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Ganqing Jiang is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in related subfields including Paleontology, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, and Geology.

Their work spans several main topics, particularly:

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

Ganqing Jiang's recent papers illustrate an engagement with both geochemical processes and broader planetary phenomena. Notable publications include:

  • "Continental geological evidence for Solar System chaotic behavior in the Late Cretaceous" (2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • "Thallium isotope ratios in shales from South China and northwestern Canada suggest widespread O2 accumulation in marine bottom waters was an uncommon occurrence during the Ediacaran Period" (2020, Chemical Geology)
  • "Enhanced Weathering Triggered the Transient Oxygenation Event at ∼1.57 Ga" (2022, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Astrochronologic calibration of the Shuram carbon isotope excursion with new data from South China" (2022, Global and Planetary Change)
  • "A transient peak in marine sulfate after the 635-Ma snowball Earth" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Ganqing Jiang has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Dongjie Tang, Xinqiang Wang, Yuewei Li, Guobiao Li, and Tianyang Wang, each with multiple joint publications. This collaborative network supports investigation across diverse but interrelated research topics within Earth sciences.

The predominant venues for Jiang's work reflect a focus on both geological and planetary sciences. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Best Publications

  • Pulsed oxidation and biological evolution in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation

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

  • Stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635-551Ma) in South China

    Ganqing Jiang;Xiaoying Shi;Shihong Zhang;Yue Wang

  • Ocean oxygenation in the wake of the Marinoan glaciation

    Swapan K. Sahoo;Noah J. Planavsky;Brian Kendall;Brian Kendall;Xinqiang Wang

  • Stable isotopic evidence for methane seeps in Neoproterozoic postglacial cap carbonates

    Ganqing Jiang;Martin J. Kennedy;Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • Carbon Isotope Variability across the Ediacaran Yangtze Platform in South China: Implications for a Large Surface-to-Deep Ocean δ13C Gradient

    Ganqing Jiang;Alan J. Kaufman;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Shihong Zhang

  • Neoproterozoic stratigraphic comparison of the Lesser Himalaya (India) and Yangtze block (south China): Paleogeographic implications

    Ganqing Jiang;Linda E. Sohl;Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • Oceanic oxygenation events in the anoxic Ediacaran ocean.

    Swapan K Sahoo;N J Planavsky;Ganqing Jiang;B Kendall

  • The age of the Nantuo Formation and Nantuo glaciation in South China

    Shihong Zhang;Ganqing Jiang;Yigui Han

  • U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe ages from the Doushantuo Formation in south China: Constraints on late Neoproterozoic glaciations

    Shihong Zhang;Ganqing Jiang;Junming Zhang;Biao Song

  • Uranium and molybdenum isotope evidence for an episode of widespread ocean oxygenation during the late Ediacaran Period

    Brian Kendall;Brian Kendall;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Timothy W. Lyons;Steve M. Bates

  • The origin of decoupled carbonate and organic carbon isotope signatures in the early Cambrian (ca. 542–520 Ma) Yangtze platform

    Ganqing Jiang;Xinqiang Wang;Xiaoying Shi;Shuhai Xiao

  • Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Structures, and Textures of the Late Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Cap Carbonate in South China

    Ganqing Jiang;Martin J. Kennedy;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Huaichun Wu

  • Perspectives on Proterozoic surface ocean redox from iodine contents in ancient and recent carbonate

    Dalton S. Hardisty;Dalton S. Hardisty;Zunli Lu;Andrey Bekker;Andrey Bekker;Charles W. Diamond

  • Astrochronology of the Early Turonian-Early Campanian terrestrial succession in the Songliao Basin, northeastern China and its implication for long-period behavior of the Solar System

    Huaichun Wu;Shihong Zhang;Ganqing Jiang;Linda Hinnov

  • Time-calibrated Milankovitch cycles for the late Permian

    Huaichun Wu;Shihong Zhang;Linda A. Hinnov;Ganqing Jiang

  • The floating astronomical time scale for the terrestrial Late Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation from the Songliao Basin of Northeast China and its stratigraphic and paleoclimate implications

    Huaichun Wu;Shihong Zhang;Ganqing Jiang;Qinghua Huang

  • Stable isotope record of the terminal Neoproterozoic Krol platform in the Lesser Himalayas of northern India

    Alan J. Kaufman;Ganqing Jiang;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Dhiraj M. Banerjee

  • Extremely low oxygen concentration in mid-Proterozoic shallow seawaters

    Dongjie Tang;Xiaoying Shi;Xinqiang Wang;Ganqing Jiang

  • Cyclostratigraphy and orbital tuning of the terrestrial upper Santonian–Lower Danian in Songliao Basin, northeastern China

    Huaichun Wu;Shihong Zhang;Linda A. Hinnov;Ganqing Jiang

  • New paleomagnetic results from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in South China and their paleogeographic implications

    Shihong Zhang;Haiyan Li;Ganqing Jiang;David A.D. Evans

  • New U-Pb age from the basal Niutitang Formation in South China: Implications for diachronous development and condensation of stratigraphic units across the Yangtze platform at the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition

    Xinqiang Wang;Xiaoying Shi;Ganqing Jiang;Wenhao Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shihong Zhang
Shihong Zhang China University of Geosciences
Huaichun Wu
Huaichun Wu China University of Geosciences
Shuhai Xiao
Shuhai Xiao Virginia Tech
Tianshui Yang
Tianshui Yang China University of Geosciences
Timothy W. Lyons
Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside
Alan J. Kaufman
Alan J. Kaufman University of Maryland, College Park
Nicholas Christie-Blick
Nicholas Christie-Blick Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Noah J. Planavsky
Noah J. Planavsky Yale University
Ariel D. Anbar
Ariel D. Anbar Arizona State University
Brian Kendall
Brian Kendall University of Waterloo

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