Professor Jimin Yu
Ph.D., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge,
Fellow
ANU College of Science
T:
61-02-6125-9967
Areas of expertise
- Chemical Oceanography 040502
- Palaeoclimatology 040605
- Quaternary Environments 040606
- Inorganic Geochemistry 040202
Research interests
My major research interests include:
* Carbon cycle and oceanic carbonate system: using trace elements and isotopic compositions of marine carbonates together with models to understand interactions between atmosphere, surface and deep oceans, and land biosphere and their roles in the global carbon cycle on various timescales;
* Trace elements and isotopes in inorganic and biogenic carbonates: developing new proxies using marine carbonates to reconstruct oceanic environments such as seawater pH and carbonate ion contents; understanding mechanisms that control the incorporation and variation of trace elements and of isotopes in inorganic and biogenic carbonates;
* Ocean circulation changes: using multi-proxies to reconstruct past ocean circulation changes and their impacts on climate on different timescales.
Biography
2002/9-2006/3, Ph.D., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, palaeoceanography, palaeoclimate & geochemistry
1999/9-2002/6, M.Sc., Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, mineralogy, petrology & economic geology
1995/9-1999/7, B.Sc., Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, geology
Publications
- Dai, Y, Yu, J & Patrick A., R 2021, 'Deglacial Ventilation Changes in the Deep Southwest Pacific', Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, vol. 36, no. 2.
- Rohling, EJ, Yu, J, Heslop, D, Foster, GL, Opdyke, B & Roberts AP 2021, 'Sea level and deep-sea temperature reconstructions suggest quasi-stable states and critical transitions over the past 40 million years', Science Advances, vol. 7, eabf5326.
- Zhang, Q, Liu, QS, Roberts, AP, Yu, JM, Liu, Y & Li, JH 2021, 'Magnetotactic bacterial activity in the North Pacific Ocean and its relationship to Asian dust inputs and primary productivity since 8.0 Ma', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 48, e2021GL094687.
- Menviel, L, Spence, P, Skinner, L et al. 2020, 'Enhanced Mid-depth Southward Transport in the Northeast Atlantic at the Last Glacial Maximum Despite a Weaker AMOC', Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. -.
- Jin, Z, Yu, J, Zhang, F et al. 2020, 'Glacial-interglacial variation in catchment weathering and erosion paces the Indian summer monsoon during the Pleistocene', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 248, pp. 1-13.
- Yu, J, Menviel, L, Jin, Z et al. 2020, 'Last glacial atmospheric CO2 decline due to widespread Pacific deep-water expansion', Nature Geoscience, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 628-633.
- Ao, H, Rohling, EJ, Stringer, C, Roberts, AP, Dekkers, MJ, Dupont-Nivet, G, Yu, J, Liu, QS, Zhang, P, Liu, ZH, Ma, XL, Zhou, WJ, Jin, ZD, Xiao, GQ, Wang, H, Sun, Q, Yang, PG, Peng, XZ, Shi, ZG, Qiang, XK & An, ZS 2020, 'Two-stage mid-Brunhes climate transition and mid-Pleistocene human diversification', Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 210, 103354.
- Anderson, R, Sachs, J, Fleisher, M et al 2019, 'Deep-Sea Oxygen Depletion and Ocean Carbon Sequestration During the Last Ice Age', Global Biogeochemical Cycles, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 301-317.
- Umling, N, Oppo, D, Chen, P et al 2019, 'Atlantic Circulation and Ice Sheet Influences on Upper South Atlantic Temperatures During the Last Deglaciation', Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 990-1005.
- Zhang, F, Jin, Z, West, A et al 2019, 'Monsoonal control on a delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake', Science Advances, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. -.
- Lacerra, M, Lund, D, Gebbie, G et al 2019, 'Less Remineralized Carbon in the Intermediate-Depth South Atlantic During Heinrich Stadial 1', Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 1218-1233.
- Dai, Y, Yu, J, deMenocal, P et al 2019, 'Influences of Temperature and Secondary Environmental Parameters on Planktonic Foraminiferal Mg/Ca: A New Core-Top Calibration', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 4370-4381.
- Rohling, EJ, Hibbert, FD, Grant, KM, Galaasen, EV, Irvali, N, Kleiven, HF, Marino, G, Ninneman, U, Roberts, AP, Rosenthal, Y, Schultz, H, Williams, FH & Yu, J 2019, 'Asynchronous Antarctic and Greenland ice-volume contributions to the last interglacial sea-level highstand', Nature Communications, vol. 10, 5040.
- Yu, J, Menviel, L, Jin, ZD, Thornalley, DJR, Foster, GL, Rohling, EJ, McCave, IN, McManus, JF, Dai, Y, Ren, H, He, F, Zhang, F, Chen, PJ & Roberts, AP 2019, 'More efficient North Atlantic carbon pump during the Last Glacial Maximum', Nature Communications, vol. 10, 2170.
- Ma, X, Tian, J, Ma, W et al 2018, 'Changes of deep Pacific overturning circulation and carbonate chemistry during middle Miocene East Antarctic ice sheet expansion', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 484, pp. 253-263pp.
- Menviel, L, Spence, P, Yu, J et al. 2018, 'Southern Hemisphere westerlies as a driver of the early deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise', Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 2503, pp. 1-12.
- Chen, P, Yu, J & Jin, Z 2017, 'An evaluation of benthic foraminiferal U/Ca and U/Mn proxies for deep ocean carbonate chemistry and redox conditions', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 617-630pp.
- Kerr, J, Rickaby, R, Yu, J et al 2017, 'The effect of ocean alkalinity and carbon transfer on deep-sea carbonate ion concentration during the past five glacial cycles', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 471, pp. 42-53.
- Kerr, J, Rickaby, R, Yu, J et al 2017, 'The effect of ocean alkalinity and carbon transfer on deep-sea carbonate ion concentration during the past five glacial cycles', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 471, pp. 42-53.
- Menviel, L, Yu, J, Joos, F et al 2017, 'Poorly ventilated deep ocean at the Last Glacial Maximum inferred from carbon isotopes: A data-model comparison study', Paleoceanography, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 2-17pp.
- Lacerra, M, Lund, D, Yu, J et al 2017, 'Carbon storage in the mid-depth Atlantic during millennial-scale climate events', Paleoceanography, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 780-795pp.
- Hasenfratz, A, Schiebel, R, Thornalley, D et al. 2017, 'Mg/Ca-temperature calibration for the benthic foraminifera Melonis barleeanum and Melonis pompilioides', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 217, pp. 365-383pp.
- Rohling, EJ, Hibbert, FD, Williams, FH, Grant, KM, Marino, G, Foster, GL, Hennekam, R, de Lange, GJ, Roberts, AP, Yu, J, Webster JM & Yokoyama Y 2017, 'Differences between the last two glacial maxima and implications for ice-sheet, d18O, and sea-level reconstructions', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 176, pp. 1-28.
- Jin, Z, West, A, Zhang, F et al 2016, 'Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the AD 2008 Wenchuan earthquake', Geology, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 47-50.
- Yu, J, Menviel, L, Jin, Z et al 2016, 'Sequestration of carbon in the deep Atlantic during the last glaciation', Nature Geoscience, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 319-324.
- Dai, Y, Yu, J & Johnstone, H 2016, 'Distinct responses of planktonic foraminiferal B/Ca to dissolution on seafloor', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 1339-1348.
- Allen, K, Hoenisch, B, Eggins, S et al 2016, 'Trace element proxies for surface ocean conditions: A synthesis of culture calibrations with planktic foraminifera', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 193, pp. 197-221.
- Zhang, F, Jin, Z, Yu, J et al 2015, 'Hydrogeochemical processes between surface and groundwaters on the northeastern Chinese Loess Plateau: Implications for water chemistry and environmental evolutions in semi-arid regions', Journal of Geochemical Exploration, vol. 159, pp. 115-128.
- Broecker, W, Yu, J & Putnam, A 2015, 'Two contributors to the glacial CO2 decline', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 429, pp. 191-196.
- Jin, Z, An, Z, Yu, J et al 2015, 'Lake Qinghai sediment geochemistry linked to hydroclimate variability since the last glacial', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 122, no. 2015, pp. 63-73.
- Thornalley, D, Bauch, H, Gebbie, G et al 2015, 'A warm and poorly ventilated deep Arctic Mediterranean during the last glacial period', Science, vol. 349, no. 6249, pp. 706-710.
- Marino, G, Rohling, EJ, Grant, KM, Heslop, D, Roberts AP, Stanford, JD & Yu, J 2015, 'Bipolar seesaw control on last interglacial sea level', Nature, vol. 522, no. 7555, pp. 197-201.
- Yu, J, Elderfield, H, Jin, Z et al 2014, 'Controls on Sr/Ca in benthic foraminifera and implications for seawater Sr/Ca during the late Pleistocene', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 98, pp. 1-6.
- Yu, J, Anderson, R, Jin, Z et al 2014, 'Deep South Atlantic carbonate chemistry and increased interocean deep water exchange during last deglaciation', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 90, pp. 80-89.
- Yu, J, Anderson, R & Rohling, E 2014, 'Deep ocean carbonate chemistry and glacial-interglacial atmospheric co2 changes', Oceanography, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 16-25.
- Kender, S, Yu, J & Peck, V 2014, 'Deep ocean carbonate ion increase during mid Miocene CO2 decline', Scientific Reports, vol. 4, pp. 4187-4187.
- Menviel, L, England, M, Meissner, K et al 2014, 'Atlantic-Pacific seesaw and its role in outgassing CO2 during Heinrich events', Paleoceanography, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 58-70.
- Yu, J, Anderson, R, Jin, Z et al 2013, 'Responses of the deep ocean carbonate system to carbon reorganization during the Last Glacial-interglacial cycle', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 76, pp. 39-52.
- Zhang, F, Jin, Z, Li, F et al 2013, 'Controls on seasonal variations of silicate weathering and CO2 consumption in two river catchments on the NE Tibetan Plateau', Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, vol. 62, pp. 547-560.
- Yu, J, Thornalley, D, Rae, J et al 2013, 'Calibration and application of B/Ca, Cd/Ca, and δ 11B in Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral) to constrain CO2 uptake in the subpolar North Atlantic during the last deglaciation', Paleoceanography, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 237-252.
- Zhang, F, Jin, Z, Li, F et al 2013, 'The dominance of loess weathering on water and sediment chemistry within the Daihai Lake catchment, northeastern Chinese Loess Plateau', Applied Geochemistry, vol. 35, pp. 51-63.
- Piotrowski, A, Galy, A, Nicholl, J, Roberts, N, Wilson, DJ, Clegg, JA, Yu, J, 2012, 'Reconstructing deglacial North and South Atlantic deep water sourcing using foraminiferal Nd isotopes', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 357-358, pp. 289-297.
- Johnstone, H, Yu, J, Elderfield, H et al 2011, 'Improving temperature estimates derived from Mg/Ca of planktonic foraminifera using X-ray computed tomography-based dissolution index, XDX', Paleoceanography, vol. 26, no. 1.
- Jin, Z, You, C, Yu, J et al 2011, 'Seasonal contributions of catchment weathering and eolian dust to river water chemistry, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Chemical and Sr isotopic constraints', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 116, no. 4, pp. 1-16.
- Shen, C, Wu, C, Liu, Y et al 2011, 'Measurements of natural carbonate rare earth elements in femtogram quantities by inductive coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 83, no. 17, pp. 6842-6848.
- Jin, Z, Bickle, M, Chapman, H et al 2011, 'Ostracod Mg/Sr/Ca and 87Sr/86Sr geochemistry from Tibetan lake sediments: Implications for early to mid-Pleistocene Indian monsoon and catchment weathering', Boreas: an international journal of quaternary research, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 320-331.
- Broeker, W & Yu, J 2011, 'What do we know about the evolution of Mg to Ca ratios in seawater?', Paleoceanography, vol. 26, no. 3.
- Allen, KA, Hoenisch, B, Eggins, SM, Spero, HJ 2011, 'Controls on boron incorporation in cultured tests of the planktic foraminifer Orbulina universa', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 309, pp. 291-301.
- Hoenisch, B, Allen, KA, Russell, AD, Eggins SM, Spero, HJ, Lea, DW. 2011, 'Planktic foraminifers as recorders of seawater Ba/Ca', Marine Micropaleontology, vol. 79, pp. 52-57.
- Yu, J, Foster, G, Elderfield, H et al 2010, 'An evaluation of benthic foraminiferal B/Ca and d11B for deep ocean carbonate ion and pH reconstructions', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 293, no. 1-2, pp. 114-120.
- Peck, V, Yu, J, Kender, S et al 2010, 'Shifting ocean carbonate chemistry during the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition: Implications for deep-ocean Mg/Ca paleothermometry', Paleoceanography, vol. 25, no. 4.
- Palmer, M, Brummer, G, Cooper, M et al 2010, 'Multi-proxy reconstruction of surface water pCO2 in the northern Arabian Sea since 29ka', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 295, no. 1-2, pp. 49-57.
- Yu, J, Broeker, W, Elderfield, H et al 2010, 'Loss of carbon from the deep sea since the last glacial maximum', Science, vol. 330, no. 6007, pp. 1084-1087.
- Yu, J & Broeker, W 2010, 'Comment on "Deep-Sea Temperature and Ice Volume Changes Across the Pliocene-Pleistocene Climate Transitions"', Science, vol. 328, no. 5985, pp. 1480-1480.
- Jin, Z, You, C & Yu, J 2009, 'Toward a geochemical mass balance of major elements in Lake Qinghai, NE Tibetan Plateau: A significant role of atmospheric deposition', Applied Geochemistry, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 1901-1907.
- Jin, Z, Bickle, M, Chapman, H et al 2009, 'Early to mid-Pleistocene ostracod d18O and d13C in the central Tibetan Plateau: Implication for Indian monsoon change', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 280, no. 3-4, pp. 406-414.
- Jin, Z, Yu, J, Wang, S et al 2009, 'Constraints on water chemistry by chemical weathering in the Lake Qinghai catchment, northeastern Tibetan Plateau (China): Clues from Sr and its isotopic geochemistry', Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 2037-2048.
- Yu, J, Elderfield, H, Jin, Z et al. 2008, 'A strong temperature effect on U/Ca in planktonic foraminiferal carbonates', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 72, no. 20, pp. 4988-5000.
- Yu, J, Elderfield, H & Piotrowski, A 2008, 'Seawater carbonate ion-d13C systematics and application to glacial-interglacial North Atlantic ocean circulation', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 271, no. 1-4, pp. 209-220.
- Yu, J & Elderfield, H 2008, 'Mg/Ca in the benthic foraminifera Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi and Cibicidoides mundulus: Temperature versus carbonate ion saturation', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 276, no. 1-2, pp. 129-139.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Deep Atlantic's role in millennial atmospheric CO2 changes (Primary Investigator)
- Survey of NETs and their relevance to climate change mitigation policies in Australia (Secondary Investigator)
- North Atlantic Ocean circulation, climate, and carbon cycle during past 150 ka (Primary Investigator)
- Deep-sea carbonate cycles and their role in glacial-interglacial atmospheric CO2 changes (Primary Investigator)
- Carbonate chemistry and temperature variability in the deep Indian Ocean (Secondary Investigator)
- Mid-depth Atlantic circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation (Primary Investigator)
