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Yanjun Cai is affiliated with Xi'an Jiaotong University in China, focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant body of work covering 126 publications in this main field. Their research includes substantial contributions to several subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, Paleontology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of main topics encompassing Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Geological formations and processes, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Climate variability and models.

Yanjun Cai has authored multiple recent papers that have appeared in notable academic venues. Among them are:

  • Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Collapse of the Liangzhu and other Neolithic cultures in the lower Yangtze region in response to climate change, 2021, Science Advances
  • A data-model comparison pinpoints Holocene spatiotemporal pattern of East Asian summer monsoon, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Holocene Monsoon Change and Abrupt Events on the Western Chinese Loess Plateau as Revealed by Accurately Dated Stalagmites, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Orbital-scale Asian summer monsoon variations: Paradox and exploration, 2021, Science China Earth Sciences

Frequent co-authors of Yanjun Cai include:

  • Hai Cheng
  • Haiwei Zhang
  • Hanying Li
  • R. Lawrence Edwards
  • Gang Xue

In terms of publication venues, Yanjun Cai has contributed most extensively to Geophysical Research Letters with ten publications. Additional frequent venues include Communications Earth & Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Beyond journal articles, Yanjun Cai has also published a book titled 11 Smart Cities in 2024 through World Scientific, adding to the diversity of research outputs.

Best Publications

  • A high-resolution, absolute-dated Holocene and deglacial Asian monsoon record from Dongge Cave, China

    Carolyn A. Dykoski;R. Lawrence Edwards;Hai Cheng;Daoxian Yuan

  • Timing, Duration, and Transitions of the Last Interglacial Asian Monsoon

    Daoxian Yuan;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards;Carolyn A. Dykoski

  • Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka

    Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Steven M. Colman;Weijian Zhou;Xiaoqiang Li

  • Glacial-Interglacial Indian Summer Monsoon Dynamics

    An Zhisheng;An Zhisheng;Steven C. Clemens;Ji Shen;Xiaoke Qiang

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

    Yanjun Cai;Liangcheng Tan;Hai Cheng;Zhisheng An

  • The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China.

    Wu Liu;María Martinón-Torres;Yan Jun Cai;Song Xing

  • The climatic cyclicity in semiarid‐arid central Asia over the past 500,000 years

    H. Cheng;H. Cheng;P. Z. Zhang;C. Spötl;R. L. Edwards

  • New eolian red clay sequence on the western Chinese Loess Plateau linked to onset of Asian desertification about 25 Ma ago

    Xiaoke Qiang;Zhisheng An;Yougui Song;Hong Chang

  • Human remains from Zhirendong, South China, and modern human emergence in East Asia

    Wu Liu;Chang-Zhu Jin;Ying-Qi Zhang;Yan-Jun Cai

  • Role of seasonal transitions and westerly jets in East Asian paleoclimate

    John C.H. Chiang;John C.H. Chiang;Inez Y. Fung;Chi Hua Wu;Yanjun Cai

  • 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

  • Indian monsoon variability on millennial-orbital timescales.

    Gayatri Kathayat;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Ashish Sinha;Christoph Spötl

  • Multiple expansions of C4 plant biomass in East Asia since 7 Ma coupled with strengthened monsoon circulation

    An Zhisheng;An Zhisheng;Huang Yongsong;Liu Weiguo;Guo Zhengtang

  • 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

  • Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics.

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Haiwei Zhang;Christoph Spötl;Jonathan Baker

  • High resolution characterization of the Asian Monsoon between 146,000 and 99,000 years B.P. from Dongge Cave, China and global correlation of events surrounding Termination II

    Megan J. Kelly;R. Lawrence Edwards;Hai Cheng;Daoxian Yuan

  • 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

  • High-resolution absolute-dated Indian Monsoon record between 53 and 36 ka from Xiaobailong Cave, southwestern China

    Yanjun Cai;Zhisheng An;Hai Cheng;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

  • Collapse of the Liangzhu and other Neolithic cultures in the lower Yangtze region in response to climate change.

    Haiwei Zhang;Haiwei Zhang;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Ashish Sinha;Christoph Spötl

  • A High Resolution, Absolute-Dated Holocene and Deglacial Asian Monsoon Record From Dongge Cave, China

    C. A. Dykoski;R. L. Edwards;H. Cheng;D. Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Liangcheng Tan
Liangcheng Tan Chinese Academy of Sciences
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
Ashish Sinha
Ashish Sinha California State University, Dominguez Hills
Christoph Spötl
Christoph Spötl University of Innsbruck
Chuan-Chou Shen
Chuan-Chou Shen National Taiwan University
Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach
Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach Northumbria University
Xianfeng Wang
Xianfeng Wang Nanyang Technological University

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