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Name:
Maodu Yan
Title:
Professor
Tel:
010-84097089
Email:
maoduyan@itpcas.ac.cn
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Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lin Cui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101P.R. China
Education and Appointments
Education 
Ph.D. in Geology, University of Michigan, USA, 2006
Ph.D. in Physical Geography, Lanzhou University, China, 2003
M.S. in Geology, University of Michigan, USA, 2002
B.S. in Physical Geography, Lanzhou University, China, 1997
Appointments 
2010.01-present Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, China
2009.06-2009.12 Research associate, University of Western Australia, Australia
2008.06-2009.05 Post-Doc Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, Australia
2006.02-2008.02 Post-Doc Research Fellow, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
1999.04-1999.07 Short term visiting scholar, University of Michigan, USA


Research Interest
Research Interests: 

Research Interests: The tectonic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau and its impact on paleogeography and mineral resources.

Research Fields: Paleomagnetism and Tectonics


Selected Publications

Publications in the recent 5 years (2016-2020) (*corresponding author)

Part 1: 5 representative publications

1. Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, D.W., Fang, X.M., Zhang, W.L., Song, C.H., Liu, C.L., Zan, J.B., Shen, M.M., 2020. New insights on the age of the Mengyejing Formation in the Simao Basin, SE Tethyan domain and its geological implications. Science China: Earth Science, Accepted.

2. Shen, M.M., Zan, J.B., Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, W.L., Fang, X.M., Zhang, D.W., Zhang, T., 2020. Comparative rock magnetic study of Eocene volcanogenic and sedimentary rocks from Yunnan, southeastern Tibetan Plateau, and its geological implications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(2). http://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017946.

3. Li, B.S., Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, W.L., Fang, X.M., Yang, Y.P., Zhang, D.W., Chen, Y., Guan, C., 2018. Paleomagnetic Rotation Constraints on the Deformation of the Northern Qaidam Marginal Thrust Belt and Implications for Strike-Slip Faulting Along the Altyn Tagh Fault. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123, 7207-7224.

4. Chen, Y., Yan, M.D.*, Fang, X.M., Song, C.H., Zhang, W.L., Zan, J.B., Zhang, Z.G., Li, B.S., Yang, Y.P., Zhang, D.W., 2017. Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronological and sedimentological study of the Simao Basin, Yunnan: Implications for the Early Cenozoic evolution of the Red River. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 476, 22-33.

5. Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, D.W., Fang, X.M., Ren, H.D., Zhang, W.L., Zan, J.B., Song, C.H., Zhang, T., 2016. Paleomagnetic data bearing on the Mesozoic deformation of the Qiangtang Block: Implications for the evolution of the Paleo- and Meso-Tethys. Gondwana Research, 39, 292-316.

Part 2: all other publications (exclude part 1)

1. Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, D.W., Li, M.H., 2020. New Progresses on the Potash Deposit in the Simao and Khorat Basins: A Synthesis. Earth Science Frontier, accepted. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

2. Li, B.S., Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, W.L., Parés, J.M., Fang, X.M., Yang, Y.P., Zhang, D.W., Guan, C., Bao, J., 2020. Magnetic Fabric Constraints on the Cenozoic Compressional Strain Changes in the Northern Qaidam Marginal Thrust Belt and Their Tectonic Implications. Tectonics, 39(6).

3. Zhang, D.W., Yan, M.D.*, 2019. Paleomagnetic constraints on the onset of India-Eurasia collsion: a synthesis. Geological Review, 05, 1251-1268. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

4. Li, B.S., Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, W.L., Y.P., Yang, Zhang, D.W., Chen, Y., Guan, C., 2019. The Mechanisms of arcuate structures on the south side of the Altyn Tagh Fault and their tectonic implications. Seismology and Geology, 02, 300-319. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

5. Fu, Q., Liu, T.Y., Ma, L., Yang, Y.S., Yan M.D.*, 2019. Wavelet trnasporm analyses of faults detection on isostatic gravity anomalies: a case study from the Qaidam Basin and its adjacent area. Seismology and Geology, 41(04), 960-978. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

6. Zhang, D.W., Yan, M.D.*, Fang, X.M., Yang, Y., Zhang, T., Zan, J., Zhang, W.L., Liu, C.L., Yang, Q., 2018. Magnetostratigraphic study of the potash-bearing strata from drilling core ZK2893 in the Sakhon Nakhon Basin, eastern Khorat Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 489, 40-51.

7. Yan, M.D.*, Chen, Y., 2018. Detrital Zircon U-Pb analyses of the Late Eocene sediments from the Simao Basin and evolution of the Plaeo-Red River drainage system. Quatyernary Sciences, 38(1), 130-144. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

8. Fang, X.M., Yan, M.D., eds., 2018. Tectonic and Climate, Quaternary Sciences, special issues, 38, 1.

9. Yang, Y.P., Zan, J.B., Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, W.L., Chen, Y., Zhang, D.W., 2018. Late Eocene rock magnetic characteristics of the Qujing basin, Yunnan and its significance. Progress in Geophysics, 01, 133-141. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

10. Li, B.S., Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, W.L., Fang, X.M., Meng, Q.Q., Zan, J.B., Chen, Y., Zhang, D.W., Yang, Y.P., Guan, C., 2017. New paleomagnetic constraints on middle Miocene strike-slip faulting along the middle Altyn Tagh Fault. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 122(6), 4106-4122.

11. Zhang, W.L., Fang, X.M., Zhang, T., Song, C.H., Yan, M.D., 2020. Eocene Rotation of the Northeastern Central Tibetan Plateau Indicating Stepwise Compressions and Eastward Extrusions. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(17), e2020G-e88989G. http://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088989.

12. Tan, M.Q., Zhang, W.L., Fang, X.M., Yan, M.D., Zan, J.B., Zhang, T., 2020. Rock magnetic record of core SG-3 since 1？Ma in the western Qaidam Basin and its paleoclimate implications for the NE Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 560, 109949. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109949.

13. Zhang, W.L., Zhang, D.W., Fang, X.M., Zhang, T., Chen, C.H., Yan, M.D., 2020. New paleomagnetic constraints on rift basin evolution in the northern Himalaya mountains. Gondwana Research, 77, 98-110.

14. Zhang, W.L., Appel, E., Fang, X.M., Setzer, F., Song, C.H., Meng, Q.Q., Yan, M.D., 2020. New paleomagnetic constraints on syntectonic growth strata in the western Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Tectonophysics, 780, 228401. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228401.

15. Li, M.H., Sun, S.R., Yan, M.D., Meng, F.W., Fang, X.M., Song, X.S., Zhu, L.P., 2020. Late Cretaceous paleoclimate reconstruction from halite in an evaporite deposit on the Khorat Plateau, Laos. Cretaceous Research, 116, 104589. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104589.

16. Zan, J.B., Fang, X.M., Kang, J., Li, X.J., Yan, M.D., 2020. Spatial and altitudinal variations in the magnetic properties of eolian deposits in the northern Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent regions: Implications for delineating the climatic boundary. Earth Science Reviews, 208, 103271.

17. Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Fang, X.M., Zhang, D.W., Zhang, T., Zan, J.B., Song, C.H., 2019. High-resolution paleomagnetic constraint on the oldest hominoid- fossil-bearing sequence in the Xiaolongtan Basin, southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its geologic implications. Global and Planetary Change, 182,12.

18. Guan, C., Chang, H., Yan, M.D., Li, L.Y., Xia, M.M., Zan, J.B., Liu, S.C., 2019. Rock magnetic constraints for the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum from a high-resolution sedimentary sequence of the northwestern Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 532, 109263. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109263.

19. Li, M.H., Fang, X.M., Li, J., Yan, M.D., Sun, S.L., Zhu, L.P., 2019. Isotopic Application in High Saline Conditions. Isotopes Applications in Earth Sciences, 1-24. http://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88532.

20. Zan, J.B., Fang, X.M., Li, J., Yan, M.D., Kang, J., 2019. Long-Term Variations in the Lithogenic Susceptibility of Chinese Eolian Deposits Since the Late Pliocene. Geophysical Research Letters, 46,726-735.

21. Zan, J.B., Kang, J., Yan, M.D., Fang, X.M., Li, X.J., Guan, C., Zhang, W.L., Fang, Y.H., 2018. A Pedogenic Model for the Magnetic Enhancement of Late Miocene Fluvial‐Lacustrine Sediments From the Xining Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research, 123(8), 6176-6194.

22. Zan, J.B., Fang, X.M., Yan, M.D., Shen, M.M., 2018. Comparison of hysteresis, thermomagnetic and low-temperature magnetic properties of particle-size fractions from loess and palaeosol samples in Central Asia and the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Journal International, 214(3),1608-1622.

23. Liu, C.L., Wang, L.C., Yan, M.D., Zhao, Y.J., Cao, Y.T., Fang, X.M., Shen, L.J., Wu, C.H., Lv, F.L., Ding, T., 2018. The Mesozoic - Cenozoic tectonic settings, paleogeography and evaporitic sedimentation of Tethyan blocks within China: Implications for potash formation. Ore Geology Reviews, 102, 406-425.

24. Zan, J.B., Fang, X.M., Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Zhang, D.W., 2018. A new record of late Pliocene-early Pleistocene aeolian loess-red clay deposits from the western Chinese Loess Plateau and its palaeoenvironmental implications. Quaternary Science Reviews, 186, 17-26.

25. Zan, J.B., Li, X.J., Fang, X.M., Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Mao, Z.Q., 2018. Grain-size analysis of Upper Pliocene red clay deposits from Linxia Basin: Implications for Asian monsoon evolution on the NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 511, 597-605.

26. Zhang, Z., Fang, X.M., Wang, Y.D., Song, C.H., Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Han, W.X., Zhang, D.W., 2018. Late Cenozoic tectonic activity of the Altyn Tagh range: Constraints from sedimentary records from the Western Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Tectonophysics, 737, 40-56.

27. Zan, J.B., Fang, X.M., Li, X.J., Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Shen, M.M., 2018. Late Pliocene monsoonal rainfall gradients in Western China recorded by the eolian deposits from the Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research, 123(15), 8047-8061.

28. Zan, J.B., Fang, X.M., Yan, M.D., Li, B.S., 2017. New insights into the palaeoclimatic interpretation of the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility and magnetization of Mid-Late Pleistocene loess/palaeosols in Central Asia and the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Journal International, 208(2), 663-673.

29. Song, C.H., Zeng, Y.Y., Yan, M.D., Fang, X.M., Feng, Y., Pan, J.Q., Liu, X.F., 2017. Sedimentary Conditions of Evaporites in the Late Jurassic Xiali Formation, Qiangtang Basin: Evidence from Geochemistry Records. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 91(1), 156-174.

30. Hansma, J., Tohver, E., Yan, M.D., Trinajstic, K., Roelofs, B., Peek, S., Slotznick, S.P., Kirschvink, J., Playton, T., Haines, P., 2017. Late Devonian carbonate magnetostratigraphy from the Oscar and Horse Spring Ranges, Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia (vol 409, pg 232, 2015). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 478, 46.

31. Li, M.H., Yan, M.D., Fang, X.M., Zhang, Z.J., Wang, Z.R., 2017. Origins of the Mid-Cretaceous evaporite deposits of the Sakhon Nakhon Basin in Laos: Evidence from the stable isotopes of halite. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 184, 209-222.

32. Zan, J.B., Fang, X.M., Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Zhang, T., 2016. Palaeoenvironmental and chronological constraints on the Early Pleistocene mammal fauna from loess deposits in the Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews, 148, 234-242.

33. Song, C.H., Zeng, Y.Y., Yan, M.D., Wu, S., Fang, X.M.,Jing Bao, Zan, J.B., Liu, X.F., 2016. Magnetostratigraphy of the middle-upper Jurassic sedimentary sequences at Yanshiping, Qiangtang Basin, China. Geophysical Journal International, 206(3), 1847-1863.

34. Zhang, T., Han, W.X., Fang, X.M., Zhang, W.L., Song, C.H., Yan, M.D., 2016. Intensified tectonic deformation and uplift of the Altyn Tagh range recorded by rock magnetism and growth strata studies of the western Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change, 137, 54-68.

35. Fang, X.M., Wang, J.Y., Zhang, W.L., Zan, J.B., Song, C.H., Yan, M.D., Appel, E., Zhang, T., Wu, F., Yang, Y., 2016. Tectonosedimentary evolution model of an intracontinental flexural (foreland) basin for paleoclimatic research. Global and Planetary Change, 145, 78-97.

36. Fang, X.M., Song, C.H., Yan, M.D., Zan, J.B., Liu, C.L., Sha, J.G., Zhang, W.L., Zeng, Y.Y., Wu, S., Zhang, D.W., 2016. Mesozoic litho- and magneto-stratigraphic evidence from the central Tibetan Plateau for megamonsoon evolution and potential evaporites. Gondwana Research, 37, 110-129.

37. Li, M.H., Yan, M.D., Fang, X.M., Zhang, Z.J., Sun, S.R., 2016. New Ideas on the Origins of Potash Deposits in Yunnan China and Laos. Geological Journal of China Universities, 01, 60-65. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

38. Sun, S.R., Li, M.H., Yan, M.D., Liu, X.M., Fang, X.M., 2016. Influence Factors and Significances of Br and I in the Mengyejing Potash Deposit,Yunnan,China.  Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, 02, 360-367. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

39. Zhang, D.W., Zhang, T., Zhang, W.L., Song, C.H., Yan, M.D., 2016. Late Cenozoic sedimentation characters of Honggouzi area in the western Qaidam Basin and its constraints on the uplift of the Altyn Tagh. Quaternary Sciences, 36(4), 832-846. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

Papers in review and revision:

1. Zhang, D.W., Yan, M.D.*, Song, C.H., Zhang, W.L., Fang, X.M., Li, B.S., 2020. Frequent Polarity Reversals in the Cretaceous Normal Superchron. Geophysical Research Letters, undre review.

2. Guan, C., Yan, M.D.*, Zhang W.L., Fu, Q., Yu, L., Xu, W.L., Zan, J.B., Li, B.S., Zhang, T., Shen, M.M., 2020. Paleomagnetic and chronologic constraints on the P/T boundary position of Qamdo in the Eastern Qiantang Terrane: Implications for the closure of the Paleo-Tethys, Geophysical Research Letters, undre review.

3. Li, B.S., Yan, M.D.*, Zhang, W.L., Fang, X.M., 2020. Paleomagnetic constraints on post-Oligocene strike-slip faulting along the Altyn Tagh Fault and its tectonic implications, Science China: Earth Science, under review.

4. Yan, M.D.*, Li, B.S., 2020. The middle to late Miocene tectonic frame of the western Qaidam Basin and its constraints on the potassium-rich brine and oil-gas enrichment. Earth Science Frontier, minor revision. (in Chinese with English abstract)