Wei-Ran (Alex) Li 李蔚然
VRock Laboratory

Google scholar  ORCID: 0000-0002-0767-8573

Web of Science ResearcherID: AAC-9183-2022​

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As first/corresponding author* ; student/postdoc supervisee (in bold)

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In the pipeline (2026/27):​​​

• [39] Costa, F. et al. (including Li, W.R.) Book Chapter 2 (in prep). 

• [38] Li, W.R.* et al. Book Chapter 1 (in prep). 

• [37] Li, W.R.* et al. About Chang'e-6 samples. (in prep). 

• [36] Ausejo, M., Li, W.R.* et al. About Taal volcano. (in prep). 

• [35] Wang, W., Li, W.R.* et al. About volatiles in kimberlite magma (in prep). 

• [34] Phua, M. Li, W.R.* et al. About Tandikat volcano. (in prep). 

• [33] Gao, Y., Li, W.R.*, Mavrogenes, J. About experiments on apatite volatile partitioning. (in prep for GCA). 

• [32] Guo, Z. et al. (including Li, W.R.) About Chang'e-6 samples (submitted).

• [31] Li, W.R.* et al. About lunar volcanism (submitted). 

• [30] Zhang, W, Li, W.R.* , Guo, Z.* et al. About Chang'e-6 samples. (submitted). 

• [29] Li, W.R.*, Phua, M., Liu, X.Y. et al. About Toba caldera. (under revision). 

• [28] Liu, X.Y., Li, W.R.*. About machine-learning-based thermobarometry. (under review in G-cubed). 

• [27] Davies, J. H. et al. (including Li, W.R.) About mantle circulation models. (under revision, Proceedings of the Royal Society A.).

• [26] Zhang, F., Wong, K. Li, W.R. et al.  About Louisville mantle plume thermal-redox evolution. (under revision, EPSL).

• [25] Wang, X. et al. (including Li, W.R.) About Chang'e-6 lunar samples (under revision, Nature Geoscience).

• ​​[24] Chen, H-B., Ji, W.Q.*, Li, W.R.*. et al. About build-up to supereruption (under revision in Science Advances). 

• [23] Chen, H-B., Li, W.R.*. Hao, JL, Bernard, O. About volatile diffusion in apatite (under revision in Nature Communications). ​

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Published/accepted

2026​

• [22] Qian, Y. et al. (including Li, W.R.) About South Pole-Aitken Basin (accepted, Science Advances).

• [21] Liu, G. et al. (including Li, W.R.) (2026). Compositional Heterogeneity of Glass Beads from Chang’E-5 Lunar Soil and Implications for Regolith Sources and Surface Impact Processes. J. Earth Sci.

• [20] Nekrylov, N. et al. (including Li, W.R.) (2026). The Emperor‐Hawaiian chain magmatism: 80 Ma of isothermal melting. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131(9), e2026JB034790.​​

2025

• [19] Wang H. et al. (including Li, W.R.) (2025) Diverse genesis of early Earth’s continental crust hints the geodynamic transition at about 3.0 Gyrs ago. Communications Earth & Environment​​​​. ​

• [18] Pu, Z. et al. (including Li, W.R.) (2025) Quantifying CO2 in apatite by multiple unpolarized transmission FTIR analyses. Solid Earth Sciences. ​​

• [17] Wang P et al. (including Li, W.R.) (2025) Source mechanism of impulsive seafloor events that track submarine lava flows. Science Advances. ​​

• [16] Davies, J. H. et al. (including Li, W.R.) (2025) How to assess similarities and differences between mantle circulation models and Earth using disparate independent observations. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 481(2315), 20240827. ​​​​​

• [15] Li, W.R.*, Shorttle, O., Maclennan, J. et al. (2025) Taking the temperature of ocean islands: a petrological approach. Journal of Petrology, egaf033. ​​​​

• [14] Li, W.R.* & Costa, F (2025) Leveraging radioisotope geochronology and diffusion chronometry to trace the thermal evolution of magmatic systems. National Science Review, nwaf141. ​​​

2024

• [13] Li, W.R.*, Bernard, O., Utami, S. B., & Phua, M. (2024). Volatile systematics in terrestrial igneous apatite: from microanalysis to decoding magmatic processes. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179(7), 1-21. 

• [12] Lormand, C. et al. (including Li, W.R.) (2024) Volatile Budgets and Evolution in Porphyry-Related Magma Systems, Determined Using Apatite. Lithos. ​​​​​

2023

• [11] Zhang, Y., Namur, O., Li, W., et al. (2023). An extended calibration of the olivine–spinel aluminum exchange thermometer: Application to the melting conditions and mantle lithologies of large igneous provinces. Journal of Petrology, 64(11), egad077. ​​​

• [10] Li, W.*, Costa, F, Oppenheimer, C. & Nagashima, K (2023). Volatile and trace element partitioning between apatite and alkaline melts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 178 (2), 9. ​​​​

2019-2022

• [9] Bernard, O., Li, W., Costa, F. et al. (2022) Explosive-effusive-explosive: The role of magma ascent rates and paths in modulating caldera eruptions. Geology. ​​​

• [8] Yang, Q. et al.  (including Li, W.) (2021). The Millennium Eruption of Changbaishan Tianchi Volcano is VEI 6, not 7. Bulletin of Volcanology. ​​​

• [7] Li, W.*, Costa, F. & Nagashima K (2021). Apatite crystals reveal melt volatile budgets and magma storage depths at Merapi volcano, Indonesia. Journal of Petrology, ​​​

• [6] Li, W.*, Chakraborty, S., Nagashima, K, & Costa, F (2020). Multicomponent diffusion of F, Cl, OH in apatite with application to magma ascent rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 550, 116545. 

• [5] Li, W.* & Costa, F (2020). A thermodynamic model for F-Cl-OH partitioning between apatite and melt including non-ideal mixing and applications to constraining melt volatile budgets, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 269, 203-222. 

• [4] Schonwalder, D. A. et al. (including Li, W.)  (2019) PWD: A Petrological Workspace & Database tool, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 20, 6095-6105. ​​

Before PhD

• [3] Andreeva, O.A. et al. (including Li, W.) (2014), The composition and sources of magmas of Changbaishan Tianchi volcano (China-North Korea). Doklady Earth Sciences 456 (1), 572-578. ​​

• [2] Li, W.R., Ji, J., Sang, H., Zhou, J., Tu, J., Sa, X. & Ye, H. (2013), Laser 40Ar/39Ar isochron dating on Leizhou Quaternary volcanic rocks (in Chinese). Acta Petrologica Sinica. 29, 2775-2788. http://html.rhhz.net/ysxb/20130813.htm​​

• [1] Quan W.X., et al. (including Li, W.R.)  (2013). Evaluation of K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar dating and Q value (in Chinese with English abstract). Acta Petrologica Sinica. 29, 2803-2810.​​​