Dr. Antao Xu

Antao Xu
Position Postdoc researcher
Address Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
Room 404
Phone +49 6221 54-6514
E-mail Antao.Xu@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
Group Physics of Environmental Physics
Website  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antao-Xu

Research interests

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

Selected publications

  • Xu, A., Hathorne, E., Seidel, M. et al. The Amazonian mangrove systems accumulate and release dissolved neodymium and hafnium to the oceans. Commun Earth Environ 6, 13 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01989-1
  • Zhang Z, Xu A, Hathorne E, et al. Substantial trace metal input from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption into the South Pacific[J]. Nature Communications, 2024, 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. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39922-3
  • 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. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.08.015
  • 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. doi.org/10.1007/s12145-019-00440-w
  • 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. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2019.05.003
  • 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. doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1205-5
  • 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

Conferences

  • Xu A., Hathorne E. and Frank M. Overlooked riverine contributions of dissolved neodymium and hafnium to the Amazon estuary and oceans, 2023, Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France. Oral presentation.

  • Xu A., Hathorne E., Seidel M., et al. Significant contribution of mangrove systems to marine neodymium and hafnium isotope budgets, 2023, Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France. Poster presentation.

  • Xu A., Hathorne E. and Frank M. Geochemical behaviour of neodymium and hafnium isotopes in the Amazon estuary: Quantifying continental inputs and tracing the river plume, 2022, Status Conference of Research Vessels 2022, Oldenburg, Germany. Poster presentation.

  • Xu A., Hathorne E. and Frank M. Geochemical behaviour of neodymium and hafnium isotopes in the Amazon estuary: Quantifying continental inputs and tracing the river plume, 2022, Goldschmidt Conference, Hawaii, USA. Oral presentation.

  • Xu A., Hathorne E. and Frank M. Geochemical behaviour of neodymium and hafnium isotopes in the Amazon estuary: Quantifying continental inputs and tracing the river plume, 2020, Goldschmidt Conference, Hawaii, USA. Poster presentation.

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