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Overview

Lixin Jin is affiliated with The University of Texas at El Paso in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific domains, with a focus on environmental and molecular studies.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Chemical and hydrological controls on salt accumulation in irrigated soils of southwestern U.S, 2021, published in Geoderma
  • Tracing gypsiferous White Sands aerosols in the shallow critical zone in the northern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico using Sr/Ca and 87Sr/86Sr ratios, 2020, published in Geoderma
  • The future low-temperature geochemical data-scape as envisioned by the U.S. geochemical community, 2021, published in Computers & Geosciences
  • Metatranscriptomic Sequencing Suggests the Presence of Novel RNA Viruses in Rice Transmitted by Brown Planthopper, 2021, published in Viruses
  • Pedogenic carbonate as a transient soil component in a humid, temperate forest (Michigan, USA), 2025, published in Quaternary Research

Lixin Jin collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Tanzila Hanif
  • Lin Ma
  • Mark A. Engle
  • Jennifer Pierce
  • Zahra Ghahremani

The scientist publishes mainly in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geoderma
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Lixin Jin's research fields extend across various subfields, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Heavy metals in environment

Best Publications

  • Stress Response and Tolerance of Zea mays to CeO2 Nanoparticles: Cross Talk among H2O2, Heat Shock Protein, and Lipid Peroxidation

    Lijuan Zhao;Bo Peng;Jose A. Hernandez-Viezcas;Cyren Rico

  • Mineral weathering and elemental transport during hillslope evolution at the Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

    Lixin Jin;Ramesh Ravella;Blake Ketchum;Paul R. Bierman

  • Expanding the role of reactive transport models in critical zone processes

    Li Li;Kate Maher;Alexis Navarre-Sitchler;Jennifer Druhan

  • Twelve testable hypotheses on the geobiology of weathering.

    S. L. Brantley;J. P. Megonigal;F. N. Scatena;Z. Balogh-Brunstad

  • Evidence for carbon sequestration by agricultural liming

    Stephen K. Hamilton;Amanda L. Kurzman;Clay Arango;Lixin Jin

  • Probing deep weathering in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania (USA): the hypothesis of nested chemical reaction fronts in the subsurface

    Susan L. Brantley;Molly E. Holleran;Lixin Jin;Lixin Jin;Ekaterina Bazilevskaya

  • Regolith production rates calculated with uranium-series isotopes at Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

    Lin Ma;Francois Chabaux;Eric Pelt;Estelle Blaes

  • Evaluation of geochemical processes and nitrate pollution sources at the Ljubljansko polje aquifer (Slovenia): A stable isotope perspective.

    Nives Ogrinc;Samo Tamše;Saša Zavadlav;Janja Vrzel;Janja Vrzel

  • Evolution of porosity and geochemistry in Marcellus Formation black shale during weathering

    Lixin Jin;Lixin Jin;Ryan Mathur;Gernot Rother;David Cole

  • How mineralogy and slope aspect affect REE release and fractionation during shale weathering in the Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

    Lin Ma;Lin Ma;Lixin Jin;Lixin Jin;Susan L. Brantley

  • Characterization of deep weathering and nanoporosity development in shale—A neutron study

    Lixin Jin;Gernot Rother;David R. Cole;David F.R. Mildner

  • Hot Spots and Hot Moments of Dissolved Organic Carbon Export and Soil Organic Carbon Storage in the Shale Hills Catchment

    Danielle M. Andrews;Henry Lin;Qing Zhu;Lixin Jin

  • Chemical reactions, porosity, and microfracturing in shale during weathering: The effect of erosion rate

    Xin Gu;Daniella M. Rempe;William E. Dietrich;A. Joshua West

  • Porosity and surface area evolution during weathering of two igneous rocks

    Alexis K. Navarre-Sitchler;Alexis K. Navarre-Sitchler;David R. Cole;Gernot Rother;Lixin Jin;Lixin Jin

  • Cu isotopes and concentrations during weathering of black shale of the Marcellus Formation, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (USA)

    R. Mathur;L. Jin;L. Jin;V. Prush;J. Paul

  • Magnesium isotope fractionation during shale weathering in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Accumulation of light Mg isotopes in soils by clay mineral transformation

    Lin Ma;Fang Zhen Teng;Lixin Jin;Shan Ke

  • Fe cycling in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania: An analysis of biogeochemical weathering and Fe isotope fractionation

    Tiffany Yesavage;Matthew S. Fantle;Jeffrey Vervoort;Ryan Mathur

  • Spatiotemporal Patterns of Water Stable Isotope Compositions at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Linkages to Subsurface Hydrologic Processes

    Evan M. Thomas;Henry Lin;Christopher J. Duffy;Pamela L. Sullivan

  • Soils reveal widespread manganese enrichment from industrial inputs.

    Elizabeth M. Herndon;Lixin Jin;Susan L. Brantley

  • Opening the “Black Box”: Water Chemistry Reveals Hydrological Controls on Weathering in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

    Lixin Jin;Danielle M. Andrews;George H. Holmes;Henry Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan L. Brantley
Susan L. Brantley Pennsylvania State University
Stephen K. Hamilton
Stephen K. Hamilton Michigan State University
David R. Cole
David R. Cole The Ohio State University
Lynn M. Walter
Lynn M. Walter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nives Ogrinc
Nives Ogrinc Jožef Stefan Institute
Ryan Mathur
Ryan Mathur Juniata College
Christopher J. Duffy
Christopher J. Duffy Pennsylvania State University
Henry Lin
Henry Lin Pennsylvania State University
Carl I. Steefel
Carl I. Steefel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jason P. Kaye
Jason P. Kaye Pennsylvania State University

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