Paleomagnetism · Rock magnetism · Geochronology

Yiming Zhang

I integrate paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, U–Pb geochronology, and thermochronology to reconstruct ancient magmatism, paleogeography, and the evolution of Earth’s magnetic field and interior. The work combines field observations, laboratory measurements, and numerical models.

Currently
Postdoctoral Associate
Based at
Institute for Rock Magnetism · Minnesota
Publications CV
Yiming Zhang outdoors

Research

Research interests

Deep time

Ancient paleogeography

Reconstructing Laurentia, the Grenville orogen, and the Arabian–Nubian Shield using magnetic records and geologic time.

Paleogeography · Tectonics
Magnetism

Magnetic minerals

Studying how magnetic minerals acquire and preserve records of ancient magnetic fields.

Rock magnetism · Micromagnetics
Geologic time

Geochronology

Combining U–Pb ages and cooling histories with magnetic directions and field observations.

Geochronology · Thermochronology

32 weeks of field work across North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Browse publications

Open science

Scientific software

PmagPy Paleomagnetic analysis contributor RockmagPy Rock-magnetic workflows contributor Rock Magnetometry Lectures Course notes and lecture materials H2Matrices.jl Hierarchical H²-matrix computations DisconnectivityGraphs.jl Energy-landscape analysis RapidPy Paleomagnetic instrument control

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