Fang-Zhen Teng

Close up of Fang-Zhen Teng.

Fang-Zhen Teng

Research areas

Education:
Ph.D., Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, 2005
B.S., Geochemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2001

Interests: isotope geochemistry; composition and evolution of the crust and mantle; origin of the early solar system

Graduate Students:
Pete Wynn, Winnie Fan

Current Research:
Composition, formation and evolution of the Earth and early solar system

Selected publications

Publications since 2023 (*graduate student; ** postdoc; *** undergraduate):
  • Easthouse, G.***, Hoover, W.**, Teng, F.-Z., Condit, C., Pike, C., Wang, Z.-Z.**, Berg, A.***, Wynn, P.*, Woods, L. and Poulaki, E. (2025) Formation of talc in the subduction interface: Mg isotopes demonstrate Mg loss over Si gain. Geology, in press. https://doi.org/10.1130/G52538.1.
  • Chen, Z.-X., Teng, F.-Z., Stern, R. J., Li, J., Wang, X. and Zeng, Z. (2025) Molybdenum isotope evidence for subduction-modified mantle beneath the mid-ocean ridges. EPSL, 656, 119294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119294
  • Luo, K., Ma, J.-L., Teng, F.-Z., Wei, G.-J., Zhu, G.-H, Zeng, T. and Wang, Z.-B. (2025) Magnesium isotope fractionation during basalt weathering: An index of weathering fluxes and CO2 consumption, JGR-Earth Surface, 130, e2024JF007774. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007774.
  • Liu, P.-P.**, Liu, L., Teng, F.-Z., and Wang, Z.-C. (2025) Revisiting magnesium isotope constraints on the petrogenesis of the Fe-Ti oxide-bearing mafic-ultramafic intrusions, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 389, 100-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.09.025.
  • Teng, F.-Z. and Williams H. M. (2025) Non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry of oceanic basalts. In: Weiss, C. and Anbar, A. (eds.), Treatise on Geochemistry, 3e. vol. 1, pp. 463-511. UK: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00133-9.
  • Wang, Z.-Z.**, Teng, F.-Z., Zeng, L.-S. and Liu, Z.-C. (2024) Himalayan leucogranites: A geochemical perspective. Elements. 20, 395 – 400, doi: 10.2138/gselements.20.6.395.
  • Teng, F.-Z. and Wu, F.-Y. (2024) Himalayan leucogranites: Petrogenesis and significance. Elements. 20 (6), 367 – 372, doi: 10.2138/gselements.20.6.367.
  • Tian H.-C.**, Teng, F.-Z., Chen, X.-Y.**, Bindeman, I. N. and Ryan, J. C. (2024) Tracing island arc petrogenesis using potassium isotopes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 646, 119016. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119016.
  • Che, Y, Liu, D., Zhao, Z., Niu, Y., Teng, F.-Z., DePaolo, D. J., Yu, X., Zhu, D.-C., Qi, N. and Mo, X. (2024) Miocene alkaline basaltic magmatism in Northeastern Tibet: Implications for mantle evolution and plateau outward growth, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25, e2024GC011601. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GC011601.
  • Shi, Q., He, Y., Zhu, J.-M., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Wu, H., Wang, P., Yang, R., Sun, A., Zhang, Y., Wu, G., Wan, R., Lu, Z., Teng, F.-Z., Li, C., Yang, W., Zhang, C., Han, Z. and Ke, S. (2024) Elemental differentiation and isotopic fractionation during space weathering of Chang’E-5 lunar soil, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 378, 127-143.
  • Xing, K.-C.*, Wang, F., Teng, F.-Z., Xu, W.-L., Wang, Y.-N., Yang, D.-B., Li, H.-L. and Wang, Y.-C. (2024) Potassium isotopic evidence for recycling of surface water into the mantle transition zone”, Nature Geosciences, 17, 579-585. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01452-y.
  • Sun, Y**, Teng, F.-Z., Rooney, T. O., Pang, K.-N. and Wang, Z.-Z. (2024) Magnesium isotope behavior during titanomagnetite fractionation in basaltic lavas, Chemical Geology, 655, 122088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122088.
  • Liu, S.-A., Rudnick, R. L., Liu, W.-R., Teng, F.-Z., Wu, T.-H.* and Wang, Z.-Z.** (2023) Copper isotope evidence for sulfide fractionation and lower crustal foundering in making continental crust, Science Advances, 9, eadg6995.
  • Chen, L.-M., Lightfoot, P. C., Zhu, J.-M., Teng, F.-Z., Duan, Q., Yin, R., Wu, G.-L., Yu, S.-Y. and Hu, R.-Z. (2023) Nickel isotope ratios trace the process of sulfide-silicate liquid immiscibility during magmatic differentiation, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 353, 1-12.
  • Qu, Y.-R., Liu, S.-A., Busigny, V., Wang, Z.-Z.** and Teng, F.-Z. (2023) Carbonate-silicate interaction in subducting slabs recorded by Zn isotopes in western Alps metasediments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 616, 118234.
  • Yang, X.-M.*, Wang, S.-J., Zhang, Y.-W., Dong, X.-H., Teng, F.-Z., Helz, R. T., Huang, J., Li, X.-H. and Huang, S. (2023) Nickel isotope fractionation during magmatic differentiation, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24, e2023GC010926. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC010926.
  • Wu, J., Lei, H., Ma, Q.*, Zhao, Z., Teng, F.-Z., Zhang, S., Cousens, B., Miao, Z., Yang, Y., Liu, D., Wang, Q., Zhu, D.-C., Hou, Z. and Mo, X. (2023) Petrogenesis and dynamic significance of Miocene-Holocene alkali basalts in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, Lithos, 448-449, 107165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107165.
  • Chanda, P.*, Kohli, A., Teng, F.-Z. and Fantle, M. S. (2023) Clay authigenesis in carbonate-rich sediments and its impact on carbonate diagenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 346, 76-101.
  •  Nie, N. X.*, Chen, X.-Y.**, Zhang, Z. J., Hu, J. Y., Liu, W., Tissot, F. L. H., Teng, F.-Z., Shahar, A. and Dauphas, N. (2023) Rubidium and potassium isotopic variations in chondrites and Mars: Accretion signatures and planetary overprints. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 344, 207-229.
  • Huang, T.-Y.*, Teng, F.-Z., Wang, Z.-Z.**, He, Y.-S., Wu, F.-Y. and Liu, X.-C. (2023) Potassium isotope fractionation during granitic magmatic differentiation: Mineral-pair perspectives, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 343, 196-211.