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Xiumian Hu is a researcher affiliated with Nanjing University in China, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a primary focus on geophysics, artificial intelligence, paleontology, atmospheric science, and geology. Their scientific work encompasses a wide range of topics, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary geoscience research.

The main topics of Xiumian Hu's research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

Their publications have appeared prominently in several scientific venues, with multiple articles published in:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • China Scientific Data
  • Geoscience Data Journal
  • Tectonics

Xiumian Hu's recent papers illustrate their research interests and contributions in the field. Notable publications include:

  • "Exploring a lost ocean in the Tibetan Plateau: Birth, growth, and demise of the Bangong-Nujiang Ocean" (2022) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Rapid drift of the Tethyan Himalaya terrane before two-stage India-Asia collision" (2020) in National Science Review
  • "New Precise Dating of the India-Asia Collision in the Tibetan Himalaya at 61 Ma" (2021) in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The Deep-Time Digital Earth program: data-driven discovery in geosciences" (2021) in National Science Review
  • "Geoscience knowledge graph in the big data era" (2021) in Science China Earth Sciences

The scholarly collaborations of Xiumian Hu involve frequent co-authorship with several other researchers. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Eduardo Garzanti
  • Wen Lai
  • Anlin Ma
  • Juan Li
  • Yiwei Xu

Best Publications

  • The timing of India-Asia collision onset – Facts, theories, controversies

    Xiumian Hu;Eduardo Garzanti;Jiangang Wang;Wentao Huang

  • Direct stratigraphic dating of India-Asia collision onset at the Selandian (middle Paleocene, 59 ± 1 Ma)

    Xiumian Hu;Eduardo Garzanti;Ted Moore;Isabella Raffi

  • Review: Short-term sea-level changes in a greenhouse world — A view from the Cretaceous

    B. Sames;B. Sames;M. Wagreich;J.E. Wendler;B.U. Haq

  • Upper Cretaceous oceanic red beds (CORBs) in the Tethys: occurrences, lithofacies, age, and environments

    Xiumian Hu;Luba Jansa;Chengshan Wang;Massimo Sarti

  • Sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the southern Qiangtang basin: Implications for the Lhasa-Qiangtang collision timing

    Anlin Ma;Xiumian Hu;Eduardo Garzanti;Zhong Han

  • Upper Cretaceous oceanic red beds in southern Tibet: a major change from anoxic to oxic, deep-sea environments

    Chengshan Wang;Chengshan Wang;Xiumian Hu;Massimo Sarti;Robert W. Scott

  • Xigaze forearc basin revisited (South Tibet): Provenance changes and origin of the Xigaze Ophiolite

    Wei An;Xiumian Hu;Eduardo Garzanti;Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel

  • Provenance of Lower Cretaceous Wölong Volcaniclastics in the Tibetan Tethyan Himalaya: implications for the final breakup of Eastern Gondwana

    Xiumian Hu;L Jansa;Lei Chen;William L Griffin

  • Late Cretaceous‐Palaeogene stratigraphic and basin evolution in the Zhepure Mountain of southern Tibet: implications for the timing of India‐Asia initial collision

    Xiumian Hu;Hugh D. Sinclair;Jiangang Wang;Hehe Jiang

  • New insights into the timing of the India-Asia collision from the Paleogene Quxia and Jialazi formations of the Xigaze forearc basin, South Tibet

    Xiumian Hu;Jiangang Wang;Jiangang Wang;Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel;Eduardo Garzanti

  • Provenance of the Upper Cretaceous–Eocene Deep-Water Sandstones in Sangdanlin, Southern Tibet: Constraints on the Timing of Initial India-Asia Collision

    Jiangang Wang;Xiumian Hu;Luba Jansa;Zhicheng Huang

  • Latest marine horizon north of Qomolangma (Mt Everest): implications for closure of Tethys seaway and collision tectonics

    Chengshan Wang;Xianghui Li;Xiumian Hu;L. F. Jansa

  • Constraining the timing of the India-Asia continental collision by the sedimentary record

    XiuMian Hu;JianGang Wang;Wei An;Wei An;Eduardo Garzanti

  • Cretaceous oceanic red beds as possible consequence of oceanic anoxic events

    Chengshan Wang;Xiumian Hu;Yongjian Huang;Michael Wagreich

  • The birth of the Xigaze forearc basin in southern Tibet

    Jian-Gang Wang;Xiumian Hu;Eduardo Garzanti;Wei An

  • A transfer learning method for automatic identification of sandstone microscopic images

    Na Li;Huizhen Hao;Qing Gu;Danru Wang

  • Upper Cretaceous carbon- and oxygen-isotope stratigraphy of hemipelagic carbonate facies from southern Tibet, China

    Xianghui Li;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Chengshan Wang;Xiumian Hu

  • Rapid drift of the Tethyan Himalaya terrane before two-stage India-Asia collision

    Jie Yuan;Zhenyu Yang;Chenglong Deng;Wout Krijgsman

  • The Deep-Time Digital Earth program: data-driven discovery in geosciences.

    Chengshan Wang;Robert M Hazen;Qiuming Cheng;Michael H Stephenson

  • New Precise Dating of the India‐Asia Collision in the Tibetan Himalaya at 61 Ma

    Wei An;Wei An;Xiumian Hu;Eduardo Garzanti;Jian‐Gang Wang

  • Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy in south-eastern Tibet: a comparison with the western Himalayas

    Xiumian Hu;Luba Jansa;Chengshan Wang

  • Mid-Cretaceous oceanic red beds in the Umbria–Marche Basin, central Italy: Constraints on paleoceanography and paleoclimate

    Xiumian Hu;Luba Jansa;Massimo Sarti

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo Garzanti
Eduardo Garzanti University of Milano-Bicocca
Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel
Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel University College London
Chengshan Wang
Chengshan Wang China University of Geosciences
Michael Wagreich
Michael Wagreich University of Vienna
Fu-Yuan Wu
Fu-Yuan Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul Kapp
Paul Kapp University of Arizona
Kui-Dong Zhao
Kui-Dong Zhao China University of Geosciences
Jinhai Yu
Jinhai Yu Nanjing University
Robert W. Scott
Robert W. Scott University of Tulsa
Xiao-Chi Liu
Xiao-Chi Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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