Tian Y. Dong

TIAN Y. DONG

Assistant Professor, SEEMS

(956) 665-7199
tian.dong@utrgv.edu

Department: SEEMS
Office: ESCNE 1.618
Location: Edinburg

UTRGV Faculty Profile

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Areas of Interest

  • Fluvial-Deltaic Geomorphology
  • Surface Hydrology
  • Remote sensing
  • Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

Higher-Education

  • 2020 Ph.D. Earth Science, Rice University
  • 2015 M.S. Earth Science, Rice University
  • 2013 B.S. Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

Research Overview

 

As a geomorphologist, my research uses theories of sediment transport and fluid flow, alongside field and remotely sensed observations, and numerical models, to evaluate the dynamics of modern deposition systems, such as rivers, deltas, and coastal systems, and the associated development of sedimentary records on Earth and other planets.

Publications

 

  • T. A. Goudge, J. M. Swartz, Dong, T. Y., and D. Mohrig. (2023). Characterizing the Response of the Coastal Rio Grande to Upstream Damming. Geomorphology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108604
  • Dong, T. Y., J. A. Nittrouer, B. Carlson, B. McElroy, E. Il’icheva, M. Pavlov, and H. Ma. (2023). Impacts of tectonic subsidence on basin depth and delta lobe building. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006819
  • Dong, T.Y. and Goudge, T. A. (2022). Quantitative relationships between river and channel-belt planform patterns. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G49935.1
  • Carlson, B. N., Nittrouer, J. A., Swanson, T. E., Moodie, A. J., Dong, T.Y., Ma, H., Kineke, G. C., Pan, M., and Wang, Y. (2021). Impacts of engineered diversions and natural avulsions on delta-lobe stability. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092438
  • Dong, T.Y., Nittrouer, J.A., McElroy, B., Il’icheva, E., Pavlov, M., Ma, H., Moodie, A.J., and Moreido, V.M. (2020). Predicting water and sediment partitioning in a delta channel network under varying discharge conditions. Water Resources Research. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020WR027199
  • Dong, T.Y., Nittrouer, J.A., Czapiga, M.J., Ma, H., McElroy, B., Il’icheva, E., Pavlov, M., Chalov, S., and Parker, G. (2019). Roles of bank material in setting bankfull hydraulic geometry as informed by the Selenga River delta, Russia. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR021985
  • Pietroń, J., Nittrouer, J.A., Chalov, S.R., Dong, T.Y., Kasimov, N., Shinkareva, G., and Jerker, J. (2018). Sedimentation pattern in the Selenga River delta under changing hydroclimatic conditions. Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11414
  • Bai, C., Yu, B., Dong, T.Y., Han, S., Ge, J., and Zhu, D. (2018). Wave-Enhanced Sediment-Gravity Flows in Bohai Bay Lacustrine Basin, Eastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.13737
  • Dong, T.Y., Nittrouer, J.A., Il’icheva, E., Pavlov, M., McElroy, B., Czapiga, M.J., Ma, H., and Parker, G. (2016). Controls on gravel termination in seven distributary channels of the Selenga River delta, Baikal Rift basin, Russia. Geological Society of America Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31427.1

Present Courses

  • GEOL 1403 – Physical Geology