Gao Shan (; June 30, 1962 – May 3, 2016) was a Chinese

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and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was a professor of geochemistry at the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan).

Biography

Gao obtained a bachelor's degree of geology from Northwest University (China) in 1982. He was enrolled to China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) in 1985 when he obtained a master's degree. He received his PhD from China University of Geosciences in 1989. Following this, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation post-doctoral scientist at the Geochemisches institute,

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, before he returned to China to take up a faculty position at China University of Geosciences. His interests included chemical composition of the continental crust, chemical exchange between the crust and the mantle, and laser ablation ICP-MS and its applications to in-situ elemental and isotopic analysis of minerals. He published authoritative articles on the chemical composition of the continental crust and contributed to unravelling the history of decratonization in the North China Craton. Gao was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in December 2011. He was also a fellow of the

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(2009), Geochemical Society (2014) and

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(2014). Gao died in Wuhan on May 3, 2016.

References

External links

Gao Shan's research at Google Scholar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gao, Shan 1962 births 2016 deaths Chemists from Qinghai China University of Geosciences alumni Academic staff of China University of Geosciences Chinese geochemists Educators from Qinghai Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences People from Xining 20th-century Chinese chemists