GAO Rui

Academic Background:

Professor Gao Rui was born in Changchun, Jilin Province in May, 1950. He earned his BS degree in Exploration Geophysics from Changchun College of Geology (now Jilin University) in 1977 and his MS degree in Applied Geophysics in 1981 from Changchun College of Geology.

Research Interests:

His research interest is mainly in the areas of geophysics and tectonics. For years, he has been concentrating on studies of deep seismic reflection probing to document the tectonic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau, as well as the lithospheric deformation and related tectonic attributions of other continental blocks. He has paid lots of attention to the combined studies between geophysics and geology to address tectonic problems.

Areas of Specialization

In total, he and his research team have completed 8000km-long deep seismic reflection profiles within the Chinese Mainland. The results have contributed greatly to understanding the deep crustal architecture of the continent. The “Science” journal has highly evaluated these seismic achievements as being outstanding.

He and his research team have completed an integrated geophysical exploration for three Global Geoscience Transects (GGT) within the Tibetan Plateau. The total length has reached 3500km.

Academic Achievements:

Published about 271 research articles. He was the first author and corresponding author for more than 100 of them, fifty of which have appeared in SCI journals like Nature Geoscience, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL), Geology, Tectonics, Tectonophysics, Lithosphere, etc.

Presented and named a new crustal-scale architecture of “face-to-face collision” between West Kunlun of northern Tibet and Tarim block of Eurasia

Proposed the collision process and deep deformation between India and Eurasia, indicating Indian crust has underthrusted beneath Eurasia but to only a limited degree.

Named the North Border Thrust bounding the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and interpreted the Longriba fault zone as being the western margin of the Yangtze crystalline basement. These new study results provide deep constraints on the geodynamic evolution of northern and eastern Tibet.

Recognized a blind paleo-subduction zone beneath the Sichuan basin, indicating a deep deformation in association with the paleo-tectonic amalgamation within the Yangtze craton.

Published 15 monographs as an editor and/or co-author

Received the first and second prize of Sciences and Technology Advancement Award of Ministry of Land and Resources for 6 times.

Selected Publications:

Rui Gao, Zhanwu Lu, Simon L. Klemperer, Haiyan Wang, Shuwen Dong, Wenhui Li, Hongqiang Li, 2016, Crustal-scale duplexing beneath the Yarlung Zangbo suture in the western Himalaya, Nature Geoscience, 9, doi: 10.1038/NGEO2730.

Xiaoyu Guo, Rui Gao, Sanzhong Li, Sanzhong Li, Xiao Xu, Xingfu Huang, Haiyan Wang, Wenhui Li, Shujuan Zhao, Xiyao Li, 2016, Lithospheric architecture and Deformation of NE Tibet: New insights on the interplay of regional tectonic processes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 449, 89-95.

Xiaoyu Guo, Rui Gao, Haiyan Wang, G. Randy Keller, John Encarnacion, Xiao Xu, Wenhui Li, Hongqiang Li, 2015, Northeastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau along the Tibet-Ordos transition zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 10631-10639.

Xiaoyu Guo, Rui Gao*, Xiao Xu, G. Randy Keller, An Yin, Xiaosong Xiong, 2015, Longriba fault zone in eastern Tibet: An important tectonic boundary marking the westernmost edge of the Yangtze block, Tectonics, 34, doi: 10.1002/2015TC003880.

Hesheng Hou, Haiyan Wang*, Rui Gao*, Qiusheng Li, Hongqiang Li, Xiaosong Xiong, Wenhui Li, Ying Tong. Fine Crustal Structure and Deformation beneath the Great Xing’an Ranges, CAOB: Revealed by Deep Seismic Reflection Profile. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Available online 19 March 2015. doi:10.1016/j:jseaes 2015.10.30

Hong-Da Liang, Rui Gao*, He-Sheng Hou, Guo-Xing Liu, Jiang-Tao Han, Song Han, Lithospheric electrical structure of the Great Xing'an Range,Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Available online 7 February 2015. doi:10.1016/j:jseaes 2015.10.30.

Shihong Zhang, Rui Gao*, Haiyan Li, Hesheng Hou, Huaichun Wua, Qiusheng Li, Ke Yang, Chao Li, Wenhui Li, Jishen Zhang, Tianshui Yang, G.R. Keller, Mian Liu. Crustal structures revealed from a deep seismic reflection profile across the Solonker suture zone of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, northern China: An integrated interpretation. Tectonophysics, 2014,612-613, 26-39

Ye Zhuo, LI Qiusheng, GAO Rui*, Zhang Hongshuang, HE Rizheng, WANG Haiyan, LI Wenhui. A thinned lithosphere beneath coastal area of southeastern China as evidenced by seismic receiver functions. Science in China (Earth Sciences), 2014, 57(11), 2835-2844.

Haiyan Wang, Rui Gao*, Lingsen Zeng, Zhaoyang Kuang, Aimin Xue, Wenhui Li, Xiaosong Xiong, Weiyi Huang. Crustal structure and Moho geometry of the northeastern Tibetan plateau as revealed by SinoProbe-02 deep seismic-reflection profiling. Tectonophysics, 2014, 636, 32-39.

Rui Gao, Haiyan Wang*, Lingsen Zeng, Jisheng Zhang , Tonglou Guo, Qiusheng Li , Wenhui Li, Pengwu Li, Ye Guan. The crust structures and the connection of the Songpan block and West Qinling orogen revealed by the Hezuo-Tangke deep seismic reflection profiling, Tectonophysics, 2014, 634, 227-236.

Rizheng He*, Guocheng Liu, Eva Golos. Rui Gao**, Hongwei Zheng, Isostatic gravity anomaly, lithospheric scale density structure of the northern Tibetan and geodynamic causes for potassic lava eruption in Neogene, Tectonophysics, 628, 2014, 218-227

Hongwei Zheng, Rui Gao*, TingDong Li, Qiusheng Li, Rizheng He. Collisional tectonics between the Eurasian and Philippine Sea plates from tomography evidences in Southeast China. Tectonophysics, 2013, 606, 14-23.

Jisheng Zhang, Rui Gao*, Qiusheng Li, Ye Guan, Haiyan Wang, Zhanwu Lu and Wenhui Li, Characteristic of gravity and magnetic anomalies in the Daba Mountains and the Sichuan basin, Acta Geologic Sinica,2013,87(4),1154-1161.

Rui Gao, Chen Chen, Zhan Wu Lu, Larry Brown, Xiaosong Xiong, Wenhui Li, Gong Deng. New constraints on crustal structure and Moho topography in Central Tibet revealed by Sinoprobe deep seismic reflection profiling. Tectonophysics, 2013, 606, 160-170.

Rui Gao, Haiyan Wang, An Yin, Zhaoyang Kuang, Andrew Zuza, Wenhui Li, Xiaosong Xiong. Tectonic Development of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from High-resolution Deep Seismic-reflection Profiling. Lithosphere, 2013, 5(6), 555-574.

Rui Gao, Hesheng Hou*, Xunyu Cai, James H. Knapp, Rizheng He, Jinkai Liu, Xiaosong Xiong, Ye Guan, Wenhui Li, Lingsen Zeng, and Steven W. Roecker. Fine Crustal Structure beneath the Junction of the Southwest Tianshan and Tarim Basin, NW China. Lithosphere, 2013, 5(4), 382-392.

Wenhui LI, G. Randy KELLER, Rui GAO*, Qiusheng LI, Catherine COX, Hesheng HOU, Yingkang LI, Ye GUAN. Crustal Structure of the Northern Margin of the North China Craton and Adjacent Region from Sinoprobe02 North China Seismic WAR/R Experiment. Tectonophysics, 2013, 606, 116-126.

Xiaoyu Guo, Rui Gao*, G. Rand Keller, Xiao Xu, Haiyan Wang, Wenhui Li, Imaging the crustal structure beneath the eastern Tibetan Plateau and implications for the uplift of the Longmen Shan range. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2013, 379, 72-80.

Zhanwu Lu, Rui Gao*, Yongtie Li, Aimin Xue, Qiusheng Li, Haiyan Wang, Chaoyang Kuang, Xiaosong Xiong.The upper crustal structure of the Qiangtang Basin revealed by seismic reflection data, Tectonophysics, 2013, 606, 171-177.

Jisheng Zahng, Rui Gao*, Lingsen Zeng, Qiusheng Li , Ye Guan, RizhengHe, Haiyan Wang, Zhanwu Lu. 2010. Relationship between characteristics of gravity and magnetic anomalies and the earthquakes in the Longmenshan range and adjacent areas. Tectonophysics, 491:218-229.

Lu Zhanwu, Gao Rui*, Li Qiusheng, He Rizheng, Kuang Chaoyang, Hou Hesheng, Xiong Xiaosong, Guan Ye, Wang Haiyan, Testing deep seismic reflection profiles across the central uplift of the Qiangtang terrane in the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Earth Science, 2009(4), 438-447.

Qiusheng Li, Rui Gao*, Haiyan Wang, Jisheng Zhang, Zhanwu Lu, Pengwu Li, Ye Guan, and Rizheng He, Deep Background of Wenchuan Earthquake and the Upper Crust Structure beneath the Longmen Shan and Adjacent Areas, Acta Geologica Sinica, 2009, 83, 733-739.

Xiong Xiaosong, Gao Rui*, Li Qiusheng, Lu Zhanwu, The Moho depth of QingHai-Tibet plateau revealed by seismic probe, Journal of Earth Science, 2009 (4):448-463.

Zhang Jisheng, GAO Rui*, Zeng Lingsen, Li Qiusheng, Guan Ye, He Rizheng, Wang Haiyan, Lu Zhanwu, Relationship between crustal 3D density structure and the earthquakes in the Longmenshan range and adjacent areas, Acta Geologica Sinica, 2009. 83, 740-745.

Rui Gao, Zhanwu Lu, Qiusheng Li, Ye Guan, Jisheng Zhang, Rizheng He, and Liyan Huang, Geophysical Probe and Geodynamic Study of the Crust and Upper Mantle in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, Episodes, 28(4) (2005), 263-273.

Gao Rui, Li Pengwu, Li Qiusheng, Guan Ye, Shi Danian, Kong Xiangru, Liu Hongbing, Deep process of the collision and deformation on the northern margin of the Tibetan plateau: Revelation from investigation of the deep seismic profiles, Science in China (Series D), 44 (2001), 71-78.

Gao Rui, Huang Dongding, Lu Deyuan, Qian Guihua, Li Yingkang, Kuang Chaoyang, Li Qiusheng, Li Pengwu, Feng Rujin and Guan Ye, Deep seismic reflection profile across the juncture zone between the Tarim basin and the West Kunlun Mountains, Chinese Sci. Bull. 45 (2000). 2281-2286.

Gao Rui, Cheng Xiangzhou, and Wu Gongjian, Lithospheric structure and geodynamic model of the Golmud-Ejin transect in northern Tibet, Geological Society of America, Special Paper, 328, (1999), 9-17.

Gao Rui, Li Dexing, Lu Deyuan, Li Yingkang, Huang Dongding, Feng Rujin, Qian Guihua and Kuang Chaoyang, Deep seismic reflection profiles across contact zone of West Kunlun and Tarim basin along the Xinjiang geotransect in NW China, Terra Nostra, 99(2) (1999), 49-50.

Gao Rui, Wu Gongjian, Lithosphere structure and geodynamics model of Golmud-Ejin Geoscience transect in north Tibet, Acta Geoscientic Sinica Bulletin of the CAGS, Special Issue (1996): 36-40.