Dept of Earth Sciences

Research and Scholarship 2005

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES



Researcher : Aitchison JC

Project Title:Tectonic evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, Xizang (Tibet), China
Investigator(s):Aitchison JC, Sun M, Malpas JG, Davis AM, Ali JR, Lo C.H., Tapponnier P., Leloup P., Crawford A.J., Chung S.L., Ba D.Z.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:12/2003
Abstract:
To determine the nature and significance of the Bangong-Nujiang suture (BNS); to examine Mesozoic-Cenozoic geology of this zone to understand its geological history; to apply knowledge of basement geology to constrain studies of Neotectonic evolution of the Tibet plateau.


Project Title:Tectonic evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, Xizang (Tibet), China
Investigator(s):Aitchison JC, Sun M, Malpas JG, Davis AM, Ali JR, Lo C.H., Tapponnier P., Leloup P., Crawford A.J., Chung S.L., Ba D.Z.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:12/2003
Abstract:
To determine the nature and significance of the Bangong-Nujiang suture (BNS); to examine Mesozoic-Cenozoic geology of this zone to understand its geological history; to apply knowledge of basement geology to constrain studies of Neotectonic evolution of the Tibet plateau.


Project Title:The youngest pre-collision marine sediments in Tibet
Investigator(s):Aitchison JC, Ali JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:01/2004
Abstract:
To locate and date the youngest marine sediments occurring south of the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone in Tibet. The age of these sediments will provide a valuable maximum age constraint on the timing of India-Asia collision and commencement of the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau.


Project Title:Evolution of hypersalinelakes in Tibet
Investigator(s):Aitchison JC, Li SH, Pointing SB
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2004
Abstract:
To fund a pilot study of one such lake (Zabuye Tso) located in central Tibet; to investigate the history of this lake and its biota through the past million years.


Project Title:A study of the Neotethyan suture around Mt Kailas, western Tibet - a link between the Indus and Yarlung Tsangpo suture zones
Investigator(s):Aitchison JC, Malpas JG, Davis AM, Ali JR, Searle M.P.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:08/2004
Abstract:
To develop a detailed working knowledge of the stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrography, geochemistry, structure, and metamorphism of rocks in, and around, the western part of the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone (YTSZ); to compare the characteristics and tectonic evolution of constituent rocks with units already studied by the HKU Tibet Research Group along portions of the suture further to the east; to test correlations with rocks known from the Indus suture in northern India; to provide constraints that allow us to test and refine tectonic models for the evolution of central Neotethys and the India-Asia collision; to apply detailed knowledge of basement geology as a constraint for studies of the Neotectonic evolution of this region.


Project Title:A study of the Neotethyan suture around Mt Kailas, western Tibet - a link between the Indus and Yarlung Tsangpo suture zones
Investigator(s):Aitchison JC
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:01/2005
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


Project Title:Using crustal xenoliths as windows to what lies deep beneath Tibet
Investigator(s):Aitchison JC, Davis AM, Chung S.L., Searle M.P.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2005
Abstract:
Objectives• To examine Late Cenozoic dikes and tuffs exposed along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone in Tibet.• To collect deep crustal xenoliths from within the dikes as a means to sampling the lithosphere under Tibet.• To use knowledge gained from this study to provide fundamental constraints in order to test tectonic models of the India-Asia collisionAs a result of the past eight years of investigations by the HKU Tibet Research Group along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone we are aware of numerous unstudied outcrops of Neogene intrusive and volcanic rocks. Such rocks may be considerably more widespread than realized as previous geochemical studies by other groups have concentrated on rocks that crop out within the immediate vicinity of major access routes across the Tibetan Plateau. Our observations suggest that not only intrusive units are present but that eruptive units also occur at some localities. At some of these localities we have observed lower crustal xenoliths within diatremes and other rapidly emplaced volcanic units. These xenoliths contain a preserved record of the nature of the material that underlies the Tibetan Plateau. We plan to sample and use such xenoliths as a window to the deep crust beneath Tibet.


List of Research Outputs

Abrajevitch A., Ali J.R., Aitchison J.C., Badengzhu , Davis A.M., Liu J.B. and Ziabrev S.V., Neotethys and the India-Eurasia collision - new insights following a palaeomagnetic investigation of the Dazhuqu Terrane (southern Tibet), Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2005, 233: 87-102.
Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R. and Davis A.M., A revised model for India - Asia collision based on new observations. International Symposium and Field Workshop on Gondwana Evolution and Dispersal, Kochi, Japan, Gondwana Research. 2004, 7 no 4(S) supplementary issue: 1284-1285.
Aitchison J.C. and Davis A.M., Evidence for the multiphase nature of the India-Asia collision from the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet, In: Malpas, J.G., Fletcher, C.J.N., Ali, J.R. & Aitchison, J.C., Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China. 2004, Geological Society Special Publication, 226: 217-234.
Aitchison J.C., Davis A.M., Hui L. and Badengzhu , Initial geological investigations of the central Bangong-Nujiang suture at Dong Tso (84°E), Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 50-51.
Aitchison J.C., Davis A.M., Abrajevitch A.V., Ali J.R., Badengzhu B., Liu J.B., Luo H., McDermid I.R.C. and Ziabrev S.V., Stratigraphic and sedimentological constraints on the age and tectonic evolution of the Neotethyan ophiolites along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet. Ophiolites in Earth History , In: Dilek, Y. & Robinson, P. T., Geological Society of London Special Publication. London, 2004, 218: 147-164.
Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Badengzhu , Davis A.M., Faustino D.V., Hui L., Safaya S., Ross I.D.B. and Zeng Q.G., The Bangong-Nujiang suture between Gertse and Dong Tso (84°- 85°E), central Tibet. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France, Special extended abstracts volume (edited by Mascle, G. & Lavé, J.), Geologie Alpine Memoire. 2005, 44: 4.
Aitchison J.C., The Great Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster, Gondwana Research. 2005, 8(2): 3-4.
Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Greater India: A Review. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France, Special extended abstracts volume, In: Mascle, G. & Lavé, J., Geologie Alpine, Memoire. 2005, 44: 5.
Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Problem of positioning Paleogene Eurasia: a review; efforts to resolve the issue; implications for the India-Asia collision, In: Clift, P. D., Hayes, D. E., Prell, W. & Wang, P., Continent-Ocean interactions within the East Asia marginal seas. AGU Monograph Series. 2004, 149: 23-35.
Buckman S. and Aitchison J.C., Tectonic evolution of Paleozoic terranes in West Junggar, Xinjiang, northwest China, In: Malpas, J.G., Fletcher, C.J.N., Ali, J.R. & Aitchison, J.C., Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China. 2004, Geological Society Special Publication, 226: 101-130.
Chan O.K.A., Aitchison J.C., Badengzhu and Hui L., Miocene collision-related conglomerates near Dazhuqu and Xigaze, Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 56.
Davies A.M., Aitchison J.C., Badengzhu J.C. and Hui L., Conglomerates of the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, southern Tibet, In: Malpas, J.G., Fletcher, C.J.N., Ali, J.R. & Aitchison, J.C., Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China. 2004, Geological Society Special Publication, 226: 235-246.
Davis A.M. and Aitchison J.C., The significance of various conglomeratic units in Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 61-62.
Faustino D.V., Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Paleomagnetic investigations along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, central Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 57.
Hui L., Aitchison J.C., Chan O.K.A. and Badengzhu , Peperites indicate Cretaceous forearc volcanism in the Xigaze terrane, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 55.
Jing H., Aitchison J.C., Lacap D.C., Peerapornpisal Y., Sompong U. and Pointing S.B., Community phylogenetic analysis of moderately thermophilic cyanobacterial mats from China, the Philippines and Thailand, Extremophiles. 2005, 9: 325-332.
Jing H., Lau C.Y., Pointing S. and Aitchison J.C., Microbial Communities in geothermal habitats of Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 70-71.
Lau C.Y., Jing H., Aitchison J.C. and Pointing S.B., Thermophilic community diversity in a remote central Tibetan geothermal spring (poster), Extremophiles 2004, 5thInternational Conference on Extremophiles, Maryland, USA 19-23 September 2004. American Society for Microbiology. 2004, pp 95.
Malpas J.G., Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R. and Fletcher C., Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China, Geology Society of London, Special Publication. 2004, 226: 362.
Ross I.D.B., Aitchison J.C., Davies A.M. and Ali J.R., Cretaceous post-collisional shoshonitic volcanism along the Bangong-Nujiang suture, Gaise, central Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 58.
Safaya S., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Neotectonic faulting along the central Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, central Tibet. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France Special extended abstracts volume., In: Mascle, G. & Lavé, J., Geologie Alpine, Memoire. 2005, 44: 173.
Safaya S., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Neotectonics along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, 084°E, central Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 56-57.


Researcher : Ali JR

Project Title:Archaeomagnetic studies of kilns in the HKSAR
Investigator(s):Ali JR, Chau H.W.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:01/2001
Abstract:
To construct a detailed archaeomagnetic curve for the South China region for eventual use in age-dating artefacts and archaeoligical materials.


Project Title:Paleomagnetic - tectonic studies of the London caly formation, SE England
Investigator(s):Ali JR, Ward D.J.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:06/2001
Abstract:
To determine the paleogene position of eurasia using data from western Europe, and hence constrain tectonic models for East-SE Asia.


Project Title:Deciphering Philippine Sea Plate's origin and motion history: new approach using terranes from the Philippines
Investigator(s):Ali JR, Aitchison JC, Pubellier M., Yumul G.P., Queano K.L., Fuller M.D.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:10/2002
Abstract:
By studying teh Philippine island of Luzon, a new Philippine Sea Plate tectonic model will be developed, tested and refined. It is anticipated that resulting output will have a major impact on regional-scale modeling and improve the understanding of some of the important tectonic processess which the plate and the neighbouring region is associated.


Project Title:Paleomagnetic study of paleogene rocks, Kazakhstan, central Asia
Investigator(s):Ali JR, King C., Akopov T., Ward D.J.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for New Staff
Start Date:02/2003
Abstract:
To obtain a new apparent paleomagnetic pole from Upper Paleocene-Middle Eocene (60-50 Ma) shallow marine rock outcrops in Karakhstan to constrain the Late Cretaceous-mid Cenozoic position of the east and central Eurasian continental plate and hence establish its motion history for the peirod 80-40 Ma; to serve as a pilot investigation with the future aim of extracting from central Asia a middle Paleogene sea-level history from deposits that formed in the old Turgay Seaway (Arctic Ocean arm that 55 million years ago extended south to Iran) as part of ongoing testing of the Eustatic Sea-Level Concept.


Project Title:Determining the age and duration of volcanism associated with the Emeishan large igneous province (SW China), and its temporal link with the end-Guadalupian mass extinction
Investigator(s):Ali JR, Thompson GM, Zhou MF, Wignall P.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:01/2005
Abstract:
To provide a data-set for the temporal link hypothesis to be fully evaluated. From our parallel studies of the richly fossiliferous adajcent South China platform sediments, we hope also to see what environmental changes can be directly attributable to the LIP. If successful, the results of the project will be important providing critical information to a spectrum of geoscientists including LIP workers, mantle plume modellers, Phanerozoic palaeontologists, as well as evolutionary biologists. Critically, it should be possible to report the work in some of the highest profile journals.


Project Title:Determining the age and duration of volcanism associated with the Emeishan large igneous province (SW China), and its temporal link with the end-Guadalupian mass extinction
Investigator(s):Ali JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:01/2005
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


List of Research Outputs

Abrajevitch A., Ali J.R., Aitchison J.C., Badengzhu , Davis A.M., Liu J.B. and Ziabrev S.V., Neotethys and the India-Eurasia collision - new insights following a palaeomagnetic investigation of the Dazhuqu Terrane (southern Tibet), Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2005, 233: 87-102.
Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R. and Davis A.M., A revised model for India - Asia collision based on new observations. International Symposium and Field Workshop on Gondwana Evolution and Dispersal, Kochi, Japan, Gondwana Research. 2004, 7 no 4(S) supplementary issue: 1284-1285.
Aitchison J.C., Davis A.M., Abrajevitch A.V., Ali J.R., Badengzhu B., Liu J.B., Luo H., McDermid I.R.C. and Ziabrev S.V., Stratigraphic and sedimentological constraints on the age and tectonic evolution of the Neotethyan ophiolites along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet. Ophiolites in Earth History , In: Dilek, Y. & Robinson, P. T., Geological Society of London Special Publication. London, 2004, 218: 147-164.
Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Badengzhu , Davis A.M., Faustino D.V., Hui L., Safaya S., Ross I.D.B. and Zeng Q.G., The Bangong-Nujiang suture between Gertse and Dong Tso (84°- 85°E), central Tibet. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France, Special extended abstracts volume (edited by Mascle, G. & Lavé, J.), Geologie Alpine Memoire. 2005, 44: 4.
Ali J.R. and Cunich P.A., 'Halley and the London Queen Anne Churches' , Astronomy and Geophysics. Oxford, UK, Royal Astronomical Society, 2005, 46.2: 2.22-2.25.
Ali J.R. and Cunich P.A., 'Resurrecting Solomon's Temple: Nicholas Hawksmoor, Edmond Halley and the Queen Anne Churches', Department of Architecture Public Lecture, 10 March, 2005. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, 2005.
Ali J.R. and Cunich P.A., 'The Church East and West: Orienting the Queen Anne Churches, 1711-34', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Philadelphia, USA, Society of Architectural Historians, 2005, 64:1: 56-73.
Ali J.R., Colliding India with Eurasa: perspectives of a paleomagnetist, National Taiwan University. Taipei, 2005.
Ali J.R., Devil's Architect and the Father of Geophysics: an amazing collaboration, The University of Hong Kong. 2005.
Ali J.R., Emeishan large igneous province, SW China: state of understanding 2005, China University of Geosciences. Wuhan, China, 2005.
Ali J.R., Emeishan large igneous province, SW China: state of understanding 2005, Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Geochemistry. Guiyang, China, 2005.
Ali J.R., Thompson G.M., Zhou M.F. and Song X., Emeishan large igneous provincem, SW China., Lithos. 2005, 79: 475-489.
Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Greater India: A Review. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France, Special extended abstracts volume, In: Mascle, G. & Lavé, J., Geologie Alpine, Memoire. 2005, 44: 5.
Ali J.R., Greater India: a review (of the good, the bad and the downright ugly), 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet meeting. Aussois, France, 2005.
Ali J.R., Greater India: a review, South China Institute of Oceanology. Guangzhou, China, 2005.
Ali J.R., Greater India: the good, the bad and the downright ugly, National Taiwan University. Taipei, 2005.
Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Problem of positioning Paleogene Eurasia: a review; efforts to resolve the issue; implications for the India-Asia collision, In: Clift, P. D., Hayes, D. E., Prell, W. & Wang, P., Continent-Ocean interactions within the East Asia marginal seas. AGU Monograph Series. 2004, 149: 23-35.
Ali J.R., Resurecting Solomon's Temple: Nicholas Hawksmoor, Edmond Halley and the London Queen Anne Churches, The University of Hong Kong. 2005.
Ali J.R., Science behind the Tsumani, Ying Wa College. Hong Kong, 2005.
Ali J.R., Sumatra Earthquake-Tsunami: the geotectonic background, The University of Hong Kong. 2005.
Faustino D.V., Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Paleomagnetic investigations along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, central Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 57.
Haines P.W., Howard K.T., Ali J.R., Burrett C.F. and Bunopas S., Flood deposits penecontemporaneous with .8 Ma tektite fall in NE Thailand: an impact-induced environmental catastrophe?, Earth Planet Sci.Lett.. 2004, 225: 19-28.
Li Y., Ali J.R., Chan L.S. and Lee C.M., The revised set of late Mesozoic poles from Hong Kong: Implications for the Cretaceous-Cenozoic development of east Eurasia, J. Asian Earth Sciences. 2005, 24: 481-493.
Luterbacher H., Ali J.R., Brinkhuis H., Gradstein F.M., Hooker J.J., Monechi S., Ogg J.G., Powell J., Rohl U., Sanfilippo A. and Schmitz B., The Paleogene Period, In: Gradstein F.M., Ogg J.G. and Smith A.G., A Geological Time Scale. Cambridge University Press, 2004, Chapter 20: 384-408.
Malpas J.G., Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R. and Fletcher C., Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China, Geology Society of London, Special Publication. 2004, 226: 362.
Ross I.D.B., Aitchison J.C., Davies A.M. and Ali J.R., Cretaceous post-collisional shoshonitic volcanism along the Bangong-Nujiang suture, Gaise, central Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 58.
Safaya S., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Neotectonic faulting along the central Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, central Tibet. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France Special extended abstracts volume., In: Mascle, G. & Lavé, J., Geologie Alpine, Memoire. 2005, 44: 173.
Safaya S., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Neotectonics along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, 084°E, central Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 56-57.
Whattam S.A., Malpas J.G., Ali J.R., Lo C.H. and Smith I.E.M., Formation and emplacement of the Northland ophiolite, northern New Zealand: SW Pacific tectonic implications, Journal of the Geology Society of London. 2005, 162: 225-241.
Whattam S.A., Malpas J.G., Ali J.R., Smith I.E.M. and Lo C.H., The origin of the Northland Ophiolite, northern New Zealand: Discussion of new data and reassessment of the model., New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 2004, 47: 383-389.


Researcher : Aydin A

Project Title:Weathering-induced changes in primary porosity and permeability of intact igneous rocks
Investigator(s):Aydin A
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2002
Completion Date:10/2004
Abstract:
To explore: (a) influence of primary porosity (as a function of grain size and rock composition) on weathering processes, (b) evolution of various types of porosity in response to weathering, (c) relationhsip between porosity and permeability changes during the course of weathering, (d) meaning and usefulness of conventional porosity measurements (e) potential of ultrasonic velocity as an index of type and magnitude of poprosity, (f) potential of quantitative microfabric analysis in characterisation and prediction of porosity and permeability, (g) possibility of conceptual porosity models for the formulation of predictive relationships.


Project Title:Quantification and mapping of liquefaction potential of loaog city, the Philippines
Investigator(s):Aydin A
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2003
Abstract:
To develop more robust and comprehensive assessment methodologies in determining and delineating liquefaction potential.


Project Title:Mechanisms of landslides along clayey veins in saprolitic profiles
Investigator(s):Aydin A, Aydin NS, Wen B.P.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:12/2003
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


Project Title:Mechanisms of landslides along clayey veins in saprolitic profiles
Investigator(s):Aydin A, Aydin NS, Wen B.P.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:12/2003
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


Project Title:Scaling and predicting weathering-induced changes in rock material properties
Investigator(s):Aydin A
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC CERG Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2004
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


Project Title:EVALUATION AND DELINEATION OF LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY
Investigator(s):Aydin A
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2005
Abstract:
The fundamental objective of the proposed project is to develop new approaches/methods to facilitate recognition, identification, quantification, ranking/weighting, integration and delineation of various general and site-specific factors, which influence occurrence of landslides in time and space.Firstly, managing and preserving the original qualities of a multi-variable and multi-source data set which also show spatial and temporal variability is a significant challenge. Furthermore, some of these data are originally in linguistic form and needs to be quantified and integrated with the originally quantitative data without distorting their original notion. Thirdly, ranking and assigning weights to different factors are probably the weakest links in the susceptibility schemes. In order to tackle the first set of issues, the project should benefit from the data management, layer aggregation and graphical facilities of “geographical information systems”. In addressing the other issues, use of the fuzzy set theory and probabilistic multi-factor analysis together with the conditioning of the data using the well-documented landslides should provide a rigorous conceptual framework.


List of Research Outputs

Aydin A., Heterogeneity and Behavior of Saprolitic Slopes., EGU, Geophysical Research Abstract. Vienna, Austria, 2005, 7, 10805.
Aydin A., Site investigation and stabilization of rock slopes, Facutly of Construction Engineering, Jilin University. 2005.
Aydin A. and Basu A., The Schmidt hammer in rock material characterization, Engineering Geology. 2005, 81: 1-14.
Aydin A. and Basu A., The use of Brazilian test as a quantitative measure of rock weathering, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2005.
Aydin N.S. and Aydin A., Chemical and Mineralogical Heterogeneity of Weathered Igneous Rocks: Implications for Landslides Studies., EGU, Geophysical Research Abstract. Vienna, Austria, 2005, 7, 10806.
Aydin N.S., Wong S.C., Song Z., Aydin A. and You M., Chemical fractionation of heavy metals in Guangzhou Urban Environment, SE China., International Conference on Environmental and Public Health Management, Persistent Toxic Substances. Hong Kong, 2004.
Aydin N.S., Wong C.S., Song Z., Aydin A., LI X.D. and You M., Fate of heavy metal contaminants in road dusts and gully sediments of Guangzhou, SE China: A chemical and mineralogical assessment, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 2005.
Aydin N.S., Wong C.S., Aydin A., Song Z. and You M., Heavy metal contamination and distribution of Guangzhou, SE China, Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 2005.
Basu A. and Aydin A., An Evaluation of Ultrasonic Testing in Rock Material Characterization, Geotechnical Testing Journal. 2005.
Beroya M.A.A. and Aydin A., Liquefaction Hazard Assessment of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Northern Philippines., Asian Seismological Commission 5th General Assembly: Symposium on Seismic Hazard Evaluation and Risk Reduction. Yerevan, Armenia, 2004.
Wen B., Aydin N.S. and Aydin A., Geochemical characteristics of the slip zones of a landslide in granitic saprolite, Hong Kong: implications for their development and microenvironments, Environmental Geology. 2004, 47: 140-154.
Wen B. and Aydin A., Mechanism of a rainfall-induced slide-debris flow: constraints from microstructure of its slip zone, Engineering Geology. 2005, 78: 69-88.
Wong C.S., Aydin N.S., Aydin A. and Wong H.M., Source and trends of environmental mercury in Asia, Total Science of Environment. 2005.
Wong C.S.C., Aydin N.S., Aydin A. and Wong M.H., Environmental Mercury Contamination Arising from Mercury-containing Electronic components In Southeast Asia, GAC-MAC. Canada, 2005.
Wong S.C., Aydin N.S., Aydin A. and Wong M.H., Environmental mercury contamination arising from mercury-containing electronic components In Southeast Asia., Asia-Pacific Environmental Geochemistry and Health Conference (APSEG4). Perth-Australia, 2005.


Researcher : Aydin NS

Project Title:Comparative study on speciation of potentially toxic organic and inorganic elements in urban environments of Hong Kong and Guangzhou
Investigator(s):Aydin NS, Malpas JG, Song Z.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:04/2003
Abstract:
To establish a comparable and comprehensive regional database fully characterizing organc and inorganic pollutants in the urban enrironments of Hong Kong and Guangzhou.


Project Title:Fate of heavy metals released into fluvial system: Assessment of health and environmental effects of E-waste recycling/disposal in Guiyu, SE China
Investigator(s):Aydin NS, Malpas JG, Aydin A, Wong M.H.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:01/2004
Abstract:
To assess the fate of heavy metals in fluvial system by examining an e-waste recycling/disposal processing site in Guiyu SE, China. Special emphasis will be given to the role of sediment-water partitioning and transport and depositional processes affecting distribution, dispersion and bioavailability of heavy metals in the aqueous environment.


List of Research Outputs

Aydin N.S. and Aydin A., Chemical and Mineralogical Heterogeneity of Weathered Igneous Rocks: Implications for Landslides Studies., EGU, Geophysical Research Abstract. Vienna, Austria, 2005, 7, 10806.
Aydin N.S., Wong S.C., Song Z., Aydin A. and You M., Chemical fractionation of heavy metals in Guangzhou Urban Environment, SE China., International Conference on Environmental and Public Health Management, Persistent Toxic Substances. Hong Kong, 2004.
Aydin N.S., Clay minerals and their uses: Case studies from Hong Kong and China. Uses of natural materials in Hong Kong's Engineering and Building Development, IMM. Hong Kong, 2005.
Aydin N.S., Wong C.S., Song Z., Aydin A., LI X.D. and You M., Fate of heavy metal contaminants in road dusts and gully sediments of Guangzhou, SE China: A chemical and mineralogical assessment, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 2005.
Aydin N.S., Wong C.S., Aydin A., Song Z. and You M., Heavy metal contamination and distribution of Guangzhou, SE China, Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 2005.
Aydin N.S., Wong C.S., Hudson-Edwards K.A., Edwards S. and Li X.D., Heavy metal contamination and lead isotopic composition of urban deposits in Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific Environmental Geochemistry and Health Conference (APSEG4). Perth-Australia, 2005.
Aydin N.S., Impact of natural environment on public health "Medical Geology". University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 2005.
Aydin N.S., Introduction to Medical Geology. Turkish National Cancer Week, International Participation Organization of Health Ministry of Turkey. Ankara, Turkey, 2005, (1-7 April).
Aydin N.S., Lead isotopes and source, distribution and bioavailability of heavy metals: Case Study “Urban environmental geochemistry and health”. 1st Turkish Medical Geology Symposium. MTA, Ankara, Turkey, 2005.
Chan L.S., Cheung A.S.C., Aydin N.S., Mok W.Y. and Liu Q.S., Magnetic characterisation of urban sediments in Hong Kong, Joint AOGS 1st Annual Meeting and 2nd APHW Conference, 5-9 July 2004, Singapore. 2004, Abstract Vol 1: p. 130.
Song Z., You M. and Aydin N.S., Characterizing organic pollutants in the ceiling dusts of vehicular tunnels in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China., Atmospheric Environment. 2005, 39: 6398-6408.
Wen B., Aydin N.S. and Aydin A., Geochemical characteristics of the slip zones of a landslide in granitic saprolite, Hong Kong: implications for their development and microenvironments, Environmental Geology. 2004, 47: 140-154.
Wong C.S. and Aydin N.S., Mercury in the Asian Environment- After the 20th Century, International Conference on Environmental and Public Health Management, Persistent Toxic Substances. Hong Kong, 2004.
Wong C.S., Aydin N.S., Aydin A. and Wong H.M., Source and trends of environmental mercury in Asia, Total Science of Environment. 2005.
Wong C.S.C., Aydin N.S., Aydin A. and Wong M.H., Environmental Mercury Contamination Arising from Mercury-containing Electronic components In Southeast Asia, GAC-MAC. Canada, 2005.
Wong S.C., Aydin N.S., Aydin A. and Wong M.H., Environmental mercury contamination arising from mercury-containing electronic components In Southeast Asia., Asia-Pacific Environmental Geochemistry and Health Conference (APSEG4). Perth-Australia, 2005.


Researcher : Basu A

List of Research Outputs

Aydin A. and Basu A., The Schmidt hammer in rock material characterization, Engineering Geology. 2005, 81: 1-14.
Aydin A. and Basu A., The use of Brazilian test as a quantitative measure of rock weathering, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2005.
Basu A. and Aydin A., An Evaluation of Ultrasonic Testing in Rock Material Characterization, Geotechnical Testing Journal. 2005.


Researcher : Beroya MAA

List of Research Outputs

Beroya M.A.A. and Aydin A., Liquefaction Hazard Assessment of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Northern Philippines., Asian Seismological Commission 5th General Assembly: Symposium on Seismic Hazard Evaluation and Risk Reduction. Yerevan, Armenia, 2004.


Researcher : Chan LS

Project Title:Paleomagnetic and tectonic study of South China
Investigator(s):Chan LS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:09/1993
Abstract:
Application of paleomagnetic and geophysical methods to determine the tectonic structure and history of the maritime province of South China


Project Title:Joint HK-France-Vietnam production of a neotectonic map of South China-Southeast Asia region
Investigator(s):Chan LS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:The University of Hong Kong Foundation Seed Grant
Start Date:04/2002
Abstract:
To study joint HK-France-Vietnam production of a neotectonic map of South China-Southeast Asia region.


Project Title:Hong Kong-French collaborative research on neotectonics of South China coastal belt
Investigator(s):Chan LS, Pubellier M.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme - Travel Grants
Start Date:01/2003
Abstract:
To acquire a better understanding of the recent tectonic history of the area in the vicinity of Hong Kong; to produce a neotectonic map of the South China area.


Project Title:Feasibility study of infrared thermographic measurement of human body temperature
Investigator(s):Chan LS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:VCO SARS Research Fund
Start Date:07/2003
Abstract:
To find out whether the infrared thermographic techniques be used to identify human subjects with elevated core temperature? To explore what is the optimal instrumental configuration in conducting the IR thermographic measurement?


Project Title:Magnetic mineralogy of urban sediment in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Chan LS, Aydin NS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2003
Abstract:
To determine the mineralogy of magnetic particles in street dust in Hong Kong using both magnetic and powder x-ray diffraction methods.


Project Title:Gamma-ray Spectrometry of Weathered Igneous Rocks
Investigator(s):Chan LS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC CERG Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2004
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


List of Research Outputs

Bahr A., Wong H.K., Yim W.W.S., Huang G., Ludmann T., Chan L.S. and Ridley T.W.N., Stratigraphy of Quaternary inner shelf sediments in Tai O Bay, Hong Kong, Geo-marine Letters. 2005, 25(1):20-33.
Chan L.S., Cheung A.S.C., Aydin N.S., Mok W.Y. and Liu Q.S., Magnetic characterisation of urban sediments in Hong Kong, Joint AOGS 1st Annual Meeting and 2nd APHW Conference, 5-9 July 2004, Singapore. 2004, Abstract Vol 1: p. 130.
Chan L.S., Cheung G.T.Y., Lauder I.J. and Kumana C.R., Screening For Fever By Remote Sensing Infrared Thermographic Camera, Journal of Travel Medicine. 2004, 11: 273-297.
Fletcher C.J.N., Chan L.S., Sewell R.J., Campbell S.D.G., Davis D.W. and Zhu J., Basement heterogeneity in the Cathaysia block crustal block, south east China, In: Malpas, J., Fletcher, C.J.N., Ali, J.R. & Aitchison, J.C., Aspects of Tectonic Evolution of ChinaGeological Society Special Publications 226. 2004, 226: 145-155.
Kumana C.R., Cheung G.T.Y., Lauder I.J. and Chan L.S., Screening for Fever by Means of Infrared Thermographic Camera, 11th Ineternational Congress of infectious diseases – Mexico 2004 (Published in: International Journal of Infectious Diseases). 2004, 8(Supl 1): S110.
Li Y., Ali J.R., Chan L.S. and Lee C.M., The revised set of late Mesozoic poles from Hong Kong: Implications for the Cretaceous-Cenozoic development of east Eurasia, J. Asian Earth Sciences. 2005, 24: 481-493.
Liu Q.S., Chan L.S. and et al , A study of relationship between magnetic anomalies and hydrocarbon microseepage above Jingbian Gas Field, the Ordos Basin, China, AAPG Bulletin. 2004, 88, 2: 241-251.
Liu Q.S., Liu Q., Chan L.S., Li H., Tao Y. and Fu Y., Magnetic and geochemical properties opf street dust in two parks in Wuhan, China, Joint AOGS 1st Annual Meeting and 2nd APHW Conference, 5-9 July 2004, Singapore. 2004, Abstract Vol 1: p. 131.
Mak S., Chan L.S., Chandler A.M. and Koo C.H., Coda Q estimates in the Hong Kong Region , J. Asian Earth Sciences. 2004, 24: 127-136.
Megawati K., Wong W.T., Chan L.S., Chandler A.M. and Chan Y.W., Simulation of distant earthquakes affecting Hong Kong, The Third International Conference on Continental Earthquakes, Beijing, China, July 2004.
Mok C.W.Y., Yim W.W.S. and Chan L.S., Integrated sedimentological, geophysical and geochemical study of boreholes from the West Lamma Channel in Hong Kong International, Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition. 2005, INQUA: 36.
Ridley T.W.N., Yim W.W.S. and Chan L.S., Preliminary ground-truthing of Hong Kong-Zhuhai Bridge seismic surveys using the University of Hong Kong boreholes, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA. 2005, 39.
Yim W.W.S., Huang G. and Chan L.S., Magnetic susceptibility study of late Quaternary inner continental shelf sediments in Hong Kong SAR, China, Quaternary International. 2004, 117: 41-54.
Zhang S.X., Zhou H.W. and Chan L.S., Dispersive behavior of Rayleigh waves in layered azimuthally anisotropic media, Pure and Applied Geophysics. 2004, 161(1):185-201.
Zhang S.X., Chan L.S. and Xia J., The selection of field acquisition parameters for dispersion images from multichannel surface wave data, Pure and Applied Geophysics. 2004, 161: 185-201.


Researcher : Donoghue SL

Project Title:Identifying vegetation species as an indicator of landslip hazard: an integrated approach using remote sensing and ground truth data
Investigator(s):Donoghue SL, Vohora VK
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2003
Completion Date:01/2005
Abstract:
To identify and map land surface characteristics (geomorphology); to identify the sources and timing of vegetation destruction and relate these to anthropogenic and mass wasting processes; to model these changes by integrating satellite and ground truth data.


Project Title:KNOWLEDGE-BASED ARCHAEOLOGY IN HONG KONG
Investigator(s):Donoghue SL
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC CERG Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2004
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


List of Research Outputs

Donoghue S.L. and Smith I.E.M., Evolution of arc-type volcanoes: insights from the pyroclastic record., Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 2004, 117A.
Donoghue S.L. and Edwards S.J., Volcanic Processes: An on-linedistance education course in Earth Science, 2004.


Researcher : Faustino DV

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Badengzhu , Davis A.M., Faustino D.V., Hui L., Safaya S., Ross I.D.B. and Zeng Q.G., The Bangong-Nujiang suture between Gertse and Dong Tso (84°- 85°E), central Tibet. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France, Special extended abstracts volume (edited by Mascle, G. & Lavé, J.), Geologie Alpine Memoire. 2005, 44: 4.
Faustino D.V., Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Paleomagnetic investigations along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, central Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 57.


Researcher : Fletcher CJN

List of Research Outputs

Fletcher C.J.N., Chan L.S., Sewell R.J., Campbell S.D.G., Davis D.W. and Zhu J., Basement heterogeneity in the Cathaysia block crustal block, south east China, In: Malpas, J., Fletcher, C.J.N., Ali, J.R. & Aitchison, J.C., Aspects of Tectonic Evolution of ChinaGeological Society Special Publications 226. 2004, 226: 145-155.


Researcher : Huang G

List of Research Outputs

Yim W.W.S., Huang G. and Chan L.S., Magnetic susceptibility study of late Quaternary inner continental shelf sediments in Hong Kong SAR, China, Quaternary International. 2004, 117: 41-54.


Researcher : Hui L

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Davis A.M., Hui L. and Badengzhu , Initial geological investigations of the central Bangong-Nujiang suture at Dong Tso (84°E), Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 50-51.
Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Badengzhu , Davis A.M., Faustino D.V., Hui L., Safaya S., Ross I.D.B. and Zeng Q.G., The Bangong-Nujiang suture between Gertse and Dong Tso (84°- 85°E), central Tibet. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France, Special extended abstracts volume (edited by Mascle, G. & Lavé, J.), Geologie Alpine Memoire. 2005, 44: 4.


Researcher : Jiao JJJ

Project Title:Subsurface air flow induced by tidal fluctuation
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2002
Completion Date:10/2004
Abstract:
To explore air flow caused by tidal fluctuation with a case study in a coastal area in Hong Kong; to examine various unfavorable conditions which may lead to abnormally high air pressure in subsoil.


Project Title:Modification of regional groundwater regimes by large-scale land reclamation
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ, Chen C.X., Zheng C.M.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:12/2002
Abstract:
The project attempts to investigate systematically the impact of reclamation on groundwater regimes by conducting extensive field geological survey, in-situ and laboratory testing, and comprehensive numerical modelling.


Project Title:Impact of deep foundations in extensively urbanized area on coastal groundwater regimes
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ, Zhang D.X., Wang Y.X.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:10/2003
Abstract:
To investigate systematically and quantitatively the modification of coastal groundwater regimes due to intensive and deep foundations by conducting theoretical and field studies.


Project Title:Impact of deep foundations in extensively urbanized area on coastal groundwater regimes
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ, Zhang D.X., Wang Y.X.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:10/2003
Abstract:
To investigate systematically and quantitatively the modification of coastal groundwater regimes due to intensive and deep foundations by conducting theoretical and field studies.


Project Title:Pore pressure response to rainfall in slopes of weathered igneous rock with a confined groundwater zone
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ, Wang X.S.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2003
Abstract:
To investigate various abnormal piezometric responses to rainfall by considering complicated unsaturated and saturated flow in igneous slopes with a high permeability zone at the rockhead.


Project Title:Tide-induced subsurface air flow in coastal areas
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC CERG Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2004
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


Project Title:Preliminary study on chemical reactions between fill materials and marine mud in a reclaimed land
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2004
Abstract:
To investigate the possible chemical reactions occuring in a reclaimed site and to address the environmental consequences of these reactions. The reclaimation site in Shekou, Shenzhen, which is currently being developed for construction of the Hong Kong - Shenzhen Western Corridor, will be chosen as the case study area.


List of Research Outputs

Cheng J., McIntosh J.C., Xie X. and Jiao J.J.J., Hydrogeochemistry of Formation Water in the Northern Songliao Basin, China, Goldschmidt 2005 (Voyage of Discovery, 50th Anniversary of the Geochemical Society). Moscow, Idaho USA, 2005.
Cheng J.M., Jiao J.J.J. and Xie X.N., Hydrogeochemistry of formation water with implication to abnormal pressures in the Northern Songliao basin, China, American Geophysical Union, 2004 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California (abstract published), 2004.
Jiao J.J.J., Wang X.S. and Nandy S., Confined groundwater zone and slope instability in weathered igneous rocks in Hong Kong, Engineering Geology. 2005, 80: 71-92.
Leung C.M., Jiao J.J.J., Malpas J.G., Chan W.T. and Wang Y.X., Factors affecting the groundwater chemistry in a highly-urbanized coastal area in Hong Kong: an example from the Mid-Levels area, Environmental Geology DOI. 2005, 10.1007/s00254-005-1290-6: Online publication.
Li H.L. and Jiao J.J.J., One-dimensional airflow in unsaturated zone induced by periodic water table fluctuation, Water Resources Research. 2005, Vol. 41, No. 4, W04007.
Qin S.Q., Jiao J.J.J. and Li Z.G., Non linear evolutionary mechanisms of instability of planar-slip slope: catastrophe, bifurcation, chaos and physical prediction, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2005, DOI: 10.1007/s00603-005-0049-4: Online publicaion.
Wang F.L. and Jiao J.J.J., Preliminary numerical study on groundwater system at the Hong Kong International Airport, 4th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics and 14th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research. Hong Kong, 2004.
Weng H.X., Ma X.W., Cheng Q., Jiao J.J.J. and Qin Y.C., Genetic relation between Holocene transgression and chemical composition of the shallow groundwater in Hangzhou, China, Environmental Geology. 2005, 47 (8): 1111 – 1119.


Researcher : Lee T

List of Research Outputs

Sun Y., Sun M., Lee T. and Nie B., Influence of seawater Sr content on coral Sr/Ca and Sr thermometry , Coral Reefs. 2005, 24: 23-29.
Yuan C., Sun M., Wei G.J., Lee T. and Nie B.F., Strontium contents of a Porites coral collected from the Xisha Island, South China Sea: A proxy for sea surface temperature of the twentieth century, Paleoceanography. 2004, 19, PA2004: 1-10.


Researcher : Li S

List of Research Outputs

Li S., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Z. and Zhao G., Nd isotopic characteristics of the south and north Liaohe Groups and tectonic implications, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A863.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, Precambrian Research. 2004, 134( 3-4): 349-371.
Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S. and Zhang J., SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping mountain belt, North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A832.


Researcher : Li SH

Project Title:OSL chronological studies of late quaternary sediments from south edge of Mu Us Desert in China
Investigator(s):Li SH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/2002
Abstract:
This project attempts to provide high-resolution chronological evidence to the environmental changes of late Quaternary in the region by using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL).


Project Title:Optical dating of Holocene deposits in sandy lands from Inter-Mongolia China
Investigator(s):Li SH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2004
Abstract:
To date late Quaternary desert deposits for providing direct chronological evidence on climate changes and human occupations; to identify the relative significance of climate changes ro human impacts on desert development during the Holocene in China; to date samples from archaeological sites and ancient desert deposit in order to obtain clues on the relationship between immigration, urban development and desert expansion.


Project Title:Optical dating of foxxil homo sapiens sites in Northern China
Investigator(s):Li SH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC CERG Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2004
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


List of Research Outputs

Chen Y.Y., Li S.H. and Xie X.N., Quartz luminescence geothermometer: preliminary studies on reconstruction of activities of thermal fluid flow in Yingehai sedimentary basin, China, Abstract, International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating. Cologne, Germany, 2005.
Chen Y.Y., Li S.H. and Xie X.N., 石英的释光信号作为地质温度计对热流体活动示踪的初步研究, 石英的释光信号作为地质温度计对热流体活动示踪的初步研究, Abstract, 9th Chinese Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating. Lanzhou, China, 2004.
Li B. and Li S.H., Observations of thermal transfer and the slow component of OSL signals from quartz, Abstract, International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating. Cologne, Germany, 2005.
Li B. and Li S.H., 用线性激发光释光的快速信号 测量石英的辐照总剂量, Abstract, 9th Chinese Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating, July, 2004. Lanzhou, China.
Li S.H., Chen Y.Y., Li B., Sun J.M. and Yang L.Y., OSL dating of sediments from deserts of northern China, Abstract, International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating. Cologne, Germany, 2005.
Zhao H. and Li S.H., Internal dose rate to K-feldspar grains from radioactive elements other than potassium, Radiation Measurements. 2004, 40: 84-93.


Researcher : Luo Y

List of Research Outputs

Li S.Z., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Z.Z., Luo Y., Hao D.F. and Xia X., Deformation history of the Paleoproterozoic Liaohe assemblage in the eastern block of the North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2005, 24: 659-674.
Luo Y., Gao S., Yuan H., Liu X.M., Gunther D., Jin Z.M. and Sun M., Ce anomaly of eclogite and garnet pyroxenite from Dabie-Sulu ultrahigh pressure metamorphic belt: subduction of sediments formed under oxidizing conditions, Science in China. 2004, D, 34(1): 14-23.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, Precambrian Research. 2004, 134( 3-4): 349-371.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Orogen, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 41.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronology of Yushulazi formation in thr North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A831.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Basement nature of the Ordos terrane, Western Block of the North China Craton: Constraints from detrital zircon ages and Hf isotopes of khondalites from the Wulashan Complex, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A17.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Crust Evolution of the Ordos Terrane, Western Block of the North China Craton: Detrital Zircon age and Hf Isotope study on Khondalites from Lvliang Complex, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 71.


Researcher : Mak S

List of Research Outputs

Mak S., Chan L.S., Chandler A.M. and Koo C.H., Coda Q estimates in the Hong Kong Region , J. Asian Earth Sciences. 2004, 24: 127-136.


Researcher : Malpas JG

Project Title:Mantle processes and heterogeneity: evidence from ophiolites
Investigator(s):Malpas JG, Zhou MF, Robinson P.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:01/2002
Completion Date:12/2004
Abstract:
To further understand the origin and development of suprasubduction zone mantle material through the observation of key ophiolite sections. In particular, it is important to define the origin of mantle lithologies (especially where UHP minerals are preserved), the characteristics of various melting processes, the nature of melt transport through the upper mantle and processes of melt/rock interaction, all of which contribute to the evolution of mantle heterogeneity.


Project Title:Environmental geochemistry of the Pangzhihua V-TI-FE mining area, upstream of the Yangtze river, Southwest China
Investigator(s):Malpas JG, Aydin NS, Aydin A
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2002
Abstract:
To establish a database including the mineralogical, geochemical, physical and spatial characterization of contaminant metal-bearing phases in the river water and river bed; to predict their long-term stability or mobility with regard to changes in pH, Eh and variation in climate; predict the formation-dissolution-precipitation cycle in the system; understand the processes of formation and distribution of Ti-V-Fe-bearing minerals in the river bed; examine elemental chemistry and suspended load characteristics of the Yangtze River waters; to utilize and enhance the GIS application in environmental studies.


Project Title:Complete reappraisal of northland ophiolite, northern New Zealand, overhaul of the SW Pacific geotectonic plate model
Investigator(s):Malpas JG, Ali JR, Whattam SA, Lo C.H., Smith I.E.M.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:10/2003
Abstract:
To extract a comprehensive age, geochemical and palaeomagnetic data suite from the collage of allochthonous ophiolitic fragments that are exposed in northern New Zealand; to generate a model that fully explains their origin, motion history and subsequent emplacement onto New Zealand; and to place this information in a SW Pacific plate tectonic framework.


Project Title:Complete reappraisal of northland ophiolite, northern New Zealand, overhaul of the SW Pacific geotectonic plate model
Investigator(s):Malpas JG, Ali JR, Whattam SA, Lo C.H., Smith I.E.M.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:10/2003
Abstract:
To extract a comprehensive age, geochemical and palaeomagnetic data suite from the collage of allochthonous ophiolitic fragments that are exposed in northern New Zealand; to generate a model that fully explains their origin, motion history and subsequent emplacement onto New Zealand; and to place this information in a SW Pacific plate tectonic framework.


List of Research Outputs

Bai W., Robinson P.T., Fang Q., Malpas J.G., Yang J., Zhou M.F. and Hu X., Silicon Spinel - An ultrahigh pressure mineral recovered> from podiform chromitites of the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet, International Geological Congress. Florence, 2004.
Chan G., Malpas J.G., Xenophontos C. and Lo C.H., Occurrence of early Miocene gabbros in southwest Cyprus: magmatism related to a rifted basin?, In: Chatzipetros, A.A. & Pavlides, S.B., Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology. Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004, 1102-1105.
Leung C.M., Jiao J.J.J., Malpas J.G., Chan W.T. and Wang Y.X., Factors affecting the groundwater chemistry in a highly-urbanized coastal area in Hong Kong: an example from the Mid-Levels area, Environmental Geology DOI. 2005, 10.1007/s00254-005-1290-6: Online publication.
Malpas J.G., Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R. and Fletcher C., Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China, Geology Society of London, Special Publication. 2004, 226: 362.
Malpas J.G., Robinson P.T., Zhou M.F. and Dilek Y., Significance of the Sheeted Dyke Complex in the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus, for The Mode Of Igneous Accretion at Oceanic Spreading Centers in Active Margins, International Geological Congress. Florence, 2004.
Pang K.N., Zhou M.F., Zhao D., Malpas J.G. and Ma Y., Petrogenetic Implications of Fe-Ti Oxides in the Permian Panzhihua Gabbroic Intrusion, SW China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Qi L., Zhou M.F., Malpas J.G. and Sun M., Determination of Rare Earth Elements and Y in ultramafic rocks by ICP-MS after pre-concentration using Fe(OH)3 and Mg(OH)2 coprecipitation, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 2005, 29 (1): 131-141.
Robinson P.T., Malpas J.G., Zhou M.F., Ash C., Yang J. and Bai W., Geochemistry and Origin of Listwanites in the Sartohay and Luobusa Ophiolites, China. In: Serpentine and Serpeninites; Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry, Ecology, Geophysics, and Tectonics, In: Ernst, W.G., International Book Series. 2004, 8: 475-500.
Robinson P.T., Malpas J.G., Zhou M.F., Ash C., Yang J. and Bai W., The geochemistry and origin of listwanites in the Sartohay and Luobusa ophiolites, China, International Geology Review. 2005, 47: 177-202.
Robinson P.T., Bai W., Yang J., Fang Q., Zhou M.F. and Malpas J.G., UHP Minerals in the Luobusa Ophiolite, Tibet, IGCP 430 Workshop. Kunming, 2004.
Robinson P.T., Bai W.J., Malpas J.G., Yang J.S., Zhou M.F., Fang Q.S., Hu X.F. and Cameron S., Ultra-high pressure minerals in the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet and their tectonic implications. In: Aspects of the tectonic evolution of China, Geology Society of London, Special Publication. 2004, 226: 247-271.
Whattam S.A., Malpas J.G., Ali J.R., Lo C.H. and Smith I.E.M., Formation and emplacement of the Northland ophiolite, northern New Zealand: SW Pacific tectonic implications, Journal of the Geology Society of London. 2005, 162: 225-241.
Whattam S.A., Malpas J.G., Ali J.R., Smith I.E.M. and Lo C.H., The origin of the Northland Ophiolite, northern New Zealand: Discussion of new data and reassessment of the model., New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 2004, 47: 383-389.
Whattam S.A., Malpas J.G. and Smith I.E.M., U-Pb Dating of Zircons from Leucocratic Rocks of the Northland Ophiolite, New Zealand suggests formation in the Oligocene South Fiji Basin, EOS Trans. AGU, Western Pacific Meeting. 2004, Supp. Abstract. V23B-100.
Xian W.S., Sun M., Malpas J.G., Zhao G., Zhou M.F., Ye K., Liu J.B. and Phillips D.L., Application of Raman spectroscopy to distinguish metamorphic and igneous zircons, Analytical Letters. 2004, 37: 117-128.
Zhou M.F., Malpas J.G., Robinson P.T., Edwards S. and Qi L., REE and PGE geochemical constraints on the formation of dunites in the Luobusa ophiolite, Southern Tibet., Journal of Petrology. 2005, 46: 615-639.
Zhou M.F., Robinson P.T., Malpas J.G., Bin X. and Dilek Y., Tectonic Settings Of Ophiolites from Tibet: Constraints From Chromite Compositions., International Geological Congress. Florence, 2004.


Researcher : Pang KN

List of Research Outputs

Ma Y., Zhou M.F., Wang C.Y. and Pang K.N., Origin of giant magmatic Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits hosted in layered intrusions in the Pan-Xi area, Sichuan Province, SW China, 10th International Platinum Symposium. Oulu, Finland, 2005.
Pang K.N., Zhou M.F., Shellnutt J.G. and Ma Y.X., Mineral chemistry of Fe-Ti oxides in the Permian Panzhihua gabbroic intrusion, SW China: implications for the ore genesis, 10th International Platinum Symposium. Oulu, Finland, 2005.
Pang K.N., Zhou M.F., Zhao D., Malpas J.G. and Ma Y., Petrogenetic Implications of Fe-Ti Oxides in the Permian Panzhihua Gabbroic Intrusion, SW China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Zhou M.F., Wang C.Y., Pang K.N., Shellnutt J.G. and Ma Y.X., Origin of giant Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in layered gabbroic intrusions, Pan-Xi district, Sichuan Province, SW China, The 8th Biennial SGA Meeting. Beijing, China, 2005.


Researcher : Qi L

List of Research Outputs

Qi L., Zhou M.F., Malpas J.G. and Sun M., Determination of Rare Earth Elements and Y in ultramafic rocks by ICP-MS after pre-concentration using Fe(OH)3 and Mg(OH)2 coprecipitation, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 2005, 29 (1): 131-141.
Qi L., Zhou M.F. and Wang C.Y., Determination of low concentrations of platinum group elements in geological samples by ID-ICP-MS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2004, 19: 1335-1339.
Shellnutt J.G., Zhou M.F. and Qi L., Geochemical discrimination between mineralized and unmineralized gabbros from Miyi, Sichuan Province, SW China: recognition of two magma types of the late Permian Emeishan large igneous province, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Song X.Y., Zhou M.F., Sun M. and Qi L., Geochemistry of Permian flood basalts and related Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide-bearing sills in Yangliuping, Sichuan Province, China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Wang C.Y., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Yan D.P. and Zhang Z.W., The Zhaotong native copper deposit associated with the Permian Emeishan flood basalts, Yunnan, SW China, IGCP479 Hong Kong Workshop. Hong Kong, 2004.
Zhou M.F., Malpas J.G., Robinson P.T., Edwards S. and Qi L., REE and PGE geochemical constraints on the formation of dunites in the Luobusa ophiolite, Southern Tibet., Journal of Petrology. 2005, 46: 615-639.
Zhou M.F., Zhao J.H., Qi L., Su W. and Hu R.Z., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and elemental and Sr -Nd isotopic geochemistry of the Permian mafic rocks in the Funing area, SW China, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology(in press). 2005.


Researcher : Ross IDB

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Badengzhu , Davis A.M., Faustino D.V., Hui L., Safaya S., Ross I.D.B. and Zeng Q.G., The Bangong-Nujiang suture between Gertse and Dong Tso (84°- 85°E), central Tibet. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France, Special extended abstracts volume (edited by Mascle, G. & Lavé, J.), Geologie Alpine Memoire. 2005, 44: 4.
Ross I.D.B., Aitchison J.C., Davies A.M. and Ali J.R., Cretaceous post-collisional shoshonitic volcanism along the Bangong-Nujiang suture, Gaise, central Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 58.


Researcher : Safaya S

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Badengzhu , Davis A.M., Faustino D.V., Hui L., Safaya S., Ross I.D.B. and Zeng Q.G., The Bangong-Nujiang suture between Gertse and Dong Tso (84°- 85°E), central Tibet. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France, Special extended abstracts volume (edited by Mascle, G. & Lavé, J.), Geologie Alpine Memoire. 2005, 44: 4.
Safaya S., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Neotectonic faulting along the central Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, central Tibet. In: 20th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop HKT 20, Aussois, France Special extended abstracts volume., In: Mascle, G. & Lavé, J., Geologie Alpine, Memoire. 2005, 44: 173.
Safaya S., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Neotectonics along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, 084°E, central Tibet, The 4th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, China, Programs and Abstracts. 2004, 56-57.


Researcher : Shellnutt JG

List of Research Outputs

Pang K.N., Zhou M.F., Shellnutt J.G. and Ma Y.X., Mineral chemistry of Fe-Ti oxides in the Permian Panzhihua gabbroic intrusion, SW China: implications for the ore genesis, 10th International Platinum Symposium. Oulu, Finland, 2005.
Shellnutt J.G., Zhou M.F. and Qi L., Geochemical discrimination between mineralized and unmineralized gabbros from Miyi, Sichuan Province, SW China: recognition of two magma types of the late Permian Emeishan large igneous province, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Zhou M.F., Wang C.Y., Pang K.N., Shellnutt J.G. and Ma Y.X., Origin of giant Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in layered gabbroic intrusions, Pan-Xi district, Sichuan Province, SW China, The 8th Biennial SGA Meeting. Beijing, China, 2005.


Researcher : Sun M

Project Title:Petrogenesis and precise geochronology of the Fuping-Wutai-Hengshan metamorphic complexes
Investigator(s):Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Matching Fund for NSFC Young Researcher Award
Start Date:04/2001
Abstract:
To study petrogenesis and precise geochronology of the Fuping-Wutai-Hengshan metamorphic complexes.


Project Title:Multi-technique dating of high-pressure rocks in the Central Zone of the North China Craton
Investigator(s):Sun M, Zhao G, Wilde S.A.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:12/2001
Abstract:
To ascertain the geological occurrence and extent of distribution of HP amphibolites, HP granulites and retrograded eclogites by undertaking detailed field investigations; to characterise their tectonothermal processes through studying their mineral assemblages, textures, mineral compositions, thermobarometry and P-Tpaths; to define the original tectonic setting of the protoliths of the HP rocks by characterising their rock associations and geochemical fingerprints; to utilise U-Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronology combined with cathodoluminescence (CL) and back-scattered electron (BSE) imaging to determine the precise ages of both magmatic and metamorphic zircons in the HP rocks; to constrain the timing of HP metamorhpism by Sm-Nd isotopic analyses on garnet porphyroblast and pyroxene/hornblende matrix from the HP rocks and determining the model age and nature of the protoliths by Sm-Nd whole-rock isotopic analyses; to determine the timing of exhumation of HP rocks by 40Ar-39Ar dating of symplectic plagioclase and amphibole from the HP amphibolites, HP granulites and retrograded eclogites.


Project Title:LA-ICP-MS study of detrital zircons from the Liaohe Group in the North China Craton
Investigator(s):Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2003
Abstract:
The Liaohe Group is a major Paleoproterozoic lithostratigraphic unit in the eastern part of the North China Craton and is crucial in understanding the Paleoproterozoic evolution of the craton, but its protolith and depositional ages have not been well defined. This project aims to apply a Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) machine, housed at the University of Hong Kong, to determine the protolith and maximum depositional ages of the Liaohe Group.


Project Title:LA-ICP-MS study of detrital zircons from khondalites in the Sino-Korean Craton
Investigator(s):Sun M, Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:12/2003
Abstract:
To further develop the technology of spot U-Pb isotope analyses of zircons in the ICP-MS laboratory of the Department of Earth Sciences; to clarify the field relationships between the kohndalites and "underlying" granulite and TTG (tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) gneisses of the Sino-Korean Craton through detailed field study; to constrain the maximum depositional age of the khondalites and to confine the age of the high-grade metamorphic event, by combining cathodoluminescence image and zircon LA-ICP-MS results; to constrain the provenance of these khondalites, i.e. from the East Block or from the West Block of the Sino-Korean Craton, through field and geochemical studies of the whole rocks and spot REE and some other trace element analyses of detrital zircons.; to investigate the differences in the khondalites from different areas, in term of depositional age, sedimentary provenance, metamorphic P-T path, and structural pattern, etc; to revise the tectonic evolutionary model for the Sino-Korean Craton.


Project Title:LA-ICP-MS study of detrital zircons from khondalites in the Sino-Korean Craton
Investigator(s):Sun M, Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:12/2003
Abstract:
To further develop the technology of spot U-Pb isotope analyses of zircons in the ICP-MS laboratory of the Department of Earth Sciences; to clarify the field relationships between the kohndalites and "underlying" granulite and TTG (tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) gneisses of the Sino-Korean Craton through detailed field study; to constrain the maximum depositional age of the khondalites and to confine the age of the high-grade metamorphic event, by combining cathodoluminescence image and zircon LA-ICP-MS results; to constrain the provenance of these khondalites, i.e. from the East Block or from the West Block of the Sino-Korean Craton, through field and geochemical studies of the whole rocks and spot REE and some other trace element analyses of detrital zircons.; to investigate the differences in the khondalites from different areas, in term of depositional age, sedimentary provenance, metamorphic P-T path, and structural pattern, etc; to revise the tectonic evolutionary model for the Sino-Korean Craton.


Project Title:An integrated field, geochemical and geochronological study of Precambrian basement rocks and Phanerozoic granitoids in the Chinese Altai
Investigator(s):Sun M, Zhao G, Yuan C., Xiao W.J.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/2004
Abstract:
To determine the distribution and age of the old continental basement rocks in the Chinese Altai mountains; to define the age and tectonic setting of representive granitoids and some felsic volcanic rocks from the Chinese Altai; to elucidate the tectonic evolution of this important mountain range.


Project Title:An integrated field, geochemical and geochronological study of Precambrian basement rocks and Phanerozoic granitoids in the Chinese Altai
Investigator(s):Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:01/2005
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


List of Research Outputs

Guo J.H., Sun M., Chen F.K. and Zhai M.G., Sm–Nd and SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of high-pressure granulites in the Sanggan area, North China Craton: timing of Paleoproterozoic continental collision, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2005, 24 (5): 629-642.
He Y., Sun Y., Chen L., Zhao G. and Sun M., Archean toPaleoproterozoic record in the southern part of the Western Block, North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A830.
He Y.H., Sun Y., Chen L., Zhao G. and Sun M., The geochemical and geochronological study of Longshan Complex: the Paleoproterozoic thermal events on the southern margin of the Western Block, North China Craton, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 20-21.
Hou Q.L., Kolesnikov E.M., Xie L.W., Kolesnikov N.V., Zhou M.F. and Sun M., Platinum group element abundances in a peat layer associated with the Tunguska event, further evidence for a cosmic origin, Planetary and Space Science. 2004, 52: 331-340.
Li S., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Z. and Zhao G., Nd isotopic characteristics of the south and north Liaohe Groups and tectonic implications, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A863.
Li S.Z., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Z.Z., Luo Y., Hao D.F. and Xia X., Deformation history of the Paleoproterozoic Liaohe assemblage in the eastern block of the North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2005, 24: 659-674.
Luo Y., Gao S., Yuan H., Liu X.M., Gunther D., Jin Z.M. and Sun M., Ce anomaly of eclogite and garnet pyroxenite from Dabie-Sulu ultrahigh pressure metamorphic belt: subduction of sediments formed under oxidizing conditions, Science in China. 2004, D, 34(1): 14-23.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, Precambrian Research. 2004, 134( 3-4): 349-371.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Orogen, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 41.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronology of Yushulazi formation in thr North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A831.
Qi L., Zhou M.F., Malpas J.G. and Sun M., Determination of Rare Earth Elements and Y in ultramafic rocks by ICP-MS after pre-concentration using Fe(OH)3 and Mg(OH)2 coprecipitation, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 2005, 29 (1): 131-141.
Song X.Y., Zhou M.F., Sun M. and Qi L., Geochemistry of Permian flood basalts and related Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide-bearing sills in Yangliuping, Sichuan Province, China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Sun Y., Sun M., Lee T. and Nie B., Influence of seawater Sr content on coral Sr/Ca and Sr thermometry , Coral Reefs. 2005, 24: 23-29.
Sun Y. and Sun M., Nickel sulfide fire assay improved for pre-concentration of platinum group elements in geological samples: a practical means of ultra-trace analysis combined with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Analyst. 2005, 130: 664-669.
Wei G.J., Yu K.F., Li X.H., Zhao J.X., Sun Y., Sun M. and Nie B.F., Coralline Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca thermometer for the northern South China Sea: calibration and primary application high resolution SST reconstruction, Quaternary Sciences. 2004, 24 (3): 325-331.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Basement nature of the Ordos terrane, Western Block of the North China Craton: Constraints from detrital zircon ages and Hf isotopes of khondalites from the Wulashan Complex, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A17.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Crust Evolution of the Ordos Terrane, Western Block of the North China Craton: Detrital Zircon age and Hf Isotope study on Khondalites from Lvliang Complex, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 71.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G., Li H. and Zhou M.F., Spot zircon U-Pb isotopic analysis by ICP-MS coupled with a frequency quintupled (213 nm) Nd-YAG laser system. , Geochemical Journal. 2004, 38: 191-200.
Xian W.S., Sun M., Malpas J.G., Zhao G., Zhou M.F., Ye K., Liu J.B. and Phillips D.L., Application of Raman spectroscopy to distinguish metamorphic and igneous zircons, Analytical Letters. 2004, 37: 117-128.
Yan D.P., Zhou M.F., Song H.L., Wang G.H. and Sun M., Early Mesozoic extensional structures of the Fangshan Metamorphic Core Complex (Beijing, Northern China) and their subsequent deformation, GSLJ. 2005.
Yuan C., Sun M., Yang J.S., Zhou H. and Zhou M.F., Akaz greenschist, West Kunlun: within-plate basalt contarninated by continental crust origin of the Akaz greenschist (metabasait), West Kunlun: accreted seamount or continental rift basalt?, Acta Petrol Sinica. 2005, 21 (1): 65-76.
Yuan C., Sun M., Yang J., Zhou H. and Zhou M.F., Nb-depleted, continental rfit-related Akaz meta-volcanic rocks (West Kunlun): implication for the rifting of the Tarimcraton from Gondwana, In: Malpas J., Fletcher C.J., aitchison J.C. and Ali, J., In Aspects of the tectonic evolution of China. Geological Soceity, London, 2004, Special Publications, 226: 131-144.
Yuan C., Sun M., Yang J., Zhou H. and Zhou M.F., Nb-depleted, continental rift-related Akaz metavolcanic rocks (West Kunlun): implication for the break-up of the Tarim Craton from Gondwana“Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China", In: Malpas J., Fletcher C.J.N., Ali J.R. & Aitchison J.C., Geological Society of London Special Publication. 2004, 226: 131-143.
Yuan C., Sun M., Wei G.J., Lee T. and Nie B.F., Strontium contents of a Porites coral collected from the Xisha Island, South China Sea: A proxy for sea surface temperature of the twentieth century, Paleoceanography. 2004, 19, PA2004: 1-10.
Yuan Y., Sun M., Zhou M.F. and Xiao W.J., Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Yishake Volcanic Sequence, Kudi ophiolite, West Kunlun (NW China): Implications for the magmatic evolution in a subduction zone environment, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2005.
Zhang H.F., Sun M., Zhou X.H. and Ying J.F., Geochemical constraints on the origin of Mesozoic alkaline intrusive complexes from the North China Craton and tectonic implications, Lithos. 2005, 81: 297-317.
Zhang H.F., Sun M., Fan W.M., Zhou X.H. and Zhai M.G., Highly heterogeneous Late Mesozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton: evidence from Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic systematics of mafic igneous rocks, Geological Magazine. 2004, 141: 55-62.
Zhang H.F., Sun M., Zhou M.F., Fan W.M., Zhou X.H. and Zhai M.G., Highly heterogeneous Late Mesozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton: evidence from Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic systematics of mafic igneous rocks, Geological Magazine. 2004, 141: 55-62.
Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Sun M. and Liu S.W., Deformational history of the Hengshan Complex and its Tectonic Implications, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 79-80.
Zhang J., Liu S., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemistry of the Wutai granitoids: constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China orogen, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A641.
Zhang L.F., Xian W.S. and Sun M., Petrogenesis of charnockites from western Junggar, Xinjiang, China, Xinjian Geology. 2004, 22(1): 36-42.
Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. and Sun M., Assembly, growth and breakup of a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 83-85.
Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A. and Li S., Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited., Precambrian Research. 2005, 136: 177-202.
Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S. and Zhang J., SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping mountain belt, North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A832.
Zheng J., Sun M., Zhou M.F., Robinson P. and Zhao G., Trace elemental and PGE geochemistry of the Bixiling and Raobazhai peridotites in the Dabie UHP belt, eastern China: petrogenetic and geodynamic implications. Trace elemental and PGE geochemistry of the Bixiling and Raobazhai peridotites in the Dabie UHP belt, eastern China: petrogenetic and geodynamic implications, IUGS-SECE conference. Beijing, 2005.
Zheng J.P., Sun M., Zhou M.F. and Robinson P., Trace elemental and PGE geochemical constraints of Mesozoic and Cenozoic peridotitic xenoliths on lithospheric evolution of the North China Craton, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2005, 69: 3401-3418.
Zheng J.P., Sun M., Lu F.X., Yu C.M. and Wang F.Z., Xinyang mafic granulitic xenoliths and its significance for the early Mesozoic lower crustal nature on the south margin of the North China Craton, Acta Petrol Sinica. 2005, 21 (1): 91-98.
Zhou M.F., Ma Y.X., Yan D.P., Xia X., Zhao J.H. and Sun M., The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block, Precam Res (in press). 2005.


Researcher : Sun Y

List of Research Outputs

He Y., Sun Y., Chen L., Zhao G. and Sun M., Archean toPaleoproterozoic record in the southern part of the Western Block, North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A830.
Sun Y., Sun M., Lee T. and Nie B., Influence of seawater Sr content on coral Sr/Ca and Sr thermometry , Coral Reefs. 2005, 24: 23-29.
Sun Y. and Sun M., Nickel sulfide fire assay improved for pre-concentration of platinum group elements in geological samples: a practical means of ultra-trace analysis combined with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Analyst. 2005, 130: 664-669.
Wei G.J., Yu K.F., Li X.H., Zhao J.X., Sun Y., Sun M. and Nie B.F., Coralline Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca thermometer for the northern South China Sea: calibration and primary application high resolution SST reconstruction, Quaternary Sciences. 2004, 24 (3): 325-331.


Researcher : Sun Y

List of Research Outputs

He Y., Sun Y., Chen L., Zhao G. and Sun M., Archean toPaleoproterozoic record in the southern part of the Western Block, North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A830.
Sun Y., Sun M., Lee T. and Nie B., Influence of seawater Sr content on coral Sr/Ca and Sr thermometry , Coral Reefs. 2005, 24: 23-29.
Sun Y. and Sun M., Nickel sulfide fire assay improved for pre-concentration of platinum group elements in geological samples: a practical means of ultra-trace analysis combined with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Analyst. 2005, 130: 664-669.
Wei G.J., Yu K.F., Li X.H., Zhao J.X., Sun Y., Sun M. and Nie B.F., Coralline Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca thermometer for the northern South China Sea: calibration and primary application high resolution SST reconstruction, Quaternary Sciences. 2004, 24 (3): 325-331.


Researcher : Switzer AD

List of Research Outputs

Switzer A.D. and Yim W.W.S., Program and abstract volume, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA. 2005, 53.
Switzer A.D. and Yim W.W.S., Storm surge risk in Hong Kong: lessons from both recent and geolocial history, 5th Workshop of Asia Pacific Space Geodynamics Program. 2005, 18-19.


Researcher : Wen B

List of Research Outputs

Wen B., Aydin N.S. and Aydin A., Geochemical characteristics of the slip zones of a landslide in granitic saprolite, Hong Kong: implications for their development and microenvironments, Environmental Geology. 2004, 47: 140-154.
Wen B. and Aydin A., Mechanism of a rainfall-induced slide-debris flow: constraints from microstructure of its slip zone, Engineering Geology. 2005, 78: 69-88.


Researcher : Wong SC

List of Research Outputs

Aydin N.S., Wong S.C., Song Z., Aydin A. and You M., Chemical fractionation of heavy metals in Guangzhou Urban Environment, SE China., International Conference on Environmental and Public Health Management, Persistent Toxic Substances. Hong Kong, 2004.


Researcher : Xia X

List of Research Outputs

Li S.Z., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Z.Z., Luo Y., Hao D.F. and Xia X., Deformation history of the Paleoproterozoic Liaohe assemblage in the eastern block of the North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2005, 24: 659-674.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, Precambrian Research. 2004, 134( 3-4): 349-371.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Orogen, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 41.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronology of Yushulazi formation in thr North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A831.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Basement nature of the Ordos terrane, Western Block of the North China Craton: Constraints from detrital zircon ages and Hf isotopes of khondalites from the Wulashan Complex, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A17.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Crust Evolution of the Ordos Terrane, Western Block of the North China Craton: Detrital Zircon age and Hf Isotope study on Khondalites from Lvliang Complex, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 71.
Zhou M.F., Ma Y.X., Yan D.P., Xia X., Zhao J.H. and Sun M., The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block, Precam Res (in press). 2005.


Researcher : Yim WWS

Project Title:Geochemistry of gases from offshore Quaternary sediments in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Philp P.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:01/1997
Abstract:
To study the geochemical composition of gases present within offshore Quaternary sediments in Hong Kong.


Project Title:Stable isotope record of Porites coral from Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Gagan M., McCullough M.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:07/1998
Abstract:
To investigate environmental signatures in modern Porites coral from Hong Kong including coral bleaching and hypoxic episodes.


Project Title:Ground-truthing of high-resolution boomer seismic profiles on the Hong Kong continental shelf and applications
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Chan LS, Ridley Thomas W.N., Wong H.K.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/2000
Abstract:
To refine the interpretation of the high-resolution boomer seismic profiles (a common type of marine geophysical data) obtained for coastal engineering projects in Hong Kong.


Project Title:Carbon, hydrology and global environmental systems
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Derbyshire E., Thomas D., Faure H., Yuan D.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:11/2001
Abstract:
To study the record of environmental change, particularly from the last interglacial to the present day, three fragile systems - dry lands, kerst tonain, and the continental shelves and adjacent coasts, with special reference to their carbon budgets and palacohydrology.


Project Title:Environmental information in the skeleton of the coral Porites sp. in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Suzuki A., Inoue M.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2002
Abstract:
To carry out a preliminary investigation on the geochemical composition of the skeleton of the coral Porites sp. which is indigenous to Hong Kong waters as a proxy of modern environmental record. Possible information to be obatined includes sea-surface temperature, rainfall, solar radiation, occurrence of red tides and hypoxia events, and, marine pollution. Instrumental meteorological and hydrological records will be used for groundtruthing.


Project Title:Geological and geotechnical applications of the Geotek multi-sensor core logging system for studying offshore quaternary sediments in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Chan LS, Ridley Thomas WN, Endicott J.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:09/2003
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


Project Title:Geological and geotechnical applications of the Geotek multi-sensor core logging system for studying offshore quaternary sediments in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Chan LS, Ridley Thomas WN, Endicott J.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/2003
Abstract:
To use the newly acquired and installed Geotek multi-sensor core logging system (MSCL) costing about $1.282 million for studying geological and geotechnical properties of offshore Quaternary sediments in Hong Kong to assist palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and coastal engineering.


Project Title:Typhoon risk prediction for Hong Kong and the Pearl River Estuary based on the reconstruction of an 8,000-year record
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Huang G.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2003
Abstract:
To provide typhoon risk prediction based on the actual record in the Hong Kong and Pearl River Estuary region of southern China over the past 8,000 years.


Project Title:Drowned and partially drowned relic landslide deposits on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong SAR
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Jiao JJJ, Ridley Thomas WN
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/2004
Abstract:
To study the genesis of drowned and partially drowned relic landslide deposits occurring in the coastal sequences of Hong Kong; to develop an integrated land-sea stratigraphy for the landslide deposits; to demonstrate that the landslides forming the deposits are truly natural in origin. (Note - the destruction of natural vegetation through human activity is considered unnatural because of its replacement by a secondary climax vegetation.); to further test the validity of the offshore geological model of Yim (1994) summarised in Appendix 2; to examine how the results can benefit slope studies in Hong Kong and elsewhere.


Project Title:Drowned and partially drowned relic landslide deposits on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong SAR
Investigator(s):Yim WWS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:01/2005
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


Project Title:Preliminary study on the genetic sequencing of marine sediments in Hong Kong formed since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition
Investigator(s):Yim WWS, Leung FCC
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2005
Abstract:
Project objectives -(1) To carry out a preliminary study on genetic sequencing of marine sediments formed during the past 500,000 years since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition from the inner continental shelf of the Hong Kong SAR, China.(2) To compare the results of genetic sequencing of inner shelf marine sediments of marine isotope stages 1, 5, 7, 9 and 11. (3) To evaluate the influence of sub-aerial exposure of marine sediments on the degradation of DNA.(4) To compare DNA degradation from samples collected from different environmental setting.(5) To use the results as a further test the validity of the offshore geological model of Yim (1994).(6) To examine how the results can benefit future work. Key issues -(1) What can be obtained from the genetic sequencing of marine sediments known to be affected by the depositional conditions and post-depositional environmental changes?(2) What can be learn from the genetic sequencing of marine sediments of Holocene age which has never been affected by sub-aerial exposure as compared to pre-Holocene marine sediments which has been affected by at least one low sea-level stand?(3) How changes in palaeoenvironmental conditions affect life forms over the past 500,000 years? (4) Can genetic sequencing provide evidence for aging of marine sediments through the degree of DNA degradation?(5) Can genetic sequencing provide evidence for marine sediments affected by post-depositional environmental changes?(6) Does genetic sequencing support the offshore geological model of Yim (1994)?Problems to be addressed -(1) Nature of biological remains on the seafloor of the present day inner continental shelf.(2) Degradation of DNA in marine sediments affected by sea-level changes and climatic changes.(3) The evolution of shallow marine life forms during interglacial periods of 'high' sea levels.(4) The influence of terrestrial life forms during glacial periods of 'low' sea levels.Reference -Yim, W.W.-S. (1994). Offshore Quaternary sediments and their engineering significance in Hong Kong. Engineering Geology 37: 31-50.


List of Research Outputs

Bahr A., Wong H.K., Yim W.W.S., Huang G., Ludmann T., Chan L.S. and Ridley T.W.N., Stratigraphy of Quaternary inner shelf sediments in Tai O Bay, Hong Kong, Geo-marine Letters. 2005, 25(1):20-33.
Ho P.C.S. and Yim W.W.S., Sedimentological analysis of Late Quaternary coastal deposits in Tei O Bay, Lantau Island, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA. 2005, 23.
Huang G., Yim W.W.S., Hale R.E. and Ridley T.W.N., Evidence for coastal evolution since the last Glecial Maximum from the northern South China Sea continental shelf, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA. 2005, 24.
Huang G., Yim W.W.S., Fontugne M.R., Hale R.E., Paterne M., Pirazzoli P.A. and Ridley T.W.N., Sea-level record since ca. 13,000 yrs BP from the northern South China Sea continental shelf, 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy. 2004, 353.
Mok C.W.Y., Yim W.W.S. and Chan L.S., Integrated sedimentological, geophysical and geochemical study of boreholes from the West Lamma Channel in Hong Kong International, Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition. 2005, INQUA: 36.
Peart M.R. and Yim W.W.S., Benthic diatoms as indicators of stream sediment concentration in Hong Kong, International Review of Hydrobiology. Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, 2005, 90(4): 412-421.
Ridley T.W.N., Yim W.W.S. and Chan L.S., Preliminary ground-truthing of Hong Kong-Zhuhai Bridge seismic surveys using the University of Hong Kong boreholes, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA. 2005, 39.
Rutter N., Jablonski N., Ferguson D. and Yim W.W.S., CEAPE: 5th International Conference on the Cenozoic Evolution of the Asia-Pacific Environment, Quaternary International Special Issue. 2004, 117: 166.
Rutter N., Jablonski N., Ferguson D. and Yim W.W.S., Editorial - CEAPE: 5th International Conference on the Cenozoic evolution of the Asia-Pacific environment, Quaternary International. 2004, 117: 3-4.
Switzer A.D. and Yim W.W.S., Program and abstract volume, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA. 2005, 53.
Switzer A.D. and Yim W.W.S., Storm surge risk in Hong Kong: lessons from both recent and geolocial history, 5th Workshop of Asia Pacific Space Geodynamics Program. 2005, 18-19.
Yim W.W.S., Book review: Hurricances and Typhoons: Past, Present, and Future, EOS. American Geophysical Union, 2005, 86: p. 166.
Yim W.W.S., Chapter 2 Dynamics of the coastal zone, In: C.J. Crossland, H.H. Kremer, H.J. Lindeboom, J.I. Marshall Crossland, M.D.A. Le Tissier, Coastal Fluxes in the Anthropocene. Berlin, Springer, 2005, 39-94.
Yim W.W.S., Climate Change - the 'stone' tape. Leiden, Earth Sciences for Society Foundation, 2004, 13p.
Yim W.W.S., Choy A.M.S.F. and Huang G., Climate and sea-level changes in Hong Kong during the past 500,000 years, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA. 2005, 49.
Yim W.W.S., Climate and sea-level changes in Hong Kong during the past 500,000 years, Hong Kong Science Museum Public Lecture. 2004.
Yim W.W.S., Depositional history of Quaternary sediments in the pro-delta front region of the Pearl River Delta off Hong Kong, China, International Conference on DELTAS: Geological modelling and management, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 2005, 132.
Yim W.W.S., Editorship of abstract volume, In: A.D. Switzer and W.W.S. Yim, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition. Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 1-53.
Yim W.W.S., Excursion guide, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition. Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 25p.
Yim W.W.S., Exhibition on Climate and sea-level changes in Hong Kong during the past 500,000 years, Hong Kong Science Museum. 2004.
Yim W.W.S., Exhibition on Climate and sea-level changes in Hong Kong during the past 500,000 years, Hong Kong University Library Gallery. 2005.
Yim W.W.S., Huang G. and Chan L.S., Magnetic susceptibility study of late Quaternary inner continental shelf sediments in Hong Kong SAR, China, Quaternary International. 2004, 117: 41-54.
Yim W.W.S., Member of Editorial Board, Quaternary International, International Union for Quaternary Research. 2005.
Yim W.W.S., Member of Editorial Board, Quaternary Sciences. Chinese Association for Quaternary Research, 2004.
Yim W.W.S., Reconstruction of sea-level changes since 25,000 ka in Hong Kong, China, 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy. 2004.
Yim W.W.S., Soil development in the sub-aerially exposed northern South China Sea continental shelf since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, International Workshop on Sub-serially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA. 2005, INQUA: 48.
Yim W.W.S., Sub-aerial exposure of continental shelves during glacial periods and the termination of ice ages, 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy. 2004.
Yim W.W.S., Sub-aerially exposed inner continental shelf in the northern South China Sea since cirea 0.5 million years, International Workshop on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA. Hong Kong, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 47.
Yim W.W.S., Submerged coasts, In: M. L. Schwartz, Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Dordrecht, Springer, 2005, 922-924.
Yim W.W.S., The El Chichon eruption and rainfall distribution in Hong Kong during 1982, 5th Workshop of Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics Program. 2005.


Researcher : Zhang J

List of Research Outputs

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Sun M. and Liu S.W., Deformational history of the Hengshan Complex and its Tectonic Implications, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 79-80.
Zhang J., Liu S., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemistry of the Wutai granitoids: constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China orogen, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A641.
Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S. and Zhang J., SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping mountain belt, North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A832.


Researcher : Zhao G

Project Title:Tectonic nature and geochronology of the Dongwanzi Complex in the North China Craton
Investigator(s):Zhao G, Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:12/2003
Abstract:
To ascertain the geological occurrence, lithotectonic units and internal architecture of the Dongwanzi Complex andtheir relationships with the country rocks - the Mesoproterozoic Changcheng Group by undertaking detailed field investigations; to examine the metamorphism and deformation of the disputed ultramafic-mafic rocks in the central belt of the Dongwanzi Complex, in order to determine whether they have experienced a tectonothermal history similar to that of the northwestern and southeastern belts of the Dongwanzi Complex; to probe the geochemical characteristics of majro lithologies in the Dongwanzi Complex in order to investigate whether they have affinities to mid-ocean ridge environments and subduction zone environments or within-plate settings; to utilize U-Pb SHRIMP zircon/baddeleyite geochronology, combined with Sm-Nd and 40Ar-39Ar analyses, to determine the precise igneous and metamorphic ages of major lithologies in the Dongwanzi Complex.


Project Title:Tectonic nature and geochronology of the Dongwanzi Complex in the North China Craton
Investigator(s):Zhao G, Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:12/2003
Abstract:
To ascertain the geological occurrence, lithotectonic units and internal architecture of the Dongwanzi Complex andtheir relationships with the country rocks - the Mesoproterozoic Changcheng Group by undertaking detailed field investigations; to examine the metamorphism and deformation of the disputed ultramafic-mafic rocks in the central belt of the Dongwanzi Complex, in order to determine whether they have experienced a tectonothermal history similar to that of the northwestern and southeastern belts of the Dongwanzi Complex; to probe the geochemical characteristics of majro lithologies in the Dongwanzi Complex in order to investigate whether they have affinities to mid-ocean ridge environments and subduction zone environments or within-plate settings; to utilize U-Pb SHRIMP zircon/baddeleyite geochronology, combined with Sm-Nd and 40Ar-39Ar analyses, to determine the precise igneous and metamorphic ages of major lithologies in the Dongwanzi Complex.


Project Title:Geochronology of igneous rocks in the mesoproterozoic Bayan Obo Rift Belt
Investigator(s):Zhao G, Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2004
Abstract:
To investigate the geological occurrence and extent of distribution of igneous rocks in the rift belt; to underake detailed petrographic examination on representative thin sections in order to characterize the features of mineral assemblages and fabrics of these igneous rocks; to date the emplacement time of the igneous rocks by utilizing SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology.


Project Title:Nature, Timing and Setting of Palaeoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Trans-North China Orogen
Investigator(s):Zhao G, Sun M, Wilde S.A., Kroner A.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/2004
Abstract:
To ascertain occurrences, spatial distribution and contact relationships of major Palaeoproterozoic lithotectonic units in the Trans-North China Orogen; to determine polymetamorphic features of the rocks in the Trans-North China Orogen, by studying mineral assemblages, reaction textures, mineral compositions, and P-T paths; to constrain tectonic settings fo major Palaeoproterozoic lithotectonic units by using rock associations and geochemical fingerprints; to utilize SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronology combined with cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging to date magmatic and metamorphic zircons in the major Palaeoproterozoic complexes; to date cooling ages of metamorphic events through 40Ar-39 Ar dating of amphibole and mica; to establish a geochronological-tectonic framework of the Palaeoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Trans-North China Orogen.


Project Title:Precambrian Geology and Metamorphic Geology
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Matching Fund for NSFC Young Researcher Award
Start Date:01/2005
Abstract:
n/a


Project Title:Nature, Timing and Setting of Palaeoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Trans-North China Orogen
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:01/2005
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy


Project Title:Tectonic setting and geochronology of the Xionger Belt in the North China Craton
Investigator(s):Zhao G, Wilde Prof., Kroner Prof.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2005
Abstract:
In Earth’s history, supercontinents containing most of the earth’s continental crust are known to have formed on at least two separate occasions; the younger supercontinent Pangea formed at 0.3-0.25 Ga (Ga = 1 billion years) by amalgamation and accretion of fragments produced by breakup of the older one, Rodinia, which was assembled at ~1.0 Ga along Grenville-age sutures (Hoffman, 1991). It now seems likely that Rodinia formed by assembly and accretion of fragments from an even older supercontinent, named Columbia (Condie, 2002; Rogers and Santosh, 2002; Zhao et al., 2002; 2004). The supercontinent Columbia contained almost all of the world’s continental blocks that were amalgamated along global 2.1-1.8 Ga collisional orogens (Zhao et al., 2002). Following its final assembly at ~1.8 Ga, the Columbia supercontinent underwent a long-lived, subduction-related outgrowth along some of its continental margins, forming a number of continental margin accretionary zones, of which the most representatives are the huge 1.8-1.3 Ga accretionary belt bordering the present southern margin of North America, Greenland and Baltica; the 1.80-1.45 Ga Rio Negro-Juruena Belt and 1.45-1.30 Ga Rondonian-San Ignacio Belt along the western margin of South America; the 1.8-1.5 Ga Arunta, Musgrave, Mt. Isa, Georgetown, Coen and Broken Hill inliers along the southern and eastern margins of the North Australian Craton; and the 1.8-1.4 Ga Xiong’er Belt along the southern margin of the North China Craton. Precise and reliable geochronological and geochemical data on the ages and tectonic environments of these plate-scale continental margin accretionary belts in various continental blocks over the world will provide important insights into understanding the growth history of the proposed Columbia supercontinent. Controversy has surrounded the tectonic setting of the 1.8-1.4 Ga Xiong’er Belt along the southern margin of the North China Craton, with one school of thought proposing that the belt formed in an intracontinental rift environment (Sun et al., 1981; Zhang, 1989; Yang, 1990), whereas others argue that it represents a long-lived, subduction-related, continental margin accretionary belt (Jia et al., 1988; Chen, 1992). This controversy results from the lack of reliable geochemical and isotopic data for the Xiong’er Belt. This project aims to apply an integrated multidisciplinary approach, including geochemical and geochronological studies, to resolve this hot geological debate. We will meet this objective by (1) investigating the geological occurrence and distribution of igneous rocks in the Xiong’er Belt; (2) undertaking detailed petrographic examination on representative thin sections in order to characterize the features of mineral assemblages and fabrics of these igneous rocks; (3) constraining tectonic settings of the belt by using rock associations and geochemical fingerprints; and (4) dating the emplacement time of the igneous rocks by utilizing SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology.References:Chen, Y.J., 1992. Tectonic setting of the Xiong’er and Xiyanghe Groups. Geological Review 38, 325-333.Condie, K.C., 2002, Breakup of a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent. Gondwana Research 5, 41–43.Hoffman, F.P., 1991. Did breakout of Laurentia turn Gondwana inside-out? Science 252, 1409–1411.Jia, C.Z., 1985. Petro-geochemistry of volcanic rocks in the Xiong’er Group: implications for tectonic setting. Henan Geology 2, 39– 43.Rogers, J., Santosh, M., 2002, Configuration of Columbia, a Mesoproterozoic Supercontinent. Gondwana Research 5, 5–22.Sun, S., Cong, B.L. and Li, J.L., 1981. Meso-Neoproterozoic sedimentary basins in Henan and Shanxi Provinces. Scientia Geologica Sinica 16, 314–322.Yang, Y., 1990. Characteristics and tectonic setting of volcanics in the Xiong’er Group along the southern margin of the North China Craton. Acta Petrologica Sinica 6, 20–29.Zhang, G.W., 1989. Formation and evolution of the Qinling Orogen. Northwest University Press, Xi’an, 192 pp.Zhao, G.C., Cawood, P.A., Wilde, S.A., Sun, M., 2002. Review of global 2.1–1.8 Ga orogens: Implications for a pre-Rodinia supercontinent. Earth-Science Reviews 59, 125-162.Zhao, G.C., Cawood, P.A., Wilde, S.A., Sun, M., 2004. A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontiennt: assembly, growth and breakup. Earth-Science Reviews 67, 91-123.


List of Research Outputs

He Y., Sun Y., Chen L., Zhao G. and Sun M., Archean toPaleoproterozoic record in the southern part of the Western Block, North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A830.
He Y.H., Sun Y., Chen L., Zhao G. and Sun M., The geochemical and geochronological study of Longshan Complex: the Paleoproterozoic thermal events on the southern margin of the Western Block, North China Craton, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 20-21.
Li S., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Z. and Zhao G., Nd isotopic characteristics of the south and north Liaohe Groups and tectonic implications, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A863.
Li S.Z., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Z.Z., Luo Y., Hao D.F. and Xia X., Deformation history of the Paleoproterozoic Liaohe assemblage in the eastern block of the North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2005, 24: 659-674.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, Precambrian Research. 2004, 134( 3-4): 349-371.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Orogen, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 41.
Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z. and Xia X., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronology of Yushulazi formation in thr North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A831.
Tian L.Y., Zhao G.T., Zhao G., Shi X.F. and Lv H.L., Geochemistry of basaltic lavas from the Mariana Trough: Evidence for influence of subduction component on the generation of backarc basin magmas, International Geology Review. 2005, 47: 387-397.
Wilde S.A. and Zhao G., Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2005, 24: 519-522.
Wu F.Y., Zhao G., Wilde S.A. and Sun D.Y., Nd isotopic constraints on crustal formation in the North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2005, 24: 523-545.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Basement nature of the Ordos terrane, Western Block of the North China Craton: Constraints from detrital zircon ages and Hf isotopes of khondalites from the Wulashan Complex, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A17.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Crust Evolution of the Ordos Terrane, Western Block of the North China Craton: Detrital Zircon age and Hf Isotope study on Khondalites from Lvliang Complex, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 71.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G., Li H. and Zhou M.F., Spot zircon U-Pb isotopic analysis by ICP-MS coupled with a frequency quintupled (213 nm) Nd-YAG laser system. , Geochemical Journal. 2004, 38: 191-200.
Xian W.S., Sun M., Malpas J.G., Zhao G., Zhou M.F., Ye K., Liu J.B. and Phillips D.L., Application of Raman spectroscopy to distinguish metamorphic and igneous zircons, Analytical Letters. 2004, 37: 117-128.
Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Sun M. and Liu S.W., Deformational history of the Hengshan Complex and its Tectonic Implications, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 79-80.
Zhang J., Liu S., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemistry of the Wutai granitoids: constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China orogen, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A641.
Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. and Sun M., Assembly, growth and breakup of a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent, Gondawana to Asia Symposium - Comparative study to geological evolution of eastern Asia. Beijing, 2005, Abstract Volume: 83-85.
Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A. and Li S., Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited., Precambrian Research. 2005, 136: 177-202.
Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S. and Zhang J., SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping mountain belt, North China Craton, The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Moscow, Idaho, 2005, Abstract Volume: A832.
Zheng J., Sun M., Zhou M.F., Robinson P. and Zhao G., Trace elemental and PGE geochemistry of the Bixiling and Raobazhai peridotites in the Dabie UHP belt, eastern China: petrogenetic and geodynamic implications. Trace elemental and PGE geochemistry of the Bixiling and Raobazhai peridotites in the Dabie UHP belt, eastern China: petrogenetic and geodynamic implications, IUGS-SECE conference. Beijing, 2005.


Researcher : Zhou MF

Project Title:Neoproterozoic igneous rocks in the western margin of the Yangtze Block (South China) and their subsequent metamorphism
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Malpas JG, Yan D, Song X, Li J.W.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/2002
Abstract:
The project is a detailed study of the Jinning magmatism and its metamorphic products with the following objectives: 1) to provide geochemical constraints on the nature and tectonic setting of the Jinning magmatism; 2) to precisely date them using the SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating techniques; 3) to unravel the exhumation history of the metamorphic complexes; and 4) to improve understanding for correlation of South China and other continents during Neoproterozoic time and ultimately the reconstruction of Rodinia.


Project Title:Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits associated with Permian Emeishan flood basaltic magmatism in SW China: petrogenetic controls and exploration applications
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Malpas JG, Li C., Ripley E.M., Lesher C.M., Keays R.R.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:09/2003
Abstract:
To establish vertical and lateral compositional variations within individual intrusive bodies to aid in constraining models for magma generation and differentiation; to determine the nature and timing of the mineralization within the intrusions; to evaluate the influence of crustal contamination and the role of fluids in the ore-forming processes; to compare the oxide-bearing intrusions with the sulfide-bearing intrusions and alkaline complexes; to develop geological and exploration models for the different types of magmatic ore deposits in mafic-ultramafic intrusions.


Project Title:Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits associated with Permian Emeishan flood basaltic magmatism in SW China: petrogenetic controls and exploration applications
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Malpas JG, Li C., Ripley E.M., Lesher C.M., Keays R.R.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/2003
Abstract:
To establish vertical and lateral compositional variations within individual intrusive bodies to aid in constraining models for magma generation and differentiation; to determine the nature and timing of the mineralization within the intrusions; to evaluate the influence of crustal contamination and the role of fluids in the ore-forming processes; to compare the oxide-bearing intrusions with the sulfide-bearing intrusions and alkaline complexes; to develop geological and exploration models for the different types of magmatic ore deposits in mafic-ultramafic intrusions.


Project Title:A comparative study of permian igneous activity across the border of China and Vietnam: implication for the southeastern extension of the emeishan large igneous province
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Wang Y, Qi L
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2003
Abstract:
To determine the age of the mafic-ultramafic intrusions and syenites in the border area; to study their geochemistry and petrogenesis; to compare the Permian igneous activity in this area with that in the type localities of the ELIP; to provide a combined map to show the distribution of igneous rocks across the border.


Project Title:Distribution, petrogenesis and mineralization of laves and intrusive rocks of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province in South China and Northern Vietnam
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Yan D, Arndt N.T.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme - Travel Grants
Start Date:01/2004
Abstract:
To determine the true extent and volume of the ELIP.


Project Title:Tectonic significance of the Permian Flood Basalts in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Zhao J.H., Sun W.
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2005
Abstract:
Refer to hard copy proposal


List of Research Outputs

Ali J.R., Thompson G.M., Zhou M.F. and Song X., Emeishan large igneous provincem, SW China., Lithos. 2005, 79: 475-489.
Bai W., Robinson P.T., Fang Q., Malpas J.G., Yang J., Zhou M.F. and Hu X., Silicon Spinel - An ultrahigh pressure mineral recovered> from podiform chromitites of the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet, International Geological Congress. Florence, 2004.
Hou Q.L., Kolesnikov E.M., Xie L.W., Kolesnikov N.V., Zhou M.F. and Sun M., Platinum group element abundances in a peat layer associated with the Tunguska event, further evidence for a cosmic origin, Planetary and Space Science. 2004, 52: 331-340.
Hu R.Z., Xie G.Q., Jia D.C., Su W.C., Peng J.T., Bi X.W. and Zhou M.F., Geochronology of crustal extension during the cretaceous-tertiary in South China, GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA. 2004, 67(18): A161-A161.
Keays R.R., Ihlenfeld C., Mclnnes B.I.A., Zhou M.F. and Lambert D.D., Re-Os Isotope Dating of the Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE SulfideDeposit, China, 10th International Platinum Symposium. Oulu, Finland, 2005.
Keays R.R., Ihlenfeld C., McInnes B.I.A. and Zhou M.F., Re-Os isotope dating of the Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit, China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Ma Y., Zhou M.F., Wang C.Y. and Pang K.N., Origin of giant magmatic Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits hosted in layered intrusions in the Pan-Xi area, Sichuan Province, SW China, 10th International Platinum Symposium. Oulu, Finland, 2005.
Malpas J.G., Robinson P.T., Zhou M.F. and Dilek Y., Significance of the Sheeted Dyke Complex in the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus, for The Mode Of Igneous Accretion at Oceanic Spreading Centers in Active Margins, International Geological Congress. Florence, 2004.
Mondal S.K., Ripley E.M., Zhou M.F. and Frei R., Major, trace and platinum-group elements geochemistry of 2.94 Ga Nuasahi ultramafic-mafic massifs in Archean greenstone belts of the Singhbhum craton, Eastern India: implications for Archean mantle, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Pang K.N., Zhou M.F., Shellnutt J.G. and Ma Y.X., Mineral chemistry of Fe-Ti oxides in the Permian Panzhihua gabbroic intrusion, SW China: implications for the ore genesis, 10th International Platinum Symposium. Oulu, Finland, 2005.
Pang K.N., Zhou M.F., Zhao D., Malpas J.G. and Ma Y., Petrogenetic Implications of Fe-Ti Oxides in the Permian Panzhihua Gabbroic Intrusion, SW China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Prichard H.M., Fisher P.C., McDonald I., Zhou M.F. and Wang C.Y., Platinum-group minerals in the Jinchuan complex, China, 10th International Platinum Symposium. Oulu, Finland, 2005.
Prichard H.M., Fisher P.C., McDonald I., Zhou M.F. and Wang C.Y., Platinum-group minerals in the Jinchuan intrusion, China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Qi L., Zhou M.F., Malpas J.G. and Sun M., Determination of Rare Earth Elements and Y in ultramafic rocks by ICP-MS after pre-concentration using Fe(OH)3 and Mg(OH)2 coprecipitation, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 2005, 29 (1): 131-141.
Qi L., Zhou M.F. and Wang C.Y., Determination of low concentrations of platinum group elements in geological samples by ID-ICP-MS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2004, 19: 1335-1339.
Robinson P.T., Malpas J.G., Zhou M.F., Ash C., Yang J. and Bai W., Geochemistry and Origin of Listwanites in the Sartohay and Luobusa Ophiolites, China. In: Serpentine and Serpeninites; Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry, Ecology, Geophysics, and Tectonics, In: Ernst, W.G., International Book Series. 2004, 8: 475-500.
Robinson P.T., Malpas J.G., Zhou M.F., Ash C., Yang J. and Bai W., The geochemistry and origin of listwanites in the Sartohay and Luobusa ophiolites, China, International Geology Review. 2005, 47: 177-202.
Robinson P.T., Bai W., Yang J., Fang Q., Zhou M.F. and Malpas J.G., UHP Minerals in the Luobusa Ophiolite, Tibet, IGCP 430 Workshop. Kunming, 2004.
Robinson P.T., Bai W.J., Malpas J.G., Yang J.S., Zhou M.F., Fang Q.S., Hu X.F. and Cameron S., Ultra-high pressure minerals in the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet and their tectonic implications. In: Aspects of the tectonic evolution of China, Geology Society of London, Special Publication. 2004, 226: 247-271.
Shellnutt J.G., Zhou M.F. and Qi L., Geochemical discrimination between mineralized and unmineralized gabbros from Miyi, Sichuan Province, SW China: recognition of two magma types of the late Permian Emeishan large igneous province, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Song X.Y., Zhou M.F. and Cao Z., Genetical relationship between the basal metal and PGE minerals in the Yangliuping Ni-Cu (PGE) sulfide deposit, SW China, Canadian Mineralogists. 2004, 42: 469-483.
Song X.Y., Zhou M.F., Sun M. and Qi L., Geochemistry of Permian flood basalts and related Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide-bearing sills in Yangliuping, Sichuan Province, China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Wang C.Y., Zhang Q., Quan Q. and Zhou M.F., Geochemistry of the early Paleozoic Baiyin volcanic rocks (NW China): Implications for the tectonic evolution of the North Qilian Orogenic Belt, Journal of Geology. 2005, 113: 83-94.
Wang C.Y. and Zhou M.F., Mineral chemistry of Fe-Ti oxides from the Xinjie PGE-bearing layered mafic-ultramafic intrusion in Sichuan, SW China, The 8th Biennial SGA Meeting. Beijing, China, 2005.
Wang C.Y., Zhou M.F. and Zhao D.G., Mineral chemistry of chromite from the Permian Jinbaoshan Pt-Pd-sulphide-bearing ultamafic intrusion in SW China with petrogenetic implications, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Wang C.Y., Zhou M.F. and Zhao D.G., Mineral chemistry of chromite from the Permian Jinbaoshan Pt-Pd-sulphide-bearing ultamafic intrusion in SW China with petrogenetic implications, Lithos. 2005, 83: 47-66.
Wang C.Y. and Zhou M.F., Origin of the Baimazhai Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphide deposit, Southern Yunnan, SW China , SEG2004. Perth, Australia.
Wang C.Y. and Zhou M.F., Origin of the Permian Baimazhai Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit, Jinping, Southern Yunnan Province, SW China, International Platinum Symposium. Oulu, Finland, 2005.
Wang C.Y., Zhou M.F. and Keays R.R., Origin of the Permian Baimazhai Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphide deposit, Jinping, Southern Yunnan Province, SW China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Wang C.Y., Zhou M.F. and Zhao D.G., Petrogenetic significance of chromite from the Jinbaoshan Pt-Pd-sulphide-bearing ultramafic sill within the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, Yunnan, SW China, Chinese Geo-conference. Taipei, 2004.
Wang C.Y., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Yan D.P. and Zhang Z.W., The Zhaotong native copper deposit associated with the Permian Emeishan flood basalts, Yunnan, SW China, IGCP479 Hong Kong Workshop. Hong Kong, 2004.
Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G., Li H. and Zhou M.F., Spot zircon U-Pb isotopic analysis by ICP-MS coupled with a frequency quintupled (213 nm) Nd-YAG laser system. , Geochemical Journal. 2004, 38: 191-200.
Xian W.S., Sun M., Malpas J.G., Zhao G., Zhou M.F., Ye K., Liu J.B. and Phillips D.L., Application of Raman spectroscopy to distinguish metamorphic and igneous zircons, Analytical Letters. 2004, 37: 117-128.
Yan D.P., Zhou M.F., Song H.L., Liu D.Y., Wang Y.B., Wang C.L. and Deng T.Z., A geochonological constraint on the the origin of the Guandi complex, Western Hilss of Beijing with implications for the tectonic evolution, Earth Science Frontiers. 2005, 12: 332-337.
Yan D.P., Zhou M.F., Song H.L., Wang G.H. and Sun M., Early Mesozoic extensional structures of the Fangshan Metamorphic Core Complex (Beijing, Northern China) and their subsequent deformation, GSLJ. 2005.
Yan D.P., Zhou M.F., Song H.L., Song B., Liu D.Y., Wang Y.B., Wang T.L. and Dong T.Z., Geochronological constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Guandi complex, Western Hill, Beijing, Earth Science Frontiers. 2005, 12: 332-337.
Yan D.P., Zhou M.F., Wang Y. and Zhao T.P., The earlier spreading of South China Sea basin due to the late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic extension of South China block: structural and geochronological evidence from the Dulong-Song Chay metamorphic dome, Southwest China, Journal of China University of Geosciences. 2005, V. 16: 97-102.
Yuan C., Sun M., Yang J.S., Zhou H. and Zhou M.F., Akaz greenschist, West Kunlun: within-plate basalt contarninated by continental crust origin of the Akaz greenschist (metabasait), West Kunlun: accreted seamount or continental rift basalt?, Acta Petrol Sinica. 2005, 21 (1): 65-76.
Yuan C., Sun M., Yang J., Zhou H. and Zhou M.F., Nb-depleted, continental rfit-related Akaz meta-volcanic rocks (West Kunlun): implication for the rifting of the Tarimcraton from Gondwana, In: Malpas J., Fletcher C.J., aitchison J.C. and Ali, J., In Aspects of the tectonic evolution of China. Geological Soceity, London, 2004, Special Publications, 226: 131-144.
Yuan C., Sun M., Yang J., Zhou H. and Zhou M.F., Nb-depleted, continental rift-related Akaz metavolcanic rocks (West Kunlun): implication for the break-up of the Tarim Craton from Gondwana“Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China", In: Malpas J., Fletcher C.J.N., Ali J.R. & Aitchison J.C., Geological Society of London Special Publication. 2004, 226: 131-143.
Yuan Y., Sun M., Zhou M.F. and Xiao W.J., Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Yishake Volcanic Sequence, Kudi ophiolite, West Kunlun (NW China): Implications for the magmatic evolution in a subduction zone environment, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2005.
Yumul J., Dimalanta C.B., Tamayo R.A. and Zhou M.F., Geology and geochemistry of the Rapu-Rapu ophiolite complex, eastern Philippines: possible fragment of the proto-Philippine Sea plate, International Geology Reviews. 2005.
Zhang H.F., Sun M., Zhou M.F., Fan W.M., Zhou X.H. and Zhai M.G., Highly heterogeneous Late Mesozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton: evidence from Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic systematics of mafic igneous rocks, Geological Magazine. 2004, 141: 55-62.
Zhao D.G., Zhou M.F. and Wang C.Y., Temperature and pressure constraints on formation of mafic-ultramafic intrusions from the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Zhao T.P., Zhou M.F., Zhai M.G. and Xia B., Geochemical constraints on the origin of the 1.7 Ga Fe-Ti-oxide-bearing Damiao anorthosite complex, Hebei Province, North China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Zheng J., Sun M., Zhou M.F., Robinson P. and Zhao G., Trace elemental and PGE geochemistry of the Bixiling and Raobazhai peridotites in the Dabie UHP belt, eastern China: petrogenetic and geodynamic implications. Trace elemental and PGE geochemistry of the Bixiling and Raobazhai peridotites in the Dabie UHP belt, eastern China: petrogenetic and geodynamic implications, IUGS-SECE conference. Beijing, 2005.
Zheng J.P., Sun M., Zhou M.F. and Robinson P., Trace elemental and PGE geochemical constraints of Mesozoic and Cenozoic peridotitic xenoliths on lithospheric evolution of the North China Craton, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2005, 69: 3401-3418.
Zhou M.F., Wang C.Y. and Ma Y., Geochemical constraints on a diversity of magmatic ore deposits associated with the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China, 10th International Platinum Symposium. Oulu, Finland, 2005.
Zhou M.F., Geochemical constraints on the diversity of igneous assemblages within the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Zhou M.F., Robinson P.T., Lesher C.M., Keays R.R. and Zhang C.J., Geochemistry, petrogenesis, and metallogenesis of the Panzhihua gabbroic layered intrusion and associated Fe-Ti-V-oxide deposits, Sichuan Province, SW China, J Petrol. 2005.
Zhou M.F., Wang C.Y., Pang K.N., Shellnutt J.G. and Ma Y.X., Origin of giant Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in layered gabbroic intrusions, Pan-Xi district, Sichuan Province, SW China, The 8th Biennial SGA Meeting. Beijing, China, 2005.
Zhou M.F., Outstanding Young Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong. 2004.
Zhou M.F., Malpas J.G., Robinson P.T., Edwards S. and Qi L., REE and PGE geochemical constraints on the formation of dunites in the Luobusa ophiolite, Southern Tibet., Journal of Petrology. 2005, 46: 615-639.
Zhou M.F., Robinson P.T., Malpas J.G., Bin X. and Dilek Y., Tectonic Settings Of Ophiolites from Tibet: Constraints From Chromite Compositions., International Geological Congress. Florence, 2004.
Zhou M.F., Yang Z.X., Song X.Y., Keays R.R. and Lesher C.M., Tectonic settings of magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposits in China, IGCP479. Hong Kong, 2004.
Zhou M.F., Ma Y.X., Yan D.P., Xia X., Zhao J.H. and Sun M., The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block, Precam Res (in press). 2005.
Zhou M.F., Zhao J.H., Qi L., Su W. and Hu R.Z., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and elemental and Sr -Nd isotopic geochemistry of the Permian mafic rocks in the Funing area, SW China, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology(in press). 2005.


-- End of Listing --