Mingsong Li

Mingsong Li

Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University

Haotian Zhang

Haotian Zhang

PhD Candidate

Email: zht@stu.pku.edu.cn

Joined: 2021

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I am a PhD candidate at the School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University. My research focuses on Early Triassic astrochronology and paleoclimate modeling, particularly the chronological framework of the Early Triassic, marine and terrestrial stratigraphic correlation, the 1.2 Myr obliquity modulation cycle, astronomically forced paleoclimate change, and CESM-based Earth system modeling. I was a visiting PhD student at the University of Leeds. My work has been published in journals including Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Global and Planetary Change, and Science Bulletin.

Research Keywords

Early Triassic; cyclostratigraphy; orbital forcing; paleoclimate modeling; paleohydrological change.

Education

  • Sept. 2021 - Jun. 2026, PhD, Peking University.
  • Oct. 2024 - Oct. 2025, Visiting PhD Student, University of Leeds.
  • Sept. 2017 - Jun. 2021, BSc, Jilin University.

Research Interests

  • Induan astrochronology and marine-terrestrial stratigraphic correlation.
  • Orbitally forced paleoclimate change in the Early Triassic.
  • CESM-based paleoclimate simulations and hydrological changes in the Early Triassic.
  • Continental water storage changes and mechanisms of sea-level response during the Early Triassic hothouse.
  • The 1.2 Myr obliquity modulation cycle and its paleoclimatic significance.

Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Graduate, Peking University.
  • Outstanding Research Award, Peking University.
  • Outstanding Graduate, Jilin University.
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award, Jilin University.

Publications

  1. Zhang, H., Chen, Y., Ogg, J.G., Sun, Z., Wignall, P.B., Wang, M., Zhang, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Huang, K., Lu, H., Huang, B., Li, M., 2025. Astronomically calibrated integrated stratigraphy of the Induan Stage (Early Triassic) and significance for the Permian-Triassic mass extinction and aftermath. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 669, 119563.
  2. He, Q., Zhang, H., Hesselbo, S.P., Lindstrom, S., Kender, S., Bjerrum, C.J., Li, M., Yu, J., Wang, Y., Algeo, T.J., Lei, Y., Shen, J., 2026. Astronomically tuned chronostratigraphy of an Upper Triassic-Middle Jurassic lacustrine succession in Southwest China. Glob. Planet. Change 259, 105325.
  3. Jiang, Q., Li, M., Yao, W., Wei, R., Ji, K., Zhang, H., Jin, Z., 2025. Astrochronology of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on the East Tasman Plateau. Glob. Planet. Change 252, 104882.
  4. Wang, M., Li, M., Hajek, E.A., Kemp, D.B., Wu, Y., Zhu, H., Huang, C., Zhang, H., Ji, K., Zhang, R., Wei, R., Jin, Z., 2024. Assessing the preservation of orbital signals across different sedimentary environments: Insights from stochastic sedimentation modeling. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 642, 118866.
  5. Li, M., Zhang, H., Wang, M., Jin, Z., 2023. Astronomically driven groundwater storage and sea-level change during greenhouse intervals. Science Bulletin 68(12), 1517-1527.

Projects

  • China Scholarship Council Joint PhD Program, 2024-2025.

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