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主要从事岩浆铜镍硫化物矿床、层状岩体的成矿作用及相应岩浆过程的研究,重点通过热力学模拟、流体动力学和地球化学动力学等不同的维度来探究和扩展岩浆矿床的成矿模型。目前的研究兴趣点在于硫化物在动态岩浆体系内的动力学运移过程和岩浆侵位机制及过程。
- Yao, ZS., Mungall, J.E., 2022. Magnetite layer formation in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa. Nature Communications, 13, 416.
- Yao, Z.S., Mungall, J.E., 2022. Transport and deposition of immiscible sulfide liquid during lateral magma flow. Earth Science Reviews, 227, 103964.
- Yao, Z.S., Mungall, J.E., Jenkins MC. 2021. The Rustenburg Layered Suite formed as a stack of mush with transient magma chambers. Nature Communications, 12, 505.
- Yao, Z.S., Mungall, J.E., 2021. Linking the Siberian flood basalts and giant Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits at Norilsk. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB020823.
- Yao, Z.S., Mungall, J.E., 2021. Kinetic controls on the sulphide mineralization of komatiite-associated Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 305, 185-211.
- Yao, Z.S., Mungall, J.E., 2020. Flotation mechanism of sulphide melt on vapour bubbles in partially molten magmatic systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 542, 116298.
- Yao, Z.S., Qin, K.Z., Qin, W., Xue, S.C., 2019. Weak B-type olivine fabric induced by fast compaction of crystal mush in a crustal magma reservoir. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, 3530-3556.
- Yao, Z.S., Mungall, J.E., Qin, K.Z., 2019. A preliminary model for the migration of sulfide droplets in a magmatic conduit and the significance of volatiles. Journal of Petrology, 60, 2281-2316.
- Yao, Z.S., Qin, K.Z., Mungall, J.E., 2018. Tectonic controls in Ni and Cu contents of primary mantle-derived magmas for the formation of magmatic sulfide deposits. American Mineralogist, 103: 1545-1567.
- Yao, Z.S., Qin, K.Z., Xue, S.C., 2017. Kinetic processes for plastic deformation of olivine in the Poyi ultramafic intrusion, NW China: Insights from the textural analysis of a ~1700 m fully cored succession. Lithos, 284-285: 462-476.
- Yao, Z.S., Qin, K.Z., Xue, S.C., 2017. Genetic relationship between deformation and low-Ca content in olivine from magmatic systems: evidence from the Poyi ultramafic intrusion, NW China. Mineralogy and Petrology, 111: 909-919.
- Barnes, S.J., Yao, Z.S., Mao, Y.J., Jesus, A.P., Yang, S.H., Taranovic, V., Maier, W.D., 2022. Nickel in olivine as an exploration indicator for magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits: a data review and re-evaluation. American Mineralogists, online.
- Chen, C., Yao, Z.S., Wang, Y.C., 2022. Partitioning behaviors of cobalt and manganese along diverse melting paths of peridotitic and MORB-like pyroxenitic mantle. Journal of Petrology, accepted.
- Jenkins, M.C., Mungall, J.E., Zientek, M.L., Costin, G., Yao, Z.S., 2021. Origin of the J-M Reef and lower banded series, stillwater complex, Montana, USA. Precambrian Research, 367, 106457.
- Chen, C., Su, B.X., Wang, Y.C., Uysal, I., Yao, Z.S., 2021. Mantle melting models of the Kizildag ophiolite in SE Turkey: Two types of partial melting processes in the oceanic upper mantle of southern Neo-Tethys. Lithos, 398-399, 106348.