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Laishi Zhao is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a prolific output consisting of 69 publications in this field.

Their work spans several subfields including Paleontology, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanics of Materials, and Geology. Within these areas, their research addresses key topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Among their recent papers are:

  • The stability and collapse of marine ecosystems during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, 2023, Current Biology
  • Transient and stepwise ocean oxygenation during the late Ediacaran Shuram Excursion: Insights from carbonate δ238U of northwestern Mexico, 2020, Precambrian Research
  • Resilience of infaunal ecosystems during the Early Triassic greenhouse Earth, 2022, Science Advances
  • Early Cambrian oceanic oxygenation and evolution of early animals: A critical review from the South China Craton, 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • Lower Triassic conodont biostratigraphy of the Guryul Ravine section, Kashmir, 2021, Global and Planetary Change

Zhao frequently publishes in venues such as Global and Planetary Change, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Goldschmidt Abstracts, Goldschmidt2022 abstracts, and Precambrian Research. Their publication record includes eight papers in Global and Planetary Change, five in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, and multiple contributions to Goldschmidt-related venues.

Collaborative efforts are a notable aspect of Zhao's research. Frequent coauthors include Zhong-Qiang Chen, Zhengyi Lyu, Thomas J. Algeo, Shunling Wu, and Lei Zhang. These partnerships have yielded numerous publications advancing knowledge in their shared fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Diagenetic uptake of rare earth elements by bioapatite, with an example from Lower Triassic conodonts of South China

    Jianbo Chen;Jianbo Chen;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Laishi Zhao;Zhong-Qiang Chen

  • A “wire” signal smoothing device for laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis

    Zhaochu Hu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Shaoquan Xiao

  • Lower Triassic conodont sequence in Chaohu, Anhui Province, China and its global correlation

    Zhao Laishi;Michael J. Orchard;Tong Jinnan;Sun Zhiming

  • Complete biotic and sedimentary records of the Permian–Triassic transition from Meishan section, South China: Ecologically assessing mass extinction and its aftermath

    Zhong Qiang Chen;Hao Yang;Mao Luo;Michael J. Benton

  • Zircon U–Pb and trace element data from rocks of the Huai’an Complex: New insights into the late Paleoproterozoic collision between the Eastern and Western Blocks of the North China Craton

    Jing Wang;Yuanbao Wu;Yuanbao Wu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Min Peng

  • Mercury anomalies across the end Permian mass extinction in South China from shallow and deep water depositional environments

    Xiangdong Wang;Peter A. Cawood;He Zhao;Laishi Zhao

  • Congruent Permian-Triassic δ238U records at Panthalassic and Tethyan sites: Confirmation of global-oceanic anoxia and validation of the U-isotope paleoredox proxy

    Feifei Zhang;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Stephen J. Romaniello;Ying Cui

  • Latest Permian to Middle Triassic redox condition variations in ramp settings, South China: Pyrite framboid evidence

    Yuangeng Huang;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Paul B. Wignall;Laishi Zhao

  • Global-ocean redox variation during the middle-late Permian through Early Triassic based on uranium isotope and Th/U trends of marine carbonates

    Maya Elrick;Victor Polyak;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Stephen Romaniello

  • Rare-earth element patterns in conodont albid crowns: Evidence for massive inputs of volcanic ash during the latest Permian biocrisis?

    Laishi Zhao;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Thomas J. Algeo;Jianbo Chen

  • Mercury spikes suggest volcanic driver of the Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction.

    Qing Gong;Xiangdong Wang;Laishi Zhao;Stephen E. Grasby

  • A conodont-based Middle Triassic age assignment for the Luoping Biota of Yunnan, China

    QiYue Zhang;ChangYong Zhou;Tao Lu;Tao Xie

  • U/Mo ratios and δ98/95Mo as local and global redox proxies during mass extinction events

    Lian Zhou;Paul B. Wignall;Jie Su;Qinglai Feng

  • Global mercury cycle during the end-Permian mass extinction and subsequent Early Triassic recovery

    Xiangdong Wang;Peter A. Cawood;He Zhao;Laishi Zhao

  • UPPERMOST PERMIAN TO LOWER TRIASSIC CONODONT ZONATION FROM THREE GORGES AREA, SOUTH CHINA

    Laishi Zhao;Yonglin Chen;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Ling Cao

  • Diagenetic uptake of rare earth elements by conodont apatite.

    Lei Zhang;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Ling Cao;Laishi Zhao

  • Biotic responses to volatile volcanism and environmental stresses over the Guadalupian-Lopingian (Permian) transition

    Yuangeng Huang;Zhong Qiang Chen;Paul B. Wignall;Stephen E. Grasby

  • The Smithian/Spathian boundary (late Early Triassic): A review of ammonoid, conodont, and carbon-isotopic criteria

    Lei Zhang;Lei Zhang;Michael J. Orchard;Michael J. Orchard;Arnaud Brayard;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo

  • Early Triassic stromatolites in a siliciclastic nearshore setting in northern Perth Basin, Western Australia: Geobiologic features and implications for post-extinction microbial proliferation

    Zhong-Qiang Chen;Yongbiao Wang;Stephen Kershaw;Mao Luo

  • Two-stage marine anoxia and biotic response during the Permian–Triassic transition in Kashmir, northern India: pyrite framboid evidence

    Yuangeng Huang;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Laishi Zhao

  • A detailed Lower Triassic conodont biostratigraphy and its implications for the GSSP candidate of the Induan–Olenekian boundary in Chaohu, Anhui Province

    Laishi Zhao;Jinnan Tong;Zhiming Sun;Michael J. Orchard

  • MERCURY SPIKES SUGGEST VOLCANIC DRIVER OF THE ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN MASS EXTINCTION

    Qing Gong;Laishi Zhao;Xiangdong Wang;Zhong Qiang Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhong-Qiang Chen
Zhong-Qiang Chen China University of Geosciences
Thomas J. Algeo
Thomas J. Algeo University of Cincinnati
Michael J. Orchard
Michael J. Orchard Geological Survey of Canada
Shan Gao
Shan Gao China University of Geosciences
Lian Zhou
Lian Zhou China University of Geosciences
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University
Zhaochu Hu
Zhaochu Hu China University of Geosciences
Stephen E. Grasby
Stephen E. Grasby Geological Survey of Canada
Yuan-Bao Wu
Yuan-Bao Wu China University of Geosciences
Paul B. Wignall
Paul B. Wignall University of Leeds

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