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Overview

Quan Hua is affiliated with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, Geography, Planning and Development, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Marine animal studies overview.

Quan Hua has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Radiocarbon
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • PLoS ONE
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Coatings

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Quan Hua include:

  • "ATMOSPHERIC RADIOCARBON FOR THE PERIOD 1950-2019" (2021) published in Radiocarbon
  • "SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0-55,000 Years cal BP" (2020) published in Radiocarbon
  • "Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions" (2020) published in Nature
  • "Native biodiversity collapse in the eastern Mediterranean" (2021) published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Old carbon reservoirs were not important in the deglacial methane budget" (2020) published in Science

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of Quan Hua's scientific contribution. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Darrell S. Kaufman
  • Paolo G. Albano
  • Chris Turney
  • Marshall I. Weisler
  • John Southon

Best Publications

  • SHCal13 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

    Alan G Hogg;Quan Hua;Paul G Blackwell;Mu Niu

  • SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP

    Alan G. Hogg;Alan G. Hogg;Timothy J. Heaton;Quan Hua;Jonathan G. Palmer

  • Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago

    Chris Clarkson;Zenobia Jacobs;Zenobia Jacobs;Ben Marwick;Ben Marwick;Richard Fullagar

  • Atmospheric Radiocarbon for the Period 1950–2010

    Quan Hua;Mike Barbetti;Andrzej Z Rakowski

  • Review of Tropospheric Bomb 14C Data for Carbon Cycle Modeling and Age Calibration Purposes

    Quan Hua;Mike Barbetti

  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIOCARBON FOR THE PERIOD 1950–2019

    Quan Hua;Jocelyn C Turnbull;Guaciara M Santos;Andrzej Z Rakowski

  • Optical and radiocarbon dating at Jinmium rock shelter in northern Australia

    Richard Roberts;Michael Bird;Jon Olley;Rex Galbraith

  • Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions.

    Benjamin Hmiel;V. V. Petrenko;M. N. Dyonisius;C. Buizert

  • Radiocarbon: A chronological tool for the recent past

    Quan Hua

  • Mangrove Forest and Soil Development on a Rapidly Accreting Shore in New Zealand

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Brian K. Sorrell;Nicole Hancock;Quan Hua

  • Holocene marine 14C reservoir age variability: Evidence from 230Th‐dated corals in the South China Sea

    Kefu Yu;Kefu Yu;Quan Hua;Jian-xin Zhao;Ed Hodge

  • Native biodiversity collapse in the eastern Mediterranean.

    Paolo G. Albano;Jan Steger;Marija Bošnjak;Marija Bošnjak;Beata Dunne

  • Minimal geological methane emissions during the Younger Dryas–Preboreal abrupt warming event

    Vasilii V. Petrenko;Andrew M. Smith;Hinrich Schaefer;Katja Riedel

  • Rapid change in East Antarctic terrestrial vegetation in response to regional drying

    Sharon A. Robinson;Diana H. King;Jessica Bramley-Alves;Melinda J. Waterman

  • Global Peak in Atmospheric Radiocarbon Provides a Potential Definition for the Onset of the Anthropocene Epoch in 1965

    Chris S. M. Turney;Jonathan Palmer;Mark A. Maslin;Alan Hogg

  • Response of coral reefs to climate change: Expansion and demise of the southernmost Pacific coral reef

    Colin D. Woodroffe;Brendan P. Brooke;Michelle Linklater;David M. Kennedy

  • 14CH4 Measurements in Greenland Ice: Investigating Last Glacial Termination CH4 Sources

    Vasilii V. Petrenko;Andrew M. Smith;Edward J. Brook;Dave Lowe

  • Taphonomic bias and time-averaging in tropical molluscan death assemblages: differential shell half-lives in Great Barrier Reef sediment

    Matthew A. Kosnik;Quan Hua;Darrell S. Kaufman;Raphael A. Wüst

  • Incremental accretion of a sandy reef island over the past 3000 years indicated by component-specific radiocarbon dating

    Colin D. Woodroffe;Bongkoch Samosorn;Quan Hua;Deirdre E. Hart

  • Holocene El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability reflected in subtropical Australian precipitation

    C. Barr;J. Tibby;M. J. Leng;M. J. Leng;J. J. Tyler

  • Atmospheric 14C variations derived from tree rings during the early Younger Dryas

    Quan Hua;Mike Barbetti;David Fink;Klaus Felix Kaiser

  • Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records for the Australian Last Glacial Maximum and Termination: a contribution from the OZ INTIMATE group

    Christian S M Turney;Simon Haberle;David Fink;Arnold Peter Kershaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith British Antarctic Survey
David Fink
David Fink Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Geraldine Jacobsen
Geraldine Jacobsen Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Jian-xin Zhao
Jian-xin Zhao University of Queensland
Darrell S. Kaufman
Darrell S. Kaufman Northern Arizona University
Jeffrey P. Severinghaus
Jeffrey P. Severinghaus University of California, San Diego
William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Christo Buizert
Christo Buizert Oregon State University
John Hellstrom
John Hellstrom University of Melbourne
Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego

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