Research Interests

·     Development and application of the denudation proxy 10Be (meteoric)/9Be ratio in Earth surface processes

·     Denudation processes and sediment source-to-sink processes in small mountainous rivers of Taiwan Island

·     Application of Be isotopes in land-sea boundaries: implication for beryllium cycling in the marginal seas (to be done).

Publications

·  Deng K., Yang S.Y., Bi L. et al., 2019. Small dynamic mountainous rivers in Taiwan exhibit large sedimentary geochemical and provenance heterogeneity over multi-spatial scales. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 505: 96-109.

·  Deng K. and Yang S.Y., 2017. Test the topographic steady state in an active mountain belt. Acta Geochimica, 36(3): 511-514.

·     Deng K., Yang S.Y., Bi L., 2017. Reply to comment by Yonghang Xu on “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, 168: 235-239.

·  Deng K., Yang S.Y., Li C. et al., 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 (invited review).

·    Deng K., Yang S.Y., Lian E.G. et al., 2016. Three Gorges Dam alters the Changjiang (Yangtze) river water cycle in the dry seasons: evidence from H-O isotopes. Science of the Total Environment, 562: 89-97.

·   Li C., Yang S.Y., Lian E.G., Yang C.F., Deng K., Liu Z.F., 2016. Damming effect on the Changjiang (Yangtze River) river water cycle based on stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopic records. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 165: 125-133.

·    Deng K., Yang S.Y., Huang X.T. et al., 2018. The comparison of detrital zircon geochronology between mountainous rivers and its implications for marine sediment provenance in Eastern China. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 38 (1): 178-186. (in Chinese with English abstract)

·    Deng K., Yang S.Y., Wang Z.B. et al., 2016. Detrital heavy mineral assemblages in the river sediments from Taiwan and its implications for sediment provenance. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 34 (3): 531-542. (in Chinese with English abstract)