Research Interests

·   In situ observation of the source, transport, and sinking of marine microplastics

·   Study on source-to-sink process of terrigenous particles.

Publications

·   Zhang X., Liu Z., Zhao Y., Ma P., Colin C., Lin A.T.-S., 2022. Distribution and controlling factors of microplastics in surface sediments of typical deep-sea geomorphological units in the northern South China Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 1047078.

·   Zhang X., Liu Z., Zhang Y., Zhao Y., 2019. Research progress on source-to-sink transport processes of marine microplastics. Advances in Earth Science, 34: 936‒949. (In Chinese with English abstract).

·   Li J., Liu Z., Lin B., Zhao Y., Cao J., Zhang X., Zhang J., Ling C., Ma P., Wu J., 2022. Zooplankton fecal pellet characteristics and contribution to the deep-sea carbon export in the southern South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127: e2022JC019412.

·   Zhang Y., Liu Z., Zhao Y., Colin C., Zhang X., Wang M., Zhao S., Kneller B., 2018. Long-term in situ observations on typhoon-triggered turbidity currents in the deep sea. Geology, 46: 675‒678.