Min Sun
Impact in
- Geophysics top 0.01%
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Geochemistry and Petrology top 0.01%
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Papers in
- Geophysics 467
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis 465
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 314
- earthquake and tectonic studies 260
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- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping 222
- Co-authors
- Guochun Zhao (171 shared papers)Simon A. Wilde (44 shared papers)Sanzhong Li (37 shared papers)Chao Yuan (109 shared papers)Peter A. Cawood (10 shared papers)Xiaoping Xia (58 shared papers)Xiaoping Long (75 shared papers)Jian Zhang (22 shared papers)
In The Last Decade
Min Sun
644 papers receiving 49.6k citations
Min Sun's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 194
- Geophysics 47.3k
- Geochemistry and Petrology 6.3k
- Artificial Intelligence 21.0k
- Geology 2.2k
- Paleontology 2.3k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 2293 |
| 2 | Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P–T path constraints and tectonic evolution Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1700 |
| 3 | Review of global 2.1–1.8 Ga orogens: implications for a pre-Rodinia supercontinent Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 1456 |
| 4 | A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: assembly, growth and breakup Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 1145 |
| 5 | A Tale of Amalgamation of Three Permo-Triassic Collage Systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, Sutures, and Terminal Accretion Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 1087 |
| 6 | Amalgamation of the North China Craton: Key issues and discussion Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 904 |
| 7 | Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 885 |
| 8 | End-Permian to mid-Triassic termination of the accretionary processes of the southern Altaids: implications for the geodynamic evolution, Phanerozoic continental growth, and metallogeny of Central Asia Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 823 |
| 9 | Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 772 |
| 10 | Metamorphism of basement rocks in the Central Zone of the North China Craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 576 |
| 11 | Mesozoic lithosphere destruction beneath the North China Craton: evidence from major-, trace-element and Sr–Nd–Pb isotope studies of Fangcheng basalts Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 553 |
| 12 | A temporal link between the Emeishan large igneous province (SW China) and the end-Guadalupian mass extinction Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 544 |
| 13 | Development of the North China Craton During the Late Archaean and its Final Amalgamation at 1.8 Ga: Some Speculations on its Position Within a Global Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinent Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 526 |
| 14 | Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 514 |
| 15 | The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 462 |
| 16 | 2005 | 427 | |
| 17 | Single zircon grains record two Paleoproterozoic collisional events in the North China Craton Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 418 |
| 18 | Detrital and xenocrystic zircon ages from Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic arc terranes of Mongolia: Significance for the origin of crustal fragments in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 402 |
| 19 | 2006 | 398 | |
| 20 | 2003 | 398 |
About Min Sun
Min Sun is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Economics and Econometrics and Geology, having authored 663 papers that have together received 51.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (465 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (314 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (260 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (222 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (49 papers), Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits (47 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (23 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (47.3k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (6.3k citations), Artificial Intelligence (21.0k citations), Geology (2.2k citations) and Paleontology (2.3k citations). Min Sun has collaborated with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde, Sanzhong Li, Chao Yuan, Peter A. Cawood, Xiaoping Xia, Xiaoping Long, Jian Zhang, Wenjiao Xiao and Mei‐Fu Zhou. Their work appears in journals such as Lithos, Precambrian Research, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Gondwana Research and Tectonics.
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