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Name  
WANG Xu
Title  
  Professor
Highest Education  
  Ph.D.
Subject Categories  
  Geomorphology and Quarternary Geology
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  010-82998581
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  100029
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  010-62010846
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  xuking@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
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  No.19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China

Education and Appointments:
Name: Wang Xu
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 01 Mar. 1976
Place of Birth: Liao Ning
Education: Postgraduate
Degree: Ph. D.
Institution: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Education background:
Aug. 1994-Jul. 1998, B. Sc. of Geology, Northeastern University;
Aug. 1998-Jul. 2004, Ph. D. of Geology, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Working experiences:
Sept. 2003-pesent, Technician for the coupled system of MAT253 isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS) with peripheral devices such as Flash EA 1112, Trace GC 2000, TC/EA and GasBech II, Lab of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Main responsibilities include in daily maintenance of those instruments, measurements on stable C, H, O and N isotopes, new methods development and applications;
Jul. 2004-Jan. 2009, Postdoc, Subdivision of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Jan. 2009-Dec. 2020, Associate professor, Subdivision of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Jan. 2021-pesent, Professor, Subdivision of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Research Interests:

Major in biogeochemistry and isotope geochemistry. The recently studied areas are as follows: (1) New methods development for gas-sourced isotope ratio mass spectrometer and their applications to related research areas; (2) Paleofire history in semi-arid area of Northern China and implications for paleoclimate changes and linkage to human activity; (3) Reconstruction of Paleocene-Eocene Thermo Maximum (PETM) event and its climate, biological, environmental effects based on C, O and S stable isotope records.

Public Services:

Honors:

Supported Projects:
  1. “Reconstruction of paleofire history in Chinese Loess Plateau and its implications for ecology and paleoclimate- Extraction of black carbon from loess and paleosol samples as a proxy indicator”, Science Foundation from State Key Lab of Organic Geochemistry of China, Grants No. OGL-9903, Jan. 2000-Dec. 2003, RMB 30, 000 Yuan.
  2. “Holocene fire history in semi-arid area of North China and its relationship to human activities”, Natural Science Foundation of China, Grants No. 40502019, Jan. 2006-Dec. 2008, RMB 270, 000 Yuan.
  3. “Extraction of phosphates from animal fossils and establishment of preparation system for oxygen isotope measurement of the extracted phosphates”, the Experimental Technique Innovation Foundation of IGGCAS, Grants No. ZC0904, Jan. 2009-Dec. 2009, RMB 100, 000 Yuan.

Selected Publication:

 2018

  1. Goedert, J., Lécuyer, C., Amiot, R., Arnaud-Godet, F., Wang, X., Cui, L.L., Cuny, G., Douay, G., Fourel, F., Panczer, G., Simon, L., Steyer, J.-S., Zhu, M., 2018. Euryhaline ecology of early tetrapods revealed by stable isotopes. Nature 558, 68-72.
  2. Fan, J.W., Xiao, J.L., Wen, R.L., Zhang, S.R., Huang Y., Yue, J.J., Wang, X., Cui, L.L., Li, H., Xue, D.S., Liu, Y.H., 2018. Mineralogy and carbonate geochemistry of the Dali Lake sediments: Implications for paleohydrological changes in the East Asian summer monsoon margin during the Holocene. Quaternary International, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.03.019.
  3. Fan, J.W., Xiao, J.L., Wen, R.L., Zhang, S.R., Wang, X., Cui, L.L., Liu, Y.H., Li, H., Yue, J.J., 2018. The manifestation of the Younger Dryas event in the East Asian summer monsoon margin: New evidence from carbonate geochemistry of the Dali Lake sediments in northern China. The Holocene, doi: 10.1177/095968361876154.

 2017

  1. Wang, X., Cui, L.L., Yang, S.L., Zhai, J.X., Ding, Z.L., 2017. Stable carbon isotope records of black carbon on Chinese Loess Plateau since last glacial maximum: An evaluation on their usefulness for paleorainfall and paleovegetation reconstruction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.08.008.
  2. Amiot, R., Wang, X., Wang, S., Lécuyer, C., Mazin, J.M., Mo, J., Flandrois, J.P., Fourel, F., Wang, X.L., Xu, X., Zhang, Z.J., Zhou, Z., 2017. d18O-derived incubation temperatures of oviraptorosaur eggs. Palaeontology, doi: 10.111/pala.12311.
  3. Scholze, F., Wang, X., Kirscher, U., Kraft, J., Schneider, J.W., G?tz, A.E., Joachimski, M.M., Bachtadse, V., 2017. Amultistratigraphic approach to pinpoint the Permian-Triassic boundary in continental deposits: The Zechstein–Lower Buntsandstein transition in Germany. Global and Planetary Change 152, 129-151.
  4. Wang, S., Stiegler, J., Amiot, R., Wang, X., Du, G.H., Clark, J.M., Xu, X., 2017. Extreme ontogenetic changes in a Ceratosaurian Theropod. Current Biology 27, 144-148.
  5. Fan, J.W., Xiao, J.L., Wen, R.L., Zhang, S.R., Wang, X., Cui, L.L., Yamagata, H., 2017. Organic geochemical investigations of the Dali Lake sediments in northern China: Implications for environment and climate changes of the last deglaciation in the East Asian summer monsoon margin. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 140, 135-146.
  6. Fan, J.W., Xiao, J.L., Wen, R.L., Zhang, S.R., Wang, X., Cui, L.L., Yamagata, H., 2017. Carbon and nitrogen signatures of sedimentary organic matter from Dali Lake in Inner Mongolia: implications for Holocene hydrological and ecological variations in the East Asian summer monsoon margin. Quaternary International 452, 65-78.
  7. Rey, K., Amiot, R., Fourel, F., Abdala, F., Fluteau, F., Jalil, N.-E., Liu, J., Rubidge, B.S., Smith, R.M.H., Steyer, J.S., Viglietti, P.A., Wang, X., Lécuyer, C., 2017. Oxygen isotopes suggest elevated thermometabolism within multiple Permo-Triassic therapsid clades. eLife, doi: 10.7554/eLife.28589.

 2016

  1. Wang, X., Cui, L.L., Zhai, J.X., Ding, Z.L., 2016. Stable and clumped isotopes in shell carbonates of land snails Cathaica sp. and Bradybaena sp. in north China and implications for eco-physiological characteristics and paleoclimate studies. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17, 219-231.
  2. Wang, X., Cui, L.L., Li, Y.Y., Huang, X.F., Zhai, J.X., Ding, Z.L., 2016. Determination of clumped isotopes in carbonate using isotope ratio mass spectrometry: Toward a systematic evaluation of a sample extraction method using a static PorapakTM Q absorbent trap. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 403, 8-14.
  3. Li, Y.Y., Yang, S.L., Wang X., Hu, J.F., Cui, L.L., Huang, X.F., Jiang, W.Y., 2016. Leaf wax n-alkane distributions in Chinese loess since the Last Glacial Maximum and implications for paleoclimate. Quaternary International 399, 190-197.
  4. Yang, S.L., Ding, Z.L., Li, Y.Y., Wang, X., Jiang, W.Y., Huang, X.F., 2016. Global temperature change as the ultimate driver of the shift in the summer monsoon rain belt in East Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences of the United States of America 113 (16), E2211-E2212.
  5. Fan, J.W., Xiao, J.L., Wen, R.L., Zhang, S.R., Wang, X., Cui, L.L., Li, H., Xue, D.S., Yamagata, H., 2016. Droughts in the East Asian summer monsoon margin during the last 6 kyr: Link to the North Atlantic cooling events. Quaternary Science Reviews 151, 88-99.
  6. Chen, Z.L., Ding, Z.L., Yang, S.L., Zhang, C.X., Wang, X., 2016. Increased precipitation and weathering across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in central China. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17, 2286-2297.

 2015

  1. Amiot, R., Wang, X., Zhou, Z., Wang, X., Lécuyer, C., Buffetaut, E., Fluteau, F., Ding, Z., Kusuhashi, N., Mo, J., Philippe, M., Suteethom, V., Wang, Y., Xu, X., 2015. Environment and ecology of East Asian dinosaurs during the Early Cretaceous inferred from stable oxygen and carbon isotopes in apatite. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 98, 358-370.
  2. Yang, S.L., Ding, Z.L., Li, Y.Y., Wang, X., Jiang, W.Y., Huang, X.F., 2015. Warming-induced northwestward migration of the East Asian monsoon rain belt from the Last Glacial Maximum to the mid-Holocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(43), 13178-13183.

 2014

  1. Cui L.L., Wang X., 2014. Determination of clumped isotopes in carbonate using isotope ratio mass spectrometer: Effects of extraction potential and long-term stability. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 372, 46-50.
  2. Cui L.L., Wang X., 2014. Determination of carbon and oxygen isotopes of geological samples with a complicated matrix: comparison of different analytical methods. Analytical Methods 6 (22), 9173-9178.
  3. Chen, Z.L.,Wang, X., Hu, J.F., Yang, S.L., Zhu, M., Dong, X.X., Tang, Z.H., Peng, P.A., Ding, Z.L., 2014. Structure of the carbon isotope excursion in a high-resolution lacustrine Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum record from central China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 408, 331-340.
  4. Chen, Z.L., Ding, Z.L., Tang, Z.H., Wang, X., Yang, S.L., 2014. Early Eocene carbon isotope excursions: Evidence from the terrestrial coal seam in the Fushun Basin, Northeast China. Geophysical Research Letters 41(10), 3559-3564.

 2013

  1. Wang X., Xiao J.L., Cui L.L., Ding Z.L., 2013. Holocene changes in fire frequency in the Daihai Lake region (north-central China): indications and implications for an important role of human activity. Quaternary Science Reviews 59, 18-29.
  2. Wang X., Cui L.L., Xiao J.L., 2013. Stable carbon isotope of black carbon in lake sediments as an indicator of terrestrial environmental changes: An evaluation on paleorecord from Daihai Lake, Inner Mongolia, China. Chemical Geology 347, 123-134.
  3. Dong, X.X., Ding, Z.L., Yang, S.L., Luo, P., Wang, X., Ji, J.L., 2013. Synchronous drying and cooling in central Asia during late Oligocene. Chinese Science Bulletin 58(25), 3119-3124.  

 2012

  1. Wang, X., Ding, Z. L., Peng, P. A., 2012. Changes in fire regimes on the Chinese Loess Plateau since the last glacial maximum and implications for linkages to paleoclimate and past human activity. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 315/316, 61-74.
  2. Yang, S. L., Ding, Z. L., Wang, X., Tang, Z. H., Gu, Z. Y., 2012. Negative δ18O-δ13C relationship of pedogenic carbonate from northern China indicates a strong response of C3/C4 biomass to the seasonality of Asian monsoon precipitation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 317/318, 32-40.
  3. Yi, H., Li, T. J., Wang, X., Zhang, F. S., Huo, W. G., Yi, W., 2012. Amount of substance measurement homogeneity principle: the discrepancy between XRCD and watt balance results. Metrologia, 49, 62-69.
  4. Sun, J. M., Lü, T. Y., Zhang, Z. Q., Wang, X., Liu, W. G., 2012. Stepwise expansions of C4 biomass and enhanced seasonal precipitation and regional aridity during the Quaternary on the southern Chinese Loess Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews, 34, 57-65.
  5. Luo, P., Peng, P. A., Lu, H. Y., Zheng, Z., Wang, X., 2012. Latitudinal variations of CPI values of long-chain n-alkanes in surface soils: Evidence for CPI as a proxy of aridity. Science China (Earth Sciences), doi: 10.1007/s11430-012-4401-8.
  6. Ma, Z. B., Cheng, H., Tan, M., Edwards, R. L., Li, H. C., You, C. F., Duan, W. H., Wang, X., Kelly, M. J., 2012. Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas events in northern China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 41, 83-93.

 2011

  1. Amiot, R., Wang, X., Zhou, Z. H., Wang, X. L., Buffetaut, E., Lécuyer, C., Ding, Z. L., Fluteau, F., Hibino, T., Kusuhashi, N., Mo, J. Y., Suteethorn, V., Wang, Y. Q., Xu, X., Zhang, F. S., 2011. Oxygen isotopes of East Asian dinosaurs reveal exceptionally cold Early Cretaceous climates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 108, 5179-5183.
  2. Zhu, M., Ding, Z. L., Wang, X., Chen, Z. L., Jiang, H. C., Dong, X. X., Ji, J. L., Tang, Z. H., Luo, P., 2010. High-resolution carbon isotope record for the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum from the Nanyang Basin, Central China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 55(31), 3606-3611.
  3. Zhai, D. Y., Xiao, J. L., Zhou, L., Wen, R. L., Chang, Z. G., Wang, X., Jin, X. D., 2011. Holocene East Asian monsoon variation inferred from species assemblage and shell chemistry of the ostracodes from Hulun Lake, Inner Mongolia. Quaternary Research, 75, 512-522.
  4. Tang, Z. H., Ding, Z. L., White, P. D., Dong, X. X., Ji, J. L., Jiang, H. C., Luo, P., Wang, X., 2011. Late Cenozoic central Asian drying inferred from a palynological record from the northern Tian Shan. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 302, 439-447.

  2010

  1. Amiot, R., Wang, X., Lécuyer, C., Buffetaut, E., Boudad, L., Cavin, L., Ding, Z. L., Fluteau, E., Kellner, A. W.A., Tong, H. Y., Zhang, F. S., 2010. Oxygen and carbon isotope compositions of middle Cretaceous vertebrates from North Africa and Brazil: Ecological and environmental signi?cance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 297, 439-451.
  2. Amiot, R., Buffetaut, E., Lécuyer, C., Wang, X., Boudad, L., Ding, Z. L., Fourel, F., Hutt, S., Martineau, F., Medeiros, M. A., Mo, J. Y., Simon, L., Suteethorn, V., Sweetman, S., Tong, H. Y., Zhang, F. S., Zhou, Z. H., 2010. Oxygen isotope evidence for semi-aquatic habits among spinosaurid theropods. Geology, 38 (2), 139-142.

  3. Du, G. P.,Wang, X.,Zhang, F. S.,2010.Influence of the Air Background in GasBench Ⅱ Vials on the Measurements of C and O Isotopes in Carbonates and a Preliminary Study on Blank Correction Strategy. Rock and Mineral Analysis, 29 (6), 631-638.

 2008

  1. Wang, X., Feng, L. J., Zhang, F. S. and Ding, Z. L., 2008. On-line measurements of d15N in biological fluids by a modified continuous-flow elemental analyzer with an isotope-ratio mass spectrometer. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 22, 1196-1202.
  2. Cai, B., Edwards, R. L., Cheng, H., Tan, M., Wang, X. and Liu, T., 2008. A dry episode during the Younger Dryas and centennial-scale weak monsoon events during the early Holocene: A high-resolution stalagmite record from southeast of the Loess Plateau, China. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02705, doi:10.1029/2007GL030986.
  3. Power, M. J., J. Marlon, N. Ortiz, P. J. Bartlein, S. P. Harrison, F. E. Mayle, A. Ballouche, R. H. W. Bradshaw, C. Carcaillet, …, …, X. Wang, N. Williams, J. Wilmshurst, and J. H. Zhang. 2008. Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data. Climate Dynamics 30:887-907. 

  2006

  1. Wang X., Zhang F. S., Ding Z. L., 2006. Changes in the Combustion Transformation Capability of EA-Conflo-IRMS and Their Impacts on Nitrogen and Carbon Isotope Ratio Measurement. Chinese Journal of Mass Spectrometer, 27, 101-109. (In Chinese with English abstract)

  2005

  1. Wang, X., Peng, P. A, Ding, Z. L., 2005. Black carbon records in Chinese Loess Plateau over the last two glacial cycles and the implications for paleofire. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 223, 9-19.
  2. Zhang, Z. L., Yu, G., Cheng, J., Wang, X., Zhang, F. S., Zhou, J. L., 2005. Carbon isotopic fractionation during photolysis of hexachlorobenzene. Progress in Natural Science, Special issue, 82-88.

  2001

  1. Wang X., Yu C. L., Peng P. A., Ding Z. L., 2001. Extraction and determination of black carbon in sediments: Error analysis and recovery ratio experiment. Geochimica, 30(5), 439-444. (In Chinese with English abstract) 
  2. Ding Z. L., Yang S. L., Hou S. S., Wang X., Chen Z., Liu T. S., 2001. Magnetostratigraphy and sedimentology of the Jingchuan red clay section and correlation of the Tertiary eolian red clay sediments of the Chinese Loess Plateau. J. Geophys. Res., 106(B4), 6399 –6407.

  2000

  1. Yang S. L., Hou S. S., Wang X., Chen Z., Xiong S. F., Ding Z. L., 2000. Completeness and continuity of the late Tertiary red clay sequence in northern China: evidence from the correlation of magnetostratigraphy and pedostratigraphy between Jingchuan and Lingtai. Quaternary Science, 20(5), 423-434. (In Chinese with English abstract)
 
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