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2.Fangjian Xu, Xilin Zhang, Jianwei Xu, Zhilei Sun, Shengqiang Yuan, Xiting Liu. Sea level and low-latitude climate control on sedimentary provenance and paleoenvironmental evolution in the central Okinawa Trough since 19 cal. ka BP. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2025, 658, 112621.

3.Yuhui Ai, Anqi Wang, Lin Zhang, Cheng Xu, Xianqing Wang, Shengqiang Yuan, Fangjian Xu*. Constraints of multi-source input and coastal transport on the composition of marine clay minerals: A case study of the northwestern shelf of the South China Sea. Geo-Marine Letters, 2024, 44, 20.

4.Fangjian Xu, Bangqi Hu, Jingtao Zhao, Xiting Liu, Kehui Xu, Zhifang Xiong, Feifei Wang, Xue Ding, Qing Li, Jianwei Guo. Provenance and weathering of sediments in the deep basin of the northern South China Sea during the last 38kyr. Marine Geology, 2021, 440, 106602.

5.Fangjian Xu, Bangqi Hu, Shengqiang Yuan, Yongfang Zhao, Yanguang Dou, Zuzhou Jiang, Xuebo Yin. Heavy metals in surface sediments of the continental shelf of the South Yellow Sea and East China Sea: sources, distribution and contamination. Catena, 2018, 160, 194-200.