Wei-Ran (Alex) Li 李蔚然
VRockLab

Google scholar  ORCID: 0000-0002-0767-8573

Web of Science ResearcherID: AAC-9183-2022​

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In the pipeline (2026):​

 

As first or corresponding author* (student/postdoc supervisee^):​

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• [30] Li, W.R.* et al. About Chang'e-6 samples. (in prep). As first & corresponding author. 

• [29] Li, W.R.* et al. About lunar volcanism (Chang'e-6 basalts).  (in prep). As first & corresponding author.

• [28] Liu, X.Y.^, Li, W.R.*. About machine-learning-based thermobarometry. (in prep for JGR Solid Earth). As corresponding author. 

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

• [26] Phua, M.^, Li, W.R.*, Liu, X.Y. et al. Emergence of Toba caldera driven by external forces. (under review in Nature). As co-first-author & corresponding author. 

• [25] Chen, H-B.^, Li, W.R.*. Hao, JL, Bernard, O. Minute-scale volatile responses to volcanic conduit processesrevealed by apatite (under revision for Nature Communications). As corresponding author. 

• ​​[24] Chen, H-B.^, Ji, W.Q.*, Li, W.R.*. et al. Heat-softened crust forces Earth’s largest eruptions into two distinct pathways (under revision for Science Advances). As co-corresponding author. 

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As co-author:

• [23] Qian, Y.... Li, W.R.. .. et al. About South Pole-Aitken Basin magmatism (under review in Science Advances).

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

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

• [20] Davies, J. H., ... Li, W.R.... et al. Use of disparate independent observations to constrain mantle circulation models. (under review in Proceedings of the Royal Society A.). 

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Published

2025

• [19] Wang H., Cai K., Sun, M., Li, W.R., Chen, M. & Xia X. Diverse genesis of early Earth’s continental crust hints the geodynamic transition at about 3.0 Gyrs ago. Communications Earth & Environment​​​​. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02973-z​

• [18] Pu, Z., Zhang Z., Bao, X., Li, W., Liu X. (2025) Quantifying CO2 in apatite by multiple unpolarized transmission FTIR analyses. Solid Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sesci.2025.100260​​

• [17] Wang P, Tan YJ, ... Li, W.R. (2025) Source mechanism of impulsive seafloor events that track submarine lava flows. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk3942​​

• [16] Davies, J. H., Panton, J., Altoe, I... Li, W.R.... et al. (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. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2024.0827​​​​​

• [15] Li, W.R.*, Shorttle, O., Maclennan, J. et al. (2025) Taking the temperature of ocean islands: a petrological approach. Journal of Petrology, egaf033. https://doi.org/10.1093/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. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-024-02147-8​​​

• [12] Lormand, C., Humphreys, M., Colby, D. J., Coumans, J. P., Chelle-Michou, C., & Li, W. (2024) Volatile Budgets and Evolution in Porphyry-Related Magma Systems, Determined Using Apatite. Lithos. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4688701​​​​​

2023

• [11] Zhang, Y., Namur, O., Li, W., Shorttle, O., Gazel, E., Jennings, E., Thy, P., Grove, T. L. & Charlier, B. (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. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/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. DOI: 10.1007/s00410-022-01985-8​​​​

2019-2022

• [9] Bernard, O., Li, W., Costa, F. Saunders, S., Itikarai, I., Sindang, M. & Bouvet de Maisonneuve, C. (2022) Explosive-effusive-explosive: The role of magma ascent rates and paths in modulating caldera eruptions. Geology. DOI: 10.1130/G50023.1​​​

• [8] Yang, Q., Jenkins, S.F., Lerner, G.A., Li, W., et al. The Millennium Eruption of Changbaishan Tianchi Volcano is VEI 6, not 7. Bulletin of Volcanology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-021-01487-8​​​

• [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, https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egaa100​​​

• [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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116545​​​

• [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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.10.035​​

• [4] Schonwalder, D. A., Albert, H., Ngoc, T. L., Nguyen, X. P., Utami, S. B., Li, W., Phung, M. K., Widiwijayanti, C. & Costa, F. (2019) PWD: A Petrological Workspace & Database tool, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 20, 6095-6105. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008710​​

Before PhD

• [3] Andreeva, O.A., Yarmolyuk, V.V., Andreeva, I.A., Ji, J.Q. Li, W. (2014), The composition and sources of magmas of Changbaishan Tianchi volcano (China-North Korea). Doklady Earth Sciences 456 (1), 572-578. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X14050213​​

• [2] Li, Weiran, 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 WuXun, Ji, Jianqing, Zhou, Jing, Li, Weiran, Tu, Jiyao (2013). Evaluation of K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar dating and Q value (in Chinese with English abstract). Acta Petrologica Sinica. 29, 2803-2810.​​​