Postdoctoral

faculty

 

 Yongjun Gao
 Research Assistant Professor

 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department
 University of Houston
 Houston, Texas 77204-5007

 Office: 332B
 Phone: 713-743-9312
 Fax:
 ygao@mail.uh.edu


Research Interests

Generation and evolution of oceanic crust. Systematics of 18O/16O, 11B/10B, 7Li/6Li ratios and elemental concentrations in the oceanic crust through its cooling and alteration history. In-situ UV-Laser fluorination techniques for oxygen isotopes and in-situ LA-MC-ICPMS for trace element and Li and B isotopes.



 
Selected Publications
Yongjun Gao, Jonathan E. Snow, Jochen Hoefs, John F. Casey, 2009, Isotopic fractionation of Li during cooling of mantle peridotite from Gakkel Ridge, to be submitted.

John F. Casey, Yongjun Gao, et al., 2009, MORB Lithosphere Fractionation and the Nb Paradox, in Prepare.

Yongjun Gao, Jian Huang, John F. Casey, 2009, Data report: Trace element Geochemistry of oceanic crust formed at a super-fast spreading ridge, Hole1256D, Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Expedition 309/312, Super Fast Spreading Rate Crust.

Yongjun Gao, Jochen Hoefs, Kari Cooper, Christine Laverne, Damon Teagle, Neil Banerjee, Jeff Alt, 2009, Down-Hole variation of lithium and oxygen isotopic composition in Hole 1256D, submitted to G3.

Yongjun Gao, Jochen Hoefs, Eric Hellebrand, Anette von der Handt and Jonathan E. Snow, 2006, Trace element zoning in pyroxenes from ODP Hole 735B gabbros: Diffusive exchange or synkinematic crystal fractionation? Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. V. 153 (4), 429-442.

Yongjun Gao, Jochen Hoefs, Reinhold Przybilla, Jonathan E. Snow, 2006, Acomplete oxygen isotope profile through the lower oceanic crust, ODP Hole 735B, Chemical Geology. V233, 217-234.

Wilson, D. S., Teagle, D. A. H., Alt, J. C., Banerjee, N. R., Umino, S., Miyashita, S., Acton, G. D., Anma, R., Barr, S. R., Belghoul, A., Carlut, J., Christie, D. M.,Coggon, R. M., Cooper, K. M., Cordier, C., Crispini, L., Durand, S. R., Einaudi, F., Galli, L., Gao, Y., Geldmacher, J., Gilbert, L. A., Hayman, N. W., Herrero-Bervera, E., Hirano, N., Holter, S., Ingle, S., Jiang, S., Kalberkamp, U., Kerneklian, M., Koepke, J., Laverne, C., Vasquez, H. L. L., Maclennan, J., Morgan, S., Neo, N.,Nichols, H. J., Park, S. H., Reichow, M. K., Sakuyama, T., Sano, T., Sandwell, R.,Scheibner, B., Smith-Duque, C. E., Swift, S. A., Tartarotti, P., Tikku, A. A.,Tominaga, M., Veloso, E. A., Yamasaki, T., Yamazaki, S., and Ziegler, C., Drilling to Gabbro in Intact Ocean Crust. Science, 312(5776): 1016-1020.

Zhang, Z.M., Xiao, Y.L., Shen, K., Gao, Y.J., 2005, Garnet growth compositional zonation and metamorphic P-T path of the ultrahigh-pressure ecologites from the Sulu orogenic belt, eastern Central China. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 21 (3), 809-818.

Zhang, Z., Rumble, D., Liou, JG, Xiao, Y.L. and Gao, Y. J. 2005 Oxygen isotope geochemistry of rocks from the Pre-Pilot Hole of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project (CCSD-PPH1). American Mineralogist, v. 90, 857-863.

Wang, Yadong Zheng, Tianbin Li and Yongjun Gao. 2004. Mesozoic granitic magmatism in extensional tectonics near the Mongolian border in China and its implications for crustal growth. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 23 (2004) pp. 715-729.

Wang, T, Zheng, Y.D., Li, T.B., Gao, Y.J., Ma, M.B., 2002, Forceful emplacement of granitic plutons in an extensional tectonic setting: Syn-kinematic plutons in the Yagan-Onch Hayrhan metamorphic core complex, Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 76 (1): 81-88.

Mu Zhiguo, Gao Yongjun, 2001, The Laser Microprobe Dating Drives K-Ar Geochronology into A New Milestone at the End of 20th Century (in Chinese), Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 136-142.

Gao Y J, Mu Z G, Liu Y L, Huang B L,2000, K-Ar Dating of Mariana Trough Basalts and Its Significance (in Chinese), Geology-Geochemistry, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp.65-69.

Gao Y J, Mu Z G, Wu S Y, 2000, Geochemistry and Geochronology of Mariana Trough Basalts (in Chinese), Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, Vol. 20, No.3, pp. 53-61.
 

Selected Publications