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Name   Wentao Huang Home Page      https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K_BSZtUAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wentao_Huang6
Highest Education      Ph.D Office      Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Phone      Zip Code      100101
Fax      010-84097079 Email      whuang@itpcas.ac.cn

Education and Appointments:

Education and Appointments

2005.09 - 2009.07: Nanjing University, Bachelor in geology

2009.09 - 2015.07: Peking UniversityPh.D in geology

2015.10 - 2017.09: University of Arizona, Postdoctoral Fellow

2017.11 - 2019.10: University of Rochester, Postdoctoral Fellow

2019.11 - 2021.06: University of Rochester, Research Associate

2021.08 - now: Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor 

Research Interest:

Kinematics and dynamics of the convergent orogenic system;

Geochronology and low-temperature thermochronology;

Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism;

Paleointensity and geodynamo; 
Public Services:
 

Honors:

1.  Siguang Li Excellent Graduate Student Award, China, 2015

2.  NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) Rubicon laureate (Netherlands, 2015-2017), Personal grant, Sole private investigator

3.  Visiting fellow of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (University of Minnesota, 2016)

4.  Visiting fellow of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (University of Minnesota, 2017)

5.  Visiting fellow of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (University of Minnesota, 2019) 
Selected Publications:

(* = corresponding author)

27. Tarduno, J.A.*, Cottrell, R.D., Lawrence, K., Bono, R.K., Huang, W., Johnson, C.L., Blackman, E.G., Smirnov, A.V., Nakajima, M., Neal, C.R. and Zhou, T., 2021. Absence of a long-lived lunar paleomagnetosphere. Science Advances, 7, eabi7647.

26.  Huang, W.*, Jackson, M., Dekkers, M.J., Solheid, P., Li, S., Zhang, Y., Guo, Z., & Ding, L., 2020, Remagnetization of red beds on the Tibetan Plateau: mechanisms and diagnosis, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2020JB020068, doi: 10.1029/2020JB020068.

25.  Quade, J.*, Leary, R., Dettinger, M., Orme, D., Krupa, A., DeCelles, P.G., Kano, A., Kato, H., Waldrip, R., Huang, W., and Kapp, P., 2020, Resetting Tibet: The serious challenge of obtaining primary records of paleoaltimetry, Global and Planetary Change:103194.

24.  Tarduno, J.A.*, Cottrell, R.D., Bono, R.K., Oda, H., Davis, W.J., Fayek., M., van 't Erve, O., Nimmo., F., Huang, W., Thern, E., Fearn, S., Mitra, G., Smirnov, A., Blackman, E., 2020, Paleomagnetism indicates that primary magnetite in zircon records a strong Hadean geodynamo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(5): 2309-2318.

23.  Huang, W.*, Jackson, M.J., Dekkers, M.J., Solheid, P., Zhang, B., Guo, Z., & Ding, L., 2019, Nanogoethite as a potential indicator of remagnetization in red beds, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, doi: 10.1029/2019GL084715.

22  Zhang, Y., Huang, W., Zhang, Y., Poujol, M., Guillot, S., Roperch, P., Dupont-Nivet, G., & Guo, Z.*, 2019, Provenance comparison between the Paleocene-Eocene Nangqian-Xialaxiu and Gongjue basins: new insight for Cenozoic paleogeographic evolution of the eastern Tibetan Plateau, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 533, 109241.

21.  Huang, W.*, Jackson, M.J., Dekkers, M.J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, B., Guo, Z. & Dupont-Nivet, G., 2019, Challenges in isolating primary remanent magnetization from Tethyan carbonate rocks on the Tibetan Plateau: insight from remagnetized Upper Triassic limestones in the eastern Qiangtang terrane, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 523, 115695.

20.  Chen, S.*, Guo, Z., Huang, W., 2019, Traces of Archean Subduction in the Tarim Craton, Northwest China: Evidence from the Tuoge Complex and Implications for Basement Formation. The Journal of Geology 127, 323-341.

19.  van Hinsbergen, D.J.J.*, Lippert, P.C., Li, S., Huang, W., Advokaat, E.L. & Spakman W., 2019, Reconstructing Greater India: paleogeographic, kinematic, and geodynamic perspectivesTectonophysics, 760, 69-94.

18.  Zhang, Y., Huang, W.*, Huang, B., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Dupont-Nivet, G., & Guo, Z.*, 2018, 53‐43 Ma deformation of the Eastern Tibet revealed by three stages of tectonic rotation in the Gongjue basin, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123, 3320-3338, doi: 10.1002/2018JB015443.

17.  van Hinsbergen, D.J.J. *, Lippert, P. C., Huang, W., 2017. Unfeasible subduction?, Nature Geoscience, 10, 878-880.

16.  Huang, W.*, Lippert, P. C., Jackson, M., Dekkers, M.J., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Hu, X., Guo, Z., Kapp, P. & van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2017c. Reply to comment by Yi et al. on “Remagnetization of the Paleogene Tibetan Himalayan carbonate rocks in the Gamba area: implications for reconstructing the lower plate in the India-Asia collision”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, 4859-4863, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014447.

15.  Huang, W.*, Lippert, P.C., Zhang, Y., Jackson, M., Dekkers, M.J., Li J., Hu, X., Zhang, B., Guo, Z. & van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2017b. Remagnetization of carbonate rocks in southern Tibet: perspective from rock magnetic and petrographic investigations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, 2434–2456, doi: 10.1002/2017JB013987

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Diagnosing cryptic remagnetization in sedimentary rocks (https://eos.org/research-spotlights/diagnosing-cryptic-remagnetization-in-sedimentary-rocks)

14.  Huang, W.*, Lippert, P. C., Jackson, M., Dekkers, M.J., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Hu, X., Guo, Z., Kapp, P. & van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2017a. Remagnetization of the Paleogene Tibetan Himalayan carbonate rocks in the Gamba area: implications for reconstructing the lower plate in the India-Asia collision, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, 808-825, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013662.

13.  Hu, X.*, Garzanti, E., Wang, J., Huang, W., An, W. & Webb A., 2016. The timing of India-Asia collision onset – facts, theories and controversies. Earth-Science Reviews, 160: 264-299.

12.  Huang, W.*, van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Lippert, P.C., Guo, Z. & Dupont-Nivet, G., 2015. Paleomagnetic tests of tectonic reconstructions of the India-Asia collision zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 2642-2649, doi: 10.1002/2015GL063749.

11.  Maffione, M.*, van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Koornneef, L., Guilmette, C., Hodges, K., Bornman, N., Huang, W.,        Ding, L. & Kapp, P., 2015. Forearc hyperextension dismembered the South Tibetan ophiolites, Geology, 43(6), 475-478, doi:10.1130/G36472.36471.

10.  Huang, W.*, Dupont-Nivet, G., Lippert, P.C., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Dekkers, M.J., Guo, Z., Waldrip, R., Ganer?d, M., Li, X. & Kapp, P., 2015. What was the Paleogene latitude of the Lhasa terrane? A reassessment of the geochronology and paleomagnetism of Linzizong volcanic rocks (Linzhou Basin, Tibet), Tectonics, 34, 594-622, doi: 10.1002/2014TC003787.

9.  Huang, W.*, van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Maffione, M., Orme, D.A., Dupont-Nivet, G., Guilmette, C., Ding, L., Guo, Z. & Kapp, P., 2015. Lower Cretaceous Xigaze ophiolites formed in the Gangdese forearc: evidence from paleomagnetism, sediment provenance, and stratigraphy, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 415, 142-153.

8.  Huang, W.*, van Hinsbergen, D.J.J, Dekkers, M.J., Garzanti, E., Dupont-Nivet, G., Lippert, P.C., Li, X., Maffione, M., Langereis, C.G., Hu, X., Guo, Z. & Kapp, P., 2015. Paleolatitudes of the Tibetan Himalaya from primary and secondary magnetizations of Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16, 77-100, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005624.

7.  Huang, W.*, Dupont-Nivet, G., Lippert, P.C., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Dekkers, M.J., Guo, Z., Waldrip, R., Li, X., Zhang, X., Liu, D. & Kapp, P., 2015. Can a primary remanence be retrieved from partially remagnetized Eocence volcanic rocks in the Nanmulin Basin (Southern Tibet) to date the India-Asia collision?, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120, 42-66, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011599.

6.  Bosboom, R.*, Dupont-Nivet, G., Grothe, A., Brinkhuis, H., Vila, G., Mandic, O., Stoica, M. Kouwenhoven, T., Huang, W., Yang, W. & Guo, Z., 2014. Timing, cause and impact of the Late Eocene stepwise sea retreat from the Tarim Basin (west China), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 403, 101-118.

5.  Bosboom, R. *, Dupont-Nivet, G., Huang, W., Yang, W. & Guo, Z., 2014. Oligocene clockwise rotations along the eastern Pamir: tectonic and paleogeographic implications, Tectonics, 33, 53-66, doi: 10.1002/2013TC003388.

4.  Bosboom, R.*, Dupont-Nivet, G., Grothe, A., Brinkhuis, H., Villa, G., Mandic, O., Stoica, M., Huang, W., Yang, W., Guo, Z. & Krijgsman, W., 2013. Linking Tarim Basin sea retreat (west China) and Asian aridification in the Late Eocene, Basin Research, 26, 621-640.

3.  Huang, W. *, Dupont-Nivet, G., Lippert, P.C., Van Hinsbergen, D.J.J. & Hallot, E., 2013. Inclination shallowing in Eocene Linzizong sedimentary rocks from Southern Tibet: correction, possible causes and implications for reconstructing the India-Asia collision, Geophysical Journal International, 194, 1390-1411.

2.  Zhu, W.*, Zheng, B., Shu, L., Ma, D., Wu, H., Li, Y., Huang, W. & Yu, J., 2011. Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Precambrian Aksu blueschist terrane, northwestern Tarim, China: Insights from LA-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb ages and geochemical data, Precambrian Research, 185, 215-230.

1.  Huang, W., Yu, J., Zheng, B., Chen, X. & Zhu, W. *, 2009. Study on phengite in Aksu Precambrian blueschists, Xinjiang, Acta Mineral Sin, 29, 338-344.  


Supported Projects:

1.  NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) Rubicon laureate (Netherlands, 2015-2017), Personal grant, Sole private investigator

2.  Visiting fellow of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (University of Minnesota, 2016)

3.  Visiting fellow of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (University of Minnesota, 2017)

4.  Visiting fellow of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (University of Minnesota, 2019)