Editor-in-Chief
DENG Jun
DENG Jun, Ph.D., is a Professor at the China University of Geosciences (Beijing). He is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits and the Chief Scientist of the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program).
Currently, Mr. Deng holds several positions, including Vice Chairman of the Chinese National Committee of the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD), Director of the UNESCO International Center on Global-Scale Geochemistry, and China National Committee Member of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP). He also serves as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Ore Geology Reviews, Honorary Editor-in-Chief for Geoscience, Editor-in-Chief of Earth Science Frontiers, and Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Geomechanics.
His research interests primarily focus on regional metallogeny, ore field structure, and mineral prospecting, particularly on the ancient continental margins and the Tethyan domain in the Jiaodong Peninsula and the Southwest Sanjiang region. Mr. Deng has achieved systematic, innovative results in the theory of composite ore-forming systems, the genesis of gold deposits, and exploration prediction.
As the first/corresponding author, he has published over 130 SCI articles in journals such as Geology, Earth-Science Reviews, and Economic Geology, and has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Elsevier and Clarivate Analytics. He has authored four monographs (as the first author) and edited three special issues for international journals. Mr. Deng has been honored with four National Science and Technology Progress Awards (second prize), five first prizes at the provincial and ministerial levels (ranked first), and the 16th Li Siguang Geological Science Research Award.
Executive Editors-in-Chief
WANG Zongxiu
WANG Zongxiu, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor, is the Deputy Director of the Professional Committee of Tectonic Physical Chemistry of the Chinese Geophysical Society and a Member of the Science and Technology Committee of the Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences.
He is mainly engaged in the research of orogenic belt, tectonic deformation, regional geology, tectonic transformation, and conservation of oil and gas. He has undertaken and participated in more than 20 scientific research projects, including 973 Program, National Major Projects, National Key Research and Development Programs, Projects Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, 305 Program, and Projects Funded by the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and Sinopec Group (SINOPEC).
He has also conducted systematic studies and achieved innovative results on various topics, including the Xianshuihe fault zone, the deformation model of Songpan–Ganzi detachment mountain chain, Mesozoic intraplate deformation in southern Liaoning, formation and evolution of basin–mountain tectonic framework in eastern Xinjiang, tectonic evolution and metal mineral excavation since the Mesozoic in the East Tianshan Mountains, transformation process of the ancient Eurasian ocean basin in Tianshan Mountains into a continental landmass, tectonic deformation patterns and deformation assemblages in the Bayan Har Mountain region, the multi-layered slip deformation in Huaying mountain–Xuefeng mountain deformation zone and favorable conditions for oil and gas preservation, the effect of shear deformation on reservoir performance of shale gas reservoir, the effect of structural deformation characteristics (structural transformation) on the enrichment and preservation of shale gas, the control of mineralization by Mesozoic tectonic processes in eastern South China, and many more.
Professor WANG has edited one anthology, published 12 monographs and authored over 100 articles. Additionally, he has received two second prizes for Science &Technology Achievement Award from the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, and two second prizes for the Science & Technology Award from the Ministry of Land and Resources.
ZHANG Shuanhong
ZHANG Shuanhong, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, is now a professor at the Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, and the MNR Key Laboratory of Paleomagnetism and Tectonic Reconstruction. He earned his BSc from Xi’an College of Geology (now Chang’an University) in 1997 and his MSc and Ph.D. from the graduate school of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in 2000 and 2004, respectively. His research focuses on tectonics, Precambrian LIPs and related mineral resources, paleogeographic reconstructions, and the environmental effects of LIPs.
He has been selected successively for the Program of “Hundred Talents of the Ministry of Land and Resources” in 2007, the first batch of the “Young Geological Talents ”of the China Geological Survey in 2011, the first batch of the “High-level Geological Talents” of the China Geological Survey in 2013, the “Young and Middle-aged Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talents” of the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2017, and the “Leading Talents in the Training Program for High-level Innovative Talents in Natural Resources (Land Resources, Geological Resources, and Geological Environment Fields)” of the Ministry of Natural Resources in 2017. He won the “Outstanding Young Science and Technology Talents” of the Ministry of Land and Resources in 2011, the “14th Young Geological Science and Technology Award—Golden Hammer Award” of the Geological Society of China in 2014, and the “8th Huang Jiqing Young Geological Science and Technology Award” in 2016. He was funded by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2017 and selected for the “National Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Project” in 2019. He has undertaken one National Natural Science Youth Fund, four General Projects, one Major Project for Young Scientists, one Key International Cooperation Project, one Key Project of the Geological Union Fund, one Key Research and Development Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and one National Geological Survey Project.
He has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers in journals such as Geology, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., Earth-Sci. Rev., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., Precambrian Res., Lithos, Fundamental Research, etc., Those papers have been cited over 4600 times. He was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China in 2017 and has been recognized as one of the Most Cited Chinese Researchers by Elsevier from 2020 to 2022.
| Name | Title | Institution | Research Area | |
| Honorary Editorial Board | DU Shigui | Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering | Ningbo University | Rock Mechanics,Mainly Concentrated on the Studies of Shear Strength of Slip Surfaces within Rock Mass |
| HOU Zengqian | Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Continental Metallogeny Theory, Mineral Deposit Models, and Exploration Evaluation | |
| KANG Yuzhu | Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering | Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute | Marine Petroleum Generation Theory and Oil and Gas Exploration, Geological Mechanics Theory and Control of Oil Bearing Effects, Unconventional Oil and Gas Theory and Application | |
| LI Tingdong | Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Regional Geological Studies | |
| PENG Jianbing | Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Chang’an University | Engineering Geology and Geological Hazards | |
| SHI Yaolin | Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Geophysics and Geodynamics | |
| YANG Jingsui | Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Nanjing University | Petrology and Tectonics in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Orogenic belts, Systematic studies of ophiolite-type chromite deposits in Tibet and other areas of China, as well as comparative studies of ophiolite chromite deposits globally | |
| YIN Yueping | Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering | China Institute for Geo-Environmental Monitoring, China Geological Survey | Geological Hazard Investigation, Monitoring, and Prevention | |
| Associate Editors-in-Chief | CHEN Zhengle | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Ore Field Structure, Structural Geology, and Mineral Deposit Geology |
| HAN Runsheng | Professor | Kunming University of Science and Technology | Ore Field Structure, Deep Ore Prospecting, and Mineral Deposit Geology | |
| HU Jianmin | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Structural Geology and Active Faults, Regional Geology, Precambrian geology, and Antarctic geology | |
| LI Bin | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Geological Hazards,Geological Engineering, and Rock and Soil Mechanics | |
| LI Yingjie | Professor | Hebei GEO University | Regional Geological Survey, Petrology and Tectonics, Igneous Petrology, Basic and Ultrabasic Rocks and Their Mineralization Effects | |
| LIN Wei | Professor | Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Structural Geology, Tectonics, and Geodynamics | |
| SUN Zhiming | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Geophysical Exploration and Information Technology, including Tectomagnetism, Environmental Magnetism, Rock Magnetism, and Magnetostratigraphy | |
| TAN Chengxuan | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Geostress, Tectonic Stress Field, Geological Hazards, Engineering Geology, and Regional Crustal Stability | |
| TAN Jingqiang | Professor | Central South University | Petroleum and Natural Gas Geology and Geochemistry, Unconventional Reservoir Transformation and Its Environmental Impacts, Geological Utilization and Storage of CO2, and Other Related Fields | |
| WU Zhonghai | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Neotectonics and Active Tectonics, Seismic Geology, Seismic Hazards, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology | |
| ZHANG Huiping | Professor | Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration | Neotectonics, Tectonic Geomorphology, and Active Tectonics | |
| ZHANG Jin | Professor | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Geological Survey, Orogenesis Deformation, Basin Evolution and Deformation, Low-temperature Thermochronology and Regional Geological Evolution, Structural Analysis and Deformation Mechanism, and Geomechanics | |
| ZHANG Xujiao | Professor | China University of Geosciences(Beijing) | Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Neotectonics, Geotourism, and Geological Hazards | |
| ZHANG Yongshuang | Professor | China University of Geosciences(Beijing) | Geological Engineering, Geological Hazards, Regional Crustal Stability | |
| Members of Editorial Board | CAO Shuyun | Professor | China University of Geosciences(Wuhan) | Orogenic Belts, Deep–shallow Geological Processes, Deep Crustal Exposure, Strike-slip Fault Zones, Tectonic Deformation, Metamorphism–tectonics interactions, Fluids, Deep Melting, Rheology, Carbon Cycling, Rheological Weakening Processes, Tectonic–thermal Evolution, and Exhumation Dynamics |
| CHEN Jianping | Professor | China University of Geosciences(Beijing) | Mathematical Geology, Geological Big Data, Mineral Exploration and Ore Deposit Prediction, Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Technology in Geosciences | |
| CHEN Qunce | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Stress Testing Technology, Structural Stress Field, and Reservoir Geomechanics | |
| CHEN Weitao | Professor | China University of Geosciences(Wuhan) | Geological Remote Sensing, Resource and Environmental Remote Sensing, Geological Hazard Remote Ssensing, Geoscience Big Data | |
| CHEN Xuanhua | Professor | Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Structural Geology, Geomechanics, Thermochronology, Ore Deposit Geology, Deep Earth Exploration and Deep Earth sciences | |
| Marie-Luce Chevalier(Belgium) | Professor | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Active Tectonics, Tectonic-geomorphology, Paleoclimate, Cosmogenic Dating, Earthquake Field Investigation | |
| Sabatino Cuomo (Italy) | Professor | Salerno University (Italy) | Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology, Environmental Geotechnics, Landslides | |
| DENG Chenglong | Professor | Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Paleomagnetism | |
| DONG Yunpeng | Professor | Northwest University | Geotectonics, Orogeny Tectonics, and Continental Dynamics | |
| FAN Taoyuan | Professorate Senior Engineer | Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Geostress, Geodynamics, Geothermal, Numerical simulation | |
| GAO Jianfeng | Professor | Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Mineral Deposit Geology, Petrology | |
| GUO Yingchun | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Petroleum and Natural Gas Geology, Geological Evaluation of Conventional and Unconventional Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
| GUO Zhaojie | Professor | Peking University | Structural Geology and Petroleum geology, especially focusing on the Structural Features, Oil and Gas Exploration, and Resource-environment in the western basins of China | |
| HAO Qingzhen | Professor | Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Quaternary Paleoclimate, Paleomonsoon, Environmental Magnetism, and Loess | |
| HUANG Baochun | Professor | Peking University | Paleomagnetism and Its Application | |
| JI Shaocheng (Canada) | Professor | École Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada) | Rheology of Earth Materials, Microstructures, Deformation Mechanisms, Rock Physics | |
| JIANG Sihong | Professor | Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Metallogenesis of Metal Deposits, Regional Metallogenic Regularities, Resource Potential Assessment | |
| JU Yiwen | Professor | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Structural Geology, Basin Analysis, and Energy Geology | |
| LI Haibing | Professor | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Structural Geology, Active Faults, Tectonic Geomorphology, and Seismic Geology | |
| LI Jianhua | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Tectonic Deformation, Structural Geology | |
| LI Sanzhong | Professor | Ocean University of China | Marine Geology, Structural Geology | |
| LI Zhenhong | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Structural Geology, Sedimentary Geology, Quaternary Geology, Petroleum Geology | |
| LIU Junlai | Professor | China University of Geosciences Beijing | Structural Geology, Microstructural Geology, Geotectonics, Ore-Controlling Structures | |
| LIU Yongjiang | Professor | Ocean University of China | Structural Geology, Geotectonics, Marine Geodynamics, Basin Structural Evolution, Basin–Mountain Coupling, Rock Rheology | |
| LIU Yongqing | Professor | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Basin Analysis of Paleozoic to Mesozoic Marine and Terrestrial Environments, Sedimentology | |
| LYU Zhicheng | Professor | Development Research Center of China Geological Survey | Mineral Deposits Geology, Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits, Solid Mineral Investigation and Exploration, Prospecting Prediction | |
| MA Xiaodong | Professor | University of Science and Technology of China | Reservoir Geomechanics, Crustal Stress, Rock Mechanics, Induced Seismicity | |
| MA Xiaogang (USA) | Associate Professor | University of Idaho (USA) | Geoinformatics, Data Science, Cyberinfrastructure | |
| MA Yinsheng | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Structural Geology, Petroleum Geology, Active Tectonics, and Geostress | |
| MENG Fanli | Professor | Jilin University | Microbial Rocks, Organic Petrology (source rocks), Volcanic-related Sedimentary Petrology, Hydrothermal Sedimentary Rocks, Shale Gas, Basin-related Sedimentary Facies | |
| NI Pei | Professor | Nanjing University | Mineral Deposits Geology, Geological Fluids | |
| QI Shengwen | Professor | Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Rock Engineering Geomechanics, Geological Hazards | |
| QIAO Yansong | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Global Climate and Environmental Change, Neogene Ttectonic Geomorphology Evolution | |
| RAO Gang | Professor | SouthWest Petroleum University | Active Tectonics, Tectonic Geomorphology Evolution, Basin–mountain Structural Deformation | |
| REN Zhikun | Professor | Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration | Fine Quantitative Study of Active Tectonics, Quantitative Relationship Between Strong Earthquakes and Geomorphic Evolution, Coseismic Surface Rupture, Fault Slip Rate, Paleoseismology | |
| SHU Siqi | Senior Engineer | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Mechanics, Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, and Mineral Resources Exploration | |
| SUN Fengyue | Professor | Jilin University | Metallic Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Metallogenic Geological Background, and Ore Deposit Prediction | |
| SUN Ping | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Geological Hazard Mechanism, Slope Stability, Rock and Soil Mechanics, Landslide Risk Assessment | |
| SUN Yuewu | Professor | Jilin University | Study of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic Terrestrial Strata and Paleobotany (Palynology), with Particular Expertise in the Paleovegetation, Paleoclimate, and Paleogeography of Northern China Over the Past 300 Million Years | |
| SUN Yujun | Professor | Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Numerical Simulation of Geodynamics and Related Geodynamic Issues | |
| TAO Zhigang | Professor | China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing | Early Warning for Landslide Disasters, Control of Large Deformations in Soft Rock Tunnels | |
| TONG Hengmao | Professor | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | Basin Structural Analysis, Physical Simulation Experiments, Reservoir Structural Fractures, and Geomechanics | |
| WANG Chenghu | Professor | National Institute of Natural Hazards | Geostress, Geomechanics, Geological Hazards, Regional Crustal Stability | |
| WANG Genhou | Professor | China University of Geosciences Beijing | Regional Geology and Related Structural Fields in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, Applied Structural Geology and Ore Field Structures, Active Tectonics and Structural Thermochronology | |
| WANG Guocan | Professor | China University of Geosciences, Wuhan | Structural Geology, Geotectonics | |
| WANG Qin | Professor | Nanjing University | Structural Geology, Rock Physics | |
| WANG Tao | Professor | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Structural Geology, Regional Geotectonics | |
| WANG Wei | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Mineralogy, Petrology, Ore Deposit Geology | |
| WANG Wenlei | Professor | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Mathematical Geology, Remote Sensing Geology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Spatial Quantitative Analysis, Quantitative Prediction and Evaluation of Mineral Resources, Big Data, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, 3D Modeling | |
| WANG Xiaolei | Professor | Nanjing University | Petrology, Precambrian Geology, Tectonic Evolution in South China | |
| WANG Yanbin | Professor | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Geochemistry (Isotope Geochronology), Mineral Deposit Geology | |
| WANG Yitian | Professor | Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Endogenic Metal Ore Deposit Genesis, Ore Field Structure, Regional Tectonic Evolution and Metallogenic Regularities, Metallogenic Prediction and Mineralization Potential Evaluation, Prospecting Evaluation, Mining Project Assessment | |
| WANG Yong | Professor | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Quaternary Geology and Environment | |
| WEI Chunjing | Professor | Peking University | Petrology, Precambrian Geology | |
| WU Haibin | Professor | Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Paleoclimate Change, Vegetation Evolution, and Carbon Cycle Variations | |
| XIAO Keyan | Professor | Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Mathematical Geology, Mineral Resource Potential Assessment, Ore Deposit Prediction | |
| XU Chong | Professor | National Institute of Natural Hazards | Geological Hazards and Engineering Geology, Earthquake-induced Rain-triggered Geological Disasters | |
| XU Deru | Professor | East China University of Technology | Ore Deposit Geology, Tectonic Metallogenesis, Ore Deposit Geochemistry | |
| XU Xiwei | Professor | China University of Geosciences Beijing | Active Tectonics, Seismic Geology, Tectonic Stress, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation | |
| YAN Danping | Professor | China University of Geosciences Beijing | Regional Geology, Basin–Mountain Dynamics, Mineral Geology, Petroleum Geology | |
| YAN Maodu | Professor | Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Geology, Paleomagnetism, Tectonics | |
| YAN Quanren | Professor | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Structural Geology, Sedimentary Tectonics | |
| YANG Shuxin | Professor | National Institute of Natural Hazards | Theoretical Methods of Lithospheric Stress, Techniques for Detecting Earth Stress, Numerical Experiments on Seismic Dynamics | |
| YIN Shunde (Canada) | Professor | University of Waterloo (Canada) | Geomechanics, in-siu stress, carbon and hydrogen storage, geothermal energy | |
| ZENG Lianbo | Professor | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | Petroleum and Natural Gas Geology, Reservoir Geomechanics, Structural Geology | |
| ZENG Lingsen | Professor | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Crustal Melting Processes and Deep Processes in Orogenic Belts, Petrology, Geochemistry | |
| ZHANG Da | Professor | China University of Geosciences Beijing | Regional Tectonics, Ore Field Structures, Ore Deposit Genesis, Metallogenic Regularities, Mineralization Prediction | |
| ZHANG Guoqing | Professor | Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Lake Remote Sensing, Lake Changes, Glacier Lake Changes, Glacier Lake Outburst Floods, Cryosphere Remote Sensing, Cryosphere Hazards | |
| ZHANG Huai | Professor | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Numerical Simulation of Geodynamics, Numerical Simulation of Tectonic Evolution, Gravity-Magnetic-Electric-Seismic Inversion, Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data | |
| ZHANG Jian | Professor | The University of Hong Kong | Structural Deformation, Evolution of Orogenic Belts, Ductile Shear Zones, Archean Tectonics | |
| ZHANG Jianxin | Professor | Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Structural Geology, Tectonics, Metamorphic Geology | |
| ZHANG Zhaochong | Professor | China University of Geosciences Beijing | Magmatic Processes and Deep-Seated Processes, Magmatic-Related Metallic Deposits, Volcanology | |
| ZHANG Zuoheng | Professor | Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | Mineral Deposits Geology, Geochemistry, Fluid and Isotope Geochemistry, Resource Exploration and Evaluation | |
| ZHENG Lihui | Professor | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | Petroleum Engineering | |
| ZHENG Wenjun | Professor | Sun Yat-sen University | Structural Geology, Quaternary Geology, Geological Hazards, Engineering Geology, Applied Geophysics, Seismology, Seismic Geology, Seismic Hazard Prediction, Tectonic Landforms | |
| ZHOU Taofa | Professor | Hefei University of Technology | Ore Deposit Geology | |
| ZHOU Xin | Professor | University of Science and Technology of China | Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Climate Change and Human Activities | |
| ZHOU Xingui | Professor | Oil and Gas Resource Survey Center of China Geological Survey | Regional Tectonics and Basin Analysis, Evolution of Tectonics and Stress Fields, Fault-Controlled Basin and Reservoir Accumulation, Fault Sealability, Reservoir Fractures, Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Facies, Formation of Hydrocarbon Accumulation, Oil and Gas System, Petroleum Accumulation System, New Area Oil and Gas Investigation and Resource Potential Evaluation | |
| ZHU Lixin | Professor | Development Research Center of China Geological Survey | Exploration Geochemistry in Geological, Mineral, Environmental, and other Application Fields |
