Special-Term--INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

He Zhilin, Zhang Zhongshi, Guo Zhengtang, Tan Ning, Zhang Zijian, Zhang Chunxia, Wu Haibin, Deng Chenglong. The origin of the modern-like East Asian Monsoon: insights from new proxy data synthesis and climate modelling. Earth-Science Reviews, 2025, 271, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2025.105297
He Zhilin, Qiao Yansong, Guo Zhengtang, Chen Chaoqin, Chen Long, Fu Yang, Yang Ye, Liang Yanxia, Lin Xinru, Xiao Guoqiao, Zhan Tao. 2024. Late Cenozoic uplift of the Liupan Mountains: Evidence from the Neogene loess deposits. Science China Earth Sciences, 67(5): 1480–1488.
He Zhilin, Zhang Zhongshi, Guo Zhengtang, Tan Ning, Zhang Zijian, Wu Zhipeng, Zhang Chunxia, Deng Chenglong. The spatial–temporal evolution of the Asian summer monsoon during the late Miocene and potential CO₂ forcing: A data–model comparison. Global and Planetary Change, 2023, 221, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104052
He Zhilin, Zhang Zhongshi, Guo Zhengtang, Scotese, C. R., Deng Chenglong. An early Miocene (~20 Ma) paleogeographic reconstruction for paleoclimate modelling. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2023, 612, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111382
He Zhilin, Zhang Zhongshi, Guo Zhengtang, Scotese, C. R., Deng Chenglong. Middle Miocene (∼14 Ma) and late Miocene (∼6 Ma) paleogeographic boundary conditions. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 2021, 36, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004298
He Zhilin, Guo Zhengtang, Yang Fan, Sayem, A.S.M., Wu Haibin, Zhang Chunxia, Hao Qingzhen, Xiao Guoqiang, Han Long, Fu Yang, Wu Zhipeng, Hu Bin. Provenance of Cenozoic sediments in the Xining Basin revealed by Nd and Pb isotopic evidence: Implications for tectonic uplift of the NE Tibetan Plateau. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2019, 20, 4531–4544.
He Zhilin, Zhang Zhongshi, Guo Zhengtang. Reconstructing early Eocene (~55 Ma) paleogeographic boundary conditions for use in paleoclimate modelling. Science China Earth Sciences, 2019, 62, 1416–1427.
Tan Ning, Fluteau F., Zhang Zhongshi, Ramstein G., Guo Chuncheng, Sepulchre P., He Zhilin, Zhang Zijian, Guo Zhentang. 2026. A critical role of ocean–sea ice interactions in the pronounced warmth during the Miocene Climatic Optimum. Communications Earth & Environment volume, 7, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03324-2
Zhang Zijian, Zhang Zhongshi, He Zhilin, Tan Ning. 2026. Orbital variability of Eocene climates in western East Asia: A modeling study. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aosl.2026.100855
Chen Chaoqin, Zhang Zhongshi, Guo Zhengtang, Chen Long, Zhang Zijian, Zhang Ze, He Zhilin. 2025. Application and comparison of chronostratigraphic methods for dating eolian deposits. Science China Earth Sciences, 68, 2383–2396.
Chen Long, Guo Zhengtang, Zhou Xin, Ge Junyi, Chen Chaoqin, He Zhilin. 2025. Late Miocene paleo-seismic events and tectonic responses of the western Qinling Mountains recorded in aeolian deposits. Science China Earth Sciences, 68, 1599–1611.
Tan Ning, Li Huan, Zhang Zhongshi, Wu Haibin, Ramstein Gilles, Sun Yong, He Zhilin, Su Baohuang, Zhang Zijian, Guo Zhengtang. 2024. Closure of tropical seaways favors the climate and vegetation in tropical Africa and South America approaching their present conditions. Global and Planetary Change, 233, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104351
Zhang Zijian, Zhang Zhongshi, Nummelin Aleksi, Straume Eivind O, Meckler Anna Nele, Langebroek Petra M, He Zhilin, Tan Ning, Guo Zhengtang. 2024. Influence of plate reference frames on deep-time climate simulations. Global and Planetary Change, 233, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104352
Zhang Zhongshi, Zhang Zijian, Zhang Ze, Tan Ning, He Zhilin, Huang Chunju, Guo Zhengtang. 2024. Resolving Cenozoic climate pattern debate in East Asia: Insights from orbital-scale oscillations. Global and Planetary Change, 232, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104346
Liu Yonggang, Zhang Jian, Zuo Haoyue, He Zhilin, Guo Jiaqi, Lin Qifan, et al., 2024. Spatial continuous modeling of early Cenozoic carbon cycle and climate. National Science Review, 11, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwae061
Zhang Chunxia, Zhang Ran, Hu Bin, Zhang Xiaoyan, Li Pei, Tan Ning, Jia Yunxia, He Zhilin, Wu Haibin, Guo Zhengtang. 2023. A relatively warm and humid Oligocene climate in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau based on a high-resolution clay mineralogical and geochemical record. Global and Planetary Change, 227, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104178
Zhang Zijian, Zhang Zhongshi, Yan Qin, He Zhilin, Tan Ning, Guo Zhengtang. 2023. Understanding the causes and consequences of the northward extension of the tropical monsoon in Asia in the Eocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 623, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111613
Zhang Zijian, Zhang Zhongshi, He Zhilin, Tan Ning, Guo Zhengtang, Zhu Jiang, Steinig S, Donnadieu Y, Ladant J B, Chan W L, Abe-Ouchi A, Niezgodzki I, Knorr G, Hutchinson D, De Boer A. 2022. Impact of Mountains in Southern China on the Eocene Climates of East Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD036510
Tan Ning, Zhang Zhongshi, Guo Zhengtang, Guo Chuncheng, Zhang Zijian, He Zhilin, Ramstein Gilles. 2022. Recognizing the role of tropical seaways in modulating the Pacific circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099674
Yang Fang, Guo Zhengtang, Zhang Chunxia, Sayem ASM, He Zhilin, Deng Chenglong. 2019. High-resolution Eocene magnetostratigraphy of the Xijigou section: Implications for the infilling process of Xining Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124: 7588–7603.
Sayem ASM, Guo Zhengtang, Wu Haibin, Zhang Chunxia, Yang Fan, Xiao Guoqiao, He Zhilin. 2018. Sedimentary and geochemical evidence of Eocene climate change in the Xining Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences, 61, 1292–1305.