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Member Since 2014
Yigang Xu
Director/Professor, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Fellows Committee
Professional Experience
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Director/Professor
2010 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1994
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2021
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For breakthroughs and outstanding contributions in understanding the cratonic upper mantle, continental flood basalts, and mantle wedge processes
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The Deep Processes Triggering Environmental Changes Leading to the End-Permian Mass Extinction
PLANETARY HABITABILITY AND THE ROLE OF FLUIDS, MELTS, AND VOLATILES IN THE EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL PLANETARY SYSTEMS I ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 11 december 2024
Feifei Zhang, Guangyi Wei, Yi-Bo Lin, Yigang Xu, S...
The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME), which occurred ~252 Ma ago, was the most severe biotic crisis of the Phanerozoic, resulting in 89% of terrestr...
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Mantle anisotropy beneath the seismic zones in the Central and Eastern United States
SEISMIC ANISOTROPY AND MANTLE DYNAMICS: OBSERVATIONS, MODELS, AND EXPERIMENTS I ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 14 december 2023
Xuran Liang, Dapeng Zhao, Yuanyuan Hua, Yigang Xu
The central and eastern United States (CEUS) is characterized by the stable North American Craton, but the presence of three intraplate seismic zones ...
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Limited water outflux from the subducted slab serpentinite via Mariana arc-basin magmatism
CONVERGENT MARGIN DYNAMICS I POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2023
Siyu Zhao, Alexandra Y. Yang, Zhiyuan Zhou, Yoshih...
The water cycle between Earths surface and interior controls the long-term stability of sea level. Sediment and altered oceanic crust, have long been ...
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2023 - 2026
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Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Fellows Committee
2023 - 2023
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Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Fellows Committee