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Research Interest

Paleoceanography, interactions between atmosphere, ocean circulation and ice sheet on geological timescales
Cycling of rare earth elements and Nd, Hf, Ba and U isotopes in the ocean
 

Selected Publications

Xu, A., Hathorne, E., Seidel, M., Liu, T., Asp, N. E., Koschinsky, A., Dittmar T. & Frank, M. (2025). The Amazonian mangrove systems accumulate and release dissolved neodymium and hafnium to the oceans. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 13. 

Zhang, Z., Xu, A., Hathorne, E., Gutjahr, M., Browning, T. J., Gosnell, K. J., ... & Frank, M. (2024). Substantial trace metal input from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption into the South Pacific. Nature Communications, 15(1), 8986. 

Xu, A., Hathorne, E., Laukert, G., & Frank, M. (2023). Overlooked riverine contributions of dissolved neodymium and hafnium to the Amazon estuary and oceans. Nature Communications, 14(1), 4156. 

Liu, C., Wilson, D., Hathorne, E., Xu, A., & von Strandmann, P, 2023. The influence of river-derived particles on estuarine and marine elemental cycles: Evidence from lithium isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 361, pp.183-199. 

Zhang B., Chen Z., Xu, A., Wang X., Tian Y., & Zhang Y. Evolution characteristics and controlling factors of deep-water corals in the southwest Dongsha Sea area since 8000 a BP. Journal of Tropical Oceanography. 2023 Jan 10;42(1):98-113.

Wang X., Chen Z., Xu, A., Tian Y., Cao L., & Zhang B., Grain size characteristics and influencing factors of terrigenous sediment in the deep-sea basin of the northeastern South China Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Tropical Oceanography. 2022 Jan 10;41(1):158-70.

Xu, A., Hu, P., Chen, Z., Shu, C., Wang, X., & Tian, Y. (2020). A software tool to plot frequency and cumulative frequency curves automatically for grain size analysis of sediments. Earth Science Informatics, 13, 565-571. 

Xu, A., Chen, Z., Qu, Y., Tian, Y., Shu, C., Zheng, X., ... & Zhao, M. (2019). Cold-water corals in a cold seep area on the northern continental slopes of the South China sea and their isotopic characteristics. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 152, 103043. 

Zhong, Y., Chen, Z., Gonzalez, F. J., Zheng, X., Li, G., Luo, Y., ... & Wang, S. (2018). Rare earth elements and yttrium in ferromanganese deposits from the South China Sea: distribution, composition and resource considerations. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37, 41-54. 

Xu, A., Li F., Liu K., Xiang P., Zhao C., & Hu P. (2018). The characteristics and sedimentary model of Storm deposits in the Lower Devonian strata of Beichuan. Geology in China, 45(5): 1049-1061 (in Chinese with English abstract). doi.org/10.12029/gc20180512

Conference Session

Goldschmidt 2025- Prague: 12e - Tracing marine trace element dynamics: impact of external sources and oceanic cycling.

Teaching and Supervision

Kira Just*, Bachelor thesis in physics: Ice-volume Driven Variability in the εNd Record of Drill Core ODP 982 in the Mid-depth Northeast Atlantic 

Johanna Spielmann*, Bachelor thesis in physics: Trace-elements and Nd-Isotopes in the southern Iceland Basin 

*  co-supervised by Prof. Norbert Frank