Research Interests

·     Marine Mg cycling

·     Mg-K isotope geochemistry

Projects

·     Using Mg isotopes of island dolostones to trace the marine Mg-Ca cycling since Neogene（42103004），2022.1-2024.12👩🏽‍⚕️🪣，300,000💆🏻‍♀️，National Natural Science Youth Fundation；

·     The Mg isotopes of Neogene island dolomites as the indication of Mg/Ca changes（2020M681379）🤞🏊🏼‍♂️，2021.10-2022.12🙇🏿，800,00👷‍♀️，China Postdoctoral Science Foundation（The second class）✔️；

Publications

·     Hu, Z., Hu, W., Wang, X., Lu, Y., Wang, L., Liao, Z., Li, W.*, 2017. Resetting of Mg isotopes between calcite and dolomite during burial metamorphism: Outlook of Mg isotopes as geothermometer and seawater proxy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 208, 24-40.

·     Hu, Z., Li, W. *, Zhang, H. *, Krainer, K., Zheng, Q.-F., Xia, Z., Hu, W., Shen, S.-Z., 2021. Mg isotope evidence for restriction events within the Paleotethys ocean around the Permian-Triassic transition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 556, 116704.

·     Hu, Z., Shi, Z., Li, G., Xia, Z., Yi, L., Liu, C., Li, W. *, 2022. The Cenozoic Seawater Conundrum: New constraints from Mg isotopes in island dolostones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 595, 117755.

·     Hu, Z., Bialik, O.M., Hohl, S.V., Xia, Z., Waldmann, N.D., Liu, C., Li, W., 2021. Response of Mg isotopes to dolomitization during fluctuations in sea level: Constraints on the hydrological conditions of massive dolomitization systems. Sedimentary Geology 420, 105922.

·     Hu, Z., Hu, W. *, Liu, C., Sun, F., Liu, Y., Li, W. *, 2019. Conservative behavior of Mg isotopes in massive dolostones: From diagenesis to hydrothermal reworking. Sedimentary Geology 381, 65-75.

·     Hu, Z. *, Hu, W. *, Liao, Z., Sun, F., 2021. Facies-dependent early diagenesis and hydrothermal reworking in dolostones: a case study on upper Permian and lower Triassic in northeast Sichuan Basin. Carbonates and Evaporites 36.