Fasong Yuan (Ph.D. 2003, State University of New York, Albany)
Associate Professor (2012- )
Teaching
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Fall 2006 Syllabus
Hydrogeology, Spring 2007 Syllabus
Geochemistry, Spring 2007 Syllabus
Environmental Science, Fall 2007 Syllabus
Hydrogeology, Spring 2008 Syllabus
Environmental Science, Spring 2008 Syllabus
Research
Urban Isotopic Hydrology: Concepts, Monitoring and Modeling
Sulfur Sources and Cycling in American Dryland Ecosystems
Phosphorus Loading in the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie
Holocene Monsoon Variability in the American Southwest and the Tibetan Plateau
Selected Publications:
Yuan, F., B. Mayer (2012), Chemical and isotopic evaluation of sulfur sources and cycling in the Pecos River, New Mexico, USA, Chemical Geology, 291(1-2):13-22, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.014. [pdf]
Yuan, F., Y. Sheng, T. Yao, C. Fan, J. Li, H. Zhao, and Y. Lai (2011), Evaporative enrichment of oxygen-18 and deuterium in lake waters on the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Paleolimnology, 46(2): 291-307, doi:10.1007/s10933-011-9540-y. [pdf]
Yuan, F., S. Miyamoto (2008), Characteristics of oxygen-18 and deuterium composition in waters of the Pecos River in the American Southwest, Chemical Geology, 255(1-2):220-230, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.045. [pdf]
Yuan, F., S. Miyamoto, and S. Anand (2007), Changes in major element hydrochemistry of the Pecos River in the American Southwest since 1935, Applied Geochemistry, 22(8): 1798-1813, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.036. [pdf]
Yuan, F., B. K. Linsley, S. P. Howe, S. P. Lund, and J. P. McGeehin (2006), Late Holocene lake-level fluctuations in Walker Lake, Nevada, USA, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 240(3-4):497-507, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.003. [pdf]
Yuan, F., B. K. Linsley, and S. P. Howe (2006), Evaluating sedimentary geochemical lake-level tracers in Walker Lake over the last 200 years, Journal of Paleolimnology, 36(1): 37-54, doi:10.1007/s10933-006-0004-8. [pdf]
Inosako, K., F. Yuan, and S. Miyamoto (2006), Simple methods for estimating outflow salinity from inflow and reservoir storage, Agricultural Water Management, 82(3): 411-420, doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2005.07.030. [pdf]
Yuan, F., and Z. Lu (2005), Analytical solutions for vertical water flow in unsaturated, rooted soils with variable surface fluxes, Vadose Zone Journal, 4(4): 1210-1218, doi:10.2136/vzj2005.0043. [pdf]
Yuan, F., and S. Miyamoto (2005), Dominant processes controlling water chemistry of the Pecos River in American Southwest, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(17): 1-4, L17406, doi:10.1029/2005GL023359. [pdf]
Yuan, F., and S. Miyamoto (2004), Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on hydrochemistry of the Rio Grande, USA and Mexico, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 5(12): 1-10, Q12010, doi: 10.1029/2004GC000769. [pdf]
Yuan, F., B. K. Linsley, S. P. Lund, and J. P. McGeehin (2004), A 1200 year record of hydrologic variability in the Sierra Nevada from sediments in Walker Lake, Nevada, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 5(3): 1-13, Q03007, doi:10.1029/2003GC000652. [pdf]