Research Areas

Tectonic Geology and Geodynamics

Research Group Introduction

This research group mainly focuses on tectonic geology and geodynamics.

Publications

[1].Jianxun Zhou, Fengyin Xu, Tiecheng Wang, Aifeng Cao and Chengming Yin. Cenozoic deformation history of the Qaidam Basin, NW China: Results from cross-section restoration and implications for Qinghai—Tibet Plateau tectonics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006, 234(1-2): 195—210.
[2].Jianxun Zhou, Fengyin Xu, Chunguang Wei, Gang Li, Fusheng Yu and Hengmao Tong. Shortening of analogue models with contractive substrata: Insights into the origin of purely landward-vergent thrusting wedge along the Cascadia subduction zone and the deformation evolution of Himalayan—Tibetan orogen. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2007, 260(1-2): 313—327.
[3].Erchie Wang, Feng-Yin Xu, Jian-Xun Zhou, Jinglin Wan and B. Clark Burchfiel, Eastward migration of the Qaidam basin and its implications for Cenozoic evolution of the Altyn Tagh fault and associated river systems. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2006, 118(3-4): 349—365.
[4]Zhou Jianxun, Zhou Jiansheng. Mechanisms of Cenozoic deformation in the Bohai Basin, Northeast China: Physical modelling and discussions. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences, 2006, 49(3): 258—271.）