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Science · 2026
Apparent Hack’s law in river deltas
A global scaling relation links distributary channel length to the area of land deltas build and sustain.
Geology · 2022
River and channel-belt planform patterns
Quantitative channel-belt patterns help reconstruct the rivers that formed them.
Peer-reviewed publications
2026
Science
Apparent Hack’s law in river deltas
Dong, T. Y., Vulis, L., Ma, H., Tejedor, A., & Goudge, T. A. 392(6797), 493–498.
2025
Science Advances
High variability in flood discharge and stage accelerates river mobility
Wu, C., Kim, W., Yang, S., Tsai, F., Nittrouer, J. A., Dong, T. Y., et al. 11(48), eadv7637.
2023
JGR: Earth Surface
Impacts of tectonic subsidence on basin depth and delta lobe building
Dong, T. Y., Nittrouer, J. A., Carlson, B., McElroy, B., Il’icheva, E., Pavlov, M., & Ma, H. 128(2), e2022JF006819.
2023
Geomorphology
Characterizing the response of the Coastal Rio Grande to upstream damming
Goudge, T. A., Swartz, J. M., Dong, T. Y., & Mohrig, D. 426, 108604.
2023
Nature Geoscience
Lowland river sinuosity on Earth and Mars set by the pace of meandering and avulsion
Wu, C., Kim, W., Herring, R., Cardenas, B. T., Dong, T. Y., et al. 16, 747–753.
2022
Geology
Quantitative relationships between river and channel-belt planform patterns
Dong, T. Y. & Goudge, T. A. 50(9), 1053–1057.
2021
Geophysical Research Letters
Impacts of engineered diversions and natural avulsions on delta-lobe stability
Carlson, B. N., Nittrouer, J. A., Swanson, T. E., Moodie, A. J., Dong, T. Y., et al. 48(13), e2021GL092438.
2020
Water Resources Research
Dong, T. Y., Nittrouer, J. A., McElroy, B., Il’icheva, E., Pavlov, M., Ma, H., et al. 56(11), e2020WR027199.
2019
Water Resources Research
Dong, T. Y., Nittrouer, J. A., Czapiga, M. J., Ma, H., McElroy, B., Il’icheva, E., et al. 55(1), 827–846.
2018
Acta Geologica Sinica
Wave-enhanced sediment-gravity flows in Bohai Bay lacustrine basin, eastern China
Bai, C., Yu, B., Dong, T. Y., Han, S., Ge, J., & Zhu, D. 92(6), 2416–2431.
2018
Hydrological Processes
Sedimentation patterns in the Selenga River delta under changing hydroclimatic conditions
Pietroń, J., Nittrouer, J. A., Chalov, S. R., Dong, T. Y., Kasimov, N., Shinkareva, G., & Jarsjö, J. 32(2), 278–292.
2016
GSA Bulletin
Controls on gravel termination in seven distributary channels of the Selenga River delta
Dong, T. Y., Nittrouer, J. A., Il’icheva, E., Pavlov, M., McElroy, B., Czapiga, M. J., et al. 128(7–8), 1297–1312.
