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Name   Rendeng Shi Home Page     
Highest Education      Ph.D Office      Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Phone      010-84097062 Zip Code      100101
Fax      +86-10-84097079 Email      shirendeng@itpcas.ac.cn

Education and Appointments:
Education 
Ph.D. Chinese Geological Academy of Sciences, 2005
M. S. Chinese Geological Academy of Sciences, 1999
B. S. Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, 1992
Appointments
Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 2011-present
Associate Professor, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS), 2002-2005
Assistant research fellow, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS), 1997-2002
Research apprentice, Institute of Geology, Chinese Geological Academy of Sciences (CAGS), 1992-1997
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 2005-2007

Research Interest:
Research Interests: Ophiolite and Tethys evolution, Genesis of Earth
Research Fields: Genesis of peridotites (chromitites) and the evolution of lithospheric mantle
Public Services:
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Honors:
2017, Outstanding Supervisor Award of CAS
2005, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of CAGS
Selected Publications:

1.Gong X.H., Shi Rendeng*, Xu J.F.*, et al., 2020. Garnet lherzolites in the Purang ophiolite, Tibet: Evidence for exhumation of deep oceanic lithospheric mantle. Geophy. Res. Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2019GL086101. 

2.Huang X.X., Shi Rendeng*, Gong X.H., et al., 2020. Oceanization of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle recorded in the Yunzhug ophiolite, Central Tibetan Plateau. Lithos, 370-371. doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105612. 

3.Chen S.S.*, Fan W.M., Shi Rendeng*, et al., 2020. Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks in Yunzhug area, central Tibet, China,associated with arccontinent collision in the Tibetan Plateau? Lithos. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105827. 

4.Pan Z., Shi Rendeng*, Huang Q.S., et al., 2020. Discovery of alkaline volcanic rocks in the Kaimeng ophiolite mélange, Tibet, and its tectonic implications. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica, 39(1): 18-34. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

5.Zhao B., Gong X. H., Huang Q.S., Shi Rendeng*. 2020. Genesis of chromian spinels in the Purang mantle peridotites of the Yarlung-Zangbo Suture Zone,Tibet, Acta Petrologica Sinica, 36(2): 455-468. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

6.Liu D.L., Rendeng Shi, Ding L., et al., 2019. Survived Seamount Reveals an in situ Origin for the Central Qiangtang Metamorphic Belt in the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Earth Science, (doi.org/10.1007/s12583-019-1250-9) 

7.Liu D.L., Shi Rendeng, Ding L., et al., 2018. Late Cretaceous transition from subduction to collision along the Bangong-Nujiang Tethys: New volcanic constraints from central Tibet. Lithos, 296-299:452 470. 

8.Liu D.L., Shi Rendeng, Ding L., et al., 2017. Zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotopic composition of Mesozoic granitoids in southern Qiangtang, Tibet: Implications fro the subduction of the Banong-Nujiang Tethyan Ocean. Gondwana Research 41: 157-172. 

9.Chen S.S., Shi Rendeng, Fan W.M., et al., 2017. Early Permian mafic dikes in the Nagqu area, central Tibet, China, associated with embryonic oceanic crust of the Meso-Tethys Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 122, 4172-4190. 

10.Chen S.S., Shi Rendeng, Gong X.H., et al.., 2017. A syn-collisional model for Early Cretaceous magmatism in the northern and central Lhasa subterranes. Gondwana Research 41, 93-109. 

11.Chen S.S., Fan W.M., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2017. Removal of deep lithosphere in ancient continental collisional orogens: A case study from central Tibet, China. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18, 1225-1243. 

12.Gong X.H., Shi Rendeng, Griffin W.L., et al., 2016. Recycling of ancient subduction-modified mantle domains in the Purang ophiolite (southwestern Tibet). Lithos 262, 11-26. 

13.Chen S.S., Shi Rendeng, Fan W.M., et al., 2016. Middle Triassic ultrapotassic rhyolites from the Tanggula Pass, southern Qiangtang, China: A previously unrecognized stage of silicic magmatism. Lithos 264, 258-276. 

14.Chen S.S., Shi Rendeng, Yi G.D., et al., 2016. Middle Triassic volcanic rocks in the Northern Qiangtang (Central Tibet): Geochronology, petrogenesis, and tectonic implications. Tectonophysics 666, 90-102. 

15.Chen S.S., Shi Rendeng, Zou H.B., et al., 2015. Late Triassic island-arcback-arc basin development along the BangongNujiang suture zone (central Tibet): Geological, geochemical and chronological evidence from volcanic rocks. Lithos 230, 30-45. 

16.Huang Q.S., Shi Rendeng, OReilly S.Y., et al., 2015. Re-Os isotopic constraints on the evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethyan oceanic mantle, Central Tibet. Lithos 224225, 32-45. 

17.Zhang X.R., Shi Rendeng*, Huang Q.S., et al., 2014. Early Jurassic high-pressure metamorphism of the Amdo terrane, Tibet: Constraints from zircon UPb geochronology of mafic granulites. Gondwana Research 26: 975-985. 

18.Huang Q.S., Shi Rendeng, Liu D.L., et al., 2013. Os isotopic evidence for a carbonaceous chondritic mantle source for the Nagqu ophiolite from Tibet and its implications. Chinese science bulletin 58, 92-98. 

19.Shi Rendeng*, Griffin W.L., O'Reilly S.Y., et al., 2012. Melt/mantle mixing produces podiform chromite deposits in ophiolites: Implications of Re-Os systematics in the Dongqiao Neo-tethyan ophiolite, northern Tibet. Gondwana Research 21: 194-206. 

20.Shi Rendeng*, Griffin W.L., OReilly S.Y., et al., 2012. Archean mantle contributes to the genesis of chromitite in the Palaeozoic Sartohay ophiolite, Asiatic Orogenic Belt, northwestern China. Precambrian Research 216219: 87-94. 

21.Shi Rendeng*, Huang Q.S., Liu D.L., et al., 2012. Recycling of Ancient Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle Constraints on the Genesis of the Ophiolitic Podiform Chromitites. Geological Review, 58: 643-652. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

22.Shi Rendeng*, Griffin W.L., OReilly S.Y., et al., 2010. Evolution of the Lüliangshan garnet peridotites in the North Qaidam UHP belt, Northern Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from Re-Os isotopes. Lithos 117: 307-321. 

23.Zhang X.R., Shi Rendeng*, Huang Q.S., et al., 2010. New high-pressure mafic granulites in Amdo basement, central Tibet. Chinese Science Bulletin 55(32): 3694-3702. 

24.Yang J.S., Shi Rendneg, Wu C.L., et al., 2009. Dur'ngoi Ophiolite in East Kunlun, Northeast Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for Paleo-Tethyan Suture in Northwest China. Journal of Earth Science, 20(2): 303-331. 

25.Shi Rendeng*, Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., et al., 2008. The Bangong Lake ophiolite (NW Tibet) and its bearing on the tectonic evolution of the Bangong–Nujiang suture zone, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 32(5-6): 438-457. 

26.Shi Rendeng*, Hao Y.L., Huang Q.S., 2008. Comments on Re-Os isotopes constrain the formation of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 24(11): 2515-2523. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

27.Shi Rendeng*, Alard O., Zhi X.C., et al., 2007. Multiple events in the Neo-Tethyan Oceanic upper mantle: Evidence from Ru-Os-Ir alloys in the Luobusa and Dongqiao ophiolitic podiform chromitites, Tibet. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 261: 33-48. 

28.Shi Rendeng.* 2007. SHRIMP dating of the Bangong Lake SSZ-type ophiolite: Constrains the closure time of Ocean in the Bangong Lake-Nujiang River, northwestern Tibet. Chinese Science Bulletin 52(7): 936-941. 

29.Zhi X.C., Qin X., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2007. Re-Os isotope geochemistry of three Chinese chondritesChinese Science Bulletin, 52(16): 2269-2274. 

30.Shi Rendeng*, Yang J.S., Wu C.L., et al., 2006. Island Arc Volcanic Rocks in the North Qaidam UHP Belt, Northern Tibet Plateau: Evidence for Ocean-Continent Subduction Followed by Continent-Continent Subduction. The Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 28: 151-159. 

31.Shi Rendeng*, Zhi X.C., Chen L., et al., 2006. Comments on the progress on the applications of Re-Os isotopic study on the ophiolit. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 22(6): 1685-1695. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

32.Wu C.L., Wooden J.L., Yang J.S., Robinson P.T., Zheng L.S., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2006. Granitic magmatism in the North Qaidam early Paleozoic ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt, northwest China, International Geology Review, 48(3): 223-240. 

33.Wu C.L., Shi Rendeng, Yang J.S., et al., 2005. Petrogenesis and dating of two types of granite from North Qilian, China.., Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 79(2): 193-200. 

34.Zhang J.X., Yang J.S., Mattinson C.G., Xu Z.Q., Meng F.C., Shi Rendeng. 2005. Two contrasting eclogite cooling histories, North Qaidam HP/UHP terrane, western China: Petrological and isotopic constraintsLithos, 84(1-2): 51-76. 

35.Qi X.X., Li H.B., Wu C.L., Yang J.S., Zhang J.X., Meng .FC., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2005. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating for Qiashikansayi granodiorite, the northern Altyn Tagh mountains and its geological implications. Chinese Science Bulletin, 50(5): 440-445. 

36.Yang J.S., Liu F.L., Wu C.L., Xu Z.Q., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2005. Two ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic events in the Central Orogenic Belt of China: Evidence from the U-Pb dating of coesite-bearing zirconsInternational Geology Review, 47(4): 327-343. 

37.Wu C.L., Yang J.S., Wooden J.L., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2004. Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP dating of the Yematan batholith in Dulan, North Qaidam, NW China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 49(16): 1736-1740. 

38.Shi Rendeng*, Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., et al., 2004. Discovery of the boninite series volcanic rocks in the Bangong Lake ophiolite mélange, western Tibet, and its tectonic implications. Chinese Science Bulletin 49(12): 1272-1278. 

39.Wu C.L., Yang J.S., Yang H.Y., Wooden J., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2004. Dating of two types of granite from north Qilian, China. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 20(3): 425-432. 

40.Song S.G., Yang J.S., Liou J.G., Wu C.L, Shi Rendeng, et al., 2003. Petrology, geochemistry and isotopic ages of eclogites from the Dulan UHPM Terrane, the North Qaidam, NW China. Lithos, 70(3-4): 195-211. 

41.Yang J.S., Wooden J.L., Wu C.L, Liu F.L., Xu Z.Q., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2003. SHRIMP U-Pb dating of coesite-bearing zircon from the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks, Sulu terrane, east China. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 21(6): 551-560. 

42.Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., Dobrzhinetskaya L.F., Green H.W., Pei X.Z., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2003. Discovery of metamorphic diamonds in central China: an indication of a > 4000-km-long zone of deep subduction resulting from multiple continental collisions. Terra Nova, 15(6): 370-379. 

43.Yang J.S., Wu C.L., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2002. Miocene and Pleistocene shoshonitic volcanic rocks in the Jingyuhu area, north of the Qinghai-Tibet PlateauActa Petrologica Sinica, 18(2): 161-176. 

44.Yang J.S., Wu C.L., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2002. Miocene and Pleistocene shoshonitic volcanic rocks in the Jingyuhu area, north of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 18(2): 161-176. 

45.Li H.B., Yang J.S., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2002. Determination of the Altyn Tagh strike-slip fault basin and its relationship with mountains. Chinese Sceince Bulletin, 47(7): 572-577. 

46.Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., Zhang J.X., Song S.G., Wu C.L., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2002. Early Palaeozoic North Qaidam UHP metamorphic belt on the north-eastern Tibetan plateau and a paired subduction model. Terra Nova, 14(5): 397-404. 

47.Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., Song S.G., Zhang J.X., Wu C.L, Shi Rendeng, et al., 2002. Subduction of continental crust in the early palaeozoic North Qaidam ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt, NW China: Evidence from the discovery of coesite in the belt. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 76(1): 63-68. 

48.Zhang J.X., Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., Wan Y.S., Meng F.C., Li H.B., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2002. Two contrasting eclogite types on the northern margin of the Qaidam basin, western China. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 76(3): 331-338. 

49.Wu C.L., Yang J.S., Wooden, J, Liou J.G., Li, H.B., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2002. Zircon SHRIMP dating of granite from Qaidam shan, NW China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 47(5): 418-422. 

50.Li H.B., Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., Wu C.L, Wan Y.S., Shi Rendeng, et al., 2002. Geological and chronological evidence of Indo-Chinese strike-slip movement in the Altyn Tagh fault zone, Chinese Science Bulletin, 47(1): 27-32. 

51.Wu C.L., Wooden, J, Yang, JS, Li, H.B., Ireland T., Liou J.G., Wan Y.S., Shi Rendeng, 2002. Relationship between granite and eclogite on the southern margin of the Qilian Mountains: Evidence from zircon SHRIMP ages of the Aolaoshan granite. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 76(1): 118-125. 

52.Zhang J.X., Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., Meng F.C., Li H.B., Shi Rendeng, 2002. Evidence for UHP metamorphism of eclogites from the Altun MountainsChinese Science Bulletin, 47(9): 751-755. 

53.Wu C.L., Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., Li H.B., Shi Rendeng, 2001. The mineral chemistry of pyroxenite xenoliths in the volcanic rocks of Hoh Xil and their significance, Chinese Science (D), 44: 128-138. 

54.Song S.G., Yang J.S., Xu Z.Q., Liou J.G., Shi Rendeng, 2001. Metamorphic evolution of the coesite-bearing ultrahigh-pressure terrane in the North Qaidam, Northern Tibet, NW China. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 21(6): 631-644. 

55.Wu C.L., Yang J.S., Ireland T., Wooden J., Li H.B., Wan Y.S., Shi Rendeng, 2001. Zircon SHRIMP ages of Aolaoshan granite from the south margin of Qilianshan and its geological significance. Acta Petrologica Sinica,17(2): 215-221. 

56.Wu C.L., Wang Z.H., Qiao D.W., Li H.B., Hao M.Y., Shi Rendeng, 2000. Types of enclaves and their features and origins in intermediate-acid intrusive rocks from the Tongling district, Anhui Province, China.Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 74(1): 54-67. 


Supported Projects:

1.     2020-2023 (Ongoing), Restudy on the genesis of the volcanic rocks of the boninite Series in the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone in the Tibetan Plateau, grant no 41972052, NSFC General Program, PI.

2.     2019-2022 (Ongoing), Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP), grant no 2019QZKK0703, PI.

 

3.     2017-2020 (Ongoing), Establishment and tectonic significance of OCT-type ophiolite model in the Tibetan Plateau, grant no 41672054, NSFC General Program, PI.