Peer-reviewed publications

(Google Scholar link)

1. Hu, K., Fang, X., Ferrier, K.L., Granger, D.E., Zhao, Z., Ruetenik, G.A., 2021. Covariation of cross-divide differences in denudation rate and χ: Implications for drainage basin reorganization in the Qilian Shan, northeast Tibet. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 562, 116812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116812

2. Fisher, A., Belmont, P., Murphy, B.P., MacDonald, L., Ferrier, K.L., Hu, K., 2021. Natural and anthropogenic controls on sediment rating curves in northern California coastal watersheds. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 46, 1610–1628. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5137

3. Hu, K., Fang, X., Zhao, Z., Granger, D., 2015. Erosion rates of Northern Qilian Shan revealed by Cosmogenic 10Be. Advances in Earth Science 30, 268–275. (in Chinese with English abstract | link | pdf ) 

4. Hu, K. Gauging the Pace of Landscape Change – Tectonic, Climatic, and Topographic Controls on Divide Migration and Chemical Erosion. PhD Thesis, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2023.  https://www.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/docview/2845383591  

Manuscript under review and in preparation

1. Hu, K., Haseloff, M., Proglacial lake drainage events drive fast grounding line advance in a warming climate. under review

2. Hu, K., Neely, A., Ferrier, K.L., DiBiase, R., Jones, A., Marcott, S., Testing topographic metrics for drainage divide stability at San Jacinto Mountain, California. To be submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface in Feb 2025

3. Hu, K., Ferrier, K.L., Aarons, S.M., Norris, E., Blankenship, R., Marcott, S., Breunig, R., Ruetenik, G.A., Peters, I., Elizabeth, C., Sensitivity of soil chemical erosion rate to climate and dust along a 2.8-km elevation transect at San Jacinto Mountain, California. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, in revision

4. Norris, E., Aarons, S.M., Hu, K., Ferrier, K.L., Blankenship, R., Goswami, A., Han, J., Disentangling natural and anthropogenic sources of dust to a southern California montane ecosystem. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, in revision

5. Uecker, R.K., Flinchum, B.A., Ferrier, K.L., Hu, K., Riebe, C.S., Callahan, R.P., Carr, B., Li, A., Holbrook, W.S., Deep Weathering profiles in unique ecological settings revealed by seismic refraction in the San Jacinto Mountains, California. To be submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface 

Conference abstracts

1. Hu, K., Haseloff, M., 2024. Proglacial-lake level drop drives fast grounding line advance despite warming climate. AGU Fall Meeting, C31D

2. Hu, K., Ferrier, K.L., Aarons, S.M., Norris, E., Blankenship, R., Breunig, R., Ruetenik, G., Peters, I., Ceperley, E., 2022. Soil chemical depletion and dust deposition rates along an altitudinal climate transect at San Jacinto Peak, southern California. AGU Fall Meeting, EP22E-1394

3. Hu, K., Ferrier, K.L., Aarons, S.M., Norris, E., Blankenship, R., Breunig, R., Ruetenik, G., Peters, I., Ceperley, E., 2021. Soil Chemical and Physical Erosion Rates and Dust Deposition Rates Along an Altitudinal Climate Transect at San Jacinto Peak, Southern California. AGU Fall Meeting, EP45G-1579 

4. Norris, E., Aarons, S.M., Ferrier, K.L., Hu, K., Blankenship, R., 2021. Geochemical and Mineralogical Analysis of Dust Deposition on San Jacinto Peak, CA: Elevation and Seasonal Variability. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 53, No. 6, 2021 doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-365547

5. Hu K, Fang X, Ferrier K, Granger DE, Zhao Z, Ruetenik G. 2019. Drainage basin reorganization in the Qilian Shan, NE Tibet. AGU Fall Meeting, EP31C–2295.

6. Hu K, Fang X, Ferrier K, Granger DE, Zhao Z. 2018. Drainage basin reorganization in the upper Hei River basin, northern Qilian Shan, Tibet. AGU Fall Meeting, EP21B–2224.

7. Hu, K., Fang, X., Granger, D.E., Zhao, Z., 2013. Be-10 derived basin-wide erosion rates of Southern Qilian Shan, NE Tibet. AGU Fall Meeting, T31B–2512.

Non-peer reviewed publications

Ferrier, K., L. H. MacDonald, P. Belmont, K. Hu (2020). 10Be concentrations in stream sediment and inferred denudation rates in the Little River and Elk River basins, northern California Coast Ranges, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.b7515f219c7a40439c9c2b44183192c4