主要研究方向：

  石笋古气候，气候突变事件，环境演变与文明变迁

主要担任课程：

  本科生课程：《地球科学概论》《全球环境变化》

主要科研项目：

（1）国家自然科学基金面上基金项目，伊朗石笋记录的全新世突变事件及亚洲中纬度气候变率空间模态探究，2025.01-2028.12，主持，在研

（2）国家自然科学基金青年基金项目，新疆石笋记录的近千年来特征时期内短尺度快速气候变化研究，2020.01-2022.12，主持，结题

（3）中国博士后科学基金第14批特别资助（站中），基于洞穴石笋钙同位素的新疆天山地区小冰期以来降水变率半定量估算，2021.07-2023.06，主持，结题（4）黄土与第四纪地质国家重点实验室开放基金，新疆石笋多指标记录的13~14世纪气候水文异常及其与社会变迁的联系，2024.01-2025.12，主持，在研

（5）西部环境教育部重点实验室开放基金，石笋微量元素记录的MIS5b/5a转型期新疆干旱区水文气候变化，2022.01-2024.10，主持，结题

主要学术论文：

Liu, X., Xu, L., Chen, S., Shang, S., Liu, J., 2025. Spatial difference in variation trends of Chinese cave δ18O over the last 2000 years and its association with the tripole mode of summer rainfall. Journal of Geographical Sciences, in press.

Nan, Q., Chen, S., Liu, X., Ma, S., Sun, Y., Huang, L., Chen, J., Luterbacher, J., Meadows, M.E., Chen, F., 2025. The 4.2 ka event in the Northern Hemisphere: Spatial heterogeneity and driving mechanisms of hydroclimatic change. Earth-Science Reviews 265, 105128.

Shang, S., Ma, N., Zhu, G., Zhang, K., Chen, H., Zhang, Z., Liu, X., Meng, L., Wang, Y., 2025. Global estimation of terrestrial evapotranspiration based on the atmospheric water balance approach. Climate Dynamics, 63: 64.

Wang, Z., Liu, X.*, Xie, H., Chen, S., Chen, J., Wang, H., Ma, M., Chen, F., 2024. Time-transgressive onset of Holocene Climate Optimum in arid central Asia and its association with cultural exchanges. Land, 13(3): 356.

Wang, S., Yang, G., Bershaw, J., Liu, X., Yoshimura, K., Xiao, Y., Zhang, M., 2024. Interannual variations in stable isotopes of atmospheric water in arid Central Asia due to changes in atmospheric circulation. Global and Planetary Change, 234, 104367.

Liu, X.*, Chen, J., Chen, S., Wang, H., Huang, W., Feng, S., Chen, F., 2023. Abrupt climate change in arid central Asia during the Holocene: A review. Earth-Science Reviews, 242, 104450.

Chen, S., Chen, J., Lv, F., Liu, X., Huang, W., Wang, T., Liu, J., Hou, J., Chen, F., 2022. Holocene moisture variations in arid Central Asia: Reassessment and reconciliation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 297, 107821.

Zhang, Z., Liu, J., Chen, J., Chen, S., Shen, Z., Chen, J., Liu, X., Wu, D., Sheng, Y., Chen, F., 2021. Holocene climatic optimum in the East Asian monsoon region of China defined by climatic stability. Earth-Science Reviews, 212, 103450.

Liu, X., Liu, J., Chen, S., Chen, J., Zhang, X., Yan, J., Chen, F., 2020. New insights on Chinese cave δ18O records and their paleoclimatic significance. Earth-Science Reviews, 207, 103216.

Liu, X., Liu, J., Shen, C.-C., Yang, Y., Chen, J., Chen, S., Wang, X., Wu, C.-C., Chen, F., 2020. Inconsistency between records of δ18O and trace element ratios from stalagmites: Evidence for increasing mid-late Holocene moisture in arid central Asia. The Holocene, 30(3): 369-379.

张旭, 刘小康, 张炜晨. 2021. 冰期气候突变的高低纬同步性. 科学通报, 65(34): 3853-3855.

Li, Y., Rao, Z., Xu, Q., Zhang, S., Liu, X., Wang, Z., Cheng, H., Edwards, R. L., Chen, F., 2020. Inter-relationship and environmental significance of stalagmite δ13C and δ18O records from Zhenzhu Cave, north China, over the last 130 ka. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 536, 116149.

Liu, X., Rao, Z., Shen, C.-C., Liu, J., Chen, J., Chen, S., Wang, X., Chen, F., 2019. Holocene solar activity imprint on centennial- to multidecadal-scale hydroclimatic oscillations in arid central Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124 (5): 2562-2573.

Li, Y., Zhang, S., Liu, X., Gao, Y., Rao, Z., 2019. Variations of the stable isotopic composition of precipitation and cave drip water at Zhenzhu cave, north China: a two-year monitoring study. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 81: 123-135.

Zhang, Z., Liu, J., Liu, X., Chen, S., Yu, A., Zhang, X., Chen, J., Shen, Z., Chen, J., Zhang, S., Xia, H., Chen, F., 2019. Seasonal variations in the lake-water oxygen isotope composition of four lakes in the East Asian summer monsoon region: Implications for the interpretation of paleo-isotope records. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 44(4): 572-588.

Chiang, H.-W., Lu, Y., Wang, X., Lin, K., Liu, X., 2018. Optimizing MC-ICP-MS with SEM protocols for determination of U and Th isotope ratios and 230Th ages in carbonates. Quaternary Geochronology, 50: 75-90.

Liu, X., Chiang, H.-W., Rigaud, S., Leclerc, F., Herdhiyanti, T., Johnny, J., Djamil, Y.S., Meilano, I., Bijaksana, S., Abidin, H.Z., Tapponnier, P., Wang, X., 2016. U/Th dating of uplifted coral terraces in Sumba Island (Indonesia). Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 1862.

Liu, X., Rao, Z., Zhang, X., Huang, W., Chen, J., Chen, F., 2015. Variations in the oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation in the Tianshan Mountains region and their significance for the Westerly circulation. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 25(7): 801-816.（中英文同时发表）

刘小康, 饶志国, 张肖剑, 黄伟, 陈建徽, 陈发虎. 2015. 天山地区大气降水氧同位素的影响因素及其对西风环流变化的指示意义. 地理学报, 70: 97-109.（中英文同时发表）

Rao, Z., Liu, X., Hua, H., Gao, Y., Chen, F., 2015. Evolving history of the East Asian summer monsoon intensity during the MIS5: inconsistent records from Chinese stalagmites and loess deposits. Environmental Earth Sciences, 73(7): 3937-3950.

李云霞, 饶志国, 刘小康, 金明, 陈发虎. 2015. 我国和印度8个典型站点大气降水氧同位素与降水量的关系. 科学通报, 60: 741-743.

Rao, Z., Guo, W., Xie, L., Huang, C., Liu, X., Hua, H., Chen, F., 2015. High resolution δ13CTOC and magnetic susceptibility data from the late Early Pleistocene southern margins of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Organic Geochemistry, 87: 78-85.

Li, G., Jin, M., Chen, X., Wen, L., Zhang, J., Madsen, D., Zhao, H., Wang, X., Fan, T., Duan, Y., Liu, X., Wu, D., Li, F., Chen, F., 2015. Environmental changes in the Ulan Buh Desert, southern Inner Mongolia, China since the middle Pleistocene based on sedimentology, chronology and proxy indexes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 128: 69-80.

Li, G., Jin, M., Wen, L., Zhao, H., Madsen, D., Liu, X., Wu, D., Chen, F., 2014. Quartz and K-feldspar optical dating chronology of eolian sand and lacustrine sequence from the southern Ulan Buh Desert, NW China: Implications for reconstructing late Pleistocene environmental evolution. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 393: 111-121.

Chen, F., Li, G., Zhao, H., Jin, M., Chen, X., Fan, Y., Liu, X., Wu, D., Madsen, D., 2014. Landscape evolution of the Ulan Buh Desert in northern China during the late Quaternary. Quaternary Research, 3: 476-487.

饶志国, 张晓, 薛骞, 许元斌, 刘小康. 2012. 西峰红粘土/黄土剖面有机碳同位素研究的初步结果. 第四纪研究, 32(4): 825-827.