Dept of Earth Sciences

DEPT OF EARTH SCIENCES

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

Project Title:	International association for Gondwana Research Annual Convention and 9th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia - Adelaide 2012; Paleomagnetic investigation of Lower Permian rift basalts from the Baoshan Block, SW China; insights into the Cimmerian terrane’s separation from eastern Gondwana
Investigator(s):	Ali JR
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2012

List of Research Outputs

Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., India-Asia collision timing, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). 2012, 109: doi/10.1073/pnas.1207859109.

Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Comment on "Restoration of Cenozoic deformation in Asia and the size of Greater India" by D.J.J. van Hinsbergen et al., Tectonics. 2012, 31: doi:10.1029/2011TC003091.

Ali J.R., Cheung M.C., Aitchison J.C. and Sun Y.D., Paleomagnetic re-investigation of Early Permian rift basalts from the Baoshan Block, SW China: constraints on the site-of-origin of the Gondwana-derived eastern Cimmerian terranes, Geophysical Journal International. 2013, 193: 650–663.

Queano K.L., Marquez E.J., Aitchison J.C. and Ali J.R., Radiolarian biostratigraphic data from the Casiguran Ophiolite, northern Sierra Madre, Luzon, Philippines: stratigraphic and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2012, 65: 131-142.

Samonds K.E., Godfrey L.R., Ali J.R., Goodman S.M., Vences M., Sutherland M.R., Irwin M.T. and Krause D.W., Imperfect isolation: factors and filters shaping Madagascar's extant vertebrate fauna, PLoS One. 2013, 8: e62086.

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

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

Woods A.M., Zong Y., Lloyd J.M. and Brodie C.R., Spatial mapping of Pearl River Estuary surface sediment geochemistry: Influence of data analysis on environmental interpretation, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2012.

Researcher : CHEN Y

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Li S.H., Sun J.M. and Fu B.H., OSL dating of offset streams across the Altyn Tagh Fault: channel deflection, loess deposition and implication for the slip rate., Tectonophysics. 2013, 594: 182-194.

Chen Y., Li S.H. and Li B., Slip rate of central Altyn Tagh Fault revealed by OSL dating of river terraces, Quaternary Geochronology. 2012, 10: 291-299.

Researcher : Cai K

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Wang Y., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry and Nd isotopic composition of the Early Paleozoic flysch sequence in the Chinese Altai, Central Asia: Evidence for a northward-derived mafic source and insight into Nd model ages in accretionary orogen, Gondwana Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.04.009.

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:	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

List of Research Outputs

Chan L.S., Lau W.C.S., Kumana C.R. and Cheung B.M.Y., Utility of infrared thermography for screening febrile subjects, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19: 109-115.

Cheung B.M.Y., Chan L.S., Lauder I.J. and Kumana C.R., Detection of body temperature with infrared thermography: accuracy in detection of fever, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18 (4) Suppl 3: 31-34.

Li Y., Sun S. and Chan L.S., Phosphogenesis in the 2460 and 2728 million-year-old banded iron formations as evidence for biological cycling of phosphate in the early biosphere, Ecology and Evolution. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012, 3: 115-125.

Li Y., Cole D.R., Konhauser K. and Chan L.S., Quartz nanocrystals in the 2.48 Ga Dales Gorge banded iron formation of Hamersley, Western Australia: Evidence for a change from submarine to subaerial volcanism at the end of the Archean, American Mineralogist. Mineralogical Society of America, 2013, 98: 582-587.

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

Project Title:	U-Pb zircon age for the Zhucheng dinosaurs
Investigator(s):	Chang S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2013

Project Title:	AOGS annual meeting; 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Cretaceous fossil-bearing formations from Dandong, NE China
Investigator(s):	Chang S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2013
Completion Date:	06/2013

List of Research Outputs

Chang S., Gao K., Zhou C. and Hemming S., 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Cretaceous fossil-bearing formations from Dandong, NE China., AOGS 2013.

Chang S., Zhang H., Hemming S., Mesko G. and Fang Y., 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Haifanggou and Lanqi formations: When did the first flowers bloom?, Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 2013.

Chang S., AOGS annual meeting- 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Cretaceous fossil-bearing formations from Dandong, NE China, URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff. 2013.

Chang S., Applications of High-precision Geochronology in Evolution, National Taiwan University. 2013.

Chang S., U-Pb zircon age for the Zhucheng dinosaurs, HKU Seed Funding Progarmme for Basic Research. 2013.

Huang D., Wang J., Brant L. and Chang S., Deterministic seismic hazard analysis considering non-controlling seismic sources and time factors, Sixth international conference on scalable uncertainty management (2012). 2012.

Shimabukuro D., Wakabayashi J., Alvarez W. and Chang S., Cold and old: The rock record of subduction initiation beneath a continental margin, Calabria, southern Italy, Lithosphere. 2012, 4: 524-532.

Wang J., Huang D. and Chang S., Assessment of seismic hazard associated with the Meishan fault in Central Taiwan, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 2013, 72: 249-256.

Wang J., Chang S., Lu H. and Zhang H., Detrital zircn age for the fossil-bearing Xingezhuang Formation in the Jiao-Lai basin, East Shandong, China. , GSA international meeting. 2013.

Wang J., Chang S., Lu H., Wang K. and Zhang H., Detrital zircon geochronology and its constraints on the Mesozoic tectonic evolution in Lingshan Island, Shandong Province, China, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society-AGU (WPGM) meeting (2012). 2012.

Wang J., Huang D., Chang S. and Wu Y., New Evidence and Perspective to the Poisson Process and Earthquake Temporal Distribution from 55,000 Events Around Taiwan Since 1900, Natural Hazards Review. 2012, 121202214821005.

Wang J., Chang S., Wu Y. and Xu Y., PGA distributions and seismic hazard evaluations in three cities in Taiwan, Natural Hazards. 2012, 64: 1373-1390.

Researcher : Chen N

List of Research Outputs

Chen N., Liao F., Wang L., Santosh M., Sun M., Wang Q. and Mustafa H.A., Late Paleoproterozoic multiple metamorphic events in the Quanji Massif: Links with Tarim and North China Cratons and implications for assembly of the Columbia supercontinent, Precambrian Research. 2013, 228: 102-116.

Chen N., Gong S.L., Xia X., Geng H., Wang L., Sun M. and Kusky T.M., Zircon Hf isotope of Yingfeng Rapakivi granites from the Quanji Massif and .7 Ga crustal growth., Journal of Earth Sciences. 2013, 24: 29-41.

Researcher : Chen W

List of Research Outputs

Chen W., Zhou M.F. and Zhao T.P., Differentiation of nelsonitic magmas in the formation of the similar to 1.74 Ga Damiao Fe-Ti-P ore deposit, North China, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2013, 165(6): 1341-1362.

Wang B., Wang W., Chen W., Gao J., Yan D. and Zhou M.F., Constraints of detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes on the provenance of the Triassic Yidun Group and tectonic evolution of the Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Sedimentary Geology. 2013, 289: 74-98.

Researcher : Chen Y

List of Research Outputs

Chen Y., Li S.H. and Li B., Slip rate of central Altyn Tagh Fault revealed by OSL dating of river terraces, Quaternary Geochronology. 2012, 10: 291-299.

Researcher : Cheung MC

List of Research Outputs

Ali J.R., Cheung M.C., Aitchison J.C. and Sun Y.D., Paleomagnetic re-investigation of Early Permian rift basalts from the Baoshan Block, SW China: constraints on the site-of-origin of the Gondwana-derived eastern Cimmerian terranes, Geophysical Journal International. 2013, 193: 650–663.

Researcher : Dingle CE

List of Research Outputs

Dingle C.E., Isden J. and Madden J.R., Flexible mate choice: temporal variation in traits associated with mating success in spotted bowerbirds. , 14th International Society for Behavioural Ecology Congress. 2012.

Researcher : FU X

List of Research Outputs

FU X. and Li S.H., A modified multi-elevated-temperature post-IR IRSL protocol for dating of Holocene sediments using K-feldspar, Quaternary Geochronology . 2013, 13: 44-54.

Fu X., Li B. and Li S.H., Testing a multi-step post-IR IRSL dating method using polymineral fine grains from Chinese loess, Quaternary Geochronology . 2012, 8-15.

Researcher : Fan A

List of Research Outputs

Fan A., Li S.H. and Chen Y.G., Late Pleistocene evolution of Lake Manas in western China with constraints of OSL ages of lacustrine sediments, Quaternary Geochronology. 2012, 10: 143-149.

Researcher : Fu X

List of Research Outputs

FU X. and Li S.H., A modified multi-elevated-temperature post-IR IRSL protocol for dating of Holocene sediments using K-feldspar, Quaternary Geochronology . 2013, 13: 44-54.

Fu X., Li B. and Li S.H., Testing a multi-step post-IR IRSL dating method using polymineral fine grains from Chinese loess, Quaternary Geochronology . 2012, 8-15.

Researcher : GONG Z

List of Research Outputs

GONG Z., Li B. and Li S.H., Study of the relationship between infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) and blue light stimulated luminescence (BLSL) for potassium-feldspar (K-feldspar) from sediments, Radiation Measurements . 2012, 10: 841-845.

Wang X.S., Jiao J.J.J., WANG Y., Cherry J.A., KUANG X., LIU K., LEE C.M. and GONG Z., Accumulation and transport of ammonium in aquitards in the Pearl River Delta (China) in the last 10,000 years: conceptual and numerical models , Hydrogeology Journal. 2013, 21: 961-971.

Researcher : Gao J

List of Research Outputs

Gao J. and Zhou M.F., Generation and evolution of siliceous high magnesium basaltic magmas in the formation of the Permian Huangshandong intrusion (Xinjiang, NW China), Lithos. 2013, 162: 128-139.

Gao J. and Zhou M.F., Magma mixing in the genesis of the Kalatongke dioritic intrusion: Implications for the tectonic switch from subduction to post-collision, Chinese Altay, NW China, Lithos. 2013, 162: 236-250.

Wang B., Wang W., Chen W., Gao J., Yan D. and Zhou M.F., Constraints of detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes on the provenance of the Triassic Yidun Group and tectonic evolution of the Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Sedimentary Geology. 2013, 289: 74-98.

Researcher : Geng H

List of Research Outputs

Chen N., Gong S.L., Xia X., Geng H., Wang L., Sun M. and Kusky T.M., Zircon Hf isotope of Yingfeng Rapakivi granites from the Quanji Massif and .7 Ga crustal growth., Journal of Earth Sciences. 2013, 24: 29-41.

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:	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

Researcher : Guo J

List of Research Outputs

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Zhou X., Sun M., Guo J., Li S., Yin C., Wu M. and He Y., Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Gondwana Reearch. 2012, 22: 104-117.

Zhao G. and Guo J., Precambrian Geology of China: Preface, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 1-12.

Researcher : HE Y

List of Research Outputs

HE Y., LIU W., ZHAO C., WANG Z., WANG H., LIU Y., QIAN X., HU Q., AN Z. and Liu Z., Solar influenced late Holocene temperature changes on the northern Tibetan Plateau, Chinese Science Bulletin. 2013, 58: 1053-1059.

LIU Y., LUO Y., SUN S., HE Y., Liu Z. and SUN L., Biomarker records from lacustrine sediments, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, 东南极拉斯曼丘陵湖泊沉积生物标志物记录及其环境气候意义, Chinese Journal of Polar Research. 极地研究, 2012, 24: 205-214.

Sun Y., Zhang K., Liu J., He Y., Song B., Liu W. and Liu Z., Long chain alkenones preserved in Miocene lake sediments, Organic Geochemistry. 2012, 50: 19-25.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Zhou X., Sun M., Guo J., Li S., Yin C., Wu M. and He Y., Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Gondwana Reearch. 2012, 22: 104-117.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Iizukac Y., Ma G.S.K., Yin C., He Y. and WU M., Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 220-221: 177-191.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., He Y. and Bao B.A., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Yishui terrane: implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Lithos. 2013, 170-171: 164-178.

Wang H., Liu W., ZHANG C., Liu Z. and HE Y., Branched and isoprenoid tetraether (BIT) index traces water content along two marsh-soil transects surrounding Lake Qinghai: Implications for paleo-humidity variation, Organic Geochemistry. 2013, 59: 75-81.

Wu K.K., Zhao G., Sun M., Yin C., He Y. and Tam P.Y., Metamorphism of the northern Liaoning Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of Neoarchean basement of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Geoscience Frontiers. 2013, 4: 305-320.

Zhao G., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y. and Yin C., Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 55-76.

Researcher : Hao X

List of Research Outputs

Hao X. and Li Y., 57-Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy of mineral assemblages in mantle spinel lherzolites from Cenozoic alkali basalt, eastern China: Petrological applications, Lithos. 2012, 156-159: 112-119.

Li Y., Konhauser K.O., Kappler A. and Hao X., Experimental low-grade alteration of biogenic magnetite indicates microbial involvement in generation of banded iron formations, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2012.

Researcher : He Y

List of Research Outputs

Sun Y., Zhang K., Liu J., He Y., Song B., Liu W. and Liu Z., Long chain alkenones preserved in Miocene lake sediments, Organic Geochemistry. 2012, 50: 19-25.

Zhao G., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y. and Yin C., Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 55-76.

Researcher : He Y

List of Research Outputs

Sun Y., Zhang K., Liu J., He Y., Song B., Liu W. and Liu Z., Long chain alkenones preserved in Miocene lake sediments, Organic Geochemistry. 2012, 50: 19-25.

Zhao G., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y. and Yin C., Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 55-76.

Researcher : Jiang Y

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Wang Y., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry and Nd isotopic composition of the Early Paleozoic flysch sequence in the Chinese Altai, Central Asia: Evidence for a northward-derived mafic source and insight into Nd model ages in accretionary orogen, Gondwana Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.04.009.

Researcher : Jiao JJJ

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
Completion Date:	12/2012

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

Project Title:	Isotopic and Geomicrobiologic Studies of Ammonium-Rich Aquitards in the Pearl River Delta
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ, Gu J
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Distribution of natural organic matters in Pearl River Delta and its hydrogeological and environmental significance, 2012 Advance Forum of Natural Organic Matters, Beijing. 2012.

KUANG X., Jiao J.J.J., Huang H. and Qian J.Z., Air and water flows in a large sand box with a two-layer aquifer system, Hydrogeology Journal. 2013, 21: 977-985.

LEE C.M., Jiao J.J.J., LUO X. and Moore W.S., Estimation of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient fluxes in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, Science of the Total Environment. 2012, 433: 427-433.

Wang X.S., Jiao J.J.J., WANG Y., Cherry J.A., KUANG X., LIU K., LEE C.M. and GONG Z., Accumulation and transport of ammonium in aquitards in the Pearl River Delta (China) in the last 10,000 years: conceptual and numerical models , Hydrogeology Journal. 2013, 21: 961-971.

Researcher : KUANG X

List of Research Outputs

KUANG X., Jiao J.J.J., Huang H. and Qian J.Z., Air and water flows in a large sand box with a two-layer aquifer system, Hydrogeology Journal. 2013, 21: 977-985.

Wang X.S., Jiao J.J.J., WANG Y., Cherry J.A., KUANG X., LIU K., LEE C.M. and GONG Z., Accumulation and transport of ammonium in aquitards in the Pearl River Delta (China) in the last 10,000 years: conceptual and numerical models , Hydrogeology Journal. 2013, 21: 961-971.

Researcher : LEE CM

List of Research Outputs

LEE C.M., Jiao J.J.J., LUO X. and Moore W.S., Estimation of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient fluxes in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, Science of the Total Environment. 2012, 433: 427-433.

Wang X.S., Jiao J.J.J., WANG Y., Cherry J.A., KUANG X., LIU K., LEE C.M. and GONG Z., Accumulation and transport of ammonium in aquitards in the Pearl River Delta (China) in the last 10,000 years: conceptual and numerical models , Hydrogeology Journal. 2013, 21: 961-971.

Researcher : LIU K

List of Research Outputs

Wang X.S., Jiao J.J.J., WANG Y., Cherry J.A., KUANG X., LIU K., LEE C.M. and GONG Z., Accumulation and transport of ammonium in aquitards in the Pearl River Delta (China) in the last 10,000 years: conceptual and numerical models , Hydrogeology Journal. 2013, 21: 961-971.

Researcher : LUO X

List of Research Outputs

LEE C.M., Jiao J.J.J., LUO X. and Moore W.S., Estimation of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient fluxes in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, Science of the Total Environment. 2012, 433: 427-433.

Researcher : Lee MH

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:	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

Lee M.H., Fabrycky D. and Lin D.N.C., Are Kepler Near-Resonance Planet Pairs due to Tidal Dissipation?, Exoplanets in Multi-body Systems in the Kepler Era, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, USA. 2013.

Leung C.K. and Lee M.H., An Analytic Theory for the Orbits of Circumbinary Planets, The Astrophysical Journal. USA, The American Astronomical Society, 2013, 763: 107:1-12.

Trifonov T., Reffert S., TAN X., Lee M.H. and Quirrenbach A., Discovery of a Planetary System around the K Giant Star h Cet, Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems, IAU Symposium 299, Victoria, BC, Canada. 2013.

Turner N.J., Lee M.H. and Sano T., The Formation Environment of the Galilean Moons, 44th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Reno, NV, 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
Completion Date:	09/2012

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:	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

Project Title:	AGU 2012 Fall Meeting ; FT-ICR mass spectrometric and density functional theory studies of sulfate prenucleation clusters
Investigator(s):	Lemke KH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2012

Project Title:	Experimental and theoretical studies of metal speciation in hydrothermal ore fluids
Investigator(s):	Lemke KH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013

List of Research Outputs

Lemke K.H. and Seward T.M., Thermodynamic Properties of Carbon Dioxide Clusters by M06-2x and Dispersion-corrected B2PLYP-D Theory, Chemical Physics Letters . Netherlands, Elsevier, 2013, 573: 19 (10.1016/j.cplett.2013.04.044).

Researcher : Li B

List of Research Outputs

Chen Y., Li S.H. and Li B., Slip rate of central Altyn Tagh Fault revealed by OSL dating of river terraces, Quaternary Geochronology. 2012, 10: 291-299.

Fu X., Li B. and Li S.H., Testing a multi-step post-IR IRSL dating method using polymineral fine grains from Chinese loess, Quaternary Geochronology . 2012, 8-15.

GONG Z., Li B. and Li S.H., Study of the relationship between infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) and blue light stimulated luminescence (BLSL) for potassium-feldspar (K-feldspar) from sediments, Radiation Measurements . 2012, 10: 841-845.

Li B. and Li S.H., Determining the cooling age using luminescence-thermochronology, Tectonophysics . 2012, 580: 242-248.

Li B. and Li S.H., Luminescence dating of Chinese Loess 1 beyond 130 ka using the non-fading signal from K-feldspar. , Quaternary Geochronology. 2012, 10: 24-31.

Li B. and Li S.H., On the thermal stability and kinetics of the infrared stimulated luminescence from K-feldspar, Journal of Luminescence . 2012, 136: 5-10.

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

Project Title:	3rd International Symposium on Luminescence (1) Little light reveals secrets of the past (2) Luminescence thermochronology: potentials and problem
Investigator(s):	Li SH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2012
Completion Date:	07/2012

Project Title:	Luminescence dating of late Quaternary shorelines from Lake Manas, northern China
Investigator(s):	Li SH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2012

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Li S.H., Sun J.M. and Fu B.H., OSL dating of offset streams across the Altyn Tagh Fault: channel deflection, loess deposition and implication for the slip rate., Tectonophysics. 2013, 594: 182-194.

Chen Y., Li S.H. and Li B., Slip rate of central Altyn Tagh Fault revealed by OSL dating of river terraces, Quaternary Geochronology. 2012, 10: 291-299.

FU X. and Li S.H., A modified multi-elevated-temperature post-IR IRSL protocol for dating of Holocene sediments using K-feldspar, Quaternary Geochronology . 2013, 13: 44-54.

Fan A., Li S.H. and Chen Y.G., Late Pleistocene evolution of Lake Manas in western China with constraints of OSL ages of lacustrine sediments, Quaternary Geochronology. 2012, 10: 143-149.

Fu X., Li B. and Li S.H., Testing a multi-step post-IR IRSL dating method using polymineral fine grains from Chinese loess, Quaternary Geochronology . 2012, 8-15.

GONG Z., Li B. and Li S.H., Study of the relationship between infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) and blue light stimulated luminescence (BLSL) for potassium-feldspar (K-feldspar) from sediments, Radiation Measurements . 2012, 10: 841-845.

Li B. and Li S.H., Determining the cooling age using luminescence-thermochronology, Tectonophysics . 2012, 580: 242-248.

Li B., Roberts R.G., Jacobs Z. and Li S.H., Extending the age limit of luminescence dating using the dose-dependent sensitivity of MET-pIRIR signals from K-feldspar., Quaternary Geochronology. 2013, 17: 55-67.

Li B. and Li S.H., Luminescence dating of Chinese Loess 1 beyond 130 ka using the non-fading signal from K-feldspar. , Quaternary Geochronology. 2012, 10: 24-31.

Li B. and Li S.H., On the thermal stability and kinetics of the infrared stimulated luminescence from K-feldspar, Journal of Luminescence . 2012, 136: 5-10.

Researcher : Li Y

List of Research Outputs

Han X., Li Y. and Gu J., Abiotic oxidation of Mn(II) and its effect on the oxidation of As(III) in the presence of nano-hematite, Ecotoxicology. Heidelberg, Germany, Springer, 2012, 21: 1753−1760.

Hao X. and Li Y., 57-Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy of mineral assemblages in mantle spinel lherzolites from Cenozoic alkali basalt, eastern China: Petrological applications, Lithos. 2012, 156-159: 112-119.

Huang R., Huang J., Ju N. and Li Y., Automated tunnel rock classification using rock engineering systems, Engineering Geology. 2013, 156(0): 20-27.

Li Y., Biogenic Minerals in Banded Iron Formations, Australian Astrobiology Meeting. 2013.

Li Y., Konhauser K.O., Kappler A. and Hao X., Experimental low-grade alteration of biogenic magnetite indicates microbial involvement in generation of banded iron formations, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2012.

Li Y., Hexagonal Platelet-like Magnetite as a Biosignature of Thermophilic Iron-Reducing Bacteria and Its Applications to the Exploration of the Modern Deep, Hot Biosphere and the Emergence of Iron-Reducing Bacteria in Early Precambrian Oceans, Astrobiology. 2012.

Li Y., Sun S. and Chan L.S., Phosphogenesis in the 2460 and 2728 million-year-old banded iron formations as evidence for biological cycling of phosphate in the early biosphere, Ecology and Evolution. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012, 3: 115-125.

Li Y., Cole D.R., Konhauser K. and Chan L.S., Quartz nanocrystals in the 2.48 Ga Dales Gorge banded iron formation of Hamersley, Western Australia: Evidence for a change from submarine to subaerial volcanism at the end of the Archean, American Mineralogist. Mineralogical Society of America, 2013, 98: 582-587.

Li Y., The origin of oxygenic-evolving photosynthesis, 2013.

Tu G., Huang R., Deng H. and Li Y., Permeability and Sedimentation Characteristics of Pleistocene Fluvio-glacial Deposits in the Dadu River Valley, Southwest China, Journal of Mountain Science. 2013, 10(3): 12.

Xie S., Luo G.M., Song J.M., Li C., Huang X.Y., Yang H., Li Y., Huang J.H. and HU C.Y., An overview on biogeochemistry during the decade of 2001 to 2010, 2001-2010生物地球化学研究进展与展望, Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry. 矿物岩石地球化学通报, 2012, 31: 447-469.

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:	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
Completion Date:	09/2012

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
Completion Date:	12/2012

Project Title:	Mineral and elemental hyperfine structures in banded iron formations from Eoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic eons: clues for the earliest life, Oxygen Oases, phosphatization and climatic cycles
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS, Malpas JG
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	07/2012

List of Research Outputs

Huang R., Huang J., Ju N. and Li Y., Automated tunnel rock classification using rock engineering systems, Engineering Geology. 2013, 156(0): 20-27.

Li Y., Biogenic Minerals in Banded Iron Formations, Australian Astrobiology Meeting. 2013.

Li Y., The origin of oxygenic-evolving photosynthesis, 2013.

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:	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
Completion Date:	09/2012

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
Completion Date:	12/2012

Project Title:	Mineral and elemental hyperfine structures in banded iron formations from Eoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic eons: clues for the earliest life, Oxygen Oases, phosphatization and climatic cycles
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS, Malpas JG
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	07/2012

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Liu C

List of Research Outputs

Liu C., Liu F.L. and Zhao G., Paleoproterozoic basin evolution in the Trans-North China Orogen, North China Craton, Acta Petrologica Sinica . 2012, 28: 2770-2784.

Liu C., Liu F.L. and Zhao G., Provenance and tectonic setting of the Jiehekou Group in the Lüliang Complex: constraints from zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotopic studies, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2013, 29: 517-553.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J. and Yin C., U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of detrital zircons from the Zhongtiao Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 159-172.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and Liu F.L., Zircons U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical constraints on the Gantaohe Group in the Zanhuang Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Lithos . 2012, 146-147: 80-92.

Liu C., Zhao G. and Liu F.L., ircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry of the Gantaohe Group in the zanhuanghuang Complex, 2012's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Lanzhou, Abstracts. 2012, 521-524.

Researcher : Liu J

List of Research Outputs

Sun Y., Zhang K., Liu J., He Y., Song B., Liu W. and Liu Z., Long chain alkenones preserved in Miocene lake sediments, Organic Geochemistry. 2012, 50: 19-25.

Researcher : Liu Z

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
Completion Date:	02/2013

Project Title:	Temperature and Salinity Variations in the South China Sea over the Last 2000 Years
Investigator(s):	Liu Z
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:	01/2013

List of Research Outputs

FEDOROV A.V., Brierley C., Lawrence K., Liu Z., Dekens P. and Ravelo A.C., Patterns and mechanisms of early Pliocene warmth, Nature. 2013, 496: 43-49.

HE Y., LIU W., ZHAO C., WANG Z., WANG H., LIU Y., QIAN X., HU Q., AN Z. and Liu Z., Solar influenced late Holocene temperature changes on the northern Tibetan Plateau, Chinese Science Bulletin. 2013, 58: 1053-1059.

LIU Y., LUO Y., SUN S., HE Y., Liu Z. and SUN L., Biomarker records from lacustrine sediments, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, 东南极拉斯曼丘陵湖泊沉积生物标志物记录及其环境气候意义, Chinese Journal of Polar Research. 极地研究, 2012, 24: 205-214.

Liu Z. and LIU W., Composition patterns of long-chain alkenones in lacustrine settings, Journal of Earth Environment. 2012, 3: 942-949.

Sun Y., Zhang K., Liu J., He Y., Song B., Liu W. and Liu Z., Long chain alkenones preserved in Miocene lake sediments, Organic Geochemistry. 2012, 50: 19-25.

Wang H., Liu W., ZHANG C., Liu Z. and HE Y., Branched and isoprenoid tetraether (BIT) index traces water content along two marsh-soil transects surrounding Lake Qinghai: Implications for paleo-humidity variation, Organic Geochemistry. 2013, 59: 75-81.

ZHAO C., Chang Y.P., Chen M.T. and Liu Z., Possible reverse trend in Asian summer monsoon strength during the late Holocene, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2013, 69: 102-112.

Researcher : Long X

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Wang Y., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry and Nd isotopic composition of the Early Paleozoic flysch sequence in the Chinese Altai, Central Asia: Evidence for a northward-derived mafic source and insight into Nd model ages in accretionary orogen, Gondwana Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.04.009.

Long X., Sun M., Yuan C., Kroener A. and Hu A.Q., Zircon REE patterns and geochemical characteristics of Paleoproterozoic anatectic granite in the northern Tarim Craton, NW China: Implications for the reconstruction of the Columbia supercontinent, Precambrian Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2011.09.009.

Researcher : Ma GSK

List of Research Outputs

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Iizukac Y., Ma G.S.K., Yin C., He Y. and WU M., Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 220-221: 177-191.

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 : Pittman MD

Project Title:	The evolution of tail joints in oviraptorosaur dinosaurs and its consequences on tail function: inferences from fossil specimens and modern emus
Investigator(s):	Pittman MD
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2013

List of Research Outputs

Pittman M.D., Gatesy S.M., Upchurch P., Goswami A. and Hutchinson J.R., Shake a Tail Feather: The Evolution of the Theropod Tail into a Stiff Aerodynamic Surface, PLOS ONE. PLOS, 2013, 8: e63115.

Xu X., Upchurch P., Ma Q.Y., Pittman M.D., Choiniere J., Sullivan C., Hone D.W.E., Tan Q.W., Tan L., Xiao D. and Han F.L., Osteology of the alvarezsauroid Linhenykus monodactylus from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China, and comments on alvarezsauroid biogeography, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 2013, 58: 25-46.

Researcher : SUN Y

List of Research Outputs

Sun Y., Zhang K., Liu J., He Y., Song B., Liu W. and Liu Z., Long chain alkenones preserved in Miocene lake sediments, Organic Geochemistry. 2012, 50: 19-25.

Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang K., SUN Y., WANG N., TANG M. and Huang G., Changes in sea level, salinity and wetland habitat linked to the late agricultural development in the Pearl River delta plain of China, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2013, 70: 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:	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:	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

Project Title:	International Association for Gondwana Research Annual Convention and 9th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia - Adelaide 2012; Precambrian detrital zircons from the Chinese and Mogolian Altai: sources related to the Gondwana?
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2012

Project Title:	Investigation of Nd-Hf isotopic decoupling: case studies of West Junggar and South China granitoids
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Wong PM, Geng H
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2013

Project Title:	Understanding the accretionary history of the Altai-Mongolian terrane: a geochemical and geochronological approach through the study of granitic rocks
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Cai K
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013

Project Title:	New techniques of in-situ Nd isotopic analysis by Laser Ablation – High Resolution -Multiple Collector - Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (LA-HR-MC-ICP-MS) and its application to the petrogenetic study of granitoids in eastern South China
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Wong PM
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2013

List of Research Outputs

Chen N., Liao F., Wang L., Santosh M., Sun M., Wang Q. and Mustafa H.A., Late Paleoproterozoic multiple metamorphic events in the Quanji Massif: Links with Tarim and North China Cratons and implications for assembly of the Columbia supercontinent, Precambrian Research. 2013, 228: 102-116.

Chen N., Gong S.L., Xia X., Geng H., Wang L., Sun M. and Kusky T.M., Zircon Hf isotope of Yingfeng Rapakivi granites from the Quanji Massif and .7 Ga crustal growth., Journal of Earth Sciences. 2013, 24: 29-41.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J. and Yin C., U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of detrital zircons from the Zhongtiao Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 159-172.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and Liu F.L., Zircons U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical constraints on the Gantaohe Group in the Zanhuang Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Lithos . 2012, 146-147: 80-92.

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Wang Y., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry and Nd isotopic composition of the Early Paleozoic flysch sequence in the Chinese Altai, Central Asia: Evidence for a northward-derived mafic source and insight into Nd model ages in accretionary orogen, Gondwana Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.04.009.

Long X., Sun M., Yuan C., Kroener A. and Hu A.Q., Zircon REE patterns and geochemical characteristics of Paleoproterozoic anatectic granite in the northern Tarim Craton, NW China: Implications for the reconstruction of the Columbia supercontinent, Precambrian Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2011.09.009.

Mao Q., Xiao W., Fang T., Wang J., Han C., Sun M. and Yuan C., Late Ordovician to early Devonian adakites and Nb-enriched basalts in the Liuyuan area, Beishan, NW China: Implications for early Paleozoic slab-melting and crustal growth in the southern Altaids, Gondwana Research. 2012, 22: 534-553.

TAM P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S. and WU M., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, In: Pui Yuk Tam, Guochun Zhao, Min Sun, Sanzhong Li, Meiling Wu, 34th International Geological Congress. 2012.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Zhou X., Sun M., Guo J., Li S., Yin C., Wu M. and He Y., Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Gondwana Reearch. 2012, 22: 104-117.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Iizukac Y., Ma G.S.K., Yin C., He Y. and WU M., Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 220-221: 177-191.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S...Z... and Wu M., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Abstracts. 2012.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., WU M. and Yin C., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Lithos . 2012, 155: 94-109.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Yin C. and Tam P.Y., Petrology and P-T path of the Yishui mafic granulites: implications for tectonothermal evolution of the Western Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 312-324.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z. and Bao Z.A., Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes from the Yishui Complex: implications for the crustal evolution of the Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block, North China Craton, 2012's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Lanzhou, Abstracts. 2012, p. 546.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., He Y. and Bao B.A., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Yishui terrane: implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Lithos. 2013, 170-171: 164-178.

Wu K.K., Zhao G., Sun M., Yin C., He Y. and Tam P.Y., Metamorphism of the northern Liaoning Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of Neoarchean basement of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Geoscience Frontiers. 2013, 4: 305-320.

Zhao G., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y. and Yin C., Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 55-76.

Researcher : Sun S

List of Research Outputs

Li Y., Sun S. and Chan L.S., Phosphogenesis in the 2460 and 2728 million-year-old banded iron formations as evidence for biological cycling of phosphate in the early biosphere, Ecology and Evolution. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012, 3: 115-125.

Researcher : Sun Y

List of Research Outputs

Sun Y., Zhang K., Liu J., He Y., Song B., Liu W. and Liu Z., Long chain alkenones preserved in Miocene lake sediments, Organic Geochemistry. 2012, 50: 19-25.

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

TAM P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S. and WU M., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, In: Pui Yuk Tam, Guochun Zhao, Min Sun, Sanzhong Li, Meiling Wu, 34th International Geological Congress. 2012.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Zhou X., Sun M., Guo J., Li S., Yin C., Wu M. and He Y., Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Gondwana Reearch. 2012, 22: 104-117.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Iizukac Y., Ma G.S.K., Yin C., He Y. and WU M., Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 220-221: 177-191.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S...Z... and Wu M., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Abstracts. 2012.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., WU M. and Yin C., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Lithos . 2012, 155: 94-109.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Yin C. and Tam P.Y., Petrology and P-T path of the Yishui mafic granulites: implications for tectonothermal evolution of the Western Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 312-324.

Wu K.K., Zhao G., Sun M., Yin C., He Y. and Tam P.Y., Metamorphism of the northern Liaoning Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of Neoarchean basement of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Geoscience Frontiers. 2013, 4: 305-320.

Researcher : TAN X

List of Research Outputs

Trifonov T., Reffert S., TAN X., Lee M.H. and Quirrenbach A., Discovery of a Planetary System around the K Giant Star h Cet, Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems, IAU Symposium 299, Victoria, BC, Canada. 2013.

Researcher : TANG M

List of Research Outputs

Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang K., SUN Y., WANG N., TANG M. and Huang G., Changes in sea level, salinity and wetland habitat linked to the late agricultural development in the Pearl River delta plain of China, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2013, 70: 145-157.

Zong Y., Huang K., Yu F., Zheng Z., Switzer A.D., Huang G., Wang N. and Tang M., The role of sea-level rise, monsoonal discharge and the palaeo-landscape in the evolution of the Pearl River delta, southern China, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2012, 54: 77-88.

Researcher : Tam PY

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Tam PY

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Tang M

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : WANG N

List of Research Outputs

Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang K., SUN Y., WANG N., TANG M. and Huang G., Changes in sea level, salinity and wetland habitat linked to the late agricultural development in the Pearl River delta plain of China, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2013, 70: 145-157.

Zong Y., Huang K., Yu F., Zheng Z., Switzer A.D., Huang G., Wang N. and Tang M., The role of sea-level rise, monsoonal discharge and the palaeo-landscape in the evolution of the Pearl River delta, southern China, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2012, 54: 77-88.

Researcher : WANG Y

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Wang Y., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry and Nd isotopic composition of the Early Paleozoic flysch sequence in the Chinese Altai, Central Asia: Evidence for a northward-derived mafic source and insight into Nd model ages in accretionary orogen, Gondwana Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.04.009.

Wang X.S., Jiao J.J.J., WANG Y., Cherry J.A., KUANG X., LIU K., LEE C.M. and GONG Z., Accumulation and transport of ammonium in aquitards in the Pearl River Delta (China) in the last 10,000 years: conceptual and numerical models , Hydrogeology Journal. 2013, 21: 961-971.

Researcher : WU M

List of Research Outputs

TAM P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S. and WU M., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, In: Pui Yuk Tam, Guochun Zhao, Min Sun, Sanzhong Li, Meiling Wu, 34th International Geological Congress. 2012.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Zhou X., Sun M., Guo J., Li S., Yin C., Wu M. and He Y., Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Gondwana Reearch. 2012, 22: 104-117.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Iizukac Y., Ma G.S.K., Yin C., He Y. and WU M., Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 220-221: 177-191.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S...Z... and Wu M., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Abstracts. 2012.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., WU M. and Yin C., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Lithos . 2012, 155: 94-109.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Yin C. and Tam P.Y., Petrology and P-T path of the Yishui mafic granulites: implications for tectonothermal evolution of the Western Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 312-324.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z. and Bao Z.A., Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes from the Yishui Complex: implications for the crustal evolution of the Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block, North China Craton, 2012's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Lanzhou, Abstracts. 2012, p. 546.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., He Y. and Bao B.A., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Yishui terrane: implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Lithos. 2013, 170-171: 164-178.

Researcher : Wang B

List of Research Outputs

Wang B., Wang W., Chen W., Gao J., Yan D. and Zhou M.F., Constraints of detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes on the provenance of the Triassic Yidun Group and tectonic evolution of the Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Sedimentary Geology. 2013, 289: 74-98.

Researcher : Wang N

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Wang W

List of Research Outputs

Wang B., Wang W., Chen W., Gao J., Yan D. and Zhou M.F., Constraints of detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes on the provenance of the Triassic Yidun Group and tectonic evolution of the Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Sedimentary Geology. 2013, 289: 74-98.

Researcher : Wang Y

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Wilde SA

List of Research Outputs

Zhao G., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y. and Yin C., Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 55-76.

Researcher : Wu M

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Xia X

List of Research Outputs

Chen N., Gong S.L., Xia X., Geng H., Wang L., Sun M. and Kusky T.M., Zircon Hf isotope of Yingfeng Rapakivi granites from the Quanji Massif and .7 Ga crustal growth., Journal of Earth Sciences. 2013, 24: 29-41.

Researcher : Xiao W

List of Research Outputs

Han Z.K., Han C.M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Wang Z., Ao S., Zhang J. and Wan B., Palaeozoic porphyry Cu-Au and ultramafic Cu-Ni deposits in the eastern Tianshan orogenic belt: Temporal constraints from U-Pb geochronology, International Geology Review. 2013, 55: 842-862.

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Wang Y., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry and Nd isotopic composition of the Early Paleozoic flysch sequence in the Chinese Altai, Central Asia: Evidence for a northward-derived mafic source and insight into Nd model ages in accretionary orogen, Gondwana Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.04.009.

Mao Q., Xiao W., Fang T., Wang J., Han C., Sun M. and Yuan C., Late Ordovician to early Devonian adakites and Nb-enriched basalts in the Liuyuan area, Beishan, NW China: Implications for early Paleozoic slab-melting and crustal growth in the southern Altaids, Gondwana Research. 2012, 22: 534-553.

Zheng Y.F., Xiao W. and Zhao G., Introduction to Tectonics of China, Gondwana Research. 2013, 23: 1189-1206.

Researcher : Yin C

List of Research Outputs

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J. and Yin C., U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of detrital zircons from the Zhongtiao Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 159-172.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and Liu F.L., Zircons U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical constraints on the Gantaohe Group in the Zanhuang Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Lithos . 2012, 146-147: 80-92.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Zhou X., Sun M., Guo J., Li S., Yin C., Wu M. and He Y., Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Gondwana Reearch. 2012, 22: 104-117.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Iizukac Y., Ma G.S.K., Yin C., He Y. and WU M., Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 220-221: 177-191.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., WU M. and Yin C., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Lithos . 2012, 155: 94-109.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Yin C. and Tam P.Y., Petrology and P-T path of the Yishui mafic granulites: implications for tectonothermal evolution of the Western Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 312-324.

Wu K.K., Zhao G., Sun M., Yin C., He Y. and Tam P.Y., Metamorphism of the northern Liaoning Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of Neoarchean basement of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Geoscience Frontiers. 2013, 4: 305-320.

Zhao G., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y. and Yin C., Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 55-76.

Researcher : Yin C

List of Research Outputs

Zhao G., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y. and Yin C., Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 55-76.

Researcher : Yuan C

List of Research Outputs

Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W., Wang Y., Cai K. and Jiang Y., Geochemistry and Nd isotopic composition of the Early Paleozoic flysch sequence in the Chinese Altai, Central Asia: Evidence for a northward-derived mafic source and insight into Nd model ages in accretionary orogen, Gondwana Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.04.009.

Long X., Sun M., Yuan C., Kroener A. and Hu A.Q., Zircon REE patterns and geochemical characteristics of Paleoproterozoic anatectic granite in the northern Tarim Craton, NW China: Implications for the reconstruction of the Columbia supercontinent, Precambrian Research. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2011.09.009.

Mao Q., Xiao W., Fang T., Wang J., Han C., Sun M. and Yuan C., Late Ordovician to early Devonian adakites and Nb-enriched basalts in the Liuyuan area, Beishan, NW China: Implications for early Paleozoic slab-melting and crustal growth in the southern Altaids, Gondwana Research. 2012, 22: 534-553.

Researcher : ZHANG X

List of Research Outputs

Shi R.D., Griffin W.L., O'Reilly S.Y., Zhou M.F., Zhao G., Huang Q.S., ZHANG X. and Deng B.H., Archean mantle contributes to the genesis of chromitite in the Palaeozoic Sartohay ophiolite, Asiatic Orogenic Belt, northwestern China, Precambrian Research . 2012, 216: 87-94.

Researcher : Zhang H

List of Research Outputs

Zhang H., Ying J.F., Tang Y.J., Santosh M. and Zhao G., Episodic growth of Precambrian lower crust beneath the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 255-264.

Researcher : Zhang J

List of Research Outputs

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J. and Yin C., U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of detrital zircons from the Zhongtiao Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 159-172.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and Liu F.L., Zircons U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical constraints on the Gantaohe Group in the Zanhuang Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Lithos . 2012, 146-147: 80-92.

Zhao G., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y. and Yin C., Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 55-76.

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:	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
Completion Date:	03/2013

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

Project Title:	34th International Geological Congress; Neoarchean rock associations, structures and metamorphism of the Eastern Block, North China Craton: plate tectonics dilemma
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2012

Project Title:	Determining the age and evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Khondalite Belt in the Western Block of the North China Craton
Investigator(s):	Zhao G, Zhang J
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2012

Project Title:	Timing and P-T path of late Archean metamorphism of the northern Liaoning complex, Eastrn Block, North China Craton
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2013

List of Research Outputs

Den X.H., Chen Y.J., Santosh M., Zhao G. and Yao J.M., Metallogeny during continental outgrowth in the Columbia supercontinent: Isotopic characterization of the Zhaiwa Mo-Cu system in the North China Craton, Ore Geology Reviews. 2013, 51: 43-56.

Han Z.K., Han C.M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Wang Z., Ao S., Zhang J. and Wan B., Palaeozoic porphyry Cu-Au and ultramafic Cu-Ni deposits in the eastern Tianshan orogenic belt: Temporal constraints from U-Pb geochronology, International Geology Review. 2013, 55: 842-862.

Liu C., Liu F.L. and Zhao G., Paleoproterozoic basin evolution in the Trans-North China Orogen, North China Craton, Acta Petrologica Sinica . 2012, 28: 2770-2784.

Liu C., Liu F.L. and Zhao G., Provenance and tectonic setting of the Jiehekou Group in the Lüliang Complex: constraints from zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotopic studies, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2013, 29: 517-553.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J. and Yin C., U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of detrital zircons from the Zhongtiao Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 159-172.

Liu C., Zhao G., Sun M., Zhang J., Yin C. and Liu F.L., Zircons U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical constraints on the Gantaohe Group in the Zanhuang Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Lithos . 2012, 146-147: 80-92.

Liu C., Zhao G. and Liu F.L., ircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry of the Gantaohe Group in the zanhuanghuang Complex, 2012's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Lanzhou, Abstracts. 2012, 521-524.

Shi R.D., Griffin W.L., O'Reilly S.Y., Zhou M.F., Zhao G., Huang Q.S., ZHANG X. and Deng B.H., Archean mantle contributes to the genesis of chromitite in the Palaeozoic Sartohay ophiolite, Asiatic Orogenic Belt, northwestern China, Precambrian Research . 2012, 216: 87-94.

TAM P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S. and WU M., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, In: Pui Yuk Tam, Guochun Zhao, Min Sun, Sanzhong Li, Meiling Wu, 34th International Geological Congress. 2012.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Zhou X., Sun M., Guo J., Li S., Yin C., Wu M. and He Y., Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Gondwana Reearch. 2012, 22: 104-117.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Iizukac Y., Ma G.S.K., Yin C., He Y. and WU M., Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 220-221: 177-191.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S...Z... and Wu M., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Abstracts. 2012.

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., WU M. and Yin C., Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton, Lithos . 2012, 155: 94-109.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., Yin C. and Tam P.Y., Petrology and P-T path of the Yishui mafic granulites: implications for tectonothermal evolution of the Western Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 312-324.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z. and Bao Z.A., Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes from the Yishui Complex: implications for the crustal evolution of the Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block, North China Craton, 2012's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Lanzhou, Abstracts. 2012, p. 546.

WU M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S.Z., He Y. and Bao B.A., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Yishui terrane: implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Lithos. 2013, 170-171: 164-178.

Wu C. and Zhao G., Reply to comment on "The applicability of garnet - orthopyroxene geobarometry in mantle xenoliths" by Paolo Nimis and Herman Grutter , Lithos. 2012, 142: 288-290.

Wu K.K., Zhao G., Sun M., Yin C., He Y. and Tam P.Y., Metamorphism of the northern Liaoning Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of Neoarchean basement of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Geoscience Frontiers. 2013, 4: 305-320.

Zhang H., Ying J.F., Tang Y.J., Santosh M. and Zhao G., Episodic growth of Precambrian lower crust beneath the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2012, 222-223: 255-264.

Zhao G., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y. and Yin C., Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 55-76.

Zhao G., Discussion on key issues about the formation and evolution of the Precambrian basement of the North China Craton, 2012's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Lanzhou, Abstracts. 2012.

Zhao G., Discussion on some key issues about the formation and evolution of the basement of the North China Craton, 2012's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Lanzhou, Abstracts. 2012.

Zhao G., Evolution of supercontinents and formation of East Asia, Forum of Sciences & Technology Frontiers on Tectonics and geodynamics of China (East Asia), organised by Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, Abstract Volume, p. 2-3. 2012.

Zhao G. and Zhai M.G., Lithotectonic elements of Precambrian basement in the North China Craton: review and tectonic implications, Gondwana Research. 2013, 23: 1207–1240.

Zhao G., Neoarchean rock associations, structures and metamorphism of the Eastern Block, North China Craton: plate tectonics dilemma, 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Abstracts. 2012.

Zhao G. and Guo J., Precambrian Geology of China: Preface, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 1-12.

Zhao G. and Cawood P.A., Precambrian Geology of China, Precambrian Research. 2012, 222-223: 13-54.

Zheng Y.F., Xiao W. and Zhao G., Introduction to Tectonics of China, Gondwana Research. 2013, 23: 1189-1206.

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

Project Title:	34th international geological congress Late Paleoproterozoic Kangdian IOCG (iron-oxide copper gold) metallogenic province, South China
Investigator(s):	Zhao X
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2012
Completion Date:	08/2012

List of Research Outputs

Li J., Bi S., Selby D., Chen L., Vasconcelos P., Thiede D., Zhou M.F., Zhao X., Li Z. and Qiu H., Giant Mesozoic gold provinces related to the destruction of the North China craton, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2012, 349-350(0): 26-37.

Researcher : Zheng J

List of Research Outputs

Zhao J.H., Zhou M.F., Zheng J. and Griffin W.L., Neoproterozoic Tonalite and Trondhjemite in the Huangling Complex, South China: Crustal Growth and Reworking in a Continental Arc Environment, American Journal of Science. 2013, 313(6): 540-583.

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:	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:	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

Project Title:	International Workshop on Magmatic Ore Deposits ; Reviews and an integrated genetic model of magmatic Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China and Northern Vietnam
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2012

Project Title:	Apatite melt inclusions and Fe-V isotopes of the oxide-bearing layered intrusions in the Panxi region, SW China
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF, Zhao X
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013

Project Title:	Neoproterozoic magmatism of the Yangtze Block (South China)
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2013

List of Research Outputs

Chen W., Zhou M.F. and Zhao T.P., Differentiation of nelsonitic magmas in the formation of the similar to 1.74 Ga Damiao Fe-Ti-P ore deposit, North China, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2013, 165(6): 1341-1362.

Gao J. and Zhou M.F., Generation and evolution of siliceous high magnesium basaltic magmas in the formation of the Permian Huangshandong intrusion (Xinjiang, NW China), Lithos. 2013, 162: 128-139.

Gao J. and Zhou M.F., Magma mixing in the genesis of the Kalatongke dioritic intrusion: Implications for the tectonic switch from subduction to post-collision, Chinese Altay, NW China, Lithos. 2013, 162: 236-250.

Howarth G.H., Prevec S.A. and Zhou M.F., Timing of Ti-magnetite crystallisation and silicate disequilibrium in the Panzhihua mafic layered intrusion: Implications for ore-forming processes, Lithos. 2013, 170: 73-89.

Huang X.W., Qi L. and Zhou M.F., Re-Os and S isotopic constraints on the origins of two mineralization events at the Tangdan sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform Cu deposit, SW China, Chemical Geology. 2013, 347: 9-19.

Li J., Bi S., Selby D., Chen L., Vasconcelos P., Thiede D., Zhou M.F., Zhao X., Li Z. and Qiu H., Giant Mesozoic gold provinces related to the destruction of the North China craton, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2012, 349-350(0): 26-37.

Pang K.N., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Shellnutt G., Wang C.Y. and Zhao D.G., Flood basalt-related Fe-Ti oxide deposits in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China (vol 119, pg 123, 2010), Lithos. 2013, 162: 331-331.

Perez A.D.C., Faustino-Eslava D.V., Yumul G.P., Dimalanta C.B., Tamayo R.A., Yang T.F. and Zhou M.F., Enriched and depleted characters of the Amnay Ophiolite upper crustal section and the regionally heterogeneous nature of the South China Sea mantle, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2013, 65: 107-117.

Shi R.D., Griffin W.L., O'Reilly S.Y., Zhou M.F., Zhao G., Huang Q.S., ZHANG X. and Deng B.H., Archean mantle contributes to the genesis of chromitite in the Palaeozoic Sartohay ophiolite, Asiatic Orogenic Belt, northwestern China, Precambrian Research . 2012, 216: 87-94.

Wang B., Wang W., Chen W., Gao J., Yan D. and Zhou M.F., Constraints of detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes on the provenance of the Triassic Yidun Group and tectonic evolution of the Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Sedimentary Geology. 2013, 289: 74-98.

Zhao J.H., Zhou M.F., Zheng J. and Griffin W.L., Neoproterozoic Tonalite and Trondhjemite in the Huangling Complex, South China: Crustal Growth and Reworking in a Continental Arc Environment, American Journal of Science. 2013, 313(6): 540-583.

Researcher : Zhou X

List of Research Outputs

Tam P.Y., Zhao G., Zhou X., Sun M., Guo J., Li S., Yin C., Wu M. and He Y., Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton , Gondwana Reearch. 2012, 22: 104-117.

Researcher : Zong Y

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:	AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly 2012 Impacts of Holocene sea-level change on coastal sedimentation in the mouth region of the Pearl River estuary, southern China
Investigator(s):	Zong Y
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2012

List of Research Outputs

Lloyd J.M., Zong Y., Fish P. and Innes J.B., Holocene and Lateglacial relative sea-level change in north-west England: implications for glacial isostatic adjustment models, In: Antony J Long, Journal of Quaternary Science. 2013, 28: 59-70.

Strong D.J., Flecker R., Valdes P.J., Wilkinson I.P., Rees J.G., Zong Y., Lloyd J.M., Garrett E. and Pancost R.D., Organic matter distribution in the modern sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, Organic Geochemistry. 2012, 49: 68-82.

Switzer A.D., Sloss C.R., Horton B.P. and Zong Y., Preparing for coastal change, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2012, 54: 1-3.

Switzer A.D., Sloss C.R., Horton B.P. and Zong Y., Special Issue on Preparing for Future Coastal Change , Quaternary Science Reviews. 2012, 54.

Woods A.M., Zong Y., Lloyd J.M. and Brodie C.R., Spatial mapping of Pearl River Estuary surface sediment geochemistry: Influence of data analysis on environmental interpretation, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2012.

Yang S., Zheng Z., Huang K., Zong Y., Wang J., Xu Q., Rolett B.V. and Li J., Modern pollen assemblages from cultivated rice fields and rice pollen morphology: application to a study of ancient land use and agriculture in the Pearl River delta, China, The Holocene. 2012, 22: 1393-1404.

Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang K., SUN Y., WANG N., TANG M. and Huang G., Changes in sea level, salinity and wetland habitat linked to the late agricultural development in the Pearl River delta plain of China, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2013, 70: 145-157.

Zong Y., Late Quaternary relative sea-level changes in the Tropics, In: Elias SA, The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. 2013, 4: 495-502.

Zong Y., The evolutionary history of the Pearl River delta, International Workshop on Evolution and Dynamics of the Pearl River Mouth System, South China Sea. 2013.

Zong Y., Huang K., Yu F., Zheng Z., Switzer A.D., Huang G., Wang N. and Tang M., The role of sea-level rise, monsoonal discharge and the palaeo-landscape in the evolution of the Pearl River delta, southern China, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2012, 54: 77-88.

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