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Overview

Yougui Song is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, with a research focus within the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Anthropology
  • Soil Science
  • Paleontology

The core topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yougui Song include:

  • Xiulan Zong
  • Xiaoke Qiang
  • Shugang Kang
  • Yue Li
  • Liangqing Cheng

The scientist has published extensively in several key academic venues such as:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • CATENA
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Notable recent papers authored by Yougui Song include:

  • "Spatio-temporal distribution of Quaternary loess across Central Asia" (2021), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Early Holocene weakening and mid- to late Holocene strengthening of the East Asian winter monsoon" (2020), published in Geology
  • "Pedogenic processes in loess-paleosol sediments: Clues from Li isotopes of leachate in Luochuan loess" (2021), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Increasing effective moisture during the Holocene in the semiarid regions of the Yili Basin, Central Asia: Evidence from loess sections" (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Interpretability of simple RNN and GRU deep learning models used to map land susceptibility to gully erosion" (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment

The publication record indicates a strong focus on Quaternary science, climatic variations, and sedimentary processes, often integrating approaches from geology, atmospheric science, and soil science. Collaborative networks and publication patterns reflect sustained contributions to understanding paleoclimate and geological history in Central Asia and East Asia.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dominant 100,000-year precipitation cyclicity in a late Miocene lake from northeast Tibet.

    Junsheng Nie;Junsheng Nie;Carmala Garzione;Qingda Su;Qingsong Liu

  • Early Holocene weakening and mid- to late Holocene strengthening of the East Asian winter monsoon

    Shugang Kang;Jinhua Du;Ning Wang;Jibao Dong

  • Distribution and composition of loess sediments in the Ili Basin, Central Asia

    Yougui Song;Xiuling Chen;Linbo Qian;Linbo Qian;Chuanxiang Li

  • Loess magnetic properties in the Ili Basin and their correlation with the Chinese Loess Plateau

    YouGui Song;ZhengTao Shi;XiaoMin Fang;JunSheng Nie

  • Pacific freshening drives Pliocene cooling and Asian monsoon intensification

    Junsheng Nie;Thomas Stevens;Yougui Song;John W. King

  • Comparison between luminescence and radiocarbon dating of late Quaternary loess from the Ili Basin in Central Asia

    YouGui Song;YouGui Song;ZhongPing Lai;ZhongPing Lai;Yun Li;Tao Chen

  • Pedogenic processes in loess-paleosol sediments: Clues from Li isotopes of leachate in Luochuan loess

    Mao-Yong He;Mao-Yong He;Ji-Bao Dong;Ji-Bao Dong;Zhangdong Jin;Zhangdong Jin;Zhangdong Jin;Chun-Yao Liu

  • The Late Cenozoic uplift of the Liupan Shan, China

    Yougui Song;Yougui Song;Xiaomin Fang;Xiaomin Fang;Jijun Li;Zhisheng An

  • Provenance of the upper Miocene-Pliocene Red Clay deposits of the Chinese loess plateau

    Junsheng Nie;Junsheng Nie;Junsheng Nie;Wenbin Peng;Andreas Möller;Yougui Song

  • A Rb/Sr record of the weathering response to environmental changes in westerly winds across the Tarim Basin in the late Miocene to the early Pleistocene

    Hong Chang;Zhisheng An;Feng Wu;Zhangdong Jin

  • Late Neogene rock magnetic record of climatic variation from Chinese eolian sediments related to uplift of the Tibetan Plateau

    Yougui Song;Yougui Song;Xiaomin Fang;Xiaomin Fang;Masayuki Torii;Naoto Ishikawa

  • Quaternary glacial chronology of the Ateaoyinake River Valley, Tianshan Mountains, China

    Jingdong Zhao;Shiyin Liu;Yuanqing He;Yougui Song

  • Quantifying the provenance of dune sediments in the Taklimakan Desert using machine learning, multidimensional scaling and sediment source fingerprinting

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  • Eolian dust dispersal patterns since the last glacial period in eastern Central Asia: insights from a loess-paleosol sequence in the Ili Basin

    Yue Li;Yue Li;Yougui Song;Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons;Hong Chang

  • Geochemical composition of Tajikistan loess and its provenance implications

    Yue Li;Yougui Song;Xiuling Chen;Jinchan Li

  • Magnetic parameter variations in the Chaona loess/paleosol sequences in the central Chinese Loess Plateau, and their significance for the middle Pleistocene climate transition

    Yougui Song;Yougui Song;Xiaomin Fang;Xiaomin Fang;John W. King;Jijun Li

  • Spatio-temporal distribution of Quaternary loess across Central Asia

    Yougui Song;Yougui Song;Yue Li;Liangqing Cheng;Xiulan Zong

  • Consistent grain size distribution of pedogenic maghemite of surface soils and Miocene loessic soils on the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Junsheng Nie;Junsheng Nie;Yougui Song;John W. King;Ramon Egli

  • A combined luminescence and radiocarbon dating study of the Ili loess, Central Asia

    Yougui Song;Chuanxiang Li;Jingdong Zhao;Peng Cheng

  • Evaluating OSL-SAR protocols for dating quartz grains from the loess in Ili Basin, Central Asia

    Shengli Yang;Steven L. Forman;Yougui Song;James Pierson

  • Atmospheric dust dynamics in southern Central Asia: Implications for buildup of Tajikistan loess sediments

    Yue Li;Yue Li;Yougui Song;Yougui Song;Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis;Xiuling Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Chang
Hong Chang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junsheng Nie
Junsheng Nie Lanzhou University
Xiaomin Fang
Xiaomin Fang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weiguo Liu
Weiguo Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
John W. King
John W. King University of Rhode Island
Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens Uppsala University
Youbin Sun
Youbin Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jijun Li
Jijun Li Lanzhou University
Zhangdong Jin
Zhangdong Jin Chinese Academy of Sciences

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