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  1. Under-thrusting of continental lithospheric mantle controls the architecture of crustal deformation: numerical modelling of the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    Article • Journal of the Geological Society, April 2025, Geological Society

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  2. An embryonic intra-oceanic subduction in the Bangong−Nujiang Meso-Tethys: insights from Late Jurassic Nd Hf isotopic decoupling adakitic granodiorites in the Dongco ophiolite of central Tibet

    Article • Lithos, November 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  3. Tracing oceanic plateau relics in the basement of mainland China: A synthesis of aeromagnetic and seismic refraction data

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, August 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  4. Isochemical metamorphism origin of the newly discovered Baqing jadeitoid, eastern‐central Tibet, China

    Article • Journal of Metamorphic Geology, July 2024, Wiley

    Professor Tatsuki Tsujimori, Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  5. Provenance and tectonic settings of the lower Permian siliciclastic rocks in central Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, March 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  6. Geodynamics of progressive growth of arcuate fold-and-thrust belts: Insights from numerical modeling of the NE margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  7. Interaction of upwelling asthenosphere with oceanic lithospheric mantle in Bangong-Nujiang subduction zone: A new mechanism for the petrogenesis of Nb-enriched basalts

    Article • Lithos, July 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  8. Petrogenesis of the alkali basalt and trachy-andesite suite in the northern Tarim Basin, NW China: Implications for crust-mantle interactions controlled by the Permian mantle plume

    Article • Gondwana Research, July 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  9. Hydrothermal metasomatism and solid-phase transfer in petrogenesis of listvenite: the Meso-Tethyan ophiolite, central Tibet, China

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  10. Middle Triassic back-arc rifting in central China: Evidence from geochronology, geochemistry and Hf isotopes of basic–intermediate dykes in the Gonghe basin

    Article • International Geology Review, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  11. Tectonic evolution of the northwestern margin of the South China Sea: Insights from geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes of the newly discovered latest Permian granite in the Xisha Islands

    Article • Lithos, November 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  12. Late Cretaceous post-orogenic delamination in the western Gangdese arc: Evidence from geochronology, petrology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of intermediate–acidic igneous rocks

    Article • Lithos, September 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  13. Tectonic evolution of the Liupan Shan fold-and-thrust belt, NE Tibetan Plateau during the late Cenozoic: numerical simulations

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  14. Editorial: Tectonic and Environmental Reconstructions: Perspectives From Geochemistry and Isotopes of Sedimentary Rocks

    Article • Frontiers in Earth Science, May 2022, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  15. Compositional signatures of ophiolitic rocks from the Dongco massif: Novel insights into the evolution of the central Tibetan Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau

    Article • Lithos, May 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  16. Contrasting collision-induced far-field orogenesis controlled by thermo-rheological properties of the composite terrane

    Article • Gondwana Research, March 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  17. Did the eruption of the Tarim LIP control the formation of Paleozoic hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Tarim basin, China?

    Article • Gondwana Research, January 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  18. Coupling response of the Meso–Cenozoic differential evolution of the North China Craton to lithospheric structural transformation

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, December 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  19. Anduo Late Cretaceous high-K calc-alkaline and shoshonitic volcanic rocks in central Tibet, western China: Relamination of the subducted Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau

    Article • Lithos, November 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  20. Middle–late Permian high-K adakitic granitoids in the NE Alxa block, northern China: Orogenic record following the closure of a Paleo-Asian oceanic branch?

    Article • Lithos, November 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  21. India‐Tarim Lithospheric Mantle Collision Beneath Western Tibet Controls the Cenozoic Building of Tian Shan

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, July 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  22. Crustal material recycling induced by subduction erosion and subduction-channel exhumation: A case study of central Tibet (western China) based onP-T-tpaths of the eclogite-bearing Baqing metamorphic complex

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, December 2020, Geological Society of America

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  23. Contrasting latest Permian intracontinental gabbro and Late Triassic arc gabbro–diorite in the Gangdese constrain the subduction initiation of the Neo-Tethys

    Article • International Geology Review, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  24. Distribution and geodynamic setting of the Late Neoproterozoic– Early Cambrian hydrocarbon source rocks in the South China and Tarim Blocks

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, October 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  25. Extrusion model for the Early Mesozoic intracontinental deformation of South China related to the North and South China collision

    Article • Geological Journal, June 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  26. Discovery of Cryogenian interglacial source rocks in the northern Tarim, NW China: Implications for Neoproterozoic paleoclimatic reconstructions and hydrocarbon exploration

    Article • Gondwana Research, April 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  27. Discussion on “Switch of NE Asia from extension to contraction at the mid-cretaceous: A tale of the Okhotsk oceanic plateau from initiation by the Perm Anomaly to extrusion in the Mongol–Okhotsk ocean?”: Reply

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, April 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  28. Late Neoproterozoic intracontinental rifting of the Tarim carton, NW China: An integrated geochemical, geochronological and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic study of siliciclastic rocks and basalts from deep drilling cores

    Article • Gondwana Research, April 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  29. Early Cretaceous continent basalts in the Alxa Block, NW China: geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic implications

    Article • International Geology Review, March 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  30. Infant intra-oceanic arc magmatism due to initial subduction induced by oceanic plateau accretion: A case study of the Bangong Meso-Tethys, central Tibet, western China

    Article • Gondwana Research, March 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  31. Provenance and tectonic settings of the Late Paleozoic sandstones in central Inner Mongolia, NE China: Constraints on the evolution of the southeastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Article • Gondwana Research, January 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  32. Switch of NE Asia from extension to contraction at the mid-Cretaceous: A tale of the Okhotsk oceanic plateau from initiation by the Perm Anomaly to extrusion in the Mongol–Okhotsk ocean?

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, November 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  33. Petrogenesis of post-collisional magmatism at the Carboniferous–Permian boundary in central Inner Mongolia, NE China: insights into when the Hegenshan Ocean closed?

    Article • International Geology Review, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  34. Excellent source rocks discovered in the Cryogenian interglacial deposits in South China: Geology, geochemistry, and hydrocarbon potential

    Article • Precambrian Research, October 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  35. Is exhumation of UHP terranes limited to low latitudes?

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, October 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  36. Protoliths and tectonic implications of the newly discovered Triassic Baqing eclogites, central Tibet: Evidence from geochemistry, Sr Nd isotopes and geochronology

    Article • Gondwana Research, May 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  37. Provenance of newly discovered Upper Ordovician black rock units in the West Kunlun Orogen, China: Constraints from detrital zircon U–Pb chronology and whole‐rock geochemistry

    Article • Geological Journal, April 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  38. Continental lithospheric-scale subduction versus crustal-scale underthrusting in the collision zone: Numerical modeling

    Article • Tectonophysics, April 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  39. Crustal Thickening of the Central Tibetan Plateau prior to India–Asia Collision: Evidence from Petrology, Geochronology, Geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf Isotopes of a K-rich Charnockite–Granite Suite in Eastern Qiangtang

    Article • Journal of Petrology, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  40. Diachronous closure of the Shuanghu Paleo-Tethys Ocean: Constraints from the Late Triassic Tanggula arc-related volcanism in the East Qiangtang subterrane, Central Tibet

    Article • Lithos, March 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  41. Early Cretaceous arc granitoids from the central Lhasa subterrane: Production of the northward subduction of Yarlung Zangbo Neo‐Tethyan Ocean?

    Article • Geological Journal, November 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  42. Multi-terrane structure controls the contrasting lithospheric evolution beneath the western and central–eastern Tibetan plateau

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  43. Mid-Permian rifting in Central China: Record of geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of bimodal magmatism on NE Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

    Article • Gondwana Research, May 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  44. Newly discovered Late Triassic Baqing eclogite in central Tibet indicates an anticlockwise West–East Qiangtang collision

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  45. Garnet amphibolites from the Ganzi–Litang fault zone, eastern Tibetan Plateau: mineralogy, geochemistry, and implications for evolution of the eastern Palaeo-Tethys Realm

    Article • International Geology Review, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  46. Genesis of Tanggula granitoid

    Article • Tectonics, May 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  47. A Mediterranean-style model for early Neoproterozoic amalgamation of South China

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, April 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  48. Early Permian Qiangtang flood basalts, northern Tibet, China: A mantle plume that disintegrated northern Gondwana?

    Article • Gondwana Research, April 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  49. Geochemistry of limestones deposited in various plate tectonic settings

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, April 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  50. Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous episodic development of the Bangong Meso-Tethyan subduction: Evidence from elemental and Sr–Nd isotopic geochemistry of arc magmatic rocks, Gaize region, central Tibet, China

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, March 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  51. Newly discovered eclogites from the Bangong Meso–Tethyan suture zone (Gaize, central Tibet, western China): mineralogy, geochemistry, geochronology, and tectonic implications

    Article • International Geology Review, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  52. Late Permian–Triassic siliciclastic provenance, palaeogeography, and crustal growth of the Songpan terrane, eastern Tibetan Plateau: evidence from U–Pb ages, trace elements, and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons

    Article • International Geology Review, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  53. Central Tibetan Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau

    Article • Lithos, December 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  54. Tectonic and deformation history of the Gyeonggi Massif in and around the Hongcheon area, and its implications in the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton: Comment

    Article • Precambrian Research, December 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  55. Genesis of the Late Mesozoic Great Xing’an Range Large Igneous Province in eastern central Asia: A Mongol–Okhotsk slab window model

    Article • International Geology Review, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  56. Late Palaeozoic and early Mesozoic tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of central China: evidence from U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope systematics of detrital zircons from the western Qinling region

    Article • International Geology Review, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  57. Lawsonite- and glaucophane-bearing blueschists from NW Qiangtang, northern Tibet, China: mineralogy, geochemistry, geochronology, and tectonic implications

    Article • International Geology Review, August 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  58. U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope systematics of detrital zircons from the Songpan–Ganzi Triassic flysch, NE Tibetan Plateau: implications for provenance and crustal growth

    Article • International Geology Review, August 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  59. 40Ar‐39Ar Geochronology and Tectonic Implications of the Blueschist from Northwestern Qiangtang, Northern Tibet, Western China

    Article • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, December 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  60. Late Mesozoic tectonic evolution and growth of the Tibetan plateau prior to the Indo-Asian collision

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, September 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  61. Confined deep water system development on the accretionary wedge (Miocene, Kahramanmaraş Foreland Basin, S turkey)

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, September 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  62. Destruction of the North China Craton: Lithosphere folding-induced removal of lithospheric mantle?

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  63. Diversified Provenance of the Songpan-Ganzi Triassic Turbidites, Central China: Constraints from Geochemistry and Nd Isotopes

    Article • The Journal of Geology, January 2012, University of Chicago Press

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  64. Geochronology, geochemistry, and Nd isotopes of early Mesozoic bimodal volcanism in northern Tibet, western China: Constraints on the exhumation of the central Qiangtang metamorphic belt

    Article • Lithos, January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  65. Isotopic characteristics of river sediments on the Tibetan Plateau

    Article • Chemical Geology, January 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  66. NE–SW-trending Hepu–Hetai dextral shear zone in southern China: Penetration of the Yunkai Promontory of South China into Indochina

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, July 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  67. Eclogites in the interior of the Tibetan Plateau and their geodynamic implications

    Article • Science Bulletin, June 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  68. A new model for the Indochina and South China collision during the Late Permian to the Middle Triassic

    Article • Tectonophysics, March 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  69. First report of eclogites from central Tibet, China: evidence for ultradeep continental subduction prior to the Cenozoic India‐Asian collision

    Article • Terra Nova, July 2008, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  70. Proximal provenance of the western Songpan–Ganzi turbidite complex (Late Triassic, eastern Tibetan plateau): Implications for the tectonic amalgamation of China

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, July 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  71. Geochronology and geochemistry of the c. 80 Ma Rutog granitic pluton, northwestern Tibet: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Lhasa Terrane

    Article • Geological Magazine, June 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  72. The Sr and Nd isotopic variations of the Chinese Loess Plateau during the past 7 Ma: Implications for the East Asian winter monsoon and source areas of loess

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  73. Distinctive features of Late Palaeozoic massive sulphide deposits in South China

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, April 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  74. Nd isotopes of siliciclastic rocks from Tibet, western China: Constraints on provenance and pre-Cenozoic tectonic evolution

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, April 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  75. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology and petrogenesis of the plagiogranites from the Lagkor Lake ophiolite, Gerze, Tibet, China

    Article • Chinese Science Bulletin, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  76. North China and South China collision: Insights from analogue modeling

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, August 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  77. Temporal Variations of Mesozoic Sandstone Compositions in the Qiangtang Block, Northern Tibet (China): Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Setting

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, August 2006, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  78. Variations of 143Nd/144Nd and 87Sr/86Sr ratios of the Lingtai profile in the Chinese Loess Plateau during the past 7Ma

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, August 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  79. Eclogites from central Qiangtang, northern Tibet (China) and tectonic implications

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, May 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  80. Detrital zircon provenance of the Late Triassic Songpan-Ganzi complex: Sedimentary record of collision of the North and South China blocks: Comment and Reply: COMMENT

    Article • Geology, January 2006, Geological Society of America

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  81. The blueschist-bearing Qiangtang metamorphic belt (northern Tibet, China) as an in situ suture zone: Evidence from geochemical comparison with the Jinsa suture

    Article • Geology, January 2006, Geological Society of America

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  82. Secular geochemical variations of the Lower Cretaceous siliciclastic rocks from central Tibet (China) indicate a tectonic transition from continental collision to back-arc rifting

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, December 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  83. Granulite xenoliths from Cenozoic basalts in SE China provide geochemical fingerprints to distinguish lower crust terranes from the North and South China tectonic blocks: comment

    Article • Lithos, March 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  84. Early Cretaceous stratigraphy, depositional environments, sandstone provenance, and tectonic setting of central Tibet, western China

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, January 2004, Geological Society of America

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  85. Mesozoic–Paleogene sedimentary facies and paleogeography of Tibet, western China: tectonic implications

    Article • Geological Journal, July 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  86. Blueschist-bearing metamorphic core complexes in the Qiangtang block reveal deep crustal structure of northern Tibet: Comment and Reply

    Article • Geology, January 2001, Geological Society of America

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  87. Trace Element and Isotope Characteristics of Cenozoic Basalts around the Tanlu Fault with Implications for the Eastern Plate Boundary between North and South China: An Extended Discussion

    Article • The Journal of Geology, November 2000, University of Chicago Press

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  88. Cretaceous palaeogeography of Tibet and adjacent areas (China): tectonic implications

    Article • Cretaceous Research, February 2000, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  89. The Changning–Menglian suture zone: a segment of the major Cathaysian–Gondwana divide in Southeast Asia — Comment

    Article • Tectonophysics, May 1998, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  90. Did the Indo-Asian collision alone create the Tibetan plateau?: Comment

    Article • Geology, January 1998, Geological Society of America

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  91. North and South China collision along the eastern and southern North China margins

    Article • Tectonophysics, February 1997, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  92. On penetration depth of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments into the Jovian atmosphere

    Article • Earth Moon and Planets, May 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang

  93. Ductile thrusting-shearing genesis of Hongzhen granitoid, Anhui Province

    Article • Geochemistry, July 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Kai-Jun Zhang