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Liangcheng Tan is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their extensive work covers several subfields, including Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Paleontology. The main topics of Liangcheng Tan's research encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Liangcheng Tan has published numerous articles in respected journals. Recent papers include:

  • Holocene Monsoon Change and Abrupt Events on the Western Chinese Loess Plateau as Revealed by Accurately Dated Stalagmites, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Megadrought and cultural exchange along the proto-silk road, 2020, Science Bulletin
  • Juxtaposition of Western Pacific Subtropical High on Asian Summer Monsoon Shapes Subtropical East Asian Precipitation, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters (co-authored by Hai Xu)
  • Dramatic weakening of the East Asian summer monsoon in northern China during the transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age, 2020, Geology (co-authored by Jianghu Lan)
  • Time marker of 137Cs fallout maximum in lake sediments of Northwest China, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews (co-authored by Jianghu Lan)

Their frequent co-authors include Hai Cheng, Jianghu Lan, Hai Xu, R. Lawrence Edwards, and Yanzhen Li, indicating active collaborative research in related fields.

Liangcheng Tan's publications frequently appear in journals such as:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Their body of work contributes to understanding climate variability and paleoclimatic events with a strong interdisciplinary approach. Liangcheng Tan's research integrates geological formations and ancient environmental studies, often focusing on the Asian monsoon system and its historical changes.

Best Publications

  • The variation of summer monsoon precipitation in central China since the last deglaciation

    Yanjun Cai;Liangcheng Tan;Hai Cheng;Zhisheng An

  • Variability of stalagmite-inferred Indian monsoon precipitation over the past 252,000 y

    Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;Inez Y. Fung;R. Lawrence Edwards;Zhisheng An

  • The Holocene Indian monsoon variability over the southern Tibetan Plateau and its teleconnections

    Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;Haiwei Zhang;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Zhisheng An

  • Stable isotopes in bulk carbonates and organic matter in recent sediments of Lake Qinghai and their climatic implications

    Hai Xu;Li Ai;Liangcheng Tan;Zhisheng An

  • Centennial- to decadal-scale monsoon precipitation variability in the semi-humid region, northern China during the last 1860 years: Records from stalagmites in Huangye Cave

    Liangcheng Tan;Yanjun Cai;Zhisheng An;R. Lawrence Edwards

  • Summer monsoon precipitation variations in central China over the past 750 years derived from a high-resolution absolute-dated stalagmite

    Liangcheng Tan;Yanjun Cai;Hai Cheng;Zhisheng An

  • High resolution monsoon precipitation changes on southeastern Tibetan Plateau over the past 2300 years

    Liangcheng Tan;Liangcheng Tan;Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Lawrence R. Edwards

  • Holocene moisture changes in western China, Central Asia, inferred from stalagmites

    Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;John C.H. Chiang;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Liangcheng Tan;Liangcheng Tan

  • Centennial- to decadal-scale monsoon precipitation variations in the upper Hanjiang River region, China over the past 6650 years

    Liangcheng Tan;Liangcheng Tan;Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Lawrence R. Edwards

  • Precipitation variations of Longxi, northeast margin of Tibetan Plateau since AD 960 and their relationship with solar activity

    Liangcheng Tan;Yanjun Cai;Liang Yi;Zhisheng An

  • Holocene Monsoon Change and Abrupt Events on the Western Chinese Loess Plateau as Revealed by Accurately Dated Stalagmites

    Liangcheng Tan;Yanzhen Li;Yanzhen Li;Xiqian Wang;Yanjun Cai

  • Rainfall variations in central Indo-Pacific over the past 2,700 y.

    Liangcheng Tan;Liangcheng Tan;Chuan Chou Shen;Ludvig Löwemark;Sakonvan Chawchai

  • Climate patterns in north central China during the last 1800 yr and their possible driving force

    Liangcheng Tan;Yanjun Cai;Zhisheng An;Liang Yi

  • Large variations of oxygen isotopes in precipitation over south-central Tibet during Marine Isotope Stage 5

    Yanjun Cai;Hai Cheng;Zhisheng An;R. Lawrence Edwards

  • Decreasing monsoon precipitation in southwest China during the last 240 years associated with the warming of tropical ocean

    Liangcheng Tan;Liangcheng Tan;Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng

  • Cyclic precipitation variation on the western Loess Plateau of China during the past four centuries

    Liangcheng Tan;Zhisheng An;Chih-An Huh;Yanjun Cai

  • A 200-year annually laminated stalagmite record of precipitation seasonality in southeastern China and its linkages to ENSO and PDO.

    Haiwei Zhang;Haiwei Zhang;Haiwei Zhang;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Christoph Spötl;Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai

  • Precipitation at Lake Qinghai, NE Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, and its relation to Asian summer monsoons on decadal/interdecadal scales during the past 500 years

    H. Xu;Z.H. Hou;L. Ai;L.C. Tan

  • Megadrought and cultural exchange along the proto-silk road

    Liangcheng Tan;Guanghui Dong;Zhisheng An;R. Lawrence Edwards;R. Lawrence Edwards

  • Profiling bacterial diversity in a limestone cave of the western Loess Plateau of China

    Yucheng Wu;Liangcheng Tan;Wuxing Liu;Baozhan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Yanjun Cai
Yanjun Cai Xi'an Jiaotong University
R. Lawrence Edwards
R. Lawrence Edwards University of Minnesota
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haiwei Zhang
Haiwei Zhang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Hai Xu
Hai Xu Tianjin University
Chuan-Chou Shen
Chuan-Chou Shen National Taiwan University
Xianfeng Wang
Xianfeng Wang Nanyang Technological University
Yougui Song
Yougui Song Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach
Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach Northumbria University

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