Research Interests

·   Marine Geology

·   Marine Micropaleontology 

Projects

·   Eocene-Oligocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments in the South China Sea (Grant number: 4187060370), 2019.1-2022.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China;

·   Reconstructing Miocene atmospheric CO2 concentrations based on alkenone of sedimens from the South China Sea (Grant number: 4193000260), 2020.1-2024.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China;

·   Paleoceanography and source rocks in the deep-sea region of the South China Sea (Grant number: 2016ZX05026007-003),2016.1-2020.6, National Science and Technology Major Project.

Publications

·   Ma, R., Yang, H., Jin, X., Zhao, Z., Zhang., G., Liu., C*. 2020. Calcareous nannofossil changes in the Early Oligocene linked to nutrient and atmospheric CO2. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 39(10):70-80.

·   Ma, R., Liu, C.*, Li, Q., Jin, X. 2019. Calcareous nannofossil changes in response to the spreading of the South China Sea basin during Eocene-Oligocene. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 184.

·   Ma, R., Liu, C.*. 2020. Paleoceanographic patterns of marine source rocks and its indicating significance to the northern South China Sea [J]. Marine Geology Frontiers, 36(8):11-18. (In Chinese with English abstract).

·   Ma, R., Xu, Q. *, Chu, Z. 2017. The Late Quaternary Stratigraphic Sequence and Holocene Deposit Unit of GJ1 Borehole in the Huanghe (Yellow River) Delta. Periodical of Ocean University of China. 47(12):13 (In Chinese with English abstract).