My work combines first-authored studies in geodynamic modeling with collaborative research across subduction, craton evolution, and mantle dynamics. A full, continuously updated list is also on my Google Scholar profile.
★ marks first-authored work.
Zhu, T., Peng, D., & Liu, L. (2025). "High-speed anomaly zone beneath the Changbaishan volcanic province in NE China: Insights from simulation of the Cenozoic Pacific plate subduction using geodynamic models with data assimilation". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.
Zhu, T., Peng, D., & Liu, L. (2025). "Effects of 410-km and 660-km seismic discontinuities on the Pacific Plate subduction and slab geometry beneath the Changbaishan volcanic province". Acta Seismologica Sinica, 47(4), 455–478.
Zhu, T., Peng, D., & Liu, L. (2025). "Factors affecting the Pacific plate subduction towards and under the Changbaishan volcanic province since the Cenozoic: Insights from geodynamic modeling based on data assimilation". Tectonophysics, 896, 230607.
Peng, D., & Stegman, D. R. (2024). "Modeling subduction with extremely fast trench retreat". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2024JB029240.
Li, Y., Liu, L., Li, S., Peng, D., Cao, Z., & Li, X. (2024). "Cenozoic India-Asia collision driven by mantle dragging the cratonic root". Nature Communications, 15(1), 6674.
Peng, D., & Stegman, D. R. (2024). "Geodynamic evolution of the Lau basin". Geophysical Research Letters, 51(15), e2024GL110127.
Xue, T., Peng, D., Liu, K. H., Obrist-Farner, J., Locmelis, M., Gao, S. S., & Liu, L. (2023). "Ongoing fragmentation of the subducting Cocos slab, Central America". Geology, 51(12), 1106–1110.
Li, Y., Liu, L., Peng, D., Dong, H., & Li, S. (2023). "Evaluating tomotectonic plate reconstructions using geodynamic models with data assimilation, the case for North America". Earth-Science Reviews, 244, 104518.
Wang, Y., Cao, Z., Peng, L., Liu, L., Chen, L., Lundstrom, C., Peng, D., & Yang, X. (2023). "Secular craton evolution due to cyclic deformation of underlying dense mantle lithosphere". Nature Geoscience, 16(7), 637–645.
Peng, D., & Liu, L. (2023). "Importance of global spherical geometry for studying slab dynamics and evolution in models with data assimilation". Earth-Science Reviews, 241, 104414.
Liu, Y., Liu, L., Li, Y., Peng, D., Wu, Z., Cao, Z., … & Du, Q. (2022). "Global back-arc extension due to trench-parallel mid-ocean ridge subduction". Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 600, 117889.
Peng, D., & Liu, L. (2022). "Quantifying slab sinking rates using global geodynamic models with data-assimilation". Earth-Science Reviews, 230, 104039.
Peng, D., Liu, L., & Wang, Y. (2021). "A newly discovered Late-Cretaceous East Asian flat slab explains its unique lithospheric structure and tectonics". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(10), e2021JB022103.
Peng, D., Liu, L., Hu, J., Li, S., & Liu, Y. (2021). "Formation of East Asian stagnant slabs due to a pressure-driven Cenozoic mantle wind following Mesozoic subduction". Geophysical Research Letters, 48(18), e2021GL094638.
Liu, L., Peng, D., Liu, L., Chen, L., Li, S., Wang, Y., … & Feng, M. (2021). "East Asian lithospheric evolution dictated by multistage Mesozoic flat-slab subduction". Earth-Science Reviews, 217, 103621.
Peng, D., & Leng, W. (2017). "Analytical and numerical simulations of uplift processes at the Tibet-Sichuan boundary". Earthquake Science, 30, 135–143.
Li, S., Zhu, J., Cao, X., Liu, L., Zhou, J., & Peng, D. (2023). Atlas of Global Mantle Microplates with Tomographic Images. Science Press (Beijing). ISBN 978-7-03-075208-6. Named an "Outstanding Marine Science and Technology Book for 2024" by the Chinese Society for Oceanography.