Research Areas
Environmental Magnetism and climatic change
Education
2005.9 - 2010.6, Ph.D., Physical Geography, Lanzhou University
2001.9 - 2005.6, B.Sc., Physical Geography, Lanzhou University
Experience
Work Experience
2013.7 - Present, Associate Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS
2010.7 - 2013.6, Postdoctor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS
Publications
Papers
- Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Yan Maodu, Li Bingshuai.Comparison of hysteresis, thermomagnetic, and low-temperature magnetic properties of particle-size fractions from loess and paleosol samples in Central Asia and the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Journal International, 2018,doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy209
- Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Zhang Weilin, Yan Maodu, Zhang Dawen, A new record of late Pliocene-early Pleistocene aeolian loessered clay deposits from the western Chinese Loess Plateau and its palaeoenvironmental implications, Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018, 186:17-26
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Yan Maodu, Li Bingshuai. New insights into the paleoclimatic 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, 2017, 208, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw419
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Zhang Weilin, Yan Maodu, Zhang Tao. Palaeoenvironmental and chronological constraints on the Early Pleistocene mammal fauna from loess deposits in the Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016, 148: 234-242, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.026
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Yan Maodu, Zhang Zhiguo, Zhang Dawen. Regional variations in magnetic properties of surface sediments in the Qaidam Basin and their paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 2015, 122: 86-93, doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.09.006
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Yan Maodu, Zhang Weilin, Zhang Zhiguo. Magnetic variations in surface soils in the NE Tibetan Plateau indicating the climatic boundary between the Westerly and East Asian summer monsoon regimes in NW China. Global and Planetary Change, 2015, (130):1-6, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.03.008
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Yan Maodu, Zhang Weilin, Lu Yin. Lithologic and rock magnetic evidence for the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum recorded in the sedimentary archive of the Xining Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2015, (431):6-14, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.04.024
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Yang Shengli, Yan Maodu. Bulk particle size distribution and magnetic properties of particle-sized fractions from loess and paleosol samples in Central Asia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2015, 16(1):101-111, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005616
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Appel Erwin, Yan Maodu, Yang Shengli. New insights into the magnetic variations of aeolian sands in the Tarim Basin and its paleoclimatic implications. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2014, 229: 82-87, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.03.012
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Yang Shengli, Yan Maodu. Evolution of the arid climate in High Asia since ~1 Ma: Evidence from loess deposits on the surface and rims of the Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International, 2013, 313:210-217, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.03.012
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Nie Junsheng, Teng Xiaohua, Yang Shengli. Rock magnetism in loess from the middle Tian Shan: Implications for paleoenvironmental interpretations of magnetic properties of loess deposits in Central Asia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2012, 13, doi: 10.1029/2012GC004251
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Nie Junsheng, Yang Shengli, Song Chunhui, Dai shuang. Magnetic properties of surface soils across the southern Tarim Basin and their relationship with the climate and source materials. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2011, 56, 290-296, doi: 10.1007/s11434-010-4210-4
Zan Jinbo, Fang Xiaomin, Yang Shengli, Nie Junsheng, Li Xiangyu. A rock magnetic study of loess from the West Kunlun Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2010, 115, B10101, doi: 10.1029/2009JB007184
Fang Xiaomin, Zan Jinbo, Appel Erwin, Lu Yin, Song Chunhui, Dai Shuang, Tuo Shibo. An Eocene–Miocene continuous rock magnetic record from the sediments in the Xining Basin, NW China: indication for Cenozoic persistent drying driven by global cooling and Tibetan Plateau uplift. Geophysical Journal International, 2015, 201(1): 78-89, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv002