Sediment Transport Processes, Fluvial Geomorphology and related Environmental Management

B.S, Nanjing University, specialized in Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology.
M.S, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, specialized in Geomorphology.
PhD, The University of Hong Kong, specialized in Geomorphology.

Intern Researcher in Lanzhou Institute of Desert Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 1983 to 1985.
Assistant Researcher in Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 1988 to 1994.
Associate Researcher in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 1994 to 2004.
Researcher in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 2004 to present.

Member of the Geomorphologic and Quaternary Committee under the Chinese Society of Geographic Sciences

Published over 80 academic papers, among which are:
1. Shi C.X., Zhang L. Xu J.Q., Guo L.P. Sediment load and storage in the lower Yellow River during the late Holocene. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography,2010,92(3):297-309.
2. Shi C.X., Zhang D., You L.Y., et al. Land subsidence as a result of sediment consolidation in the Yellow River delta. Journal of Coastal Research, 2007, 23(1):173-181.
3. Shi C.X. Causes for continuous siltation of the lower Yellow River. Geomorphology, 2005, 68:213–223.
4. Shi C.X. and Zhang D.D. Processes and mechanisms of dynamic channel adjustment to delta progradation: the case of the mouth channel of the Yellow River, China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2003 28:609-624.
5. Shi C.X. Zhang D.D., and You L.Y. Changes in sediment yield of the Yellow River basin of China during the Holocene. Geomorphology, 2002, 46: 267-283.

 

My principal research interests lie within riverine sediment routing, long-term changes in sediment flux, fluvial geomorphology and river management.

Du Jun, PhD candidate, Natural Geography, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research
Zhou Yuanyuan, PhD candidate, Natural Geography, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research
Fan Xiaoli, PhD candidate, Natural Geography, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research