ž   Experimental geochemistry and geophysics

ž   Mineral chemistry and physics

ž   Water in nominally anhydrous minerals

ž   Volatiles in the mantle

ž   Redox state and impacts

ž   Early processes in the Solar system

Earth under Extreme Conditions

Experimental Petrology

1)      Zhang Kai, Yang Tao, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2023. Redox-independent low water solubility in quartz and implications for water storage in the crust, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 128, e2022JB026189

2)      Liu Hanyong, Yang Xiaozhi*, Karato Shun-ichiro, 2023. Small effect of partial melt on electrical anomalies in the asthenosphere, Science Advances, 9, eabq7884

3)      Yang Xiaozhi*, Liu Hanyong, Zhao Xinhao, 2023. Electrical conductivity measurements in piston cylinder press: metal shielding in the assembly design and implications, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 178, 18, 10.1007/s00410-023-02000-4

4)      Zhang Kai, Liu Hanyong, Ingrin Jannick, Zhang Baohua, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2022. Chemical diffusion of fluorine in phlogopite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 333, 95-106.

5)      Liu Hanyong, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2022. Electrical conductivity of eclogitic omphacite and garnet at water-rich conditions, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 10:927550, 10.3389/feart.2022.927550

6)      Zhang Kai, Liu Hanyong, Ioniv Dimitri, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2022. Hydroxyl solubility in garnet: effects of oxygen fugacity at 1-3 GPa and 800-1000 °C over a range of compositions and implications for mantle water storage, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB023948, /10.1029/2022JB023948.

7)      Jiang Peilin, Liu Hanyong, Skogby Henrik, Chen Renxu, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2022. Water in omphacite fingerprinting the thermal history of eclogites, Geology, 50, 316-320.

8)      Yang Xiaozhi*, Liu Hanyong, Zhang Kai, 2022. Redox geodynamics in Earth’s interior, Science China Earth Sciences, 65,10.1007/s11430-021-9864-8.

9)      Liu Hanyong, Zhu Qiao, Xu Xisheng, Fei Hongzhan, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2021. High electrical conductivity of olivine at oxidizing conditions in the shallow mantle and geophysical implications, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB022739, 10.1029/2021JB022739

10)   Liu Hanyong, Zhang Kai, Ingrin Jannick, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2021. Electrical conductivity of omphacite and garnet indicates limited deep water recycling by crust subduction, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2021, 559, 116784, 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116784.

11)   Liu Hanyong, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2020. Solubility of hydroxyl groups in pyroxenes: effect of oxygen fugacity at 0.2-3 GPa and 800-1200 °C, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 286: 355-379.

12)   Liu Hanyong, Zhu Qiao, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2019. Electrical conductivity of OH‑bearing omphacite and garnet in eclogite: the quantitative dependence on water content, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 174, 57,10.1007/s00410-019-1593-3.

13)   Liu Hanyong, Zhu Qiao, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2019. Electrical conductivity of fluorite and fluorine conduction. Minerals. 9, 72, doi:10.3390/min9020072.

14)   Zhang Baohua, Li Bowen, Zhao Chengcheng, Yang Xiaozhi, 2019. Large effect of water on Fe–Mg interdiffusion in garnet, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 505, 20-29.

15)   Qiu Yangyang, Jiang Haotian, Kovacs, Istvan, Xia Qunke, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2018. Quantitative analysis of H-species in anisotropic minerals by unpolarized infrared spectroscopy: An experimental evaluation. American Mineralogist. 103,1761-1769.

16)   Guo Xuan, Zhang Li, Su X, Mao Zhu, Gao XY, Yang Xiaozhi, Ni Huaiwei, 2018. Melting Inside the Tibetan Crust? Constraint From Electrical Conductivity of Peraluminous Granitic Melt. Geophysical Research Letters. 45, 3906-3913.

17)   Xia Qun-Ke, Liu Jia, Kovács Istvan, Hao Yan-Tao, Li Pei, Yang Xiaozhi, Chen Huan, Sheng Yingming, 2017. Water in the upper mantle and deep crust of eastern China: concentration, distribution and implications. National Science Review. 6, 125-144.

18)   Fei Hongzhan, Huang Rong, Yang Xiaozhi, 2017. CaSiO₃ Perovskite May Cause Electrical Conductivity Jump in the Topmost Lower Mantle. Geophysical Research Letters 44: doi: 10.1002/2017GL075070.

19)   Li Yan, Jiang Haotian, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2017. Fluorine follows water: Effect on electrical conductivity of silicate minerals by experimental constraints from phlogopite, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 217, 16-27.

20)   Shuai Kang, Yang Xiaozhi*, 2017. Quantitative analysis of H-species in anisotropic minerals by polarized infrared spectroscopy along three orthogonal directions, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 172, 14 doi: 10.1007/s00410-017-1336-2.

21)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Keppler Hans, Li Yan. Molecular hydrogen in mantle minerals, Geochim. Persp. Let., 2016, 2, 160-168.

22)   Yang Xiaozhi*, 2016. Effect of oxygen fugacity on OH dissolution in olivine under peridotite-saturated conditions: an experimental study at 1.5-7 GPa and 1100-1300 °C, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 173: 319-336.

23)   Li Yan, Yang Xiaozhi*, Yu Jin-Hai, Cai Yuan-Feng. Unusually high electrical conductivity of phlogopite: the possible role of fluorine and geophysical implications, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 2016, 171, 37, doi: 10.1007/s00410-016-1252-x.

24)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Li Yan, 2016. High-P/T experimental studies and water in the silicate mantle, Sci China – Earth Sci, doi: 10.1007/s11430-015-5241-0.

25)   Yang Xiaozhi*, 2015. OH solubility in olivine in the peridotite-COH system under reducing conditions and implications for water storage and hydrous melting in the reducing upper mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 432: 199-209.

26)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Liu Dingding, Xia Qunke, 2014. CO₂-induced small water solubility in olivine and implications for properties of the shallow mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 403: 37-47.

27)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Gaillard Fabrice, Scaillet Bruno, 2014. A relatively reduced Hadean continental crust and implications for the early atmosphere and crustal rheology, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 393: 210-219.

28)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Keppler Hans, Dubrovinsky Leonid, Kurnosov Alexander, 2014. In-situ infrared spectra of hydroxyl in wadsleyite and ringwoodite at high pressure and high temperature, Am. Mineral., 99: 724-729.

29)   Yang Xiaozhi*, 2012. An experimental study of H solubility in feldspars: effect of composition, oxygen fugacity, temperature and pressure and implications for crustal processes, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 97: 46-57.

30)   Yang Xiaozhi*, 2012. Orientation-related electrical conductivity of hydrous olivine, clinopyroxene and plagioclase and implications for the structure of the lower continental crust and uppermost mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 317-318: 241-250.

31)   Yang Xiaozhi*, McCammon Catherine, 2012. Fe³⁺-rich augite and high electrical conductivity in the deep lithosphere, Geology, 40: 131-134.

32)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Heidelbach Florian, 2012. Grain size effect on the electrical conductivity of clinopyroxene, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 163: 939-947.

33)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Dubrovinsky Leonid, Manthilake, Geeth, Wei Qingguo, 2012. High pressure and high temperature Raman spectroscopic study of hydrous wadsleyite (b-Mg₂SiO₄), Phys. Chem. Mineral., 39: 57-64.

34)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Keppler Hans, McCammon Catherine, Ni Huaiwei, 2012. Electrical conductivity of orthopyroxene and plagioclase in the lower crust, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 163: 33-48.

35)   Yang Xiaozhi*, 2011. Origin of high electrical conductivity in the lower continental crust: a review, Surv. Geophys., 32: 875-903.

36)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Keppler Hans, 2011. In-situ infrared spectra of OH in olivine to 1100 ºC, Am. Mineral., 96: 451-454.

37)   Yang Xiaozhi*, Keppler Hans, McCammon Catherine, Ni Huaiwei, Xia Qunke, Fan Qicheng, 2011. Effect of water on the electrical conductivity of lower crustal clinopyroxene, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B04208, doi: 10.1029/2010JB008010.