Chun-Sheng Jin
Professor of Cenozoic Geology and Environment
B.S., 1999-2003, Geology, Jilin University, Jilin Province
Ph.D., 2003-2008, Quaternary Geology, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing
Post-Doc, 2008-2012, Geophysics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing
Associate Professor, 2012-2023, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing
Professor, 2023-present, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing

• Topic: paleoenvironmental effects of Tibetan Plateau evolution
• Material: fluvio-lacustrine sediments in the Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding basins since the Cretaceous
• Method: reconstructing the chronology and paleoclimate sequences using magnetostratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy, and conventional physical and chemical indexes
• Key Scientific Problem: paleoenvironmental pattern and mechanism of dry-wet evolution in the study areas since the Cretaceous (tectonic and orbital timescale)

1. The Earth system processes and supergene resource effects driven by the lithosphere, supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program B of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023-2028.
2. The Cenozoic convergence process of the Arabian and Eurasian plates and its environmental effects, supported by the “National Key R&D Program” of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, 2023-2028.
3. Deep carbon cycle and evolution of hothouse Earth during the Cretaceous-Paleogene, supported by the “National Key R&D Program” of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, 2022-2027.
4. The Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition Program, supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, 2019-2024.
5. Mechanism and paleoenvironmental changes in the Sichuan Basin during the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022-2025.
6. Continental evolution and the monsoon system, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2019-2023.
7. Denudation, weathering and their paleoclimatic-environmental effects of the Tibetan Plateau, supported by “the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) Program” of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, 2019-2024.
8. The Paleogene records of chemical weathering from the Hoh Xil Basin and links with uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and global change, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2019-2022.
9. Evolution of the “dry pole of Asia”, supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program B of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018-2023.
10. Paleogeographical pattern and the variation of paleomonsoon-westerlies, supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program A of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018-2023.
11. Dust records and evolution mechanism of westerlies in the North Pacific Ocean since the last interglacial, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015-2019.
12. The Cenozoic denudation, weathering and paleoclimate records in western China, supported by the “973 projects” of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, 2013-2017.
13. Quantitation of the lock-in depth of natural remanent magnetization in Chinese loess, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013-2016.
14. Dating of the Cenozoic basins in the Tibetan Plateau, supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program B of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012-2017.
15. Reliability and lock-in of the Natural Remanent Magnetization recorded in Chinese loess during paleomagnetic polarity reversal, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2011-2013.
16. Reliability of palaeomagnetic records of Chinese loess since the last interglacial, supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2011-2012.
17. Relative paleointensity time scale of Chinese loess, supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2010-2011.
18. Magnetostratigraphic and environmental studies of the late Cenozoic basins in the Tibetan Plateau, supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009-2011.

1. Qi Shen#, Chun-Sheng Jin#, Wen-Tian Liang*, Chuan-Zhi Li, Hui-Hui Yang, Ya-Zhou Ran, Xuan He, Guan-Zuo Wu, Kai Jiang, Jian-Gang Li, Peng Han, Si-Hua Yuan. Pulsed counterclockwise rotation of the southwestern Sichuan Basin in response to the India-Asia convergence during 128-42 Ma. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023, 611, 118142. [DOI] [Nature Index]
2. Chun-Sheng Jin, Deke Xu, Mingsong Li, Pengxiang Hu, Zhaoxia Jiang, Jianxing Liu, Yunfa Miao, Fuli Wu, Wentian Liang, Qiang Zhang, Bai Su, Qingsong Liu, Ran Zhang, Jimin Sun. Tectonic and orbital forcing of the South Asian monsoon in central Tibet during the late Oligocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2023, 120(15), e2214558120. [DOI] [Nature Index]
3. Bai Su, Jimin Sun*, Chun-Sheng Jin*.Orbital forcing of climatic changes on the central Tibetan Plateau reveals late Oligocene to early Miocene South Asian monsoon evolution. Geophysical Research Letters, 2022, 49, e2021GL097428. [DOI] [Nature Index]
4. He Ma, Yong-Li Wang*, Chun-Sheng Jin*, Zhi-Fu Wei, Gen Wang, Ting Zhang, Wei He, Xue-Yun Ma. Relative paleointensity correction of radiocarbon reservoir effect for lacustrine sediments on the northeast Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Geochronology, 2021, 65, 101193. [DOI]
5. Zhaoxia Jiang#, Chunsheng Jin#, Zhongbo Wang, Qingsong Liu*, Sanzhong Li, Zhengquan Yao. Chronostratigraphic framework of the East China Sea since MIS 6 from geomagnetic paleointensity and environmental magnetic records, Global and Planetary Change, 2020, 185, 103092. [DOI]
6. Chunsheng Jin, Qingsong Liu, Deke Xu, Jimin Sun, Cange Li, Yun Zhang, Peng Han, Wentian Liang. A new correlation between Chinese loess and deep-sea δ18O records since the middle Pleistocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2019, 506, 441-454. [DOI] [Nature Index]
7. Chunsheng Jin, Qingsong Liu, Wentian Liang, Andrew P. Roberts, Jimin Sun, Pengxiang Hu, Xiangyu Zhao, Youliang Su, Zhaoxia Jiang, Zhifeng Liu, Zongqi Duan, Huihui Yang, Sihua Yuan. Magnetostratigraphy of the Fenghuoshan Group in the Hoh Xil Basin and its tectonic implications for India–Eurasia collision and Tibetan Plateau deformation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2018, 486, 41-53. [DOI] [Nature Index]
8. Chunsheng Jin, Qingsong Liu, Pengxiang Hu, Zhaoxia Jiang, Cange Li, Peng Han, Huihui Yang, Wentian Liang. An integrated natural remanent magnetization acquisition model for the Matuyama-Brunhes reversal recorded by the Chinese loess. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2016, 17, 3150-3163. [DOI]
9. Chunsheng Jin, Qingsong Liu, Juan Cruz Larrasoana. A precursor to the Matuyama-Brunhes reversal in Chinese loess and its palaeomagnetic and stratigraphic significance. Geophysical Journal International, 2012, 190, 829-842. [DOI]
10. Chunsheng Jin, Qingsong Liu. Remagnetization mechanism and a new age model for L9 in Chinese loess. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2011, 187, 261-275. [DOI]
11. Chunsheng Jin, Qingsong Liu. Revisiting the stratigraphic position of the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic polarity boundary in Chinese loess. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 2011, 299, 309-317. [DOI]
12. Chunsheng Jin, Qingsong Liu. Reliability of the natural remanent magnetization recorded in Chinese loess. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2010, 115, B04103. [DOI] [Nature Index]
13. Xueting Wang, Kai Jiang, Yao Liang, Bai Su, Jiangang Li, Boyang Zheng, Wentian Liang, Zhaoxia Jiang, Qiang Wang, Chunsheng Jin*. Late Cretaceous paleoclimatic effects on the decreased dinosaur biodiversity in East Qinling. Chinese Journal of Geophysics-Chinese Edition, 2023, 66(9), 3774-3788. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [王学婷, 蒋凯, 梁耀, 苏柏, 李建刚, 郑博洋, 梁文天, 姜兆霞, 王强, 靳春胜*. 东秦岭晚白垩世恐龙多样性降低的气候因素. 地球物理学报, 2023, 66(9), 3774-3788.] [DOI]
14. Huihui Yang, Qi Shen, Yazhou Ran, Chuanzhi Li, Wentian Liang, Sihua Yuan, Chunsheng Jin*. Environmental magnetic records of PETM in the southwestern Sichuan Basin. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2018, 63(9), 846-855. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [杨会会,申琪, 冉亚洲, 李传志, 梁文天, 袁四化, 靳春胜*. 四川盆地西南缘PETM事件的环境磁学记录. 科学通报, 2018, 63(9), 846-855.] [DOI]
15. Peng Han, Yunfeng Zhai, Cange Li, Yun Zhang, Huihui Yang, Chunsheng Jin*. The reliability of the natural remanent magnetization recorded since the last interglacial in Luochuan loess. Journal of Jilin University (Earth Science Edition), 2017, 47(3), 793-806. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [韩朋, 翟云峰, 栗粲圪, 张运, 杨会会, 靳春胜*. 末次间冰期以来洛川黄土天然剩磁记录的可靠性. 吉林大学学报(地球科学版), 2017, 47(3), 793-806.] [DOI]
16. Chunsheng Jin, Xiaogang Huang, Liyuan Zhang, Sihua Yuan, Wentian Liang, Tungsheng Liu. Characteristics of loess-paleosols volumetric weight in the eastern and western Liupanshan and its paleoclimate significance. Acta Geologica Sinica, 2008, 82(5), 702-709. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [靳春胜, 黄孝刚, 张立原, 袁四化, 梁文天, 刘东生. 六盘山东西两侧黄土古土壤容重的特征及其古气候指示意义. 地质学报, 2008, 82(5), 702-709.] [DOI]
17. Chunsheng Jin, Liyuan Zhang, Jiamao Han, Tungsheng Liu. Characteristics of volumetric weight in loess-paleosols since the last interglacial. Journal of Jilin University (Earth Science Edition), 2008, 38(5), 801-805. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [靳春胜, 张立原, 韩家懋, 刘东生. 末次间冰期以来黄土古土壤容重特征. 吉林大学学报(地球科学版), 2008, 38(5), 801-805.] [DOI]
18. Jimin Sun, Jianguo Li, Weiguo Liu, Chunsheng Jin. Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, Lunpola Basin, ages of the Niubao and Dingqing Formations, paleoenvironment, paleo elevation. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2023, in press. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [孙继敏, 李建国, 刘卫国, 靳春胜. 青藏高原中部伦坡拉盆地新生代地层年代、古环境与古高度研究综述. 科学通报, 2023, in press] [DOI]
19. Leyi Li, Hong Chang, Alex Farnsworth, Nathan A. Niemi, Peter D. Clift, Xiaoke Qiang, Chunsheng Jin, Jimin Sun, Chong Guan, Peng Zhang, Hongxuan Lu, Weiguo Liu, Balázs Bradák, Lu Peng, Yunfa Miao, Zhisheng An. Revised chronology of the middle？upper Cenozoic succession in the Tuotuohe Basin, central-northern Tibetan Plateau, and its paleoelevation implications. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2023, in press. [DOI]
20. Longxiao Xu, Jimin Sun, Morteza Talebian, Chunsheng Jin, Morteza Sheykh, Reza Shahbazi. Evidence for enhanced aridification since 13 Ma in the Qom back-arc basin, Central Iran. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2023, 629, 111784. [DOI]
21. Xinbo Gao, Qingzhen Hao, Chunsheng Jin, Chenglong Deng, Shuzhen Peng, Long Han, Yu Fu, Xuechao Wu. Tectonic forcing of the extreme aridification of the East Asian interior at around 900？ka–insights from the spatially inconsistent magnetization of Chinese loess. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50(3), e2022GL101787. [DOI] [Nature Index]
22. Jimin Sun, Jianguo Li, Weiguo Liu, Brian F. Windley, Alex Farnsworth, Chunsheng Jin, Zhiliang Zhang, Wenjiao Xiao. Middle Miocene paleoenvironmental change and paleoelevation of the Lunpola Basin, Central Tibet. Global and Planetary Change, 2023, 220, 104009. [DOI]
23. Xuan He, Qi Sheng, Kai Jiang, Chuanzhi Li, Guanzuo Wu, Yazhou Ran, Chunsheng Jin, Wentian Liang. Room-and low-temperature magnetic fabrics of fine-grained clastic rocks: A case study of the Cretaceous Huicheng basin, Qinling orogen. Chinese Journal of Geophysics-Chinese Edition, 2022, 65(2): 737-753. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [何旋, 申琪, 蒋凯, 李传志, 武冠佐, 冉亚洲, 靳春胜, 梁文天. 细粒碎屑岩的常温和低温磁组构：以秦岭造山带白垩纪徽成盆地为例. 地球物理学报, 2022, 65(02), 737-753.] [DOI]
24. Kai Kong, Wenfeng Deng, Yangrui Guo, Chunsheng Jin, Qingsong Liu, Gangjian Wei. Thermal alteration history of the Fenghuoshan Group, Hoh Xil Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau: Insights from clumped isotope thermometry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2021, 126(10), e2021JB022009. [DOI] [Nature Index]
25. Deke Xu, Houyuan Lu, Chunsheng Jin, Zhaoyan Gu, Xinxin Zuo, Yajie Dong, Canwang, Luo Wang, Hao Li, Yinghao Yu, Yingyu Jin, Naiqin Wu. Application of multiple dating techniques to the Holocene sediments of Angrenjin Co in the southern Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Geochronology, 2021. 62, 101148. [DOI]
26. Can-Ge Li, Yan Zheng, Mingda Wang, Zhe Sun, Chunsheng Jin, Juzhi Hou. Refined dating using palaeomagnetic secular variations on a lake sediment core from Guozha Co, northwestern Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Geochronology, 2021, 62, 101146. [DOI]
27. Jimin Sun, Morteza Talebian, Chunsheng Jin, Weiguo Liu, Zhiliang Zhang, Mengmeng Cao, Brian F. Windley, Morteza Sheykh, Reza Shahbazi, Shengchen Tian. Timing and forcing mechanism of the final Neotethys seawater retreat from Central Iran in response to the Arabia-Asia collision in the late early Miocene. Global and Planetary Change, 2021, 197, 103395. [DOI]
28. Qiang Zhang, Qingsong Liu, Andrew P. Roberts, Juan C. Larrasoa？a, Xuefa Shi, Chunsheng Jin. Mechanism for enhanced eolian dust flux recorded in North Pacific Ocean sediments since 4.0 Ma: Aridity or humidity at dust source areas in the Asian interior?. Geology, 2020, 48, 77-81. [DOI] [Nature Index]
29. Jiabin Wu, Licheng Guo, Shangfa Xiong, Shiqi Wang, Zihua Tang, Chunsheng Jin, Xiaoxiao Yang, Ning Gu, Chunxiao Li, Jingyi Cui. New magnetic constraints on early-middle Miocene uplift of the Liupan Shan, northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2019, 20, 1340-1357. [DOI]
30. Yang Li, Wentian Liang, Guowei Zhang, Yazhou Ran, Qi Shen, Jingli Wang, Chunsheng Jin. Granitoid emplacement during syn-convergent transtension: An example from the Huamenlou pluton in North Qinling, central China. Geoscience Frontiers, 2018, 9, 191-205. [DOI]
31. Lei Zhang, Jiaqi Liu, Xiaoguang Qin, Yan Mu, Chunsheng Jin, Chunqing Sun, Jianxing Liu, Chenglong Deng. Magnetostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental events recorded in a late Cenozoic sedimentary succession in Huaibei Plain, East China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018, 200, 52-64. [DOI]
32. Zhaoxia Jiang, Qingsong Liu, Mark J. Dekkers, Xiang Zhao, Andrew P. Roberts, Zhenyu Yang, Chunsheng Jin, Jianxing Liu. Remagnetization mechanisms in Triassic red beds from South China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017, 479, 219-230. [DOI] [Nature Index]
33. Yang Li, Wentian Liang, Chunsheng Jin, Yunpeng Dong, Honglin Yuan, Guowei Zhang. Rock-magnetism, magnetic fabric and kinematic vorticity analysis of the Shagoujie shear zone, Qinling orogen. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 2017, 33(6): 1919-1933. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [李阳, 梁文天, 靳春胜, 董云鹏, 袁洪林, 张国伟. 秦岭沙沟街韧性剪切带的岩石磁学、磁组构和运动学涡度分析. 岩石学报, 2017, 33(6), 1919-1933.][DOI]
34. Zhifeng Liu, Gangjian Wei, Xisheng Wang, Chunsheng Jin, Qingsong Liu. Quantifying paleoprecipitation of the Luochuan and Sanmenxia Loess on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2016, 459, 121-130. [DOI]
35. Jimin Sun, Wenjiao Xiao, Brian F. Windley, Weiqiang Ji, Bihong Fu, Jiangang Wang, Chunsheng Jin. Provenance change of sediment input in the northeastern foreland of Pamir related to collision of the Indian Plate with the Kohistan-Ladakh arc at around 47 Ma. Tectonics, 2016, 35, 315-338. [DOI]
36. Yunfa Miao, Fuli Wu, Hong Chang, Xiaomin Fang, Tao Deng, Jimin Sun, Chunsheng Jin. A Late-Eocene palynological record from the Hoh Xil Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau, and its implications for stratigraphic age, paleoclimate and paleoelevation. Gondwana Research, 2016, 31, 241-252. [DOI]
37. Wen-Tian Liang, Chun-Sheng Jin, Prayath Nantasin, Guo-Wei Zhang. Magnetic mineralogy and the reliability of AMS in the Late Triassic Mishuling pluton, Qinling orogen. Chinese Journal of Geophysics-Chinese Edition, 2015, 58(3): 953-970. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [梁文天, 靳春胜, Prayath Natasin, 张国伟. 秦岭造山带晚三叠世糜署岭岩体的岩石磁学及磁组构可靠性约束. 地球物理学报, 2015, 58(3), 953-970.] [DOI]
38. Wentian Liang, Guowei Zhang, Yong Bai, Chunsheng Jin, Prayath Nantasin. New insights into the emplacement mechanism of the Late Triassic granite plutons in the Qinling orogen: A structural study of the Mishuling pluton. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2015, 127, 1583-1603. [DOI]
39. Qingsong Liu, Chunsheng Jin, Pengxiang Hu, Zhaoxia Jiang, Kunpeng Ge, Andrew P. Roberts. Magnetostratigraphy of Chinese loess–paleosol sequences. Earth-Science Reviews, 2015, 150, 139-167. [DOI]
40. Pengxiang Hu, Qingsong Liu, David Heslop, Andrew P. Roberts, Chunsheng Jin. Soil moisture balance and magnetic enhancement in loess–paleosol sequences from the Tibetan Plateau and Chinese Loess Plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2015, 409, 120-132. [DOI] [Nature Index]
41. Zhaoxia Jiang, Qingsong Liu, Xiangyu Zhao, Chunsheng Jin, Caicai Liu, Shihu Li. Thermal magnetic behaviour of Al-substituted haematite mixed with clay minerals and its geological significance. Geophysical Journal International, 2015, 200, 130-143. [DOI]
42. Jianxing Liu, Xuefa Shi, Qingsong Liu, Shulan Ge, Yanguang Liu, Zhengquan Yao, Quanhong Zhao, Chunsheng Jin, Zhaoxia Jiang, Shengfa Liu, Shuqing Qiao, Xiaoyan Li, Chuanshun Li, Chunjuan Wang. Magnetostratigraphy of a greigite-bearing core from the South Yellow Sea: Implications for remagnetization and sedimentation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2014, 119, 7425-7441. [DOI] [Nature Index]
43. Pengxiang Hu, Qingsong Liu, José Torrent, Vidal Barrón, Chunsheng Jin. Characterizing and quantifying iron oxides in Chinese loess/paleosols: Implications for pedogenesis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2013, 369-370, 271-283. [DOI] [Nature Index]
44. Wen-Tian Liang, Guo-Wei Zhang, Bo Yu, Ru-Kui Lu, Xian-Zhi Pei, Chun-Sheng Jin. Magnetic fabric study and its tectonic significance of suture zones in joint area of Qingling and Qilianshan. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 2009, 52(1), 85-94. (in English) [DOI] [梁文天, 张国伟, 鲁如魁, 裴先治, 靳春胜, 王建其. 秦祁接合带造山缝合带磁组构特征及其构造意义. 地球物理学报, 2009, 52(1), 140-149.] [DOI]
45. Song Zhang, Ping Liu, Chunsheng Jin, Jiamao Han, Xiaoguang Qin, Tungsheng Liu. Geochemistry of the heavy dust fall on 17 April 2006 in Beijing. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2008, 28(3), 35-42. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [张崧, 刘平, 靳春胜, 韩家懋, 秦小光, 刘东生. 2006年4月17日北京特大降尘的地球化学特征. 海洋地质与第四纪地质, 2008, 28(3), 35-42.] [DOI]
46. Song Zhang, F. Heller, Chunsheng Jin, Ping Liu, Xiaoguang Qin, Tungsheng Liu. Grain size distribution and magnetic characteristics of dust fall in Beijing on April 17, 2006. Quaternary Sciences, 2008, 28(2), 354-362. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [张崧, Heller F., 靳春胜, 刘平, 秦小光, 刘东生. 2006年4月17日北京降尘的粒度分布与磁学特征. 第四纪研究, 2008, 28(2), 354-362.] [DOI]
47. Ping Liu, Chunsheng Jin, Song Zhang, Jiamao Han, Tungsheng Liu. Magnetic fabric of early Quaternary loess-paleosols of Longdan profile in Gansu province and the reconstruction of the paleowind directions. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008, 53(9), 1450-1452. (in English) [DOI] [刘平, 靳春胜, 张崧, 韩家懋, 刘东生. 甘肃龙担早第四纪黄土－古土壤序列磁组构特征与古风场恢复. 科学通报, 2007, 52(23), 2922-2924.] [DOI]
48. Tungsheng Liu, Jiamao Han, De’er Zhang, Xiaoguang Qin, Song Zhang, Chunsheng Jin, Ping Liu, Wenling Jiang. Falling dust and deposits in anthropogene--Ⅰ: Preliminary analyses of the dust fall in Beijing on April 16~17, 2006. Quaternary Sciences, 2006, 26(4), 628-633. (in Chinese with an English abstract) [刘东生, 韩家懋, 张德二, 秦小光, 张崧, 靳春胜, 刘平, 姜文玲. 降尘与人类世沉积--I：北京2006年4月16~17日降尘初步分析. 第四纪研究, 2006, 26(4), 628-633.] [DOI]