Publications (# refers to student and postdoc in Chang's research group):
84. Chang, S., Shi, W., Wang, Y., and Wang F., 2025. Argon-based geochronology: Advances, limitations, and perspectives. National Science Review, nwaf277.
83. Zhang, L, Song, S., Ji, S., Chang, S., Ramezani, J., Gao, F., Wang, B., Zhang, H., and Zheng, D., 2025. Hig-precision age constraint for the Xiyingzi Bed of the Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning, Northeast China. Palaeoworld 34, 100901.
82. Wu M., Wang, J., Shyu, J.B.H., Chang, S., and Song, C., 2025. Estimating earthquake magnitudes induced by active faults: Bayesian approach. Geoscience Letters 12, 11.
81. Chang, S., Chu, M., Chen, W., Cox, S. E., and Hemming, S. R., 2024. Novel age constraints on offshore islets around Taiwan with implications for the northern Taiwan volcanic zone. Quaternary Geochronology 85, 101636.
80. Liu, Z., Wong, L.N.Y. and Chang, S., 2024. Experimental investigation of major rocks in Hong Kong as potential sensible thermal energy storage medium. Engineering Geology, 107763.
79. Chang, S., Chu, M., Wang, J., Lai, Y., Song, S., Hemming, S., Ng, S.#, and Chow, T.#, 2024. Volcanic activity around Taipei, Taiwan: new data and perspectives on the Tatun Volcano Group. Geoscience Letters 11, 42.
78. Chang, S., Pei, R., Wang, J., and Zheng, D., 2024. A method and application for the integration of geology, geochronology, and paleontology: Case studies for important Mesozoic evolutionary events in East Asia. In Methods and Applications of Geochronology ( 445-477). Elsevier.
77. Zheng, D., Chang, S., Ramezani, J., Xu, X., Xu, H., Wang, H., Pei, R., Fang, Y., Wang, J., Wang, B., and Zhang, H., 2024. Calibrating the Early Cretaceous Urho Pterosaur Fauna in Junggar Basin and implications for the evolution of the Jehol Biota. GSA Bulletin 136, 765-773.
76. Li, Y.#, Chang, S., Zhang, H., Wang, J., Pei, R., Zheng, D., Fang, Y., and Hemming, S. R., 2023. A chronostratigraphic and biostratigraphic framework for the Yanliao Biota of northeastern China: implications for the Jurassic terrestrial ecosystems and evolution. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 630, 111818.
75. Li, Y.#, Zheng, D., Li, X., Teng, X., Zhang, Q., Wang, H., Lee, H., Wang, B., and Chang, S., 2023. New age constraints on the Lower Cretaceous Jiufengshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China and their implications for the spatiotemporal development of the Jehol Biota. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 629, 111787.
74. Chang, S., Li, Y.#, and Zheng, D., 2023. Dating Amver: Review and Perspective. Minerals 13, 948.
73. Li, Y.#, Zheng, D., Sha, J., Denyszyn, S., and Chang, S., 2023. Lower Cretaceous Hailar amber: the oldest-known amber from China. Cretaceous Research 145, 105472.
72. Wang, J., Sung, C., and Chang, S., 2022. Bayesian seismic hazard analysis. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 81, 265.
71. Li, Y.#, Frese, M., Chen, J., Beattie, R., and Chang, S., 2022. The first protopsyllidiid (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) from the Upper Jurassic of Australia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Paleontology 46, 94-104.
70. Wang, J., Yuan, Y., Zhang, D., and Chang, S., 2022. Detrital zircon geochronology of Late Cretaceous successions in the Ganzhou basin, South China: Evidence of a major tectonic transition. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 521, 225-236.
69. Wang, J., Zhou, C., Jourdan, F., and Chang, S., 2022. Jehol fossils from the Jiaolai Basin of Shandong, North China: review and new perspectives. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 521, 209-223.
68. Chang, S., and Zheng, D., 2022. Mesozoic biological events and ecosystems in East Asia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 521, 1-8.
67. Zhang, L., Zheng, D.#, Chang, S., Fang, Y., Li, Y.#, Wang, B., and Zhang, H., 2022. New age constraints on the early Jehol Biota of Luanping, northeastern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 585, 110748.
66. Zheng, D.#, Wang, H., Li, S., Wang, B., Jarzembowski, E. A., Dong, C., Fang, Y., Teng, X., Yu, T., Yang, L., Li, Y.#, Zhao, X., Xue, N., Chang, S., and Zhang, H., 2021. Synthesis of a chrono- and biostratigraphical framework for the Lower Cretaceous of Jiuquan, NW China: implications for major evolutionary events. Earth-Science Reviews 213, 103474.
65. Zheng, D.#, Chang, S., Algeo, T., Zhang, H., Wang, B., Wang, H., Wang, J.#, Feng, C.#, and Xu. H., 2020. Age constraint for an early Famennian forest and its implications for Frasnian-Famennian boundary in West Junggar, Northwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 552, 109749.
64. Wang, J.#, Norell, M. A., Pei, R.#, Ye, Y., and Chang, S., 2019. Surprisingly young age for the mamenchisaurid sauropods in South China. Cretaceous Research 104, 104176.
63. Zheng, D.#, Nel, A., Zhang, H., Chang, S., Jarzembowski, E. A., Zhou, D., and Wang, B., 2019. A highly diverse coenagrionoid damselfly group (Odonata: Zygoptera: Burmacoenagrionidae fam. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Systematic palaeontology 17, 239-253.
62. Zheng, D.#, Wang, B., Nel, A., Jarzembowski, E. A., Zhang, H., and Chang, S., 2019. Mesostictinae subfam. nov., an archaic group of platystictid damselfies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Systematic palaeontology 17, 1-8.
61. Wang, J.#, Chang, S., Chen, Y., and Yan, S., 2019. Early Cretaceous transpressional and transtensional tectonics straddling the Sulu Orogenic Belt, East China. Geoscience Frontiers 10, 2287-2300.
60. Zheng, D.#, Nel, A., Jarzembowski, E. A., Chang, S., Zhang, H., and Wang, B., 2019. Exceptionally well-preserved dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) in Mexican amber. Alcherigna: An Australian Journal of Palaeontology 43, 157-164.
59. Wang, J. #, Pei, R.#, Chen, J., Zhou, Z., Feng, C.#, and Chang, S., 2019. New age constraints for the Middle Triassic archosaur Lotosaurus: Implications for basal archosaurian appearance and radiation in South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 521, 30-41.
58. Zheng, D.#, Shi, G., Hemming, S. R., Zhang, H., Wang, W., Wang, B., and Chang, S., 2019. Age constraints on a Neogene tropical rainforest in China and its relation to the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 518, 82-88.
57. Zheng, D.#, Nel, A., Chang, S., Jarzembowski, E. A., Zhang, H., and Wan, B., 2018. A well-preserved true dragonfly (Anisoptera: Gomphides: Burmagomphidae fam. nov.) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Systematic palaeontology 16, 881-889.
56. Zheng, D.#, Jiang, T., Nel, A., Jarzembowski, E. A., Chang, S., Zhang, H., and Wang, B., 2018. Paraburmagomphidae fam. nov., a new gomphid dragonfly family (Odonata: Anisoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 92, 214-219.
55. Zheng, D.#, Chang, S., Nel, A., Jarzembowski, E. A., Zhou, D., Zhang, H., and Wang, B., 2018. A new Gondwanan dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripegomphidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 92, 168-173.
54. Zheng, D.#, Chang, S., Wang, H., Fang, Y., Wang, J.#, Feng, C.#, Xie, G., Jarzembowski, E. A., Zhang, H., and Wang, B., 2018. Middle-Late Triassic insect radiation revealed by diverse fossils and isotopic ages from China. Science Advances 4, eaat 1380.
53. Zheng, D.#, Chang, S., Perrichot, V., Dutta, S., Rudra, A., Mu, L., Kelly, R. S., Li, S., Zhang, Q, Zhang, Q., Wong, J., Wang, J.#, Wang, H., Fang, Y., Zhang, H., and Wang, B., 2018. A Late Cretaceous amber biota from central Myanmar. Nature Communications 9, 3170.
52. Feng, C.#, Gao. C., Yin, Q., Jacobsen, B., Renne, P. R., Wang, J.#, and Chang, S., 2018. Tracking physicochemical conditions of evaporite deposition by stable magnesium isotopes: a case study of late Permian langbeinites. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19, 2615-2630.
51. Zheng, D.#, Jarzembowski, E. A., Chang, S., Wang, B., and Zhang, H., 2018. New cymatophlebiid dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous of China and England (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cymatophlebiinae, Valdaeshninae). Cretaceous Research 90, 311-317.
50. Zheng, D.#, Nel, A., Jarzembowski, E. A., Chang, S., Zhou, Z., and Wang, B., 2018. The second mesomegaloprepid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 90, 131-135.
49. Zheng, D.#, Nel, A., Chang, S., Wang, B., and Zhang, H., 2018. A new progobiaeshnid dragonfly (Odonata, Aeshnoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, NE China. Cretaceous Research 90, 1-6.
48. Wang, J.#, Ye, Y., Pei, R.#, Tian, Y., Feng, C.#, Zheng, D.#, and Chang, S., 2018. Age of Jurassic basal sauropods in Sichuan, China: A reappraisal of basal sauropod evolution. GSA Bulletin 130, 1493-1500.
47. Zheng, D.#, Zhang, H., Wang, B., and Chang, S., 2018. A new species of damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Stenophlebiidae: Cretastenophlebia) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Jiuquan Basin, northwestern China. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 107, 185-189.
46. Zheng, D.#, Nel, A., Chang, S., Jarzembowski, E. A., Zhou, D., and Wang, B., 2018. Paracoryphagrionidae fam. nov., a pseudostigmatoid damselfly from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber showing regular series of triangular cells (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionida). Cretaceous Research 81, 93-97.
45. Chang, S., Gao, K., Zhou, C., and Jourdan, F., 2017. New chronostratigraphic constraints on the Yixian Formation with implications for the Jehol Biota. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 487, 399-406.
44. Su, B., Hu, Y., Teng, F., Xiao, Y., Zhou, X., Sun, Y., Zhou, M., and Chang, S., 2017. Magnesium isotope constraints on subduction contribution to Mesozoic and Cenozoic East Asian continental basalts. Chemical Geology 366, 116-122.
43. Zheng, D.#, Dong, C., Wang, H., Ye, Y., Wang, B., Chang, S., and Zhang, H., 2017. The first damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Isophlebioidea: Campterophlebiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Shaanxi Province, northwestern China. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 41, 509-513.
42. Zheng, D.#, Nel, A., Wang, H., Wang, B., Jarzembowski, E. A., Chang, S., and Zhang, H., 2017. The first Late Triassic Chinese triadophlebiomorphan (Insecta: Odonatoptera): biogeographic implications. Scientific Reports 7, 1476.
41. Zheng, D.#, Chang, S., Nel, A., Jarzembowski, E. A., Zhuo, D., and Wang, B., 2017. Electrodysagrion lini gen. et sp. nov., the oldest Dysagrionini (Odonata: Zygoptera: Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 77, 44-48.
40. Zheng, D.#, Chang, S., Wang, B., and Zhang, H., 2017. New Early Cretaceous dragonfly Sinojagoria magna Li et al., 2012 (Odonata, Gomphaeschnidae) emending the Chinese tribe Sinojagorini. Cretaceous Research 74, 192-197.
39. Zheng, D.#, Chang, S., Jarzembowski, E., and Wang. B., 2017. The first aeshnoid dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Telephlebiidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 72, 105-109.
38. Ng, W. P. S.#, Whitehouse M. J., Tam, T. P. Y., Jayasingha, P., Wong, J. P. M., Denyszyn, S. W., Yiu, J. S. Y.#, and Chang, S., 2017. Ca. 820-640 Ma SIMS U-Pb age signal in the peripheral Vijayan Complex, Sri Lanka: Identifying magmatic pulses in the assembly of Gondwana. Precambrian Research 294, 244-256
37. Zheng, D.#, Nel, A., Jarzembowski, E., Chang, S., Zhang, H., Xia, F., Liu, H., and Wang, B., 2017. Extreme adaptations for probable visual courtship behaviour in a Cretaceous dancing damselfly. Scientific Reports 7, 44932.
36. Zheng, D.#, Wang, B., and Chang, S., 2017. Palaeodisparoneura cretacica sp. nov., a new damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Comptes Rendus Palevol 16 (3), 235-240.
35. Chang, S., Dassanayake, S.#, and Wang, J.#, 2017. Preliminary analysis of detrital zircon U-Pb ages from the fossil-rich Tabbowa beds, Sri Lanka. Palaeoworld 26 (2), 396-402.
34. Ng, W. P. S.#, Whitehouse, M. J., Roselee, M. H., Teschner, C., Murtadha, S., Oliver, G. J. H., Ghani, A. A., and Chang, S., 2017. Late Triassic granites from Bangka, Indonesia: A continuation of the Main Range granite provide of the South-East Asia Tin Belt. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 138, 548-561.
33. Deng, K., Yang, S., Li, C., Su, N., Bi, L., Chang, Y., and Chang, S., 2017. Detrital zircon geochronology of river sands from Taiwan: Implications for sedimentary provenance of Taiwan and its source link with the east China mainland. Earth-Science Reviews 164, 31-47.
32. Zheng, D.#, Nel., A., Wang, B., Jarzembowski, E., Chang, S., and Zhang, H., 2017. The first Triassic “Protodonatan” (Zygophlebiidae) from China: stratigraphical implications. Geological Magazine 154 (1), 169-174.
31. Zheng, D.# , Zhang, Q., Nel, A., Jarzembowski, E., Zhou, Z., Chang, S., and Wang, B., 2017. New damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae, Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 41 (1), 12-21.
30. Zheng, D.#, Jarzembowski, E., Chang, S. and Wang. B., 2016. A new true dragonfly (Odonata, Anisoptera, Gomphaeschnaoidini) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 127 (5), 629-632.
29. Wang, J.#, Chang, S., Lin, P., Zhu, X., Fu, Y., and Zhang, H., 2016. Evidence of Early Cretaceous transpression in the Sulu orogenic belt, eastern China. Tectonophysics 687, 44-55.
28. Zheng, D.#, Wang, B., Jarzembowski, E., Chang, S., and Nel, A., 2016. Burmadysagrioninae, a new subfamily (Odonata: Zygoptera: Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 67, 126-132.
27. Zheng, D.#, Wang, H., Jarzembowski, E., Wang, B., Chang, S., and Zhang, H., 2016. New data on Early Cretaceous odonatans (Stenophlebiidae, Aeschnidiidae) from northern China. Cretaceous Research 67, 59-65.
26. Zheng, D. #, Nel, A., Wang, B., Jarzembowski, E., Chang, S., and Zhang, H., 2016. A new damsel-dragonfly from the Lower Jurassic of northwestern China and its palaeobiogeography significance. Journal of Palaeontology 90 (3), 485-490
25. Zheng, D.#, Xu, H., Wang, J.#, Feng, C.#, Zhang, H., and Chang, S., 2016. Geochronologic age constraints on the Middle Devonian Hujiersite Flora of Xinjiang, NW China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 463, 230-237.
24. Zheng, D.# , Wang, B., Jarzembowski, E., Chang, S., and Nel, A., 2016. The first fossil Perilestidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 65, 199-205.
23. Zheng, D.# , Zhang, Q., Chang, S., and Wang, B., 2016. A new damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 63, 142-147.
22. Zheng, D.# , Nel, A., Wang, B., Jarzembowski, A., Chang, S., and Zhang, H., 2016. The first Early Cretaceous damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Stenophlebiidae: Stenophlebia) from western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 61, 124-128.
21. Zheng, D.#, Nel, A., Wang, B., Jarzembowski, A., Chang, S., and Zhang, H., 2016. The discovery of the hindwing of the Early Cretaceous dragonfly Sinaktassia tangi Lin, Nel & Huang, 2010 (Odonata, Aktassiidae) in northeastern China. Cretaceous Research 61, 86-90.
20. Li, S., Zheng, D.#, Zhang, Q., Liao, H., Wang, B., Wang, J.#, Lu, H., Chang, S., and Zhang, H., 2016. Discovery of the Jehol Biota from the Celaomiao region and discussion of the Lower Cretaceous of the Bayingebi Basin, northwestern China. Palaeoworld 25 (1), 76-83.
19. Wang, J., Chang, S., and Xu, Y., 2016. Best-estimate return period of the Sanchiao earthquake in Taipei: a Bayesian approach. Natural Hazards Review ASCE 17, 06015001.
18. Wang, J.#, Chang, S., Lu, H., and Zhang, H., 2016. Detrital zircon provenance of the Wangshi and Laiyang groups of the Jiaolai basin: evidence for Early Cretaceous uplift of the Sulu orogen, Eastern China. International Geology Review 58 (6), 719-736.
17. Wang, J.#, Chang, S., Wang, K., Lu, H., and Zhang, H., 2015. Geochronology and geochemistry of Early Cretaceous igneous units from the central Sulu orogenic belt: evidence for crustal delamination during a shift in the regional tectonic regime. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 112, 49-59.
16. Wang, J., Chang, S., Wu, Y., and Xu, Y., 2015. Bayesian analysis on earthquake magnitude related to an active fault in Taiwan. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 75, 18-26.
15. Wang, J., and Chang, S., 2015. Evidence in support of seismic hazard following Poisson distribution. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 424, 207-216.
14. Wang, J.#, Chang, S., Lu, H., and Zhang, H., 2014. Detrital zircon U-Pb age constraints on Cretaceous sedimentary rocks of Lingshan Island and implications for tectonic evolution of Eastern Shandong, North China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 96, 27-45.
13. Wang, J., Xu, Y. and Chang, S., 2014. A new procedure modeling the probability distribution of earthquake size. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 413, 385-393.
12. Chang, S., Hemming, S., Gao, K. and Zhou, C., 2014. 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on Cretaceous fossil-bearing formations near the China-North Korea border. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 396, 93-98.
11. Chang, S., Zhang, H., Hemming, S., Mesko, G. and Fang, F. 2014. 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Haifanggou and Lanqi Formations: When did the first flowers bloom? The Geological Society, London, Special Publications 378 (1), 277-284.
10. Wang, J., Wu, Y., Huang, D. and Chang, S., 2014. A new procedure to best-fit earthquake magnitude probability distributions: Including an example for Taiwan. Natural Hazards 71 (1), 837-850.
9. Wang, J., Huang, D., Chang, S., and Wu. Y., 2014. New evidence and perspective to the Poisson process and earthquake temporal distribution from 55,000 events around Taiwan since 1900. Natural Hazards Review ASCE 15 (1), 38-47.
8. Wang, J., Huang, D., Chang, S., and Brant, L., 2013. On-site earthquake early warning with multiple regression analysis: featuring two user-friendly applications for Excel. Computers and Geosciences 58, 1-7.
7. Wang, J., Huang, D. and Chang, S., 2013. Assessment of seismic hazard associated with the Meishan fault in Central Taiwan. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 72 (2), 249-256.
6. Shimabukuro, D., Wakabayashi, J., Alvarez, W. and Chang, S., 2012. Rock record of cold subduction initiation beneath a continental margin, Calabria, southern Italy. Lithosphere 4 (6), 524-532.
5. Wang, J., Chang, S., Wu, Y. and Xu, Y. 2012. PGA distributions and seismic hazard evaluations in three cities in Taiwan. Natural Hazards 64 (2), 1373-1390.
4. Chang, S., Zhang, H., Hemming, S., Mesko, G. and Fang,Y. 2012. Chronological evidence for extension of the Jehol Biota into Southern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 344-345, 1-5.
3. Chang, S., Zhang, H., Renne, P. R. and Fang, Y., 2009. High-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for the Jehol Biota. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 280 (1), 94-104.
2. Chang, S., Zhang, H., Renne, P. R. and Fang, Y., 2009. High-precision 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the basal Lanqi Formation and its implications for the origin of angiosperm plants. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 279 (3), 212-221.
1. Lo, C., Chang, S., Chen, W. and Song, S., 2002. Cold basin in coastal range, eastern Taiwan: inferred from argon retention in zeolite altered glass during burial heating. Western Pacific Earth Sciences 2 (2), 221-236.