CLR person interests, research and publications
Researcher

About me
I am mainly working on the geology of NW China and SW Mongolia (the Altai Range) in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). My current research interests focuses on the high-grade magmatic-migmatitic domes in the southern Altai Range by integrating critical information from structural geology, metamorphic petrology and phase equilibrium modeling, geochronology and geochemistry.
Research interests
- Metamorphic petrology & phase equilibrium modeling of tectonothermal processes
- Structural analysis of migmatite domes in central Asia
- Zircon U-Pb and K-bearing minerals 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of orogenic processes
- Tectonic evolution of the Central Asia Orogenic Belts
Research projects
Selected segments of Euroasian orogenic system are used to constrain relative contribution of contrasting processes of continental construction in collisional and accretionary orogenic systems. Principal objectives of the proposal are: (i) identification of the individual terranes, kinematic analysis of their movements and characterization of deformation style connected with their amalgamation; (ii) estimation of net crustal growth vs. recycling of preexistent crustal material.
On the modern Earth, continental crust is created mainly at subduction zones. Here, release of aqueous fluid from dehydrating oceanic crust causes melting in the mantle wedge and generates the calc-alkaline magmas that evolve into granitoid continental crust. This project aims to understand crustal growth and possible crustal construction mechanisms, using the Mongolian and Chinese tract of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) as an example. The main questions raised here are: What were the cause, rate and timing of continental growth in the CAOB?