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Huayu Lu is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses a significant body of work within multiple related subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, and Paleontology.

The main topics addressed in their research cover:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Tree-ring climate responses

Huayu Lu has contributed to a number of recent publications, among which are:

  • "Unintended consequences of combating desertification in China" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "Increasing summer precipitation in arid Central Asia linked to the weakening of the East Asian summer monsoon in the recent decades" (2020) published in International Journal of Climatology
  • "Holocene seasonal temperature evolution and spatial variability over the Northern Hemisphere landmass" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "Critical transitions in Chinese dunes during the past 12,000 years" (2020) published in Science Advances
  • "Vegetation feedback causes delayed ecosystem response to East Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall during the Holocene" (2021) published in Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably:

  • Xianyan Wang
  • Shuangwen Yi
  • Hanzhi Zhang
  • Hanlin Wang
  • Zhiwei Xu

Huayu Lu's work is regularly published in several key venues including:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geomorphology
  • Nature Communications

The researcher has produced over 250 publications predominantly addressing themes within Earth and Planetary Sciences and their subfields, reflecting interdisciplinary approaches to studying past climate dynamics, geological changes, and environmental processes.

Best Publications

  • Chinese cave records and the East Asia Summer Monsoon

    Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyu Liu;Xinyu Wen;E.C. Brady;B. Otto-Bliesner

  • Nd and Sr isotopic characteristics of Chinese deserts: Implications for the provenances of Asian dust

    Jun Chen;Gaojun Li;Jiedong Yang;Wenbo Rao

  • Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-derived Yellow River sediment.

    Junsheng Nie;Thomas Stevens;Martin Rittner;Daniel Stockli

  • Variation of East Asian monsoon precipitation during the past 21 k.y. and potential CO2 forcing

    Huayu Lu;Huayu Lu;Shuangwen Yi;Zhengyu Liu;Joseph A. Mason

  • Bimodal grain-size distribution of Chinese loess, and its palaeoclimatic implications

    Donghuai Sun;Jan Bloemendal;David K Rea;Zhisheng An

  • Genetic linkage between the Yellow River, the Mu Us desert and the Chinese Loess Plateau

    T. Stevens;T. Stevens;A. Carter;T.P. Watson;P. Vermeesch

  • Leaf wax lipids as paleovegetational and paleoenvironmental proxies for the Chinese Loess Plateau over the last 170 kyr

    Zhaohui Zhang;Meixun Zhao;Meixun Zhao;Geoffrey Eglinton;Geoffrey Eglinton;Huayu Lu

  • Late Quaternary aeolian dust input variability on the Chinese Loess Plateau: inferences from unmixing of loess grain-size records

    Maarten A. Prins;Mirjam Vriend;Govert Nugteren;Jef Vandenberghe

  • Astronomical calibration of loess-paleosol deposits at Luochuan, central Chinese Loess Plateau

    Huayu Lu;Xiaodong Liu;Fuqing Zhang;Zhisheng An

  • Aeolian sediment evidence that global cooling has driven late Cenozoic stepwise aridification in central Asia

    H. Lu;X. Wang;L. Li

  • Grain-size and accumulation rate records from Late Cenozoic aeolian sequences in northern China: Implications for variations in the East Asian winter monsoon and westerly atmospheric circulation

    Donghuai Sun;Ruixia Su;Jan Bloemendal;Huayu Lu

  • Lower temperature as the main cause of C4 plant declines during the glacial periods on the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Zhaohui Zhang;Meixun Zhao;Huayu Lu;Anthony M. Faiia

  • Penetration of Atlantic westerly winds into Central and East Asia

    Jef Vandenberghe;Hans Renssen;Ko van Huissteden;Govert Nugteren

  • Late Quaternary aeolian activity in the Mu Us and Otindag dune fields (north China) and lagged response to insolation forcing

    Huayu Lu;Huayu Lu;Xiaodong Miao;Yali Zhou;Yali Zhou;Joseph Mason

  • Zr/Rb ratio in the Chinese loess sequences and its implication for changes in the East Asian winter monsoon strength

    Jun Chen;Yang Chen;Lianwen Liu;Junfeng Ji

  • Ice core evidence for a very tight link between North Atlantic and east Asian glacial climate

    Urs Ruth;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Regine Röthlisberger;Regine Röthlisberger;Marie-Louise Siggaard-Andersen

  • Holocene climate changes over the desert/loess transition of north-central China

    Jule Xiao;Toshio Nakamura;Huayu Lu;Guangyu Zhang

  • Sedimentation and diagenesis of Chinese loess: Implications for the preservation of continuous, high-resolution climate records

    Thomas Stevens;Simon J. Armitage;Huayu Lu;David S.G. Thomas

  • Periodicities of palaeoclimatic variations recorded by loess-paleosol sequences in China

    Huayu Lu;Fuqing Zhang;Xiaodong Liu;Robert A. Duce

  • Dune mobility and aridity at the desert margin of northern China at a time of peak monsoon strength

    J.A. Mason;H. Lu;Y. Zhou;X. Miao

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens Uppsala University
Jef Vandenberghe
Jef Vandenberghe Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Junfeng Ji
Junfeng Ji Nanjing University
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joseph A. Mason
Joseph A. Mason University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nanjing University
Youbin Sun
Youbin Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pieter Vermeesch
Pieter Vermeesch University College London
Jan-Pieter Buylaert
Jan-Pieter Buylaert Technical University of Denmark
Sergio Andò
Sergio Andò University of Milano-Bicocca

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