Guangsheng Zhuang

Biography

"Dr. Guangsheng Zhuang is currently working as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Department of Geology and Geophysics , Louisiana State University , USA. His research interests includes Himalayan-Tibetan Orogeny, Asia Monsoon. He is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Guangsheng Zhuang is the member of many international affiliations. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He has authored of many research articles/books related to Himalayan-Tibetan Orogeny, Asia Monsoon. "

Research Interest

Our research falls into the following categories: (1) Basin analysis, (2) Paleoaltimetry, (3) Paleoclimatology, and (4) Paleoecology. With the former two, we aim at understanding the growth history of orogenic belts and providing quantitative constraints on the elevations. We do research in the later two fields in order to investigate how climate and ecology were changed in response to the buildup of high mountains. To achieve our research goals, we apply an integrated approach comprising of detrital mineral geochronology and thermochronology (zircon U-Pb, muscovite 40Ar/39Ar, apatite U-Th/He, etc), Sr/Nd geochemistry, along with field work, to understand the formation and evolution of paleodrainage systems. We also apply the organic geochemistry tools, i.e. the compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) on lipid wax n-alkanes, the terrestrial temperature proxy – MBT/CBT index, and sea surface temperature (SST) proxy – TEX86.