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Dewen Zheng is affiliated with the China Earthquake Administration in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on geophysics, atmospheric science, geology, paleontology, and ocean engineering. Their body of work encompasses 108 published studies primarily centered on geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as high-pressure geophysics and materials.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Frequent publication venues for Dewen Zheng's work include the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Geophysical Research Letters, Global and Planetary Change, Tectonics, and Science China Earth Sciences.

  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Tectonics
  • Science China Earth Sciences

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Yizhou Wang
  • Jianzhang Pang
  • Huiping Zhang
  • Jingxing Yu
  • Chaopeng Li

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Dewen Zheng include:

  • Pulsed rise and growth of the Tibetan Plateau to its northern margin since ca. 30 Ma, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cenozoic Exhumation of the Qilian Shan in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence From Low-Temperature Thermochronology, 2020, Tectonics
  • Late Oligocene Tectonic Uplift of the East Kunlun Shan: Expansion of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Cenozoic mountain building in eastern China and its correlation with reorganization of the Asian climate regime, 2022, Geology
  • Numerical simulation-based correction of relative permeability hysteresis in water-invaded underground gas storage during multi-cycle injection and production, 2021, Petroleum Exploration and Development

Best Publications

  • Early Cenozoic faulting of the northern Tibetan Plateau margin from apatite (U–Th)/He ages

    Marin K. Clark;Kenneth A. Farley;Dewen Zheng;Zhicai Wang

  • Rapid exhumation at ~ 8 Ma on the Liupan Shan thrust fault from apatite fission-track thermochronology: Implications for growth of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau margin

    Dewen Zheng;Pei-Zhen Zhang;Jinlin Wan;Daoyang Yuan

  • The growth of northeastern Tibet and its relevance to large‐scale continental geodynamics: A review of recent studies

    Dao Yang Yuan;Wei Peng Ge;Zhen Wei Chen;Chuan You Li

  • Erosion, fault initiation and topographic growth of the North Qilian Shan (northern Tibetan Plateau)

    Dewen Zheng;Marin K. Clark;Peizhen Zhang;Wenjun Zheng

  • Transformation of displacement between strike-slip and crustal shortening in the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from decadal GPS measurements and late Quaternary slip rates on faults

    Wen-jun Zheng;Pei-zhen Zhang;Wen-gui He;Dao-yang Yuan

  • Middle Miocene reorganization of deformation along the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Richard O. Lease;Douglas W. Burbank;Marin K. Clark;Kenneth A. Farley

  • Expansion of the Tibetan Plateau during the Neogene

    Weitao Wang;Wenjun Zheng;Peizhen Zhang;Qiang Li

  • Eocene onset and late Miocene acceleration of Cenozoic intracontinental extension in the North Qinling range–Weihe graben: Insights from apatite fission track thermochronology

    Jianhui Liu;Peizhen Zhang;Richard O. Lease;Dewen Zheng

  • A revised chronology for Tertiary sedimentation in the Sikouzi basin: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the northeastern corner of the Tibetan Plateau

    Wei-tao Wang;Pei-Zhen Zhang;Eric Kirby;Li-Hua Wang

  • Progressive northward growth of the northern Qilian Shan-Hexi Corridor (northeastern Tibet) during the Cenozoic

    Dewen Zheng;Weitao Wang;Jinglin Wan;Daoyang Yuan

  • Multiple episodes of fast exhumation since Cretaceous in southeast Tibet, revealed by low-temperature thermochronology

    Jing Liu-Zeng;Jinyu Zhang;Devin McPhillips;Peter Reiners

  • The Cenozoic growth of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: A sedimentary archive from the Jiuxi Basin

    Weitao Wang;Peizhen Zhang;Jianzhang Pang;Carmala Garzione

  • Pulsed rise and growth of the Tibetan Plateau to its northern margin since ca. 30 Ma

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  • Geochemistry and SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of the Korla mafic dykes: Constrains on the Neoproterozoic continental breakup in the Tarim Block, northwest China

    Wenbin Zhu;Bihai Zheng;Liangshu Shu;Dongsheng Ma

  • Magnetostratigraphy of the Neogene Chaka basin and its implications for mountain building processes in the north‐eastern Tibetan Plateau

    Hui-Ping Zhang;William H. Craddock;Richard O. Lease;Wei-tao Wang

  • Onset timing of significant unroofing around Qaidam basin, northern Tibet, China: constraints from 40Ar/39Ar and FT thermochronology on granitoids

    Fei Wang;Ching Hua Lo;Qi Li;Meng Wan Yeh

  • Neogene Expansion of the Qilian Shan, North Tibet: Implications for the Dynamic Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

    Jianzhang Pang;Jingxing Yu;Jingxing Yu;Dewen Zheng;Dewen Zheng;Weitao Wang;Weitao Wang

  • Late Cenozoic to recent transtensional deformation across the Southern part of the Gaoligong shear zone between the Indian plate and SE margin of the Tibetan plateau and its tectonic origin

    Gang Wang;Gang Wang;Jinlin Wan;Erchie Wang;Dewen Zheng

  • Mid-Miocene uplift of the northern Qilian Shan as a result of the northward growth of the northern Tibetan Plateau

    Jingxing Yu;Jingxing Yu;Jianzhang Pang;Yizhou Wang;Dewen Zheng;Dewen Zheng

  • Initiation of slip along the Xianshuihe fault zone, eastern Tibet, constrained by K/Ar and fission-track ages

    Shifeng Wang;Xiaomin Fang;Dewen Zheng;Erchie Wang

  • Constraints on mountain building in the northeastern Tibet: Detrital zircon records from synorogenic deposits in the Yumen Basin

    Weitao Wang;Peizhen Zhang;Jingxing Yu;Yizhou Wang

  • Pattern and timing of late Cenozoic rapid exhumation and uplift of the Helan Mountain, China

    JianHui Liu;PeiZhen Zhang;DeWen Zheng;JinLin Wan

  • Magnetostratigraphy and depositional history of the Miocene Wushan basin on the NE Tibetan plateau, China: Implications for middle Miocene tectonics of the West Qinling fault zone

    Zhicai Wang;Peizhen Zhang;Carmala N. Garzione;Richard O. Lease

Frequent Co-Authors

Peizhen Zhang
Peizhen Zhang Sun Yat-sen University
Weitao Wang
Weitao Wang Sun Yat-sen University
Wenjun Zheng
Wenjun Zheng Sun Yat-sen University
Eric Kirby
Eric Kirby Oregon State University
Huaiyu He
Huaiyu He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Marin K. Clark
Marin K. Clark University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kenneth A. Farley
Kenneth A. Farley California Institute of Technology
Jimin Sun
Jimin Sun Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chunming Han
Chunming Han Chinese Academy of Sciences

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