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Overview

Lian Zhou is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China and has made contributions primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on diverse topics such as:

  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lian Zhou include Lanping Feng, Thomas J. Algeo, Zhaochu Hu, Wen Zhang, and Jinhua Liu.

Many of Zhou's publications have appeared in well-known venues, with multiple articles published in Chemical Geology, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Environmental Science & Technology, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Selected recent papers demonstrating the range of Zhou's work are as follows:

  • Pickering emulsion stabilized by glycosylated whey protein isolate complexed with chitooligosaccharide for the improving stability of delivery and bioaccessibility of DHA, 2024, Food Hydrocolloids
  • Targeting epigenetic regulators for inflammation: Mechanisms and intervention therapy, 2022, MedComm
  • Boron proxies record paleosalinity variation in the North American Midcontinent Sea in response to Carboniferous glacio-eustasy, 2022, Geology
  • High-precision stable zirconium isotope ratio measurements by double spike thermal ionization mass spectrometry, 2020, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • The geochemical behavior of Cu and its isotopes in the Yangtze River, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Improved in situ Hf isotope ratio analysis of zircon using newly designed X skimmer cone and jet sample cone in combination with the addition of nitrogen by laser ablation multiple collector ICP-MS

    Zhaochu Hu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Wengui Liu

  • Age and growth of the Archean Kongling terrain, South China, with emphasis on 3.3 ga granitoid gneisses

    Shan Gao;Jie Yang;Lian Zhou;Ming Li

  • 3.45Ga granitic gneisses from the Yangtze Craton, South China: Implications for Early Archean crustal growth

    Jing-Liang Guo;Shan Gao;Yuan-Bao Wu;Ming Li

  • Marine productivity changes during the end-Permian crisis and Early Triassic recovery

    Jun Shen;Jun Shen;Shane D. Schoepfer;Qinglai Feng;Lian Zhou

  • U–Pb zircon ages and Nd, Sr, and Pb isotopes of lower crustal xenoliths from North China Craton: insights on evolution of lower continental crust

    Yongsheng Liu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Hongling Yuan;Lian Zhou

  • Geochemistry and zircon U–Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic arc related granitoid in the Northwestern Yangtze Block and its geological implications

    Yuanbao Wu;Shan Gao;Hongfei Zhang;Jianping Zheng

  • Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope compositions of Paleoproterozoic aluminous A-type granites from the Kongling terrain, Yangtze Block: Constraints on petrogenesis and geologic implications

    Min Peng;Yuanbao Wu;Yuanbao Wu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Hongfei Zhang

  • Changes in marine productivity and redox conditions during the Late Ordovician Hirnantian glaciation

    Lian Zhou;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Jun Shen;ZhiFang Hu

  • Contrasting matrix induced elemental fractionation in NIST SRM and rock glasses during laser ablation ICP-MS analysis at high spatial resolution

    Zhaochu Hu;Zhaochu Hu;Yongsheng Liu;Lu Chen;Lian Zhou

  • Evidence for a prolonged Permian-Triassic extinction interval from global marine mercury records.

    Jun Shen;Jiubin Chen;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Shengliu Yuan

  • 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

  • Continental origin of eclogites in the North Qinling terrane and its tectonic implications

    Hao Wang;Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu;Shan Gao;Xiao-Chi Liu

  • A critical review on isotopic fractionation correction methods for accurate isotope amount ratio measurements by MC-ICP-MS

    Lu Yang;Shuoyun Tong;Shuoyun Tong;Lian Zhou;Zhaochu Hu

  • Accurate Determination of Sr Isotopic Compositions in Clinopyroxene and Silicate Glasses by LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS

    Xirun Tong;Yongsheng Liu;Zhaochu Hu;Haihong Chen

  • 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

  • Negative C-isotope excursions at the Permian-Triassic boundary linked to volcanism

    Jun Shen;Jun Shen;Thomas J Algeo;Qing Hu;Ning Zhang

  • 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

  • Marine Mo biogeochemistry in the context of dynamically euxinic mid-depth waters: A case study of the lower Cambrian Niutitang shales, South China

    Meng Cheng;Chao Li;Lian Zhou;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo

  • Recycling of sediment into the mantle source of K-rich mafic rocks: Sr–Nd–Hf–O isotopic evidence from the Fushui complex in the Qinling orogen

    Hao Wang;Hao Wang;Yuan Bao Wu;Chao Ran Li;Tian Yu Zhao

  • Mercury enrichments provide evidence of Early Triassic volcanism following the end-Permian mass extinction

    Jun Shen;Jun Shen;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Noah J. Planavsky;Jianxin Yu

  • An Sm-Nd isotopic dating study of the Archean Kongling Complex in the Huangling area of the Yangtze Craton

    Ling Wenli;Shan Gao;Haifei Zheng;Lian Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Algeo
Thomas J. Algeo University of Cincinnati
Shan Gao
Shan Gao China University of Geosciences
Zhaochu Hu
Zhaochu Hu China University of Geosciences
Yongsheng Liu
Yongsheng Liu Yangtze University
Yuan-Bao Wu
Yuan-Bao Wu China University of Geosciences
Jun Shen
Jun Shen Tongji University
Lu Yang
Lu Yang Sichuan University
Qinglai Feng
Qinglai Feng China University of Geosciences
Laishi Zhao
Laishi Zhao China University of Geosciences
Keqing Zong
Keqing Zong China University of Geosciences

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