Yan Yang

Prof. Yan Yang


Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 January 2018 in Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
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WLW. D. Liu
W. D. Liu
YYYan Yang
Yan Yang
KZK. Y. Zhu
K. Y. Zhu
QXQ. K. Xia
Q. K. Xia


1 May 2019 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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WLWendi Liu
Wendi Liu
YYYan Yang
Yan Yang
VBVincent Busigny
Vincent Busigny
QXQun-Ke Xia
Qun-Ke Xia

14 August 2024 in Nature Communications
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WHWeihua Huang
Weihua Huang
YYYan Yang
Yan Yang
YLYuan Li
Yuan Li
ZXZheng Xu
Zheng Xu
SYShuiyuan Yang
Shuiyuan Yang
Qun-Ke XiaQun-Ke Xia
Qun-Ke Xia
The fate of sedimentary nitrogen during subduction is essential for understanding the origin of nitrogen in the deep Earth. Here we study the behavior of nitrogen in slab sediments during the phengite to K-hollandite transition at 10–12 GPa and 800–1100 °C. Phengite stability is extended by 1–3 GPa in the nitrogen (NH4+)-bearing system. The phengite-fluid partition coefficient of nitrogen is 0.031 at 10 GPa, and K-hollandite-fluid partition coefficients of nitrogen range from 0.008 to 0.064, showing a positive dependence on pressure but a negative dependence on temperature. The nitrogen partitioning data suggest that K-hollandite can only preserve ~43% and ~26% of the nitrogen from phengite during the phengite to K-hollandite transition along the cold and warm slab geotherms, respectively. Combined with the slab sedimentary nitrogen influx, we find that a maximum of ~1.5 × 108 kg/y of nitrogen, representing ~20% of the initial sedimentary nitrogen influx, could be transported by K-hollandite to the lower mantle. We conclude that slab sediments may have contributed less than 15% of the lower mantle nitrogen, most of which is probably of primordial origin.

15 January 2021 in Journal of Earth Science
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WHWeihua Huang
Weihua Huang
YYYan Yang
Yan Yang
ZQZeming Qi
Zeming Qi
WLWendi Liu
Wendi Liu
ZWZhongping Wang
Zhongping Wang
QXQunke Xia
Qunke Xia

18 May 2022 in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
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YYYan Yang
Yan Yang
WHWeihua Huang
Weihua Huang
ZQZeming Qi
Zeming Qi
Qun-Ke XiaQun-Ke Xia
Qun-Ke Xia