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ZhongPing Lai

ZhongPing Lai

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Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
6780
World Ranking
4751
National Ranking
305

Overview

ZhongPing Lai is affiliated with Shantou University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans a variety of subfields, prominently including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Chemistry, Anthropology, and Geology.

Their work has focused largely on topics related to Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Landslides and related hazards.

Recent publications authored by the scientist include the following:

  • Microplastic abundance and distribution in a Central Asian desert, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Lake-level history of Qinghai Lake on the NE Tibetan Plateau and its implications for Asian monsoon pattern - A review, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Electronic conductive and corrosion mechanisms of dual nanostructure CuCr-doped hydrogenated carbon films for SS316L bipolar plates, 2021, Materials Today Chemistry
  • Tibetan Dust Accumulation Linked to Ecological and Landscape Response to Global Climate Change, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • OSL and radiocarbon dating of a core from the Bohai Sea in China and implication for Late Quaternary transgression pattern, 2022, Quaternary Geochronology

Frequent coauthors working with ZhongPing Lai include:

  • Yantian Xu
  • Hua Tu
  • Qinjing Shen
  • Yixuan Wang
  • Penghui Lin

The scientist's publications are often found in the following venues:

  • CATENA
  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Chronology and the upper dating limit for loess samples from Luochuan section in the Chinese Loess Plateau using quartz OSL SAR protocol

    ZhongPing Lai;ZhongPing Lai

  • Testing the use of an OSL standardised growth curve (SGC) for De determination on quartz from the Chinese Loess Plateau

    ZhongPing Lai

  • Alpha efficiency determination for OSL of quartz extracted from Chinese loess

    Zhong Ping Lai;Zhong Ping Lai;Zhong Ping Lai;Ludwig Zöller;Markus Fuchs;Helmut Brückner

  • Locating the boundary between the Pleistocene and the Holocene in Chinese loess using luminescence

    Zhong-Ping Lai;Ann G. Wintle

  • A comparison of natural- and laboratory-generated dose response curves for quartz optically stimulated luminescence signals from Chinese Loess

    Melissa Chapot;H. M. Roberts;G. A. T. Duller;Z. P. Lai

  • Rates of dust deposition between 50 ka and 20 ka revealed by OSL dating at Yuanbao on the Chinese Loess Plateau

    ZhongPing Lai;Ann G. Wintle;David S.G. Thomas

  • Last deglacial and Holocene lake level variations of Qinghai Lake, north‐eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

    Xiang-Jun Liu;Zhongping Lai;David Madsen;Fangming Zeng

  • Holocene climate variations from Zhuyeze terminal lake records in East Asian monsoon margin in arid northern China

    Hao Long;Hao Long;ZhongPing Lai;NaiAng Wang;Yu Li

  • Timing of Late Quaternary palaeolake evolution in Tengger Desert of northern China and its possible forcing mechanisms

    Hao Long;ZhongPing Lai;Markus Fuchs;JingRan Zhang

  • Paleoenvironmental implications of new OSL dates on the formation of the "Shell Bar" in the Qaidam Basin, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    ZhongPing Lai;Steffen Mischke;Steffen Mischke;David Madsen

  • Effects of Feldspar Contamination on Equivalent dose and the Shape of Growth Curve for OSL of Silt-Sized Quartz Extracted from Chinese Loess

    Zhongping Lai;Helmut Brückner

  • Reconstructions of annual summer precipitation and temperature in north-central China since 1470 AD based on drought/flood index and tree-ring records

    Liang Yi;Liang Yi;Hongjun Yu;Junyi Ge;Zhongping Lai

  • 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

  • Luminescence chronology of aeolian deposits from the Qinghai Lake area in the Northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its palaeoenvironmental implications

    XiangJun Liu;ZhongPing Lai;LuPeng Yu;YongJuan Sun

  • Existence of a common growth curve for silt-sized quartz OSL of loess from different continents

    Zhong-Ping Lai;Helmut Brückner;Ludwig Zöller;Alexander Fülling

  • Outburst floods in China: A review

    Weiming Liu;Weiming Liu;Paul A. Carling;Kaiheng Hu;Hao Wang

  • Timing for high lake levels of Qinghai Lake in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau since the Last Interglaciation based on quartz OSL dating

    XiangJun Liu;ZhongPing Lai;QiShun Fan;Hao Long

  • OSL chronology and palaeoclimatic implications of aeolian sediments in the eastern Qaidam Basin of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    LuPeng Yu;ZhongPing Lai

  • Luminescence-dated aeolian deposits of late Quaternary age in the southern Tibetan Plateau and their implications for landscape history.

    ZhongPing Lai;ZhongPing Lai;Knut Kaiser;Helmut Brückner

  • Holocene climate change inferred from stratigraphy and OSL chronology of aeolian sediments in the Qaidam Basin, northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

    LuPeng Yu;ZhongPing Lai

  • OSL chronology for lacustrine sediments recording high stands of Gahai Lake in Qaidam Basin, northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

    QiShun Fan;ZhongPing Lai;Hao Long;YongJuan Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Madsen
David B. Madsen University of Nevada Reno
Steffen Mischke
Steffen Mischke University of Iceland
Helmut Brückner
Helmut Brückner University of Cologne
Liang Yi
Liang Yi Tongji University
Fahu Chen
Fahu Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Yougui Song
Yougui Song Chinese Academy of Sciences
Markus Fuchs
Markus Fuchs University of Giessen
Darryl E. Granger
Darryl E. Granger Purdue University West Lafayette
Zhibao Dong
Zhibao Dong Shaanxi Normal University

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