理学博士，地质学教授，博士生导师

2002年初任南京大学研究员，同年底入选中国科学院“百 人计划”，担任中国科学院广州地球化学研究所研究员，2013年初任中国科学院大学教授。主要从事大地构造学科研和教学工作。多次入选“Elsevier高被引学者”和斯坦福大学全球顶尖科学家榜单。

学术研究

1. 非传统方法特别是沉积地球化学在大地构造研究中的应用

不同板块构造环境下沉积的灰岩地球化学及其构造环境判别图解 [50]

从沉积地球化学重建青藏高原特提斯域构造演化 [15][18][25][27][35]

华南-华北大陆板块碰撞相似物理模拟实验 [17]

2. 青藏高原大地构造及演化

中特提斯洋底高原及其增生造山和对中特提斯演化和青藏高原初始隆升的制约 [43][73][77]

中羌塘构造带、班公湖-怒江构造带及甘孜-理塘构造带榴辉岩及其大地构造意义 [19][28][30][45][53][55]

新特提斯洋俯冲中生代旋回性演化及其安第斯型造山作用 [14][37][71][83]

早二叠世地幔柱对特提斯洋开启的制约 [47]

3. 中国东部岩石圈构造演化

不规则大陆边缘对华南和华北大陆构造的控制作用 [2][11][24][30][31][49]

华北克拉通岩石圈褶皱及其对克拉通破坏的制约 [36]

大兴安岭晚中生代板片窗岩浆作用 [42]

4. 构造圈与地球其他圈层的相互作用

气候对超高压地体折返的制约 [62]

下地幔低速省对鄂霍茨克洋底高原和东北亚早白垩世伸展构造省的控制 [64]

塔里木大火成岩省喷发对盆地构造和油气成藏的控制 [82]

准噶尔地块、塔里木地块、柴达木地块、扬子克拉通及华北克拉通西部洋底高原基底的甄别 [93]

主要论文目录

*通讯作者

[99] Ji, C., Zhang, K.J.*, 2025. Early Cretaceous Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau built on an ultraslow-spreading oceanic lithosphere: Insights from Hf–Nd–Os isotopes and Pt-group elements of the Dongco ophiolite, central Tibet. Gondwana Research, 153, 82-99.

[98] Li, K.Y., Ji, C., Zhang, K.J.*, Wang, X.M., Tian, R.Y., Yan, L.L., Li, Q.H., 2025. The Jiangco composite granitoids in central Tibet witnessed switching southern Qiangtang from Middle Jurassic accretionary orogenesis to late Early Cretaceous oceanic subduction. Geological Journal, doi: 10.1002/GJ.5193.

[97] Cui, P., Ge, Y., Wu, C., Zhang, K.J., Zeng, L., Yi, S., Yang, M., Hou, Z., Li, Y., Xu, X., Dong, P., Jan, M.Q., Pan, G., 2025. Seeing through the Eastern Tibetan Plateau: An interdisciplinary plan for bridging Earth System Science and engineering construction. Innovation, doi: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100889.

[96] Chen, Q., Hu, C., Zuza, A.V., Zhang, K.J., Zhang, H., Shi, Y., 2025. Underthrusting of continental lithospheric mantle controls architecture of crustal deformation: Numerical modeling of the northern margin of the Tibetan plateau. Journal of the Geological Society, doi: 10.1144/jgs2024-183.

[95]  Zhang, K.J.*, Ji, C., Zhou, Y.Z., Zhang, Y.J., 2024. Tracing oceanic plateau relics in the basement of mainland China: A synthesis of aeromagnetic and seismic refraction data. Earth-Science Reviews, 255, 104849.

[94] Wang, X.M., Ji, C., Zhang, K.J.*, Tian, R.Y., Li, K.Y., 2024. An embryonic intra-oceanic subduction in the Bangong–Nujiang Meso-Tethys: Insights from Late Jurassic Nd–Hf isotopic decoupling adakitic granodiorites in the Dongco ophiolite of central Tibet. Lithos, 484–485, 107750.

[93] Jin, X., Whitney, D.L., Zhang, Y.X.*, Blatchford, H.J., Zhang, K.J.*, Tsujimori, T., Xiao, Y.Y.*, Liu, H.Y., von der Handt, A., Yan, L.L., Liu, Y., Lu, L., Li, C.Y., 2024. Isochemical metamorphism origin of the newly discovered Baqing jadeitoid, eastern–central Tibet, China. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, doi: 10.1111/jmg.12790.

[92] Cui, X., Shi, L., Tang, X., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Cheng, L., Li, L., Wang, B., Han, X., Zhang, K.J., 2024. Provenance and tectonic settings of the lower Permian siliciclastic rocks in central Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. Marine and Petroleum Geology 161, 106641.

[91] Chen, Q.Z., Hu, C.B., Orellana-Rovirosa, F., Zhang, K.J., Zhou, L., Zhang, H., Shi, Y.L., 2023. Geodynamics of progressive growth of arcuate fold-and-thrust belts: Insights from numerical modeling of the NE margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Journal of Structural Geology, 175, 104939.

[90] Tian, R.Y., Zeng, L., Hui, J., Ji, C., Zhang, K.J.*, 2023. Middle Triassic back-arc rifting in central China: Evidence from geochronology, geochemistry and Hf isotopes of basic–intermediate dykes in the Gonghe basin. International Geology Review, doi: 10.1080/00206814.2022.2151047.

[89] Huang, Q.T., Zhang, C.L., Zhang, K.J., Hua, Y.J., Chen, W.C., Cao, Y.D., Cheng, P., 2023. Interaction of upwelling asthenosphere with oceanic lithospheric mantle in Bangong-Nujiang subduction zone: A new mechanism for the petrogenesis of Nb-enriched basalts. Lithos, 448–449, 107172.

[88] Lu, L., Zhang, Y.T., Li, Z.F., Zhang, K.J.*, 2023. Petrogenesis of a basalt−andesite−dacite suite in the northern Tarim Basin, NW China: Implications for the crust−mantle interactions controlled by the Permian mantle plume. Gondwana Research, 119, 86–103.

[87] Ji, C., Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., 2023. Hydrothermal metasomatism and solid-phase transfer in petrogenesis of listvenite: the Meso-Tethyan ophiolite, central Tibet, China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, doi: 10.1007/s00410-022-01988-5.

[86] Zhang, K.J.*, Huang, Q.T., Wei, J., Uysal, T., Lu, L., 2022. Editorial: Tectonic and Environmental Reconstructions: Perspectives From Geochemistry and Isotopes of Sedimentary Rocks. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, 914962.

[85] Tian, R.Y., Zeng, L., Hui, J., Ji, C., Zhang, K.J.*, 2022. Middle Triassic back-arc rifting in central China: Evidence from geochronology, geochemistry and Hf isotopes of basic–intermediate dykes in the Gonghe basin. International Geology Review, doi: 10.1080/00206814.2022.2151047.

[84] Li, Q.H., Hu, X.C., Zhang, K.J.*, Xia, B., Ji, C., Huang, Q.T., Zhong, L.F., Zhong, Y., Lu, L., 2022. Tectonic evolution of the northwestern margin of the South China Sea: Insights from geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes of the newly discovered latest Permian granite in the Xisha Islands. Lithos, 430–431, 106859.

[83] Li, Q.H., Lu, L., Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., Huangfu, P., Hui, J., Ji, C., 2022. Late Cretaceous post-orogenic delamination in the western Gangdese arc: Evidence from geochronology, petrology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of intermediate–acidic igneous rocks. Lithos, 424–425, 106763.

[82] Zhu, G.Y., Zhang, K.J.*, 2022. Did the eruption of the Tarim LIP control the formation of Paleozoic hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Tarim basin, China? Gondwana Research, 101, 224–232. 

[81] Huangfu, P.P., Li, Z.H., Fan, W.M., Zhang, K.J., Shi, Y.L., 2022. Contrasting collision-induced far-field orogenesis controlled by thermo-rheological properties of the composite terrane. Gondwana Research, 103, 404-423.

[80] Yang, P., Huang, Q.T., Zhang, K.J., Kapsiotis, A., Zheng, H., Peng, T.P., Zhou, R.J., Yang, Q.K., Luo, W.X., Xia, B., 2022. Compositional signatures of ophiolitic rocks from the Dongco massif: Novel insights into the evolution of the central Tibetan Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau. Lithos, 416-417, 106660.

[79] Zhou, S.H., Hu, C.B., Zhang, K.J., Orellana-Rovirosa, F., Shi, Y.L., 2022. Tectonic evolution of the Liupan Shan fold-and-thrust belt, NE Tibetan Plateau during the late Cenozoic: numerical simulations. Geophysical Journal International, 231, 1604–1617.

[78] Hui, J., Zhang, K.J.*, Zhang, J.*, Qu, J.F., Zhang, B.H., Zhao, H., Niu, P.F., 2021. Middle–late Permian high-K adakitic granitoids in the NE Alxa block, northern China: Orogenic record following the closure of the Paleo-Asian oceanic branch? Lithos 400–401, 106379.

[77] Ji, C., Yan, L.L., Lu, L., Jin, X., Huang, Q.T., Zhang, K.J.*, 2021. Anduo Late Cretaceous high-K calc-alkaline and shoshonitic volcanic rocks in central Tibet, western China: Relamination of the subducted Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau. Lithos 400–401, 106345.

[76] Jin, X., Zhang, Y.X.*, Whitney, D.L., Zhang, K.J.*, Raia, N.H., Hamelin, C., Hu, J.C., Lu, L., Zhou, X.Y., Khalid, S.B., 2021. Crustal material recycling induced by subduction erosion and subduction-channel exhumation: A case study of central Tibet (western China) based on P-T-t paths of the eclogite-bearing Baqing metamorphic complex. Geological Society of America Bulletin 133, 1575–1599.

[75] Huangfu, P.P., Li, Z.H., Fan, W.M., Zhang, K.J., Zhao, J.M., Shi, Y.L., 2021. India-Tarim lithospheric mantle collision beneath western Tibet controls the Cenozoic building of Tian Shan. Geophyscial Research Letters 48, e2021GL094561.

[74] Ju, Y., Yu, K., Wang, G., Li, W., Zhang, K.J., Li, S., Guo, L., Sun, Y., Feng, H., Qiao, P., Ali, R., 2021. Coupling response of the Meso-Cenozoic differential evolution of the North China Craton to lithospheric structural transformation. Earth-Science Reviews, 223, 103859.

[73] Yan, L.L., Zhang, K.J.*, 2020. Infant intra-oceanic arc magmatism due to initial subduction induced by oceanic plateau accretion: A case study of the Bangong Meso-Tethys, central Tibet, western China. Gondwana Research 79, 110–124.

[72] Chen, W.Y., Zhu, G.Y.*, Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, H.H., Du, D.D., Zhang, Z.Y., Xia, B., 2020. Late Neoproterozoic intracontinental rifting of the Tarim carton, NW China: An integrated geochemical, geochronological and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic study of siliciclastic rocks and basalts from deep drilling cores. Gondwana Research 80, 142-156.

[71] Li, Q.H., Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., Jin, X., 2020. Contrasting latest Permian intracontinental gabbro and Late Triassic arc gabbro–diorite in the Gangdese constrain the subduction initiation of the Neo-Tethys. International Geology Review, doi: 10.1080/00206814.2020.1836682.

[70] Hui, J., Cheng, H.Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, K.J., Qu, J.F., Zhang, B.H., 2020. Early Cretaceous continent basalts in the Alxa Block, NW China: geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic implications. International Geology Review doi: 10.1080/00206814.2020.1734974.

[69] Lu, L., Qin, Y., Zhang, K.J., Han, C.Y., Wei, T., Li, Z.F., Qu, Z.H., 2020. Provenance and tectonic settings of the Late Paleozoic sandstones in central Inner Mongolia, NE China: Constraints on the evolution of the southeastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research 77, 111–135. 

[68] Chen, W.Y., Zhang, Y.J., Zhu, G.Y., Zhang, K.J., Du, D.D., Zhang, Z.Y., Chen, Z.Y., Yan, H.H., Sun, Q.S., Li, T.T., Xia, B., Yuan, Y.J., 2020. Provenance of newly discovered Upper Ordovician black rock units in the West Kunlun orogen, China: Constraints from detrital zircon U–Pb chronology and whole-rock geochemistry. Geological Journal 55, 1529–1545. 

[67] Zhu, G.Y., Yan, H.H., Chen, W.Y., Yan, L., Zhang, K.J., Li, T.T., Chen, Z.Y., Wu, G.H., Santosh, M., 2020. Discovery of Cryogenian interglacial source rocks in the Tarim Craton, NW China: Implications for Neoproterozoic paleoclimatic reconstructions and hydrocarbon exploration. Gondwana Research 80, 370–384.

[66] Tang, X.C., Ji, C., Li, Q.H., Wu, Y., Zhang, K.J., 2020. Extrusion model for the Early Mesozoic intracontinental deformation of South China related to the North and South China collision. Geological Journal, doi: 10.1002/gj.3876.

[65] Zhu, G.Y., Li, T.T., Zhang, Z.Y., Zhao, K., Zhang, K.J., Chen, W.Y., Yan, H.H., Wang, P.J., 2020. Distribution and geodynamic setting of the Late Neoproterozoic– Early Cambrian hydrocarbon source rocks in the South China and Tarim Blocks. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 201, 104504.

[64] Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., Ji, C., 2019. Switch of NE Asia from extension to contraction at the mid-Cretaceous: A tale of the Okhotsk oceanic plateau from initiation by the Perm Anomaly to extrusion in the Mongol–Okhotsk ocean? Earth-Science Reviews 198, 102941.

[63] Lu, L., Zhang, K.J.*, Jin, X., Zeng, L., Yan, L.L., Santosh, M., 2019. Crustal thickening of central Tibet prior to the Indo–Asian collision: Evidence from petrology, geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes on K-rich charnockite–granite suite in eastern Qiangtang. Journal of Petrology 60, 827–854.

[62] Yan, L.L., Zhang, K.J.*, 2019. Is exhumation of UHP terranes limited to low latitudes? Journal of Geodynamics 130, 41–56.

[61] Lu, L., Qin, Y., Li, Z.F., Yan, L.L., Jin, X., Zhang, K.J.*, 2019. Diachronous closure of the Shuanghu Paleo-Tethys ocean: Constraints from the Late Triassic Tanggula arc-related volcanism in the East Qiangtang subterrane, Central Tibet. Lithos 328–329, 182–199.

[60] Lu, L., Qin, Y., Zhang, K.J., Han, C.Y., Li, Z.F., Wei, T., Qu, Z.H., Xu, Y.Z., 2019. Petrogenesis of a post-collisional magmatism at the Carboniferous–Permian boundary in central Inner Mongolia, NE China: Insights into the closure timing of the Hegenshan Ocean? International Geology Review doi: 10.1080/00206814.2019.1683767.

[59] Zhu, G.Y., Li, T.T., Zhao, K., Zhang, Z.Y., Chen, W.Y., Yan, H.H., Zhang, K.J., Chi, L.X., 2019. Excellent source rocks discovered in the Cryogenian interglacial deposits in South China: Geology, geochemistry, and hydrocarbon potential. Precambrian Research 333, 105455, doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105455.

[58] Huangfu, P.P., Li, Z.H., Fan, W.M., Zhang, K.J., Shi, Y.L., 2019. Continental lithospheric-scale subduction versus crustal-scale underthrusting in the collision zone: Numerical modeling. Tectonophysics 757, 68–87.

[57] Zheng, H., Huang, Q.T., Cai, Z.R., Zhang, K.J., Liu, H.C., Cheng, C., Lu, L.J.,Yang, P., Yu, S.R., 2019. Early Cretaceous arc granitoids from the central Lhasa subterrane: Production of the northward subduction of Yarlung Zangbo Neo‐Tethyan Ocean? Geological Journal 54, 4001-4013. 

[56] Jin, X., Zhang, Y.X., Zhou, X.Y., Zhang, K.J., Li, Z.W., Khalid, S.B., Hu, J.C., Lu, L., Sun, W.D., 2019. Protoliths and tectonic implications of the newly discovered Triassic Baqing eclogites, central Tibet: Evidence from geochemistry, Sr–Nd isotopes and geochronology. Gondwana Research 69, 144–162.

[55] Zhang, Y.X., Jin, X., Zhang, K.J.*, Sun, W.D., Liu, J.M., Zhou, X.Y., Yan, L.L., 2018. Newly discovered Late Triassic Baqing eclogite in central Tibet indicates an anticlockwise West–East Qiangtang collision. Scientific Reports 8, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-19342-w.

[54] Zeng, L., Zhang, K.J.*, Tang, X.C., Zhang, Y.X., Li, Z.W., 2018. Mid-Permian rifting in central China: Record of geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of bimodal magmatism on NE Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Gondwana Research 57, 77–89.

[53] Li, Q.H., Zhang, Y.X., Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., Zeng, L., Jin, X., Sun, J.F., Zhou, X.Y., Tang, X.C., Lu, L., 2018. Garnet amphibolites from the Ganzi–Litang fault zone, eastern Tibetan Plateau: Mineralogy, geochemistry and implications for evolution of the eastern Paleo-Tethys Realm. International Geology Review 60, 1954–1967.

[52] Huangfu, P.P., Li, Z.H., Gerya, T., Fan, W.M., Zhang, K.J., Zhang, H., Shi, Y.L., 2018. Multi-terrane structure controls the contrasting lithospheric evolution beneath the western and central–eastern Tibetan plateau. Nature Communications 9, doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06233-x

[51] Lu, L., Zhang, K.J.*, Yan, L.L., Jin, X., Zhang, Y.X., 2017. Was Late Triassic Tanggula granitoid (central Tibet, western China) a product of melting of underthrust Songpan-Ganzi flysch sediments? Tectonics 36, 902–928.

[50] Zhang, K.J.*, Li, Q.H., Yan, L.L., Zeng, L., Lu, L., Zhang, Y.X., Hui, J., Jin, X., Tang, X.C., 2017. Geochemistry of Limestones deposited in various plate tectonic settings. Earth-Science Reviews 167, 27–46.

[49] Zhang, K.J., 2017. A Mediterranean-style model for early Neoproterozoic amalgamation of South China. Journal of Geodynamics 105, 1–10.

[48] Zhang, Y.X., Li, Z.W., Yang, W.G., Zhu, L.D., Jin, S., Zhou, X.Y., Tao, G., Zhang, K.J.*, 2017. Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous episodic development of the Bangong Meso-Tethyan subduction: Evidence from elemental and Sr-Nd isotopic geochemistry of arc magmatic rocks, Gaize region, central Tibet, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 135, 212–242.

[47] Zhang, Y.X., Zhang, K.J.*, 2017. Early Permian Qiangtang flood basalts, northern Tibet, China: A mantle plume that disintegrated northern Gondwana? Gondwana Research 44, 96–108.

[46] Lu, L., Yan, L.L., Li, Q.H., Zeng, L., Jin, X., Zhang, Y.X., Hou, Q.L., Zhang, K.J.*, 2016. Oceanic plateau and its significanecs on the Earth system: A review. Acta Petrologica Sinica 32, 1851–1876.

[45] Zhang, Y.X., Li, Z.W., Zhu, L.D., Zhang, K.J.*, Yang, W.G., Jin, X., 2016. Newly discovered eclogites from the Bangong Meso-Tethyan suture zone (Gaize, central Tibet, western China): mineralogy, geochemistry, geochronology, and tectonic implications. International Geology Review 58, 574–587.

[44] Zhang, Y.X., Zeng, L., Li, Z.W., Wang, C.S., Zhang, K.J.*, Yang, W.G., Guo, T.L., 2015. Late Permian–Triassic siliciclastic provenance, palaeogeography, and crustal growth of the Songpan terrane, eastern Tibetan Plateau: evidence from U–Pb ages, trace elements, and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons. International Geology Review 57, 159–181.

[43] Zhang, K.J.*, Xia, B., Zhang, Y.X., Liu, W.L., Zeng, L., Li, J.F., Xu, L.F., 2014. Central Tibetan Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau. Lithos 210-211, 278-288.

[42] Zhang, K.J., 2014. Genesis of the Late Mesozoic Great Xing'an Range Large Igneous Province: A Mongol-OKhotsk slab window model. International Geology Review 56, 1557-1583.

[41] Yan, L.L., Zeng, L., Li, Q.H., Shi, L.Z., Zhang, K.J.*, 2014. Tectonic and deformation history of the Gyeonggi Massif in and around the Hongcheon area, and its implications in the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton: Comment. Precambrian Research 255, 443-447.

[40] Zhang, Y.X., Zeng, L., Zhang, K.J.*, Li, Z.W., Wang, C.S., Guo, T.L., 2014. Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic tectonic and paleogeographic evolution of central China: Evidence from U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope systematics of detrital zircons from the western Qinling region. International Geology Review 56, 351-392.

[39] Tang, X.C., Zhang, K.J.*, 2014. Lawsonite- and glaucophane-bearing blueschists from NW Qiangtang (northern Tibet, China): Mineralogy, geochemistry, geochronology, and tectonic implications. International Geology Review 56, 150-166.

[38] Zhang, Y.X., Tang, X.C., Zhang, K.J.*, Zeng, L., Gao, C.L., 2014. U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope systematics of detrital zircons from the Songpan-Ganzi Triassic flysch, NE Tibetan Plateau: Implications for provenance and crustal growth. International Geology Review 56  35-56.

[37] Zhang, K.J.*, Zhang, Y.X., Tang, X.C., Xia, B., 2012. Late Mesozoic tectonic evolution and growth of the Tibetan plateau prior to the Indo-Asian collision. Earth-Science Reviews 114, 236-249.

[36] Zhang, K.J., 2012. Destruction of the North China Craton: Lithosphere folding-induced removal of lithospheric mantle? Journal of Geodynamics 53, 8-17.

[35] Zhang, K.J.*, Li, B., Wei, Q.G., 2012. Geochemistry and Nd isotopes of the Songpan-Ganzi Triassic turbidites, central China: Diversified provenance and tectonic implications. Journal of Geology 120, 68-82.

[34] Tang, X.C., Zhang, K.J.*, 2012. ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar geochronology and tectonic implications of the blueschist from northwestern Qiangtang, northern Tibet, western China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 86, 1471-1478.

[33] Zhang, K.J.*, Tang, X.C., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y.X., 2011. Geochronology, geochemistry, and Nd isotopes of early Mesozoic bimodal volcanism in northern Tibet, western China: Constraints on the exhumation of the central Qiangtang metamorphic belt. Lithos 121, 167-175.

[32] Wu, W.H., Xu, S.J., Yang, J.D., Yin, H.W., Lu, H.Y, Zhang, K.J., 2010. Isotopic characteristics of river sediments on the Tibetan Plateau. Chemical Geology 269, 406-413.

[31] Zhang, K.J.*, Cai, J.X., 2009. NE-trending Hepu-Hetai dextral shear zone in southern China: Penetration of the Yunkai Promontory of South China into Indochina. Journal of Structural Geology 31, 737-748.

[30] Zhang, K.J.*, Tang, X.C., 2009. Eclogites in the interior of the Tibetan plateau and their geodynamic implications. Chinese Science Bulletin 54, 2556-2567.

[29] Cai, J.X., Zhang, K.J.*, 2009. A new model for the Indochina and South China collision during the Late Permian to the Middle Triassic. Tectonophysics 467, 35-43.

[28] Zhang, K.J.*, Zhang, Y.X., Tang, X.C., Xie, Y.W., Sha, S.L., Peng, X.J., 2008. First report of eclogites from central Tibet, China: Evidence for ultradeep continental subduction prior to the Cenozoic India-Asian collision. Terra Nova 20, 302-308.

[27] Zhang, K.J.*, Li, B., Wei, Q.G., Cai, J.X., Zhang, Y.X., 2008. Proximal provenance of the western Songpan-Ganzi turbidite complex (Late Triassic, Eastern Tibetan Plateau): implications for the tectonic amalgamations of China. Sedimentary Geology 208, 36-44.

[26] Zhao, T.P., Zhou, M.F., Zhao, J.H., Zhang, K.J., Chen, W., 2008. Geochronology and geochemistry of the c. 80 Ma Rutog granitic pluton, northwestern Tibet: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Lhasa Terrane. Geological Magazine 145, 845-857.

[25] Zhang, K.J.*, Zhang, Y.X., Li, B., Zhong, L.F., 2007. Nd isotopes of siliciclastic rocks from Tibet, western China: Constraints on provenance and pre-Cenozoic tectonic evolution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 256, 604-616.

[24] Zhang, K.J.*, Cai, J.X., Zhu, J.X., Huang, Z.J., Shen, X.Z., 2007. Early Mesozoic overthrust tectonics around the Tanlu fault zone, eastern China: Implications for the North and South China collision. Journal of the Geological Society of India 70, 584-594.

[23] Zhang, Y.X., Zhang, K.J.*, Li, B., Wang, Y., Wei, Q.G., Tang, X.C., 2007. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology and petrogenesis of the plagiogranites from the Laguoco ophiolite, Gaize, Tibet, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 52, 651-659.

[22] Wang, Y.X., Yang, J.D., Chen, J., Zhang, K.J., Rao, W.B., 2007. The Sr and Nd isotopic variations of the Chinese Loess Plateau during the past 7 Ma: Implications for the East Asian winter monsoon and source areas of loess. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 249, 351-361.

[21] Gu, L.X., Zaw, K., Hu, W.X., Zhang, K.J., Ni, P., He, J.X., Xu, Y.T., Lu, J.J., Lin, C.M., 2007. Distinctive features of Late Palaeozoic massive sulphide deposits in South China. Ore Geology Reviews 31, 107-138.

[20] Wang, Y.X., Go, L.X., Zhang, Z.Z., Wu, C.Z., Zhang, K.J., Li, H.M., Yang, J.D., 2006. Geochronology and Nd-Sr-Pb isotopes of the bimodal volcanic rocks of the Bogda rift. Acta Petrologica Sinica 22, 1215-1224.

[19] Zhang, K.J.*, Cai, J.X., Zhang, Y.X., Zhao, T.P., 2006. Eclogites from central Qiangtang, northern Tibet (China) and tectonic implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 245, 722-729.

[18] Zhang, K.J.*, Zhang, Y.X., Li, B., Zhu, Y.T., Wei, R.Z., 2006. The blueschist-bearing Qiangtang metamorphic belt (northern Tibet, China) as an in situ suture zone: Evidence from geochemical comparison with the Jinsa suture. Geology 34, 493-496.

[17] Zhang, K.J.*, Cai, J.X., Zhu, J.X., 2006. North China and South China collision: Insights from analogue modeling. Journal of Geodynamics 42, 38-51.

[16] Zhang, K.J.*, Zhang, Y.X., Xia, B.D., He, Y.B., 2006. Temporal variations of the Mesozoic sandstone composition in the Qiangtang block, northern Tibet (China): Implications for provenance and tectonic setting. Journal of Sedimentary Research 76, 1035-1048.

[15] Zhang, K.J., 2004. Secular geochemical variations of the Lower Cretaceous siliciclastic rocks from central Tibet (China) indicate a tectonic transition from continental collision to back-arc rifting. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 229, 73-89.

[14] Zhang, K.J.*, Xia, B.D., Wang, G.M., Li, Y.T., Ye, H.F., 2004. Early Cretaceous stratigraphy, depositional environment, sandstone provenance, and tectonic setting of central Tibet, western China. Geological Society of America Bulletin 116, 1202-1222.

[13] Zhang, K.J., 2004. Granulite xenoliths from Cenozoic basalts in SE China provide geochemical fingerprints to distinguish lower crust terranes from the North and South China tectonic blocks: Comment. Lithos 73, 127-134.

[12] Zhang, K.J.*, Xia, B.D., Liang, X.W., 2002. Mesozoic-Paleogene sedimentary facies and paleogeography of Tibet, western China: Tectonic implications. Geological Journal 37, 217-246.

[11] Zhang, K.J., 2002. Escape hypothesis for the North and South China collision and the tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, eastern Asia. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 95, 237-247.

[10] Zhang, K.J.*, Wang, Q.F., Lu, H.N., Zhang, B.G., Xia, B.D., Wang, G.M., 2002. Intense late Cenozoic crustal shortening in southern Qiangtang, western China. Journal of the Geological Society of India 60, 333-336.

[9] Zhang, K.J., 2001. Is the Songpan-Ganzi terrane (central China) really underlain by oceanic crust? Journal of the Geological Society of India 57, 223-230.

[8] Zhang, K.J., 2001. Blueschist-bearing metamorphic core complexes in the Qiangtang block reveal deep crustal structure of northern Tibet: Comment. Geology 29, 90.

[7] Zhang, K.J., 2000. Trace element and isotope characteristics of Cenozoic basalts around the Tanlu fault with implications for the eastern plate boundary between North and South China: An extended discussion. Journal of Geology 108, 739-743.

[6] Zhang, K.J., 2000. Cretaceous palaeogeography of Tibet and adjacent areas (China): Tectonic implications. Cretaceous Research 21, 23-33.

[5] Zhang, K.J., 1999. North and South China collision along the eastern and southern North China margin - Reply. Tectonophysics 312, 363-366.

[4] Zhang. K.J., 1998. The Changning-Menglian suture zone: a segment of the major Cathaysian-Gondwanan divide in Southeast Asia- Comment. Tectonophysics 290, 319-321.

[3] Zhang, K.J.*, Zhang, Y.J., Xia, B.D., 1998. Did the Indo-Asian collision alone create the Tibetan plateau? -Comment. Geology 26, 958-959.

[2] Zhang, K.J., 1997. North and South China collision along the eastern and southern North China margins. Tectonophysics 270, 145-156.

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