Brief Introduction

I am an Associate Professor (master supervisor) from School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University. Now I am interested in intracontinental deformation and orogenic belt tectonic geomorphological studies. At present, my work has been carried out in the northern (West Qinling, Qilian Shan, Tian Shan) and southeastern (Sichuan-Yunnan region) margins of the Tibetan Plateau, as well as the northern North China (Yan Shan/Lang Shan) and adjacent areas.

Education Background

Ph.D.. 2016.09-2020.06, Structural Geology, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Ph.D.. 2019.08-2020.03, Tectonics and Low-T thermochronology, The University of Queensland, Australia

M.S.. 2013.09-2016.06, Structural Geology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China

B.S.. 2009.09-2013.06; Geology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China

Career Experience

2023.09- till now, Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, China

2020.09-2023.09, Post-doctoral, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Research

• The intracontinental deformation in response to multi-plate convergence in NE Asia.
• The interaction between surface deformation and deep lithospheric process in an intracontinental belt.

Projects

1. 2024-2026, Natural Science Foundation of China：Early Cenozoic exhumation history of the Changma Basin in the Northern Qilian Shan and implications for the northward propagation of the Tibetan Plateau
2. 2024-2026, National Natural Science Foundation of China-special project: Tectonic evolution of Sichuan-Yunnan region
3. 2023, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities to SYSU: Late Cenozoic surface deformation and lithospheric deep processes in West Qinling Belt 
4. 2022-2024, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation: Late MesozoicTectonic geomorphology evolution in southern Nanling Belt 
5. 2021-2024, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation: 3D modeling and seismogenic environment analysis of the Littroal Fault Zone (Shantou segment)

Publications

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yi-Peng-Zhang

1. Yi-Peng Zhang, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Richard O. Lease, Min-Juan Li, Renjie Zhou, Bin-Bin Xu, Si-Yuan Cheng, Xu-Zhang Shen, Wen-Jun Zheng, Xiao-Hui He, Wei-Tao Wang, Yue-Jun Wang. 2023. Geophysical constraints on continental rejuvenation in central China: Implications for outward growth of the Tibetan Plateau. Geological Society of America Bulletin. doi: 10.1130/b37220.1.
2. Yi-Peng Zhang, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Richard O. Lease, Renjie Zhou, Yue-Jun Wang, Yong-Gang Yan, Ying Wang, Wen-Jun Zheng, Bing-Xu Liu, Zhi-Gang Li, Hao Liang, Ge-Ge Hui, Chuang Sun, Qing-Ying Tian, Bin-Bin Xu, Wei-Tao Wang. 2023. Oligocene–Miocene northward growth of the Tibetan Plateau: Insights from intermontane basins in the West Qinling Belt, NW China. Geological Society of America Bulletin. doi: 10.1130/b36722.1.
3. Yi-Peng Zhang, Wen-Jun Zheng, Wei-Tao Wang, Yun-Tao Tian, Renjie Zhou, Bin-Bin Xu, Min-Juan Li, Yong-Gang Yan, Qing-Ying Tian, Pei-Zhen Zhang. 2020. Rapid Eocene Exhumation of the West Qinling Belt: Implications for the Growth of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Lithosphere. doi: 10.2113/2020/8294751.
4. Yi-Peng Zhang, Wen-Jun Zheng, Dong-Li Zhang, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Dao-Yang Yuan, Qing-Ying Tian, Bo-Xuan Zhang, Shu-Min Liang. 2019. Late Pleistocene left-lateral slip rates of the Gulang Fault and its tectonic implications in eastern Qilian Shan (NE Tibetan Plateau), China. Tectonophysics. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2019.02.013.
5. Qiyu Gou, Yi-Peng Zhang*, Yang Wang, Xin Qian, Erin Seagren, Xiaofei Guo, Yuejun Wang, Pei-Zhen Zhang. 2024. Eocene–Miocene tectonic reworking of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau: Geochronological and geochemical records from granitoids along the Ailao Shan–Red River Shear Zone. Gondwana Research. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2023.09.007.
6. Ya Cui, Yang Wang, Renjie Zhou, Jeremy Rimando, Xin Qian, Yi-Peng Zhang*, Yuejun Wang. 2023. Kinematics and geochronology of the Lancang metamorphic complex: Implications for the evolution of the Paleo-Tethys region. Geological Society of America Bulletin. doi: 10.1130/b36812.1.
7. Wei Li, Xiao-Hui He, Yi-Peng Zhang, Yue Wang, Bin Liu, Si-Dao Ni, Pei-Zhen Zhang. 2023. The 2022 Delingha, China, Earthquake Sequence and Implication for Seismic Hazard near the Western End of the Qilian–Haiyuan Fault. Seismological Research Letters. doi: 10.1785/0220220345.
8. Xiu Hu, You-Li Li, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Quan-Xing Luo, Peng Lu, Duo-Wen Mo, Yi-Peng Zhang, Qing-Ri Liu, Ai-Lun Guo, Yan Tian, Zhen Wang. 2023. Late Quaternary slip rate of the Fengmenkou-Wuzhiling fault at the southern margin of North China block (S-NCB). Tectonophysics. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229757.
9. Wei-Tao Wang, Rong Huang, Ying Wu, Kang Liu, Zhu-Qi Zhang, Yi-Peng Zhang, Cai-Cai Liu, De-Wen Zheng, Pei-Zhen Zhang. 2023. Cenozoic clockwise rotation of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Paleomagnetic evidence from volcanic sequences in the West Qinling Mountain. Global and Planetary Change. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104097.
10. Hao Liang, Ke Zhang, Jian-Li Fu, Wei-Tao Wang, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Rodney Grapes, Zhan-Wu Ma, Yi-Peng Zhang, Zhi-Gang Li, Yong-Gang Yan, Ge-Ge Hui, Chuang Sun, Bin-Bin Xu, Zhong-Yun Li, Wen-Jun Zheng, Qing-Ying Tian. 2023. Stepwise northward compression in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Insights from the chronology of the Baima Basin. Global and Planetary Change. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.104015.
11. Xian-Can Wu, Zhi-Gang Li, Xue Yang, Chuang Sun, Wei-Tao Wang, Rafael Almeida, Xiang-Ming Dai, Yi-Peng Zhang, Binbin Xu, Hao Liang, Ge-Ge Hui, Liang-Wei Lv, Wei-Wang Long. 2023. Quantifying and modeling curved thrust fault-propagation folds at different scales. Journal of Structural Geology. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2023.104888.
12. Yu-Qing Zhang, Han-Lin Chen, Xiu-Bin Lin, Hong-Dan Deng, Xiao-Gan Cheng, Zhu-Xin Chen, Yi-Peng Zhang, Yong Li, Xian-Zhang Yang, Liang Zhang, Cai Chen. 2023. Tracing the “missing shortening” in fold-and-thrust belts: Insights from structural analyses of the Hotan-Mazatagh transect in the West Kunlun foreland, NW China. Geological Society of America Bulletin. doi: 10.1130/b36865.1.
13. He Huang, Xu-Zhang Shen, Jin-Yu Lv, Yi-Peng Zhang. 2022. Dynamic model of the upper mantle beneath the northeastern Tibetan Plateau - constraints from the 410 km and 660 km discontinuities. Gondwana Research. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2021.12.013.
14. Chuang Sun, Zhi-Gang Li, Wen-Jun Zheng, Dong Jia, Rafael Almeida, Ge-Ge Hui, Yi-Peng Zhang, Zhiyuan He, Shuang Yang, Xiao-Gen Fan. 2022. Analogue sandbox modeling of orogenic wedge front faulting: Roles of inherited fault zones and topographic loading. Journal of Structural Geology. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104666.
15. Ge-Ge Hui, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Zhi-Gang Li, Wei-Tao Wang, Li-Tian Hu, Guan-Hua Li, Yi-Peng Zhang, Chuang Sun, San-Zhong Li, Hao Liang, Tian-Guang Li, Jiang-Long Zheng. 2022. Opening of the South China Sea marginal basin: Insights from the tectonic evolution of the ENE-striking Littoral Fault Zone. Marine and Petroleum Geology. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105854.
16. Hao Liang, Ke Zhang, Zhong-Yun Li, Jianli Fu, Zhang-Xin Yu, Jian-Guo Xiong, Xiao-Yang Li, Zhan-Wu Ma, Ping Huang, Zhi-Gang Li, Yi-Peng Zhang, Ge-Ge Hui, Qin-Ying Tian, Wei-Tao Wang, Wen-Jun Zheng, Pei-Zhen Zhang. 2022. How headward erosion breaches upstream paleolakes: Insights from dated longitudinal fluvial terrace correlations within the Sanmen Gorge, Yellow River. Geological Society of America Bulletin. doi: 10.1130/b36537.1.
17. Xu-Zhang Shen, Qi-Ming Zhou, Si-Yuan Cheng, We-Jjun Zheng, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Dong-Li Zhang, Yi-Peng Zhang, Wen-Tian Wang, He Huang, Liu-Ting Huang, Jinyu Lv, Zhan-Yan Yu, Xiu-Ping Mei. 2022. Contrasting crustal structures crossing the boundary region of the southwest Ordos block and its tectonic implications revealed by dense seismic arrays. Tectonophysics. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229342.
18. Bin-Bin Xu, Yang Wang, Zhu-Qi Zhang, Yong-Gang Yan, Xiao-Hui He, Ming Hao, Wei-Tao Wang, Zhi-Gang Li, Yi-Peng Zhang, Qing-Ying Tian, Yue-Jun Wang, Wen-Jun Zheng, Pei-Zhen Zhang. 2022. Slip distribution and block rotation of the Indo-South China region inferred from GNSS analyses. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105206.
19. Gan Chen, Ming Ai, Wen-Jun Zheng , Hai-Yun Bi, Jin-Rui Liu, Yi-Peng Zhang, Wei-Peng Ge, Dong-Li Zhang, Rong Huang. 2021. Nonrigid Bookshelf Kinematics of Northeastern Tibet: Constrains from Fault Slip Rates around the Qinghai Lake and Chaka-Gonghe Basins. Lithosphere. doi: 10.2113/2021/4115729.
20. Shu-Min Liang, We-Jjun Zheng, Gan Chen, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Dong-Li Zhang, Hai-Yun Bi, Xue Yang, Yi-Peng Zhang, Lei Duan, Ben-Tian Lu. 2021. Late Quaternary Slip Behavior of the Jinqianghe Fault in the Middle Qilian–Haiyuan Fault Zone, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. doi: 10.1111/1755-6724.14855.
21. Qing-Ying Tian, Eric Kirby, We-Jun Zheng, Hui-Ping Zhang, Hao Liang, Zhi-Gang Li, Wei-Tao Wang, Tao Li, Yi-Peng Zhang, Bin-Bin Xu, Pei-Zhen Zhang. 2021. Late Quaternary variations in paleoerosion rates in the northern Qilian Shan revealed by 10Be in fluvial terraces. Geomorphology. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107751.
22. Gan Chen, Wen-Jun Zheng, Jian-Guo Xiong, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Zhi-Gang Li, Jing-Xing Yu, Xi-Nnan Li, Yang Wang, Yi-Peng Zhang. 2020. Late Quaternary fluvial landform evolution and controlling factors along the Yulin River on the Northern Tibetan Plateau. Geomorphology. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107213.
23. Xiao-Hui He, Yi-Peng Zhang, Xu-Zhang Shen, Wen-Jun Zheng, Pei-Zhen Zhang, Dong-Li Zhang. 2020. Examination of the repeatability of two Ms6.4 Menyuan earthquakes in Qilian-Haiyuan fault zone (NE Tibetan Plateau) based on source parameters. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2019.106408.
24. Xu-Zhang Shen, Ying-Kang Li, Rui Gao, Xuan-Hua Chen, Mian Liu, Xiao-Hui Yuan, Rainer Kind, Xiao-Song Xiong, Yi-Peng Zhang, Yin-Ping Qian, Min-Juan Li, Xiu-Ping Mei. 2020. Lateral growth of NE Tibetan Plateau restricted by the Asian lithosphere: Results from a dense seismic profile. Gondwana Research. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2020.06.018.
25. Yong-Gang Yan, Qian Zhao, Yi-Peng Zhang, Bao-Chun Huang, Wen-Jun Zheng, Pei-Zhen Zhang. 2019. Direct Paleomagnetic Constraint on the Closure of Paleo‐Tethys and Its Implications for Linking the Tibetan and Southeast Asian Blocks. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2019gl085473.