Prof. Dr. Xiaozhi Yang

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological),Mineralogy, Crystallography,Petrology
Keywordshigh-pressure and temperature experiments, mineral chemistry and physics, solid Earth

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityNanjing
InstitutionNanjing University
InstituteSchool of Earth Sciences and Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans KepplerGeographisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2009

Program(s)

2009Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2012Xiaozhi Yang: An experimental study of H solubility in feldspars: effect of composition, oxygen fugacity, temperature and pressure and implications for crustal processes. In: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 2012, 46-57
2012Xiaozhi Yang Hans Keppler Catherine McCammon Huaiwei Ni: Electrical conductivity of orthopyroxene and plagioclase in the lower crust. In: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 2012, 33-48
2012Xiaozhi Yang Catherine McCammon: Fe3+-rich augite and high electrical conductivity in the deep lithosphere. In: Geology, 2012, 131-134
2012Xiaozhi Yang Florian Heidelbach: Grain size effect on the electrical conductivity of clinopyroxene. In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2012, 939-947
2012Xiaozhi Yang Leonid Dubrovinsky M.A.G.M. Manthilake Qingguo Wei: High pressure and high temperature Raman spectroscopic study of hydrous wadsleyite (b-Mg2SiO4). In: Phys. Chem. Mineral., 2012, 57-64
2012Xiaozhi Yang: Orientation-related electrical conductivity of hydrous olivine, clinopyroxene and plagioclase and implications for the structure of the lower continental crust and uppermost mantle. In: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 2012, 241-250
2011Xiaozhi Yang Hans Keppler: In-situ infrared spectra of OH in olivine to 1100 ºC, . In: Am. Mineral., 2011, 451-454
2011Xiaozhi Yang: Origin of high electrical conductivity in the lower continental crust: a review. In: Surv. Geophys., 2011, 875-903
2011Xiaozhi Yang Hans Keppler Catherine McCammon Huaiwei Ni: The effect of water on the electrical conductivity of lower crustal clinopyroxene. In: J. Geophys. Res., 2011, B04208-doi:10.1029/2010JB008010
2008Xiaozhi Yang Etienne Deloule Qunke Xia Qicheng Fan Min Feng: Water contrast between Precambrian and Phanerozoic continental lower crust in eastern China. In: J. Geophys. Res. , 2008, B08207-doi: 08210.01029/02007JB005541
2008Xiaozhi Yang Qunke Xia Etienne Deloule Luigi Dallai Qicheng Fan Min Feng: Water in minerals of continental lithospheric mantle and overlying lower crust: a comparative study of peridotite and granulite xenoliths from the North China Craton. In: Chem. Geol., 2008, 33-45