Licheng Cao

851 total citations
20 papers, 669 citations indexed

About

Licheng Cao is a scholar working on Geology, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Licheng Cao has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 669 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Geology, 14 papers in Geophysics and 6 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Licheng Cao's work include Geological and Geophysical Studies (18 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (12 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). Licheng Cao is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geophysical Studies (18 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (12 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). Licheng Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and United States. Licheng Cao's co-authors include Lei Shao, Peijun Qiao, Tao Jiang, Yingzhao Zhang, Zhenfeng Wang, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Zhigang Zhao, Xiong Pang, Xiangtao Zhang and Meng Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Licheng Cao

19 papers receiving 652 citations

Peers

Licheng Cao
Yuchi Cui China
Florian Meresse France
Chao Lei China
J. D. Ritchie United Kingdom
Donna Cathro Australia
Camille Clerc France
Tadeusz P. Gladczenko Norway
M. Block Germany
Shiguo Wu China
L S Lane Canada
Yuchi Cui China
Licheng Cao
Citations per year, relative to Licheng Cao Licheng Cao (= 1×) peers Yuchi Cui

Countries citing papers authored by Licheng Cao

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Licheng Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Licheng Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Licheng Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Licheng Cao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Licheng Cao. Licheng Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cao, Kai, Guocan Wang, T. Mark Harrison, et al.. (2025). Late Cenozoic river reorganization related to tectonic extrusion formed the modern drainage system in southeastern Tibet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(40). e2424554122–e2424554122. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Licheng, et al.. (2023). Rapid reorganization of the Pearl River network driven by spreading of the South China Sea at around 32 Ma. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 629. 111785–111785. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Licheng, et al.. (2023). Causes of Cretaceous subduction termination below South China and Borneo: Was the Proto-South China Sea underlain by an oceanic plateau?. Geoscience Frontiers. 15(2). 101752–101752. 7 indexed citations
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Cao, Licheng, Lei Shao, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, et al.. (2023). Provenance and evolution of East Asian large rivers recorded in the East and South China Seas: A review. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 13 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zenggui, Tao Jiang, Licheng Cao, et al.. (2022). Source of the sand-rich gas hydrate reservoir in the northern South China Sea: Insights from detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and seismic geomorphology. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 145. 105904–105904. 11 indexed citations
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He, Yunlong, Xinong Xie, Licheng Cao, et al.. (2022). Zircon U–Pb age constraints on the provenance and response to tectonics: Lower Oligocene of the western Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 148. 106059–106059. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Licheng, et al.. (2021). Fingerprinting sand from Asian rivers to the deep central South China Sea since the Late Miocene. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 133(9-10). 1964–1978. 14 indexed citations
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Cao, Licheng. (2021). Analyze the application of virtual reality in interior design. 18. 28–28. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Licheng, Lei Shao, Peijun Qiao, et al.. (2020). Formation and paleogeographic evolution of the Palawan continental terrane along the Southeast Asian margin revealed by detrital fingerprints. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 133(5-6). 1167–1193. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Gongcheng, Lei Shao, Peijun Qiao, et al.. (2019). Cretaceous–Palaeogene sedimentary evolution of the South China Sea region: A preliminary synthesis. Geological Journal. 55(4). 2662–2683. 25 indexed citations
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He, Jie, Eduardo Garzanti, Licheng Cao, & Hua Wang. (2019). The zircon story of the Pearl River (China) from Cretaceous to present. Earth-Science Reviews. 201. 103078–103078. 52 indexed citations
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Cao, Licheng, Lei Shao, Peijun Qiao, Zhigang Zhao, & Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen. (2018). Early Miocene birth of modern Pearl River recorded low-relief, high-elevation surface formation of SE Tibetan Plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 496. 120–131. 72 indexed citations
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Shao, Lei, Licheng Cao, Peijun Qiao, et al.. (2017). Cretaceous–Eocene provenance connections between the Palawan Continental Terrane and the northern South China Sea margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 477. 97–107. 75 indexed citations
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Zhu, Weilin, Xinong Xie, Zhenfeng Wang, et al.. (2017). New insights on the origin of the basement of the Xisha Uplift, South China Sea. Science China Earth Sciences. 60(12). 2214–2222. 43 indexed citations
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Cao, Licheng, et al.. (2016). Geochemical evolution of Oligocene–Middle Miocene sediments in the deep-water area of the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 80. 358–368. 18 indexed citations
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Jiang, Tao, Licheng Cao, Xinong Xie, et al.. (2015). Insights from heavy minerals and zircon U–Pb ages into the middle Miocene–Pliocene provenance evolution of the Yinggehai Basin, northwestern South China Sea. Sedimentary Geology. 327. 32–42. 62 indexed citations
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Shao, Lei, Licheng Cao, Xiong Pang, et al.. (2015). Detrital zircon provenance of the Paleogene syn‐rift sediments in the northern South China Sea. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 17(2). 255–269. 88 indexed citations
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