2010 Prize of President Scholarship for Postgraduate Students 2010 Lisiguang Award for Excellent Ph.D student 2010 GUCAS-BHP Billiton Scholarship 2012 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 2012 Outstanding Ph.D Thesis, Beijing 2012 Xiangjiang Scholar, University of Hong Kong Publications: 25 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Santosh, M., Sun, H., Tang, D.M., 2013. The Early Permian mafic-ultramafic complexes in the Beishan Terrane, NW China: Alaskan-type intrusives or rift cumulates? Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 66(4), 175-187. 24 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Tang, D.M., Sakyi, P.A., Liu, P.P., Sun, H., Xiao, Q.H., 2013. Late Paleozoic mafic-ultramafic intrusions in southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (NW China): insight into magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization in orogenic setting. Ore Geology Reviews 51(2), 57-73. 23 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Ying, J.F., Tang, Y.J., Hu, Y., Santosh, M., 2012. Metasomatized lithospheric mantle beneath Western Qinling, central China: insight into activity of carbonatite melts. The Journal of Geology 120(6), 671-681. 22 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Hu, Y., Santosh, M., Tang, Y.J., Xiao, Y., 2012. The genesis of mantle-derived sapphirine. American Mineralogist 97(5-6), 856-863. 21 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Yang, Y.H., Sakyi, P.A., Ying, J.F., Tang, Y.J., 2012. Breakdown of orthopyroxene contributing to melt pockets in mantle peridotite xenoliths from the Western Qinling, central China: constraints from in situ LA-ICP-MS mineral analyses. Mineralogy and Petrology 104(3), 225-247. 20 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Sun, H., Tang, D.M., Sakyi, P.A., Chu, Z.Y., Liu, P.P., Xiao, Q.H., 2012. Subduction-induced mantle heterogeneity beneath Eastern Tianshan and Beishan: insights from Nd-Sr-Hf-O isotopic mapping of Late Paleozoic mafic-ultramafic complexes. Lithos 134-135(3), 41-51. 19 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Sun, H., Tang, D.M., Xiao, Q.H., Liu, P.P., Sakyi, P.A., 2012. Olivine compositional mapping of mafic-ultramafic complexes in Eastern Xinjiang (NW China): Implications for mineralization and tectonic dynamics. Journal of Earth Science 23(1), 41-53. 18 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Deloule, E., Sakyi, P.A., Xiao, Y., Tang, Y.J., Hu, Y., Ying, J.F., Liu, P.P., 2012. Extremely high Li and low ¿7Li signatures in the lithospheric mantle. Chemical Geology 292-293, 149-157. 17 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Sakyi, P.A., Malaviarachchi, S.P.K., Liu, P.P., Tang, D.M., Xiao, Q.H., Sun, H., Ma, Y.G., Mao, Q., 2012. Occurrence of an Alaskan-type complex in the Middle Tianshan Massif, Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Inferences from petrological and mineralogical studies. International Geology Review 54(3), 249-269. 16 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Sakyi, P.A., Tang, D.M., Liu, P.P., Malaviarachchi, S.P.K., Xiao, Q.H., Sun, H., 2012. Geochronologic-petrochemical studies of the Hongshishan mafic-ultramafic intrusion, Beishan area, Xinjiang (NW China): petrogenesis and tectonic implications. International Geology Review 54(3), 270-289. 15 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Tang, D.M., Deng, G., Xiao, Q.H., Sun, H., Lu, H.F., Dai, Y.C., 2011. Petrological features and implications for mineralization of the Poshi mafic-ultramafic intrusion in Beishan area, Xinjiang. Acta Petrologica Sinica 27(12), 3627-3639. 14 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Sakyi, P.A., Li, X.H., Yang, Y.H., Sun, H., Tang, D.M., Liu, P.P., Xiao, Q.H., Malaviarachchi, S.P.K., 2011. U-Pb ages and Hf-O isotopes of zircons from Late Paleozoic mafic-ultramafic units in southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: tectonic implications and evidence for an Early-Permian mantle plume. Gondwana Research 20(2-3), 516-531. 13 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Sakyi, P.A., Liu, P.P., Tang, D.M., Malaviarachchi, S.P.K., Xiao, Q.H., Sun, H., Dai, Y.C., Hu, Y., 2011. Geochemistry and geochronology of acidic rocks in the Beishan region, NW China: petrogenesis and tectonic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences41(1), 31-43. 12 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Sakyi, P.A., Yang, Y.H., Ying, J.F., Tang, Y.J., Qin, K.Z., Xiao, Y., Zhao, X.M., Mao, Q., Ma, Y.G., 2011. The origin of spongy texture of mantle xenolith minerals from the Western Qinling, Central China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 161(3), 465-482. 11 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Tang, Y.J., Chisonga, B., Qin, K.Z., Ying, J.F., Sayki, P.A., 2011. Geochemical syntheses among the cratonic, off-cratonic and orogenic garnet peridotites and their tectonic implications. International Journal of Earth Sciences 100(4), 695-715. 10 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Sakyi, P.A., Qin, K.Z., Liu, P.P., Ying, J.F., Tang, Y.J., Malaviarachchi, S.P.K., Xiao, Y., Zhao, X.M., Mao, Q., Ma, Y.G., 2010. Formation of melt pockets in mantle peridotite xenoliths from the Western Qinling (Central China): partial melting and metasomatism. Journal of Earth Science 21(5), 641-668. 9 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Sakyi, P.A., Qin, K.Z., Tang, Y.J., Ying, J.F., Xiao, Y., 2010. Garnet-spinel transition in the upper mantle: review and interpretation. Journal of Earth Science 21(5), 635-640. 8 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Sakyi, P.A., Ying, J.F., Tang, Y.J., Yang, Y.H., Qin, K.Z., Xiao, Y., Zhao, X.M., 2010. Compositionally stratified lithosphere and carbonatite metasomatism recorded in mantle xenoliths from the Western Qinling (Central China). Lithos 116(1-2), 111-128. 7 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Sun, H., Wang, H., 2010. Geochronological, petrological, mineralogical and geochemical studies of the Xuanwoling mafic-ultramafic intrusion in Beishan area, Xinjiang. Acta Petrologica Sinica 26(11), 3283-3294. 6 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Ying, J.F., Xiao, Y., Zhao, X.M., 2009. Nature and processes of the lithospheric mantle beneath the western Qinling: evidence from deformed peridotitic xenoliths in Cenozoic kamafugite from Haoti, Gansu Province, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 34(3), 258-274. 5 Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Sun, H., Tang, D.M., Qiao, Q.H., Cao, M.J., 2009. Petrological and mineralogical characteristics of Hongshishan mafic-ultramafic complex in Beishan area, Xinjiang: implications for assimilation and fractional crystallization. Acta Petrologica Sinica 25(4), 873-887. 4 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Wang, Q.Y., Sun, H., Xiao, Y., Ying, J.F., 2007. Spinel-garnet phase transition zone of Cenozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the eastern China and western Qinling and its T-P condition. Acta Petrologica Sinica 23(6), 1313-1320. 3 Su, B.X., Zhang, H.F., Xiao, Y., Zhao, X.M., 2006. Characteristics and geological significance of olivine xenocrysts in Cenozoic volcanic rocks from western Qinling. Progress in Natural Science 16(12), 1300-1306. 2 Su, B.X., Chen, Y.L., Liu, F., Wang, Q.Y., Zhang, H.F., Lan, Z.W., 2006. Geochemical characteristics and significance of Triassic sandstones of Songpan-Ganze block. Acta Petrologica Sinica 22(4), 961-970. 1 Su, B.X., Chen, Y.L., Lan, Z.W., Liu, F., Zhang, H.F., Wang, Q.Y., 2005. Sedimentary and geochemical study on the Precambrian-Triassic series of Songpan-Ganze block. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica 23(3), 437-446.