Email: nju_laiwen@163.com

Research Interest: Sedimentary Tectonics, Source to Sink, Paleogeomorphic Evolution, Sedimentary Big Data

Ph. D. Dissertation: Sedimentary Record from the Oceanic Subduction and Plateau Uplifting in Northern Lhasa Terrane, Tibet

Education:

Ph.D., Geology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2014-2019

B.S., Geology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2010-2014

Professional Positions:  

2020-present, Research Associate, School of Geography and Ocean Sciences, Nanjing University, China

November 2017 to November 2018, Visiting Ph. D. cadinate at the department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, USA, collaborated with Prof. Dr. Carmala N. Garzione.

Publications：

1.Guo,R.H., Hu, X.M., Garzanti, E., Lai, W., Yan, B.,   Mark, C., 2020. How faithfully do the geochronological and geochemical signatures of detrital zircon,titanite, rutile and monazite record magmatic andmetamorphic events? A case study from the Himalaya and Tibet. Earth-Science Reviews 201, 103082.

2.Lai, W., Hu, X.M, Garzanti, E., Xu, Y.W., Ma, A.L., Li, W., 2019. Early Cretaceous sedimentary evolution of the northern Lhasa terrane and the timing of initial Lhasa-Qiangtang collision. Gondwana Research 73, 136-152.  

3.Xu, Y.W., Hu, X.M., BouDagher-Fadel, M., Su., G.Y., Lai.,W., Li.,J., Zhang., S.J., 2019. The major late Albian transgressive event recorded in the epeiric platform of the Langshan Formation in central Tibet. Geological Society, London, Special Publication. Geological Society 498,   https://doi.org/10.1144/SP498-2019-8.

4.Lai, W., Hu, X., Garzanti, E., Sun, G., Garzione, C.N., BouDagher-Fadel, M., Ma, A.L., 2019. Initial growth of the Northern Lhasaplano, Tibetan Plateau in the early Late Cretaceous (ca. 92 Ma). GSA Bulletin, 1823-1836. 

5.Ma, A.L., Hu, X.M., Kapp. P., Han. Z., Lai. W., BouDagher-Fadel, M., 2018. The disappearance of a Late Jurassic remnant sea in the southern Qiangtang Block (Shamuluo Formation, Najiangco area): Implications for the tectonic uplift of central Tibet.   PalaeogeographyPalaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 506, 30-47. 

6..周博, 胡修棉, 安慰, 马安林, 赖文, 2018. 印度-亚洲大陆碰撞初期的海沟沉积:藏东南宗卓组沉积岩石学与物源分析. 地质学报 92,1-14. 

7.Ma, A.L., Hu, X.M., Garzanti, E., Han, Z., Lai, W., 2017. Sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the southern Qiangtang basin: Implications for the Lhasa-Qiangtang collision timing. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 122, 4790-4813. 

8.Lai, W., Hu, X.M., Zhu, D.C., An, W., Ma, A.L., 2017. Discovery of the early Jurassic Gajia m,lange in the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone: Southward subduction of the Bangong-Nujiang Ocean? International Journal of Earth Sciences 106, 1277-1288.