Mei-Fei Chu
  • Mei-Fei Chu

    Assistant Professor

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  • E-mail 1: mfchu@ntu.edu.tw
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  • Research Room: Room 423 & 425, Institute of Oceanography
  • Field: Application of (LAM-)ICP-MS to Earth Sciences; Igneous Petrogenesis
  • Academic Background:
    • 1998 B.Sc., Department of Geology, National Taiwan University
    • 2006 Ph.D., Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University

    • 08/2006 - 09/2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica
    • 10/2007 - 07/2011 Research Fellow, GEMOC ARC National Key Centre, Dept. of Earth & Planet. Sci., Macquarie University
    • Since 07/2011 Honorary Associates, GEMOC ARC National Key Centre, Dept. of Earth & Planet. Sci., Macquarie University
    • Since 07/2011 Assistant Professor, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
  • Research Achievements/Publications:
      Peer-reviewed articles (SCI)
    • Chen, CH, Lee, CY, Lin, JW, & M-F (2019) Provenance of sediments in western Foothills and Hsuehshan Range (Taiwan): A new view based on the EMP monazite versus LA-ICPMS zircon geochronology of detrital grains. Earth-Science Reviews, 190, 224-246.
    • Chu, M-F*, Lai, YM, Li, QL, Chen, WS, Song, SR, Lee, HY, & Lin, TH (2018) Magmatic pulses of the Tatun Volcano Group, northern Taiwan, revisited: Constraints from zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 167(SI), 209-217.
    • Gao, YY, Griffin, WL, Chu, M-F, O'Reilly, SY, Pearson, NJ, Li, QL, Liu, Y, Tang, GQ, & Li, XH (2018) Constraints from zircon Hf-O-Li isotopic compositions on the genesis of slightly low-delta O-18 alkaline granites in the Taohuadao area, Zhejiang Province, SE China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 167(SI), 197-208.
    • Li, S, Chung, SL, Wang, T, Wilde, SA, Chu, M-F, Pang, CJ, & Guo, QQ (2018) Water-fluxed crustal melting and petrogenesis of large-scale Early Cretaceous intracontinental granitoids in the southern Great Xing'an Range, North China. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 130(3-4): 580-597. doi:10.1130/B31771.1.
    • Lai, YM, Chu, M-F, Chen, WS, Shao, WY, Lee, HY, & Chung, SL (2018) Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints on the magmatic evolution of the Northern Luzon Arc. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 29(2): 149-186. doi: 10.3319/TAO.2017.08.29.01.
    • Li, S, Chung, SL, Wang, T, Wilde, SA, Chu, M-F, & Guo, QQ (2017) Tectonic significance and geodynamic processes of large-scale Early Cretaceous granitoid magmatic events in the southern Great Xing'an Range, North China. Tectonics, 36 (4): 615-633. doi: 10.1002/2016TC004422.
    • Lai, YM, Song, SR, Lo, CH, Lin, TH, Chu, MF, & Chung, SL (2017) Age, geochemical and isotopic variations in volcanic rocks from the Coastal Range of Taiwan: Implications for magma generation in the Northern Luzon Arc. LITHOS, 272: 92-115; doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2016.11.012.
    • Gao, Y-Y, Li, X-H, Griffin, WL, Tang, Y-J, Pearson, NJ, Liu, Y, Chu, M-F, Li, Q-L, Tang, G-Q & SY O’Reilly (2015) Extreme lithium isotopic fractionation in three zircon standards (Plešovice, Qinghu and Temora), Scientific Reports , 5, 16878. doi: 10.1038/srep16878.
    • Genske, FS, Turner, SP, Beier, C, Chu, M-F, Tonarini, S, Pearson, NJ & Haase, KM (2014) Lithium and boron isotope systematics in lavas from the Azores islands reveal crustal assimilation, Chemical Geology, 373, 27-36. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.02.024.
    • Chu, M-F, Chung, S-L*, O’Reilly, SY, Pearson, NJ, Wu, F-Y, Li, X-H, Liu, D, Ji, J., Chu, C-H & Lee, H-Y (2011) India's hidden inputs to Tibetan orogeny revealed by Hf isotopes of Transhimalayan zircons and host rocks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 307, 479-486. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.020
    • Liu, Y-H, Yang, H-J*, Zhang, J, Shau, Y-H, Chu, M-F, Iizuka, Y & Yu, S-C (2010) Kyanite formation and element fractionation in the high-Al eclogites from the Sulu UHP metamorphic terrane. Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 21(2), 277-298. doi:10.3319/TAO.2009.06.12.01(TT)
    • Chu, M-F*, Wang, K-L, Griffin, WL, Chung, S-L, O’Reilly, SY, Pearson, NJ & Iizuka, Y (2009) Apatite composition: Tracing petrogenetic processes in Transhimalayan granitoids. Journal of Petrology 50(10), 1829-1855. doi:10.1093/petrology/egp054
    • Chung, S-L*, Chu, M-F, Ji, J, O'Reilly, SY, Pearson, NJ, Liu, D, Lee, T-Y & Lo, C-H (2009) The nature and timing of crustal thickening in Southern Tibet: Geochemical and zircon Hf isotopic constraints from postcollisional adakites. Tectonophysics 477(1-2), 36-48. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.008
    • Chiu, H-Y, Chung, S-L*, Wu, F-Y, Liu, D, Liang, Y-H, Lin, I-J, Iizuka, Y, Xie, L-W, Wang, Y & Chu, M-F (2009) Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints from eastern Transhimalayan batholiths on the precollisional magmatic and tectonic evolution in southern Tibet. Tectonophysics 477(1-2), 3-19. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.02.034
    • Wen, D-R, Liu, D, Chung, S-L*, Chu, M-F, Ji, J, Zhang, Q, Song, B, Lee, T-Y, Yeh, M-W & Lo, C-H (2008) Zircon SHRIMP U–Pb ages of the Gangdese Batholith and implications for Neotethyan subduction in southern Tibet. Chemical Geology 252, 191-201. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.03.003
    • Shen, C-C*, Chiu, H-Y, Chiang, H-W, Chu, M-F, Wei, K-Y, Steinke, S, Chen, M-T, Lin, Y-S & Lo, L (2007) High precision measurements of Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios in carbonates by cold plasma inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry. Chemical Geology 236, 339-349. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.10.010
    • Chu, M-F, Chung, S-L*, Song, B, Liu, D, O’Reilly, SY, Pearson, NJ, Ji, J & Wen, D-J (2006) Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope constraints on the Mesozoic tectonics and crustal evolution of southern Tibet. Geology 34(9), 745-748. doi:10.1130/G22725.1
    • Shen, C-C*, Lin, H-T, Chu, M-F, Yu, E-F, Wang, X & Dorale, JA, 2006. Measurements of natural uranium concentration and isotopic composition with permil-level precision by inductively coupled plasma-quadrupole mass spectrometry. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3) 7(9). doi:10.1029/2006GC001303
    • Yang, J-H*, Wu, F-Y, Chung, S-L, Wilde, SA & Chu, M-F (2006) A hybrid origin for the Qianshan A-type granite, northeast China: Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic evidence. Lithos 89(1-2), 89-106.
    • Chung, S-L*, Chu, M-F, Zhang, Y, Xie, Y, Lo, C-H, Lee, T-Y, Lan, C-Y, Li, X, Zhang, Q & Wang, Y (2005) Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism. Earth-Science Reviews 68, 173-196.
    • Yang, J-H*, Chung, S-L, Wilde, SA, Wu, F-Y, Chu, M-F, Lo, C-H & Fan, H-R ( 2005)Petrogenesis of post-orogenic syenites in the Sulu Orogenic Belt, East China: geochronological, geochemical and Nd–Sr isotopic evidence. Chemical Geology 214, 99-125.
    • Yang, J-H*, Wu, F-Y, Chung, S-L, Wilde, SA, Chu, M-F, Lo, C-H & Song, B (2005) Petrogenesis of Early Cretaceous intrusions in the Sulu ultrahigh-pressure orogenic belt, East China and their relationship to lithospheric thinning. Chemical Geology 222(3-4), 200-231.
    • Yang, J-H*, Wu, F-Y, Chung, S-L, Wilde, SA & Chu, M-F (2004) Multiple sources for the origin of granites: Geochemical and Nd/Sr isotopic evidence from the Gudaoling granite and its mafic enclaves, northeast China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68(21), 4469-4483.
    • Ji, J*, Zhong, D, Song, B, Chu, M-F & Wen, D-J (2004) Metamorphism, geochemistry and U-Pb zircon SHRIMP geochronology of the high-pressure granulites in the central Greater Himalayas. Acta Petrologica Sinica 20(5), 1283-1300.
    • Chung, S-L*, Liu, D, Ji, J, Chu, M-F, Lee, H-Y, Wen, D-J, Lo, C-H, Lee, T-Y, Qian, Q & Zhang, Q (2003) Adakites from continental collision zones: Melting of thickened lower crust beneath southern Tibet. Geology 31(11), 1021–1024.
    • Qian, Q*, Chu, M-F, Chung, S-L, Lee, T-Y & Xiong, X-M (2003) Was Triassic continental subduction solely responsible for the generation of Mesozoic mafic magmas and mantle source enrichment in the Dabie-Sulu orogen? International Geology Review 45, 659-670.
    • Yang, J-H*, Chu, M-F, Liu, W & Zhai, M-G (2003) Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Guojialing granodiorites from the northwestern Jiaodong Peninsula, eastern China. Acta Petrologica Sinica 19(4), 692-700.