Curriculum Vitae
GeoBiosphere Science Centre
Department of Geology, Quaternary Sciences
Lund University
Sölvegatan 12
SE–223 62 LUND
SWEDEN
Phone: +46 46 222 3953
Fax:
+46 46 222 4830
E-mail: shiyong.yu@geol.lu.se
Shiyong Yu
Personal
information
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Education
1999 – present: Department of Geology, Lund University
 Ph.D., Quaternary Sciences, received in November 2003
 Supervisors: Prof. Björn E. Berglund and Prof. Per Sandgren
 Thesis: The Littorina transgression in southeastern Sweden and its relation to midHolocene climate variability
1994 – 1997:
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nanjing University
 M. Sc., Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology, received in July 1997
 Supervisor: Prof. Cheng Zhu
 Thesis: Quantitative reconstruction of postglacial environment changes in the East
Asia monsoonal domain
1989 – 1993:
Department of Marine Geology, Ocean University of Qingdao
B. Sc., Physical Geography, received in July 1993
Work experiences
1999 – present: Department of Geology, Lund University
Research Assistant
Marital status: married, a daughter
Country of nationality: P. R. China
Date of birth: 02 November, 1969
Place of birth: Jiaozhou, Shandong Province, P. R. China
1994 – 1997:
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nanjing University
Research Assistant
1993 – 1994:
Bureau of Civil Affairs of Jiaozhou, Qingdao
Secretary
Research interests
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Palaeoclimate dynamics and nearshore paleoceanography
Sea-level changes and shoreline displacement
Terrestrial palaeoecology and palaeohydrography
Neolithic geo-archaeology and human impact
Lab skills
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Quaternary palynology (pollen/spore and organic-walled dinoflagellates)
Plant macrofossil analyses
Foraminifera analyses
Mineral magnetism and geochemistry
Diatom analyses
Computer programming (C/C++, Matlab)
Field experiences
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Field work in the Three Gorges of Yangtze River, China. The summer of 1995
Excursion on Holocene shoreline displacement in Southeast Sweden. July 28–
30, 2002.
Excursion on Holocene evolution of the southwestern Baltic coast, North
Germany. September 22–27, 2002.
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Presentations
Publications
Lake coring in the Leningrad area, NW Russia. April 1–3, 2001.
Excursion on the Eemian and Weichselian strata along the coast of West
Denmark. Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2000.
Cruise and coring on the Baltic Sea. May, 2000
Excursion on the Eemian, Weichselian and Holocene marine strata along the
North Jutland coast, Denmark. 28 April – 1 May, 2003
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Yu, S., 2001: The Littorina transgression and the role of the ocean, the
atmosphere and the sun. Poster presentation at the "Baltic Sea Congress".
Nov. 25-29, 2001, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Yu, S., 2001: The Littorina transgression in Blekinge, SE Sweden. Poster
presentation at the workshop "Climate and Environment during the last
Deglaciation and Holocene in NW Russia and around the Baltic". March 25-29,
2001, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Yu, S., 2002: The Littorina transgression and the role of the ocean, the
atmosphere and the sun. Presented at the ALDP workshop: "Environment and
Civilization". February 25-29, 2002, Kunming, China. (Invited).
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Berglund, B.E. and Yu, S., 2002: The multi-transgressional Littorina Sea in
Blekinge, SE Sweden, based on fjord and beach stratigraphy. Presented at the
INQUA Subcommission on Sea-level Changes and Coastal Evolution, W
Europe. Sept. 22-27, 2002, Greifswald, Germany.
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Yu, S., 2004: On the correlation of multiple stratigraphical sequences.
Presented at the 2nd HOLIVAR workshop. Feb. 4-6, 2004, Bremen, Germany.
1. Yu, S.-Y., Zhu, C., Song, J., and Qu, W. (2000). Role of climate in the rise and
fall of Neolithic cultures on the Yangtze Delta. Boreas 29: 157–169.
2. Yu, S.-Y., Zhu, C., and Wang, F. (2003). Radiocarbon constraints on the
Holocene flooding deposits in the Ning-Zhen Mountains, lower Yangtze River
area of China. Journal of Quaternary Science 18: 521–525.
3. Yu, S.-Y., Andrén, E., Barnelov, L., Berglund, B.E., and Sandgren, P. (2003).
Holocene palaeoecology and shoreline displacement on the Biskopsmåla
peninsula, southeastern Sweden. Boreas 32: 578–589.
4. Yu, S.-Y. (2003). Centennial-scale cycles in mid-Holocene sea level along the
southeastern Swedish Baltic coast. Geological Society of America Bulletin
115: 1404–1409.
5. Yu, S.-Y., Berglund, B.E., Sandgren, P., and Fritz, S.C. (2005). Holocene
palaeoecology and shoreline displacement along the Blekinge coast, SE
Sweden and implications for climate and sea-level changes. The Holocene 15
(in press).
6. Berglund, B.E., Sandgren, P., Barnekow, L., Hannon, G., Jiang, H., Skog, G.,
and Yu, S.-Y. (2004). Early Holocene history of the Baltic Sea, as reflected in
coastal sediments in Blekinge, southeastern Sweden. Quaternary International 121 (in press).
7. Yu, S.-Y., Berglund, B.E., Andrén, E., and Sandgren, P. (2004). Mid-Holocene
Baltic Sea transgression along the coast of SE Sweden – ancient lagoons
correlated with beach ridges. GFF126 (in press).
Yu, S.-Y. (2003). The Littorina transgression in southeastern Sweden and its relation to
mid-Holocene climate variability. LUNDQUA Thesis 51, Lund University. 82pp.
References
Prof. Björn E. Berglund (doctoral adviser)
Department of Geology/Quaternary Geology
Lund University, Tornavägen 13, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden
Tel: +46 46 222 78 86
Fax: +46 46 222 48 30
E-mail: Bjorn.Berglund@geol.lu.se
Prof. Svante Björck (Head of the department)
Department of Geology/Quaternary Geology
Lund University, Tornavägen 13, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden
Tel: +46 46 222 78 82
Fax: +46 46 222 48 30
E-mail: svante.bjorck@geol.lu.se
Prof. Barbara Wohlfarth
Department of Physical Geography & Quaternary Geology
Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 16 48 83
Fax: +46 8 674 78 95
E-mail: Barbara.wohlfarth@geo.su.se
Prof. Sherilyn C. Fritz
Department of Geosciences,
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE 68588,
USA
E-mail: sherilyn.fritz@geol.lu.se