Education
Research Interests: Eolian processes and aridification; Late Cenozoic environmental evolution
Research Fields: Eolian deposits and environmental changes
Publications in the recent 5 years (2016-2020) (* corresponding author; # joint first authors; Including books and book chapters)
Part 1: 5 representative publications
1. Zan, J.B.*, Fang, X.M., Kang, J., Li, X.J., Yan, M.D., 2020. Spatial and altitudinal variations in the magnetic properties of eolian deposits in the northern Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent regions: Implications for delineating the climatic boundary. Earth-Science Reviews 208, 103271.
2. Zan, J.B.*, Fang, X.M., Li, X.J., Yan, M.D., Kang, J., 2019. Long‐term variations in the lithogenic susceptibility of Chinese eolian deposits since the Late Pliocene. Geophysical Research Letters 46.
3. Zan, J.B.*, Fang, X.M., Li, X.J., Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Shen, M.M., 2018. Late Pliocene monsoonal rainfall gradients in western China recorded by the eolian deposits from the Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123,8047-8061.
4. Zan, J.B.*, Kang, J., Yan, M.D., Fang, X.M., Li, X.J., Guan, C., Zhang, W.L., Fang, Y.H., 2018. A pedogenic model for the magnetic enhancement of late Miocene fluvial-lacustrine sediments from the Xining Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 123.
5. Zan, J.B., Fang, X.M.*, Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Zhang, D.W., 2018. A new record of late Pliocene-early Pleistocene aeolian loess–red clay deposits from the western Chinese Loess Plateau and its palaeoenvironmental implications. Quaternary Science Reviews 186, 17-26.
Part 2: all other publications (exclude part 1)
1. Zan, J.B.*, Li, X.J., Kang, J., Guo, Z.G., Mao, Z.Q., 2020. Intensified pedogenesis caused the increase in the fine particle content of late Cenozoic fluvial and lacustrine deposits in the NE Tibetan Plateau. Sedimentary Geology 398, 105587.
2. Kang Jian, Zan, J.B.*, Bai, Y.*, Fang, X.M., Chen, C.H., Guan, C., Khodzhiev, A., 2020. Critical altitudinal shift from detrital to pedogenic origin of the magnetic properties of surface soils in the western Pamir Plateau, Tajikistan. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 21, e2019GC008752.
3. Li, X.J., Zan, J.B.*, Yang, R.S., Fang, X.M., Yang, S.L, 2020. Grain-size-dependent geochemical characteristics of Middle and Upper Pleistocene loess sequences from the Junggar Basin: Implications for the provenance of Chinese eolian deposits. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 538, 109458.
4. Fang, X.M., An, Z.S., Clemens, S.C., Zan, J.B., Shi, Z.G., Yang, S.L., Han, W.X., 2020. The 3.6-Ma aridity and westerlies history over midlatitude Asia linked with global climatic cooling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, 24729-24734.
5. Zan, J.B.*, Li, X.J., Fang, X.M., Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Mao, Z.Q., 2018. Grain-size analysis of Upper Pliocene red clay deposits from Linxia Basin: Implications for Asian monsoon evolution on the NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 511, 597-605.
6. Zan, J.B.*, Fang, X.M., Yan, M.D., Shen, M.M., 2018. Comparison of hysteresis, thermomagnetic and low-temperature magnetic properties of particle-size fractions from loess and palaeosol samples in Central Asia and the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Journal International 214, 1608-1622.
7. Zan, J.B.*, Fang, X.M., Yan, M.D., Li, B.S., 2017. New insights into the palaeoclimatic interpretation of the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility and magnetization of Mid-Late Pleistocene loess/palaeosols in Central Asia and the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Journal International 208,663-673.
8. Zan, J.B., Fang, X.M.*, Zhang, W.L., Yan, M.D., Zhang, T., 2016. Palaeoenvironmental and chronological constraints on the Early Pleistocene mammal fauna from loess deposits in the Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews 148, 234-242.
