General


Dr. Song Yougui

 

Prof. of Quaternary Geology and Environment Change

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State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology,
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi’an 710061, China

Address: No 97 Yanxiang Road, Xi'an 710061, China

Email:  ygsong@loess.llqg.ac.cn; syg@ieecas.cn 

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0064-3260

ResearcherID: I-8813-2014


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Research Interests

  1. Quaternary Geology and global change

  2. Physical geography and geomorphology

  3. Enviornmental mineralolgy

Education

1998.09-2001.06 Ph.D. in Physical Geography, Lanzhou University
1996.09-1998.08 M.S. in Geomorology and Quaternary Geology, Nanjing University
1992.09-1996.06 B. Eng. in Exploration of Geology & Mineral Resources, East China Geological Institute

Experience

Professional experience

2004.03-present Research scientist, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS 
2001.07-2004.03 Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS 


Abroad experience

  • 2017.0.3-2018.03 visiting scholar in Baylor University, USA 
  • 2009.02-2009.08 Senior visiting scholar in Rhode Island University, USA 
  • 2007.08-2008.02 Postdoctor in Utrecht University, the Netherlands 
  • 2005.04-2005.05 Visiting scholar in GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) at Potsdam, Germany 
  • 2000.06-2000.09 Visiting scholar in Kyoto University, Japan. 

Honors & Distinctions

1.  Young and middle-aged leading scientists, engineers and innovators, 2016

2.  Kuangcheng Wong Outstanding Contribution Award for western scholar in CAS, 2010

3.  Scholar of The Dawn of West China” Talent Training Program, 2006

4.  The first Prize of the Advancement Award of Shaanxi Science and Technology (listed 7th) , Shaanxi Province Government, 2006

5.  Received Guanghua Outstanding Student Fellowship in 1997, Nanjing University.

6.  Received thrice distinguished student awards for academic excellence in East China Geological Institute, from 1993 to 1995.

Publications

  1. Cheng L., Song Y., Yang L., Chang H., Wu Y., Long H., Miao X., Dong Z., 2022. Variations of the intensity of the Siberian High during the Last Glacial revealed by the sorting coefficient of loess‐paleosol deposits in Eastern Central Asia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37: e2022PA004468. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004468.
  2. Cheng L., Wu Y., Song Y., Yang L., Miao X., Sun H., Qiang X., Chang H., Long H., Dong Z., 2022. Strong asymmetry of interhemispheric ice volume during MIS11, MIS 9 and MIS 7 drives heterogeneity of interglacial precipitation intensity over Asia. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 e2022GL100269.a https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100269.
  3. Cheng P., Dong J., Zhou W., Song Y., Zhou J., Fan Y., Lan J., Xian F., Hou Y., Chen N., Du H., Fu Y., Lu X., 2022. Paleoclimatic implications of 14C age deviations in loess organic matter from Xinjiang, Northwest China. Catena, 212: 106096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106096.
  4. Dong H., Song Y., Chen L., Liu H., Fu X., Xie M., 2022. Soil erosion and human activities over the last 60 years revealed by magnetism, particle size and minerals of check dams sediments on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Environmental Earth Sciences, 81(5): 162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-022-10245-8.
  5. Guan H., Dai S., Ma C., Wu L., Song Y., Huang M., 2022. Paleoclimatic changes during the penultimate interglacial period archived by multiple proxies of Xiashu Loess in the Chaohu Lake Basin, East China. Quaternary International, 607: 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.08.003.
  6. Kang S., Wang X., Du J., Song Y., 2022. Paleoclimates inform on a weakening and amplitude-reduced East Asian winter monsoon in the warming future. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G50246.1.
  7. Kang S., Wang X., Wang N., Song Y., Liu W., Wang D., Peng J., 2022. Siberian High Modulated Suborbital‐Scale Dust Accumulation Changes Over the Past 30 ka in the Eastern Yili Basin, Central Asia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004360.
  8. Li L., Zhu X., Li G. K., Liu L., Xu Z., Lu H., Fang X., Song Y., Zhao L., Chen J., Li G., 2022. In‐Situ Silt Generation in the Taklimakan Desert Evidenced by Uranium Isotopes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(17). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD036435.
  9. Li Y., Song Y., Fitzsimmons K. E., Dave A. K., Liu Y., Zong X., Sun H., Liu H., Orozbaev R., 2022. Investigating Potential Links Between Fine-Grained Components in Loess and Westerly Airflow: Evidence From East and Central Asia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10: 901629. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.901629.
  10. Li Y., Song Y., Kaskaoutis D. G., Zhang X., Chen X., Shukurov N., Orozbaev R., 2022. Atmospheric dust dynamics over Central Asia: A perspective view from loess deposits. Gondwana Research, 109: 150-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2022.04.019.
  11. Li Z.-W., Sun L., Li B.-S., Wang F.-N., Du D.-D., Song Y.-G., Zhang H.-J., Chen L.-Q., Xu D., 2022. East Asian summer monsoon changes in subtropical China since late Pleistocene: Evidence from the Ailuropoda-Stegodon fauna. Journal of Mountain Science, 19(2): 418-432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-021-6985-y.
  12. Lu J., Long X., Li X., Ji J., Qiang X., Song Y., 2022. Topography-dependent formation and transformation of lithogenic and pedogenic iron oxides on a volcano under a tropical monsoon climate. Catena, 217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106521.
  13. Song Y., Chen X., Li Y., Fan Y., Collins A. L., 2022. Quantifying the provenance of dune sediments in the Taklimakan Desert using machine learning, multidimensional scaling and sediment source fingerprinting. Catena, 210: 105902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105902.
  14. Song Y., Nie J., Song C., Zan J., 2022. Cenozoic climatic and environmental changes in Central Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 597: 111012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111012.
  15. Zeng M., Zeng Q., Peng H., Wu Y., Li Y., Song Y., Sheng E., Wu Y., Wang T., Ni J., 2022. Late Holocene hydroclimatic changes inferred from a karst peat archive in the western Guizhou Plateau, SW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 229: 105179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105179.
  16. Zeng M., Zhu C., Song Y., Wu Y., Wang H., Zhang Y., He K., Chen J., Wu Z., Zeng Q., 2022. Significance of fluvial landform evolution and river reorganization in settlement development over the past 50 ka: A case study of Baodun site on Chengdu Plain, SW China. Geomorphology, 409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108267.
  17. Ao H., Liebrand D., Dekkers M. J., Zhang P., Song Y., Liu Q., Jonell T. N., Sun Q., Li X., Li X., Qiang X., An Z., 2021. Eccentricity-paced monsoon variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau in the Late Oligocene high CO2 world. Science Advances, 7(51): eabk2318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk2318.
  18. Chen X., Song Y., Li Y., Huang Y., Zhou X., Fan Y., 2021. Provenance of sub-aerial surface sediments in the Tarim Basin, Western China. Catena, 198: 105014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.105014.
  19. Cheng L., Song Y., Wu Y., Liu Y., Liu H., Chang H., Zong X., Kang S., 2021. Drivers for Asynchronous Patterns of Dust Accumulation in Central and Eastern Asia and in Greenland During the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(5): e2020GL091194. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091194.
  20. Dong H., Zhao J., Song Y., Liu H., 2021. Characteristics and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Content in Soils of Apple Orchard with Different Cultivating Years in Baishui County on the Loess Plateau. Research of Soil and Water Conservation, 28(5): 205-211.
  21. Ghafarpour A., Khormali F., Balsam W., Forman S. L., Cheng L. Q., Song Y. G., 2021. The formation of iron oxides and magnetic enhancement mechanisms in northern Iranian loess-paleosol sequences: Evidence from diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry and temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility. Quaternary International, 589: 68-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.019.
  22. Gholami H., Mohammadifar A., Malakooti H., Esmaeilpour Y., Golzari S., Mohammadi F., Li Y., Song Y., Kaskaoutis D. G., Fitzsimmons K. E., Collins A. L., 2021. Integrated modelling for mapping spatial sources of dust in central Asia - An important dust source in the global atmospheric system. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 12(9): 101173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2021.101173.
  23. He M.-Y., Dong J.-B., Jin Z., Liu C.-Y., Xiao J., Zhang F., Sun H., Zhao Z.-Q., Gou L.-F., Liu W.-G., Luo C.-G., Song Y.-G., Ma L., Deng L., 2021. Pedogenic processes in loess-paleosol sediments: Clues from Li isotopes of leachate in Luochuan loess. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 299: 151-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.02.021.
  24. Li Y., Han L., Liu X., Song Y., Wang Y., 2021. Correlation and anti-correlation of the Asian summer monsoon and westerlies during the. Gondwana Research, 91: 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.12.013.
  25. Li Y., Song Y., 2021. Discussion of the paper “Loess genesis and worldwide distribution” by Yanrong Li, Wenhui Shi, Adnan Aydin, et al. Earth-Science Reviews, 221: 103151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103151.
  26. Li Y., Song Y., Kaskaoutis D. G., Zan J., Orozbaev R., Tan L., Chen X., 2021. Aeolian dust dynamics in the Fergana Valley, Central Asia, since ~30 ka inferred from loess deposits. Geoscience Frontiers, 12(5): 101180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101180.
  27. Nie J., Song C., Zan J., Song Y., 2021. Late Cenozoic multi-scale climate changes in Northwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 571: 110320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110320.
  28. Song  Y., Lan M., Liu H., Zhang M., Fu X., Ning Q., 2021. Cenozoic stratigraphic correlation and the lower limit of Quaternary in the Guanzhong Basin. Bulletin of Geological Science and Technology, 40(2): 24-35.
  29. Song Y., Li Y., Cheng L., Zong X., Kang S., Ghafarpour A., Li X., Sun H., Fu X., Dong J., Mamadjanov Y., Orozbaev R., Shukurov N., Gholami H., Shukurov S., Xie M., 2021. Spatio-temporal distribution of Quaternary loess across Central Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 567: 110279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110279.
  30. Song Y., Yang S., Nie J., Zan J., Song C., 2021. Quaternary paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental changes in Central Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 568: 110319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110319.
  31. Zeng M., Song Y., Yang H., Li Y., Cheng L., Li F., Zhu L., Wu Z., Wang N., 2021. Quantifying proportions of different material sources to loess based on a grid search and Monte Carlo model: A case study of the Ili Valley, Central Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 565: 110210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110210.
  32. An Z., Zhang P., Vogel H., Song Y., Dodson J., Wiersberg T., Feng X., Lu H., Ai L., Sun Y., 2020. Scientific drilling workshop on the Weihe Basin Drilling Project (WBDP): Cenozoic tectonic–monsoon interactions. Scientific Drilling, 28: 63-73. https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-28-63-2020.
  33. Chang H., Li L., Qiang X., Song Y., Fu C., Fang X., An Z., 2020. Formation and re-orientation of the Suerkuli Basin within the Altyn Tagh in northeastern Tibetan Plateau since late Miocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 556: 109851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109851.
  34. Cheng L., Song Y., Chang H., Li Y., Orozbaev R., Zeng M., Liu H., 2020. Heavy mineral assemblages and sedimentation rates of eastern Central Asian loess: Paleoenvironmental implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 551: 109747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109747.
  35. Cheng L., Song Y., Sun H., Bradák B., Orozbaev R., Zong X., Liu H., 2020. Pronounced changes in paleo-wind direction and dust sources during MIS3b recorded in the Tacheng loess, northwest China. Quaternary International, 552: 122-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.05.002.
  36. He M., Wang Y., Tong Y., Zhao Y., Qiang X., Song Y., Wang L., Song Y., Wang G., He C., 2020. Evaluation of the environmental effects of intensive land consolidation: A field-based case study of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Land Use Policy, 94: 104523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104523.
  37. Kang S., Du J., Wang N., Dong J., Wang D., Wang X., Qiang X., Song  Y., 2020. Early Holocene weakening and mid- to late Holocene strengthening of the East Asian winter monsoon. Geology, 48(11): 1043–1047. https://doi.org/10.1130/G47621.1.
  38. Kang S., Wang X., Roberts H. M., Duller G. A. T., Song Y., Liu W., Zhang R., Liu X., Lan J., 2020. Increasing effective moisture during the Holocene in the semiarid regions of the Yili Basin, Central Asia: Evidence from loess sections. Quaternary Science Reviews, 246: 106553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106553.
  39. Li Y., Gholami H., Song Y., Fathabadi A., Malakooti H., Collins A. L., 2020. Source fingerprinting loess deposits in Central Asia using elemental geochemistry with Bayesian and GLUE models. Catena, 194: 104808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104808.
  40. Li Y., Song Y., Fitzsimmons K. E., Chen X., Prud'homme C., Zong X., 2020. Origin of loess deposits in the North Tian Shan piedmont, Central Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 559: 109972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109972.
  41. Li Y., Song Y., Orozbaev R., Dong J., Li X., Zhou J., 2020. Moisture evolution in Central Asia since 26 ka: Insights from a Kyrgyz loess section, Western Tian Shan. Quaternary Science Reviews, 249: 106604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106604.
  42. Miao Y., Song Y., Li Y., Yang S., Li Y., Zhao Y., Zeng M., 2020. Late Pleistocene fire in the Ili Basin, Central Asia, and its potential links to paleoclimate change and human activities. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 547: 109700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109700.
  43. Song Y., Zong X., Qian L., Liu H., Dong J., Chang H., Zhang M., 2020. Mineralogical Record for Stepwise Hydroclimatic Changes in Lake Qinghai Sediments Since the Last Glacial Period. Minerals, 10(11): 963. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10110963.
  44. Sun H., Song Y., Chen X., Cheng L., Liu H., 2020. Holocene dust deposition in the Ili Basin and its implications for climate variations in Westerlies-dominated Central Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 550: 109731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109731.
  45. Wang Q., Song Y., Li Y., 2020. Clay mineralogy of the upper Miocene-Pliocene red clay from the central Chinese Loess Plateau and its paleoclimate implications. Quaternary International, 552: 148-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.11.039.
  46. Yu S., Hou Z., Chen X., Wang Y., Song Y., Gao M., Pan J., Sun M., Fang H., Han J., Kidder T. R., Chen F.-H., 2020. Extreme flooding of the lower Yellow River near the Northgrippian-Meghalayan boundary: Evidence from the Shilipu archaeological site in southwestern Shandong Province, China. Geomorphology, 350: 106878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106878.
  47. Zong X., Dong J., Cheng P., Song Y., Liu W., Li Y., Lan J., 2020. Terrestrial mollusk records in the loess sequences from eastern Central Asia since the last deglaciation and their paleoenvironmental significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 556: 109890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109890.
  48. Cheng L., Song Y., Sun H., Rustam O., 2019. Spatio-temporal distribution of dust sedimentation rate of Tianshan loess since MIS3and its implications. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 39(1): 143-153.
  49. Dong H., Song Y., Zhang M., 2019. Hydrological trend of Qinghai Lake over the last 60 years: driven by climate variations or human activities? Journal of Water and Climate Change, 10(3): 524-534. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2018.033.
  50. Dong Y., Song Y., Zhang M., Lan M., Fu X., Liu H., Ning Q., 2019. Several Key Basic Geological Problems on the Development of the Guanzhong Urban Agglomeration. Northwestern Geology, 52(2): 12-26.
  51. Li Y., Song Y., Kaskaoutis D. G., Chen X., Mamadjanov Y., Tan L., 2019. Atmospheric dust dynamics in southern Central Asia: Implications for buildup of Tajikistan loess sediments. Atmospheric Research, 229: 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.06.013.
  52. Li Y., Song Y., Qiang M., Miao Y., Zeng M., 2019. Atmospheric dust variations in the Ili Basin, Northwest China, during the Last Glacial Period as revealed by a high mountain loess-paleosol sequence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124: 8449-8466. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jd030470.
  53. Li Y., Song Y., Yin Q., Han L., Wang Y., 2019. Orbital and millennial northern mid-latitude westerlies over the last glacial period. Climate Dynamics, 53(5): 3315-3324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04704-5.
  54. Li Y., Song Y., Zong X., Zhang Z., Cheng L., 2019. Dust accumulation processes of piedmont loess indicated by grain-size end members in northern Ili Basin. Acta Geographica Sinica, 74(1): 162-177.
  55. Song Y., Zong X., Li Y., Rustam O., Yuns M., Jamshed A., 2019. Loess sediments and rapid climate oscillation during the last glacial period in the westerlies-dominated Central Asia. Quaternary Sciences, 39(3): 535-548.
  56. Zeng M., Song Y., Li Y., Fu C., Qiang X., Chang H., Zhu L., Zhang Z., Cheng L., Yang G., 2019. The relationship between environmental factors and magnetic susceptibility in the Ili loess, Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia. Geological Journal, 54(4): 1889-1901. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3182.
  57. Cheng L., Song Y., Li Y., Zhang Z., 2018. Preliminary Application of Grain Size End Member Model for Dust Source Tracing of Xinjiang Loess and Paleoclimate Reconstruction. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 36(6): 1148-1156.
  58. Cheng L., Song Y., Sun H., Zong X., Orozbaev R., 2018. Paleowind direction variations revealed by anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of loess deposits in north Xinjiang since the last glacial period. Arid Land Geography, 41(4): 771-779.
  59. Li Y., Song Y., Fitzsimmons K. E., Chang H., Orozbaev R., Li X., 2018. Eolian dust dispersal patterns since the last glacial period in eastern Central Asia: insights from a loess-paleosol sequence in the Ili Basin. Climate of the Past, 14(3): 271-286. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1-2018.
  60. Li Y., Song Y., Fitzsimmons K. E., Chen X., Wang Q., Sun H., Zhang Z., 2018. New evidence for the provenance and formation of loess deposits in the Ili River Basin, Arid Central Asia. Aeolian Research, 35: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2018.08.002.
  61. Li Y., Song Y., Zeng M., Lin W., Orozbaev R., Cheng L., Chen X., Halmurat T., 2018. Evaluating the paleoclimatic significance of clay mineral records from a late Pleistocene loess-paleosol section of the Ili Basin, Central Asia. Quaternary Research, 89(03): 660-673. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2017.58.
  62. Luo Z., Su Q., Wang Z., Heermance R. V., Garzione C., Li M., Ren X., Song Y., Nie J., 2018. Orbital forcing of Plio-Pleistocene climate variation in a Qaidam Basin lake based on paleomagnetic and evaporite mineralogic analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 510: 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.09.022.
  63. Peng W., Nie J., Wang Z., Qiang X., Garzanti E., Pfaff K., Song Y., Stevens T., 2018. A major change in precipitation gradient on the Chinese Loess Plateau at the Pliocene-Quaternary boundary. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 155: 134-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.10.031.
  64. Song Y., 2018. Magnetic record of Mio-Pliocene red clay and Quaternary loess-paleosol sequence in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Data in Brief, 16: 411-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.11.059.
  65. Song Y., Fang X., Chen X., Torii M., Ishikawa N., Zhang M., Yang S., Chan H., 2018. Rock magnetic record of late Neogene red clay sediments from the Chinese Loess Plateau and its implications for East Asian monsoon evolution. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 510: 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.09.025.
  66. Song Y., Li Y., Wang Q., Dong H., Zhang Z., Orozbaev R., 2018. Effect of chemical pretreatments on magnetic susceptibility of loess from Central Asia and the Chinese Loess Plateau. Rsc Advances, 8(20): 11087-11094. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ra00617b.
  67. Song Y., Luo D., Du J., Kang S., Cheng P., Fu C., Guo X., 2018. Radiometric dating of late Quaternary loess in the northern piedmont of South Tianshan Mountains: Implications for reliable dating. Geological Journal, 53: 417-426. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3129.
  68. Song Y., Wang Q. S., An Z. S., Qiang X. K., Dong J. B., Chang H., Zhang M. S., Guo X. H., 2018. Mid-Miocene climatic optimum: Clay mineral evidence from the red clay succession, Longzhong Basin, Northern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 512: 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.10.001.
  69. Song Y., Zeng M., Chen X., Li Y., Chang H., An Z., Guo X., 2018. Abrupt climatic events recorded by the Ili loess during the last glaciation in Central Asia: Evidence from grain-size and minerals. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 155: 58-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.10.040.
  70. Sun H., Song Y., Li Y., Chen X., Orozbaev R., 2018. Magnetic susceptibility and grain size records of Bole loess section in the northern piedmont of Tianshan Mountains and their implications for paleoclimatic changes. Journal of Earth Environment, 9(2): 123-136.
  71. Wang Q., Song Y., 2018. Clay minerals and major elements concentrations of Zhuanglang Miocene red clay in Longzhong Basin, China. Data in Brief, 17: 297-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.030.
  72. Zeng M., Song Y., Sheng Y., 2018. Paleoenvironmental significance of clay-sized detrital minerals of late Cenozoic sediments from the Lake Qinghai, China. Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition, 92(supp.2): 126-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.14220.
  73. Zong X., Song Y., Li Y., 2018. Earthworm Calcite Granule A New Proxy for Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction. Advance in Earth Sciences, 33(9): 983-993.
  74. Chang H., An Z., Wu F., Song Y., Qiang X., Li L., 2017. Late Miocene - early Pleistocene climate change in the mid-latitude westerlies and their influence on Asian monsoon as constrained by the K/Al ratio record from drill core Ls2 in the Tarim Basin. Catena, 153: 75-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2017.02.002.
  75. Chen X., Song Y., Li J., Fang H., Li Z., Liu X., Li Y., Orozbaev R., 2017. Size-differentiated REE characteristics and environmental significance of aeolian sediments in the Ili Basin of Xinjiang, NW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 143: 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.03.030.
  76. Ji S., Nie J., Breecker D. O., Luo Z., Song Y., 2017. Intensified aridity in northern China during the middle Piacenzian warm period. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 147: 222-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.07.016.
  77. Lin W., Song Y., 2017. A comparative study on X-ray diffraction mineral quantitative analysis of two methods in sediments. Journal of Earth Environment, 8(1): 78-87.
  78. Lu F., An Z., Chang H., Dodson J., Qiang X., Yan H., Dong J., Song Y., Fu C., Li X., 2017. Climate change and tectonic activity during the early Pliocene Warm Period from the ostracod record at Lake Qinghai, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 138: 466-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.02.031.
  79. Miao Y., Song Y., Li Y., Yang S., Li Y., 2017. Vegetation and fire anomalies during the last ~ 70 ka in the Ili Basin, Central Asia, and their implications for the ecology change caused by human activities. Clim. Past Discuss., 2017: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2017-62.
  80. Nie J., Garzione C., Su Q., Liu Q., Zhang R., Heslop D., Necula C., Zhang S., Song Y., Luo Z., 2017. Dominant 100,000-year precipitation cyclicity in a late Miocene lake from northeast Tibet. Science Advances, 3(3): e1600762. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600762.
  81. Song Y., Li Y., Li Y., An Z., Cheng L., Sun H., Rustam O., 2017. North Atlantic Abrupt Climate Signals during the Last Glacial Period in Central Asia: Evidences from Aeolian Loess Sediments. Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition, 91(5): 1942-1943. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1000-9515.2017.05.038.
  82. Wu L., Zhu C., Ma C., Li F., Meng H., Liu H., Li L., Wang X., Sun W., Song Y., 2017. Mid-Holocene palaeoflood events recorded at the Zhongqiao Neolithic cultural site in the Jianghan Plain, middle Yangtze River Valley, China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 173: 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.08.018.
  83. Yan Y., An C., Miao Y., Song Y., Yang S., Cai X., 2017. Relationship between color index of modern surface sediment and climate parameters in the region of Xinjiang and Qinghai. Arid Land Geography, 40(2): 355-364.
  84. Zeng M., Zhu C., Song Y., Ma C., Yang Z., 2017. Paleoenvironment change and its impact on carbon and nitrogen accumulation in the Zoige wetland, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau over the past 14,000 years. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gc006718.
  85. Zhao J., Wen Z., Ma Y., Huang X., Song Y., 2017. The Sediment on Floodplain and Flood Changes at Caodian Village in the Northern Suburb of Xi'an. Geological Review, 63(2): 326-336.
  86. Chen T., Song Y., Li Y., 2016. Wind-blown Sand Activities in the Qaidam Basin during the Last Glacial Maximum and the Holocene Megathermal Period. Arid Zone Research, 33(4): 877-883.
  87. Li Y., Song Y., Chen X. L., Li J. C., Mamadjanov Y., Aminov J., 2016. Geochemical composition of Tajikistan loess and its provenance implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 446: 186-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.01.025.
  88. Li Y., Song Y., Lai Z., Han L., An Z., 2016. Rapid and cyclic dust accumulation during MIS 2 in Central Asia inferred from loess OSL dating and grain-size analysis. Scientific Reports, 6: 32365. DOI: 10.1038/srep32365. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32365.
  89. Nie J., Song Y., King J. W., 2016. A review of recent advances in red-clay environmental magnetism and paleoclimate history on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Frontiers in Earth Science, 4: 27: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2016.00027.
  90. Peng W., Wang Z., Song Y., Pfaff K., Luo Z., Nie J., Chen W., 2016. A comparison of heavy mineral assemblage between the loess and the Red Clay sequences on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Aeolian Research, 21: 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2016.02.004.
  91. Tan L., Song Y., Cai Y., An Z., Orozbaev R., Mamadjanov Y., Edwards L. R., Cheng H., Li D., Li Y., 2016. Preliminary Studies of Speleothem in Central Asia. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, 90(6): 2289-2290. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.13045.
  92. Wang Q., Song Y., Zhao Z., Li J., 2016. Color characteristics of Chinese loess and its paleoclimatic significance during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 116: 132-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.11.013.
  93. Zeng M., Ma C., Zhu C., Song Y., Zhu T., He K., Chen J., Huang M., Jia T., Guo T., 2016. Influence of climate change on the evolution of ancient culture from 4500 to 3700 cal. yr BP in the Chengdu Plain, upper reaches of the Yangtze River, China. Catena, 147: 742-754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.08.028.
  94. Kang S., Wang X., Lu Y., Liu W., Song Y., Wang N., 2015. A high-resolution quartz OSL chronology of the Talede loess over the past similar to 30 ka and its implications for dust accumulation in the Ili Basin, Central Asia. Quaternary Geochronology, 30: 181-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.04.006.
  95. Li Y., Song Y., Yan L. B., Chen T., An Z. S., 2015. Timing and Spatial Distribution of Loess in Xinjiang, NW China. Plos One, 10(5): e0125492. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125492.
  96. Song Y., Lai Z., Li Y., Chen T., Wang Y., 2015. Comparison between luminescence and radiocarbon dating of late Quaternary loess from the Ili Basin in Central Asia. Quaternary Geochronology, 30: 405-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.01.012.
  97. Wang Q., Song Y., Li J., Zhao Z., Rong P., 2015. Characteristics of Color in Chaona Section and Its Paleoclimatic Significance During the Last Glacial-interglacial Cycle. Scientia Geographica Sinica, 35(11): 1489-1494.
  98. Wu L., Zhu C., Li F., Ma C., Li L., Meng H., Liu H., Wang X., Tan Y., Song Y., 2015. Prehistoric flood events recorded at the Zhongqiao Neolithic Site in the Jianghan Plain, Central China. Acta Geographica Sinica, 70(7): 1149-1164.
  99. An Z., Li L., Burr G. S., Song Y., Yan L., Chang H., Sun Y., Cai Y., Shi Z., Xu H., Zhao H., Zhou W., 2014. Introduction, in Late Cenozoic Climate Change in Asia: Loess, Monsoon and Monsoon-arid Environment Evolution, Z. An, Editor Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht. 1-22.
  100. Chang H., An Z., Liu W., Wu F., Qiang X., Song Y., 2014. Late Miocene–early Pleistocene paleoproductivity variations of the Lop Nor in the Tarim Basin and its implications on aridification in Asian Interior. Chinese Science Bulletin, 59(28): 3650-3658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-014-0327-1.
  101. Chang H., An Z. S., Liu W. G., Ao H., Qiang X. K., Song Y., Lai Z. P., 2014. Quaternary structural partitioning within the rigid Tarim plate inferred from magnetostratigraphy and sedimentation rate in the eastern Tarim Basin in China. Quaternary Research, 81(3): 424-432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.10.018.
  102. Dong H., Song Y., Chen T., Zhao J., Yu L., 2014. Geoconservation and geotourism in Luochuan Loess National Geopark, China. Quaternary International, 334: 40-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.023.
  103. Li C., Song Y., 2014. The characteristics of distribution of trace elements and their paleoclimatic implications at the Zhaosu Loess Section in Westerly Area since the Last Glacial Period. Journal of Earth Environment, 5(2): 56-66.
  104. Li X., Song Y., 2014. Variation in loss on ignition of the Nilka loess section in the Yili basin and its impact factors. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 34(5): 127-135.
  105. Li Y., Song Y., Nie J., Sun B., 2014. Tracing the Provenance of Loess and Red Clay on the Chinese Loess Plateau Using the U-Pb Dating and Single-size Zircon Size. Geological Review, 60(2): 380-388.
  106. Li Y., Song Y., Wang Q., 2014. Chroma characteristics in the Zhaosu loess section and its paleoclimatic significance. Journal of Earth Environment, 5(2): 67-75.
  107. Li Y., Song Y., Yan L., Chen T., 2014. Formation of the Tacheng Loess, Xinjiang. Journal of Earth Environment, 5(2): 127-134.
  108. Liang L., Sun Y., Beets Christiaan J., Song Y., 2014. Characteristics of carbonate minerals in loess and its implication for chemical weathering. Quaternary Sciences, 34(3): 645-653.
  109. Nie J., Peng W., Möller A., Song Y., Stockli D. F., Stevens T., Horton B. K., Liu S., Bird A., Oalmann J., Gong H., Fang X., 2014. Provenance of the upper Miocene–Pliocene Red Clay deposits of the Chinese loess plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 407(0): 35-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.026.
  110. Nie J., Stevens T., Song Y., King J. W., Zhang R., Ji S., Gong L., Cares D., 2014. Pacific freshening drives Pliocene cooling and Asian monsoon intensification. Scientific Reports, 4: 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05474.
  111. Song Y., Chen X. L., Qian L. B., Li C. X., Li Y., Li X. X., Chang H., An Z. S., 2014. Distribution and composition of loess sediments in the Ili Basin, Central Asia. Quaternary International, 334: 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.053.
  112. Song Y., Fang X. M., King J. W., Li J. J., Naoto I., An Z. S., 2014. Magnetic parameter variations in the Chaona loess/paleosol sequences in the central Chinese Loess Plateau, and their significance for the middle Pleistocene climate transition. Quaternary Research, 81(3): 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.10.002.
  113. Song Y., Li Y., Chen X., Li Y., 2014. Mineralogical and REE geochemical compositions of Tajikistan loess. Journal of Earth Environment, 5(2): 145-154.
  114. Yang S., Forman S. L., Song Y., Pierson J., Mazzocco J., Li X., Shi Z., Fang X., 2014. Evaluating OSL-SAR protocols for dating quartz grains from the loess in Ili Basin, Central Asia. Quaternary Geochronology, 20: 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2013.11.004.
  115. Zeng M., Song Y., 2014. Magnetic susceptibility characteristics of near-surface loess in the Ili basin, Xinjiang. Journal of Earth Environment, 5(2): 135-144.
  116. Zeng M., Song Y., An Z., Chang H., Li Y., 2014. Clay mineral records of the Erlangjian drill core sediments from the Lake Qinghai Basin, China. Science China-Earth Sciences, 57(8): 1846-1859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-013-4817-9.
  117. Chang H., An Z., Wu F., Jin Z., Liu W., Song Y., 2013. A Rb/Sr record of the weathering response to environmental changes in westerly winds across the Tarim Basin in the late Miocene to the early Pleistocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 386: 364-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.006.
  118. Fu C., An Z., Qiang X., Bloemendal J., Song Y., Chang H., 2013. Magnetostratigraphic determination of the age of ancient Lake Qinghai, and record of the East Asian monsoon since 4.63 Ma. Geology, 41(8): 875-878. https://doi.org/10.1130/g34418.1.
  119. Guo L., Chen X., Song Y., Jia L., 2013. Characteristics of Rare Earth Elements in Loess Profiles in the Ili Basin,Xinjiang. Arid Zone Research, 30(6): 1004-1012.
  120. Li C., Song Y., Wang L., 2013. The research progress on Ili loess. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 33(1): 145-152.
  121. Li M., Fang X., Wang J., Son Y., Yang Y., Zhang W., Liu X., 2013. Evaporite minerals of the lower 538.5 m sediments in a long core from the Western Qaidam Basin, Tibet. Quaternary International, 298: 123-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.03.003.
  122. Li X., Song Y., 2013. Climate change characteristics and causes in Zhaosu of Xinjiang over the last 55 years. Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment, 27(10): 133-138.
  123. Li Y., Song Y., Qian L., Li X., Qiang X., An Z., 2013. Paleomagnetic and Fission-Track Dating of a Late Cenozoic Red Earth Section in the Liupan Shan and Associated Tectonic Implications. Journal of Earth Science, 24(4): 506-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-013-0353-y.
  124. Nie J., Peng W., Pfaff K., Möller A., Garzanti E., Andò S., Stevense T., Birde A., Chang H., Song Y., Liu S., Ji S., 2013. Controlling factors on heavy mineral assemblages in Chinese loess and Red Clay. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 381-382: 110-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.04.020.
  125. Song Y., Nie J. S., 2013. Detrital U-Th/He Thermochronology of the Late Cenozoic Core Sediments in the Lake Qinghai Basin, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau and Its Implication for Provenance. in Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition. 87(sp.):216.
  126. Song Y., Qian L. B., 2013. Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic Tectonic Uplift of the Liupan Shan: Evidences from New Apatite Fission Track. in Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition. 87(sp.):215.
  127. Zeng M., Song Y., 2013. Mineral Composition and Their Weathering Significance of Zhaosu Loess-Paleosol Sequence in the Ili Basin, Xinjiang. Geological Review, 59(3): 575-586.
  128. Zeng M., Song Y., 2013. Application of the Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm to X-Ray Diffraction Quantitative Phase Analysis. Earth Science, 38(2): 431-440.
  129. Zeng M., Song Y., 2013. Carbonate minerals of Zhaosu loess section in westerly area and their paleoenvironmental significance. Quaternary Sciences, 33(3): 424-436.
  130. An Z., Colman S. M., Zhou W., Li X., Brown E. T., Jull A. J. T., Cai Y., Huang Y., Lu X., Chang H., Song Y., Sun Y., Xu H., Liu W., Jin Z., Liu X., Cheng P., Liu Y., Ai L., Li X., Liu X., Yan L., Shi Z., Wang X., Wu F., Qiang X., Dong J., Lu F., Xu X., 2012. Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka. Scientific Reports, 2: 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00619.
  131. Chang H., An Z., Liu W., Qiang X., Song Y., Ao H., 2012. Magnetostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental records for a Late Cenozoic sedimentary sequence drilled from Lop Nor in the eastern Tarim Basin. Global and Planetary Change, 80-81: 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.09.008.
  132. Chang H., Ao H., An Z., Fang X., Song Y., Qiang X., 2012. Magnetostratigraphy of the Suerkuli Basin indicates Pliocene (3.2 Ma) activity of the middle Altyn Tagh Fault, northern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 44: 169-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.10.013.
  133. Li C., Song Y., 2012. Differences in the Formation Environment of Loess and Paleosol in Ili Region,Xinjiang,China. Journal of Desert Research, 32(5): 1256-1262.
  134. Li C., Song Y., Wang L., 2012. Geochemical Characteristics and Paleoen-Vironmental Significance of the Loess in the Ili Region,Xinjiang. Xinjiang Geology, 30(1): 103-108.
  135. Li C., Song Y., Wang L., 2012. Distribution,Age and Dust Sources of Loess in the Ili Basin. Earth and Environment, 40(3): 314-320.
  136. Nie J., Zan J., Song Y., 2012. Recent advances in red clay environmental magnetism on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Quaternary Sciences, 32(4): 576-587.
  137. Song Y., 2012. Paleoclimatic implication of temperature-dependence of susceptibility of Tianshan loess, Central Asia. Advanced Science Letters, 6: 167-172. https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2011.2003.
  138. Song Y., Li C. X., Zhao J. D., Chen P., Zeng M., 2012. A combined luminescence and radiocarbon dating study of the Ili loess, Central Asia. Quaternary Geochronology, 10: 2-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.04.005.
  139. Zeng M., Song Y., 2012. Study on the Influencing Factors of the Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm for X-ray Diffraction Quantitative Phase Analysis. Rock and Mineral Analysis, 31(5): 798-806.
  140. Zhao J., Chen H., Song Y., Sun Y., 2012. Determination of quartz content and crystallinity index from loess samples. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 32(5): 131-135.
  141. Zhao J., Lai Z., Liu S., Song Y., Li Z., Yin X., 2012. OSL and ESR dating of glacial deposits and its implications for glacial landform evolution in the Bogeda Peak area, Tianshan range, China. Quaternary Geochronology, 10: 237-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.03.004.
  142. Ai L., Qiang X., Song Y., Ao H., An Z., 2011. Identification of Gregite in the late Pleistocene sediments of Lake Qinghai and its environmental implications. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 54(9): 2309-2316. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2011.09.014.
  143. Li C., Song Y., 2011. Chemical Weathering Characteristics and Controlling Factors of the Ili Loess,Xinjiang. Geological Journal of China Universities, 17(4): 611-619.
  144. Li C., Song Y., 2011. Differences in Magnetic Susceptibility Enhancement in Ili Loess, Xinjiang. Acta Geoscientia Sinica, 32(1): 80-86.
  145. Li C., Song Y., Qian L., Wang L., 2011. History of Climate Change Recorded by Grain Size at the Zhaosu Loess Section in the Central Asia since the Last Glacial Period. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 29(6): 1170-1179.
  146. Qiang X., An Z., Song Y., Chang H., Sun Y., Liu W., Ao H., Dong J., Fu C., Wu F., Lu F., Cai Y., Zhou W., Cao J., Xu X., Ai L., 2011. New eolian red clay sequence on the western Chinese Loess Plateau linked to onset of Asian desertification about 25 Ma ago. Science China-Earth Sciences, 54(1): 136-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-4126-5.
  147. Dong H., Zhao J., Song Y., 2010. Geochemical Components and Paleoenvironment Implication for S4 Paleosol in Shaolingyuan, Chang'an County. Scientia Geographica Sinica, 30(6): 904-909.
  148. Li X., Song Y., 2010. Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic Exhumation History of the Luliang Mountains, North China Craton: Constraint from Fission-track Thermochronology. Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition, 84(2): 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00145.x.
  149. Nie J., Song Y., King J. W., Egli R., 2010. Consistent grain size distribution of pedogenic maghemite of surface soils and Miocene loessic soils on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Journal of Quaternary Science, 25(3): 261-266. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1304.
  150. Nie J., Song Y., King J. W., Fang X., Heil C., 2010. HIRM variations in the Chinese red-clay sequence: Insights into pedogenesis in the dust source area. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 38(3-4): 96-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.11.002.
  151. Song Y., An Z., 2010. Correlation of Paleoclimatic Records between Chinese Eolian Sediments and Baikal Lacustrine Sediments. Journal of Earth Science, 21: 260-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-010-0230-x.
  152. Song Y., Nie J. S., Shi Z. T., Wang X. L., Qiang X. K., Chang H., 2010. A preliminary study of magnetic enhancement mechanisms of the Tianshan loess. Journal of Earth Environment, 1(1): 60-67 (in English with Chinese abstract).
  153. Song Y., Shi Z., 2010. Distribution and Compositions of Loess Sediments in Yili Basin, Central Asia. Scientia Geographica Sinica, 30(2): 267-272.
  154. Song Y., Shi Z., Fang X., Nie J., Naoto I., Qiang X., Wang X., 2010. Loess magnetic properties in the Ili Basin and their correlation with the Chinese Loess Plateau. Science China-Earth Sciences, 53(3): 419-431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-0011-5.
  155. Zhao J., Liu S., Wang J., Song Y., Du J., 2010. Glacial advances and ESR chronology of the Pochengzi Glaciation, Tianshan Mountains, China. Science China-Earth Sciences, 53(3): 403-410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-009-0109-9.
  156. Zhao J., Song Y., King J. W., Liu S., Wang J., Wu M., 2010. Glacial geomorphology and glacial history of the Muzart River valley, Tianshan Range, China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(11-12): 1453-1463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.03.004.
  157. Dong, H., Song. Y., 2009. Clay mineralogy and its application to paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 29(6): 119-130.
  158. Zhao J., Liu S., He Y., Song Y., 2009. Quaternary glacial chronology of the Ateaoyinake River Valley, Tianshan Mountains, China. Geomorphology, 103(2): 276-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.014.
  159. Shi Z., Song Y., Fang X., An Z., 2007. Middle Pleistocene Environmental change in Northern Xinjiang inferred from loess sediments in the North Slope of Tianshan Mountains. in Quaternary International. 167-168(INUQA):390.
  160. Song Y., Fang X., Torii M., Ishikawa N., Li J., An Z., 2007. Late Neogene rock magnetic record of climatic variation from Chinese eolian sediments related to uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 30(2): 324-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.10.004.
  161. An Z., Ai L., Song Y., Steve C., 2006. Lake Qinghai Scientific Drilling Project. Scientific Drilling, (2): 20-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2204/iodp.sd.2.05.2006.
  162. An Z., Wang P., Shen J., Zhang Y., Zhang P., Wang S., Li X., Sun Q., Song Y., Al L., Zhang Y., Jiang S., Liu X., Wang Y., 2006. Geophysical survey on the tectonic and sediment distribution of Qinghai Lake basin. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences 49(8): 851-861. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-006-0851-1.
  163. An Z., Zhang P., Wang E., Wang S., Qiang X., Li L., Song Y., Chang H., Liu X., Zhou W., Liu W., Cao J., Li X., Shen J., Liu Y., Ai L., 2006. Changes of the monsoon-arid environment in china and growth of the Tibetan plateau since the Miocene. Quaternary Sciences, 26(5): 678-693.
  164. Fu, C., An Z., Qiang X., Song Y., Ghang H., 2006. Strategy, Challenge and Progress of Global Change Science. Arid Zone Research, 23(1): 1-7.
  165. Li X., Song Y., 2006. Cenozoic evolution of tectono-fluid and metallogenic process in Lanping Basin, western Yunnan Province, Southwest China: Constraints from apatite fission track data. Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 25(4): 395-400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-006-0395-2.
  166. Fu K., Meng Q., Wang Y., Fang X., Song Y., Han Y., 2005. Modeling the relationship between Hexi inner continental river sediment grain-sizes and drainage basin height differences. Journal of Lanzhou University.Natural Science, 41(3): 1-5.
  167. Qiang X., An Z., Li H., Chang H., Song Y., 2005. Magnetic properties of Jiaxian red clay sequences from northern Chinese Loess Plateau and its paleoclimatic significance. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences 48(8): 1234-1245. https://doi.org/10.1360/03yd0251.
  168. Song Y., 2003. Gypsum fission track dating and some relevant problems. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 23(2): 79-84.
  169. Wang X., Lu H., Li Z., Deng C., Tan H., Song Y., 2003. Paleoclimatic significance of mineral magnetic properties of loess sediments in northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 48(19): 2126-2133. https://doi.org/10.1360/02wd0567.
  170. Yang D., Fang X., Song Y., Lu L., Li J., An Z., 2002. Pediment near the Western Liupan Mountain and Its Implication on the Neotectonic Uplift. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 20(2): 282-287.
  171. Song Y., Fang X., Li J., An Z., Miao X., 2001. The Late Cenozoic uplift of the Liupan Shan, China. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences 44: 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02911985.
  172. Yang D., Fang X., Song Y., Lu L., Li J., 2001. Development of a pediment on western slopes of Liupan Mountain related to the Neotectonic Uplift. Chinese Science Bulletin, 46(sp): 11-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03187229.
  173. Song Y., Fang  X., Li J. J., An Z., Yang D., Lu L., 2000. Age of red clay at Chaona section near eastern Liupan Mountain and its tectonic significance. Quaternary Science, 20(5): 457-463.
  174. Zhu C., Song Y., 1997. Comparison of Quaternary deposit environment among Lushan, Huangshan and Tianmushan mountains. Chinese Geographic Science, 7(3): 259-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-997-0053-6.


Research Interests

  1. Quaternary environmental changes in Central Asia

  2. Cenzoic envrionmental changes in Weihe Basin and Chinese Loess Plateau. 

  3. Mineralogy and geochemistry. 

  4. Quaternary dating.