Wenrong Cao

Wenrong Cao

University of Nevada, Reno

H-index: 15

North America-United States

About Wenrong Cao

Wenrong Cao, With an exceptional h-index of 15 and a recent h-index of 15 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Nevada, Reno, specializes in the field of Structural Geology, Tectonics, Geodynamics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Erosion‐driven isostatic flow and crustal diapirism: Analytical and numerical models with implications for the evolution of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, southern Tibet

Metamorphic Core Complex Dichotomy in the North American Cordillera Explained by Buoyant Upwelling in Variably Thick Crust

Mantle plume–stagnant slab interaction controls the generation of a mixed mantle source for continental intraplate basalts

Tectonic controls on the isotopic juvenility of mid-Cretaceous continental arcs: Global compilations and implications for chemical weathering

Arc tempos of the Gangdese batholith, southern Tibet

Strain localization at brittle-ductile transition depths during Miocene magmatism and exhumation in the southern Basin and Range

Detrital zircon provenance and depositional links of Mesozoic Sierra Nevada intra-arc strata

Mesoscopic and microscopic magmatic structures in the Quxu batholith of the Gangdese belt, southern Tibet: Implications for multiple hybridization processes

Wenrong Cao Information

University

Position

Assistant professor of

Citations(all)

921

Citations(since 2020)

721

Cited By

446

hIndex(all)

15

hIndex(since 2020)

15

i10Index(all)

18

i10Index(since 2020)

17

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University of Nevada, Reno

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Wenrong Cao Skills & Research Interests

Structural Geology

Tectonics

Geodynamics

Top articles of Wenrong Cao

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Author(s)

Publication Date

Erosion‐driven isostatic flow and crustal diapirism: Analytical and numerical models with implications for the evolution of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, southern Tibet

Tectonics

Jiaming Yang

Wenrong Cao

Xiaoping Yuan

Jianfeng Yang

2023/8

Metamorphic Core Complex Dichotomy in the North American Cordillera Explained by Buoyant Upwelling in Variably Thick Crust

GSA Today

Andrew Zuza

Wenrong Cao

2023/3

Mantle plume–stagnant slab interaction controls the generation of a mixed mantle source for continental intraplate basalts

Lithos

Xun Yu

Zhifei Liu

Gang Zeng

Wenrong Cao

Rithy Meas

...

2022/10/1

Tectonic controls on the isotopic juvenility of mid-Cretaceous continental arcs: Global compilations and implications for chemical weathering

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Wenrong Cao

Clément P Bataille

Ethan R Leuchter

Xiqiang Zhou

2022/6/1

Arc tempos of the Gangdese batholith, southern Tibet

Journal of Geodynamics

Xuxuan Ma

Snir Attia

Tarryn Cawood

Wenrong Cao

Zhiqin Xu

...

2022/1/1

Strain localization at brittle-ductile transition depths during Miocene magmatism and exhumation in the southern Basin and Range

Journal of Structural Geology

Andrew V Zuza

Wenrong Cao

Angelica Rodriguez-Arriaga

Joel W DesOrmeau

Margaret L Odlum

2022/10/1

Detrital zircon provenance and depositional links of Mesozoic Sierra Nevada intra-arc strata

Geosphere

Snir Attia

Scott R Paterson

Jason Saleeby

Wenrong Cao

2021/10/1

Mesoscopic and microscopic magmatic structures in the Quxu batholith of the Gangdese belt, southern Tibet: Implications for multiple hybridization processes

Frontiers in Earth Science

Xuxuan Ma

Zhongbao Zhao

Wenrong Cao

He Huang

Fahui Xiong

...

2021/11/11

Crustal tilting and differential exhumation of Gangdese Batholith in southern Tibet revealed by bedrock pressures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Wenrong Cao

Jiaming Yang

Andrew V Zuza

Wei-Qiang Ji

Xu-Xuan Ma

...

2020/8/1

Early evolution of Himalayan Orogenic Belt and generation of middle Eocene magmatism: constraint from Haweng granodiorite porphyry in the Tethyan Himalaya

Frontiers in Earth Science

Wei-Qiang Ji

Fu-Yuan Wu

Jia-Min Wang

Xiao-Chi Liu

Zhi-Chao Liu

...

2020/7/9

Seismogenic thickness of California: Implications for thermal structure and seismic hazard

Tectonophysics

Andrew V Zuza

Wenrong Cao

2020/4/4

Does Underthrusting Crust Feed Magmatic Flare‐ups in Continental Arcs?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Jiaming Yang

Wenrong Cao

Stacia M Gordon

Xu Chu

2020

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Co-Authors

H-index: 57
Scott Paterson

Scott Paterson

University of Southern California

H-index: 38
Boris J.P. Kaus

Boris J.P. Kaus

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

H-index: 25
Andrew V. Zuza

Andrew V. Zuza

University of Nevada, Reno

H-index: 20
Stacia Gordon

Stacia Gordon

University of Nevada, Reno

H-index: 18
Jade Star Lackey

Jade Star Lackey

Pomona College

H-index: 15
Xu Chu

Xu Chu

University of Toronto

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