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Dr. Xing Jian

Time:2021-06-16  

Dr. Xing Jian

Associate Professor

Email: xjian@xmu.edu.cn

Research Area: Sedimentary Geology and Sedimentary Geochemistry

Brief CV

  • Associate Professor, Xiamen University (2015-)

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, West Virginia University (2013-2015)

  • PhD, Peking University (2013)

  • BS, Peking University (2008)

Research Interests

  • Sedimentary Geology, Marine Geology, Petroleum Geology and Sedimentary Geochemistry

  • Sediment source-to-sink process and land-ocean interplays involving rivers and marginal seas; sediment provenance and interactions of tectonics, climate and sedimentation on sedimentary basins; weathering, paleoclimate and paleoenvironment study based on sedimentary record; hydrocarbon reservoir geology, sedimentology and stratigraphy and accumulation process analysis.


Selected Publications


  • Jian, X.*, Guan, P., Zhang, W., Liang, H., Feng, F., Fu, L., 2018. Late Cretaceous to early Eocene deformation in the northern Tibetan Plateau: Detrital apatite fission track evidence from northern Qaidam basin. Gondwana Research, v. 60, p. 94-104.

Zhang, S., Jian, X.*, Liu, J.T., Wang, P., Chang, Y.P., Zhang, W., 2022. Climate-driven drainage reorganization of small mountainous rivers in Taiwan (East Asia) since the last glaciation: The Zhuoshui River example. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 586, 110759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110759.

Fu, H., Jian, X.*, Liang, H., Zhang, W., Shen, X., Wang, L., 2022. Tectonic and climatic forcing of chemical weathering intensity in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau since the middle Miocene. Catena, v. 208, 105785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105785.

Mei, H., Jian, X.*, Zhang, W., Fu, H., Zhang, S., 2021. Behavioral differences between weathering and pedogenesis in a subtropical humid granitic terrain: Implications for chemical weathering intensity evaluation. Catena, v. 203, 105368. (* corresponding author)

Shen, X., Jian, X.*, Li, C., Liu, J.T., Chang, Y.P., Zhang, S., Mei, H., Fu, H., Zhang, W., 2021. Submarine topography-related spatial variability of the southern Taiwan Strait sands (East Asia). Marine Geology, v. 436, 106495. (* corresponding author)

Fan, J., Jian, X.*, Shang, F., Zhang, W., Zhang, S., Fu, H., 2021. Underestimated heavy metal pollution of the Minjiang River, SE China: Evidence from spatial and seasonal monitoring of suspended-load sediments. Science of The Total Environment, v. 760, 142586. (* corresponding author)

Jian, X.*, Zhang, W., Yang, S., Kao, S.J., 2020. Climate-Dependent Sediment Composition and Transport of Mountainous Rivers in Tectonically Stable, Subtropical East Asia. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 47, e2019GL086150.

 Jian, X.*, Yang, S., Hong, D., Liang, H., Zhang, S., Fu, H., Zhang, W., 2020. Seasonal geochemical heterogeneity of sediments from a subtropical mountainous river in SE China. Marine Geology, v. 422, 106120.

 Jian, X.*, Weislogel, A., Pullen, A., Shang, F., 2020. Formation and evolution of the Eastern Kunlun Range, northern Tibet: Evidence from detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes. Gondwana Research, v. 83, p. 63-79.

Hong, D., Jian, X.*, Fu, L., Zhang, W., 2020. Garnet trace element geochemistry as a sediment provenance indicator: An example from the Qaidam basin, northern Tibet. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 116, 104316. (* corresponding author)

Zhang, S., Jian, X.*, Pullen, A., Fu, L., Liang, H., Hong, D., Zhang, W., 2020. Tectono-magmatic events of the Qilian orogenic belt in northern Tibet: new insights from detrital zircon geochronology of river sands. International Geology Review. (* corresponding author)

Fu, H., Jian, X.*, Zhang, W., Shang, F., 2020. A comparative study of methods for determining carbonate content in marine and terrestrial sediments. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 116, 104337. (* corresponding author)

Jian, X.*, Weislogel, A., Pullen, A., 2019. Triassic sedimentary filling and closure of the eastern Paleo-Tethys Ocean: New insights from detrital zircon geochronology of Songpan-Ganzi, Yidun, and West Qinling flysch in Eastern Tibet. Tectonics, v. 38, p. 767-787.

Jian, X.*, Zhang, W., Liang, H., Guan, P., Fu, L., 2019. Mineralogy, petrography and geochemistry of an early Eocene weathering profile on basement granodiorite of Qaidam basin, northern Tibet: Tectonic and paleoclimatic implications. Catena, v. 172, p. 54-64

Zhang, W., Jian, X.*, Fu, L., Feng, F., Guan, P., 2018. Reservoir characterization and hydrocarbon accumulation in late Cenozoic lacustrine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic fine-grained deposits of the northwestern Qaidam basin, NW China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 98, p. 675-686. (* Corresponding author)