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Houjie Wang is affiliated with the Ocean University of China in China and focuses on research within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly output demonstrates a broad engagement with earth-surface processes, ecology, atmospheric science, oceanography, and environmental chemistry.

The primary topics covered in their work include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Coastal and marine dynamics
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Flood risk assessment and management
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies

Houjie Wang's recent research contributions are published in a variety of scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Earth's sediment cycle during the Anthropocene," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Climate and human battle for dominance over the Yellow River's sediment discharge: From the Mid-Holocene to the Anthropocene," 2020, Marine Geology
  • "Can Reservoir Regulation Along the Yellow River Be a Sustainable Way to Save a Sinking Delta?" 2020, Earth's Future
  • "Phase change in evolution of the modern Huanghe (Yellow River) Delta: Process, pattern, and mechanisms," 2021, Marine Geology
  • "Spatiotemporal Changes of Coastline over the Yellow River Delta in the Previous 40 Years with Optical and SAR Remote Sensing," 2021, Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Houjie Wang include Xiao Wu, Naishuang Bi, Peng Li, Zhenhong Li, and Xiting Liu. These collaborations reflect a network of researchers active in related earth and environmental scientific studies.

Common publication venues for Houjie Wang's work encompass:

  • Marine Geology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Remote Sensing
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Stepwise decreases of the Huanghe (Yellow River) sediment load (1950–2005): Impacts of climate change and human activities

    Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang;Yoshiki Saito;J. Paul Liu

  • Dam impacts on the Changjiang (Yangtze) River sediment discharge to the sea: The past 55 years and after the Three Gorges Dam

    Z. Yang;H. Wang;Y. Saito;J. D. Milliman

  • Interannual and seasonal variation of the Huanghe (Yellow River) water discharge over the past 50 years: Connections to impacts from ENSO events and dams

    Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang;Yoshiki Saito;J. Paul Liu

  • Earth’s sediment cycle during the Anthropocene

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  • Recent changes of sediment flux to the western Pacific Ocean from major rivers in East and Southeast Asia

    Houjie Wang;Houjie Wang;Yoshiki Saito;Yong Zhang;Naishuang Bi;Naishuang Bi

  • Recent changes in sediment delivery by the Huanghe (Yellow River) to the sea: Causes and environmental implications in its estuary

    Houjie Wang;Houjie Wang;Houjie Wang;Naishuang Bi;Naishuang Bi;Yoshiki Saito;Yan Wang

  • Impacts of the dam-orientated water-sediment regulation scheme on the lower reaches and delta of the Yellow River (Huanghe): A review

    Houjie Wang;Xiao Wu;Naishuang Bi;Song Li

  • Human impacts on sediment in the Yangtze River: A review and new perspectives

    H.F. Yang;H.F. Yang;S.L. Yang;K.H. Xu;J.D. Milliman

  • Sediment transport off the Huanghe (Yellow River) delta and in the adjacent Bohai Sea in winter and seasonal comparison

    Zuosheng Yang;Youjun Ji;Naishuang Bi;Kun Lei

  • Reconstruction of sediment flux from the Changjiang (Yangtze River) to the sea since the 1860s

    Houjie Wang;Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang;Zuosheng Yang;Yan Wang;Yan Wang;Yoshiki Saito

  • Distribution of sedimentary organic matter in estuarine–inner shelf regions of the East China Sea: Implications for hydrodynamic forces and anthropogenic impact

    Limin Hu;Xuefa Shi;Zhigang Yu;Tian Lin;Tian Lin

  • Seasonal variation of suspended-sediment transport through the southern Bohai Strait

    Naishuang Bi;Zuosheng Yang;Houjie Wang;Dejiang Fan

  • Recent changes in the erosion–accretion patterns of the active Huanghe (Yellow River) delta lobe caused by human activities

    Naishuang Bi;Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang

  • Seasonal distribution of suspended sediment in the Bohai Sea, China

    Houjie Wang;Houjie Wang;Aimei Wang;Aimei Wang;Naishuang Bi;Naishuang Bi;Xiangming Zeng

  • Dispersal pattern of suspended sediment in the shear frontal zone off the Huanghe (Yellow River) mouth

    Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang;Yunhai Li;Zhigang Guo

  • Sedimentation in the Three Gorges Dam and the future trend of Changjiang (Yangtze River) sediment flux to the sea

    Bangqi Hu;Bangqi Hu;Zuosheng Yang;Zuosheng Yang;Houjie Wang;Houjie Wang;Xiaoxia Sun;Xiaoxia Sun

  • Sources, dispersal and preservation of sedimentary organic matter in the Yellow Sea: The importance of depositional hydrodynamic forcing

    Limin Hu;Limin Hu;Xuefa Shi;Zhigang Guo;Zhigang Guo;Houjie Wang

  • New discharge regime of the Huanghe (Yellow River): Causes and implications

    Yonggui Yu;Yonggui Yu;Houjie Wang;Xuefa Shi;Xiangbin Ran

  • Stepwise morphological evolution of the active Yellow River (Huanghe) delta lobe (1976–2013): Dominant roles of riverine discharge and sediment grain size

    Xiao Wu;Naishuang Bi;Jingping Xu;Jeffrey A. Nittrouer

  • Yangtze sediment decline partly from Three Gorges Dam

    Kehui Xu;John D. Milliman;Zuosheng Yang;Houjie Wang

  • Temporal and spatial variations of sediment rating curves in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) basin and their implications

    Bangqi Hu;Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang;Xiaoxia Sun

  • The role of shelf mud depositional process and large river inputs on the fate of organochlorine pesticides in sediments of the Yellow and East China seas

    L. M. Hu;T. Lin;X. F. Shi;Z. S. Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Naishuang Bi
Naishuang Bi Ocean University of China
Zuosheng Yang
Zuosheng Yang Ocean University of China
Yoshiki Saito
Yoshiki Saito Shimane University
Zhigang Guo
Zhigang Guo Fudan University
Xuefa Shi
Xuefa Shi First Institute of Oceanography
John D. Milliman
John D. Milliman William & Mary
Yusuke Yokoyama
Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo
Tian Lin
Tian Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shilun Yang
Shilun Yang East China Normal University
Kehui Xu
Kehui Xu Louisiana State University

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