Yiming Ma (马义明)

Professor, doctoral supervisor

Department of Structural Geology and Geodynamics, School of Earth Sciences

China University of Geosciences

No. 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, P. R. China

E-mail: may.iming2006@163.com

QQ：624671756

WeChat: mym624671756

Office: 219A in the main building 

Employment

        Jul. 2022—present: Professor, Department of Structural Geology and Geodynamics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, P. R. China

Jul. 2019—Jun. 2022: Appointed Professor, Department of Structural Geology and Geodynamics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, P. R. China

Jul. 2016—Jun. 2019: Postdoctoral research associate, State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Education

Ph.D. study: Sep. 2013—Jun. 2016, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, China (Major: Structural Geology, Study Orientation: Tectonic and Earth Dynamics)

Master's degree (MA.Sc): Sep. 2010—Jun. 2013, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, China (Major: Structural Geology, Study Orientation: Tectonic and Earth Dynamics)

Bachelor degree (B.S.): Sep. 2006—Jun. 2010, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi province, China (Major: Resources Exploration Engineering)

Principal Research Interests

Paleomagnetic constraints on the rift, drift and collision processes of the microcontinents of the Tibetan Plateau

Plate reconstruction of the South China Block

Recover high-fidelity paleomagnetic field intensity records from ideal rocks

Teaching Experience

2021    Advisor for Shiyi Zhang, Luan Tan, Chao Niu,  Guodong Tao (CUG undergraduate) on Paleomagnetism

2020    Advisor for Mengqing Wang (CUG undergraduate) on Paleomagnetism

2020    Instructor of a course on "Structural Geology"

2019    one of instructors of a course on "Paleomagnetism: Magnetic Domains to Geologic Terranes"

2013    Advisor for Yipeng Zhang (CUGB undergraduate) on Paleomagnetism

Ph.D. Dissertation

Ma Y., 2016, Paleomagnetism and Geochronology of Cretaceous Rocks from the Lhasa Terrane and the Tethyan Himalaya. China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, China, 152p. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Master degree (MA.Sc) Dissertation

Ma Y., 2013, A combined paleomagnetic and geochronological study from the Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks in the Lhasa terrane: paleogeographic constraints on the southern margin of Asia. China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, China, 69p. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Awards and Funding

2022—2025  "Paleomagnetic constraints on the process of the Lhasa terrane separation from Gondwana" financed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No: 42174089; ¥590,000)

2019—2021  "Young top talent" of the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

2019—2021  "A combined study of tectonic paleomagnetism and zircon U-Pb geochronology from Jurassic rocks in the Lhasa terrane" financed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No: 41802242; ¥250,000)

2018—2019  "Paleomagnetic constraints on the India-Asia collision", financed by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (grant No: 2017M612769; ¥50,000)

2015  National scholarship for doctoral candidates, China

2015  Merit student and scholarship, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

2015  Academic star of China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

2014  Scientific and technological innovation scholarship, Second Prize, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

发表论文见‪Yiming Ma‬ - ‪Google 学术搜索‬，如下：

2023年

Liang, J., Bian, W., Jiao, X., Peng, W., Ma, J., Wang, S., Ma, Y., Zhang, S., Wu, H., & Li, H. (2023). Geochronological results from the Zhela Formation volcanics of the Tethyan Himalaya and their implications for the breakup of eastern Gondwana. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 20035.

Ma, J., Yang, T., Peng, W., Bian, W., Wang, S., Han, F., Liang, J., Jiao, X., Jin, J., ... & Ma, Y. (2023). New Late Cretaceous paleomagnetic and geochronologic results from the southern Qiangtang Terrane: Contributions to the reliability of redbed paleomagnetic datasets from the Tibetan Plateau and shape of the Qiangtang Terrane. Geological Society of America Bulletin.

Niu, C., Ma, Y., Wang, H., Yang, T., Li, H., Han, F., Xu, C., Miao, J., Yang, Z., & Cai, H. (2023). The Cretaceous stationary Lhasa terrane constrained by the paleolatitude of 103 Ma volcanic rocks from the Nima area. Global and Planetary Change, 220, 103998. (学生一作)

Wang, S., Yang, T., Ma, J., Bian, W., Jiao, X., Han, F., Liang, J., Zhang, S., Wu, H., ... & Ma, Y. (2023). New Middle Jurassic Paleomagnetic and Geochronologic Results From the Lhasa Terrane: Contributions to the Closure of the Meso‐Tethys Ocean and Jurassic True Polar Wander. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(7), e2023GL103343.

Wang, Z., Shi, Y., Yang, T., Anderson, J. L., Zhao, J., Peng, W., Hou, C., Sun, H., Bian, W., & Ma, Y. (2023). Early activity of the Kerguelen Mantle plume: geochronology, geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes of mafic dykes and sills from the Tethyan Himalaya. International Geology Review, 65(4), 512-526.

2022年

Hu, W.-L., Wang, Q., Tang, G.-J., Zhang, X.-Z., Qi, Y., Wang, J., Ma, Y.-M., Yang, Z.-Y., Sun, P., & Hao, L.-L. (2022). Late Early Cretaceous magmatic constraints on the timing of closure of the Bangong–Nujiang Tethyan Ocean, Central Tibet. Lithos, 416, 106648.

Ma, Y., Ruan, W., Niu, C., & Yang, T. (2022). Movement history of the microcontinents from the Tibetan plateau based on paleomagnetic results with Sufficient sampling Units. Journal of Earth Science, 33(5), 1072-1080.

Ma, Y., Wang, Q., Wang, H., Wan, B., Zhang, S., Deng, C., Zheng, D., Ren, Q., Yang, T., & Wu, D. (2022). Jurassic paleomagnetism of the Lhasa terrane—Implications for Tethys evolution and true polar wander. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(12), e2022JB025577.

Ma, Y., Wang, Q., Yang, T., Ou, Q., Zhang, X., Dan, W., Zhang, S., Wu, H., Li, H., & Cao, L. (2022). Location of the Lhasa terrane in the Late Cretaceous and its implications for crustal deformation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 588, 110821.

Peng, W., Yang, T., Shi, Y., Bian, W., Ma, Y., Wang, S., Jiao, X., Ma, J., Kang, Y., & Zhang, S. (2022). Role of the Kerguelen mantle plume in breakup of eastern Gondwana: Evidence from early cretaceous volcanic rocks in the eastern Tethyan Himalaya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 588, 110823.

Wang, Z., Shi, Y., Yang, T., Anderson, J. L., Hou, C., Kang, Y., Peng, W., Ma, Y., & Bian, W. (2022). Constraints on the rollback of the Neo-Tethyan oceanic plate: Geochronology and geochemistry of volcanic rocks from the Dianzhong Formation, western Gangdese belt (Tibetan Plateau). American Journal of Science, 322(2), 396-411.

2017-2021年

Liu, X., Wang, Q., Ma, L., Yang, J.-H., Ma, Y.-M., & Huang, T.-Y. (2021). Early Paleozoic and Late Mesozoic crustal reworking of the South China Block: Insights from Early Silurian biotite granodiorites and Late Jurassic biotite granites in the Guangzhou area of the south-east Wuyi-Yunkai orogeny. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 219, 104890.

Liu, X., Wang, Q., Ma, L., Yang, Z.-Y., Hu, W.-L., Ma, Y.-M., Wang, J., & Huang, T.-Y. (2020). Petrogenesis of Late Jurassic two-mica granites and associated diorites and syenite porphyries in Guangzhou, SE China. Lithos, 364, 105537.

Bian, W., Yang, T., Ma, Y., Jin, J., Gao, F., Wang, S., Peng, W., Zhang, S., Wu, H., & Li, H. (2019). Paleomagnetic and geochronological results from the Zhela and Weimei Formations lava flows of the eastern Tethyan Himalaya: New insights into the breakup of eastern Gondwana. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(1), 44-64.

Ma, Y., Wang, Q., Wang, J., Yang, T., Tan, X., Dan, W., Zhang, X., Ma, L., Wang, Z., & Hu, W. (2019). Paleomagnetic constraints on the origin and drift history of the North Qiangtang Terrane in the Late Paleozoic. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(2), 689-697.

Yang, T., Jin, J., Bian, W., Ma, Y., Gao, F., Peng, W., Ding, J., Wang, S., Zhang, S., & Wu, H. (2019). Precollisional latitude of the Northern Tethyan Himalaya from the Paleocene redbeds and its implication for greater India and the India‐Asia collision. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(11), 10777-10798.

Ma, Y., Yang, T., Bian, W., Jin, J., Wang, Q., Zhang, S., Wu, H., Li, H., & Cao, L. (2018). A stable southern margin of Asia during the Cretaceous: Paleomagnetic constraints on the Lhasa‐Qiangtang collision and the maximum width of the Neo‐Tethys. Tectonics, 37(10), 3853-3876.

Shi, Y., Hou, C., Anderson, J. L., Yang, T., Ma, Y., Bian, W., & Jin, J. (2018). Zircon SHRIMP U–Pb age of Late Jurassic OIB-type volcanic rocks from the Tethyan Himalaya: constraints on the initial activity time of the Kerguelen mantle plume. Acta Geochimica, 37, 441-455.

Bian, W., Yang, T., Ma, Y., Jin, J., Gao, F., Zhang, S., Wu, H., & Li, H. (2017). New Early Cretaceous palaeomagnetic and geochronological results from the far western Lhasa terrane: Contributions to the Lhasa-Qiangtang collision. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 16216.

Bian, W., Yang, T., Shi, Y., Ma, Y., Jin, J., Gao, F., Peng, W., Zhang, S., Wu, H., & Li, H. (2017). New zircon SHRIMP U-Pb ages of the Langjiu formation volcanic rocks in the Shiquanhe area, Western Lhasa terrane and their implications. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition).

Ma, Y., Yang, T., Bian, W., Jin, J., Wang, Q., Zhang, S., Wu, H., Li, H., Cao, L., & Yuan, H. (2017). Paleomagnetic and geochronologic results of latest Cretaceous lava flows from the Lhasa terrane and their tectonic implications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(11), 8786-8809.

2016年及以前

Ma, Y., Yang, T., Bian, W., Jin, J., Zhang, S., Wu, H., & Li, H. (2016). Early Cretaceous paleomagnetic and geochronologic results from the Tethyan Himalaya: Insights into the Neotethyan paleogeography and the India–Asia collision. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 21605.

Yang, T., Ma, Y., Bian, W., Jin, J., Zhang, S., Wu, H., Li, H., Yang, Z., & Ding, J. (2015). Paleomagnetic results from the Early Cretaceous Lakang Formation lavas: Constraints on the paleolatitude of the Tethyan Himalaya and the India–Asia collision. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 428, 120-133.

Yang, T., Ma, Y., Zhang, S., Bian, W., Yang, Z., Wu, H., Li, H., Chen, W., & Ding, J. (2015). New insights into the India–Asia collision process from Cretaceous paleomagnetic and geochronologic results in the Lhasa terrane. Gondwana Research, 28(2), 625-641.

Ma, Y., Yang, T., Yang, Z., Zhang, S., Wu, H., Li, H., Li, H., Chen, W., Zhang, J., & Ding, J. (2014). Paleomagnetism and U‐Pb zircon geochronology of Lower Cretaceous lava flows from the western Lhasa terrane: New constraints on the India‐Asia collision process and intracontinental deformation within Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(10), 7404-7424.

Chen, W., Yang, T., Zhang, S., Yang, Z., Li, H., Wu, H., Zhang, J., Ma, Y., & Cai, F. (2012). Paleomagnetic results from the Early Cretaceous Zenong Group volcanic rocks, Cuoqin, Tibet, and their paleogeographic implications. Gondwana Research, 22(2), 461-469.