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Zheming Shi is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on subfields such as Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanics of Materials, Artificial Intelligence, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist has published over one hundred works spanning multiple disciplines with significant contributions in topics including Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, and Rock Mechanics and Modeling.

Zheming Shi's recent notable papers include:

  • Deciphering spatial pattern of groundwater chemistry and nitrogen pollution in Poyang Lake Basin (eastern China) using self-organizing map and multivariate statistics, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Multiple factors control groundwater chemistry and quality of multi-layer groundwater system in Northwest China coalfield - Using self-organizing maps (SOM), 2021, Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • Hydrochemical and isotopic interpretation of interactions between surface water and groundwater in Delingha, Northwest China, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • Hydrochemical assessments and driving forces of groundwater quality and potential health risks of sulfate in a coalfield, northern Ordos Basin, China, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Temperature governs the distribution of hot spring microbial community in three hydrothermal fields, Eastern Tibetan Plateau Geothermal Belt, Western China, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent coauthors in their research include Guangcai Wang, Shen Qu, Fu Liao, Hairu Mao, and Xiangyang Liang. These collaborations have resulted in numerous joint publications, reflecting a network of shared scientific interests and expertise.

Zheming Shi's work appears regularly in several publication venues, with notable frequency in the Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Science of The Total Environment, and Applied Geochemistry.

Their research applies advanced statistical and artificial intelligence methods such as self-organizing maps for analyzing groundwater chemistry and environmental data. The scientist's work contributes data-driven insights into hydrochemical patterns, geological mapping, and the assessment of groundwater quality and environmental risks.

Best Publications

  • Deciphering spatial pattern of groundwater chemistry and nitrogen pollution in Poyang Lake Basin (eastern China) using self-organizing map and multivariate statistics

    Hairu Mao;Guangcai Wang;Zhi Rao;Fu Liao

  • Mechanism of co-seismic water level change following four great earthquakes - insights from co-seismic responses throughout the Chinese mainland

    Zheming Shi;Guangcai Wang;Michael Manga;Chi-Yuen Wang

  • Multiple factors control groundwater chemistry and quality of multi-layer groundwater system in Northwest China coalfield — Using self-organizing maps (SOM)

    Shen Qu;Zheming Shi;Xiangyang Liang;Guangcai Wang

  • Hydrochemical and isotopic interpretation of interactions between surface water and groundwater in Delingha, Northwest China

    Nuan Yang;Pengpeng Zhou;Guangcai Wang;Biao Zhang

  • Distributions, Sources, and Species of Heavy Metals/Trace Elements in Shallow Groundwater Around the Poyang Lake, East China

    Fu Liao;Guangcai Wang;Zheming Shi;Xujuan Huang

  • Comparison of hydrological responses to the Wenchuan and Lushan earthquakes

    Zheming Shi;Zheming Shi;Guangcai Wang;Chi-yuen Wang;Michael Manga

  • Groundwater-surface water interactions derived by hydrochemical and isotopic (222Rn, deuterium, oxygen-18) tracers in the Nomhon area, Qaidam Basin, NW China.

    Dan Zhao;Guangcai Wang;Fu Liao;Nuan Yang

  • Hydrochemical assessments and driving forces of groundwater quality and potential health risks of sulfate in a coalfield, northern Ordos Basin, China

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  • Estimation of groundwater discharge and associated chemical fluxes into Poyang Lake, China: approaches using stable isotopes (δD and δ 18 O) and radon

    Fu Liao;Guangcai Wang;Zheming Shi;Guoqiang Cheng

  • Large Earthquake Reshapes the Groundwater Flow System: Insight From the Water‐Level Response to Earth Tides and Atmospheric Pressure in a Deep Well

    H. Zhang;Z. Shi;G. Wang;X. Sun

  • Spatial variability of source contributions to nitrate in regional groundwater based on the positive matrix factorization and Bayesian model

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  • Isotopes in groundwater (2H, 18O, 14C) revealed the climate and groundwater recharge in the Northern China

    Wanjun Jiang;Guangcai Wang;Yizhi Sheng;Zheming Shi

  • Groundwater microbial communities and their connection to hydrochemical environment in Golmud, Northwest China.

    Liang Guo;Guangcai Wang;Yizhi Sheng;Zheming Shi

  • Temperature governs the distribution of hot spring microbial community in three hydrothermal fields, Eastern Tibetan Plateau Geothermal Belt, Western China.

    Liang Guo;Guangcai Wang;Yizhi Sheng;Yizhi Sheng;Xiaoyi Sun

  • Aquifers switched from confined to semiconfined by earthquakes

    Zheming Shi;Guangcai Wang

  • Spatiotemporal Variation of Groundwater Recharge in the Lower Reaches of the Poyang Lake Basin, China: Insights From Stable Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopes

    Hairu Mao;Guangcai Wang;Zheming Shi;Fu Liao

  • Hydrological response to multiple large distant earthquakes in the Mile well, China

    Zheming Shi;Guangcai Wang

  • Identifying anthropogenic sources of groundwater contamination by natural background levels and stable isotope application in Pinggu basin, China

    Jia Li;Zheming Shi;Mingzhu Liu;Guangcai Wang

  • Fault Zone Permeability Decrease Following Large Earthquakes in a Hydrothermal System

    Zheming Shi;Shouchuan Zhang;Rui Yan;Guangcai Wang

  • Identifying locations and sources of groundwater discharge into Poyang Lake (eastern China) using radium and stable isotopes (deuterium and oxygen-18).

    Fu Liao;Guangcai Wang;Lixin Yi;Zheming Shi

  • Groundwater quality and associated hydrogeochemical processes in Northwest Namibia

    Zhihong Li;Zhihong Li;Guangcai Wang;Xusheng Wang;Li Wan

  • Using stable isotopes (δD, δ 18 O, δ 34 S and 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) to identify sources of water in abandoned mines in the Fengfeng coal mining district, northern China

    Shen Qu;Guangcai Wang;Zheming Shi;Qingyu Xu

  • Continental‐scale water‐level response to a large earthquake

    Zheming Shi;Zheming Shi;Guang-Cai Wang;Michael Manga;Chi-Yuen Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Chi-Yuen Wang
Chi-Yuen Wang University of California, Berkeley
Rui Yan
Rui Yan Renmin University of China
Michael Manga
Michael Manga University of California, Berkeley

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