Research Interests

·   Silurian to Devonian tectonic evolution of the South Tianshan Ocean

·   Petrological records of subduction initiation

Publications

·   Gao, L., Xiao, W*., Tan, Z*., Wang, X., Guo, Y., 2023. A newly defined, long-lived Paleozoic intra-oceanic arc in the South Tianshan (NW China): Implications for multiple accretionary tectonics in the southern Altaids. GSA Bulletin. 135, 767–786. https://doi.org/10.1130/B36355.1.

·   Tan, Z*., Xiao, W*., Mao, Q*., Wang, H., Sang, M., Li, R., Gao, L., Guo, Y., Gan, J., Liu, Y., Wan, B., 2022. Final closure of the Paleo Asian Ocean basin in the early Triassic. Communications Earth & Environment. 3, 259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00578-4.