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59
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2004
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128

Overview

Shu-zhong Shen is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on paleontology and geosciences. Their work predominantly spans topics such as paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as geological and geochemical analysis.

Their scholarship covers a diverse range of subfields, including paleontology, geophysics, atmospheric science, geochemistry and petrology, and geology. This interdisciplinary approach supports a comprehensive understanding of Earth's history and geological processes over deep time.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • A high-resolution summary of Cambrian to Early Triassic marine invertebrate biodiversity (2020, Science)
  • Felsic volcanism as a factor driving the end-Permian mass extinction (2021, Science Advances)
  • The Deep-Time Digital Earth program: data-driven discovery in geosciences (2021, National Science Review)
  • High-precision U-Pb age constraints on the Permian floral turnovers, paleoclimate change, and tectonics of the North China block (2021, Geology)
  • Timing and patterns of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event and Late Ordovician mass extinction: Perspectives from South China (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Feifei Zhang, Hua Zhang, Dong-xun Yuan, Junxuan Fan, and Yichun Zhang. These partnerships highlight consistent teamwork across various projects in related geoscience domains.

Shen's articles appear regularly in multiple academic venues, with significant contributions to:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their research topics particularly focus on:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Best Publications

  • Calibrating the End-Permian Mass Extinction

    Shu-zhong Shen;James L. Crowley;James L. Crowley;Yue Wang;Samuel A. Bowring

  • High-precision timeline for Earth's most severe extinction

    Seth D. Burgess;Samuel A. Bowring;Shu-zhong Shen

  • Climate warming in the latest Permian and the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

    Michael M. Joachimski;Xulong Lai;Shuzhong Shen;Haishui Jiang

  • A high-resolution summary of Cambrian to Early Triassic marine invertebrate biodiversity

    Jun-xuan (樊隽轩) Fan;Jun-xuan (樊隽轩) Fan;Shu-zhong (沈树忠) Shen;Shu-zhong (沈树忠) Shen;Douglas H. Erwin;Douglas H. Erwin;Peter M. Sadler

  • Biogeochemical evidence for euxinic oceans and ecological disturbance presaging the end-Permian mass extinction event

    Changqun Cao;Gordon D. Love;Lindsay E. Hays;Wei Wang

  • Permian ice volume and palaeoclimate history: Oxygen isotope proxies revisited

    Bo Chen;Michael M. Joachimski;Shu zhong Shen;Lance L. Lambert

  • Permian integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China

    Shuzhong Shen;Shuzhong Shen;Hua Zhang;Hua Zhang;Yichun Zhang;Yichun Zhang;Dongxun Yuan;Dongxun Yuan

  • A review of Permian stratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and palaeogeography of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Yi-chun Zhang;G.R. Shi;Shu-zhong Shen

  • The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the boundary between the Capitanian and Wuchiapingian stage (Permian)

    Yugan Jin;Shuzhong Shen;Charles M. Henderson;Xiangdong Wang

  • The double mass extinction revisited: reassessing the severity, selectivity, and causes of the end-Guadalupian biotic crisis (Late Permian)

    Matthew E. Clapham;Shuzhong Shen;David J. Bottjer

  • High-resolution δ13Ccarb chemostratigraphy from latest Guadalupian through earliest Triassic in South China and Iran

    Shu-zhong Shen;Chang-qun Cao;Hua Zhang;Samuel A. Bowring

  • A sudden end-Permian mass extinction in South China

    Shu-zhong (沈树忠) Shen;Shu-zhong (沈树忠) Shen;Jahandar Ramezani;Jun Chen;Chang-Qun (曹长群) Cao

  • High-resolution SIMS oxygen isotope analysis on conodont apatite from South China and implications for the end-Permian mass extinction

    Jun Chen;Shu-zhong Shen;Xian-hua Li;Yi-gang Xu

  • Late Paleozoic–early Mesozoic continental biostratigraphy — Links to the Standard Global Chronostratigraphic Scale

    Joerg W. Schneider;Joerg W. Schneider;Spencer G. Lucas;Frank Scholze;Sebastian Voigt

  • Evidence for end-Permian ocean acidification from calcium isotopes in biogenic apatite

    Jessica L. Hinojosa;Shaun T. Brown;Jun Chen;Donald J. DePaolo;Donald J. DePaolo

  • End-Permian mass extinction pattern in the northern peri-Gondwanan region

    Shu Zhong Shen;Chang-Qun Cao;Charles M. Henderson;Xiang-Dong Wang

  • Large perturbations of the carbon and sulfur cycle associated with the Late Ordovician mass extinction in South China

    Tonggang Zhang;Yanan Shen;Renbin Zhan;Shuzhong Shen

  • The terrestrial end-Permian mass extinction in South China

    Hua Zhang;Chang-qun Cao;Xiao-lei Liu;Lin Mu

  • Strontium and carbon isotopic evidence for decoupling of pCO2 from continental weathering at the apex of the late Paleozoic glaciation

    Jitao Chen;Jitao Chen;Isabel P. Montañez;Yuping Qi;Shuzhong Shen

  • Permian stratigraphy and correlation of Northeast China: A review

    S.-Z. Shen;H. Zhang;Q.H. Shang;W.-Z. Li

  • Diversity and extinction patterns of permian brachiopoda of South China

    Shuzhong Shen;Guang R. Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Guang Rong Shi
Guang Rong Shi University of Wollongong
Changqun Cao
Changqun Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Charles M. Henderson
Charles M. Henderson University of Calgary
Yue Wang
Yue Wang Guizhou University
Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Junxuan Fan
Junxuan Fan Nanjing University
Douglas H. Erwin
Douglas H. Erwin National Museum of Natural History
Lucia Angiolini
Lucia Angiolini University of Milan

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