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Changqun Cao is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 25 publications in this area. Cao's work spans several subfields, including Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, Geophysics, and Mechanics of Materials. These subfields reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding geological and earth system processes.

The scientist's main research topics focus on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geological Formation Processes. This range indicates significant engagement with both biological and chemical aspects of earth sciences, as well as applied research related to resource exploration.

Changqun Cao has authored several papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Oceanic redox evolution around the end-Permian mass extinction at Meishan, South China (2020) published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Wildfires and deforestation during the Permian-Triassic transition in the southern Junggar Basin, Northwest China (2021) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Increased aridity across the Permian-Triassic transition in the mid-latitude NE Pangea (2021) in Geological Journal
  • High-resolution sedimentology, ichnology, and benthic marine redox conditions from Late Permian to the earliest Triassic at Shangsi, South China: Local, regional, and global signals and driving mechanisms (2021) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Dynamic process of turbidity current-induced benthic-marine oxygenation evidenced by sequential ichnocoenoses: An example from a Late Permian oxygen-deficient basin (2023) in Geological Journal

The researcher frequently publishes in journals such as Geological Journal, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Earth-Science Reviews, Chemical Geology, and Materials. These venues correspond to the diverse range of topics covered in Cao's publications.

Changqun Cao collaborates with several coauthors across multiple studies. Frequent collaborators include Shu-zhong Shen, Hua Zhang, Quan-feng Zheng, Lei Xiang, and Shane D. Schoepfer. These collaborations suggest active engagement within a network of scientists focused on earth sciences and paleoenvironments.

Best Publications

  • Photic Zone Euxinia During the Permian-Triassic Superanoxic Event

    Kliti Grice;Changqun Cao;Gordon D. Love;Michael E. Böttcher

  • Pattern of Marine Mass Extinction Near the Permian-Triassic Boundary in South China

    Y. G. Jin;Y. Wang;W. Wang;Q. H. Shang

  • Calibrating the End-Permian Mass Extinction

    Shu-zhong Shen;James L. Crowley;James L. Crowley;Yue Wang;Samuel A. Bowring

  • Biogeochemical evidence for euxinic oceans and ecological disturbance presaging the end-Permian mass extinction event

    Changqun Cao;Gordon D. Love;Lindsay E. Hays;Wei Wang

  • Permian integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China

    Shuzhong Shen;Shuzhong Shen;Hua Zhang;Hua Zhang;Yichun Zhang;Yichun Zhang;Dongxun Yuan;Dongxun Yuan

  • The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the boundary between the Capitanian and Wuchiapingian stage (Permian)

    Yugan Jin;Shuzhong Shen;Charles M. Henderson;Xiangdong Wang

  • Carbon isotope excursions across the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Meishan section, Zhejiang Province,China

    Changqun Cao;Wei Wang;Yugan Jin

  • High-resolution δ13Ccarb chemostratigraphy from latest Guadalupian through earliest Triassic in South China and Iran

    Shu-zhong Shen;Chang-qun Cao;Hua Zhang;Samuel A. Bowring

  • Methanogenic burst in the end-Permian carbon cycle

    Daniel H. Rothman;Gregory P. Fournier;Katherine L. French;Eric J. Alm

  • A sudden end-Permian mass extinction in South China

    Shu-zhong (沈树忠) Shen;Shu-zhong (沈树忠) Shen;Jahandar Ramezani;Jun Chen;Chang-Qun (曹长群) Cao

  • High-resolution SIMS oxygen isotope analysis on conodont apatite from South China and implications for the end-Permian mass extinction

    Jun Chen;Shu-zhong Shen;Xian-hua Li;Yi-gang Xu

  • The carbon isotope excursion on GSSP candidate section of Lopingian–Guadalupian boundary

    Wei Wang;Changqun Cao;Yue Wang

  • End-Permian mass extinction pattern in the northern peri-Gondwanan region

    Shu Zhong Shen;Chang-Qun Cao;Charles M. Henderson;Xiang-Dong Wang

  • The terrestrial end-Permian mass extinction in South China

    Hua Zhang;Chang-qun Cao;Xiao-lei Liu;Lin Mu

  • Significance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Permian/Triassic boundary sections

    Birgit Nabbefeld;Kliti Grice;Roger E. Summons;Lindsay E. Hays

  • The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of Changhsingian Stage (Upper Permian)

    Yugan (金玉玕) Jin;Yue (王玥) Wang;Charles Henderson;Bruce R. Wardlaw

  • Biostratigraphy and lithofacies of the Permian System in the Laibin–Heshan area of Guangxi, South China

    Shu-Zhong Shen;Yue Wang;Charles M. Henderson;Chang-Qun Cao

  • High-resolution Lopingian (Late Permian) timescale of South China

    Shu-Zhong Shen;Charles M. Henderson;Samuel A. Bowring;Chang-Qun Cao

  • Two episodes of 13C-depletion in organic carbon in the latest Permian: Evidence from the terrestrial sequences in northern Xinjiang, China

    Changqun (曹长群) Cao;Wei (王伟) Wang;Lujun (刘陆军)) Liu;Shuzhong (沈树忠) Shen

  • Geological event sequences of the Permian-Triassic transition recorded in the microfacies in Meishan section

    ChangQun Cao;QuanFeng Zheng

  • Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy and implications of palaeoclimatic changes during the Cisuralian (Early Permian) in the southern Urals, Russia

    Jun Zeng;Chang-qun Cao;Vladimir I. Davydov;Shu-zhong Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu-zhong Shen
Shu-zhong Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yue Wang
Yue Wang Guizhou University
Charles M. Henderson
Charles M. Henderson University of Calgary
Douglas H. Erwin
Douglas H. Erwin National Museum of Natural History
Ellen Thomas
Ellen Thomas Yale University
James L. Crowley
James L. Crowley Boise State University
Kliti Grice
Kliti Grice Curtin University
Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang City University of Hong Kong

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