I. Basic Information
lFamiliy Name: LI
lGiven Name: SANZHONG
lGender: Male
lDate of birth: Augest, 1968
lPlace of birth: Gaoan, Jiangxi Province
lContact address: Department of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of
China,No.238,Songling Road, 266100, Qingdao,
266100, Shandong Province,P.R.China
lPhones: 0086-532-66781971(Office A307), 66786327(Office A305)
lE-mail address: sanzhong@ouc.edu.cn; lisanzhong@gmail.com
II. Education and Profession
1. Education obtained
lJilin University, Geology, B.Sc., Changchun, China, July, 1990
lJilin University, Structural Geology, M.Sc., Changchun, China, July, 1993
lJilin University, Geology, Ph.D., Changchun, China, July, 1996
lNorthwest University, Geology, Post-doctor, Xi’an, China, October, 1998
2. Professional positions
lAssociate Professor, Ocean University of China (Nov., 1998-Nov., 2001)
lProfessor, Ocean University of China (Dec., 2001 -present)
lPh. D. Supervisor, Ocean University of China (Jan., 2002 -present)
lResearch assistant, the University of Hong Kong (Nov., 2002 –Jan., 2003)
lResearch assistant, the University of Hong Kong (Mar., 2003 –Jun., 2004)
lVisiting scholor, Kiel University and IFM-GEOMAR, Germany (Apr., 2006 –Apr., 2007)
lVice Director, Key Lab of Submarine Science and Exploration Techinques, MOE, China (Sep., 2007 –present)
lStructural Geologist, Exp. 324 Cruise for NW Pacific, IODP, TAMU, U.S. (Sep., 2009 –Nov., 2009)
lGuest Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanological Insitute and MIT, U.S. (Apr., 2010–May, 2010)
lAssistant Dean, College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean Uinversity of China, (Sep., 2011–present)
lVisiting scholor, National Taiwan University, China (Sept., 2012)
lVice Director, Institute of Marine Geodynamics, OUC (Dec., 2012)
lVisiting scholor, the University of Sydney, Australia (Sept., 2013-Nov., 2013)
3. Memberships and responsibilities of academic societies
lChairman, International Coference of Evolution of Asian Continent and its Continental Margins of IAGR in 2010.
lGuest Editor, two special issues of Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
lEditorial board member, Precambrian Research
lEditorial board member, Geological Journal
lEditorial board member, Journal of Ocean University of China (English Version)
lEditorial board member, Geological Review (Chinese)
lEditorial board member, Geosciences Frontiers (Chinese)
lCommittee member, Committee of Stuctural Geology and Tectonics, Geological Society of China
lMember, AGU
lMember, EGU
lMember, AAPG
4. Honors and awards
lNational Outstanding Youngest Scientists, NSF, China (2014-2017)
lOutstanding Scholarship of New Centuary, MOE, China (2006-2009)
lGolden Hammer Award for young geologists of Geological Society of China, China (2007)
lFirst investigator of Second-order Award of Natural Sciences, Shandong (2009)
lOutstanding Scholarship of Qingdao, China (2011-2016)
5. Key projects
lProgram of NSFC, “Key Project: Plate Reconstruction of Pangeain East Asia, Program: Early Paleozoic Assembly of small blocks and Paleogeography related to Proto-Tethys Ocean”(41190072, 2012.01-2016.12), Principla Investigator
lKey Program of Ocean University of China, Reconstruction and Animation of Ocean Circulation and Marine Sediment Dynamics in the South China Sea at the Key Stages of Cenozoic(2010.01-2013.12), Principla Investigator
lS863 Key Program of Ministry of Science and Techonology, “Key Techniques of Geophysical Exploration for Deep Interior across the Trasitinal Zone of Ocean and Continent”(S863: 2009AA093401,2010.01-2013.12), Chief Scientist
lProject of NSFC, “Distribution, Deformation and Tectonic Evolution of Paleoproterozoic High Pressure Granulites in the JiaodongPeninsula”(41072152, 2011.01-2013.12), Principla Investigator
lKey Basic Program of Buareau of Geological Survey of China,“Tectonic Morphogeological Evolution and Active Fault System in the Central North China Block”(1212011120103, 2011.01-2015.12), Principla Investigator
lIODP Project, “Normal Faulting, Timing and Numerical Modeling of Ocean Plateau Formation at Shatsky Rise”(2009.09-2013.09), Head of Structural Geology Group, IODP Cruise 324
lProject of NSFC,“Precise Dating of Protolith and Metamorphism of Paleoproterozoic Liaohe Group”(40472098, 2005.01-2007.12), Principla Investigator
lProject of NSFC,“Paleoproteorozic Emplacement and Thermal Evolution of large-scale Pre-orogenic Granitoids in the LiaodongPeninsula”(40002015, 2001.01-2003.12), Principla Investigator
lKey Program of PetroChina,“Tectonic Conditions Oil-Gas Preservation in the Xuefengshan Intracontinental Teconic System”(YPH08004, 2006.08-2011.07), Principla Investigator
6. National invention patents
l[National Invention Patent]. Digital Geological Compass, Inventors: Sanzhong Li, Chong Jin, Ming Huang. Authorized No.: 200710188556.8
l[National Invention Patent]. Intergrated Digital Geological Compass, Inventors: Chong Jin, Sanzhong Li, Ming Huang. Authorized No.: 200810232006.6
III. Research Domains
1. General
lStructural Geology and Tectonics, Plate Reconstruction, Continental Dynamics and Marine Geodynamics.
2. Application
lApplication of methods and techniques of structural analysis to various deformation and tectonics of orogens and basins in East China and its adjacent seas in the Earth history, especially at three key transition stages of Paleoproterozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic; study of intercontinental tectonics and continental marginal tectonics, and comparison of different structural levels of continental crusts, various deformation and tectonic setting and tectonic regimes to discuss complex evolution of contiental lithosphere; plate reconstruction of typical geological times of Early Paleozoic and 55Ma, 45Ma, 30Ma, 25Ma, 16Ma, 5Ma in Cenozoic.
3. Recent interests
lPaleoproterozoic tectonic assembly processes of multiple blocks of the North China Craton along the Trans-North China Orogen and the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt;
lCaledonian and Indosianian subduction, collision tectonics and plate reconstruction of the Central China Orogen (the Qilian-Qinling-Dabie-Sulu Orogen) and exhumation of the HP-UHP rocks;
lMeso-Cenzoic intracontinental deformation of East China and its related subduction of the (Paleo-)Pacific Plate, especially intraplate rifting of the Bohai Bay Basin in the North China and thrusting and folding in the South China;
lMesozoic evolution of NW Pacific and Cenozoic evolution of SW Indian Ocean and South China Sea;
lPlate reconstruction of Early Paleozoic and Cenozoic.
IV. Major Publications
More than 260 papers and about 100 SCI-indexed papers since 1994. ISI Web of Scienc, H-index = 29, No. 257 of Top 1 scientists ranking in Geosciences of ISI on Nov., 2013.
List of Major Publications as Follows:
[1].Li, S.Z., Zhao, G.C., Santosh, M., Liu, X., Dai, L.M., Suo, Y.H., Tam, P.Y., Song, M.C., Wang, P.C.. 2012. Paleoproterozoic structural evolution of the southern segment of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton. Precambrian Research,200-203: 59-73 (top-Journal).
[2].Li, S.Z., Zhao, G.C.. 2007. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Liaoji Granitoids: constraints on the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji belt in the eastern block of the North China craton. Precambrian Research, 158(1-2): 1-16 (top-Journal).
[3].Li, S.Z., Kusky, T.M., Wang, L., Zhang, G.W., Lai, S.C., Liu, X.C., Dong, S.W., Zhao, G.C.. 2007. Collision leading to multiple-stage large-scale extrusion in the Qinling orogen: insights from the Mianlue suture. Gondwana Research, 12(1-2):121-143 (top-Journal).
[4].Li, S.Z.,Kusky, T.M., Liu, X.C., Zhang, G.W., Zhao, G.C., Wang, L., Wang, Y.J.. 2009. Two-stage collision-related extrusion of the western Dabie HP-UHP metamorphic terranes, central China: evidence from quartz c-axis fabrics and microstructures. Gondwana Research, 16: 294-309 (top-Journal).
[5].Li, S.Z.,Zhao, G.C., Zhang, J., Sun, M., Zhang, G.W., Dai, L.M.. 2010. Deformation history of the Hengshan-Wutai-FupingMountains: Implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen.Gondwana Research, 18: 611-631.
[6].Li, S.Z., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Luo, Y., Han, Z.Z., Zhao, G.T.. 2006. Are the South and North Liaohe Groups different exotic terranes?—Nd isotope constraints on the Jiao-Liao-Ji orogen. Gondwana Research, 9:198-208.
[7].Li, S.Z., Kusky, T.M., Zhao, G.C., Liu, X.C., Zhang, G.W., Kopp, H., Wang, L.. 2010. Two-stage Triassic exhumation of HP-UHP terranes in the Dabie orogen of China: constraints from structural geology. Tectonophysics, 490: 267-293.
[8].Li, S.Z., Kusky, T.M., Zhao, G.C., Liu, X.C., Wang, L., Kopp, H., Hoernle, K., Zhang, G.W., Dai, L.M.. 2011. Thermochronological constraints on Two-stage extrusion of HP/UHP terranes in the Dabie-Sulu orogen, east-central China. Tectonophysics, 504: 25-42.
[9].Li, S.Z., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Han, Z.Z.,Hao, D.F., Luo, Y., Xia, X.P.. 2005. Deformation history of the Paleoproterozoic Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 24(5): 659-674.
[10].Li, S.Z., Zhao, G.C., Dai, L.M., Zhou, L.H., Liu, X., Suo, Y.H., Santosh, M.. 2012. Cenozoic faulting of the BohaiBayBasin and its bearings on the destruction of the eastern North China Craton. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 47: 80-93.
[11].Li, S.Z.,Zhao, G.C., Dai, L.M., Liu, X., Zhou, L.H., Santosh, M., Suo, Y.H.. 2012. Mesozoic Basins in eastern China and their Bearings on the deconstruction of the North China Craton. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,47: 64-79.
[12].Li, S.Z.,Santosh, M., Zhao, G.C., Zhang, G.W., Jin, C.. 2012. Intracontinental deformation in a frontier of super-convergence: A perspective on the tectonic milieu of the South China Block. Journal of Asian Earth Sciecnes, 49: 311-327.
[13].Li, S.Z.,Santosh, M., Jahn, B.M.. 2012. Evolution of Asian Continent and its Continental Margins. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 47: 1-4.
[14].Li, S.Z., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M.,Wu, F.Y., Liu, J.Z., Hao, D.F., Han, Z.Z., Luo, Y.. 2004. Mesozoic, not Paleoproterozoic SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of two Liaoji Granites, eastern block, North China craton. International Geology Review, 46(2):162-176.
[15].Li, S.Z.,Zhao, G.C., Santosh, M., Liu, X., Dai, L.M.. 2011. Palaeoproterozoic Tectono-thermal Evolution and Deep Crustal Processes in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, NorthChina craton: A Review. Geological Journal, 46: 525-543.
[16].Li, S.Z.,Zhao, G.C., Zhang, G.W., Liu, X.C., Dai, L.M., Jin, C., Liu, X., Hao, Y., Liu, E.S., Wang, T.. 2010. Not All Folds and Thrusts in the Yangtze Foreland Belt are related to the Dabie-Sulu Orogen: Insights from Mesozoic Deformation South of the Yangtze River. Geological Journal, 44: 1-13.
[17].Li, S.Z., Kusky, T.M., Zhao, G.C., Wu, F.Y., Liu, J.Z., Wang, L., Sun, M., 2007, Mesozoic tectonics in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: implications for subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate. Mesozoic Sub-Continental Lithoshperic Thinning Under Eastern Asia. Edited by Mingguo Zhai,Brian F. Windley,Timothy M. Kusky and Qingren Meng. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 280: 171-180.
[18].Li, S.Z., Yang, Z.S., Liu, Y.J.. 1998. Stratification of metamorphic belts and its genesis in Liaohe Group. Chinese Science Bulletin, 43(5): 430-434.
[19].Liu, X., Li, S.Z.,Suo, Y.H., Liu, X.C., Dai, L.M., Santosh, M.. 2010. Structural anatomy of the exhumation of high-pressure rocks: constraints from the Tongbai collisional orogen and surrounding units. Geological Journal, 46:156-172 (corresponding author).
[20].Liu, X., Li, S.Z.,Liu, X.C., Dai, L.M., Suo, Y.H., Santosh, M.. 2012. Structural analysis on the northern Tongbai metamorphic terranes, Central China: Implications for the Paleozoic accretionary process on the southern margin of the North China Craton. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 47: 143-154 (corresponding author).
[21].Liu, L.P., Li, S.Z.,Liu, B., Liu, E.S., Dai, L.M., Zhang, G.W.. 2012. Geometry and timing of Mesozoic deformation in the western part of the Xuefeng Tectonic Belt (South China): implication for intra-continental deformation. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,49: 328-336 (corresponding author).
[22].Yu, J.G., Li, S.Z., Wang, J.D., Kusky, T.M., Wang, X.H.,Lu, S.Q.. 2005. Salt Diapirism and Faulting of the Central Uplift Belt in the Dongying Sag of the BohaiBayBasin, North China.Acta Oceanologica Sinica-English Version, 24(2): 28-42(corresponding author).
[23].Xiao, W.J., Li ,S.Z., Santosh, M., Jahn, B.. 2012. Orogenic Belts in Central Asian: Correlations and connections. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 49:1-4.
[24].Zhao, G.C., Li, S.Z., Zhang, J., Sun, M., Xia, X.P.. 2010. A comment on “Tectonic evolution of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping complexes and its implication for the Trans-North China Orogen”. Precambrian Research, 176: 94-98.
[25].Zhao, G.C., Li, S.Z., Sun, M., Wilde, S.A.. 2011. Assembly, accretion, and break-up of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent: records in the North China Craton revisited. International Geology Review, 53: 1331-1356.
[26].Hou, F.H., Li, S.Z., Zhang, Z.X.. 2012. Neotectonic movement of the northern East China SeaShelfBasin. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 137: 316-321.
[27].Zhao, G.C., Wilde, S.A., Li, S.Z., Sun, M., Grant, M.L., Li, X.P.. 2008. Response to Note on “U-Pb zircon age constraints on the Dongwanzi ultramafic-mafic body, North China, confirm it is not an Archean ophiolite” by Kusky and Li. Earth and Palnetary Science Letters, 273: 231-234 (top-Journal).
[28].Zhao, G.C., Wilde, S.A., Li, S.Z., Sun, M., Grant, M.L., Li, X.P.. 2007. U-Pb zircon ages on the Dongwanzi ultramafic-mafic body, North China, confirm it is not Archean ophiolite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 255: 85-93.
[29].Liu, X.C., Wei, C.J., Li, S.Z., Dong, S.W., Liu, J.M.. 2004. Thermobaric structure of a traverse across the western Dabieshan: implications for collisional tectonics of the Sino-Korean and Yangtze cratons, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 22(3): 361-379(top-Journal).
[30].Lai, S.C., Zhang, G.W., Li, S.Z.. 2004. Ophiolites from the Mianlue Suture in the southern Qinling and their relationship with the eastern Paleotethys evolution. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 78 (1): 107-117 (Sp. Iss), Conference Title: 32nd International Geological Congress on Geology of China, Florence, Italy.
[31].Zhang, J., Zhao, G.C.,Li, S.Z., Sun, M., Liu, S.W., Xia, X.P., He, Y.H.. 2006. U-Pb Zircon Dating on the Granitic Conglomerates of the Hutuo Group: Affinities to the Wutai Granitoids and Significance on the Tectonic Evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen. Acta Geologica Sinica-English version, 80(6): 886-898.
[32].Zhang, J., Zhao, G.C., Li, S.Z., Sun, M., Chan, L.S., Shen, W.L., Liu, S.W.. 2012. Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Constraints on the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen. Precambrian Research,doi:10.1016/j.precamres. 2011. 08.09
[33].Zhang, J., Zhao, G.C., Li, S.Z., Sun, M., Wilde, S.A., Liu, S.W., Yin, C.Q.. 2009. Polyphase deformation of the Fuping Complex, Trans-North China Orogen: structures, SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages and tectonic implications. Journal of Structural Geology,31(2): 177-193.
[34].Zhang, J., Zhao, G.C., Li, S.Z., Sun, M., Liu, S.W., Wilde, S.A., Kröner, A., Yin, C.Q.. 2007. Deformation history of the Hengshan Complex: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen. Journal of Structural Geology, 29: 933-934.
[35].Wang, L., Kusky, T., Li, S.Z.. 2010. Structural Geometry and Evolution of an Exhumed Ultra-High Pressure Eclogite Massif, YangkouBay, Sulu Belt, China. Journal of Structural Geology, 32: 423-444.
