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Chuanming Zhou is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology. Their work encompasses broad areas related to paleontological and geological sciences, with a significant emphasis on the study of fossils, stratigraphy, and geochemical processes.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, subfields of study encompass:

  • Paleontology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geophysics
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Geology

Zhou's research topics cover diverse geological and paleontological themes, including:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Shuhai Xiao
  • Xunlai Yuan
  • Ke Pang
  • Qing Ouyang
  • Bin Wan

The primary venues where Zhou publishes frequently are:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Geology
  • Global and Planetary Change

Recent publications by Chuanming Zhou include:

  • "Cryptic terrestrial fungus-like fossils of the early Ediacaran Period" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Revisiting Ediacaran sulfur isotope chemostratigraphy with in situ nanoSIMS analysis of sedimentary pyrite" (2021), published in Geology
  • "New Ediacara-type fossils and late Ediacaran stratigraphy from the northern Qaidam Basin (China): Paleogeographic implications" (2021), published in Geology
  • "Implications for Ediacaran biological evolution from the ca. 602 Ma Lantian biota in China" (2022), published in Geology
  • "The Shibantan Lagerstätte: insights into the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition" (2020), published in Journal of the Geological Society

Best Publications

  • Pulsed oxidation and biological evolution in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation

    Kathleen A. McFadden;Jing Huang;Xuelei Chu;Ganqing Jiang

  • New constraints on the ages of Neoproterozoic glaciations in south China

    Chuanming Zhou;Robert Tucker;Shuhai Xiao;Zhanxiong Peng

  • SHRIMP zircon U-Pb age constraints on Neoproterozoic Quruqtagh diamictites in NW China

    Bei Xu;Shuhai Xiao;Haibo Zou;Yan Chen

  • An early Ediacaran assemblage of macroscopic and morphologically differentiated eukaryotes

    Xunlai Yuan;Zhe Chen;Shuhai Xiao;Chuanming Zhou

  • The Neoproterozoic Quruqtagh Group in eastern Chinese Tianshan: evidence for a post-Marinoan glaciation

    Shuhai Xiao;Huiming Bao;Haifeng Wang;Alan J. Kaufman

  • Triple oxygen isotope evidence for elevated CO2 levels after a Neoproterozoic glaciation.

    Huiming Bao;James R Lyons;Chuanming Zhou

  • Ediacaran δ13C chemostratigraphy of South China

    Chuanming Zhou;Chuanming Zhou;Shuhai Xiao

  • Towards an ediacaran time scale: Problems, protocols, and prospects

    Shuhai Xiao;Guy M. Narbonne;Chuanming Zhou;Marc Laflamme

  • Genesis, classification, and evaluation method of diagenetic facies

    Cai-neng Zou;Shi-zhen Tao;Hui Zhou;Xiang-xiang Zhang

  • Cellular and subcellular structure of neoproterozoic animal embryos.

    James W. Hagadorn;Shuhai Xiao;Philip C. J. Donoghue;Stefan Bengtson

  • The diversification and extinction of Doushantuo‐Pertatataka acritarchs in South China: causes and biostratigraphic significance

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  • Palaeoceanographic redox environments for the lower Cambrian Hetang Formation in South China: Evidence from pyrite framboids, redox sensitive trace elements, and sponge biota occurrence

    Chuanming Zhou;Shao-Yong Jiang

  • Calibrating the terminations of Cryogenian global glaciations

    Chuanming (周传明) Zhou;Magdalena H. Huyskens;Xianguo Lang;Shuhai Xiao

  • Phosphatized Acanthomorphic Acritarchs and Related Microfossils from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation at Weng'an (South China) and their Implications for Biostratigraphic Correlation

    Shuhai Xiao;Chuanming Zhou;Pengju Liu;Dan Wang

  • New Ediacara fossils preserved in marine limestone and their ecological implications

    Zhe Chen;Chuanming Zhou;Shuhai Xiao;Wei Wang

  • Trace fossil evidence for Ediacaran bilaterian animals with complex behaviors

    Zhe Chen;Chuanming Zhou;Mike Meyer;Ke Xiang

  • The Weng'an biota and the Ediacaran radiation of multicellular eukaryotes

    Shuhai Xiao;A. D. Muscente;Lei Chen;Chuanming Zhou

  • Integrated chemostratigraphy of the Doushantuo Formation at the northern Xiaofenghe section (Yangtze Gorges, South China) and its implication for Ediacaran stratigraphic correlation and ocean redox models

    Shuhai Xiao;Shuhai Xiao;Kathleen A. McFadden;Sara Peek;Alan J. Kaufman

  • Quantitative evaluation of the biostratigraphic distribution of acanthomorphic acritarchs in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in the Yangtze Gorges area, South China

    Kathleen A. McFadden;Shuhai Xiao;Chuanming Zhou;Michał Kowalewski

  • Basal Cambrian Microfossils from the Yangtze Gorges Area (South China) and the Aksu Area (Tarim Block, Northwestern China)

    Lin Dong;Shuhai Xiao;Bing Shen;Chuanming Zhou

  • Was the Ediacaran Shuram Excursion a globally synchronized early diagenetic event? Insights from methane-derived authigenic carbonates in the uppermost Doushantuo Formation, South China

    Huan Cui;Huan Cui;Alan J. Kaufman;Shuhai Xiao;Chuanming Zhou

  • A uniquely preserved Ediacaran fossil with direct evidence for a quilted bodyplan

    Shuhai Xiao;Bing Shen;Chuanming Zhou;Guwei Xie

  • Death march of a segmented and trilobate bilaterian elucidates early animal evolution

    Zhe Chen;Chuanming Zhou;Xunlai Yuan;Shuhai Xiao

  • New Ediacara fossils preserved in marine limestone and their ecological

    Chuanming Zhou;Shuhai Xiao;Wei Wang;Chengguo Guan

  • Supporting Online Material for Cellular and Subcellular Structure of Neoproterozoic Animal Embryos

    James W. Hagadorn;Shuhai Xiao;Philip C. J. Donoghue;Stefan Bengtson

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuhai Xiao
Shuhai Xiao Virginia Tech
Xunlai Yuan
Xunlai Yuan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huiming Bao
Huiming Bao Louisiana State University
Yongbo Peng
Yongbo Peng Tongji University
Alan J. Kaufman
Alan J. Kaufman University of Maryland, College Park
James D. Schiffbauer
James D. Schiffbauer University of Missouri
Ganqing Jiang
Ganqing Jiang University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Stefan Bengtson
Stefan Bengtson Swedish Museum of Natural History
James W. Hagadorn
James W. Hagadorn Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Lei Chen
Lei Chen Regeneron (United States)

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