Talent details

Name:Wentao Huang
Title & Affiliation:Professor
Tel:
Email:whuang@itpcas.ac.cn
Homepage in Chinese:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K_BSZtUAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wentao_Huang6
Address:Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China

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; 

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

In the news ----- EOS Research Spotlight

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.