Xiong Wang

Hi, I’m Xiong Wang . I uncover the hidden stories of the Earth’s lithosphere by studying rocks, minerals, and their microstructures.

• • My research combines laboratory deformation experiments and field investigations to explore mineral microstructures and their rheological properties.
• • I link mineral physics experiments with geophysical data to reveal dynamic processes shaping the Earth’s lithosphere.
• • Skilled in MTEX for EBSD data analysis.
• • Leading the open-source project AIMER - AI-assisted Microstructure Evolution in Rheology, applying AI for deeper and faster data analysis.

I believe laboratory insights, geophysical data, and AI tools together can reveal the ever-changing Earth beneath our feet.

Projects

• NSFC (国家自然科学基金青年项目)
  Experimental Study on the Rheological Properties of Calcic-amphibole at High-Temperature and High-Pressure
  No. 42302242 · Jan 2024 - Dec 2026 · 300,000 RMB · PI
• CPSF (中国博士后科学基金面上项目)
  Experimental Study on the Rheological Properties of Plagioclase at High-Temperature and High-Pressure
  No. 2024M753023 · Jun 2024 - present · 80,000 RMB · PI
• CPSF (中国博士后科学基金面上项目)
  Experimental Study on the Rheological Properties of Calcic-amphibole in the Deep Crust of the Tibet Plateau
  No. 2021M701563 · Aug 2021 - Oct 2022 · 80,000 RMB · PI

Publications

• [12]: Wang, X., Zhang, J.F., and Jing Z.C.
  The Origin of Lunar Basalts Constrained by Fe-Ti-Rich Melt Interaction with the Lunar Mantle
  In preparation.
• [11]: Wang, X., Zhang, J.F., and Jing Z.C.
  The partition coefficients of trace elements between olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, and high-Ti basaltic melt at lunar mantle condition
  In preparation.
• [10]: Wang, X., Luo, B.J., and Zhang, J.F.
  Crustal Seismic Anisotropy, Viscosity, and Hydration in Continental Orogens: Insights from the Gangdese Arc Crust in Southern Tibet
  In preparation.
• [9]: Wang, X., Jing Z.C., Zhang, J.F., Chunyin Zhou and Luo Y.H.
  Thermoelastic Properties of Amphibole in the Deep Continental Crust
  In preparation.
• [8]: Wang, X., Zhang, J.F., Jing, Z.C., and Luo Y.H.
  Water-driven Mineralogical Transformations Weaken the Mid-to-lower Crust of the Southern Tibet
  PNAS, Under review.
• [7]: Wang, X., Zhang, J.F., and Luo Y.H.
  Amphibole Fabric and Seismic Anisotropy under Plastic Deformation: Insights into the Composition and Structure of Deep Crust in the southern Tibet
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Second review.
• [6]: Liu, T., Wang, X., Pu, C., and Jing Z.C.
  Thermoelastic Properties of Seifertite at High Pressures and Temperatures: Implications for Negative Velocity Discontinuities in the D" Layer
  Geophysical Research Letter, 51(23), 2024.
• [5]: Liu, Y., Yang, T., Wang, K., Wang, X., and Li, Y.
  Influence of Grain Size Evolution on Mantle Plume and LLSVP Dynamics
  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(11), 2024.
• [4]: Wang, X., Zhang, J.F., Tommasi, A., Lopez-Sanchez, M., Jing Z.C., Shi F., Liu W.L. and Barou F.
  Experimental Evidence for a Weak Calcic-Amphibole-Rich Deep Crust in Orogens
  Geophysical Research Letter, 50, e2022GL102320, 2023.
• [3]: Wang, X., Zhang J.F., Tommasi A., Jing Z.C. and Yuan M.S.
  Microstructure and Seismic Properties of Amphibole-rich Rocks from the Deep Crust in Southern Tibet
  Tectonophysics, 811: 228869, 2021.
• [2]: Li W.J, Zhang, J.F., Wang, X., Wang Y., Wu X. and Hu Z.C.
  Petrofabrics and Seismic Properties of Himalayan Amphibolites: Implications for a Thick Anisotropic Deep Crust Beneath the Tibetan Plateau
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(8): 1-14, 2020.
• [1]: Wang, X., Zhang J.F., Rushmer T., Adam J., Turner S. and Xu W.
  Adakite-Like Potassic Magmatism and Crust-Mantle Interaction in a Postcollisional Setting: An Experimental Study of Melting Beneath the Tibetan Plateau
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(12): 12782-12798, 2019.

News (TB)

Field expeditions, lab life, and personal reflections from years of research in Earth Sciences.

Code

Explore my open-source scripts on AIMER:

Matlab Scripts:

• Olivine deformation mechanism map
• Griggs data reduction in CUG Wuhan
• Element diffusion fitting

Python Scripts:

• Coming soon

AI

Here are some commonly used AI tools for research and productivity:

• ChatGPT (OpenAI)
• Gemini (Goolge)
• Grok (Twitter)
• NotebookLM (Goolge)
• Claude (Anthropic)
• Cursor
• Segment-anything (Meta AI)
• Qwen (通义千问)
• deepseek (深度求索)
• GeoGPT (之江实验室)
• KIMI (月之暗面)

Useful Links

Explore useful links here:

Physical:

• E-Wave software
• ThermoElastic and Seismic Analysis (TESA) Toolbox
• The MATLAB Seismic Anisotropy Toolkit (MSAT)
• Mineral Cij database
• Python codes for modelling seismic velocities in rocks (PyRockWave)
• Unified Seismic Tomography Models for Continental China Lithosphere (USTClitho2.0)
• 3D Models from CU-Boulder

Chemical:

• Highly recommended for EMPA data reduction (MinPlotX)
• Mineral Chemistry Virtual Assistant (Qmin)
• Highly recommended for LA-ICPMS data reduction (ICPMSDataCal-Py)
• Diffusion modeling (DIFFUSUP)
• Diffusion chronometry-single element (Diffuser)
• An excellent open-source Python3 package (Thermobar)
• Thermombarometer for magmatic liquids (MagMaTaB)

Progress