DEPT OF EARTH SCIENCES



Researcher : Aitchison JC

Project Title:Paleogene history of southern Tibet: Tethys closure and initiation of the India-Asia collision
Investigator(s):Aitchison JC, Ali JR, Davis AM, Switzer AD, Xia X
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2007
Completion Date:08/2010


List of Research Outputs

Lau A.Y.A., Switzer A.D., Dominey-Howes D., Aitchison J.C. and Zong Y., Written records of historical tsunamis in the northeastern South China Sea - challenges associated with developing a new integrated database, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. European Geoscience Union, 2010, 10: 1793-1806.


Researcher : Ali JR

Project Title:Paleomagnetic study of paleogene rocks, Kazakhstan, central Asia
Investigator(s):Ali JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for New Staff
Start Date:02/2003


Project Title:Understanding the geodynamic processes associated with the Permian mafic magmatic suites of northern India
Investigator(s):Ali JR, Aitchison JC
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2010


List of Research Outputs

Ali J.R., Fitton J.G. and Herzberg C., Emeishan large igneous province (SW China) and the mantle plume up-doming hypothesis, Journal of the Geological Society of London . 2010, 167: 953–959.
Bond D.P.G., Hilton J., Wignall P.B., Ali J.R., Stevens L.G., Sun Y.D. and Lai X.L., The Middle Permian (Capitanian) mass extinction on land and in the oceans. , Earth-Science Reviews. 2010, 102: 511–518.
Sun Y.D., Lai X.L., Wignall P.B., Widdowson M., Ali J.R., Jiang H.S., Wang W., Yan C.B. and Bond D.P.G., Dating the onset and nature of the Middle Permian Emeishan large igneous province eruptions in SW China using conodont biostratigraphy and its bearing on mantle plume uplift models, Lithos. 2010, 119: 20–33.


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


Project Title:Mechanisms of landslides along clayey veins in saprolitic profiles
Investigator(s):Aydin A, Aydin NS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2003


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


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


Project Title:Development of a scheme for microstructural characterization of weathered rocks
Investigator(s):Aydin A, Aydin NS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2006




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
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:04/2003


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
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:01/2004


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


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




Researcher : Brodie CR

List of Research Outputs

Brodie C.R., Leng M.J., Casford J.S.L., Kendrick C.P., Lloyd J.M., Zong Y. and Bird M.I., Evidence for bias in C and N concentrations and δ13C composition of terrestrial and aquatic organic materials due to pre-analysis acid preparation methods, In: Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Chemical Geology. Elsevier, 2011, 282: 67 - 83.
Brodie C.R., Heaton T.H.E., Leng M.J., Kendrick C.P., Casford J.S.L. and Lloyd J.M., Evidence for bias in measured δ15N values of terrestrial and aquatic organic materials due to pre‐analysis acid treatment methods, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 2011, 25: 1089 - 1099.


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


Project Title:Late postglacial sedimentation on the inner continental shelf of the South China Sea off Hong Kong and applications
Investigator(s):Chan LS, Ridley Thomas WN, Switzer AD, Yim WWS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2008


Project Title:Changes in the Gravity Field of the Longmenshan Area (Sichuan, China) caused by the M=8 Sichuan Earthquake
Investigator(s):Chan LS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:10/2008


Project Title:Mapping of vertical crustal displacement associated with the M=8 Sichuan Earthquake based on gravity survey
Investigator(s):Chan LS, Pubellier MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2009


List of Research Outputs

Chan L.S. and Kong W.F., PBL Learning as a field learning approach: a management perspective, In: CN Leung & J Lo (eds), Education and Heritage: Historico-cultural perspective. 2010.
Chan L.S., Shen W. and Pubellier M., Polyphase Rifting of Greater Pearl River Delta Region (South China): Evidence for Possible Rapid Changes in Regional Stress Configuration, Journal of Structural Geology. 2010.
Chan L.S., Report on Geological Study of Artefacts from So Kwun Wat Archeological Site, Tuen Mun, Antiques and Monument Office, Government of Hong Kong SAR, 2010.
Chan L.S., University Distinguished Teaching Award, 2010.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Lin S., Xia X., Chan L.S., Zhang F...F. and Wong P.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 191-201.
Li Y., Chan L.S. and Yeung A., Effects of test conditions on shear behavior of composite soil, J Geotechnical Engineering. 2011.
Murphy P. and Chan L.S., Earth Sciences as a vehicle for gifted education – the Hong Kong experience, School Science Review. 2010.
Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S...Z., Sun M., Chan L.S. and Liu S...W., Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Implications for the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen , 4th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics. Nanjing, Abstracts. 2011.


Researcher : Fan A

List of Research Outputs

Fan A., Li S.H. and Li B., Observation of unstable fast component in OSL of quartz, Radiation Measurements. 2011, 46: 21-28.


Researcher : Geng H

List of Research Outputs

Geng H., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological studies of Carboniferous magmatism in the west Junggar: petrogenesis and implications for ridge subduction, Workshop on advances in high resolution SIMS (HR-SIMS) and LA-ICP-MS geochronology, and application to geological processes. 2010, Abstract Volume: p. 29-30.
Xia X., Sun M., Geng H., Sun Y...L., Wang Y. and Zhao G., Quasi-simultaneous determination of U-Pb and Hf isotope compositions of zircon by excimer laser-ablation multiple-collector ICPMS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10116A..
Zhang J...A., Xiao W...J., Han C...M., Ao S...J., Yuan C., Sun M., Geng H., Zhao G., Guo Q...Q. and Ma C., Kinematics and age constraints of deformation in a Late Carboniferous accretionary complex in Western Junggar, NW China , Gondwana Research . 2011, 19: 958-974.


Researcher : Goodkin Emami NF

Project Title:Records of industrial development and environmental change from Porites corals in eastern Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Goodkin Emami NF, Switzer AD
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2009
Completion Date:10/2010


Project Title:A history of industrial oceanic hazards and recent climate change using coral geochemistry from the South China Sea
Investigator(s):Goodkin Emami NF, Switzer AD
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2010


Project Title:10th International Conference on Paleoceanography Limited North Atlantic Shallow Water Ventilation over the past 200 Years
Investigator(s):Goodkin Emami NF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2010
Completion Date:09/2010


Project Title:Ocean Acidification in Hong Kong: The Past 200 Years
Investigator(s):Goodkin Emami NF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2011


List of Research Outputs

Goodkin Emami N.F., Levine N..., Doney S. and Wanninkhof R., Atmospheric CO2 Trends Hinder Detection of Oceanic CO2 Accumulation, News Letter of the Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS). 2011.
Goodkin Emami N.F., Climate Reconstructions from Temperate Corals: Unique Approaches at the Intersection of Biology and Geochemistry, Earth Observatory of Singapore. 2010.
Goodkin Emami N.F., Coral Geochemistry: Environmental Histories, Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam. 2010.
Goodkin Emami N.F., Switzer A..., McCorry D..., DeVantier L..., True J..., Hughen K..., Angeline N... and Yang T...T..., Coral communities of Hong Kong: Long-lived corals in a marginal reef environment, Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2011.
Goodkin Emami N.F., Druffel E... and Hughen K..., Limited North Atlantic Shallow Water Ventilation over the past 200 Years, 10th International Conference on Paleoceanography Program and Abstracts. 2010.
Goodkin Emami N.F., Mix It Up: Shallow Water Ventilation Rates in the Sargasso Sea, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore. 2011.
Goodkin Emami N.F., Pulses of Shallow Water Ventillation in the Sargasso Sea Connected to Mode Water Formation, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. 2010.
Yang T...T... and Goodkin Emami N.F., Physical Environments in Hong Kong Connected to Slow and Abnormal Growth in Porites Corals, 22nd Pacific Science Congress . 2011.


Researcher : Guo J

List of Research Outputs

Guo J., Zhao G., Jiao S.J. and Peng P., Paleoproterozoic UHT Metamorphism at Eastern Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton, 7th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Hyderabad. Abstracts. 2010, p. SE01-A023.
Li X., Zhao G., Guo J. and Wang F., Petrology and Geochronology of the Khondalite rocks in the western collisional belt of the North China Craton, China, In: M. Santosh, Guowei Zhang, Sanzhong Li, 7th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia. 2010, IAGR Series No. 9: p. 16.
Li X...P..., Guo J., Zhao G., Li H...K... and Song Z...H..., Formation of the Paleoproterozoic calc-silicate and high-pressure mafic granulite in the Jiaobei terrane, eastern Shandong, China, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2011, 27: 961-968.
Li X...P..., Yang Z...Y..., Zhao G., Grapes R... and Guo J., Geochronology of khondalite-series rocks of the Jining Complex: confirmation of depositional age and tectonometamorphic evolution of the North China craton, International Geology Review. 2011, 53: 1194-1211.
Xiao L...L., Li X...H., Wan Y...S., Guo J. and Wu C...M., SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating on the metamorphism of the Zanhuang Complex, 2010's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Beijing. Abstracts, 2010, p. 286. 2010.
Xiao L...L..., Wu C...M..., Zhao G., Guo J. and Ren L...D..., Metamorphic P-T paths of the Zanhuang amphibolites and metapelites: constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-North China Orogen, International Journal of Earth Sciences. 2011, 100: 717-739.
Yin C., Zhao G., Guo J., Sun M., Xia X., Zhou X. and Liu C...H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons of the Helanshan Complex: Constrains on the evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the Western Block of the North China Craton, Lithos. 2011, 122: 25-38.
Zhao G., Yin C., Guo J., Sun M., Li S...Z., Li X...P., Wu C...M. and Liu C...H., Metamorphism of the Lüliang amphibolite: implications for the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton, American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1480–1502.


Researcher : Hao X

List of Research Outputs

Hao X., Leung K.L., Wang R.X., Sun W.D. and Li Y., The Geomicrobiology of bauxite deposits, Geoscience Frontiers. 2010, 1: 81-89.


Researcher : He Y

List of Research Outputs

He Y., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemical and isotopic study of the Xiong’er volcanic rocks at the southern margin of the North China Craton: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Geology. 2010, 118: 417–433.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F..., Zhao G., He Y., He K...J. and Zhang A...M., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the meta-sedimentary rocks in central Jiangxi Province, South China: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South China Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 44: 44-55.
Liu W., Liu Z., Wang H., He Y., Wang Z. and Xu L., Salinity control on long-chain alkenone distributions in lake surface waters and sediments of the northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. ELSEVIER, 2011, 75: 1693-1703.


Researcher : He Y

List of Research Outputs

He Y., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemical and isotopic study of the Xiong’er volcanic rocks at the southern margin of the North China Craton: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Geology. 2010, 118: 417–433.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F..., Zhao G., He Y., He K...J. and Zhang A...M., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the meta-sedimentary rocks in central Jiangxi Province, South China: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South China Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 44: 44-55.
Liu W., Liu Z., Wang H., He Y., Wang Z. and Xu L., Salinity control on long-chain alkenone distributions in lake surface waters and sediments of the northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. ELSEVIER, 2011, 75: 1693-1703.


Researcher : Hu L

List of Research Outputs

Hu L. and Jiao J.J.J., Modeling the influences of land reclamation on groundwater systems: A case study in Shekou peninsula, Shenzhen, China, ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. 2010, 114(3-4): 144-153.


Researcher : Jiao JJJ

Project Title:Origin and evolution of abnormally high ammonium groundwater in the Pearl River Delta and its environmental impact
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2008


Project Title:Subsurface airflow induced by pumping tests
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2009


Project Title:Generation and Migration of High-Salinity Groundwater in the Pearl River Delta
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ, Cherry JA, Zong Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2010


Project Title:Hydrogeological and Geochemical Characterization of Clay-Rich Aquitards in the Pearl River Delta
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ, Zong Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2011


Project Title:2nd Canadian Symposium on Aquitard Hydrogeology Hydrogeology of Coastal Chinese Aquitards
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2011
Completion Date:06/2011


List of Research Outputs

Chen C.X., Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., Methods to Derive the Differential Equation of the Free Surface Boundary Reply , Ground Water. 2011, 49: 142-143.
Hu L. and Jiao J.J.J., Modeling the influences of land reclamation on groundwater systems: A case study in Shekou peninsula, Shenzhen, China, ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. 2010, 114(3-4): 144-153.
Jiao J.J.J., Wang Y., Cherry J., Wang X.S., Zhi B.F., Du X.Y. and Wen D.G., Abnormally high ammonium of natural origin in a coastal aquifer-aquitard system in the Pearl River Delta, China, Environmental Science & Technology. 2010, 44: 7470-7475.
Jiao J.J.J., Hydrogeology of Coastal Chinese Aquitards with a case study in Pearl River Delta , 2nd Canadian Symposium on Aquitard Hydrogeology. 2011.
Jiao J.J.J., Submarine Groundwater Discharge: Past Experience in Hong Kong and Future Studies in China Sea, International Groundwater Forum, Beijing, China. 2010.
Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J., Wan L., Wang X.S. and Mao D.Q., Air and water flows in a vertical sand column, Water Resources Research. 2011, 47: W04506.


Researcher : Kuang X

List of Research Outputs

Chen C.X., Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., Methods to Derive the Differential Equation of the Free Surface Boundary Reply , Ground Water. 2011, 49: 142-143.
Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J., Wan L., Wang X.S. and Mao D.Q., Air and water flows in a vertical sand column, Water Resources Research. 2011, 47: W04506.


Researcher : Lau AYA

List of Research Outputs

Lau A.Y.A., Switzer A.D., Dominey-Howes D., Aitchison J.C. and Zong Y., Written records of historical tsunamis in the northeastern South China Sea - challenges associated with developing a new integrated database, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. European Geoscience Union, 2010, 10: 1793-1806.


Researcher : Lee MH

Project Title:Dynamics and Origins of Outer Solar System Configurations
Investigator(s):Lee MH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2008


Project Title:Dynamics and Origins of Extrasolar Planetary Systems
Investigator(s):Lee MH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2009


List of Research Outputs

Lee M.H., Collisions in the Solar System, 2011 Annual Symposium on Chinese Frontiers of Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 2011.
Lee M.H., Constraints on Giant Planet Migration: Obliquities and Stability , Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China. 2011.
McNeil D.S. and Lee M.H., Tilting Saturn without Tilting Jupiter or Ejecting an Ice Giant: Constraints on Migration, 42nd Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, CA, USA. 2010.
Turner N. .J., Lee M.H. and Sano T., The Formation Environment of the Galilean Moons, 42nd Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, CA, USA. 2010.


Researcher : Lemke KH

Project Title:Biomolecule stability in hydrothermal fluids
Investigator(s):Lemke KH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2008


Project Title:Detection of Biological Polymers in Natural Hot Springs
Investigator(s):Lemke KH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2009
Completion Date:09/2010


Project Title:Monitoring stable carbonate nanoclusters in simulated seawater using Fourier transform ion cyclotron mass spectrometry
Investigator(s):Lemke KH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2011


List of Research Outputs

Lemke K.H., Sadjadi S. and Seward T.M., FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry of Carbonate Clusters: Magic Clusters and pH Effects, Mineralogical Magazine. London, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011, 75: 1297.
Seward T.M., Lemke K.H., Henderson M., Charnock J. and Sadjadi S., An EXAFS and ab Initio Study of Aquated Cd2+ and Chlorocadmium(II) Complexes up to 300℃, Mineralogical Magazine. London, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011, 75: 1842.
Stefansson A., Lemke K.H., Benezeth P. and Schott J., The Stability And Structure Of Mg2+ Bicarbonate And Carbonate Ion Pairs – An Experimental And Theoretical Study, Mineralogical Magazine. London, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011, 75: 1934.
Taczkowska M.A., Lemke K.H., Sadjadi S. and Seward T.M., FT-ICR/MS and Quantum Chemical Studies of Aqueous Polyoxometalates, Mineralogical Magazine. London, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011, 75: 1980.


Researcher : Leung WH

List of Research Outputs

Liu C...H..., Zhao G., Sun M., Wu F...Y..., Yang J...H..., Yin C. and Leung W.H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Yejishan Group of the Lüliang Complex: Constraints on the timing of collision between the Eastern and Western Blocks, North China Craton, Sedimentary Geology. 2011, 236: 129-140.


Researcher : Li B

List of Research Outputs

Fan A., Li S.H. and Li B., Observation of unstable fast component in OSL of quartz, Radiation Measurements. 2011, 46: 21-28.
Li B., Li S.H., Wintle A.G. and Zhao H., Anomalous fading: a reply to the comment by Huntley on "Isochron Measurements of naturally irradiated K-feldspar grains", Radiation Measurements. 2011, 46: 164-165.
Li B., Li S.H., Wintle A.G. and Duller G.A.T., Infrared stimulated luminescence measurements of single grains of K-rich feldspar for isochron dating, Quaternary Geochronology. 2010, 6: 71-81.
Li B., Li S.H. and Zhao H., Reply to comment by Huntley on "isochron dating of sediments using luminescence of K-feldspar grains", Journal of Geophysical Research. 2011, 116.
Li B. and Li S.H., Thermal stability of infrared stimulated luminescence of sedimentary K-feldspar, Radiation Measurements. 2011, 46: 29-36.


Researcher : Li J

List of Research Outputs

Zhao J., Zhou M.F., Yan D. and Li J., Reappraisal of the ages of Neoproterozoic strata in South China: No connection with the Grenvillian orogeny. , Geology . 2011, 39: 299–302.


Researcher : Li L

List of Research Outputs

Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Cai K...D. and Zhang Y...Z., Geochronological and Geochemical study of Palaeoproterozoic gneissic granites and clinopyroxenite xenoliths from NW Fujian, SE China: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Cathaysia Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 41: 204-212.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F..., Zhao G., He Y., He K...J. and Zhang A...M., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the meta-sedimentary rocks in central Jiangxi Province, South China: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South China Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 44: 44-55.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Lin S., Xia X., Chan L.S., Zhang F...F. and Wong P.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 191-201.


Researcher : Li SH

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


Project Title:Optical dating study on the late Quaternary slip rates of Altyn Tagh Fault
Investigator(s):Li SH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2008


Project Title:Optical dating of late Quaternary river terraces in northern Tianshan, China
Investigator(s):Li SH, Li B
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2009


Project Title:UK TL/OSL/ESR Meeting 2010 Laboratory checking procedures in luminescence dating New light on optical dating of sediments: A protocol for K-feldspar using multi-elevated-temperatures post-IR IRSL
Investigator(s):Li SH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2010
Completion Date:09/2010


List of Research Outputs

Fan A., Li S.H. and Li B., Observation of unstable fast component in OSL of quartz, Radiation Measurements. 2011, 46: 21-28.
Li B., Li S.H., Wintle A.G. and Zhao H., Anomalous fading: a reply to the comment by Huntley on "Isochron Measurements of naturally irradiated K-feldspar grains", Radiation Measurements. 2011, 46: 164-165.
Li B., Li S.H., Wintle A.G. and Duller G.A.T., Infrared stimulated luminescence measurements of single grains of K-rich feldspar for isochron dating, Quaternary Geochronology. 2010, 6: 71-81.
Li B., Li S.H. and Zhao H., Reply to comment by Huntley on "isochron dating of sediments using luminescence of K-feldspar grains", Journal of Geophysical Research. 2011, 116.
Li B. and Li S.H., Thermal stability of infrared stimulated luminescence of sedimentary K-feldspar, Radiation Measurements. 2011, 46: 29-36.
Li S.H., The Development of Luminescene Dating (invited), 释光测年的进展, 12th Chinese conference in Luminescene and ESR dating, Dali, Yunnan, China. 2010.


Researcher : Li X

List of Research Outputs

Li X., Zhao G., Guo J. and Wang F., Petrology and Geochronology of the Khondalite rocks in the western collisional belt of the North China Craton, China, In: M. Santosh, Guowei Zhang, Sanzhong Li, 7th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia. 2010, IAGR Series No. 9: p. 16.


Researcher : Li Y

Project Title:The 5th Astrobiology Science Conference Thermophiles as candidate iron-reducing bacteria for the putative biogenic magnetite in banded iron formations
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2008


Project Title:Planetary Evolution of Ferric Iron Metabolism
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2009


Project Title:Adsorption and extraction of heavy metals or radionuclides by strongly magnetic magnetite nanoparticles produced by dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:03/2009


Project Title:Extremely Enrichment of Polymetal Sulfides in Lower Cambrian Black Shale In Southern China: Biosorption & Mineralization of Genetic Materials As Possible Mechanisms
Investigator(s):Li Y, Chan LS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2009


Project Title:Biogeochemistry and Biomineralization of Psychrophilic Metal-Reducing Bacteria in Deep-Sea Environments
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2010
Completion Date:03/2011


Project Title:Gordon Research Conference on Geobiology Earliest Interactions between Earth's Proto-atmosphere and the Newly Formed Crust
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:01/2011
Completion Date:02/2011


List of Research Outputs

Hao X., Leung K.L., Wang R.X., Sun W.D. and Li Y., The Geomicrobiology of bauxite deposits, Geoscience Frontiers. 2010, 1: 81-89.
Li Y., Earliest interactions between Earth's proto-atmosphere and the newly formed crust, 2011.
Li Y., Deng K. and Zhu S.Y., Mössbauer hyperfine parameters of iron species in the course of Geobacter-mediated magnetite mineralization, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 2011.
Li Y., 天体生物学概要, 科技导报. 2011, 29: 66-74.


Researcher : Li YL

Project Title:The 5th Astrobiology Science Conference Thermophiles as candidate iron-reducing bacteria for the putative biogenic magnetite in banded iron formations
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2008


Project Title:Planetary Evolution of Ferric Iron Metabolism
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2009


Project Title:Adsorption and extraction of heavy metals or radionuclides by strongly magnetic magnetite nanoparticles produced by dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:03/2009


Project Title:Extremely Enrichment of Polymetal Sulfides in Lower Cambrian Black Shale In Southern China: Biosorption & Mineralization of Genetic Materials As Possible Mechanisms
Investigator(s):Li Y, Chan LS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2009


Project Title:Biogeochemistry and Biomineralization of Psychrophilic Metal-Reducing Bacteria in Deep-Sea Environments
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2010
Completion Date:03/2011


Project Title:Gordon Research Conference on Geobiology Earliest Interactions between Earth's Proto-atmosphere and the Newly Formed Crust
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:01/2011
Completion Date:02/2011


List of Research Outputs

Li Y.L., 地球的深部生物圈之谜, 一万个科学难题, 北京, 科学出版社, 2010, Earth Science Volume: 446-449.
Li Y.L., 地球上生命从什么时候开始的?, 一万个科学难题, 北京, 科学出版社, 2010, 地球科学卷: 450-453.
Li Y.L., 是地球上早期的生命导致95% 的铁矿的形成吗?, 一万个科学难题, 北京, 科学出版社, 2010, 地球科学卷: 500-503.
Li Y.L., 地球生态系统的终结:我们还有多长时间?, 一万个科学难题, 北京, 科学出版社, 2010, 地球科学卷: 454-457.
Li Y.L., 太阳系中还有其它生命的世界吗?, 一万个科学难题, 北京, 科学出版社, 2010, 地球科学卷: 428-431.
Wang X.L., Li Y.L. and Chen D.F., 天然气水合物:地球气候骤变的幽灵?, 一万个科学难题, 北京, 科学出版社, 2010, 地球科学卷: 495-499.


Researcher : Lin S

List of Research Outputs

Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Lin S., Xia X., Chan L.S., Zhang F...F. and Wong P.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 191-201.


Researcher : Liu Z

Project Title:Looking for biomarkers from ancient Lake Qinghai sediments
Investigator(s):Liu Z
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2009
Completion Date:12/2010


Project Title:Investigation of Late Holocene Hydrological Changes in Lake Qinghai and Qaidam Basin Using Alkenone D/H Ratios
Investigator(s):Liu Z
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2009


Project Title:Eutrophication and Associated Hypoxia in Lingding Bay and Adjacent Coastal Waters: Biogeochemical Processes and Sedimentary Records
Investigator(s):Liu Z
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:01/2011


List of Research Outputs

Liu W., Liu Z., Wang H., He Y., Wang Z. and Xu L., Salinity control on long-chain alkenone distributions in lake surface waters and sediments of the northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. ELSEVIER, 2011, 75: 1693-1703.
Liu W., Liu Z., An Z., Wang X. and Chang H., Wet climate during the Little Ice Age in the arid Tarim Basin, Northwestern China., The Holocene. Sage, 2011, 21: 409-416.
Liu Z., Alkenons as an Indicator of Hydrological Changes in Brackish/Saline Lakes, 2010 Annual Meeting of International Society of Environmental Indicators. 2010.
Yan H., Sun L., Oppo D., Wang Y., Liu Z., Xie Z., Liu X. and Cheng W., South China Sea hydrological changes and Pacific Walker Circulation variations over the last millennium, Nature Communications. Nature, 2011, 2: 293.


Researcher : Long X

List of Research Outputs

Cai K...D., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W...J., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronological and geochemical study of mafic dykes from the northwest Chinese Altai: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic evolution, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 638-652.
Jiang Y...D., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W...J., Xia X., Long X. and Wu F...Y., The 90 Ma high-T metamorphism in the Chinese Altai: consequence of ridge-subduction? , American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1421-1452.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G., Xiao W., Wang Y.J., Yang J.H. and Hu A.Q., Archean crustal evolution of the Tarim Craton, NW China: Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints and implications, Precambrian Research. 2010, 180: 272-284.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Kroner A..., Zhao G., Wilde S.A. and Hu A...Q..., Reworking of the Tarim Craton by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas: evidence from Neoproterozoic adakitic rocks and I-type granites in the Kuluketage area, NW China, Precambrian Research . 2011, 187: 1-14.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W...J..., Zhao G., Zhou K...F..., Wang Y...J... and Hu A...Q..., The discovery of the oldest rocks in the Kuluketage area and its geological implications, Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences . 2011, 54: 342-348.
Yuan C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Xiao W...J., Xu Y...G., Long X. and Zhao G., Post-collisional plutons in the Balikun area, East Chinese Tianshan: Evolving magmatism in response to extension and slab break-off, Lithos. 2010, 119: 269-288.


Researcher : Malpas JG

Project Title:Investigation of the causes and consequence of Acid Mine waters in disused open pit Cu-Fe sulphide mines
Investigator(s):Malpas JG
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:09/2009




Researcher : McNeil DS

Project Title:42nd annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society Tilting Saturn without Tilting Jupiter or Ejecting an Ice Giant: Constraints on migration
Investigator(s):McNeil DS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2010
Completion Date:10/2010


List of Research Outputs

McNeil D.S. and Lee M.H., Tilting Saturn without Tilting Jupiter or Ejecting an Ice Giant: Constraints on Migration, 42nd Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, CA, USA. 2010.


Researcher : Qi L

List of Research Outputs

Wang C.Y., Zhou M.F. and Qi L., Chalcophile element geochemistry and petrogenesis of high-Ti and low-Ti magmas in the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. , Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology . 2011, 161: 237–254.


Researcher : Sadjadi S

List of Research Outputs

Lemke K.H., Sadjadi S. and Seward T.M., FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry of Carbonate Clusters: Magic Clusters and pH Effects, Mineralogical Magazine. London, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011, 75: 1297.
Seward T.M., Lemke K.H., Henderson M., Charnock J. and Sadjadi S., An EXAFS and ab Initio Study of Aquated Cd2+ and Chlorocadmium(II) Complexes up to 300℃, Mineralogical Magazine. London, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011, 75: 1842.
Taczkowska M.A., Lemke K.H., Sadjadi S. and Seward T.M., FT-ICR/MS and Quantum Chemical Studies of Aqueous Polyoxometalates, Mineralogical Magazine. London, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011, 75: 1980.


Researcher : Santosh MW

List of Research Outputs

Zhang Z.M., Zhao G., Santosh M.W., Wang J.L., Dong X. and Liou J.G., Two-stages of granulite-facies metamorphism in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis, south Tibet: Evidence for the subduction of the Neo-Tethys and Indian continent beneath Asia, Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 2010, 28: 719-733.


Researcher : Shellnutt JG

List of Research Outputs

Shellnutt J.G., Borming J. and Zhou M.F., Crustally-derived granites in the Panzhihua region, SW China: Implications for felsic magmatism in the Emeishan large igneous province. , Lithos . 2010, 123: 145-157.


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


Project Title:Accretionary process along the southwestern margin of the Central Altaishan Terrane: an integrated field, geochemical and geochronological study
Investigator(s):Sun M, Malpas JG, Xia X
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2008
Completion Date:12/2010


Project Title:Stable Isotope Laboratory
Investigator(s):Sun M, Malpas JG, Jiao JJJ, Zhao G, Zhou MF, Li SH, Liu Z, Lemke KH, Li Y, Switzer AD, Williams GA, Leung KMY, Gu J, Macfarlane DJ, Vanhoutte PMGR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:UGC One-off Special Equipment Grant Scheme
Start Date:12/2008


Project Title:Zircon Hf isotopic ratio measurement on a newly funded MC-ICP-MS and application of the technique to petrogenesis of granitic plutons in the Chinese Altai
Investigator(s):Sun M, Xia X
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2009
Completion Date:05/2011


Project Title:Zircon age and Hf isotopic characteristics for the Palaeozoic granitoids in the Chinese and Mongolian Altai: addition of juvenile materials into the lithosphere and tectonic significance
Investigator(s):Sun M, Xia X
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:01/2010


Project Title:Investigation of the dramatic change in Hf isotopic composition at ~400 Ma in the Chinese Altai
Investigator(s):Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:03/2011


List of Research Outputs

Cai K...D., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W...J., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronological and geochemical study of mafic dykes from the northwest Chinese Altai: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic evolution, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 638-652.
Geng H., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological studies of Carboniferous magmatism in the west Junggar: petrogenesis and implications for ridge subduction, Workshop on advances in high resolution SIMS (HR-SIMS) and LA-ICP-MS geochronology, and application to geological processes. 2010, Abstract Volume: p. 29-30.
He Y., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemical and isotopic study of the Xiong’er volcanic rocks at the southern margin of the North China Craton: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Geology. 2010, 118: 417–433.
Jiang Y...D., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W...J., Xia X., Long X. and Wu F...Y., The 90 Ma high-T metamorphism in the Chinese Altai: consequence of ridge-subduction? , American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1421-1452.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Cai K...D. and Zhang Y...Z., Geochronological and Geochemical study of Palaeoproterozoic gneissic granites and clinopyroxenite xenoliths from NW Fujian, SE China: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Cathaysia Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 41: 204-212.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F..., Zhao G., He Y., He K...J. and Zhang A...M., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the meta-sedimentary rocks in central Jiangxi Province, South China: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South China Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 44: 44-55.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Lin S., Xia X., Chan L.S., Zhang F...F. and Wong P.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 191-201.
Li S...Z., Zhao G., Zhang J., Sun M., Zhang G...W. and Luo D., Deformational history of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: Implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 611-631.
Liu C...H..., Zhao G., Sun M., Wu F...Y..., Yang J...H..., Yin C. and Leung W.H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Yejishan Group of the Lüliang Complex: Constraints on the timing of collision between the Eastern and Western Blocks, North China Craton, Sedimentary Geology. 2011, 236: 129-140.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G., Xiao W., Wang Y.J., Yang J.H. and Hu A.Q., Archean crustal evolution of the Tarim Craton, NW China: Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints and implications, Precambrian Research. 2010, 180: 272-284.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Kroner A..., Zhao G., Wilde S.A. and Hu A...Q..., Reworking of the Tarim Craton by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas: evidence from Neoproterozoic adakitic rocks and I-type granites in the Kuluketage area, NW China, Precambrian Research . 2011, 187: 1-14.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W...J..., Zhao G., Zhou K...F..., Wang Y...J... and Hu A...Q..., The discovery of the oldest rocks in the Kuluketage area and its geological implications, Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences . 2011, 54: 342-348.
Rojas-Agramonte Y., Kroener A., Demoux A., Wang W., Donskaya T. and Sun M., Rojas-Agramonte Y., Kröner A, Demoux A., Xia X., Wang W., Donskaya T., Liu D., Sun M., 2011. Detrital and xenocrystic zircon ages from Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic arc terranes of Mongolia: Significance for the origin of crustal fragments in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt., Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 751-763.
Tam P...Y..., Zhao G., Liu F...L..., Zhou X., Sun M. and Li S...Z..., Timing of metamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt: New SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating of granulites, gneisses and marbles of the Jiaobei massif in the North China Craton, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 150-162.
Wong P.M., Sun M., Xing G...F., Li X...H., Zhao G., Wong K. and Wu F...Y., Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of Mesozoic felsic rocks from eastern Zhejiang, South China: Geochemical contrast between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 244-259.
Wong P.W., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W...J., Geochemical and geochronological studies of the Alegedayi Ophilitic Complex and its implications on the evolution of the Chinese Altai, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 438-454.
Xia X., Sun M., Geng H., Sun Y...L., Wang Y. and Zhao G., Quasi-simultaneous determination of U-Pb and Hf isotope compositions of zircon by excimer laser-ablation multiple-collector ICPMS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10116A..
Xiao W...J., Han C...M., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Shan Y...H., Transitions among Mariana-, Japan-, Cordillera- and Alaska-type arc systems and their final juxtapositions leading to accretionary and collisional orogenesis, Geological Society Special Publication. 2010, 388: 35-53.
Yin C., Zhao G., Guo J., Sun M., Xia X., Zhou X. and Liu C...H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons of the Helanshan Complex: Constrains on the evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the Western Block of the North China Craton, Lithos. 2011, 122: 25-38.
Yuan C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Xiao W...J., Xu Y...G., Long X. and Zhao G., Post-collisional plutons in the Balikun area, East Chinese Tianshan: Evolving magmatism in response to extension and slab break-off, Lithos. 2010, 119: 269-288.
Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S...Z., Sun M., Chan L.S. and Liu S...W., Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Implications for the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen , 4th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics. Nanjing, Abstracts. 2011.
Zhang J...A., Xiao W...J., Han C...M., Ao S...J., Yuan C., Sun M., Geng H., Zhao G., Guo Q...Q. and Ma C., Kinematics and age constraints of deformation in a Late Carboniferous accretionary complex in Western Junggar, NW China , Gondwana Research . 2011, 19: 958-974.
Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhang J., Difficulties in application of plate tectonics to the Neoarchean crustal formation and evolution of the Eastern Block in the North China Craton, 2010's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Beijing. Abstracts, 2010, p. 297-298 . 2010.
Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhang J., Dilemma of plate tectonics in explaining the formation and evolution of Neoarchean crust in the Eastern Block, North China Craton, 4th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics. Nanjing, Abstracts. 2011.
Zhao G., Yin C., Guo J., Sun M., Li S...Z., Li X...P., Wu C...M. and Liu C...H., Metamorphism of the Lüliang amphibolite: implications for the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton, American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1480–1502.


Researcher : Switzer AD

Project Title:Imbricated and non-imbricated mega clasts from Green Island (Lu Tao), southeast Taiwan: implications for washover studies
Investigator(s):Switzer AD
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2009




Researcher : Taczkowska MA

List of Research Outputs

Taczkowska M.A., Lemke K.H., Sadjadi S. and Seward T.M., FT-ICR/MS and Quantum Chemical Studies of Aqueous Polyoxometalates, Mineralogical Magazine. London, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011, 75: 1980.


Researcher : Tang M

List of Research Outputs

Yang S., Tang M., Yim W.W.S., Zong Y., Huang G., Switzer A.D. and Saito Y., Burial of organic carbon in Holocene sediments of the Zhujiang (Pearl River) and Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuaries, Marine Chemistry. Elsevier, 2011, 123: 1-10.


Researcher : Wang Y

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Wang Y., Cherry J., Wang X.S., Zhi B.F., Du X.Y. and Wen D.G., Abnormally high ammonium of natural origin in a coastal aquifer-aquitard system in the Pearl River Delta, China, Environmental Science & Technology. 2010, 44: 7470-7475.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Cai K...D. and Zhang Y...Z., Geochronological and Geochemical study of Palaeoproterozoic gneissic granites and clinopyroxenite xenoliths from NW Fujian, SE China: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Cathaysia Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 41: 204-212.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F..., Zhao G., He Y., He K...J. and Zhang A...M., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the meta-sedimentary rocks in central Jiangxi Province, South China: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South China Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 44: 44-55.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Lin S., Xia X., Chan L.S., Zhang F...F. and Wong P.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 191-201.
Li S...Z., Zhao G., Zhang G...W., Liu X...C., Dong S...W., Wang Y., Liu X., Suo Y...H., Dai L...M. and Jin C., Not all folds and thrusts in the Yangtze foreland thrust belt are related to the Dabie Orogen?Insights from Mesozoic deformation south of the Yangtze River, Geological Journal. 2010, 45: 650-663.
Xia X., Sun M., Geng H., Sun Y...L., Wang Y. and Zhao G., Quasi-simultaneous determination of U-Pb and Hf isotope compositions of zircon by excimer laser-ablation multiple-collector ICPMS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10116A..


Researcher : Wang Y

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Wang Y., Cherry J., Wang X.S., Zhi B.F., Du X.Y. and Wen D.G., Abnormally high ammonium of natural origin in a coastal aquifer-aquitard system in the Pearl River Delta, China, Environmental Science & Technology. 2010, 44: 7470-7475.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Cai K...D. and Zhang Y...Z., Geochronological and Geochemical study of Palaeoproterozoic gneissic granites and clinopyroxenite xenoliths from NW Fujian, SE China: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Cathaysia Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 41: 204-212.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F..., Zhao G., He Y., He K...J. and Zhang A...M., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the meta-sedimentary rocks in central Jiangxi Province, South China: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South China Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 44: 44-55.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Lin S., Xia X., Chan L.S., Zhang F...F. and Wong P.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 191-201.
Li S...Z., Zhao G., Zhang G...W., Liu X...C., Dong S...W., Wang Y., Liu X., Suo Y...H., Dai L...M. and Jin C., Not all folds and thrusts in the Yangtze foreland thrust belt are related to the Dabie Orogen?Insights from Mesozoic deformation south of the Yangtze River, Geological Journal. 2010, 45: 650-663.
Xia X., Sun M., Geng H., Sun Y...L., Wang Y. and Zhao G., Quasi-simultaneous determination of U-Pb and Hf isotope compositions of zircon by excimer laser-ablation multiple-collector ICPMS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10116A..


Researcher : Wilde SA

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Kroner A..., Zhao G., Wilde S.A. and Hu A...Q..., Reworking of the Tarim Craton by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas: evidence from Neoproterozoic adakitic rocks and I-type granites in the Kuluketage area, NW China, Precambrian Research . 2011, 187: 1-14.
Wilde S.A., Wu F...Y. and Zhao G., The Khanka Block, NE China, and its significance for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and continental accretion, Geological Society Special Publication. 2010, 338: 117-137.
Yuan C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Xiao W...J., Xu Y...G., Long X. and Zhao G., Post-collisional plutons in the Balikun area, East Chinese Tianshan: Evolving magmatism in response to extension and slab break-off, Lithos. 2010, 119: 269-288.
Zhou J., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang X.Z., Zheng C.Q., Wang H. and Zeng W.S., An intriguing dilemma: was the easternmost segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt derived from Gondwana, Journal of Geodynamics. 2010, 50: 300-317.
Zhou J., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang X...Z., Zheng C...Q. and Wang H., New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages from the Heilongjiang high-pressure belt: constraints on the Mesozoic evolution of NE China, American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1024-1053.
Zhou J., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang X...Z., Zheng C...Q. and Wang H., Pan-African metamorphic and magmatic rocks of the Khanka Massif, NE China: further evidence regarding their affinity, Geological Magazine. 2010, 147: 737-749.


Researcher : Wong PM

List of Research Outputs

Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Lin S., Xia X., Chan L.S., Zhang F...F. and Wong P.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 191-201.
Wong P.M., Sun M., Xing G...F., Li X...H., Zhao G., Wong K. and Wu F...Y., Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of Mesozoic felsic rocks from eastern Zhejiang, South China: Geochemical contrast between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 244-259.


Researcher : Wong PW

List of Research Outputs

Wong P.W., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W...J., Geochemical and geochronological studies of the Alegedayi Ophilitic Complex and its implications on the evolution of the Chinese Altai, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 438-454.


Researcher : Xia X

List of Research Outputs

Jiang Y...D., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W...J., Xia X., Long X. and Wu F...Y., The 90 Ma high-T metamorphism in the Chinese Altai: consequence of ridge-subduction? , American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1421-1452.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Lin S., Xia X., Chan L.S., Zhang F...F. and Wong P.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 191-201.
Xia X., Sun M., Geng H., Sun Y...L., Wang Y. and Zhao G., Quasi-simultaneous determination of U-Pb and Hf isotope compositions of zircon by excimer laser-ablation multiple-collector ICPMS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10116A..
Yin C., Zhao G., Guo J., Sun M., Xia X., Zhou X. and Liu C...H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons of the Helanshan Complex: Constrains on the evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the Western Block of the North China Craton, Lithos. 2011, 122: 25-38.


Researcher : Xiao W

List of Research Outputs

Geng H., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological studies of Carboniferous magmatism in the west Junggar: petrogenesis and implications for ridge subduction, Workshop on advances in high resolution SIMS (HR-SIMS) and LA-ICP-MS geochronology, and application to geological processes. 2010, Abstract Volume: p. 29-30.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G., Xiao W., Wang Y.J., Yang J.H. and Hu A.Q., Archean crustal evolution of the Tarim Craton, NW China: Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints and implications, Precambrian Research. 2010, 180: 272-284.


Researcher : Yan D

List of Research Outputs

Zhao J., Zhou M.F., Yan D. and Li J., Reappraisal of the ages of Neoproterozoic strata in South China: No connection with the Grenvillian orogeny. , Geology . 2011, 39: 299–302.


Researcher : Yim WWS

List of Research Outputs

Yang S., Tang M., Yim W.W.S., Zong Y., Huang G., Switzer A.D. and Saito Y., Burial of organic carbon in Holocene sediments of the Zhujiang (Pearl River) and Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuaries, Marine Chemistry. Elsevier, 2011, 123: 1-10.
Zong Y., Yu F., Huang G., Lloyd J.M. and Yim W.W.S., Sedimentary evidence of Late Holocene human activity in the Pearl River delta, China, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. John Wiley and Sons, 2010, 35: 1095-1102.
Zong Y., Yu F., Huang G., Lloyd J.M. and Yim W.W.S., The history of water salinity in the Pearl River estuary, China, during the Late Quaternary, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. John Wiley and sons, 2010, 35: 1221-1233.


Researcher : Yin C

List of Research Outputs

Liu C...H..., Zhao G., Sun M., Wu F...Y..., Yang J...H..., Yin C. and Leung W.H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Yejishan Group of the Lüliang Complex: Constraints on the timing of collision between the Eastern and Western Blocks, North China Craton, Sedimentary Geology. 2011, 236: 129-140.
Yin C., Zhao G., Guo J., Sun M., Xia X., Zhou X. and Liu C...H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons of the Helanshan Complex: Constrains on the evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the Western Block of the North China Craton, Lithos. 2011, 122: 25-38.
Zhao G., Zhou X. and Yin C., Metamorphism and isotopic ages of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton , The 5th International SHRIMP workshop, Beijing. 2010.
Zhao G., Zhou X. and Yin C., Metamorphism and isotopic ages of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton, International workshop on advances in high resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry (HR-SIMS) and LA-ICP-MS Geochronology: application to geological processes. 2010, Abstract Volume: p. 85.
Zhao G., Yin C., Guo J., Sun M., Li S...Z., Li X...P., Wu C...M. and Liu C...H., Metamorphism of the Lüliang amphibolite: implications for the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton, American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1480–1502.


Researcher : Yuan C

List of Research Outputs

Cai K...D., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W...J., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronological and geochemical study of mafic dykes from the northwest Chinese Altai: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic evolution, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 638-652.
Geng H., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological studies of Carboniferous magmatism in the west Junggar: petrogenesis and implications for ridge subduction, Workshop on advances in high resolution SIMS (HR-SIMS) and LA-ICP-MS geochronology, and application to geological processes. 2010, Abstract Volume: p. 29-30.
Jiang Y...D., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W...J., Xia X., Long X. and Wu F...Y., The 90 Ma high-T metamorphism in the Chinese Altai: consequence of ridge-subduction? , American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1421-1452.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G., Xiao W., Wang Y.J., Yang J.H. and Hu A.Q., Archean crustal evolution of the Tarim Craton, NW China: Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints and implications, Precambrian Research. 2010, 180: 272-284.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Kroner A..., Zhao G., Wilde S.A. and Hu A...Q..., Reworking of the Tarim Craton by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas: evidence from Neoproterozoic adakitic rocks and I-type granites in the Kuluketage area, NW China, Precambrian Research . 2011, 187: 1-14.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W...J..., Zhao G., Zhou K...F..., Wang Y...J... and Hu A...Q..., The discovery of the oldest rocks in the Kuluketage area and its geological implications, Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences . 2011, 54: 342-348.
Wong P.W., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W...J., Geochemical and geochronological studies of the Alegedayi Ophilitic Complex and its implications on the evolution of the Chinese Altai, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 438-454.
Xiao W...J., Han C...M., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Shan Y...H., Transitions among Mariana-, Japan-, Cordillera- and Alaska-type arc systems and their final juxtapositions leading to accretionary and collisional orogenesis, Geological Society Special Publication. 2010, 388: 35-53.
Yuan C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Xiao W...J., Xu Y...G., Long X. and Zhao G., Post-collisional plutons in the Balikun area, East Chinese Tianshan: Evolving magmatism in response to extension and slab break-off, Lithos. 2010, 119: 269-288.
Zhang J...A., Xiao W...J., Han C...M., Ao S...J., Yuan C., Sun M., Geng H., Zhao G., Guo Q...Q. and Ma C., Kinematics and age constraints of deformation in a Late Carboniferous accretionary complex in Western Junggar, NW China , Gondwana Research . 2011, 19: 958-974.


Researcher : Zhang J

Project Title:Structural and Geochronological Study of the Zhujiafang Ductile Shear Zone of the Hengshan Complex, Trans-North China Orogen
Investigator(s):Zhang J, Sun M, Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:01/2011


List of Research Outputs

Li S...Z., Zhao G., Zhang J., Sun M., Zhang G...W. and Luo D., Deformational history of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: Implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 611-631.
Zhang J., Best Paper Award, Journal Of Structural Geology. 2011.
Zhang J., Lin S...F..., Linnen R... and Martin R..., Structural Controls and Contributions on Syenite-hosted Gold Mineralization in the Cadillac–Larder Lake Deformation Zone, Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt: An Example from the Matachewan Area., 2009 China National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics. 2010.
Zhang J., Structural Controls on and Contributions to Syenite-hosted Gold Mineralization in the Cadillac–Larder Lake Deformation Zone, Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt: An Example from the Matachewan Area, The 2010 International Association for Gondawana Research (IAGR) Annual Convention and the 7th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia. 2010.
Zhang J., Lin S...F..., Linnen R... and Martin R..., Structural Controls on and Contributions to Syenite-hosted Gold Mineralization in the Cadillac–Larder Lake Deformation Zone, Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt: An Example from the Matachewan Area , 2010 IAGR International Conference, Qingdao, P.R.China. 2010.
Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S...Z., Sun M., Chan L.S. and Liu S...W., Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Implications for the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen , 4th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics. Nanjing, Abstracts. 2011.
Zhang J., Structural pattern of the Wutai Complex: constraints on the tectonic framework of the Trans-North China Orogen, The 4th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics of China. 2011.
Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhang J., Difficulties in application of plate tectonics to the Neoarchean crustal formation and evolution of the Eastern Block in the North China Craton, 2010's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Beijing. Abstracts, 2010, p. 297-298 . 2010.
Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhang J., Dilemma of plate tectonics in explaining the formation and evolution of Neoarchean crust in the Eastern Block, North China Craton, 4th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics. Nanjing, Abstracts. 2011.


Researcher : Zhao G

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


Project Title:Processes of Continental Dynamics and Mineralization of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Matching Fund for National Key Basic Research Development Scheme (973 Projects)
Start Date:01/2008


Project Title:Polymetamorphic and geochronologic study of the Jining Complex, North China Craton
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2008
Completion Date:12/2010


Project Title:Single zircon grains record two continent-continent collisional events in the Huaian Complex, North China Craton
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2009
Completion Date:12/2010


Project Title:Tectonic setting and evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton.
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2009


Project Title:U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Yejishan Group of the Qinglong foreland basin in the North China Craton
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2010


Project Title:Metamorphic P-T-t paths of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:04/2011


List of Research Outputs

Cai K...D., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W...J., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronological and geochemical study of mafic dykes from the northwest Chinese Altai: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic evolution, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 638-652.
Geng H., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological studies of Carboniferous magmatism in the west Junggar: petrogenesis and implications for ridge subduction, Workshop on advances in high resolution SIMS (HR-SIMS) and LA-ICP-MS geochronology, and application to geological processes. 2010, Abstract Volume: p. 29-30.
Guo J., Zhao G., Jiao S.J. and Peng P., Paleoproterozoic UHT Metamorphism at Eastern Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton, 7th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Hyderabad. Abstracts. 2010, p. SE01-A023.
Han C...M., Xiao W...J., Zhao G., Ao S...J., Zhang J...A., Qiu W...J. and Du A...D., In-situ U-Pb, Hf and Re-Os isotopic analyses of the Xiangshan Ni-Cu-Co deposit in Eastern Tianshan (Xinjiang), Central Asia Orogenic Belt Constraints on the timing and genesis of the mineralization, Lithos. 2010, 120: 547-562.
He Y., Zhao G. and Sun M., Geochemical and isotopic study of the Xiong’er volcanic rocks at the southern margin of the North China Craton: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Geology. 2010, 118: 417–433.
Jiang Y...D., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W...J., Xia X., Long X. and Wu F...Y., The 90 Ma high-T metamorphism in the Chinese Altai: consequence of ridge-subduction? , American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1421-1452.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Cai K...D. and Zhang Y...Z., Geochronological and Geochemical study of Palaeoproterozoic gneissic granites and clinopyroxenite xenoliths from NW Fujian, SE China: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Cathaysia Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 41: 204-212.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F..., Zhao G., He Y., He K...J. and Zhang A...M., U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the meta-sedimentary rocks in central Jiangxi Province, South China: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South China Block, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 44: 44-55.
Li L., Sun M., Wang Y., Xing G...F., Zhao G., Lin S., Xia X., Chan L.S., Zhang F...F. and Wong P.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons from migmatised amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block: Implications for the early Paleozoic peak tectonothermal event in Southeastern China, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 191-201.
Li S...Z., Zhao G., Zhang G...W., Liu X...C., Dong S...W., Wang Y., Liu X., Suo Y...H., Dai L...M. and Jin C., Not all folds and thrusts in the Yangtze foreland thrust belt are related to the Dabie Orogen?Insights from Mesozoic deformation south of the Yangtze River, Geological Journal. 2010, 45: 650-663.
Li S...Z., Zhao G., Zhang J., Sun M., Zhang G...W. and Luo D., Deformational history of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: Implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 611-631.
Li S...Z., Kusky T...M., Zhao G., Liu X...C., Wang L., Kopp H., Zhang G...W., Dong S...W., Luo D. and Jin C., Two-stage Triassic exhumation of HP-UHP terranes in the western Dabie orogen of China: Constraints from structural geology, Tectonophysics. 2010, 490: 267-293.
Li S...Z..., Kusky T...M..., Zhao G., Liu X...C..., Wang L..., Kopp H..., Hoernle K..., Zhang G...W... and Dai L...M..., Thermochronological constraints on Two-stage extrusion of HP/UHP terranes in the Dabie-Sulu orogen, east-central China, In: Li, S.Z., Kusky, T.M., Zhao, G.C., Liu, X.C., Wang, L., Kopp, H., Hoernle, K., Zhang, G.W., Dai, L.M., 2011. , Tectonophysics. 2011, 504: 25-42.
Li X., Zhao G., Guo J. and Wang F., Petrology and Geochronology of the Khondalite rocks in the western collisional belt of the North China Craton, China, In: M. Santosh, Guowei Zhang, Sanzhong Li, 7th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia. 2010, IAGR Series No. 9: p. 16.
Li X...P..., Guo J., Zhao G., Li H...K... and Song Z...H..., Formation of the Paleoproterozoic calc-silicate and high-pressure mafic granulite in the Jiaobei terrane, eastern Shandong, China, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2011, 27: 961-968.
Li X...P..., Yang Z...Y..., Zhao G., Grapes R... and Guo J., Geochronology of khondalite-series rocks of the Jining Complex: confirmation of depositional age and tectonometamorphic evolution of the North China craton, International Geology Review. 2011, 53: 1194-1211.
Liu C...H..., Zhao G., Sun M., Wu F...Y..., Yang J...H..., Yin C. and Leung W.H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Yejishan Group of the Lüliang Complex: Constraints on the timing of collision between the Eastern and Western Blocks, North China Craton, Sedimentary Geology. 2011, 236: 129-140.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G., Xiao W., Wang Y.J., Yang J.H. and Hu A.Q., Archean crustal evolution of the Tarim Craton, NW China: Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints and implications, Precambrian Research. 2010, 180: 272-284.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Kroner A..., Zhao G., Wilde S.A. and Hu A...Q..., Reworking of the Tarim Craton by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas: evidence from Neoproterozoic adakitic rocks and I-type granites in the Kuluketage area, NW China, Precambrian Research . 2011, 187: 1-14.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W...J..., Zhao G., Zhou K...F..., Wang Y...J... and Hu A...Q..., The discovery of the oldest rocks in the Kuluketage area and its geological implications, Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences . 2011, 54: 342-348.
Tam P...Y..., Zhao G., Liu F...L..., Zhou X., Sun M. and Li S...Z..., Timing of metamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt: New SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating of granulites, gneisses and marbles of the Jiaobei massif in the North China Craton, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 150-162.
Wang F..., Li X...P..., Chu H... and Zhao G., Petrology and metamorphism of khondalites from the Jining complex,North China craton, International Geology Review. 2011, 53: 212-229.
Wang X...L., Zhou J...C., Zhang Y...J., Yu J...H. and Zhao G., Neoproterozoic meta-sedimentary rocks from the Jiangnan Orogen: ages, sources, affinities and crustal evolution, 2010's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Beijing. Abstracts, p. 297-298 . 2010.
Wilde S.A., Wu F...Y. and Zhao G., The Khanka Block, NE China, and its significance for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and continental accretion, Geological Society Special Publication. 2010, 338: 117-137.
Wong P.M., Sun M., Xing G...F., Li X...H., Zhao G., Wong K. and Wu F...Y., Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of Mesozoic felsic rocks from eastern Zhejiang, South China: Geochemical contrast between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 244-259.
Wong P.W., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W...J., Geochemical and geochronological studies of the Alegedayi Ophilitic Complex and its implications on the evolution of the Chinese Altai, Gondwana Research. 2010, 18: 438-454.
Xia X., Sun M., Geng H., Sun Y...L., Wang Y. and Zhao G., Quasi-simultaneous determination of U-Pb and Hf isotope compositions of zircon by excimer laser-ablation multiple-collector ICPMS, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10116A..
Xiao L...L..., Wu C...M..., Zhao G., Guo J. and Ren L...D..., Metamorphic P-T paths of the Zanhuang amphibolites and metapelites: constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-North China Orogen, International Journal of Earth Sciences. 2011, 100: 717-739.
Xiao W...J., Han C...M., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Shan Y...H., Transitions among Mariana-, Japan-, Cordillera- and Alaska-type arc systems and their final juxtapositions leading to accretionary and collisional orogenesis, Geological Society Special Publication. 2010, 388: 35-53.
Yin C., Zhao G., Guo J., Sun M., Xia X., Zhou X. and Liu C...H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons of the Helanshan Complex: Constrains on the evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the Western Block of the North China Craton, Lithos. 2011, 122: 25-38.
Yuan C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Xiao W...J., Xu Y...G., Long X. and Zhao G., Post-collisional plutons in the Balikun area, East Chinese Tianshan: Evolving magmatism in response to extension and slab break-off, Lithos. 2010, 119: 269-288.
Zhang H...F., Ying J...F., Santosh M. and Zhao G., Multiple accretionary events of the lower crust of the North China Craton: evidence from zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes, 2010's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Beijing. Abstracts, 2010 p. 354 . 2010.
Zhang J., Zhao G., Li S...Z., Sun M., Chan L.S. and Liu S...W., Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Implications for the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen , 4th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics. Nanjing, Abstracts. 2011.
Zhang J...A., Xiao W...J., Han C...M., Ao S...J., Yuan C., Sun M., Geng H., Zhao G., Guo Q...Q. and Ma C., Kinematics and age constraints of deformation in a Late Carboniferous accretionary complex in Western Junggar, NW China , Gondwana Research . 2011, 19: 958-974.
Zhang Z.M., Zhao G., Santosh M.W., Wang J.L., Dong X. and Liou J.G., Two-stages of granulite-facies metamorphism in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis, south Tibet: Evidence for the subduction of the Neo-Tethys and Indian continent beneath Asia, Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 2010, 28: 719-733.
Zhao G., Conference Plenary Lecture "Dilemma of plate tectonics in explaining the formation and evolution of Neoarchean crust in the Eastern Block, North China Craton", 4th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics, Nanjing, China, 2011.
Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhang J., Difficulties in application of plate tectonics to the Neoarchean crustal formation and evolution of the Eastern Block in the North China Craton, 2010's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Beijing. Abstracts, 2010, p. 297-298 . 2010.
Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhang J., Dilemma of plate tectonics in explaining the formation and evolution of Neoarchean crust in the Eastern Block, North China Craton, 4th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics. Nanjing, Abstracts. 2011.
Zhao G., Editor-in-Chief of Precambrian Research , Elsevier, 2010.
Zhao G., Invited speech "Paleoproterozoic Amalgamation of the North China Craton Revisited", International Conference on Craton Formation and Destruction, Beijing, April 25-29, 2011, 2011.
Zhao G., Zhou X. and Yin C., Metamorphism and isotopic ages of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton , The 5th International SHRIMP workshop, Beijing. 2010.
Zhao G., Zhou X. and Yin C., Metamorphism and isotopic ages of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton, International workshop on advances in high resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry (HR-SIMS) and LA-ICP-MS Geochronology: application to geological processes. 2010, Abstract Volume: p. 85.
Zhao G., Yin C., Guo J., Sun M., Li S...Z., Li X...P., Wu C...M. and Liu C...H., Metamorphism of the Lüliang amphibolite: implications for the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton, American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1480–1502.
Zhao G., Paleoproterozoic Amalgamation of the North China Craton Revisited, International Conference on Craton Formation and Destruction, Beijing, April 25-29. 2011.
Zhao G., When did Plate Tectonics Begin on the North China Craton? - A Metamorphic Perspective, 7th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Hyderabad. Abstracts. 2010, p. SE01-A037.
Zhao G., When did plate tectonics begin on the North China Craton? A metamorphic perspective, In: M. Santosh, Guowei Zhang, Sanzhong Li, 7th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia. 2010, IAGR Series No. 9: p. 82.
Zhou J., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang X.Z., Zheng C.Q., Wang H. and Zeng W.S., An intriguing dilemma: was the easternmost segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt derived from Gondwana, Journal of Geodynamics. 2010, 50: 300-317.
Zhou J., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang X...Z., Zheng C...Q. and Wang H., New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages from the Heilongjiang high-pressure belt: constraints on the Mesozoic evolution of NE China, American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1024-1053.
Zhou J., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang X...Z., Zheng C...Q. and Wang H., Pan-African metamorphic and magmatic rocks of the Khanka Massif, NE China: further evidence regarding their affinity, Geological Magazine. 2010, 147: 737-749.
Zhou X., Zhao G. and Geng Y.S., Helanshan high-pressure pelitic granulites: Petrological evidence for collision event in the Western Block of the North China Craton, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2010, 26: 2113-2121.


Researcher : Zhao J

List of Research Outputs

Zhao J., Zhou M.F., Yan D. and Li J., Reappraisal of the ages of Neoproterozoic strata in South China: No connection with the Grenvillian orogeny. , Geology . 2011, 39: 299–302.


Researcher : Zhao X

Project Title:Dating the Dahongshan deposit, Yunnan Province, SW China
Investigator(s):Zhao X, Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:08/2010




Researcher : Zhou J

List of Research Outputs

Zhou J., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang X.Z., Zheng C.Q., Wang H. and Zeng W.S., An intriguing dilemma: was the easternmost segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt derived from Gondwana, Journal of Geodynamics. 2010, 50: 300-317.
Zhou J., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang X...Z., Zheng C...Q. and Wang H., New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages from the Heilongjiang high-pressure belt: constraints on the Mesozoic evolution of NE China, American Journal of Science. 2010, 310: 1024-1053.
Zhou J., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang X...Z., Zheng C...Q. and Wang H., Pan-African metamorphic and magmatic rocks of the Khanka Massif, NE China: further evidence regarding their affinity, Geological Magazine. 2010, 147: 737-749.


Researcher : Zhou MF

Project Title:16th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference Subduction-related Origin of the 750 Ma Xuelongbao Adakitic Complex (Sichuan Province, China): Implications for the Tectonic Setting of the Giant Neoproterozoic Magmatic Event in South China
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2006


Project Title:A possible Permian large igneous province in NW China and its ore potential
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Robinson PT
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2008


Project Title:Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2007-2008
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award
Start Date:10/2008


Project Title:The Pobei layered mafic-ultramafic intrusion, NE Tarim, NW China
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2009
Completion Date:12/2010


Project Title:Mesozoic magmatism and metallogeny of the Yidun arc terrane, Eastern Tibetan Plateau
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:12/2009
Completion Date:11/2011


Project Title:A possibly Neoproterozoic subduction-related IOCG metallogenic province in SW China
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Malpas JG, Robinson PT, Zhao JH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2010


Project Title:A possible linkage of the Yangtze Block (South China) in the Columbia super-continent
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Robinson PT
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2010


Project Title:Analytical technique of Li isotopes using the newly installed MC-ICP-MS at HKU and its application to the ore deposit study
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2011


List of Research Outputs

Pang K.N., Zhou M.F. and Qi L., Flood basalt-related Fe–Ti oxide deposits in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. , Lithos . 2010, 119: 123–136.
Shellnutt J.G., Borming J. and Zhou M.F., Crustally-derived granites in the Panzhihua region, SW China: Implications for felsic magmatism in the Emeishan large igneous province. , Lithos . 2010, 123: 145-157.
Wang C.Y., Zhou M.F. and Qi L., Chalcophile element geochemistry and petrogenesis of high-Ti and low-Ti magmas in the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. , Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology . 2011, 161: 237–254.
Wang C.Y., Zhou M.F. and Qi L.I., Origin of extremely PGE-rich mafic magma system: An example from the Jinbaoshan ultramafic sill, Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. , Lithos . 2010, 119: 147-161.
Zhao J., Zhou M.F. and Zheng J.P., Neoproterozoic crustal growth and melting of the Northwestern Yangtze Block: Constraints from the Xixiang dioritic intrusion, South China. , Lithos. 2010, 120: 439-452.
Zhao J., Zhou M.F., Yan D. and Li J., Reappraisal of the ages of Neoproterozoic strata in South China: No connection with the Grenvillian orogeny. , Geology . 2011, 39: 299–302.
Zhong H., Qi L., Hu R. and Zhou M.F., Rhenium-osmium isotope and platinum-group elements in the Xinjie layered intrusion, SW China: Implications for source mantle composition, mantle evolution, PGE fractionation and mineralization Original Research Article. , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta . 2011, 75: 1621-1641.
Zhou M.F., The Emeishan Large Igneous Province: Advances in the stratigraphic correlations, petrogenesis and metallogeny, In: Shellnutt, Zhou and Chong, Lithos. 2010.


Researcher : Zhou X

List of Research Outputs

Tam P...Y..., Zhao G., Liu F...L..., Zhou X., Sun M. and Li S...Z..., Timing of metamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt: New SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating of granulites, gneisses and marbles of the Jiaobei massif in the North China Craton, Gondwana Research. 2011, 19: 150-162.
Yin C., Zhao G., Guo J., Sun M., Xia X., Zhou X. and Liu C...H., U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of zircons of the Helanshan Complex: Constrains on the evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the Western Block of the North China Craton, Lithos. 2011, 122: 25-38.
Zhao G., Zhou X. and Yin C., Metamorphism and isotopic ages of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton , The 5th International SHRIMP workshop, Beijing. 2010.
Zhao G., Zhou X. and Yin C., Metamorphism and isotopic ages of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton, International workshop on advances in high resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry (HR-SIMS) and LA-ICP-MS Geochronology: application to geological processes. 2010, Abstract Volume: p. 85.
Zhou X., Zhao G. and Geng Y.S., Helanshan high-pressure pelitic granulites: Petrological evidence for collision event in the Western Block of the North China Craton, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2010, 26: 2113-2121.


Researcher : Zong Y

Project Title:The environmental conditions associated with the onset of rice cultivation in the Pearl River delta area
Investigator(s):Zong Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2009
Completion Date:02/2011


Project Title:The mid-Holocene environmental and cultural change in the Pearl River delta, China
Investigator(s):Zong Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2009


Project Title:Tibets Palimpsest Lake System: A Chronicle of Quaternary Climate Change'
Investigator(s):Zong Y, Ali JR, Li SH, Liu Z, Switzer AD, Aitchison JC
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2010


Project Title:The Holocene sea-level history of the South China Sea
Investigator(s):Zong Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2010
Completion Date:02/2011


Project Title:The First International IGCP588 Conference in Hong Kong (Nov 30-Dec 4, 2010)
Investigator(s):Zong Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:11/2010
Completion Date:12/2010


List of Research Outputs

Brodie C.R., Leng M.J., Casford J.S.L., Kendrick C.P., Lloyd J.M., Zong Y. and Bird M.I., Evidence for bias in C and N concentrations and δ13C composition of terrestrial and aquatic organic materials due to pre-analysis acid preparation methods, In: Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Chemical Geology. Elsevier, 2011, 282: 67 - 83.
Brodie C.R., Leng M.J., Castford S.L., Kendrick C.P., Lloyd J.M., Zong Y. and Bird M.I., Evidence for bias in C and N concentrations and δ13C composition of terrestrial and aquatic organic materials due to pre-analysis acid preparation methods, Chemical Geology. Elsevier, 2011, 283: 67-83.
Lau A.Y.A., Switzer A.D., Dominey-Howes D., Aitchison J.C. and Zong Y., Written records of historical tsunamis in the northeastern South China Sea - challenges associated with developing a new integrated database, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. European Geoscience Union, 2010, 10: 1793-1806.
Leng M.J., Casford J.S.L., Kendrick C.P., Lloyd J.M., Zong Y. and Bird M.I., Evidence for bias in C and N concentrations and d13 C composition of terrestrial and aquatic organic materials due to pre-analysis acid preparation methods, In: Prof. B. Sherwood Lolar, Chemical Geology. 2011, 282: 67 - 83.
Yang S., Tang M., Yim W.W.S., Zong Y., Huang G., Switzer A.D. and Saito Y., Burial of organic carbon in Holocene sediments of the Zhujiang (Pearl River) and Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuaries, Marine Chemistry. Elsevier, 2011, 123: 1-10.
Zong Y., Holocene environmental change linked to the agricultural development in the east coast of China, Early Rice Forum, Peking University. 2011.
Zong Y., Member of editorial advisary board, In: Professor A J Long, Journal of Quaternary Science. Elsevier, 2011.
Zong Y., Innes J.B., Wang Z. and Chen Z., Mid-Holocene coastal hydrology and salinity changes in the east Taihu area of the lower Yangtze wetlands, China, Elsevier, 2011, 76: 69-82.
Zong Y., Yu F., Huang G., Lloyd J.M. and Yim W.W.S., Sedimentary evidence of Late Holocene human activity in the Pearl River delta, China, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. John Wiley and Sons, 2010, 35: 1095-1102.
Zong Y., Yu F., Huang G., Lloyd J.M. and Yim W.W.S., The history of water salinity in the Pearl River estuary, China, during the Late Quaternary, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. John Wiley and sons, 2010, 35: 1221-1233.


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