Dept of Earth Sciences

DEPT 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:	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:	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:

N/A

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
Completion Date:	12/2005

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
Completion Date:	01/2006

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:

N/A

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 collision As 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.

Project Title:	Displacement of suture zones across the Karakoram Fault: A quantitative measure of long-term slip rates
Investigator(s):	Aitchison JC
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Incentive Award for RGC CERG Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:	07/2005
Completion Date:	06/2006

Abstract:

N/A

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R. and Davis A.M., A revised model for India - Asia collision based on new observations from Tibet, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 2005, 37: Salt Lake City: 387.

Aitchison J.C. and Davis A.M., Radiolarian-based constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone in central Tibet, In: Lüer, V., Hollis, C., Campbell H.J., and Simes, J., eds., InterRad 11 & Triassic Stratigraphy Symposium; A joint international conference hosted by the International Association of Radiolarian Paleontologists, IGCP 467 and the Subcommission of Triassic Stratigraphy, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences miscellaneous series II. 2006, 33.

Aitchison J.C. and Davis A.M., The nature and age of oceanic rocks along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone in central Tibet, 21st Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Cambridge, England, abstracts, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2006, 26/2: 123.

Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Chan J. and Davis A.M., What does the Tibet-Himalayan sedimentary record tell us about collision(s) and is anybody listening?, GSA Penrose Conference: Lessons in Tectonics, Climate and Eustacy from the Stratigraphic Record in Arc Collision Zones: Price Utah. 2005, Abstracts Volume: 3-4.

Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Greater India, Earth-Science Reviews. 2005, 72: 169-188.

Chan G., Searle M., Aitchison J.C., Crowley Q., Waters D. and Parrish R., Petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of Yarlung Zangbo ophiolites, south Tibet, 21st Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Cambridge, England, abstracts, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2006, 26/2: 131.

Chan S.L., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Cretaceous-Paleocene deep-sea sediments of the northern Tethyan Himalaya, southern Tibet: Precise radiolarian age constraints on the tectonic evolution of Tibet, In: Lüer V., Hollis, C., Campbell, H.J., and Simes, J., eds., InterRad 11 & Triassic Stratigraphy Symposium; A joint international conference hosted by the International Association of Radiolarian Paleontologists, IGCP 467 and the Subcommission of Triassic Stratigraphy, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences miscellaneous series II. 2006, 48.

Hutchinson N., Nagarkar S., Aitchison J.C. and Williams G.A., Microspatial variation in marine biofilm abundance on intertidal rock surfaces, Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 2006, 42: 187-197.

Lau C.Y., Jing H., Aitchison J.C. and Pointing S.B., Highly diverse community structure in a remote central Tibetan geothermal spring does not display monotonic variation to thermal stress, FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2006, 54: DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00104.x.

Ross I.D.B., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Cretaceous volcanism along the Bangong-Nujiang suture: Kantong Volcanic Complex, Central Tibet, 21st Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Cambridge, England, abstracts, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2006, 26/2: 158.

Researcher : Ali JR

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
Completion Date:	09/2005

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
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:	01/2005

Abstract:

N/A

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:	Quantifying crustal shortening within the Asia plate as a result of the India collision: mapping, age-dating and paleomagnetic investigation of Cenozoic rocks on the Lhasa block
Investigator(s):	Ali JR
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	Quantifying crustal shortening within the Asia plate as a result of the India collision: mapping, age-dating and paleomagnetic investigation of Cenozoic rocks on the Lhasa block
Investigator(s):	Ali JR, Aitchison JC, Lo C.H., Badengzhou B
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

The main objective of this project is to develop a time-space model for the Lhasa block for the entire Cenozoic which can then be used to constrain models for the India-Asia collision system, and to assess the amount of crustal shortening Asia has experienced as a result of the event. For our “purpose” to be achieved, we plan to use a number of key tools and techniques on a series of rocks that formed on the Lhasa block during the Cenozoic.

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R. and Davis A.M., A revised model for India - Asia collision based on new observations from Tibet, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 2005, 37: Salt Lake City: 387.

Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Chan J. and Davis A.M., What does the Tibet-Himalayan sedimentary record tell us about collision(s) and is anybody listening?, GSA Penrose Conference: Lessons in Tectonics, Climate and Eustacy from the Stratigraphic Record in Arc Collision Zones: Price Utah. 2005, Abstracts Volume: 3-4.

Ali J.R. and Cunich P.A., 'Halley et les églises de la reine Anne', Pour La Science. Paris, France, 2006, 341: 10-13.

Ali J.R. and Cunich P.A., 'How did Halley align his churches? Using geomagnetism, probably', Astronomy and Geophysics. Oxford, U.K., Royal Astronomical Society, 2005, 46.6: 6.6.

Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Greater India, Earth-Science Reviews. 2005, 72: 169-188.

Ali J.R. and CUNICH P., Halley et les églises de la reine Anne, Pour la Science (French version of Scientific American). 2006, 307: 26-29.

Ali J.R., Invited Speaker, Conference on Nicholas Hawksmoor (Orientation in Hawksmoor's churches). 2005.

Chan S.L., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Cretaceous-Paleocene deep-sea sediments of the northern Tethyan Himalaya, southern Tibet: Precise radiolarian age constraints on the tectonic evolution of Tibet, In: Lüer V., Hollis, C., Campbell, H.J., and Simes, J., eds., InterRad 11 & Triassic Stratigraphy Symposium; A joint international conference hosted by the International Association of Radiolarian Paleontologists, IGCP 467 and the Subcommission of Triassic Stratigraphy, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences miscellaneous series II. 2006, 48.

Ross I.D.B., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Cretaceous volcanism along the Bangong-Nujiang suture: Kantong Volcanic Complex, Central Tibet, 21st Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Cambridge, England, abstracts, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2006, 26/2: 158.

Researcher : Aydin A

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:	Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:	12/2003

Abstract:

To integrate field, geochemical, clay mineralogical and physical characterization methods with quantitative microstructural analyses of natural clayey veins and experimentally deformed remolded and artificial mixtures of soils to better understand and predict these landslides.

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:

N/A

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.

Project Title:	Quantification and mapping of liquefaction potential of loaog city, the Philippines: phase II
Investigator(s):	Aydin A
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	07/2005

Abstract:

Second phase of a previously funded project aimed at "quantification and mapping of liquefaction potential of the Loaog City of the Philippines. This phase is aimed at a) refining the findings of the semiqualitative and empirical evaluation of earthquake loading by site-specific measurements of strong ground, motion spectra, b) improvimg the prediction of liquefaction resistance and engineering-stratigraphical model of the soil deposits, c) checking the predicted values of in situ density, d) extending the study area to cover the entire city, and finally e) comparing rerliability of the latest empirical and direct methods.

Project Title:	Development of microstructural characterization scheme to scale and predict 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:	07/2005
Completion Date:	06/2006

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	DURABILITY OF LIMESTONE AS ARMOURSTONE
Investigator(s):	Aydin A, Aydin NS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	12/2005

Abstract:

While certain rock types such as most igneous rocks in fresh states are proven to be best performers when exposed to environmental and loading conditions as constituent materials of hydraulic structures, absence of such rocks necessitate consideration of marginal rock types for such projects. This study is designed to assess the suitability of impure limestone through characterization of its material properties and durability in-service. Limestone is one of the most common types of rocks found worldwide, especially along the coastlines. The ever-increasing demand for good quality (pure and massive) limestone as dimension and face stone in building industry leave only the poor quality limestone to be economical alternatives in armourstone production. However there are potential problems associated with the durability of such rocks. The analysis of historical performance of such rocks along the coastlines together with the characterization of source rocks should provide a significant input to the current understanding of their durability and degradation rates as armourstone. Material characterization including assessment of durability and degradation rates is crucial in geotechnical design, selection of appropriate quarrying (production), development of effective on-site sorting, handling, transport, placement and maintenance procedures, and finally realistic prediction of service-life of hydraulic structures built of rock. Thus this initial study will concentrate on material characterization of marginal (impure, porous, fractured and/or thinly bedded) limestone to determine what controls their past and future performance as armourstone.

List of Research Outputs

Aydin A., Adjunct Professorship, Faculty of Construction Engineering. 2005.

Aydin A., In-situ stress determination by hydraulic fracturing method in drillholes 1024/WIL/D067, D043, D030 and D074, Contract No. Nex/1024, Ground investigation for West Island Line. 2006.

Aydin A. and Li Y., Landslide susceptibility evaluation and mapping: a case study, 5th European Congress on Regional Geoscientific Cartography and Information Systems. 2006.

Aydin A., Models in engineering and environmental geology, Department of Environment, Chinese University of Science and Technology. 2005.

Aydin A., Rock material characterization, Prof. of New Developments in Geological Engineering and Geohazards. 2006.

Aydin A., Stability of saprolitic slopes: nature and role of field scale heterogeneities, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 2006, 6: 89-96.

Aydin N.S. and Aydin A., Chemical and mineralogical heterogeneities of weathered igneous profiles: implications for landslides studies, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 2006, 6: 315-322.

Aydin N.S., Wong S.C., Song Z., Aydin A., Li X.D. and You M., Fate of heavy metal contaminants in road dusts and gully sediments in Guangzhou, SE China: A chemical and mineralogical assessment, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 2006, 12(2): 374-389.

Aydin N.S., Hudson-Edwards K.A., Song Z., Wong S.C., Aydin A., Edwards S.J., Li X.D., Chan L.S. and Malpas J.G., Metallic element contamination in different urban compartments: Examples from Pearl River Delta Region, SE China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005.

Basu A. and Aydin A., An Evaluation of Ultrasonic Testing in Rock Material Characterization, Geotechnical Testing Journal. 2006, 29, 2: 117-125.

Basu A. and Aydin A., Predicting uniaxial compressive strength by point load test: significance of cone penetration, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2006, 39,1: 77-85.

Gui S., Aydin A., Zhang Q.M. and Liu W., Enhancing Overall Stability of Reinforced Soil Structures with Anchors, 8^th Int. Conf. on Geosynthetics. 2006.

Ozbek A., Aydin A. and Acar A., Monitoring tunnel deformations by convergence and 3-D optical methods, International Earth Sciences Colloquium on the Aegean Regions, Izmir, Turkey. 2005.

Ozbek A. and Aydin A., Stability problems caused by weak ground in Diyojen tunnel (Sinop), 59^th Turkish Geology Congress. 2006.

Wong S.C., Aydin N.S., Aydin A. and Wong H.M., Sources and trends of environmental mercury contamination in Asia, Total Science of Environment. 2006, 368: 649-662.

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.

Project Title:	Trace elements in Chinese coal: (Phase-I) domestic coal combustion and their health impact
Investigator(s):	Aydin NS, Liu G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	05/2005

Abstract:

Aims to document elemental compostion and concentrations of tozic and potentially toxic elements including, As, Se, F. Pb, Cu, Ni and Cr in chinese coal used for domestic purposes; discuss their occurrences in coal; and document adverse human health effects of domestic coal burning practice in China.

Project Title:	Atmospheric deposition of mercury in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Aydin NS, Gu J
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	02/2006

Abstract:

This project is designed to simulate atmospheric deposition of total Hg (THg) in the forms of rainwater (dissolved Hg) and atmospheric particulate (particulate Hg) under natural conditions. The primary object of this project is to quantify atmospheric deposition of Hg in various parts of Hong Kong. Based on the collected information, the study will give insight to: 1) rate of atmospheric Hg loading in the environment of Hong Kong, 2) spatial and seasonal variation(s) in atmospheric Hg deposition, 3) possible influences of cross-boundary transport of Hg, and 4) evaluate potential long-term ecological and human health impacts of atmospheric Hg in Hong Kong.

List of Research Outputs

Aydin N.S., Assessment of gabbroic rocks as building stones, AGC/NSD-A-PE. 2006, 1-6.

Aydin N.S. and Aydin A., Chemical and mineralogical heterogeneities of weathered igneous profiles: implications for landslides studies, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 2006, 6: 315-322.

Aydin N.S., Wong S.C., Song Z., Aydin A., Li X.D. and You M., Fate of heavy metal contaminants in road dusts and gully sediments in Guangzhou, SE China: A chemical and mineralogical assessment, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 2006, 12(2): 374-389.

Aydin N.S., Lead isotopes and heavy metals- Urban Geochemistry and Health, In: Esref Atabey, Medical Geology. Turkey, TMMOB Chamber of Geological Engineering Publication, 2006, 65-73.

Aydin N.S., Hudson-Edwards K.A., Song Z., Wong S.C., Aydin A., Edwards S.J., Li X.D., Chan L.S. and Malpas J.G., Metallic element contamination in different urban compartments: Examples from Pearl River Delta Region, SE China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005.

Aydin N.S., Petrographic examination of granitoid rocks, AGC/NSD-A-PE. 2005, 1-8.

Switzer A.D. and Aydin N.S., Abstract Volume, Conference on recent advances in geological research of Hong Kong and Pearl River Mouth Region. Hong Kong, 2005.

Wong S.C., Aydin N.S., Aydin A. and Wong H.M., Sources and trends of environmental mercury contamination in Asia, Total Science of Environment. 2006, 368: 649-662.

Researcher : Basu A

List of Research Outputs

Basu A. and Aydin A., An Evaluation of Ultrasonic Testing in Rock Material Characterization, Geotechnical Testing Journal. 2006, 29, 2: 117-125.

Basu A. and Aydin A., Predicting uniaxial compressive strength by point load test: significance of cone penetration, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2006, 39,1: 77-85.

Researcher : Cao L

List of Research Outputs

Zhao G., Cao L., Wilde S.A., Sun M. and Li S.Z., SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of the Precambrian granitoid rocks in North Korea, International Conference of Sino-Korean geology, Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing. 2006, Abstracts.

Researcher : Chan LS

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:	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:	07/2005
Completion Date:	06/2006

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	Geophysical study of Longmenshan Fold and Thrust Belt in China
Investigator(s):	Chan LS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

The proposed project, if funded, will become part of a four-way collaboration on the neotectonics of Longmenshan Fold and Thrust Belt among Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) of Paris, France, Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT) and Southwest Petroleum College (SWPC) of Sichuan, China, and The University of Hong Kong (HKU). The Longmenshan (LMS) Mountains forms a topographic front west of Sichuan Basin in China, rising abruptly to an elevation close to 8000m, which points to the existence of deep active tectonic processes driving the uplift of the mountain range. The activity is confirmed by the seismicity in the foreland of the Mountains, with several magnitude>7 earthquakes during the last century. Understanding how such a topography is maintained is of major interest for the understanding of the dynamics of the system. Some recent studies demonstrate that erosion of topography may be balanced by ductile shearing within the deeper part of the crust, which in turn contributes to maintaining the relief in the eroded zones. The collaborative research project aims to acquire a better understanding of the dynamics of the lithosphere through a detailed investigation of the crust structure of a 300-km long transect between the cities of Chengdu and Danba across the mid-section of the Longmenshan Mountain Range. Because of the scale of the study area, determination and interpretation of the crustal structure has to rely on geophysical studies using seismic, magnetic, gravity, and magnetotelluric data. In this collaborative research programme, ENS has obtained funding to carry out a seismic tomographic survey of the transect and CDUT and SWPC have agreed to provide logistical support and to monitor of the seismic stations over a year period. A fundamental problem of geophysical models, however, is the non-uniqueness of the solution obtained from inverse modeling of geophysical data. To overcome such a limitation, geophysicists often use multiple geophysical approaches to study the same profile, and to ensure a consistency in the model obtained by using different geophysical approaches. The primary geophysical means of this particular collaborative project is seismic tomography, which is subject to the same problem of non-unique solution. To provide additional means of checking and calibration, I have proposed to carry out a gravity and magnetic study of the same transect. Specifically, the objectives of the proposed study are (1) to determine the gravity anomaly profile across the transect and to produce through inverse modeling a density model of the profile, and (2) to undertake inverse modeling of aeromagnetic data from the same area to identify the depth of magnetic anomalies. The results will be used to constrain and calibrate the model obtained by the seismic tomographic survey.

List of Research Outputs

Aydin N.S., Hudson-Edwards K.A., Song Z., Wong S.C., Aydin A., Edwards S.J., Li X.D., Chan L.S. and Malpas J.G., Metallic element contamination in different urban compartments: Examples from Pearl River Delta Region, SE China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005.

Chan J., Lai K.W. and Chan L.S., Origin of a chain of clast-bearing cone-shaped rock within the Tuen Mun andesite in Tsing Shan, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 4.

Chan L.S. and Pubellier M.F., Neotectonic map of South China-Northern Vietnam Region, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 6.

Chan M.K. and Chan L.S., Environmental Magnetism: Investigating heavy metal contents and magnetic parameters of urban street dusts for different traffic intensities, Causeway Bay and Sandy Bay in Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 8.

Hu W.X., Chan L.S., Yao S.P. and Zhu D.F., Geochemical features and evolution of the Pingchau Formation of the Ping Chau Island, Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 18.

Leung K.F., Chan L.S. and Pubellier M.F., Tectonic evolution of Mirs Bay in Guangdong, South China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 25.

Liu Q., Chan L.S., Li H. and Yang T., Magnetic properties of road dust around the Donghu Lake, Wuhan City and implications for urban environment, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 27.

Liu Q.S. and Chan L.S., Magnetic enhancement caused by hydrocarbon migration in the Mawangmiao Oil Field, Jianghan Basin, China, Petroleumn Science & Engr.. 2006, 53: 25-33.

Mak S. and Chan L.S., Focal mechanisms of small earthquakes near Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 32.

Mak S. and Chan L.S., Shallow crustal velocity structure of Hong Kong from Rg dispersion, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 33.

Mok W.Y., Chan L.S. and Yim W.Y., Integrated sedimentological, geophysical and geotechnical study of inner shelf sediments in Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 34.

Pubellier M.F., Chan L.S., Phung V.P., Chamot-Rooke N., Leung K.F., Rabaute A. and Shen W., The situation of the South China Sea within the growth and denudation of the Asian continent, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 36.

Shen W., Pubellier M.F. and Chan L.S., Mesozoic-Cenozoic stress field evolution in the Pearl River Delta Area: Implications from the field geology and inversion of fault/slip, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 44.

Tsang H.H., Roberts J., Asten M., Chandler A.M., Lam N.T.K. and Chan L.S., Modelling Shear Wave Velocity Profiles in Rock using Spatial Auto-correlation Technique: the Hong Kong Case Study, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society (AEES) Annual Technical Conference . Australia, 2005.

Tsang H.H., Roberts J., Asten M., Chandler A.M., Megawati K., Chan L.S., Mak S. and Lam N.T.K., Shear wave velocity modelling of crustal rocks in Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 49.

Wong P.W. and Chan L.S., Radiometric study and geochemical studies of weathering grade of granite in Kowloon, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 53.

Researcher : Chan MK

List of Research Outputs

Chan M.K. and Chan L.S., Environmental Magnetism: Investigating heavy metal contents and magnetic parameters of urban street dusts for different traffic intensities, Causeway Bay and Sandy Bay in Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 8.

Researcher : Chan SL

List of Research Outputs

Chan S.L., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Cretaceous-Paleocene deep-sea sediments of the northern Tethyan Himalaya, southern Tibet: Precise radiolarian age constraints on the tectonic evolution of Tibet, In: Lüer V., Hollis, C., Campbell, H.J., and Simes, J., eds., InterRad 11 & Triassic Stratigraphy Symposium; A joint international conference hosted by the International Association of Radiolarian Paleontologists, IGCP 467 and the Subcommission of Triassic Stratigraphy, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences miscellaneous series II. 2006, 48.

Researcher : Chen K

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Leung C.M., Chen K., Huang J. and Huang R.Q., Physical and chemical processes in the subsurface system in the land reclaimed from the sea, Collections of Coastal Geo-Environment and Urban Development. Beijing, China, China Dadi Publishing House, 2005, 399-407.

Researcher : Chen Y

List of Research Outputs

Sun J., Li S.H., Han P. and Chen Y., Holocene enviromental changes in central Inner Mongolia, based on single-aliquot-quartz optical dating and multi-proxy study of dune sands, Palaeogeograpgy, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2006, 233: 51-62.

Researcher : Davis AM

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R. and Davis A.M., A revised model for India - Asia collision based on new observations from Tibet, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 2005, 37: Salt Lake City: 387.

Aitchison J.C. and Davis A.M., Radiolarian-based constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone in central Tibet, In: Lüer, V., Hollis, C., Campbell H.J., and Simes, J., eds., InterRad 11 & Triassic Stratigraphy Symposium; A joint international conference hosted by the International Association of Radiolarian Paleontologists, IGCP 467 and the Subcommission of Triassic Stratigraphy, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences miscellaneous series II. 2006, 33.

Aitchison J.C. and Davis A.M., The nature and age of oceanic rocks along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone in central Tibet, 21st Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Cambridge, England, abstracts, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2006, 26/2: 123.

Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Chan J. and Davis A.M., What does the Tibet-Himalayan sedimentary record tell us about collision(s) and is anybody listening?, GSA Penrose Conference: Lessons in Tectonics, Climate and Eustacy from the Stratigraphic Record in Arc Collision Zones: Price Utah. 2005, Abstracts Volume: 3-4.

Researcher : Ding G

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Ding G. and Leung C.M., Confined groundwater near the rockhead in igneous rocks in the Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong, China, Engineering Geology. 2006, 84(3-4): 207-219.

Researcher : Donoghue SL

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
Completion Date:	12/2005

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	An Earth Science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation 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:	07/2005
Completion Date:	12/2005

Abstract:

N/A

List of Research Outputs

Donoghue S.L., An introduction to soil studies, In: R. Shaw, The Geomorphology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Open University of Hong Kong, 2005, (in press).

Donoghue S.L., HERDSA Fellowship., Awarded by the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, recognizing achievement of HERDSA standards for quality teaching.. 2005.

Donoghue S.L., The Role of Universities in Society., HERDSA (Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia) Conference Programme and Abstracts. 2005, p. 91.

Researcher : Edwards SJ

List of Research Outputs

Aydin N.S., Hudson-Edwards K.A., Song Z., Wong S.C., Aydin A., Edwards S.J., Li X.D., Chan L.S. and Malpas J.G., Metallic element contamination in different urban compartments: Examples from Pearl River Delta Region, SE China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005.

Researcher : Gui S

List of Research Outputs

Gui S., Aydin A., Zhang Q.M. and Liu W., Enhancing Overall Stability of Reinforced Soil Structures with Anchors, 8^th Int. Conf. on Geosynthetics. 2006.

Researcher : Hale RE

List of Research Outputs

Yim W.W.S., Huang G., Fontugne M.R., Hale R.E., Paterne M., Pirazzoli P.A. and Ridley Thomas W.N., Postglacial sea-level changes in the northern South China Sea continental shelf: Evidence for a post-8200 calendar yr BP meltwater pulse, Quaternary International. 2006, 145/146: 55-67.

Researcher : He Y

List of Research Outputs

He Y., Sun Y., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemistry and geochronology of the Longshan Complex, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005. Abstracts 2: 268-269.

He Y., 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, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 20-21.

Researcher : Hu R

List of Research Outputs

Zhou M.F., Zhao J., Qi L., Su W. and Hu R., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and elemental and Sr -Nd isotopic geochemistry of Permian mafic rocks in the Funing area, SW China, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2006, 151: 1-19.

Researcher : Huang G

List of Research Outputs

Yim W.W.S., Huang G., Fontugne M.R., Hale R.E., Paterne M., Pirazzoli P.A. and Ridley Thomas W.N., Postglacial sea-level changes in the northern South China Sea continental shelf: Evidence for a post-8200 calendar yr BP meltwater pulse, Quaternary International. 2006, 145/146: 55-67.

Zong Y., Lloyd J.M., Leng M.J., Yim W.W.S. and Huang G., Reconstruction of Holocene monsoon history from the Pearl River Estuary, southern China, using diatoms and carbon isotope ratios, The Holocene. 2006, 16/2: 251-263.

Researcher : Huang J

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Leung C.M., Chen K., Huang J. and Huang R.Q., Physical and chemical processes in the subsurface system in the land reclaimed from the sea, Collections of Coastal Geo-Environment and Urban Development. Beijing, China, China Dadi Publishing House, 2005, 399-407.

Researcher : Jiao JJJ

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:	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:	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:

N/A

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:	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
Completion Date:	10/2006

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.

Project Title:	Subsurface air flow induced by sea tides
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:	10/2005

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	Subsurface air flow induced by sea tides
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ, Yang J.Z., Li HL, Weeks EP
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:	10/2005

Abstract:

The project will be divided into several subtasks to investigate systematically and quantitatively the phenomenon of air flow driven by water table fluctuation induced by sea tides: 1) Literature review of existing publications on subsurface air flow induced by natural forcings such as atmospheric or barometric pressure changes, water table fluctuations, topographic effects, and rainfall infiltration. 2) Hypothetical models and theoretical studies to examine some fundamental issues related to airflow induced by tidal fluctuations such as enhancement of rainfall infiltration by tide-driven airflow. 3) A field case study on tide-induced airflow in a coastal area such as the Hong Kong Airport or another site of typical geological profile. 4) Investigation of possible environmental and engineering implications of air flow in unsaturated zones in coastal areas.

List of Research Outputs

Cheng J.M., McIntosh J.C., Xie X. and Jiao J.J.J., Hydrochemistry of formation water with implication to diagenetic reactions in Sanzhao depression and Qijia-gulong depression of Songliao Basin, China, Journal Of Geochemical Exploration. 2006, 88(1-3): 86-90.

Jiao J.J.J., Ding G. and Leung C.M., Confined groundwater near the rockhead in igneous rocks in the Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong, China, Engineering Geology. 2006, 84(3-4): 207-219.

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(1-2): 71-92.

Jiao J.J.J., Leung C.M., Chen K., Huang J. and Huang R.Q., Physical and chemical processes in the subsurface system in the land reclaimed from the sea, Collections of Coastal Geo-Environment and Urban Development. Beijing, China, China Dadi Publishing House, 2005, 399-407.

Jiao J.J.J., Wang X.S. and Nandy S., Preliminary assessment of the impacts of deep foundations and land reclamation on groundwater flow in a coastal area in Hong Kong, China, Hydrogeology Journal. 2006, 14(1-2): 100-114.

Jiao J.J.J., Preliminary studies on physical and chemical processes in the subsurface system in the land reclaimed from the sea, Coastal Geo-Environment and Urban Development in China, Tianjin, China.. 2005.

Jiao J.J.J., Submarine groundwater, an alternative source of water supply for Hong Kong? In Proceedings of 2nd GWSP-Asia Network Workshop on Global Water System Hotspots in the Asian Region: Mega cities and Dams , Guangzhou, China, Sun Yat-sen University, 2006.

Jiao J.J.J., Submarine groundwater, an alternative source of water supply for Hong Kong? In Proceedings of 2nd GWSP-Asia Network Workshop on Global Water System Hotspots in the Asian Region: Mega cities and Dams . 2006.

Leung C.M. and Jiao J.J.J., Change of groundwater chemistry from 1896 to present in the Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong, Environmental Geology. 2006, 49(7): 946-959.

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. 2005, 48(4-5): 480-495.

Leung C.M. and Jiao J.J.J., Heavy metal and trace element distributions in groundwater in natural slopes and highly urbanized spaces in Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong, Water Research. 2006, 40(4): 753-767.

Li H., Jiao J.J.J. and Tang Z.H., Semi-numerical simulation of groundwater flow induced by periodic forcing with a case-study at an island aquifer, Journal of Hydrology. 2006, 327 (3-4): 438-446.

Qin S.Q., Jiao J.J.J. and Li Z.G., Nonlinear Evolutionary Mechanisms of Instability of Plane-Shear Slope: Catastrophe, Bifurcation, Chaos and Physical Prediction, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2006, 39(1): 59-76.

Researcher : Keays RR

List of Research Outputs

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, Journal of Petrology. 2005, 46: 2253-2280.

Researcher : Lai KW

List of Research Outputs

Chan J., Lai K.W. and Chan L.S., Origin of a chain of clast-bearing cone-shaped rock within the Tuen Mun andesite in Tsing Shan, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 4.

Researcher : Lee KT

List of Research Outputs

Switzer A.D., Yim W.W.S., Mulgrew J.R. and Lee K.T., Drowned and partially drowned colluvial-alluvial fan deposits formed during glacial periods since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition in the Tung Chung area, Hong Kong SAR, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, 46.

Researcher : Leung CM

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Ding G. and Leung C.M., Confined groundwater near the rockhead in igneous rocks in the Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong, China, Engineering Geology. 2006, 84(3-4): 207-219.

Jiao J.J.J., Leung C.M., Chen K., Huang J. and Huang R.Q., Physical and chemical processes in the subsurface system in the land reclaimed from the sea, Collections of Coastal Geo-Environment and Urban Development. Beijing, China, China Dadi Publishing House, 2005, 399-407.

Leung C.M. and Jiao J.J.J., Change of groundwater chemistry from 1896 to present in the Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong, Environmental Geology. 2006, 49(7): 946-959.

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. 2005, 48(4-5): 480-495.

Leung C.M. and Jiao J.J.J., Heavy metal and trace element distributions in groundwater in natural slopes and highly urbanized spaces in Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong, Water Research. 2006, 40(4): 753-767.

Researcher : Leung CM

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Ding G. and Leung C.M., Confined groundwater near the rockhead in igneous rocks in the Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong, China, Engineering Geology. 2006, 84(3-4): 207-219.

Leung C.M. and Jiao J.J.J., Change of groundwater chemistry from 1896 to present in the Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong, Environmental Geology. 2006, 49(7): 946-959.

Researcher : Leung KF

List of Research Outputs

Leung K.F., Chan L.S. and Pubellier M.F., Tectonic evolution of Mirs Bay in Guangdong, South China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 25.

Pubellier M.F., Chan L.S., Phung V.P., Chamot-Rooke N., Leung K.F., Rabaute A. and Shen W., The situation of the South China Sea within the growth and denudation of the Asian continent, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 36.

Researcher : Li B

List of Research Outputs

Li B. and Li S.H., Comparison of D_e estimates using the fast component and medium component of the quartz OSL, Radiation Measurements. 2006, 41: 125-136.

Li B. and Li S.H., Studies of thermal stabilities of charges associated with thermal transfer of OSL from quartz, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 2006, 39: 2941-2949.

Li S.H. and Li B., Dose measurement using fast component of LM-OSL signals from quartz, Radiation Measurements. 2006, 41: 534-541.

Researcher : Li H

List of Research Outputs

Li H., Jiao J.J.J. and Tang Z.H., Semi-numerical simulation of groundwater flow induced by periodic forcing with a case-study at an island aquifer, Journal of Hydrology. 2006, 327 (3-4): 438-446.

Liu Q., Chan L.S., Li H. and Yang T., Magnetic properties of road dust around the Donghu Lake, Wuhan City and implications for urban environment, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 27.

Researcher : Li H

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Li J

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Chen H.L., Zhao Y.J., Cai K.D. and Li J., Genesis of Carboniferous volcanic rocks in the eastern Junggar: constrints on the closure of the Junggar Ocean, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2006, 22(1): 31-40.

Xiao W., Han C., Qin K., Yuan C., Sun M., Chen H., Li J. and Sun S., Paleozoic multiple accretionary orogenesis of North Xinjiang and lateral accretion of the central Asia continent, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 127.

Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Xia X., Chen H.L. and Li J., U-Pb zircon geochronology and geochemical characteristics of the granitoids from south margin of the Chinese Altai, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 418-419.

Researcher : Li S

List of Research Outputs

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Wu F., Zhang J. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji belt, NE China, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 298.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S., Sun M. and Liu S., A deformational investigation of the Hengshan Complex: implications for structural and tectonic studies, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 263-264.

Zhao G., Sun M., Li S., Wilde S.A. and Kroner A., Lithotectonic elements and geological events of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: review and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 259-262.

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 fossil homo sapiens sites in northern China
Investigator(s):	Li SH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	Optical dating of fossil homo sapiens sites in northern China
Investigator(s):	Li SH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

This project aims to establish a chronology for key Homo sapiens sites in China with advanced optical dating techniques.

List of Research Outputs

Li B. and Li S.H., Comparison of D_e estimates using the fast component and medium component of the quartz OSL, Radiation Measurements. 2006, 41: 125-136.

Li B. and Li S.H., Studies of thermal stabilities of charges associated with thermal transfer of OSL from quartz, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 2006, 39: 2941-2949.

Li S.H. and Li B., Dose measurement using fast component of LM-OSL signals from quartz, Radiation Measurements. 2006, 41: 534-541.

Li S.H. and Yin G.M., Luminescence Properties of Biotite Relevant to Dating and Dosimetry, Journal of Luminescence. 2006, 121: 51-56.

Li S.H. and Sun J., Optical dating of Holocene dune sands from the Hulun Buir Desert, northeastern China, The Holocene. 2006, 16: 457-462.

Sun J., Li S.H., Han P. and Chen Y., Holocene enviromental changes in central Inner Mongolia, based on single-aliquot-quartz optical dating and multi-proxy study of dune sands, Palaeogeograpgy, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2006, 233: 51-62.

Researcher : Li X

List of Research Outputs

Wong K., Sun M., Zhao G., Xing G. and Li X., Origin of the Mesozoic intraplate magmatism in South China - reappraisal of the connection with North China, The 4^th National Symposium of Volcanology. 2005, 87-88.

Researcher : Li Y

List of Research Outputs

Aydin A. and Li Y., Landslide susceptibility evaluation and mapping: a case study, 5th European Congress on Regional Geoscientific Cartography and Information Systems. 2006.

Researcher : Lin S

List of Research Outputs

Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X., Xia X., Han C. and Lin S., Zircon U-Pb ages of granitic gneisses and intrusions in the Central Terrane of the Chinese Altai Orogen and tectonic implications, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 99-100.

Researcher : Liu D

List of Research Outputs

Xiao W., Windley B.F., Liu D., Jian P., Liu C.Z., Yuan C. and Sun M., Accretionary tectonics of the Western Kunlun orogen, China: A Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic, Long-lived active continental margin with implications for the growth of southern Eurasia, Journal of Geology. 2005, 113: 687-705.

Researcher : Liu Q

List of Research Outputs

Liu Q., Chan L.S., Li H. and Yang T., Magnetic properties of road dust around the Donghu Lake, Wuhan City and implications for urban environment, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 27.

Researcher : Liu S

List of Research Outputs

Liu S., Zhao G., Shu G., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Th-U-Pb monazite geochronology of the Luliang and Wutai Complexes: constraints on the tectonothermal evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 258.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S., Sun M. and Liu S., A deformational investigation of the Hengshan Complex: implications for structural and tectonic studies, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 263-264.

Researcher : Long X

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Chen H.L., Zhao Y.J., Cai K.D. and Li J., Genesis of Carboniferous volcanic rocks in the eastern Junggar: constrints on the closure of the Junggar Ocean, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2006, 22(1): 31-40.

Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X., Xia X., Han C. and Lin S., Zircon U-Pb ages of granitic gneisses and intrusions in the Central Terrane of the Chinese Altai Orogen and tectonic implications, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 99-100.

Researcher : Luo Y

List of Research Outputs

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Wu F.Y., Zhang J.H. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: Constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, NE China, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 298-298.

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Wu F., Zhang J. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji belt, NE China, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 298.

Luo Y., Sun M., Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G.C., Li S.Z., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X.P., LA-CP-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, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 41.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Jining Complex, North China Craton and its tectonic significance, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144(3-4): 199-212.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Jining Complex, North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144: 191-212.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites in the Western Block of the North China Craton, 2005 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting. 2005, CD ROM.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G., Wu F.Y., Xu P., Zhang J.H. and Luo Y., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Wulashan khondalites: Constraints on the evolution of the Ordos Terrance, Western Block of the North China Craton, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2006, 241(3-4): 581-593.

Xia X.P., 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 Luliang Complex, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 71.

Researcher : Mak S

List of Research Outputs

Mak S. and Chan L.S., Focal mechanisms of small earthquakes near Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 32.

Mak S. and Chan L.S., Shallow crustal velocity structure of Hong Kong from Rg dispersion, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 33.

Tsang H.H., Roberts J., Asten M., Chandler A.M., Megawati K., Chan L.S., Mak S. and Lam N.T.K., Shear wave velocity modelling of crustal rocks in Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 49.

Researcher : Malpas JG

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
Completion Date:	10/2005

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:	Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:	10/2003
Completion Date:	09/2005

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:	Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:	10/2003

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	Separation, identification and mineral structure of Ultra high pressure minerals from the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet
Investigator(s):	Malpas JG, Robinson P.
Department:	V-C's Office
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

The Luobusa ophiolite of Tibet appears to contain ultra high pressure minerals which may provide a window into mantle chemistry and structure. We wish to separate these minerals and determine their structures and compositions in great detail in order to determine their conditions of formation. This seed grant is applied for in order to obtain as far as possible a complete collection of UHP and other heavy minerals from the chromitite ores of the ophiolite and the surrounding mantle rocks. Subsequently, we will ascertain whether the minerals also occur in the harzburgitic country rocks as well as in the chromitites in which they have been found to date. This will allow us to test several different models that are envisaged for the formation and capture of the UHP minerals. Finally we will use the mineral properties to provide an overall picture of mantle structure from below the Transition Zone to shallow sub-crustal levels and therefore test models of deep lithosphere subduction and mantle convection.

List of Research Outputs

Aydin N.S., Hudson-Edwards K.A., Song Z., Wong S.C., Aydin A., Edwards S.J., Li X.D., Chan L.S. and Malpas J.G., Metallic element contamination in different urban compartments: Examples from Pearl River Delta Region, SE China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005.

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. 2005, 48(4-5): 480-495.

Wang Y., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Zhang Z. and Malpas J.G., The Zhaotong native copper deposit associated with the Permian Emeishan Flood Basalts,Yunnan, SW China, International Geological Review. 2005, 48: 742-753.

Researcher : Mulgrew JR

List of Research Outputs

Switzer A.D., Yim W.W.S., Mulgrew J.R. and Lee K.T., Drowned and partially drowned colluvial-alluvial fan deposits formed during glacial periods since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition in the Tung Chung area, Hong Kong SAR, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, 46.

Researcher : Nandy S

List of Research Outputs

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(1-2): 71-92.

Jiao J.J.J., Wang X.S. and Nandy S., Preliminary assessment of the impacts of deep foundations and land reclamation on groundwater flow in a coastal area in Hong Kong, China, Hydrogeology Journal. 2006, 14(1-2): 100-114.

Researcher : Nandy S

List of Research Outputs

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(1-2): 71-92.

Researcher : Ozbek A

List of Research Outputs

Ozbek A., Aydin A. and Acar A., Monitoring tunnel deformations by convergence and 3-D optical methods, International Earth Sciences Colloquium on the Aegean Regions, Izmir, Turkey. 2005.

Ozbek A. and Aydin A., Stability problems caused by weak ground in Diyojen tunnel (Sinop), 59^th Turkish Geology Congress. 2006.

Researcher : Pang KN

List of Research Outputs

Zhou M.F., Wang Y., Pang K.N. and Shellnutt J.G., Origin of giant Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in layered gabbroic intrusions, Pan-Xi district, Sichuan Province, SW China, International Conference on Continental Volcanism IAVCEI2006. Abstracts & Program: 183.

Researcher : Pubellier MF

List of Research Outputs

Chan L.S. and Pubellier M.F., Neotectonic map of South China-Northern Vietnam Region, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 6.

Leung K.F., Chan L.S. and Pubellier M.F., Tectonic evolution of Mirs Bay in Guangdong, South China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 25.

Pubellier M.F., Chan L.S., Phung V.P., Chamot-Rooke N., Leung K.F., Rabaute A. and Shen W., The situation of the South China Sea within the growth and denudation of the Asian continent, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 36.

Shen W., Pubellier M.F. and Chan L.S., Mesozoic-Cenozoic stress field evolution in the Pearl River Delta Area: Implications from the field geology and inversion of fault/slip, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 44.

Researcher : Qi L

List of Research Outputs

Lin G., Leung P.H., Sun M. and Qi L., The influence of environment on the chemical profile of a traditional Chinese medical herb Radix Stemonae, International Congress on Analytical Sciences. 2006, 1: 363.

Song X., Zhou M.F., Keays R.R., Cao Z.M., Sun M. and Qi L., Geochemistry of the Emeishan flood basalts at Yangliuping, Sichuan, SW China: implications for sulfide segregation, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2006, 152: 53-74.

Wang Y., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Zhang Z. and Malpas J.G., The Zhaotong native copper deposit associated with the Permian Emeishan Flood Basalts,Yunnan, SW China, International Geological Review. 2005, 48: 742-753.

Zhou M.F., Zhao J., Qi L., Su W. and Hu R., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and elemental and Sr -Nd isotopic geochemistry of Permian mafic rocks in the Funing area, SW China, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2006, 151: 1-19.

Researcher : Qi L

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Ridley Thomas WN

List of Research Outputs

Yim W.W.S., Huang G., Fontugne M.R., Hale R.E., Paterne M., Pirazzoli P.A. and Ridley Thomas W.N., Postglacial sea-level changes in the northern South China Sea continental shelf: Evidence for a post-8200 calendar yr BP meltwater pulse, Quaternary International. 2006, 145/146: 55-67.

Researcher : Robinson PT

List of Research Outputs

Zheng J., Sun M., Zhou M.F. and Robinson P.T., Trace elemental and PGE geochemical constraints of Masozoic and Cenozoic peridotitic xenoliths on lithospheirc evolution of the North China Craton, Geochimica et Cosmichimica Acta. 2005, 69: 3401-3418.

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, Journal of Petrology. 2005, 46: 2253-2280.

Researcher : Ross IDB

List of Research Outputs

Ross I.D.B., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Cretaceous volcanism along the Bangong-Nujiang suture: Kantong Volcanic Complex, Central Tibet, 21st Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Cambridge, England, abstracts, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2006, 26/2: 158.

Researcher : Shellnutt JG

List of Research Outputs

Shellnutt J.G. and Zhou M.F., Enrichment of Fe, Ti and V in mafic magmas by immiscible separation of syenitic magmas: a case study of the Permian Baima Igneous Complex, International Conference on Continental Volcanism IAVCEI2006. Abstracts & Program: 181.

Zhou M.F., Wang Y., Pang K.N. and Shellnutt J.G., Origin of giant Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in layered gabbroic intrusions, Pan-Xi district, Sichuan Province, SW China, International Conference on Continental Volcanism IAVCEI2006. Abstracts & Program: 183.

Researcher : Shen W

List of Research Outputs

Pubellier M.F., Chan L.S., Phung V.P., Chamot-Rooke N., Leung K.F., Rabaute A. and Shen W., The situation of the South China Sea within the growth and denudation of the Asian continent, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 36.

Shen W., Pubellier M.F. and Chan L.S., Mesozoic-Cenozoic stress field evolution in the Pearl River Delta Area: Implications from the field geology and inversion of fault/slip, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 44.

Researcher : Song X

List of Research Outputs

Song X., Zhou M.F., Keays R.R., Cao Z.M., Sun M. and Qi L., Geochemistry of the Emeishan flood basalts at Yangliuping, Sichuan, SW China: implications for sulfide segregation, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2006, 152: 53-74.

Researcher : Song Z

List of Research Outputs

Aydin N.S., Wong S.C., Song Z., Aydin A., Li X.D. and You M., Fate of heavy metal contaminants in road dusts and gully sediments in Guangzhou, SE China: A chemical and mineralogical assessment, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 2006, 12(2): 374-389.

Aydin N.S., Hudson-Edwards K.A., Song Z., Wong S.C., Aydin A., Edwards S.J., Li X.D., Chan L.S. and Malpas J.G., Metallic element contamination in different urban compartments: Examples from Pearl River Delta Region, SE China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005.

Researcher : Sun J

List of Research Outputs

Li S.H. and Sun J., Optical dating of Holocene dune sands from the Hulun Buir Desert, northeastern China, The Holocene. 2006, 16: 457-462.

Sun J., Li S.H., Han P. and Chen Y., Holocene enviromental changes in central Inner Mongolia, based on single-aliquot-quartz optical dating and multi-proxy study of dune sands, Palaeogeograpgy, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2006, 233: 51-62.

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:	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:	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:	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:

N/A

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:	12/2004

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:

N/A

Project Title:	Using U-Pb and Hf isotope compositions of inherited zircon cores from granitoids to constrain the suture between the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	Using U-Pb and Hf isotope compositions of inherited zircon cores from granitoids to constrain the suture between the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Li XH, Xing G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

(1) collect samples from more than 20 granitic intrusions from Zhejiang Province, which are distributed across the Jiangshan-Shaoxing and Jiangshan-Xiangshan Fault zones; (2) analyse major and trace elements and Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic compositions for the whole rock samples, Pb isotopic compositions of feldspar separates, and analyse U-Pb and Lu-Hf compositions for zircons separated from these granitoids; and (3) elucidate the nature of the suture between the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks.

List of Research Outputs

He Y., Sun Y., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemistry and geochronology of the Longshan Complex, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005. Abstracts 2: 268-269.

He Y., 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, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 20-21.

He Y.H., Sun Y., Zhao G.C. and Sun M., Geochemical and geochronological studies of Longshan Complex - Archean-Paleoproterozoic record on the south margin of the North China Craton, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 268-269.

Kroner A., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., O'Brien P.J., Sun M., Liu D.Y., Wan Y.S., Liu S.W. and Guo J.H., Zircon geochronology and metamorphic evolution of mafic dykes in the Hengshan Complex of northern China: Evidence for late Palaeoproterozoic extension and subsequent high-pressure metamorphism in the North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2006, 146: 45-67.

Li S.Z., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Z.Z., Zhao G.T. and Hao D.F., Are the South and North Liaohe Groups of North China Craton different exotic terranes? Nd isotope constraints, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 198-208.

Lin G., Leung P.H., Sun M. and Qi L., The influence of environment on the chemical profile of a traditional Chinese medical herb Radix Stemonae, International Congress on Analytical Sciences. 2006, 1: 363.

Liu S., Zhao G., Shu G., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Th-U-Pb monazite geochronology of the Luliang and Wutai Complexes: constraints on the tectonothermal evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 258.

Liu S.W., Zhao G., Shu G.M., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Th-U-Pb monazite geochronology of the LÜliang and Wutai Complexes: constraints on the tectonotherml evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 258-258.

Long X., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Chen H.L., Zhao Y.J., Cai K.D. and Li J., Genesis of Carboniferous volcanic rocks in the eastern Junggar: constrints on the closure of the Junggar Ocean, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2006, 22(1): 31-40.

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Wu F.Y., Zhang J.H. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: Constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, NE China, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 298-298.

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Wu F., Zhang J. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji belt, NE China, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 298.

Luo Y., Sun M., Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G.C., Li S.Z., Xu P., Ye K. and Xia X.P., LA-CP-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, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 41.

Song X., Zhou M.F., Keays R.R., Cao Z.M., Sun M. and Qi L., Geochemistry of the Emeishan flood basalts at Yangliuping, Sichuan, SW China: implications for sulfide segregation, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2006, 152: 53-74.

Sun M., Associate Editor, Precambrian Research. 2005.

Sun M., Board Member, Geochimica. 2005.

Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X., Xia X., Han C. and Lin S., Zircon U-Pb ages of granitic gneisses and intrusions in the Central Terrane of the Chinese Altai Orogen and tectonic implications, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 99-100.

Sun Y. and Sun M., Applicability of capillary electrophoresis to analysis of trace rare earth elements in geological samples, International Congress on Analytical Sciences. 2006, 1: 310.

Sun Y.L., Sun M. and Zhao G., Applicability of capillary electrophoresis to the analysis of trace rare earth elements in geological samples, Analytical Sciences. 2006, 22: 551-555.

Wang S.Q., Li X.Y., Chen N.S., Wang Y.Q., Liu X.M., Wang X.Y. and Sun M., U-Pb zircon age of the leucosome veins in the Pt1 granitoids from northern Chaidamu: Rodinia assembly, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 403.

Wong K., Sun M., Zhao G., Xing G. and Li X., Origin of the Mesozoic intraplate magmatism in South China - reappraisal of the connection with North China, The 4^th National Symposium of Volcanology. 2005, 87-88.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Jining Complex, North China Craton and its tectonic significance, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144(3-4): 199-212.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Jining Complex, North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144: 191-212.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites in the Western Block of the North China Craton, 2005 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting. 2005, CD ROM.

Xia X., Sun M. and Zhao G., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites in the Western Block of the North China Craton, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 265-265.

Xia X., Sun M. and Zhao G., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites on the Western Block of the North China Craton, National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 265.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G., Wu F.Y., Xu P., Zhang J.H. and Luo Y., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Wulashan khondalites: Constraints on the evolution of the Ordos Terrance, Western Block of the North China Craton, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2006, 241(3-4): 581-593.

Xia X.P., 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 Luliang Complex, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 71.

Xiao W., Han C.M., Yuan C., Sun M., Chen H.L., Mao Q.G., Li Z.L., Zhang L.C., Qin K.Z. and Li J.L., Accretionary orogeny in the north Xinjiang and lateral growth of the Central Asian continent, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 449.

Xiao W., Windley B.F., Liu D., Jian P., Liu C.Z., Yuan C. and Sun M., Accretionary tectonics of the Western Kunlun orogen, China: A Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic, Long-lived active continental margin with implications for the growth of southern Eurasia, Journal of Geology. 2005, 113: 687-705.

Xiao W., Han C.M., Mao Q.G., Yuan C., Che H.L., Li Z.L., Sun M., QIn K.Z., Li J.L. and Sun S., Paleozoic accretionary and collisional tectonics of North Xinjiang (NW China): implications for the lateral growth of Central Asia, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 72.

Xiao W., Han C., Qin K., Yuan C., Sun M., Chen H., Li J. and Sun S., Paleozoic multiple accretionary orogenesis of North Xinjiang and lateral accretion of the central Asia continent, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 127.

Yan D., Zhou M.F., Song H.L., Wang G.H. and Sun M., Mesozoic extensional structures of the Fangshan tectonic dome and their subsequent reworking during collisional accretion of the North China Block, Journal of Geological Society London. 2006, 163: 127-142.

Yan D.P., Zhou M.F., Song H.L., Wang G.H. and Sun M., Mesozoic extensional structures of the Fangshan tectonic dome and their subsequent reworking during collisional accretion of the North China Block, Journal of Geological Society London. 2005, 163: 127-142.

Yuan C., Sun M., Zhou M.F., Xiao X. and Zhou H., Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Yishak Volcanic Sequence, Kudi ophiolite, West Kunlun (NW China): Implications for the magmatic evolution in the initiation of a subduction environment, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2005, 150: 195-211.

Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Xia X., Chen H.L. and Li J., U-Pb zircon geochronology and geochemical characteristics of the granitoids from south margin of the Chinese Altai, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 418-419.

Yuan C., Xiao W., Chen H. and Sun M., Zhaheba potassic basalt, Eastern Junggar (NW China): geochemical characteristics and tectonic implications, Acta Geologica Sinica. 2006, 80: 254-263.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Sun M. and Liu S.W., A Deformational Investigation of the Hengshan Complex: Implications for Structural and Tectonic Studies, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 263-264.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S., Sun M. and Liu S., A deformational investigation of the Hengshan Complex: implications for structural and tectonic studies, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 263-264.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Sun M. and Liu S.W., Deformational history of the Hengshan Complex and its tectonic implications, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 79-80.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. and Liu S.W., High-pressure mafic granulites in the Trans-North China Orogen: tectonic significance and age, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 349-362.

Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. and Sun M., Assembly, growth and breakup of a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 83-85.

Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z., Liu S.W. and Zhang J., Composite nature of the North China Granulite-Facies Belt: Tectonothermal and geochronological constraints, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 337-348.

Zhao G., Sun M., Li S., Wilde S.A. and Kroner A., Lithotectonic elements and geological events of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: review and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 259-262.

Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Wilde S.A. and Kroner A., Lithotectonic elements and geological events of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: review and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 259-261.

Zhao G., Cao L., Wilde S.A., Sun M. and Li S.Z., SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of the Precambrian granitoid rocks in North Korea, International Conference of Sino-Korean geology, Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing. 2006, Abstracts.

Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S.Z. and Zhang J., When did plate tectonics began on the North China Craton, The 2006 Lander (Wyoming) Penrose conference. 2006, Abstracts.

Zheng J., Sun M., Zhou M.F. and Robinson P.T., Trace elemental and PGE geochemical constraints of Masozoic and Cenozoic peridotitic xenoliths on lithospheirc evolution of the North China Craton, Geochimica et Cosmichimica Acta. 2005, 69: 3401-3418.

Zhou M.F., Ma Y.X., Yan D., Xia X., Zhang J. and Sun M., The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144: 19-38.

Researcher : Sun Y

List of Research Outputs

He Y., Sun Y., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemistry and geochronology of the Longshan Complex, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005. Abstracts 2: 268-269.

He Y., 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, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 20-21.

He Y.H., Sun Y., Zhao G.C. and Sun M., Geochemical and geochronological studies of Longshan Complex - Archean-Paleoproterozoic record on the south margin of the North China Craton, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 268-269.

Sun Y. and Sun M., Applicability of capillary electrophoresis to analysis of trace rare earth elements in geological samples, International Congress on Analytical Sciences. 2006, 1: 310.

Researcher : Switzer AD

Project Title:	Late-Quaternary geomorphological and geological evolution of Tai Long Wan, Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong SAR, China
Investigator(s):	Switzer AD, Yim WWS, Chan LS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	10/2005

Abstract:

Project objectives - This study will focus on the Late-Quaternary development and typhoon overwash history identified in back barrier environments at Tai Long Wan, Sai Kung Peninsula. The relatively undisturbed nature of these embayments makes them ideal candidates for a joint study to; (1) Investigate the Quaternary evolution of this small barrier systems (2) Study and predict the response of these systems to sea level change and investigate evidence for higher Holocene sea levels (3) Investigate the geological record of overwash during large typhoons (4) Provide direct land-sea correlation between the marine records of Yim and others from Hong Kong and the terrestrial evolution of the system. Key issues: (1) The establishment of a Quaternary chronostratigraphy for the evolution of this small barrier system and compare it to archaeological dating from the area. (2) Can this system provide a key reference to typhoon activity over the last 6000 years? (3) How would this system react to possible higher future sea level due to global warming? (4) Can ground penetrating radar of this dune system provide meaningful data on the nature of typhoon modification over geological timeframes? (5) How has the morphology of the embayment changed over the last 80 years using aerial photograph interpretation since 1924 and has any noted change been the result of human activity? Problems to be addressed - (1) When and how did the barrier system at Tai Long Wan form. (2) Is a sedimentary record of large typhoons recorded in the back barrier stratigraphy of this embayment. (3) Can the ground penetrating radar tehcnique shed ligfht on the evolution of the duen system and the impact of typhoons. (4) What is the predicted response of this system to possible higher sea levels in the future.

List of Research Outputs

Switzer A.D. and Aydin N.S., Abstract Volume, Conference on recent advances in geological research of Hong Kong and Pearl River Mouth Region. Hong Kong, 2005.

Switzer A.D., Jones B.G. and Bristow C.S., An erosional signature for large-scale washover identified using Ground Penetrating Radar on a small Holocene barrier from the southeast Australian coast., Sedimentary Geology . UK, 2006, 183: 145-156.

Switzer A.D., Yim W.W.S., Mulgrew J.R. and Lee K.T., Drowned and partially drowned colluvial-alluvial fan deposits formed during glacial periods since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition in the Tung Chung area, Hong Kong SAR, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, 46.

Switzer A.D., Yim W.W.S., Mulgrew J. and Lee R.K.T., Drowned and partially drowned colluvial-alluvial fan deposits off Lantau Island, Hong Kong SAR, China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and The Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005.

Switzer A.D., Pucillo K., Haredy R.A., Jones B.G. and Bryant E.A., Sea-level, storms or tsunami; enigmatic sand sheet deposits in sheltered coastal embayment from southeastern New South Wales Australia, Journal of Coastal Research. USA, Allen Press, 2005, 21 (4): 655-663.

Thangadurai N., Srinivasalu S., Ram Mohan V. and Switzer A.D., Erosion and sedimentation in Kalpakkam (N Tamil Nadu, India) from the 26 December 2004 M9 tsunami Vienna, Austria, European Geosciences Union Annual Meeting 2006.

Researcher : Wang Y

List of Research Outputs

Wang Y., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Zhang Z. and Malpas J.G., The Zhaotong native copper deposit associated with the Permian Emeishan Flood Basalts,Yunnan, SW China, International Geological Review. 2005, 48: 742-753.

Zhou M.F., Wang Y., Pang K.N. and Shellnutt J.G., Origin of giant Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in layered gabbroic intrusions, Pan-Xi district, Sichuan Province, SW China, International Conference on Continental Volcanism IAVCEI2006. Abstracts & Program: 183.

Researcher : Wang Y

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Wilde SA

List of Research Outputs

Kroner A., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., O'Brien P.J., Sun M., Liu D.Y., Wan Y.S., Liu S.W. and Guo J.H., Zircon geochronology and metamorphic evolution of mafic dykes in the Hengshan Complex of northern China: Evidence for late Palaeoproterozoic extension and subsequent high-pressure metamorphism in the North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2006, 146: 45-67.

Liu S., Zhao G., Shu G., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Th-U-Pb monazite geochronology of the Luliang and Wutai Complexes: constraints on the tectonothermal evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 258.

Liu S.W., Zhao G., Shu G.M., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Th-U-Pb monazite geochronology of the LÜliang and Wutai Complexes: constraints on the tectonotherml evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 258-258.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. and Liu S.W., High-pressure mafic granulites in the Trans-North China Orogen: tectonic significance and age, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 349-362.

Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. and Sun M., Assembly, growth and breakup of a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 83-85.

Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z., Liu S.W. and Zhang J., Composite nature of the North China Granulite-Facies Belt: Tectonothermal and geochronological constraints, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 337-348.

Zhao G., Sun M., Li S., Wilde S.A. and Kroner A., Lithotectonic elements and geological events of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: review and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 259-262.

Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Wilde S.A. and Kroner A., Lithotectonic elements and geological events of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: review and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 259-261.

Zhao G., Cao L., Wilde S.A., Sun M. and Li S.Z., SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of the Precambrian granitoid rocks in North Korea, International Conference of Sino-Korean geology, Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing. 2006, Abstracts.

Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S.Z. and Zhang J., When did plate tectonics began on the North China Craton, The 2006 Lander (Wyoming) Penrose conference. 2006, Abstracts.

Researcher : Wong PW

List of Research Outputs

Wong P.W. and Chan L.S., Radiometric study and geochemical studies of weathering grade of granite in Kowloon, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, Proceedings: 53.

Researcher : Wong SC

List of Research Outputs

Aydin N.S., Wong S.C., Song Z., Aydin A., Li X.D. and You M., Fate of heavy metal contaminants in road dusts and gully sediments in Guangzhou, SE China: A chemical and mineralogical assessment, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 2006, 12(2): 374-389.

Aydin N.S., Hudson-Edwards K.A., Song Z., Wong S.C., Aydin A., Edwards S.J., Li X.D., Chan L.S. and Malpas J.G., Metallic element contamination in different urban compartments: Examples from Pearl River Delta Region, SE China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005.

Wong S.C., Aydin N.S., Aydin A. and Wong H.M., Sources and trends of environmental mercury contamination in Asia, Total Science of Environment. 2006, 368: 649-662.

Researcher : Xia X

List of Research Outputs

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Wu F.Y., Zhang J.H. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: Constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, NE China, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 298-298.

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Wu F., Zhang J. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji belt, NE China, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 298.

Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X., Xia X., Han C. and Lin S., Zircon U-Pb ages of granitic gneisses and intrusions in the Central Terrane of the Chinese Altai Orogen and tectonic implications, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 99-100.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Jining Complex, North China Craton and its tectonic significance, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144(3-4): 199-212.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Jining Complex, North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144: 191-212.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites in the Western Block of the North China Craton, 2005 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting. 2005, CD ROM.

Xia X., Sun M. and Zhao G., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites in the Western Block of the North China Craton, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 265-265.

Xia X., Sun M. and Zhao G., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites on the Western Block of the North China Craton, National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 265.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G., Wu F.Y., Xu P., Zhang J.H. and Luo Y., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Wulashan khondalites: Constraints on the evolution of the Ordos Terrance, Western Block of the North China Craton, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2006, 241(3-4): 581-593.

Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Xia X., Chen H.L. and Li J., U-Pb zircon geochronology and geochemical characteristics of the granitoids from south margin of the Chinese Altai, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 418-419.

Zhou M.F., Ma Y.X., Yan D., Xia X., Zhang J. and Sun M., The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144: 19-38.

Researcher : Xiao W

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Chen H.L., Zhao Y.J., Cai K.D. and Li J., Genesis of Carboniferous volcanic rocks in the eastern Junggar: constrints on the closure of the Junggar Ocean, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2006, 22(1): 31-40.

Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X., Xia X., Han C. and Lin S., Zircon U-Pb ages of granitic gneisses and intrusions in the Central Terrane of the Chinese Altai Orogen and tectonic implications, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 99-100.

Xiao W., Han C.M., Yuan C., Sun M., Chen H.L., Mao Q.G., Li Z.L., Zhang L.C., Qin K.Z. and Li J.L., Accretionary orogeny in the north Xinjiang and lateral growth of the Central Asian continent, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 449.

Xiao W., Windley B.F., Liu D., Jian P., Liu C.Z., Yuan C. and Sun M., Accretionary tectonics of the Western Kunlun orogen, China: A Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic, Long-lived active continental margin with implications for the growth of southern Eurasia, Journal of Geology. 2005, 113: 687-705.

Xiao W., Han C.M., Mao Q.G., Yuan C., Che H.L., Li Z.L., Sun M., QIn K.Z., Li J.L. and Sun S., Paleozoic accretionary and collisional tectonics of North Xinjiang (NW China): implications for the lateral growth of Central Asia, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 72.

Xiao W., Han C., Qin K., Yuan C., Sun M., Chen H., Li J. and Sun S., Paleozoic multiple accretionary orogenesis of North Xinjiang and lateral accretion of the central Asia continent, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 127.

Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Xia X., Chen H.L. and Li J., U-Pb zircon geochronology and geochemical characteristics of the granitoids from south margin of the Chinese Altai, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 418-419.

Yuan C., Xiao W., Chen H. and Sun M., Zhaheba potassic basalt, Eastern Junggar (NW China): geochemical characteristics and tectonic implications, Acta Geologica Sinica. 2006, 80: 254-263.

Researcher : Xie X

List of Research Outputs

Cheng J.M., McIntosh J.C., Xie X. and Jiao J.J.J., Hydrochemistry of formation water with implication to diagenetic reactions in Sanzhao depression and Qijia-gulong depression of Songliao Basin, China, Journal Of Geochemical Exploration. 2006, 88(1-3): 86-90.

Researcher : Xing G

List of Research Outputs

Wong K., Sun M., Zhao G., Xing G. and Li X., Origin of the Mesozoic intraplate magmatism in South China - reappraisal of the connection with North China, The 4^th National Symposium of Volcanology. 2005, 87-88.

Researcher : Yan D

List of Research Outputs

Yan D., Zhou M.F., Tian C., Wang C.L., Zhang J.Z., Guo, Q.Y. and Ma Y., Dong T., A photoelastic experiment for fracture extending in fractured rocks: an example from the Shahejie formation in the southern North China basin. , Acta Geological Sinica . 2005, 79: 602-607.

Yan D., Zhou M.F., Song H.L., Wang G.H. and Sun M., Mesozoic extensional structures of the Fangshan tectonic dome and their subsequent reworking during collisional accretion of the North China Block, Journal of Geological Society London. 2006, 163: 127-142.

Zhou M.F., Ma Y.X., Yan D., Xia X., Zhang J. and Sun M., The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144: 19-38.

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:	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:	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:	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:

N/A

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:

N/A

Project Title:	International Workshop on 'Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition' May 9-13, 2005 at the University of Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Yim WWS, Li SH, Chan LS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	03/2005

Abstract:

The main aim of this application is to seek partial funding for an international workshop organized by the Department of Earth Sciences to be held as one of it's 10th anniversary celebration events. The topic of the workshop is an area of research excellence of the PI recognized both nationally by the Quaternary Research Association of China and internationally by the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA). The workshop should also serve as a part of the Department's role in international and local outreach.

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
Completion Date:	03/2006

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

Switzer A.D., Yim W.W.S., Mulgrew J.R. and Lee K.T., Drowned and partially drowned colluvial-alluvial fan deposits formed during glacial periods since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition in the Tung Chung area, Hong Kong SAR, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, 46.

Switzer A.D., Yim W.W.S., Mulgrew J. and Lee R.K.T., Drowned and partially drowned colluvial-alluvial fan deposits off Lantau Island, Hong Kong SAR, China, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and The Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005.

Yim W.W.S., Member of Editorial Board, Quaternary International. Pergamon, 2005.

Yim W.W.S., Huang G., Fontugne M.R., Hale R.E., Paterne M., Pirazzoli P.A. and Ridley Thomas W.N., Postglacial sea-level changes in the northern South China Sea continental shelf: Evidence for a post-8200 calendar yr BP meltwater pulse, Quaternary International. 2006, 145/146: 55-67.

Yim W.W.S., Quaternary Perspectives 147: Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, INQUA Workshop. 2006, 126-127.

Yim W.W.S., Antonioli F., Hanebuth T.J.J. and Shaw J., Quaternary Sea-level Changes: Contributions from the 32^nd IGC, Quaternary International. 2006, 145/146: 1-2.

Yim W.W.S., Recent advances in the dating of offshore Quaternary sediments in Hong Kong, Conference on Recent Advances in Geological Research of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Mouth Region. 2005, 55.

Yim W.W.S., Workshop report - Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition, PAGES News. 2005, 13: p. 27.

Zong Y., Lloyd J.M., Leng M.J., Yim W.W.S. and Huang G., Reconstruction of Holocene monsoon history from the Pearl River Estuary, southern China, using diatoms and carbon isotope ratios, The Holocene. 2006, 16/2: 251-263.

Researcher : Yuan C

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Chen H.L., Zhao Y.J., Cai K.D. and Li J., Genesis of Carboniferous volcanic rocks in the eastern Junggar: constrints on the closure of the Junggar Ocean, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2006, 22(1): 31-40.

Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X., Xia X., Han C. and Lin S., Zircon U-Pb ages of granitic gneisses and intrusions in the Central Terrane of the Chinese Altai Orogen and tectonic implications, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 99-100.

Xiao W., Han C.M., Yuan C., Sun M., Chen H.L., Mao Q.G., Li Z.L., Zhang L.C., Qin K.Z. and Li J.L., Accretionary orogeny in the north Xinjiang and lateral growth of the Central Asian continent, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 449.

Xiao W., Windley B.F., Liu D., Jian P., Liu C.Z., Yuan C. and Sun M., Accretionary tectonics of the Western Kunlun orogen, China: A Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic, Long-lived active continental margin with implications for the growth of southern Eurasia, Journal of Geology. 2005, 113: 687-705.

Xiao W., Han C.M., Mao Q.G., Yuan C., Che H.L., Li Z.L., Sun M., QIn K.Z., Li J.L. and Sun S., Paleozoic accretionary and collisional tectonics of North Xinjiang (NW China): implications for the lateral growth of Central Asia, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 72.

Xiao W., Han C., Qin K., Yuan C., Sun M., Chen H., Li J. and Sun S., Paleozoic multiple accretionary orogenesis of North Xinjiang and lateral accretion of the central Asia continent, Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia. 2006, 127.

Yuan C., Sun M., Zhou M.F., Xiao X. and Zhou H., Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Yishak Volcanic Sequence, Kudi ophiolite, West Kunlun (NW China): Implications for the magmatic evolution in the initiation of a subduction environment, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2005, 150: 195-211.

Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Xia X., Chen H.L. and Li J., U-Pb zircon geochronology and geochemical characteristics of the granitoids from south margin of the Chinese Altai, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 418-419.

Yuan C., Xiao W., Chen H. and Sun M., Zhaheba potassic basalt, Eastern Junggar (NW China): geochemical characteristics and tectonic implications, Acta Geologica Sinica. 2006, 80: 254-263.

Researcher : Zhang J

List of Research Outputs

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Wu F., Zhang J. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji belt, NE China, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 298.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Sun M. and Liu S.W., A Deformational Investigation of the Hengshan Complex: Implications for Structural and Tectonic Studies, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 263-264.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S., Sun M. and Liu S., A deformational investigation of the Hengshan Complex: implications for structural and tectonic studies, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 263-264.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Sun M. and Liu S.W., Deformational history of the Hengshan Complex and its tectonic implications, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 79-80.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. and Liu S.W., High-pressure mafic granulites in the Trans-North China Orogen: tectonic significance and age, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 349-362.

Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z., Liu S.W. and Zhang J., Composite nature of the North China Granulite-Facies Belt: Tectonothermal and geochronological constraints, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 337-348.

Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S.Z. and Zhang J., When did plate tectonics began on the North China Craton, The 2006 Lander (Wyoming) Penrose conference. 2006, Abstracts.

Zhou M.F., Ma Y.X., Yan D., Xia X., Zhang J. and Sun M., The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144: 19-38.

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:	Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:	12/2003
Completion Date:	12/2005

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:	Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:	12/2003

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, 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:

to study precambrian geology and metamorphic geology

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
Completion Date:	12/2006

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.

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:

N/A

Project Title:	Structural and geochronological studies of 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:	01/2006

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	Structural and geochronological studies of the Trans-North China Orogen
Investigator(s):	Zhao G, Wilde SA, Cawood PA, Lin S, Sun M
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

The main objectives of this project are: (1) To ascertain occurrences, spatial distribution and contact relationships of major lithotectonic units in the Trans-North China Orogen; (2) To determine major structural episodes of the orogen by studying overprinting relations of various structural elements including folds, foliations, lineations, etc; (3) To determine movement sense of the major structural episodes and regional-scale ductile shear zones through detailed structural analysis (4) To utilize the SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon dating techniques, combined with Sm–Nd and 40Ar-39Ar isotopic analyses, to determine the ages of major magmatic and metamorphic/structural events that happened in the orogen; (5) To establish a detailed tectonic-geochronological framework for the Trans-North China Orogen to test the above-mentioned two hypotheses for the amalgamation of the North China Craton.

List of Research Outputs

Han C.M., Xiao W.J., Zhao G., Mao J.W., Li S.Z., Yan Z. and Mao Q.G., Major types, characteristics and geodynamic mechanism of Upper Paleozoic copper deposits in northern Xinjiang, northwestern China, Ore Geology Review. 2006, 28: 308-328.

Han C.M., Xiao W.J., Zhao G., Qu W.J., Mao Q.G. and Du A.D., Re-Os isotopic analysis of the Kalatongke Cu-Ni sulfide deposit, northern Xinjiang, NW China, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2006, 22: 163-170.

He Y., Sun Y., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemistry and geochronology of the Longshan Complex, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005. Abstracts 2: 268-269.

He Y., 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, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 20-21.

Kroner A., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., O'Brien P.J., Sun M., Liu D.Y., Wan Y.S., Liu S.W. and Guo J.H., Zircon geochronology and metamorphic evolution of mafic dykes in the Hengshan Complex of northern China: Evidence for late Palaeoproterozoic extension and subsequent high-pressure metamorphism in the North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2006, 146: 45-67.

Li S.Z., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Z.Z., Zhao G.T. and Hao D.F., Are the South and North Liaohe Groups of North China Craton different exotic terranes? Nd isotope constraints, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 198-208.

Li S.Z., Zhao G., Wang L., Wang D.Z. and Han Z.Z., Deformation and Evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 262-262.

Li Y.C., Zhao G., Qu W.J., Pan C.Z., Mao Q.G. and Du A.D., ReOs isotopic dataing of the Xiangshan deposit, East Tianshan, NW China, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2006, 22: 245-251.

Liu S., Zhao G., Shu G., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Th-U-Pb monazite geochronology of the Luliang and Wutai Complexes: constraints on the tectonothermal evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 258.

Liu S.W., Zhao G., Shu G.M., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Th-U-Pb monazite geochronology of the LÜliang and Wutai Complexes: constraints on the tectonotherml evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 258-258.

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Wu F.Y., Zhang J.H. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: Constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, NE China, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 298-298.

Luo Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Li S., Wu F., Zhang J. and Xia X., A comparison of U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe group: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji belt, NE China, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 298.

Sun Y.L., Sun M. and Zhao G., Applicability of capillary electrophoresis to the analysis of trace rare earth elements in geological samples, Analytical Sciences. 2006, 22: 551-555.

Wong K., Sun M., Zhao G., Xing G. and Li X., Origin of the Mesozoic intraplate magmatism in South China - reappraisal of the connection with North China, The 4^th National Symposium of Volcanology. 2005, 87-88.

Wu C.M. and Zhao G., Application of the GRIPS geobarometry to meta-pelitic rocks, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 310-310.

Wu C.M. and Zhao G., The applicability of the GRIPS geobarometry in metapelitic assemblages, Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 2006, 24: 297-307.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Jining Complex, North China Craton and its tectonic significance, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144(3-4): 199-212.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Jining Complex, North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144: 191-212.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G. and Luo Y., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites in the Western Block of the North China Craton, 2005 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting. 2005, CD ROM.

Xia X., Sun M. and Zhao G., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites in the Western Block of the North China Craton, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 265-265.

Xia X., Sun M. and Zhao G., Spot U-Pb and Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the khondalites on the Western Block of the North China Craton, National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 265.

Xia X., Sun M., Zhao G., Wu F.Y., Xu P., Zhang J.H. and Luo Y., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Wulashan khondalites: Constraints on the evolution of the Ordos Terrance, Western Block of the North China Craton, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2006, 241(3-4): 581-593.

Xia X.P., 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 Luliang Complex, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 71.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Sun M. and Liu S.W., A Deformational Investigation of the Hengshan Complex: Implications for Structural and Tectonic Studies, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 263-264.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S., Sun M. and Liu S., A deformational investigation of the Hengshan Complex: implications for structural and tectonic studies, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 263-264.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S.Z., Sun M. and Liu S.W., Deformational history of the Hengshan Complex and its tectonic implications, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 79-80.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. and Liu S.W., High-pressure mafic granulites in the Trans-North China Orogen: tectonic significance and age, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 349-362.

Zhao G., Assembly, Growth and Breakup of the Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia Supercontinent (Invited Speech), Gondwana to Asia Symposium (Beijing). 2005.

Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. and Sun M., Assembly, growth and breakup of a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent, Conference Series of International Association for Gondwana Research. 2005, 83-85.

Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z., Liu S.W. and Zhang J., Composite nature of the North China Granulite-Facies Belt: Tectonothermal and geochronological constraints, Gondwana Research. 2006, 9: 337-348.

Zhao G., Lithotectonic elements and geological events of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: review and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen (Session Convener: Precambrian Crustal Evolution), National Petrology and Geodynamics Conference (Hangzhou). 2005.

Zhao G., Sun M., Li S., Wilde S.A. and Kroner A., Lithotectonic elements and geological events of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: review and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, 2005 National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2005, 259-262.

Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Wilde S.A. and Kroner A., Lithotectonic elements and geological events of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: review and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, National Conference of Petrology and Geodynamics 2005, Hangzhou. 2005, Abstracts 2: 259-261.

Zhao G., Cao L., Wilde S.A., Sun M. and Li S.Z., SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of the Precambrian granitoid rocks in North Korea, International Conference of Sino-Korean geology, Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing. 2006, Abstracts.

Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S.Z. and Zhang J., When did plate tectonics began on the North China Craton, The 2006 Lander (Wyoming) Penrose conference. 2006, Abstracts.

Researcher : Zhao J

List of Research Outputs

Zhou M.F., Zhao J., Qi L., Su W. and Hu R., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and elemental and Sr -Nd isotopic geochemistry of Permian mafic rocks in the Funing area, SW China, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2006, 151: 1-19.

Researcher : Zheng J

List of Research Outputs

Zheng J., Sun M., Zhou M.F. and Robinson P.T., Trace elemental and PGE geochemical constraints of Masozoic and Cenozoic peridotitic xenoliths on lithospheirc evolution of the North China Craton, Geochimica et Cosmichimica Acta. 2005, 69: 3401-3418.

Researcher : Zhou MF

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
Completion Date:	08/2005

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:	Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:	09/2003

Abstract:

N/A

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
Completion Date:	10/2005

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
Completion Date:	12/2005

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
Completion Date:	12/2006

Abstract:

To document the tectonic evolution of the region and the relationship between the Tibetan Plateau and the South China Block; to determine the age and orgin of the Permian Flood bsasalts; to better understand the role of the Emeishan plume.

Project Title:	Geochemical constraints on the diversity of igneous assemblages within the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:	08/2005

Abstract:

N/A

Project Title:	Geochemical constraints on the diversity of igneous assemblages within the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF, Arndt N, Keays R.R.
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:	08/2005

Abstract:

The main objectives of this project are: (1) To document the diversity of the igneous assemblages in the ELIP; (2) To generate PGE data for individual intrusions to aid in constraining models for magmatic processes; (3) To provide a better understanding of the factors controlling the diversity of rock types and ore deposits.

Project Title:	The role of magma/wallrock interaction on the formation of magmatic Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits, SW China
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF, Ripley Edward, Li C., Pang Kwan Nang, Zhao X
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2006

Abstract:

Introduction: major source of V and Ti in the world comes from layers or lenses of massive Fe-Ti oxides hosted in layered intrusions, which are considered to be remnants of mafic magma chambers. However, the fundamental process by which V and Ti, generally present in low quantities in mantle-derived magmas, are concentrated to form massive bodies of Fe-Ti oxides is not fully understood. Key issues and problems: A number of layered intrusions hosting Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in SW China occur in a relatively focused region known as the Panzhihua-Xichang (Pan-Xi) region. It represents an important metallogenic district for V and Ti not only in China but also the world, for instance, oxide mines in the Pan-Xi region account for 6.7% and 35.2% of global production of V and Ti, respectively. The existence of these ore-bearing intrusions in a concentrated region is quite uncommon. It is not clear whether the enrichment of Fe and Ti is a characteristic of the mantle source from which the magma was originated, or related to modification when the magma ascent en route to the surface. It has been shown elsewhere that country rock assimilation is important in generating world-class magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits, including the Noril’sk deposit in Russia and the Voisey’s Bay deposit in Canada. Assimilation of crustal country rocks may also be significant on the formation of magmatic Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits. This study will use stable isotope geochemistry to examine the nature, extent and effect of country rock assimilation on the formation of magmatic Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits. It aims at a better understanding as to whether there is any genetic link between the type of country rock and the origin of the oxide deposits. The Panzhihua and Hongge Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits are chosen in this study due to their excellent exposure and the presence of carbonate rock as the immediate footwall rock. Our previous work suggests that the Pan-Xi ore-bearing layered intrusions are derived from highly evolved gabbroic magmas and that the oxide ores have possibly formed from oxide melts at late-stage. Several key issues are still to be resolved: (1) what is the relation between the late-stage oxide melt and the silicate magma which forms the gabbro? Are they immiscible liquid pairs? (2) what triggers the formation of an oxide liquid? Is it related to the wallrock or any fluid derived from it that the magma interacts with? (3) the formation of large amount of magnetite requires a relatively high oxygen fugacity (oxidizing conditions), is it related to the redox equilibria involving CO2 and graphite from the wallrock? Principal objectives: 1. To evaluate the degree of crustal contamination in the Panzhihua and Hongge intrusions; 2. To examine the nature, extent and effects of assimilation of carbonate wallrock and its link to the formation of Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in these two ayered intrusions

List of Research Outputs

Shellnutt J.G. and Zhou M.F., Enrichment of Fe, Ti and V in mafic magmas by immiscible separation of syenitic magmas: a case study of the Permian Baima Igneous Complex, International Conference on Continental Volcanism IAVCEI2006. Abstracts & Program: 181.

Song X., Zhou M.F., Keays R.R., Cao Z.M., Sun M. and Qi L., Geochemistry of the Emeishan flood basalts at Yangliuping, Sichuan, SW China: implications for sulfide segregation, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2006, 152: 53-74.

Suerte L.O., Yumul G.P., Tamayo R.A., Dimalanta C.B., Zhou M.F., Maury R.C., Polve M. and Balce C.L., Geology, geochemistry and U-Pb SHRIMP age of the TaclobanOphiolite Complex, Leyte Island (Central Philippines): Implications for the existence and extent of the proto-Philippine Sea Plate, Resource Geology. 2005, 55: 207-216.

Tam T.A., Yumul G.P., Ramos E.G.L., Dimalanta C.B., Zhou M.F. and Suzuki S., Rare earth element geochemistry of the Zigzag-Klondyke sedimentary rock formations: Clues to te evolution of the Baguio Mineral District (Luzon), Philippines, Resource Geology. 2005, 55: 217-224.

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 Y., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Zhang Z. and Malpas J.G., The Zhaotong native copper deposit associated with the Permian Emeishan Flood Basalts,Yunnan, SW China, International Geological Review. 2005, 48: 742-753.

Yan D., Zhou M.F., Tian C., Wang C.L., Zhang J.Z., Guo, Q.Y. and Ma Y., Dong T., A photoelastic experiment for fracture extending in fractured rocks: an example from the Shahejie formation in the southern North China basin. , Acta Geological Sinica . 2005, 79: 602-607.

Yan D., Zhou M.F., Song H.L., Wang G.H. and Sun M., Mesozoic extensional structures of the Fangshan tectonic dome and their subsequent reworking during collisional accretion of the North China Block, Journal of Geological Society London. 2006, 163: 127-142.

Yan D.P., Zhou M.F., Song H.L., Wang G.H. and Sun M., Mesozoic extensional structures of the Fangshan tectonic dome and their subsequent reworking during collisional accretion of the North China Block, Journal of Geological Society London. 2005, 163: 127-142.

Yuan C., Sun M., Zhou M.F., Xiao X. and Zhou H., Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Yishak Volcanic Sequence, Kudi ophiolite, West Kunlun (NW China): Implications for the magmatic evolution in the initiation of a subduction environment, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2005, 150: 195-211.

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 Geological Review. 2006, 48: 329-348.

Zheng J., Sun M., Zhou M.F. and Robinson P.T., Trace elemental and PGE geochemical constraints of Masozoic and Cenozoic peridotitic xenoliths on lithospheirc evolution of the North China Craton, Geochimica et Cosmichimica Acta. 2005, 69: 3401-3418.

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, Journal of Petrology. 2005, 46: 2253-2280.

Zhou M.F., Wang Y., Pang K.N. and Shellnutt J.G., Origin of giant Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in layered gabbroic intrusions, Pan-Xi district, Sichuan Province, SW China, International Conference on Continental Volcanism IAVCEI2006. Abstracts & Program: 183.

Zhou M.F., Origin of giant magmatic oxide deposits in the Panxi region, SW China, Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica. 2005, 24: 381-384.

Zhou M.F., Origin of layered gabbroic intrusions and their giant Fe-Ti-V oxide depsouts in the Pan-Xi district, Sichuan Province, SW China, Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 24. 2005, 24: 381-384.

Zhou M.F., Outstanding Researcher Award , Chinese Academy of Science. 2005.

Zhou M.F., Ma Y.X., Yan D., Xia X., Zhang J. and Sun M., The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block, Precambrian Research. 2006, 144: 19-38.

Zhou M.F., Zhao J., Qi L., Su W. and Hu R., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and elemental and Sr -Nd isotopic geochemistry of Permian mafic rocks in the Funing area, SW China, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2006, 151: 1-19.

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