Inna Yu. Safonova

Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy

Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, SB RAS, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

ResearchGate  ORCID

Head of the Laboratory of the Paleo-Oceans and Mantle Magmatism Evolution, Novosibirsk State University (NSU), and Senior Researcher of the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, Novosibirsk. Graduated with honors from NSU (1987, Novosibirsk) and the Russian Academy of Entrepreneurship (2004, Moscow). Scientific interests: geology and tectonics of the Central Asian fold belt, the evolution of the ancient oceans and mantle magmatism, isotope geochronology, geochemistry and isotopy of oceanic, island-arc and intraplate magmatic rocks. Visiting scientist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (2004-2015), the University of Tokyo (2010, 2014, and 2017). Recipient of grants from the Korea Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources (KIGAM, 2010- 2012), and the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS, 2007-2009, 2014-2015, and 2017). Research leader and co-leader of bachelor- and master-degree studies conducted by students at the Novosibirsk State University. Author and coauthor of 300+ publications (including articles and abstracts), including two monographs (coauthored), 95 publication in RISC, citation index 2095 (Hirsch index in RISC - 21), and 74 publications in Web of Science (WoS), citation  index1579 ( Hirsch Index on the Web of Science - 19).

Publications 2019–2024

• Zou H., Li H., Li Z., Wang D., Safonova I., Cao H., Jin X., Chen H., Huang C., 2024. Integrated Detrital Rutile and Detrital Zircon Ages: A New Perspective on the Tectonic Evolution of South China. NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW 11(12), nwae356. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwae356
• Safonova I., Savinskiy I., Perfilova A., Obut O., Gurova A., Krivonogov S., 2024. A New Tectonic Model for the Itmurundy Zone, Central Kazakhstan: Linking Ocean Plate Stratigraphy, Timing of Accretion and Subduction Polarity. GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS 15(4), 101814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101814
• Penkina V.A., Kotler P.D., Safonova I.Y., Khromykh S.V., Perfilova A.A., Kulikova A.V., Galimullin I.A., 2024. Evolution of the Northeastern Margin of the Kazakhstan Paleocontinent: Results of a Petro-Geochemical Study of Sedimentary and Volcanogenic-Sedimentary Rocks of the Zharma-Saur Island Arc Zone. GEOTECTONICS 58(3), 321–343. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852124700274
• Safonova I., Krutikova A., Perfilova A., Obut O., Kovach V., Kulikova A., 2024. Early Paleozoic Juvenile Crustal Growth in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: A Contribution from the Zasur’ya Accretionary Complex of NW Altai. EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS 249, 104648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104648
• Pei Q.-M., Li C.-H., Ma S.-B., Liang Yi., Cao H.-W., Ge H.-F., Shen J.-L., Safonova I., 2024. A Rare Sellaite-Bearing Orogenic Gold Deposit at Pianyanzi, Yangtze Craton: Ore Genesis as Implied from In-Situ Studies of Pyrite. ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS 165, 105866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2023.105866
• Krutikova A.K., Safonova I.Yu., Obut O.T., Perfilova A.A., Savinskiy I.A., Sennikov N.V., Gan B., 2024. Geological Position and Composition of Sandstones in the Listvenny and Marcheta Formations of the Zasur’ya Series, Gorny Altai. LITHOSPHERE 24(4), 686–709. https://doi.org/10.24930/2500-302X-2024-24-4-686-709
• Pei Q., Wang H., Safonova I., Palin R.M, Senapathi V., Lin B., 2024. Editorial: Sichuan-Tibet Traffic Corridor: Fundamental Geological Investigations and Resource Endowment – Volume II. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE 12, 1464476. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1464476
• Lü G., Zhang X., Zhang Y., Safonova I., Huang H., Yu Z., Dai Q., 2024. Discussion on Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Genetic Model of Geothermal Waters in Xianshuihe, Anninghe and Longmenshan Fault Zones in Western Sichuan, China. GEOLOGY IN CHINA 51(1), 341–359. https://doi.org/10.12029/gc20230309001
• Gan B., Tang J., Safonova I., Qin L., Diwu C., 2023. Devonian Continental Arc Magmatism in the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Evidence from the Dunhuang Block, NW China. GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS 14(6), 101643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101643
• Dmitrieva N.V., Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Y., Kotlyarov A.V., Karmanov N.S., 2023. The Physicochemical Conditions for the Formation of Recent Basalts of Lokon Volcano, Sulawesi Island in the Pacific Ocean: Melt Inclusion Data. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PACIFIC GEOLOGY 17(3), 267–283. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714023030041
• Safonova I., Perfilova A., 2023. Survived and Disappeared Intra-Oceanic Arcs of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Evidence from Kazakhstan. NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW 10(2), nwac215. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwac215
• Dmitrieva N.V., Safonova I.Yu., Simonov V.A., Kotlyarov A.V., Karmanov N.S., Nizametdinov I.R., 2023. Formation conditions of andesites of Sulawesi Island (Indonesia). LITHOSPHERE 23(3), 386–409. https://doi.org/10.24930/1681-9004-2023-23-3-386-409
• Dmitrieva N.V., Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kotlyarov A.V., Karmanov N.S., 2023. The Physicochemical Conditions for the Formation of Recent Basalts of Lokon Volcano, Sulawesi Island in the Pacific Ocean: Melt Inclusion Data. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PACIFIC GEOLOGY 17, 267–283. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714023030041
• Gan B., Tang J., Safonova I.Yu., Qin L., Diwu Ch., 2023. Devonian Continental Arc Magmatism in the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Evidence from the Dunhuang Block, NW China. GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS 14(6), 101643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101643
• Kotlyarov A.V., Dmitrieva N.V., Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Karmanov N.S., Nizametdinov I.R., 2023. Crystallization Conditions of Plagioclase in Volcanic Complexes of Sulawesi Island, Pacific Ocean. MINERALOGY 9(1), 60–78. https://doi.org/10.35597/2313-545X-2023-9-1-4
• Gurova A.V., Safonova I.Yu., Savinsky I.A., Antonyuk R.M., Orynbek T.Z., 2022. Magmatic Rocks of the Tekturmass Accretionary Complex, Central Kazakhstan: Geological Position and Geodynamic Settings of Formation. GEODYNAMICS & TECTONOPHYSICS 13(5). https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2022-13-5-0673
• Perfilova A., Safonova I., Degtyarev K., Savinsky I., Kotler P., Khassen B., 2022. Composition and Sources of Silurian Terrigenous Rocks at the Periphery of the Tekturmas Ophiolite Zone (Central Kazakhstan). DOKLADY EARTH SCIENCES 505, 416–421. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X22070157
• Safonova I., Perfilova A., Savinskiy I., Kotler P., Sun M., Wang B., 2022. Sandstones of the Itmurundy Accretionary Complex, Central Kazakhstan, as Archives of Arc Magmatism and Subduction Erosion: Evidence from U-Pb Zircon Ages, Geochemistry and Hf-Nd Isotopes. GONDWANA RESEARCH 111, 35–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2022.06.018
• Ganbat A., Tsujimori, T., Miao L., Safonova I., Pastor-Galán D., Anaad Ch., Aoki Sh., Aoki K., Chimedsuren M., 2022. Age, Petrogenesis, and Tectonic Implications of the Late Permian Magmatic Rocks in the Middle Gobi Volcanoplutonic Belt, Mongolia. ISLAND ARC 31(1), e12457. https://doi.org/10.1111/iar.12457
• Safonova I.Yu., Antonyuk R.M., Gurova A.V., Kalugin V.M., Savinsky I.A., Vnukovsky A.P., Orynbek T.Z., 2022. Geological Structure and Copper Mineralization of the Tekturmas Ophiolite Belt and Related Structures of Central Kazakhstan. LITHOSPHERE 22(4), 472–496. https://doi.org/10.24930/1681-9004-2022-22-4-472-496
• Safonova I., Perfilova A., 2022. Survived and Disappeared Intra-Oceanic Arcs of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Evidence from Kazakhstan. NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW 10(2), nwac215. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwac215
• Wang Y., Wang B., Li M., Cao S., Wang H., Pan S., Guo J., Ma D., Song F., Cao T., Safonova I.Y., Zhong L., Ni X., 2022. New Constraints on Volcanism during Ordovician-Silurian Transition: Insights from Marine Bentonites in Northern Yili Block (NW China). PALAEOGEOGRAPHY, PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY, PALAEOECOLOGY 600, 111073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111073
• Hu W., Li P., Sun M., Safonova I., Jiang Y., Yuan C., Kotler P., 2022. Provenance of Late Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks in Eastern Kazakhstan: Implications for the Collision of the Siberian Margin with the Kazakhstan Collage. JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES 232, 104978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.104978
• Xiao W., Pirajno F., Seltmann R., Safonova I., Chen Y., Muhtar M.N., 2022. Metallogeny of the Southern Altaids: Key to Understanding the Accretionary Tectonics and Crustal Evolution of Central Asia. ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS 144, 104871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104871
• Perfilova A.А., Safonova I.Yu., Gurova A.V., Kotler P.D., Savinskiy I.А., 2022. Tectonic Settings of Formation of Volcanic and Sedimentary Rocks of the Itmurundy Zone, Central Kazakhstan. GEODYNAMICS & TECTONOPHYSICS 13(1), 0572. https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2022-13-1-0572
• Savinskiy I., Safonova I., Perfilova A., Kotler P., Sato T., Maruyama S., 2022. A Story of Devonian Ocean Plate Stratigraphy Hosted by the Ulaanbaatar Accretionary Complex, Northern Mongolia: Implications from Geological, Structural and U-Pb Detrital Zircon Data. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-021-02150-5
• Ganbat A., Tsujimori T., Miao L., Safonova I., Pastor-Galán D., Anaad C., Baatar M., Aoki S., Aoki K., Savinskiy I., 2021. Late Paleozoic–Early Mesozoic Granitoids in the Khangay-Khentey Basin, Central Mongolia: Implication for the Tectonic Evolution of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean Margin. LITHOS 404–405, 106455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106455
• Safonova I.Y., Khanchuk A.I., 2021. Subduction Erosion at Pacific-Type Convergent Margins. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PACIFIC GEOLOGY 15, 495–509. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714021060087
• Wang T., Seltmann R., Huang H., Tong Y., Gladkochub D., O'Reilly S.Y., Van Staal C., Hou Z., Safonova I., Xiao W., 2021. Orogen Architecture and Crustal Growth from Accretion to Collision (IGCP#662): Scientific Activities 2018–2019. EPISODES 44(2), 175–183. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020061
• Konopelko D., Safonova I., Perfilova I., Biske Y., Mirkamalov R., Divaev F., Kotler P., Obut O., Wang B., Sun M., Soloshenko N., 2021. Detrital Zircon U-Pb-Hf Isotopes and Whole-Rock Geochemistry of Ediacaran – Silurian Clastic Sediments of the Uzbek Tienshan: Sources and Tectonic Implications. INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2021.2010134
• Safonova I., Perfilova A., Obut O., Kotler P., Aoki S., Komiya T., Wang B., Sun M., 2021. Traces of Intra-Oceanic Arcs Recorded in Sandstones of Eastern Kazakhstan: Implications from U-Pb Detrital Zircon Ages, Geochemistry, and Nd-Hf Isotopes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-021-02059-z
• Konopelko D., Seltmann R., Dolgopolova A., Safonova I., Glorie S., De Grave J., Sun M., 2021. Adakite-like Granitoids of Songkultau: A Relic of Juvenile Cambrian Arc in Kyrgyz Tien Shan. GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS 12(1), 147–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2020.08.006
• Dagva-Ochir L., Oyunchimeg T.-U., Enkhdalai B., Safonova I., Li H., Otgonbaatar D., Tamehe L.S., Sharav D., 2020. Middle Paleozoic Intermediate-Mafic Rocks of the Tsoroidog Uul’Accretionary Complex, Central Mongolia: Petrogenesis and Tectonic Implications. LITHOS 376, 105795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105795
• Furnes H., Dilek Y., Zhao G., Safonova I., Santosh M., 2020. Geochemical Characterization of Ophiolites in the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic Belt: Magmatically and Tectonically Diverse Evolution of the Mesozoic Neotethyan Oceanic Crust. EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS 103258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103258
• Tolstykh N.D., Krivolutskaya N.A., Safonova I.Y., Shapovalova M.O., Zhitova L.M., Abersteiner A., 2020. Unique Cu- Rich Sulphide Ores of the Southern-2 Orebody in the Talnakh Intrusion, Noril’Sk Area (Russia): Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Conditions of Crystallization. ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS 103525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103525
• Kuibida M.L., Murzin O.V., Kruk N.N., Safonova I.Y., Sun M., Komiya T., Wong J., Aokie S. et al., 2020. Whole-Rock Geochemistry and U-Pb Ages of Devonian Bimodal-Type Rhyolites from the Rudny Altai, Russia: Petrogenesis and Tectonic Settings. GONDWANA RESEARCH 81, 312–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2019.12.002
• Khassen B.P., Safonova I.Y., Yermolov P.V., Antonyuk R.M., Gurova A.V., Obut O.T., Perfilova A.A., Savinskiy I.A., Tsujimori T., 2020. The Tekturmas ophiolite belt of central Kazakhstan: Geology, magmatism, and tectonics. GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 55(3), 2363–2382. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3782
• Safonova I., Savinskiy I., Perfilova A., Gurova A., Maruyama S., Tsujimori T., 2020. The Itmurundy Pacific-Type Orogenic Belt in Northern Balkhash, Central Kazakhstan: Revisited Plus First U-Pb Age, Geochemical and ND Isotope Data from Igneous Rocks. GONDWANA RESEARCH 79, 49–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2019.09.004
• Furnes H., Safonova I., 2019. Ophiolites of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Geochemical and Petrological Characterization and Tectonic Settings. GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS 10(4), 1255–1284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2018.12.007
• Konopelko D., Biske Y.S., Kullerud K., Ganiev I., Seltmann R., Brownscombe W., Mirkamalov R., Wang B., Safonova I. et al., 2019. Early Carboniferous Metamorphism of the Neoproterozoic South Tien Shan-Karakum Basement: New Geochronological Results from Baisun and Kyzylkum, Uzbekistan. JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES 177, 275–286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.03.025
• Safonova I.Y., Perfilova A.A., Obut O.T., Savinsky I.A., Chyornyi R.I., Petrenko N.A., Gurova A.V., Kotler P.D., Khromykh S.V., Krivonogov S.K., Maruyama S., 2019. The Itmurundy Accretionary Complex, Northern Balkhash Area: Geological Structure, Stratigraphy and Tectonic Origin. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PACIFIC GEOLOGY 13, 283–296. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714019030072
• Meng F.-C., Safonova I., Chen S.-S., Rioual P., 2018. Late Cenozoic Intra-Plate Basalts of the Greater Khingan Range in NE China and Khangai Province in Central Mongolia. GONDWANA RESEARCH 63, 65–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2018.05.009
• Safonova I., Maruyama S., Kruk N., Obut O., Kotler P., Gavryushkina O., Khromykh S., Kuibida M., Krivonogov S., 2018. Pacific-Type Orogenic Belts: Linking Evolution of Oceans, Active Margins and Intra-Plate Magmatism. EPISODES 41(2), 79–88. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2018/018008
• Kotlyarov A.V., Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., 2018. Boninites as a Criterion for the Geodynamic Development of Magmatic Systems in Paleosubduction Zones in Gorny Altai. GEODYNAMICS & TECTONOPHYSICS 9(1), 39–58. https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2018-9-1-0336
• Safonova I., Dong Y.P., 2019. IAGR 2018 Annual Convention and 15th International Symposium on "Gondwana to Asia", Xi'an, China. GONDWANA RESEARCH 65, 178–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2018.10.005