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  1. Seismic azimuthal anisotropy beneath a fast moving ancient continent: Constraints from shear wave splitting analysis in Australia

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, January 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  2. Crustal structure and subsidence mechanisms of the Williston Basin: New constraints from receiver function imaging

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, September 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  3. Notice of Partial Retraction: A Database of Teleseismic Shear-Wave Splitting Measurements for the Ordos Block and Adjacent Areas

    Article • Seismological Research Letters, July 2022, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  4. Classification of Teleseismic Shear Wave Splitting Measurements: A Convolutional Neural Network Approach

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao, Yanwei Zhang

  5. Mantle dynamics of the North China Craton: new insights from mantle transition zone imaging constrained by P-to-S receiver functions

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

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  6. A Database of Teleseismic Shear-Wave Splitting Measurements for the Ordos Block and Adjacent Areas

    Article • Seismological Research Letters, April 2022, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  7. Lithospheric Structure underneath the Archean Tanzania Craton and Adjacent Regions from a Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Rayleigh-Wave Phase Velocity Dispersion

    Article • Seismological Research Letters, April 2022, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  8. Continental Break‐Up Under a Convergent Setting: Insights From P Wave Radial Anisotropy Tomography of the Woodlark Rift in Papua New Guinea

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  9. Potassic Volcanism Induced by Mantle Upwelling Through a Slab Window: Evidence From Shear Wave Splitting Analyses in Central Java

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, March 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  10. Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the Southeastern United States From Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Rayleigh Wave Dispersion

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, October 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  11. Seismic Anisotropy and Mantle Flow Constrained by Shear Wave Splitting in Central Myanmar

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, October 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  12. Layered mantle heterogeneities associated with post-subducted slab segments

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, October 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  13. Mantle Flow in the Vicinity of the Eastern Edge of the Pacific‐Yakutat Slab: Constraints From Shear Wave Splitting Analyses

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, September 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  14. A systematic investigation of piercing-point-dependent seismic azimuthal anisotropy

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  15. Teleseismic P ‐Wave Attenuation Beneath the Southeastern United States

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, June 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  16. Spatial Variations of Upper Crustal Anisotropy along the San Jacinto Fault Zone in Southern California: Constraints from Shear Wave Splitting Analysis

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, February 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  17. Seismic anisotropy and mantle deformation beneath the central Sunda plate

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, February 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  18. Prestack simultaneous inversion for delineation of the Lower Wilcox erosional remnant sandstone beneath the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: A case study

    Article • Interpretation, October 2020, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  19. Topography of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities beneath the Cenozoic Okavango rift zone and adjacent Precambrian provinces

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, August 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  20. Spatial Variations of Upper Crustal Anisotropy along the San Jacinto Fault Zone in Southern California: Constraints from Shear Wave Splitting Analysis

    Article • August 2020, Wiley

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  21. Slab Dehydration and Mantle Upwelling in the Vicinity of the Sumatra Subduction Zone: Evidence from Receiver Function Imaging of Mantle Transition Zone Discontinuities

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, August 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  22. Upper mantle and mantle transition zone thermal and water content anomalies beneath NE Asia: Constraints from receiver function imaging of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, February 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  23. Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow in the Sumatra subduction zone constrained by shear wave splitting and receiver function analyses

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, January 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  24. Mantle structure and flow beneath an early‐stage continental rift: Constraints from P‐wave anisotropic tomography

    Article • Tectonics, January 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  25. Receiver function imaging of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities beneath the Australian continent

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  26. Toroidal mantle flow induced by slab subduction and rollback beneath the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and adjacent areas

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, October 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  27. Lithospheric Structure and Evolution of Southern Africa: Constraints from Joint Inversion of Rayleigh Wave Dispersion and Receiver Functions

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, June 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  28. Crustal azimuthal anisotropy beneath the central North China Craton revealed by receiver functions

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, April 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  29. Shear Wave Splitting and Mantle Flow in the Vicinity of the North American-Caribbean Plate Boundary in Central America

    Article • January 2019, Wiley

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  30. Absence of thermal influence from the African Superswell and cratonic keels on the mantle transition zone beneath southern Africa: Evidence from receiver function imaging

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, December 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  31. Receiver Function Investigations of Seismic Anisotropy Layering Beneath Southern California

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, November 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  32. Integrated geological, geophysical, and petrophysical data to construct full field geological model of Cambrian-Ordovician and Upper Cretaceous Reservoir formations, Central Western Sirte Basin, Libya

    Article • Interpretation, October 2018, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao, YOUSF ABUSHALAH

  33. Crustal azimuthal anisotropy beneath the southeastern Tibetan Plateau and its geodynamic implications

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, October 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  34. Azimuthal anisotropy and mantle flow underneath the southeastern Tibetan Plateau and northern Indochina Peninsula revealed by shear wave splitting analyses

    Article • Tectonophysics, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  35. Lithospheric layering beneath the contiguous United States constrained by S-to-P receiver functions

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, August 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  36. Characteristics of the Mantle Flow System Beneath the Indochina Peninsula Revealed by Teleseismic Shear Wave Splitting Analysis

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, April 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  37. Receiver function imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Tanzania Craton and adjacent segments of the East African Rift System

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  38. Topography of the mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath Alaska and its geodynamic implications: Constraints from receiver function stacking

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  39. Seismic attributes aided fault detection and enhancement in the Sirte Basin, Libya

    Article • August 2017, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  40. Lateral variations of crustal structure beneath the Indochina Peninsula

    Article • Tectonophysics, August 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  41. Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Indochina Peninsula: Implications for slab subduction and mantle upwelling

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, July 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  42. Seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath the Malawi Rift Zone, East Africa

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

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  43. Receiver function and gravity constraints on crustal structure and vertical movements of the Upper Mississippi Embayment and Ozark Uplift

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, June 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  44. Seismic azimuthal anisotropy beneath the eastern United States and its geodynamic implications

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  45. Evolution of the broadly rifted zone in southern Ethiopia through gravitational collapse and extension of dynamic topography

    Article • Tectonophysics, March 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  46. Mantle structure beneath the incipient Okavango rift zone in southern Africa

    Article • Geosphere, November 2016, Geological Society of America

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  47. Passive rifting of thick lithosphere in the southern East African Rift: Evidence from mantle transition zone discontinuity topography

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, November 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  48. A full field static model of the RG-oil field, central Sirte Basin, Libya

    Article • September 2016, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  49. Shear wave splitting analyses in Tian Shan: Geodynamic implications of complex seismic anisotropy

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, June 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  50. Crustal anisotropy and ductile flow beneath the eastern Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  51. The mantle transition zone beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent regions: implications for mantle plumes and hydration

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, March 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  52. A Uniform Database of Teleseismic Shear‐Wave Splitting Measurements for the Western and Central United States: December 2014 Update

    Article • Seismological Research Letters, January 2016, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  53. Seismic anisotropy beneath the incipient Okavango rift: Implications for rifting initiation

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  54. A joint receiver function and gravity study of crustal structure beneath the incipient Okavango Rift, Botswana

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, October 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  55. Applicability of the Multiple-Event Stacking Technique for Shear-Wave Splitting Analysis

    Article • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, October 2015, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  56. No thermal anomalies in the mantle transition zone beneath an incipient continental rift: evidence from the first receiver function study across the Okavango Rift Zone, Botswana

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, July 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  57. Determining crustal structure beneath seismic stations overlying a low-velocity sedimentary layer using receiver functions

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, May 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Youqiang Yu, Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  58. Azimuthal anisotropy beneath north central Africa from shear wave splitting analyses

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, April 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Youqiang Yu, Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  59. Complex seismic anisotropy beneath western Tibet and its geodynamic implications

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Youqiang Yu, Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  60. A Systematic Comparison of the Transverse Energy Minimization and Splitting Intensity Techniques for Measuring Shear‐Wave Splitting Parameters

    Article • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, December 2014, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  61. Formation of the Cameroon Volcanic Line by lithospheric basal erosion: Insight from mantle seismic anisotropy

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  62. Imaging mantle discontinuities using multiply-reflected P-to-S conversions

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  63. Mantle flow and lithosphere–asthenosphere coupling beneath the southwestern edge of the North American craton: Constraints from shear-wave splitting measurements

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  64. Seismic imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the northern Red Sea and adjacent areas

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  65. Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the contiguous United States

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, August 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  66. A uniform database of teleseismic shear wave splitting measurements for the western and central United States

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, May 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Youqiang Yu, Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  67. Seismic anisotropy and subduction-induced mantle fabrics beneath the Arabian and Nubian Plates adjacent to the Red Sea

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, April 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Youqiang Yu, Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  68. Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath the northern Great Plains of North America

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, March 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Youqiang Yu, Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  69. Receiver function constraints on crustal seismic velocities and partial melting beneath the Red Sea rift and adjacent regions, Afar Depression

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, March 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  70. Making Reliable Shear-Wave Splitting Measurements

    Article • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, September 2013, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  71. AnisDep: A FORTRAN program for the estimation of the depth of anisotropy using spatial coherency of shear-wave splitting parameters

    Article • Computers & Geosciences, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  72. Magnetic stripes of a transitional continental rift in Afar

    Article • Geology, January 2012, Geological Society of America

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  73. High-accuracy practical spline-based 3D and 2D integral transformations in potential-field geophysics

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  74. Seismic anisotropy of the uppermost mantle beneath the Rio Grande rift: Evidence from Kilbourne Hole peridotite xenoliths, New Mexico

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, November 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  75. Estimation of the Depth of Anisotropy Using Spatial Coherency of Shear-Wave Splitting Parameters

    Article • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, September 2011, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  76. Upper mantle structure of the Saharan Metacraton

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, July 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  77. Crustal structure and evolution beneath the Colorado Plateau and the southern Basin and Range Province: Results from receiver function and gravity studies

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, June 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  78. Seismic anisotropy beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent areas: Implications for mantle flow

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  79. Spatial variations of crustal characteristics beneath the Hoggar swell, Algeria, revealed by systematic analyses of receiver functions from a single seismic station

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, August 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  80. Apparent Weekly and Daily Earthquake Periodicities in the Western United States

    Article • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, July 2009, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  81. Significant seismic anisotropy beneath the southern Lhasa Terrane, Tibetan Plateau

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, February 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  82. Rationale for a Permanent Seismic Network in the U.S. Central Plains Utilizing USArray

    Article • Eos, February 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  83. Shear wave splitting and mantle flow associated with the deflected Pacific slab beneath northeast Asia

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  84. Characteristics of mantle fabrics beneath the south-central United States: Constraints from shear-wave splitting measurements

    Article • Geosphere, January 2008, Geological Society of America

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  85. Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Baikal rift and adjacent areas

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  86. Spatial variation of seismic b-values beneath Makushin Volcano, Unalaska Island, Alaska

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

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  87. Deep structure and origin of the Baikal rift zone

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

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  88. Southern African crustal evolution and composition: Constraints from receiver function studies

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  89. Seafloor asymmetry in the Atlantic Ocean

    Article • Journal of Ocean University of China, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  90. Seismic anisotropy, mantle fabric, and the magmatic evolution of Precambrian southern Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Geology, June 2004, GeoScienceWorld

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  91. Significant crustal thinning beneath the Baikal rift zone: New constraints from receiver function analysis

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  92. Correction to “Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa”

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, July 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  93. Evidence for small-scale mantle convection in the upper mantle beneath the Baikal rift zone

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  94. Low-coherent WDM reflectometry for accurate fiber length monitoring

    Article • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, January 2003, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  95. Mantle layering across central South America

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  96. Low seismic velocity layers in the Earth's crust beneath Eastern Siberia (Russia) and Central Mongolia: receiver function data and their possible geological implication

    Article • Tectonophysics, December 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  97. Mantle discontinuities beneath Southern Africa

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  98. Temporal variation of seismicb-values beneath northeastern Japan island arc

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  99. Characterization of a Continuous, Very Narrowband Seismic Signal near 2.08 Hz

    Article • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, December 2001, Seismological Society of America (SSA)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  100. Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, July 2001, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  101. Northridge Earthquake Damage Caused by Geologic Focusing of Seismic Waves

    Article • Science, September 2000, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  102. Annual modulation of triggered seismicity following the 1992 Landers earthquake in California

    Article • Nature, August 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  103. Analysis of deformation data at Parkfield, California: Detection of a long-term strain transient

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2000, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  104. Reply [to “Comment on “SKS splitting beneath continental rifts zones” by Gao et al.”]

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 1999, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  105. SKSsplitting beneath continental rift zones

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 1997, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  106. SKS splitting beneath southern California

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, April 1995, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  107. Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath the Baikal rift zone

    Article • Nature, September 1994, Nature

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao

  108. Asymmetric upwarp of the asthenosphere beneath the Baikal rift zone, Siberia

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 1994, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Stephen Shangxing Gao