| Basic characteristics of active tectonics of China Q Deng, P Zhang, Y Ran, X Yang, W Min, Q Chu Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 46 (4), 356-372, 2003 | 579 | 2003 |
| Quaternary environmental changes in the drylands of China–a critical review X Yang, L Scuderi, P Paillou, Z Liu, H Li, X Ren Quaternary Science Reviews 30 (23-24), 3219-3233, 2011 | 254 | 2011 |
| Recharge to the inter-dune lakes and Holocene climatic changes in the Badain Jaran Desert, western China X Yang, N Ma, J Dong, B Zhu, B Xu, Z Ma, J Liu Quaternary Research 73 (1), 10-19, 2010 | 199 | 2010 |
| The evolution of dry lands in northern China and in the Republic of Mongolia since the Last Glacial Maximum X Yang, KT Rost, F Lehmkuhl, Z Zhenda, J Dodson Quaternary international 118, 69-85, 2004 | 188 | 2004 |
| Hydrological and climatic changes in deserts of China since the late Pleistocene X Yang, LA Scuderi Quaternary Research 73 (1), 1-9, 2010 | 182 | 2010 |
| The ion chemistry of lakes and late Holocene desiccation in the Badain Jaran Desert, Inner Mongolia, China X Yang, MAJ Williams Catena 51 (1), 45-60, 2003 | 164 | 2003 |
| Map of active tectonics in China QD Deng, Y Ran, X Yang, W Min, Q Chu Seismol. Press, Beijing, 2, 2007 | 160 | 2007 |
| Evolution of megadunes and lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert, Inner Mongolia, China during the last 31,000 years X Yang, T Liu, H Xiao Quaternary International 104 (1), 99-112, 2003 | 153 | 2003 |
| Rare earth elements of aeolian deposits in Northern China and their implications for determining the provenance of dust storms in Beijing X Yang, Y Liu, C Li, Y Song, H Zhu, X Jin Geomorphology 87 (4), 365-377, 2007 | 149 | 2007 |
| Provenance of aeolian sediment in the Taklamakan Desert of western China, inferred from REE and major-elemental data X Yang, B Zhu, PD White Quaternary International 175 (1), 71-85, 2007 | 146 | 2007 |
| Groundwater sapping as the cause of irreversible desertification of Hunshandake Sandy Lands, Inner Mongolia, northern China X Yang, LA Scuderi, X Wang, LJ Scuderi, D Zhang, H Li, S Forman, Q Xu, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (3), 702-706, 2015 | 124 | 2015 |
| Late Quaternary palaeoenvironment change and landscape evolution along the Keriya River, Xinjiang, China: the relationship between high mountain glaciation and landscape … X Yang, Z Zhu, D Jaekel, LA Owen, J Han Quaternary International 97, 155-166, 2002 | 123 | 2002 |
| Active tectonics of the Tian Shan mountains QD Deng, XY Feng, PZ Zhang, XW Xu, XP Yang, SZ Peng, J Li Seismology Press, Beijing, 2000 | 115 | 2000 |
| Late Quaternary environmental changes in the Taklamakan Desert, western China, inferred from OSL-dated lacustrine and aeolian deposits X Yang, F Preusser, U Radtke Quaternary Science Reviews 25 (9-10), 923-932, 2006 | 110 | 2006 |
| Geochemical and geomorphological evidence for the provenance of aeolian deposits in the Badain Jaran Desert, northwestern China F Hu, X Yang Quaternary Science Reviews 131, 179-192, 2016 | 100 | 2016 |
| Processes and mechanisms of desertification in northern China during the last 30 years, with a special reference to the Hunshandake Sandy Land, eastern Inner Mongolia X Yang, Z Ding, X Fan, Z Zhou, N Ma Catena 71 (1), 2-12, 2007 | 92 | 2007 |
| Initiation and variation of the dune fields in semi-arid China–with a special reference to the Hunshandake Sandy Land, Inner Mongolia X Yang, X Wang, Z Liu, H Li, X Ren, D Zhang, Z Ma, P Rioual, X Jin, ... Quaternary Science Reviews 78, 369-380, 2013 | 89 | 2013 |
| Large-scale controls on the development of sand seas in northern China X Yang, H Li, A Conacher Quaternary International 250, 74-83, 2012 | 88 | 2012 |
| Formation of the highest sand dunes on Earth X Yang, L Scuderi, T Liu, P Paillou, H Li, J Dong, B Zhu, W Jiang, ... Geomorphology 135 (1-2), 108-116, 2011 | 87 | 2011 |
| Hydrogeochemistry of three watersheds (the Erlqis, Zhungarer and Yili) in northern Xinjiang, NW China B Zhu, X Yang, P Rioual, X Qin, Z Liu, H Xiong, J Yu Applied Geochemistry 26 (8), 1535-1548, 2011 | 82 | 2011 |
