Dept of Earth Sciences

DEPT OF EARTH SCIENCES

Researcher : Aitchison JC

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Xia X., Baxter A.T. and Ali J.R., Evidence from U-Pb detrital zircon ages for possible large-scale lateral transfer of terranes along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet, Gondwana Research. 2011, 20: 691–709.

Liu J., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Upper Paleocene radiolarians from DSDP Holes 549 and 550, Goban Spur, NE Atlantic, Paleoworld. 2011, 20: 218–231.

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

Aitchison J.C., Xia X., Baxter A.T. and Ali J.R., Evidence from U-Pb detrital zircon ages for possible large-scale lateral transfer of terranes along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet, Gondwana Research. 2011, 20: 691–709.

Aitchison J.C., Baxter A.T. and Ali J.R., Upper Jurassic radiolarians from the Naga Ophiolite, Nagaland, northeast India, Gondwana Research. 2011, 20: 638–644.

Ali J.R., Colonizing the Caribbean: is the GAARlandia land-bridge hypothesis gaining a foothold?, Journal of Biogeography. 2012, 39: 431–433.

Ali J.R. and Krause D.W., Late Cretaceous bio-connections between Indo-Madagascar and Antarctica: refutation of the Gunnerus Ridge causeway hypothesis, Journal of Biogeography. 2011, 38: 1855–1872.

Ali J.R., Aitchison J.C., Chik Y.S., Bxter A.T. and Bryan S.E., Paleomagnetic data support Early Permian age for the Abor Volcanics in the lower Siang Valley, NE India; significance for Gondwana-related break-up models., Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 50: 105–115.

Liu J., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Upper Paleocene radiolarians from DSDP Holes 549 and 550, Goban Spur, NE Atlantic, Paleoworld. 2011, 20: 218–231.

Samonds K.E., Godfrey L.R., Ali J.R., Goodman S.M., Vences M., Sutherland M.R., Irwin M.T. and Krause D.W., Spatial and temporal arrival patterns of Madagascar's vertebrate fauna explained by distance, ocean currents, and ancestor type. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). 2012, 109: 5352–5357.

UKSTINS PEATE I., BRYAN S.E., WIGNALL P.B., JERRAM D., Ali J.R. and GEORGE A., Comment on ‘Paleokarst on the top of the Maokou Formation: further evidence for domal crustal uplift prior to the Emeishan flood volcanism’ by Bin He, Yi-Gang Xu, Jun-Peng Guan & Yu-Ting Zhong., Lithos. 2011, 125: 1006–1008.

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 : Bach PA

List of Research Outputs

Bach P.A., The Origin Of Garnets In Andesitic Rocks From The Northland Arc New Zealand And Their Implication For Sub-arc Processes, Journal of Petrology. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, 53 (6): 1123-1168.

Researcher : Baxter AT

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Xia X., Baxter A.T. and Ali J.R., Evidence from U-Pb detrital zircon ages for possible large-scale lateral transfer of terranes along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet, Gondwana Research. 2011, 20: 691–709.

Researcher : Brodie CR

Project Title:	AGU Fall Meeting 2011 Acid treatment biasing to C/N, δ13C and δ15N of organic matter: A Molecular insight
Investigator(s):	Brodie CR
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2011
Completion Date:	12/2011

Project Title:	Influence of acid pre-treatment on radiocarbon (14C ) composition of environmental materials: Implications for 14C dating accuracy and precision
Investigator(s):	Brodie CR, Zong Y
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	04/2012
Completion Date:	03/2013

List of Research Outputs

Brodie C.R., Leng M.J., Casford J.S.L., Lloyd J.M., Zong Y., Heaton T.H.E., Kendrick C.P. and Bird M.I., Acid treatment biasing to C/N, δ13C and δ15N of organic matter: A Molecular insight, 1st DIPPI-C Workshop. 2012.

Brodie C.R., Casford J.S.L., Leng M.J., Zong Y., Lloyd J.M., Heaton T.H.E., Kendrick C.P. and Bird M.I., Acid treatment biasing to C/N, δ13C and δ15N of organic matter: A Molecular insight, AGU Fall Meeting 2011.

Brodie C.R., Casford J.S.L., Leng M.J. and McClymont E., Development of Isotopic Proxies for Paleoenvironmental Interpretation: A Carbon Perspective (DIPPI-C)[2012-2014], In: Chris Brodie, James Casford, Melanie Leng, Erin McClymont, Geochemistry, Geophsyics, Geosystems. 2012.

Brodie C.R., Evidence for bias in C/N, d13C and d15N values due to acid pre-treatment methods, In: Thorsten Kiefer, PAGES News. 2011, 19 (2): 65-67.

Brodie C.R., Casford J.S.L., Lloyd J.M., Leng M.J., Heaton T.H.E., Kendrick C.P. and Zong Y., Evidence for bias in C/N, d13C and d15N values of bulk organic matter, and on environmental interpretation, from a lake sedimentary sequence by pre-analysis acid treatment methods, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2011, 30: 3076-3087.

Wang N., Zong Y. and Brodie C.R., An examination of organic molecular compounds of a lake sediment sequence to help explain organic carbon records of climate and environmental changes, 1st DIPPI-C workshop . 2012.

Researcher : Cai K

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Prolonged magmatism, juvenile nature and tectonic evolution of the Chinese Altai, NW China: Evidence from zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of Paleozoic granitoids , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 949-968.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Long X. and Wu F.Y., Carboniferous mantle-derived felsic intrusion in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Implications for geodynamic change of the accretionary orogenic belt , Gondwana Research. 2012, 22: 681-698.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic significance of peraluminous granites from the Chinese Altai, NW China , Lithos. 2011, 127: 261-281.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X. and Xiao W., Geological framework and Paleozoic tectonic history of the Chinese Altai, NW China: a review, Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2011, 52: 1619-1633.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W. and Li L., Keketuohai mafic-ultramafic complex in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance , Chemical Geology. 2012, 294: 24-41.

Wang Y., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 42: 969-985.

Wang Y...J., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 969-985.

Researcher : Cai K

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X. and Xiao W., Geological framework and Paleozoic tectonic history of the Chinese Altai, NW China: a review, Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2011, 52: 1619-1633.

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 WSW
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	07/2008
Completion Date:	12/2011

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
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2009
Completion Date:	02/2012

List of Research Outputs

Chan L.S. and Ho L.M.W., Problem-based learning in the field setting, In: V. Tong, Research and Education in Geosciences. 2011.

Chan L.S., Thirty Years of Hong Kong Geology, Conference on Recent Development on Geology and Engineering Geology. Hong Kong, Geological Society of Hong Kong, 2012, 99-103.

Hau C.H., Liu Z., Chan L.S., Chiu H.C., Ng T.W., Yung S.P., Tsang K.M., Wong C.W., Chan K.H., Tsing N.K., Chan Y.M., Lau Y.K., Cheung W.S., Han G., Zang W., Ching W.K., Tong P.L., Wong E.L.M., Chan W.K., Lo C.S.C., Lam K.F., Djurisic A., Bevan S.J. and Cheung S.L., Faculty KE Award 2012, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong. 2012.

Li Y., Chan L.S., Yeung A.T.C. and Xiang X., Effects of test conditions on shear behaviour of composite soil , Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. U.K., ICE, 2011.

Murphy P., Chan L.S. and Murphy E., Earth sciences as a vehicle to gifted education, School Science Review. U.K., Association for Science Education, 2012, 93: 121-126.

Tung S., Chan L.S. and Masterlark T., Finite element modelling of co-seismic deformation of the Longmenshan thrust belt associated with 2008 M=8 Sichuan earthquake, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. American Geophysical Union, 2011.

Yan Y., Carter A., huang C...Y..., Chan L.S., Hu X...Q... and Lan Q., Constraints on Cenozoic regional drainage evolution of SW China from the provenance of the Jianchuan Basin, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. USA, AGU and Geochemical Society, 2012, 13: 1-12.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Chan L.S., Shen W. and Liu S...W..., Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Constraints on the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research. 2011.

Zhou Y., Leung Y. and Chan L.S., Multufractal analysis of Guangdong Earthquake Catalogue, 广东地震目录的多重分形分析, Fifth Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Conference on Regional Earthquake Technology. 第5屆粵港澳地區地震技術研討會, Macau Government, 2012, 18-19.

Researcher : Chang S

Project Title:	Goldschmidt 2011 High-precision age for the Haifanggou Formation and its implication for the coevolution of plants and atmospheric CO2
Investigator(s):	Chang S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	High-precision geochronology of Mesozoic biological evolution in East Asia
Investigator(s):	Chang S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	09/2011

List of Research Outputs

Chang S., Applications of High-precision Geochronology in Evolution, National Taiwan Normal University. 2012.

Chang S., Applications of High-precision Geochronology in Evolution, National Taiwan University. 2012.

Chang S., Zhang H., Hemming S., Mesko G. and Fang Y., Chronological evidence for extension of the Jehol Biota into Southern China, In: Professor D.J. Bottjer, Professor T. Corrège, Professor A.P. Kershaw, Professor F. Surlyk, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2012, 344-345: 1-5.

Chang S., Zhang H., Hemming S., Mesko G. and Fang Y., High-precision age for the Haifanggou Formation and its implications for the coevolution of plants and atmospheric CO2, Goldschmidt (2011). 2011.

Chang S., Hemming S. and Zhang H., High-precision geochronology of Mesozoic biological evolution in East Asia , HKU Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research. 2011.

Geissman J., Renne P., Mundil R., Mitchell W., Chang S. and Mack G., “Ochoan” Quartermaster Formation of North Texas, USA, Part II: Magnetostratigraphy and geochronology, GSA Annual Meeting (2011). 2011.

Lu H., Zhang H., Wang J., Chang S., Dong X. and Zhang X., A giant olistolith discovered in the late Mesozoic turbidites in Lingshan Island, Jiaonan, Shandong, 山東膠南靈山島晚中生代濁積岩中發現巨大滑積岩塊, In: REN Jishun, Geological Review . 地質論評, 2012, 58: 80-81.

Mitchell W., Renne P., Mundil R., Chang S., Geissman J., Tabor N. and Mack G., Geochronology and regional correlation of continental Permo-Triassic sediments in West Texas, AGU Fall Meeting (2011). 2011.

Researcher : Chen N

List of Research Outputs

Chen N., Zhang L., Sun M., Wang Q. and Kusky T.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the paragneisses of the Quanji Massif, NW China: Implications for its early tectonic evolutionary history, Journal of Asain Earth Science. 2012, 54: 110-130.

Researcher : Cheng WH

List of Research Outputs

Peale S.J., Cheng W.H. and Lee M.H., The Evolution of the Pluto System, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, European Planetary Science Congress and Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Nantes, France. 2011.

Researcher : Chik YS

List of Research Outputs

Ali J.R., Aitchison J.C., Chik Y.S., Bxter A.T. and Bryan S.E., Paleomagnetic data support Early Permian age for the Abor Volcanics in the lower Siang Valley, NE India; significance for Gondwana-related break-up models., Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 50: 105–115.

Researcher : Chiu HC

List of Research Outputs

Hau C.H., Liu Z., Chan L.S., Chiu H.C., Ng T.W., Yung S.P., Tsang K.M., Wong C.W., Chan K.H., Tsing N.K., Chan Y.M., Lau Y.K., Cheung W.S., Han G., Zang W., Ching W.K., Tong P.L., Wong E.L.M., Chan W.K., Lo C.S.C., Lam K.F., Djurisic A., Bevan S.J. and Cheung S.L., Faculty KE Award 2012, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong. 2012.

Researcher : Geng H

List of Research Outputs

Geng H., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological study of early Carboniferous volcanic rocks from the West Junggar: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 854-866.

Researcher : Goodkin Emami NF

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

Project Title:	HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2011-12
Investigator(s):	Goodkin Emami NF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:	09/2011

Project Title:	2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting IMPACTS OF TEMPORAL CO2 AND CLIMATE TRENDS ON THE DETECTION OF OCEAN ANTHROPOGENIC CO2 ACCUMULATION
Investigator(s):	Goodkin Emami NF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	02/2012
Completion Date:	02/2012

Project Title:	Living on the edge: coral growth in marginal environments
Investigator(s):	Goodkin Emami NF, Williams GA
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	04/2012
Completion Date:	10/2012

List of Research Outputs

Goodkin Emami N.F., Levine N..., Doney S. and Wanninkhof R..., Impacts of Temporal CO2 and Climate Trends on the Detection of Ocean Anthropogenic CO2 Accumulation, Ocean Carbon and Biogechemistry Summer Workshop. 2011.

Goodkin Emami N.F., University of Hong Kong Overseas Fellowship, 2011.

Porter G.W., King J.A., Goodkin Emami N.F. and Chan C.K.Y., Experiential learning in a common core curriculum: student expectations, evaluations, and the way forward, In: Chris Lee, International Education Studies. Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012, 5, no. 3: 24-38.

Wang B.-.S..., Goodkin Emami N.F., Angeline N..., Switzer A..., You C.-.F... and Hughen K..., Temporal Distributions of Anthropogenic Al, Zn, and Pb in Hong Kong Porites Coral during the Last Two Centuries, Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2011, 63.

Wang B.S., Goodkin Emami N.F., Angeline N., Switzer A.D., You C.F. and Hughen K.A., Temporal Distributions of Heavy Metals in Hong Kong Porites Coral during the Last Two Centuries, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society . 2011.

Researcher : Hao X

List of Research Outputs

Li C.L., Wang F.Y., Hao X., Ding X., Zhang H., Ling M.X., Zhou J.B., Li Y., Fan W.B. and Sun W.D., Formation of the world's largest molybdenum metallogenic belt: a plate-tectonic perspective on the Qinling molybdenum deposits , INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW. 2012, 54: 1093-1112.

Researcher : He Y

List of Research Outputs

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and He Y., Detrital zircon U-Pb dating, Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry from the Songshan Group in the Dengfeng Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen , Precambrian Research. 2012, 192-195: 1-15.

Researcher : Jiang Y

List of Research Outputs

Jiang Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Precambrian detrital zircons in the Early Paleozoic Chinese Altai: Their provenance and implications for the crustal growth of central Asia, Precambrian Research. 2011, 189: 140-154.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Kroner A., Tumurkhuu D., Long X., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., The high-grade Tseel Terrane in SW Mongolia: An Early Paleozoic arc system or a Precambrian sliver? , Lithos. 2012, 142: 95-110.

Wang Y., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 42: 969-985.

Wang Y...J., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 969-985.

Researcher : Jiang Y

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Jiao JJJ

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
Completion Date:	12/2011

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:	Dynamics of flow, nutrients, radium, and radon in freshwater-saltwater mixing zones in coastal aquifers and its implications on estimation of submarine groundwater discharge
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2012

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., 2012 Award of Teaching Excellence in the Faculty of Science, HKU. 2012.

Jiao J.J.J., Confined groundwater zone and slope instability in weathered igneous rocks in Hong Kong, Workshop on Groundwater Resources Technology in Mountainous Regions of Taiwan Aug 3-5, 2011, Taipei. . 2011.

Jiao J.J.J., Hydrogeochemistry of Aquitard-Aquifer System in Pearl River Delta, International Groundwater Forum, Wuhan, July 2011. 2011.

Jiao J.J.J., Identification of Drinking Water Leakage from Water Mains in Hong Kong Using Groundwater Strontium isotope Ratios, AOGS, Taipei, 8-12 Aug 2011. 2011.

Jiao J.J.J., Submarine Groundwater: a Potential Source of Water Supply for Hong Kong, International symposium on the celebration for 30th anniversary of the establishment of Dept. of Earth Environmental Sciences in Pukyong National University, June 1, Korea. 2012.

Jiao J.J.J., The John Hem Excellence in Science and Engineering Award (for outstanding scientific or engineering contributions to the understanding of ground water), National Ground Water Association (NGWA), USA. 2011.

Jiao J.J.J., Tide-induced airflow in a coastal reclamation site in Hong Kong, 2nd Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting, 81 Oct., Jeju Island, Korea. 2011.

Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., A new model for predicting relative nonwetting phase permeability from soil water retention curves, Water resources research. 2011, 47: W08520.

Tung S., Leung J.K.C., Jiao J.J.J., Wiegand J. and Wartenberg W., Assessment of soil radon potential in Hong Kong, China, using a 10-point evaluation system, Environmental Earth Sciences. Springer, 2012, 2012: 1-11.

Wang Y., Jiao J.J.J. and Cherry J.A., Occurrence and geochemical behavior of arsenic in a coastal aquifer-aquitard system of the Pearl River Delta, China , SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT . Elsevier, 2012, 427: 286-297.

Wang Y. and Jiao J.J.J., Origin of groundwater salinity and hydrogeochemical processes in the confined Quaternary aquifer of the Pearl River Delta, China , JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY . Elsevier, 2012, 438: 112-124.

Researcher : Kroner A

List of Research Outputs

Jiang Y., Sun M., Kroner A., Tumurkhuu D., Long X., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., The high-grade Tseel Terrane in SW Mongolia: An Early Paleozoic arc system or a Precambrian sliver? , Lithos. 2012, 142: 95-110.

Researcher : Kuang X

List of Research Outputs

Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., A new model for predicting relative nonwetting phase permeability from soil water retention curves, Water resources research. 2011, 47: W08520.

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
Completion Date:	01/2012

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

Project Title:	Extreme Solar Systems II On the Dynamical State of the HD 82943 Planetary System
Investigator(s):	Lee MH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2011
Completion Date:	09/2011

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:	10/2011

List of Research Outputs

Chan K.H. and Lee M.H., Probability of Capture for the 3:1 Mean-motion Resonance, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society, Mt Hood, OR, USA. 2012.

Lee M.H., Collisions in the Solar System, 2011 Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, US National Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzen, China. 2011.

Lee M.H., Constraints on Giant Planet Migration: Obliquities and Stability, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, USA. 2011.

Lee M.H., Constraints on Giant Planet Migration: Obliquities and Stability, School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK. 2011.

Lee M.H., Formation of the Solar System: Planet Formation, 2nd United Kingdom - Hong Kong Frontiers of Science Symposium, Croucher Foundation and the Royal Society, Chicheley, UK. 2011.

Lee M.H., Tan X., Ford E.B., Payne M.J., Howard A.W., Marcy G.W., Johnson J.A. and Wright J.T., On the Dynamical State of the HD 82943 Planetary System, Extreme Solar Systems II, Moran, WY, USA. 2011.

Lee M.H. and Leung C.K., On the Orbit of the Circumbinary Planet Kepler-16b, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society, Mt Hood, OR, USA. 2012.

Peale S.J., Cheng W.H. and Lee M.H., The Evolution of the Pluto System, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, European Planetary Science Congress and Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Nantes, France. 2011.

Tan X., Lee M.H., Howard A.W., Marcy G.W., Johnson J.A. and Wright J.T., On the Dynamical State of the HD 82943 Planetary System, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society, Mt Hood, OR, USA. 2012.

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:	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

Project Title:	Goldschmidt 2011 FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry of Carbonate Clusters: Magic Clusters and pH Effects
Investigator(s):	Lemke KH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2011
Completion Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	Experimental studies of the molecular properties and geochemistry of prenucleation clusters
Investigator(s):	Lemke KH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2011

List of Research Outputs

Sadjadi S., Matta C.F., Lemke K.H. and Hamilton I.P., Relativistic-Consistent Electron Densities of the Coinage Metal Clusters M2, M4, M42–, and M4Na2 (M = Cu, Ag, Au): A QTAIM Study, Journal of Physical Chemistry A. ACS, 2011, ASAP Article, DOI: 10.1021/jp204993r.

Researcher : Li B

Project Title:	13th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating Luminescence dating of Chinese Loess beyond 130 ka using the non-fading signal from K-feldspar
Investigator(s):	Li B
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2011
Completion Date:	07/2011

List of Research Outputs

Li B. and Li S.H., A reply to the comments by Thomsen et al. on “Luminescence dating of K-feldspar from sediments: A protocol without anomalous fading correction” , Quaternary Geochronology . 2012, 8: 49-51.

Li B., Li S.H. and Sun J.M., Isochron dating of sand-loess-soil deposits from the Mu Us Desert margin, central China, Quaternary Geochronology. 2011, 6: 556-563.

Li B. and Li S.H., Luminescence dating of K-feldspar from sediments: A protocol without anomalous fading correction, Quaternary Geochronology. 2011, 6: 468-479.

Li S.H., Sun J.M. and Li B., Holocene environmental changes in the central Inner Mongolia revealed by luminescence dating of the sediments from the Sala Us River valley, The Holocene. 2012, 22: 397-404.

Researcher : Li J

List of Research Outputs

Yan D., Zhou M.F. and Li J., Origin, ascent and oblique emplacement of magmas in a thickened crust: An example from the Cretaceous Fangshan adakitic pluton, Beijing. , Lithos. 2011, 123: 102-120.

Researcher : Li L

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W. and Li L., Keketuohai mafic-ultramafic complex in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance , Chemical Geology. 2012, 294: 24-41.

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 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
Completion Date:	06/2012

Project Title:	Optical dating of palaeoseismic activities in Xinjiang China
Investigator(s):	Li SH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2012

List of Research Outputs

Li B. and Li S.H., A reply to the comments by Thomsen et al. on “Luminescence dating of K-feldspar from sediments: A protocol without anomalous fading correction” , Quaternary Geochronology . 2012, 8: 49-51.

Li B., Li S.H. and Sun J.M., Isochron dating of sand-loess-soil deposits from the Mu Us Desert margin, central China, Quaternary Geochronology. 2011, 6: 556-563.

Li B. and Li S.H., Luminescence dating of K-feldspar from sediments: A protocol without anomalous fading correction, Quaternary Geochronology. 2011, 6: 468-479.

Li S.H., Sun J.M. and Li B., Holocene environmental changes in the central Inner Mongolia revealed by luminescence dating of the sediments from the Sala Us River valley, The Holocene. 2012, 22: 397-404.

Li S.H., Prospects of Luminescence Chronology, Asian Luminescence Dating Workshop, Beijing. 2011.

Li S.H., Quaternary Geochronology. 2011.

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 Support 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
Completion Date:	12/2011

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:	The weathering of Earths crust by the H2O-CO2 proto-atmosphere in early Hedean: its application to the formation of a CO-containing atmosphere, the transition metal catalyzed organosynthesis and the chemistry of the earliest ocean
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS, Malpas JG
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2011

Project Title:	The Mineralization of Uranium & Thorium in a Skarn Exposure of Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	10/2011

List of Research Outputs

Han X., Li Y. and Gu J., Oxidation of As(III) by MnO2 in the absence and presence of Fe(II) under acidic conditions, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2011, 75: 368-379.

Li C.L., Wang F.Y., Hao X., Ding X., Zhang H., Ling M.X., Zhou J.B., Li Y., Fan W.B. and Sun W.D., Formation of the world's largest molybdenum metallogenic belt: a plate-tectonic perspective on the Qinling molybdenum deposits , INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW. 2012, 54: 1093-1112.

Li Y., Chan L.S., Yeung A.T.C. and Xiang X., Effects of test conditions on shear behaviour of composite soil , Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. U.K., ICE, 2011.

Li Y., Evidence of Circadian Metabolism by Photosynthetic Microorganism in Neoarchean and Palaeoproterozoic Banded Iron Formations, Astrobiology Science Conference 2012: Exploring Life: Past, Present, Near and Far.. 2012.

Li Y., Konhauser K.O., Cole D.R. and Phelps T.J., Mineral ecophysiological evidences of microbial activity in 2480 million years old banded iron formation, Geology. 2011, 39: 707-710.

Li Y., Oxygenic Cyanobacteria Emerged Before the Great Oxidation Event, Astrobiology Science Conference 2012: Exploring Life: Past, Present, Near and Far. 2012.

Wu W.F., Li Y. and Pan Y.X., Microbial mineralization in Precambrian banded iron formation, 微生物参与前寒武纪条带状铁建造沉积的研究进展, Chinese Journal of Geology. 地质科学, 2012, 47.

Researcher : Li Y

List of Research Outputs

Han X., Li Y. and Gu J., Oxidation of As(III) by MnO2 in the absence and presence of Fe(II) under acidic conditions, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2011, 75: 368-379.

Li Y., Chan L.S., Yeung A.T.C. and Xiang X., Effects of test conditions on shear behaviour of composite soil , Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. U.K., ICE, 2011.

Li Y., Konhauser K.O., Cole D.R. and Phelps T.J., Mineral ecophysiological evidences of microbial activity in 2480 million years old banded iron formation, Geology. 2011, 39: 707-710.

Li Y., Oxygenic Cyanobacteria Emerged Before the Great Oxidation Event, Astrobiology Science Conference 2012: Exploring Life: Past, Present, Near and Far. 2012.

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 Support 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
Completion Date:	12/2011

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:	The weathering of Earths crust by the H2O-CO2 proto-atmosphere in early Hedean: its application to the formation of a CO-containing atmosphere, the transition metal catalyzed organosynthesis and the chemistry of the earliest ocean
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS, Malpas JG
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2011

Project Title:	The Mineralization of Uranium & Thorium in a Skarn Exposure of Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	10/2011

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Liu C

List of Research Outputs

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and He Y., Detrital zircon U-Pb dating, Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry from the Songshan Group in the Dengfeng Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen , Precambrian Research. 2012, 192-195: 1-15.

Researcher : Liu J

List of Research Outputs

Liu J., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Upper Paleocene radiolarians from DSDP Holes 549 and 550, Goban Spur, NE Atlantic, Paleoworld. 2011, 20: 218–231.

Researcher : Liu Z

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
Completion Date:	06/2012

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

Project Title:	High-resolution, quantitative records of Holocene temperature and hydrological changes for the northeastern Tibetan Plateau
Investigator(s):	Liu Z
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	09/2011

List of Research Outputs

Hau C.H., Liu Z., Chan L.S., Chiu H.C., Ng T.W., Yung S.P., Tsang K.M., Wong C.W., Chan K.H., Tsing N.K., Chan Y.M., Lau Y.K., Cheung W.S., Han G., Zang W., Ching W.K., Tong P.L., Wong E.L.M., Chan W.K., Lo C.S.C., Lam K.F., Djurisic A., Bevan S.J. and Cheung S.L., Faculty KE Award 2012, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong. 2012.

Hou J., D'Andrea W. and Liu Z., The influence of 14C reservoir age on interpretation of paleolimnological records from the Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2012, 48: 67-79.

Li L., Li Q., Tian J., Wang P., Wang H. and Liu Z., A 4-Ma record of thermal evolution in the tropical western Pacific and its implications on climate change, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. ElSEVIER, 2011, 309: 10-20.

Pagani M., Huber M., Liu Z., Bohaty S., Henderiks J., Sijp W., Krishnan S. and DeConto R., The role of carbon dioxide during the onset of Antarctic glaciation, Science. 2011, 334: 1261-1264.

Wang H., Liu W., Zhang C., Wang Z., Wang J., Liu Z. and Dong H., Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in surface sediments of Lake Qinghai and surrounding soil, Organic Geochemistry. 2012, 47: 78-87.

Researcher : Long X

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Prolonged magmatism, juvenile nature and tectonic evolution of the Chinese Altai, NW China: Evidence from zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of Paleozoic granitoids , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 949-968.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Long X. and Wu F.Y., Carboniferous mantle-derived felsic intrusion in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Implications for geodynamic change of the accretionary orogenic belt , Gondwana Research. 2012, 22: 681-698.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic significance of peraluminous granites from the Chinese Altai, NW China , Lithos. 2011, 127: 261-281.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X. and Xiao W., Geological framework and Paleozoic tectonic history of the Chinese Altai, NW China: a review, Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2011, 52: 1619-1633.

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, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Taipei. Abstracts, 2011, p. SE64-A004. 2011.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Precambrian detrital zircons in the Early Paleozoic Chinese Altai: Their provenance and implications for the crustal growth of central Asia, Precambrian Research. 2011, 189: 140-154.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Kroner A., Tumurkhuu D., Long X., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., The high-grade Tseel Terrane in SW Mongolia: An Early Paleozoic arc system or a Precambrian sliver? , Lithos. 2012, 142: 95-110.

Jiang Y...D., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W...J. and Long X., The Chinese Altai: a Paleozoic Arc Terrane or a Precambrian Micro-continent?, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Taipei. Abstracts, 2011, p. SE65-A011. 2011.

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Safonova I., Xiao W. and Wang Y., Geochemistry and U–Pb detrital zircon dating of Paleozoic graywackes in East Junggar, NW China: Insights into subduction–accretion processes in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2012, 21: 637-653.

Wang Y., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 42: 969-985.

Wang Y...J., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 969-985.

Yuan C., Sun M., Xu Y...G..., Zhao G., Xiao W...J..., Long X. and Yin J...Y..., Oceanic lithospheric mantle beneath the continental crust of the Chinese Altai, Journal of the Geological Society. 2011, 168: 995-1000.

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 : Sadjadi S

List of Research Outputs

Sadjadi S., Matta C.F., Lemke K.H. and Hamilton I.P., Relativistic-Consistent Electron Densities of the Coinage Metal Clusters M2, M4, M42–, and M4Na2 (M = Cu, Ag, Au): A QTAIM Study, Journal of Physical Chemistry A. ACS, 2011, ASAP Article, DOI: 10.1021/jp204993r.

Researcher : Shen W

List of Research Outputs

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Chan L.S., Shen W. and Liu S...W..., Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Constraints on the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research. 2011.

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:	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 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
Completion Date:	12/2011

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

Project Title:	Identification of tectonic setting of metasedimentary rocks in the Chinese and Mongolian Altai: a field-based geochemical and isotopic study
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Zhang J
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	1st International Workshop on Geodynamic Evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt The Chinese Altai: an Early Paleozoic continental margin
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2012

Project Title:	Structural analysis of the northwestern Chinese Altai
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Zhang J
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2012

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Prolonged magmatism, juvenile nature and tectonic evolution of the Chinese Altai, NW China: Evidence from zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of Paleozoic granitoids , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 949-968.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Long X. and Wu F.Y., Carboniferous mantle-derived felsic intrusion in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Implications for geodynamic change of the accretionary orogenic belt , Gondwana Research. 2012, 22: 681-698.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic significance of peraluminous granites from the Chinese Altai, NW China , Lithos. 2011, 127: 261-281.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X. and Xiao W., Geological framework and Paleozoic tectonic history of the Chinese Altai, NW China: a review, Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2011, 52: 1619-1633.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W. and Li L., Keketuohai mafic-ultramafic complex in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance , Chemical Geology. 2012, 294: 24-41.

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, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Taipei. Abstracts, 2011, p. SE64-A004. 2011.

Chen N., Zhang L., Sun M., Wang Q. and Kusky T.M., U–Pb and Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the paragneisses of the Quanji Massif, NW China: Implications for its early tectonic evolutionary history, Journal of Asain Earth Science. 2012, 54: 110-130.

Geng H., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological study of early Carboniferous volcanic rocks from the West Junggar: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 854-866.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Precambrian detrital zircons in the Early Paleozoic Chinese Altai: Their provenance and implications for the crustal growth of central Asia, Precambrian Research. 2011, 189: 140-154.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Kroner A., Tumurkhuu D., Long X., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., The high-grade Tseel Terrane in SW Mongolia: An Early Paleozoic arc system or a Precambrian sliver? , Lithos. 2012, 142: 95-110.

Jiang Y...D., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W...J. and Long X., The Chinese Altai: a Paleozoic Arc Terrane or a Precambrian Micro-continent?, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Taipei. Abstracts, 2011, p. SE65-A011. 2011.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and He Y., Detrital zircon U-Pb dating, Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry from the Songshan Group in the Dengfeng Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen , Precambrian Research. 2012, 192-195: 1-15.

Liu C...H..., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C., Wu F...Y... and Yang J...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, Gonwana Research. 2011, 20: 106-121.

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Safonova I., Xiao W. and Wang Y., Geochemistry and U–Pb detrital zircon dating of Paleozoic graywackes in East Junggar, NW China: Insights into subduction–accretion processes in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2012, 21: 637-653.

Safonova I., Saltmann R., Kroener A., Gladkochub D., Schulmann K., Xiao W., Kim J., Komiya T. and Sun M., A new concept of continental construction in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (compared to actualistic examples from the Western Pacific), Episodes. 2011, 34: 186-196.

Tong Y., Wang T., Siebel W., Hong D.W. and Sun M., Recognition of early Carboniferous alkaline granite in the southern Altai orogen: post-orogenic processes constrained by U–Pb zircon ages, Nd isotopes, and geochemical data, International Journal of Earth Sciences. 2012, 101: 937-950.

Wang Y., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 42: 969-985.

Wang Y...J., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 969-985.

Yuan C., Sun M., Xu Y...G..., Zhao G., Xiao W...J..., Long X. and Yin J...Y..., Oceanic lithospheric mantle beneath the continental crust of the Chinese Altai, Journal of the Geological Society. 2011, 168: 995-1000.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Chan L.S., Shen W. and Liu S...W..., Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Constraints on the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research. 2011.

Zhao G., Li S...Z., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Assembly, accretion, and break-up of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent: records in the North China Craton revisited, International Geology Review. 2011, 53: 1331–1356.

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 : Tam PY

List of Research Outputs

Li S., Zhao G., Santosh M., Liu X., Dai L., Suo H., Tam P.Y., Song M. and Wang P., Paleoproterozoic structural evolution of the southern segment of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Precambrian Research. 2012, 200: 59-73.

Researcher : Tan X

List of Research Outputs

Lee M.H., Tan X., Ford E.B., Payne M.J., Howard A.W., Marcy G.W., Johnson J.A. and Wright J.T., On the Dynamical State of the HD 82943 Planetary System, Extreme Solar Systems II, Moran, WY, USA. 2011.

Tan X., Lee M.H., Howard A.W., Marcy G.W., Johnson J.A. and Wright J.T., On the Dynamical State of the HD 82943 Planetary System, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society, Mt Hood, OR, USA. 2012.

Researcher : Tong Y

List of Research Outputs

Tong Y., Wang T., Siebel W., Hong D.W. and Sun M., Recognition of early Carboniferous alkaline granite in the southern Altai orogen: post-orogenic processes constrained by U–Pb zircon ages, Nd isotopes, and geochemical data, International Journal of Earth Sciences. 2012, 101: 937-950.

Researcher : Tung S

List of Research Outputs

Tung S., Chan L.S. and Masterlark T., Finite element modelling of co-seismic deformation of the Longmenshan thrust belt associated with 2008 M=8 Sichuan earthquake, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. American Geophysical Union, 2011.

Researcher : Wang N

List of Research Outputs

Wang N., Zong Y. and Brodie C.R., An examination of organic molecular compounds of a lake sediment sequence to help explain organic carbon records of climate and environmental changes, 1st DIPPI-C workshop . 2012.

Researcher : Wang Y

List of Research Outputs

Wang Y., Zhang A...M., Fan W...M., Zhao G., Zhang G...W., Zhang Y...Z., Zhang F...F. and Li S...Z., Kwangsian crustal anatexis within the eastern South China Block: Geochemical, zircon U-Pb geochronological and Hf isotopic fingerprints from the gneissoid granites of Wugong and Wuyi-Yunkai Domains , Lithos. 2011, 127: 239-260.

Wang Y., Jiao J.J.J. and Cherry J.A., Occurrence and geochemical behavior of arsenic in a coastal aquifer-aquitard system of the Pearl River Delta, China , SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT . Elsevier, 2012, 427: 286-297.

Wang Y. and Jiao J.J.J., Origin of groundwater salinity and hydrogeochemical processes in the confined Quaternary aquifer of the Pearl River Delta, China , JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY . Elsevier, 2012, 438: 112-124.

Researcher : Wang Y

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Wilde SA

List of Research Outputs

Zhao G., Li S...Z., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Assembly, accretion, and break-up of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent: records in the North China Craton revisited, International Geology Review. 2011, 53: 1331–1356.

Researcher : Xia X

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C., Xia X., Baxter A.T. and Ali J.R., Evidence from U-Pb detrital zircon ages for possible large-scale lateral transfer of terranes along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet, Gondwana Research. 2011, 20: 691–709.

Researcher : Xiao W

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Prolonged magmatism, juvenile nature and tectonic evolution of the Chinese Altai, NW China: Evidence from zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of Paleozoic granitoids , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 949-968.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Long X. and Wu F.Y., Carboniferous mantle-derived felsic intrusion in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Implications for geodynamic change of the accretionary orogenic belt , Gondwana Research. 2012, 22: 681-698.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic significance of peraluminous granites from the Chinese Altai, NW China , Lithos. 2011, 127: 261-281.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X. and Xiao W., Geological framework and Paleozoic tectonic history of the Chinese Altai, NW China: a review, Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2011, 52: 1619-1633.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W. and Li L., Keketuohai mafic-ultramafic complex in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance , Chemical Geology. 2012, 294: 24-41.

Geng H., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological study of early Carboniferous volcanic rocks from the West Junggar: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 854-866.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Precambrian detrital zircons in the Early Paleozoic Chinese Altai: Their provenance and implications for the crustal growth of central Asia, Precambrian Research. 2011, 189: 140-154.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Kroner A., Tumurkhuu D., Long X., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., The high-grade Tseel Terrane in SW Mongolia: An Early Paleozoic arc system or a Precambrian sliver? , Lithos. 2012, 142: 95-110.

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Safonova I., Xiao W. and Wang Y., Geochemistry and U–Pb detrital zircon dating of Paleozoic graywackes in East Junggar, NW China: Insights into subduction–accretion processes in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2012, 21: 637-653.

Safonova I., Saltmann R., Kroener A., Gladkochub D., Schulmann K., Xiao W., Kim J., Komiya T. and Sun M., A new concept of continental construction in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (compared to actualistic examples from the Western Pacific), Episodes. 2011, 34: 186-196.

Wang Y., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 42: 969-985.

Wang Y...J., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 969-985.

Researcher : Yan D

List of Research Outputs

Yan D., Zhou M.F. and Li J., Origin, ascent and oblique emplacement of magmas in a thickened crust: An example from the Cretaceous Fangshan adakitic pluton, Beijing. , Lithos. 2011, 123: 102-120.

Researcher : Yin C

List of Research Outputs

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and He Y., Detrital zircon U-Pb dating, Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry from the Songshan Group in the Dengfeng Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen , Precambrian Research. 2012, 192-195: 1-15.

Liu C...H..., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C., Wu F...Y... and Yang J...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, Gonwana Research. 2011, 20: 106-121.

Zhao G. and Yin C., Three textural types of amphibole in amphibolites from the Luliang Complex in the Trans-North China Orogen and their tectonic implications, 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Abstracts. 2011.

Researcher : Yin C

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Yuan C

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Prolonged magmatism, juvenile nature and tectonic evolution of the Chinese Altai, NW China: Evidence from zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of Paleozoic granitoids , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 949-968.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Long X. and Wu F.Y., Carboniferous mantle-derived felsic intrusion in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Implications for geodynamic change of the accretionary orogenic belt , Gondwana Research. 2012, 22: 681-698.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic significance of peraluminous granites from the Chinese Altai, NW China , Lithos. 2011, 127: 261-281.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X. and Xiao W., Geological framework and Paleozoic tectonic history of the Chinese Altai, NW China: a review, Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2011, 52: 1619-1633.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W. and Li L., Keketuohai mafic-ultramafic complex in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance , Chemical Geology. 2012, 294: 24-41.

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, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Taipei. Abstracts, 2011, p. SE64-A004. 2011.

Geng H., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological study of early Carboniferous volcanic rocks from the West Junggar: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 854-866.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Precambrian detrital zircons in the Early Paleozoic Chinese Altai: Their provenance and implications for the crustal growth of central Asia, Precambrian Research. 2011, 189: 140-154.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Kroner A., Tumurkhuu D., Long X., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., The high-grade Tseel Terrane in SW Mongolia: An Early Paleozoic arc system or a Precambrian sliver? , Lithos. 2012, 142: 95-110.

Jiang Y...D., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W...J. and Long X., The Chinese Altai: a Paleozoic Arc Terrane or a Precambrian Micro-continent?, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Taipei. Abstracts, 2011, p. SE65-A011. 2011.

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Safonova I., Xiao W. and Wang Y., Geochemistry and U–Pb detrital zircon dating of Paleozoic graywackes in East Junggar, NW China: Insights into subduction–accretion processes in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2012, 21: 637-653.

Wang Y., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 42: 969-985.

Wang Y...J., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 969-985.

Yuan C., Sun M., Xu Y...G..., Zhao G., Xiao W...J..., Long X. and Yin J...Y..., Oceanic lithospheric mantle beneath the continental crust of the Chinese Altai, Journal of the Geological Society. 2011, 168: 995-1000.

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
Completion Date:	06/2012

List of Research Outputs

Li Q...G..., Liu S...W..., Shen Y..., Zhang L... and Zhang J., Provenance And Geotectonic Setting Of The Palaeoproterozoic Zhongtiao Group And Implications For Assembly Of The North China Craton: Whole-rock Geochemistry And Detrital Zircon Data , Journal Of The Geological Society, London. 2011.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and He Y., Detrital zircon U-Pb dating, Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry from the Songshan Group in the Dengfeng Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen , Precambrian Research. 2012, 192-195: 1-15.

Liu C...H..., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C., Wu F...Y... and Yang J...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, Gonwana Research. 2011, 20: 106-121.

Liu S...W..., Zhang J., Li Q...G..., Zhang L...F..., Wang W... and Yang P...T..., Geochemistry And U–pb Zircon Ages Of Metamorphic Volcanic Rocks Of The Paleoproterozoic Lüliang Complex And Constraints On The Evolution Of The Trans-north China Orogen, North China Craton , Precambrian Research. 2011.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Chan L.S., Shen W. and Liu S...W..., Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Constraints on the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research. 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:	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
Completion Date:	12/2011

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
Completion Date:	02/2012

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

Project Title:	2011 Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (2011 AOGS) Dilemma of plate tectonics in explaining the formation and evolution of Neoarchean crust in the Eastern Block, North China Craton
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2011
Completion Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	P-T paths of the Qixia mafic granulites in the Eastern Block (North China Craton) and tectonic implications
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	01/2012

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Prolonged magmatism, juvenile nature and tectonic evolution of the Chinese Altai, NW China: Evidence from zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of Paleozoic granitoids , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 949-968.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Long X. and Wu F.Y., Carboniferous mantle-derived felsic intrusion in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Implications for geodynamic change of the accretionary orogenic belt , Gondwana Research. 2012, 22: 681-698.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic significance of peraluminous granites from the Chinese Altai, NW China , Lithos. 2011, 127: 261-281.

Cai K., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Xiao W. and Li L., Keketuohai mafic-ultramafic complex in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance , Chemical Geology. 2012, 294: 24-41.

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, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Taipei. Abstracts, 2011, p. SE64-A004. 2011.

Geng H., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G. and Xiao W., Geochemical and geochronological study of early Carboniferous volcanic rocks from the West Junggar: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 854-866.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W., Long X. and Wu F...Y., Precambrian detrital zircons in the Early Paleozoic Chinese Altai: Their provenance and implications for the crustal growth of central Asia, Precambrian Research. 2011, 189: 140-154.

Jiang Y., Sun M., Kroner A., Tumurkhuu D., Long X., Zhao G., Yuan C. and Xiao W., The high-grade Tseel Terrane in SW Mongolia: An Early Paleozoic arc system or a Precambrian sliver? , Lithos. 2012, 142: 95-110.

Jiang Y...D., Sun M., Zhao G., Yuan C., Xiao W...J. and Long X., The Chinese Altai: a Paleozoic Arc Terrane or a Precambrian Micro-continent?, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Taipei. Abstracts, 2011, p. SE65-A011. 2011.

Li S., Zhao G., Dai L., Zhou H., Liu X., Suo Y. and Santosh M., Cenozoic faulting of the Bohai Bay Basin and its bearing on the destruction of the eastern North China Craton , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 47: 80-93.

Li S., Santosh M., Zhao G., Zhang G. and Jin C., Intracontinental deformation in a frontier of super-convergence: A perspective on the tectonic milieu of the South China Block , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 49: 313-329.

Li S., Zhao G., Dai L., Liu X., Zhou L., Santosh M. and Suo Y., Mesozoic basins in eastern China and their bearing on the deconstruction of the North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 47: 64-79.

Li S., Zhao G., Santosh M., Liu X., Dai L., Suo H., Tam P.Y., Song M. and Wang P., Paleoproterozoic structural evolution of the southern segment of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Precambrian Research. 2012, 200: 59-73.

Li S...Z., Zhao G., Santosh M., Liu X. and Dai L...M., Palaeoproterozoic tectonothermal evolution and deep crustal processes in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton: a review , Geological Journal. 2011, 46: 525-543.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and He Y., Detrital zircon U-Pb dating, Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry from the Songshan Group in the Dengfeng Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen , Precambrian Research. 2012, 192-195: 1-15.

Liu C...H..., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C., Wu F...Y... and Yang J...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, Gonwana Research. 2011, 20: 106-121.

Wang Y., Zhang A...M., Fan W...M., Zhao G., Zhang G...W., Zhang Y...Z., Zhang F...F. and Li S...Z., Kwangsian crustal anatexis within the eastern South China Block: Geochemical, zircon U-Pb geochronological and Hf isotopic fingerprints from the gneissoid granites of Wugong and Wuyi-Yunkai Domains , Lithos. 2011, 127: 239-260.

Wang Y., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 42: 969-985.

Wang Y...J., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2011, 42: 969-985.

Wu C...M... and Zhao G., The applicability of garnet – orthopyroxene geobarometry in mantle xenoliths, Lithos. 2011, 125: 1-9.

Yuan C., Sun M., Xu Y...G..., Zhao G., Xiao W...J..., Long X. and Yin J...Y..., Oceanic lithospheric mantle beneath the continental crust of the Chinese Altai, Journal of the Geological Society. 2011, 168: 995-1000.

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Chan L.S., Shen W. and Liu S...W..., Structural Pattern of the Wutai Complex and its Constraints on the Tectonic Framework of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research. 2011.

Zhao G., Li S...Z., Sun M. and Wilde S.A., Assembly, accretion, and break-up of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent: records in the North China Craton revisited, International Geology Review. 2011, 53: 1331–1356.

Zhao G., Contributions of SHRIMP to resolving controversial issues of the North China Craton , 2011 Beijing Ion Probe Center Workshop . 2011.

Zhao G., Dilemma of Plate Tectonics in Explaining the Formation and Evolution of Neoarchean Crust in the Eastern Block, North China Craton, 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Taipei. Abstracts, 2011, p. SE01-A023 . 2011.

Zhao G. and Yin C., Three textural types of amphibole in amphibolites from the Luliang Complex in the Trans-North China Orogen and their tectonic implications, 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Abstracts. 2011.

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

List of Research Outputs

Li J., Li Z., Zhou M.F., Chen L., Bi S., Deng X., Qiu H., Cohen B., Selby D. and Zhao X., The Early Cretaceous Yangzhaiyu Lode Gold Deposit, North China Craton: A Link Between Craton Reactivation and Gold Veining, Economic Geology. 2012, 107: 43-79.

Zhao X. and Zhou M.F., Fe–Cu deposits in the Kangdian region, SW China: a Proterozoic IOCG (iron-oxide–copper–gold) metallogenic province, Mineralium Deposita. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2011, 46: 731-747.

Zhao X., Zhou M.F., Hitzman M.W., Li J., Bennett M., Meighan C. and Anderson E., Late Paleoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic Tangdan Sedimentary Rock-Hosted Strata-bound Copper Deposit, Yunnan Province, Southwest China, Economic Geology. 2012, 107(2): 357-375.

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 Support 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
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	08/2008
Completion Date:	07/2011

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:	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
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2010
Completion Date:	12/2011

Project Title:	A possible linkage of the Yangtze Block (South China) in the Columbia super-continent
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
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

Project Title:	In-situ Sr isotope analyses using the newly installed MC-ICP-MS at HKU and its applications
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	Breakup of Columbia and formation of stratiform copper deposits in SW China
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF, Zhao X
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2012

List of Research Outputs

Li J., Li Z., Zhou M.F., Chen L., Bi S., Deng X., Qiu H., Cohen B., Selby D. and Zhao X., The Early Cretaceous Yangzhaiyu Lode Gold Deposit, North China Craton: A Link Between Craton Reactivation and Gold Veining, Economic Geology. 2012, 107: 43-79.

Yan D., Zhou M.F. and Li J., Origin, ascent and oblique emplacement of magmas in a thickened crust: An example from the Cretaceous Fangshan adakitic pluton, Beijing. , Lithos. 2011, 123: 102-120.

Zhao X. and Zhou M.F., Fe–Cu deposits in the Kangdian region, SW China: a Proterozoic IOCG (iron-oxide–copper–gold) metallogenic province, Mineralium Deposita. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2011, 46: 731-747.

Zhao X., Zhou M.F., Hitzman M.W., Li J., Bennett M., Meighan C. and Anderson E., Late Paleoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic Tangdan Sedimentary Rock-Hosted Strata-bound Copper Deposit, Yunnan Province, Southwest China, Economic Geology. 2012, 107(2): 357-375.

Zhou M.F., Fellow of Geological Society of America, 2012.

Zhou M.F., Fellow of Society of Economic Geologists, 2012.

Researcher : Zong Y

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
Completion Date:	03/2012

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

Project Title:	XVIII INQUA Congress Evidence for coastal evolution during the early Holocene from the Pearl River delta, China
Investigator(s):	Zong Y
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2011
Completion Date:	07/2011

List of Research Outputs

Brodie C.R., Leng M.J., Casford J.S.L., Lloyd J.M., Zong Y., Heaton T.H.E., Kendrick C.P. and Bird M.I., Acid treatment biasing to C/N, δ13C and δ15N of organic matter: A Molecular insight, 1st DIPPI-C Workshop. 2012.

Brodie C.R., Casford J.S.L., Leng M.J., Zong Y., Lloyd J.M., Heaton T.H.E., Kendrick C.P. and Bird M.I., Acid treatment biasing to C/N, δ13C and δ15N of organic matter: A Molecular insight, AGU Fall Meeting 2011.

Brodie C.R., Casford J.S.L., Lloyd J.M., Leng M.J., Heaton T.H.E., Kendrick C.P. and Zong Y., Evidence for bias in C/N, d13C and d15N values of bulk organic matter, and on environmental interpretation, from a lake sedimentary sequence by pre-analysis acid treatment methods, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2011, 30: 3076-3087.

Wang N., Zong Y. and Brodie C.R., An examination of organic molecular compounds of a lake sediment sequence to help explain organic carbon records of climate and environmental changes, 1st DIPPI-C workshop . 2012.

Yu F., Zong Y., Lloyd J.M., Leng M.J., Switzer A.D., Yim W.W.S. and Huang G., Mid-Holocene variability of the East Asian monsoon based on bulk organic δ13C and C/N records from the Pearl River estuary, southern China, The Holocene. 2012, 22: 705-715.

Zong Y., Innes J.B., Wang Z. and Chen Z., Environmental change and Neolithic settlement movement in the lower Yangtze wetlands of China, The Holocene. 2012, 22: 659-673.

Zong Y., Wang Z., Innes J.B. and Chen Z., Holocene environmental change and Neolithic rice agriculture in lower Yangtze region of China: a review, The Holocene. 2012, 22: 623-635.

Zong Y., Chen Z. and Yu Z., Holocene special issue: Multidisciplinary studies in environmental archaeology with particular reference to China , In: Guest editors, The Holocene. Sage Journals, 2012, 22.

Zong Y., Chen Z. and Yu Z., Multidisciplinary studies in environmental archaeology with particular reference to China: An introduction to the special issue, The Holocene. 2012, 22: 609-611.

Zong Y., Postglacial sea-level change and methods for sea-level reconstruction: with special reference to Peninsular Malaysia, Minerals and Geoscience Department, Malaysia. 2012.

Zong Y., Recent advances in Holocene sea-level and coastal studies, Tianjin Center, China Geological Survey, China. 2012.

Zong Y., The Pearl River Delta: past and Present, Department of Geography, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2012.

Zong Y., The Pearl River Delta: past, present and future, Center of Oceanography, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. 2012.

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