General
My research focusses on how erosion process transfers organic carbon from mountain forest to sedimentary deposits and the potential impacts on the atmospheric CO2. To do this, I quantify carbon transfers in Tibetan Plateau and Yellow River, China, and South Alps fault in New Zealand. In particular, I use a range of isotope geochemistry techniques (stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, radiocarbon, biomarker abundance and compound specific isotopes of organic matter) to characterize and understand the source and processing of organic matter in river systems. I am also interested in reconstructing sediment erosion and carbon cycle processes in the past using lake and sedimentary reservoir deposits.


Publications

Seleted Publication：

1. Wang, J., Howarth, J. D., McClymont, E. L., Densmore, A. L., Fitzsimons, S. J., Croissant, T., Grocke, D. R., West, M. D., Harvey, E. L., Frith, N. V., Garnett, M. H., Hilton, R. G. (2020) Long-term patterns of hillslope erosion by earthquake-induced landslides shape mountain landscapes, Science Advances, 6: eaaz6446.

2. Wang, J., Hilton, R. G., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Densmore, A. L., Grocke, D. R., Xu, X., Li, G., West, A. J. (2019) The isotopic composition and fluxes of particulate organic carbon exported from the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 252: 1-15.

3. Wang, J., Jin, Z., Hilton, R.G., Zhang, F., Li, G., Densmore, A. L., Grocke, D. R., Xu, X. West, A. J. (2016) Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt. Geology, 44: 471-474.

4. Wang, J., Jin, Z., Hilton, R.G., Zhang, F., Densmore, A.L., Li, G., West, A.J. (2015) Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides. Geology, 43: 115-118.

5. Qu, Y., Jin, Z., Wang, J., Wang, Y., Xiao, J., Gou, L.-F., Zhang, F., Liu, C.-Y., Gao, Y., Suarez, M. B., Xu, X. (2020) The sources and seasonal fluxes of particulate organi carbon in the Yellow River, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45: 2004-2019.

6. Zhang, F., Jin, Z., West, A. J., An, Z., Hilton, R. G., Wang, J., Li, G., Densmore, A. L., Yu, J., Qiang, X., Sun, Y., Li, L., Gou, L., Xu, Y., Xu, X., Liu, X., Pan, Y., You, C.-F. (2019) Monsoonal control on a delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Science Advances 5: eaav7110.

7. Frith, N., Hilton, R.G., Howarth, J.D., Grocke, D.R., Fitzsimons, S.J., Croissant, T., Wang, J., McClymont, E.L., Dahl, J. Densmore, A.L. (2018) Carbon export from mountain forests enhanced by earthquake-triggered landslides over millennia. Nature Geoscience 11: 772-776.

8. Li, G., West, A.J., Densmore, A.L., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, J., Clark, M., Hilton, R.G. (2017). Earthquakes drive focused denudation along a tectonically active mountain front. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 472: 253-265.

9. Jin, Z., West, A.J., Zhang, F., An, Z., Hilton, R.G., Yu, J., Wang, J., Li, G., Wang, X. (2016) Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the A.D. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Geology, 44: 47-50.

10. Xiao, J., Jin, Z., Wang, J. (2014) Geochemistry of trace elements and water quality assessment of natural water within the Tarim River Basin in the extreme arid region, NW China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 136: 118-126.