Zhiquan Li
Ph.D. 2018, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
My Research Primarily focuses on the information that can be gained from sedimentary archives regarding the evolution of Earth's surface through time. A key aspect of this work involves investigating banded iron formations (BIFs). Additionally, I am interested in understanding how ancient sediments were deposited, how they underwent diagenetic modification, and ultimately how they transformed into economic ore deposits. My research emphasizes both depositional and post-depositional processes.
Publications
Li, Z.Q., Konhauser, K.O., Zhou, Y.Z., Adlakha, E., Button, M., Lazowski, C., Pecoits, E., Auber, N.R., Lecumberri-Sánchez, P., Alessi, D.S., Robbins, L.J., 2024. How does weathering influence geochemical proxies in Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations? A case study from outcrop samples of 2.46 Ga banded iron formation, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. GSA Bulletin, 136 (7-8): 2735–2752., doi: 10.1130/B37152.1.
Wei, W., Yu, W.C., Algeo, T., Li, Z.Q., Cheng, M., Wang, P., Zhang, J.Y., Du, Y.S., Robbins, L.J., Konhauser, K.O., 2023. A new salinity-based model for Cryogenian Mn-carbonate deposits. Precambrian Research, 403, p.107309.
Yang, X., Mao, J., Wu, C., Li, Z., Konhauser, K.O., Chen, B. and Yang, G., 2023. Genesis and depositional environment of the Carboniferous Baishanquan iron deposit in Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China. Lithos, p.107304.
Li, Z.Q., Zhou, Y.Z., Yu, P.P., Zhang, L.C., Wei, W., Li, Y.H., Konhauser, K.O., Robbins, L.J., 2022. Geology and geochemistry of the high-grade Zankan magnetite ore, Western Kunlun Mountains, NW China. Ore Geology Reviews, 150, p. 105129.
Gao, B.Y., Zhang, L.C., Jin, X., Li, Z.Q. and Li, W.J., 2020. Rhenium-Osmium isotope systematics of an Early Mesoproterozoic SEDEX polymetallic pyrite deposit in the North China Craton: Implications for geological significance and the marine osmium isotopic record. Ore Geology Reviews, 117, p.103331.
Li, Z.Q., Zhang, L.C., Xue, C.J., Zhu, M.T., Zheng, M.T., Robbins, L.J. and Konhauser, K.O., 2019. Genesis of the Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian banded iron ore-bearing sedimentary rocks in the Jiertieke-Zankan iron ore belt, West Kunlun Orogenic Belt, Xinjiang (NW China). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 173, pp.143-160.
Robbins, L.J., Funk, S.P., Flynn, S.L., Warchola, T.J., Li, Z.Q., Lalonde, S.V., Rostron, B.J., Smith, A.J., Beukes, N.J., de Kock, M.O., Heaman, L.M., Alessi, D.S., and Konhauser, K.O, 2019. Hydrogeological constraints on the formation of Palaeoproterozoic banded iron formations. Nature Geoscience, 12(7), pp.558-563.
Li, Z.Q., Zhang, L.C., Xue, C.J., Zheng, M.T., Zhu, M.T., Robbins, L.J., Slack, J.F., Planavsky, N.J. and Konhauser, K.O., 2018. Earth’s youngest banded iron formation implies ferruginous conditions in the Early Cambrian ocean. Scientific reports, 8(1), pp.1-10.