Publications

Peer-reviewed

  • Bao, Xiyuan and Lithgow-Bertelloni, Carolina R. (2024). Self-correction of the optical distortion effect of thermal plumes in particle image velocimetry. Physics of Fluids. Link

  • Bao, Xiyuan (2024). Giant impact and Earth’s mysterious blobs: An interdisciplinary revelation. Science Bulletin. Link

  • Bao, Xiyuan, Mittal, Tushar and Lithgow-Bertelloni, Carolina R. (2024). Determining Mid-Ocean Ridge Geography from Upper Mantle Temperature. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Link

  • Xubo Zhang, Eric L. Brown, Jinchang Zhang, Jian Lin, Xiyuan Bao and William W. Sager (2023). Magmatism of Shatsky Rise controlled by plume-ridge interactions. Nature Geoscience. Link

  • Li, Shaohua, Li, Jiaqi, Ferrand, Thomas P, Zhou, Tong, Lv, Mingda, Xi, Ziyi, Maguire, Ross, Han, Guangjie, Li, Juan, Bao, Xiyuan and others (2023). Deep geophysical anomalies beneath the Changbaishan Volcano. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Link

  • Bao, Xiyuan, Lithgow-Bertelloni, Carolina R., Jackson, Matthew G and Romanowicz, Barbara (2022). On the relative temperatures of Earth’s volcanic hotspots and mid-ocean ridges. Science. Link

Manuscripts submitted

  • Bao, Xiyuan and Lithgow-Bertelloni, Carolina R.. A method for measuring and analyzing four-dimensional flow fields in viscous Rayleigh-Benard Convection. Submitted

  • Bao, Xiyuan and Lithgow-Bertelloni, Carolina R.. Morphology, interactions, and evolution of laminar thermal plumes revealed by four-dimensional velocity measurements and analysis: Application to Earth’s mantle. Submitted

  • Bao, Xiyuan, Wamba, Mathurin D. and Stracke, Andreas. A deep-mantle geochemical zoning map beneath East Africa and Indian Ocean. In revision for Science

  • Lucas, Erica, Richards, Fred, Cederberg, Gabriel, Bao, Xiyuan, Hoggard, Mark J., Tsuji, Stephen R. J., Latychev, Konstantin, Tsuji, Leonard J. S. and Mitrovica, Jerry. Emergence of Antarctic mineral resources in a warming world. Revision Under review at Nature Climate Change

  • Cai, Ronghua, Bao, Xiyuan, Foley, Stephen F., Giuliani, Andrea, Jiang, Shihao, Pearson, D. Graham and Liu, Jingao. Evidence for a highly fusible fundamental constituent in the convective mantle. Under Review at Nature

Manuscripts in preparation

  • Bao, Xiyuan, Cao, Zebin, Gourley, Kenneth Christopher, Gutierrez, Sara, Liang, Yuanyuan, Zhou, Dongyuan, Buffett, Bruce A, Mittal, Tushar, Li, Jie, Pierrehumbert, Raymond, Schaefer, Laura, Orman, James Van and Foley, Bradford J. Coupled Evolution of Earth’s Hydrogen Distribution and Thermal History. .

  • Bao, Xiyuan, Coulson, Sophie, Valencic, Natasha, Mitrovica, Jerry, Dangendorf, Sönke, Mousavi, Mostafa and Lloyd, Andrew. Inverting Sea Level Fingerprints for Ice Mass Changes Using Neural Operators: How Much Can We Recover and How Unique Is It?.

  • Coulson, Sophie, Lloyd, Andrew, Bao, Xiyuan, Mitrovica, Jerry X., Dangendorf, Sönke, Pan, Linda, Valencic, Natasha, Tamisea, Mark E., Al-Attar, David and Heathcotte, Daniel. Inverting Sea Surface Height Data for Greenland Ice Mass Changes (1993-2019): A Proof of Concept.

  • Wei Wang, Xubo Zhang, Jian Lin, Zihua Cheng, Xiyuan Bao, Fan Zhang, Katherine A. Kelley, Ling Chen and Fengyou Chu. Ultra-depleted mantle supporting the Marion Rise: implications for ocean rise dynamics.