the Eastern Kunlun Range: Cenozoic reactivation of a Paleozoic-early Mesozoic orogen, Tectonics, 2019, First author
（4） Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the Eastern Kunlun Range, central Tibet, and implications for basin evolution during the Indo-Asian collision, Lithosphere, 2019, First author
（5） A 1.9-Ga mélange along the northern margin of the North China craton: Implications for the assembly of Columbia supercontinent, Tectonics, 2018, First author
（6） U–Pb detrital zircon geochronology from the basement of the Central Qilian Terrane: implications for tectonic evolution of northeastern Tibetan Plateau, International Journal of Earth Science, 2018, Corresponding author
（7） Geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic granitoids in the central Qilian Shan of northern Tibet: Constraints on Reconstructing the Amalgamation Processes and History of Asia, Lithosphere, 2017, First author
（8） The relationship betweenmagma and mineralization in Chaobuleng iron polymetallic deposit, Inner Mongolia, Gondwana Research, 2017, First author
（9） Ages and geochemistry of the Renacuo granitoids in the Gaize area, central Tibet: implications for the northward subduction of the Bangong Suture Ocean, Geological Journal, 2017, Corresponding author
（10） Pre-Cenozoic geologic history of the central and northern Tibetan Plateau and the role of Wilson cycles in constructing the Tethyan orogenic system, Lithosphere, 2016, First author
（11） Early Paleozoic magmatic history of central Inner Mongolia, China: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Southeast Central Asian Orogenic Belt, International Journal of Earth Science, 2016, First author
（12） Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb and molybdenite Re–Os dating of the Taolaituo porphyry Mo deposit in the Central Great Hinggan Range: implications for the geodynamic evolution of northeastern China, Geological Journal, 2016, First author
（13） Early Cretaceous adakitic granites and mineralization of the Yili porphyry Mo deposit in the Great Xing’an Range: implications for the geodynamic evolution of northeastern China, International Geology Review, 2015, First author
（14） Early Cretaceous A-type granites and Mo mineralization, Aershan area, eastern Inner Mongolia, Northeast China: geochemical and isotopic constraints, International Geology Review, 2014, First author
Papers
Research Interests
Structural geology and continental deformation of North Tibet, regional tectonics with emphasis on Himalayan-Tibetan and North China, orogenic processes of Tethyan orogenic system and central Asian orogenic system, early Earth tectonics, geochronology, geochemistry, thermochronology, active tectonics, and analog modeling. My research activities are outlined below.
(1) The reconstruction of the pre-Cenozoic tectonic history of the northern half of the Tibetan plateau, which has become a new template for testing and improving the existing hypothesis for the evolution of the Tethyan orogenic system in this part of the world.
(2) Contributed to the current understanding of the Cenozoic tectonic history and deformation mechanical(s) of North Tibet.
(3) Field study documents for the first time the existence of a Paleoproterozoic suture zone, which has important implications for the assembling process of the North China Craton.
(4) Provided the field-based and new laboratory results of Mesozoic magmatic history of North China and contributed to the current understanding of the tectonic evolution of the Central Asia.