Scientific Research

Selected publications：

(01) Leng, Wei*; Liu, Hao ; Progress in the numerical modeling of mantle plumes, Science China - Earth Sciences, 2023, 66: 685-702

(02) Zhang, Shengxing; Leng, Wei*; Chen, Ling ; Continental tip with thinned lithosphere and thickened crust is a favorable location for subduction initiation, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2023, 128(8): 0-e2023JB027067

(03) Zhang, Shengxing; Li, Yiliang; Leng, Wei*; Gurnis, Michael ; Photoferrotrophic bacteria initiated plate tectonics in the Neoarchean, Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50: 0-e2023GL103553

(04) Liu, Hao; Leng, Wei*; Wang, Wenzhong; Zheng, Yong ; Deciphering the deep Earth heterogeneities from the temperature fluctuation of mantle plumes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023, 618(118275)

(05) Liu, Hao; Gurnis, Michael; Leng, Wei; Constraints on mantle viscosity from slab dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 2021, 126(8): 0-e2021JB022329

(06) Liu, Hao; Gurnis, Michael; Leng, Wei; Jia, Zhe; Zhan, Zhongwen ; Tonga slab morphology and stress variations controlled by a relic slab: Implications for deep earthquakes in the Tonga-Fiji region, Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48(7): 0-e2020GL091331

(07) Shen, Xiaobing; Leng, Wei*; The Mode of Trench-Parallel Subduction of the Middle Ocean Ridge, Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021, 9: 0-781117

(08) Yuan, Y.; Sun, D.; Leng, W.; Wu, Z. ; Southeastward dipping mid-mantle heterogeneities beneath the sea of Okhotsk, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2021, 573: 0-117151

(09) Zhang, Shengxing; Leng, Wei*; Subduction polarity reversal: induced or spontaneous? Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48(11): 0-e2021GL093201

(10) Zhao, Hui; Shen, Xiaobing; Leng, Wei*; Evolution of subduction cusps from the perspective of trench migration and slab morphology, Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021, 9: 0-783409

(11) Chen, Miao; Shen, Xiaobing; Leng, Wei*; Chen, Ling ; Destruction of cratonic lithosphere induced by oceanic subduction initiation, Geophysical Research Letters, 2020, 47(15): 0-e2020GL089140

(12) Huang, Chuan; Leng, Wei*; Wu, Zhongqing ; The continually stable subduction, iron-spin transition and the formation of LLSVPs from subducted oceanic crust, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 2020, 125(e2019JB018262)

(13) Liu, Hao; Leng, Wei*; Tarim large igneous province caused by a wide and wet mantle plume, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 2020, 125(e2019JB019001)

(14) Liu, Hao; Leng, Wei*; Plume-tree structure induced by low-viscosity layers in the upper mantle, Geophysical Research Letters, 2020, 47(e2019GL086508)

(15) Leng Wei*; Huang Liangzhi ; Progress in numerical modeling of subducting plate dynamics, Science China - Earth Sciences, 2018, 61(12): 1761-1774

(16) Liu, Hao; Chen, Fei; Leng, Wei*; Zhang, Haijiang; Xu, Yigang ; Crustal footprint of the Hainan plume beneath southeast China, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2018, 123(4): 3065-3079

(17) Liu, Hao; Wang, Wenzhong; Jia, Xinghua; Leng, Wei*; Wu, Zhongqing; Sun, Daoyuan ; The combined effects of post-spinel and post-garnet phase transitions on mantle plume dynamics, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2018, 496: 80-88

(18) Huang, Chuan; Leng, Wei*; Wu, Zhongqing ; Iron-spin transition controls structure and stability of LLSVPs in the lower mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2015, 423: 173-181

(19) Leng, Wei*; Gurnis, Michael ; Subduction initiation at relic arcs, Geophysical Research Letters, 2015, 42(17): 7014-7021

(20) Leng, Wei*; Mao, Wei; Geodynamic modeling of thermal structure of subduction zones, Science China - Earth Sciences, 58(7):1070-1083

(21) Yang, Ting; Leng, Wei*; Dynamics of hidden hotspot tracks beneath the continental lithosphere, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014, 401: 294-300

(22) Chu, Risheng; Leng, Wei; Helmberger, Don V.; Gurnis, Michael ; Hidden hotspot track beneath the eastern United States, Nature Geoscience, 2013, 6(11): 963-966

(23) Leng, Wei*; Gurnis, Michael ; Shape of thermal plumes in a compressible mantle with depth-dependent viscosity, Geophysical Research Letters, 2012, 39, doi:10.1029/2012GL050959

(24) Leng, Wei*; Zhong, Shijie ; Surface subsidence caused by mantle plumes and volcanic loading in large igneous provinces, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010, 291(1-4): 207-214

(25) Leng, Wei*; Zhong, Shijie ; Constraints on viscous dissipation of plate bending from compressible mantle convection, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010, 297(1-2): 154-164

(26) Zhang, Nan; Zhong, Shijie ; Leng, Wei; Li, Zhengxiang; A model for the evolution of the Earth's mantle structure since the Early Paleozoic, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2010, 115, doi:10.1029/2009JB006896

(27) Leng, Wei*; Zhong, Shijie ; More constraints on internal heating rate of the Earth's mantle from plume observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 2009, 36, L02306, doi:10.1029/2008GL036449

(28) Leng, Wei*; Zhong, Shijie ; Controls on plume heat flux and plume excess temperature,  Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2008, 113, doi:10.1029/2007JB005155