Dept of Earth Sciences

DEPT OF EARTH SCIENCES

Researcher : Aitchison JC

List of Research Outputs

CHEUNG M.C., Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang K. and Aitchison J.C., A stable mid-late Holocene monsoon climate of the central Tibetan Plateau indicated by a pollen record, Quaternary International. International Union of Quaternary Research, 2014, 333: 40-48.

Chen Y., Zong Y., Li B., Li S.H. and Aitchison J.C., Shrinking lakes in Tibet linked to the weakening Asian monsoon in the past 8.2 ka, Quaternary Research. Elsevier, 2013, 80: 189-198.

Researcher : Ali JR

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

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

List of Research Outputs

Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Greater India’s northern margin prior to its collision with Asia, Basin Research. 2014, 26: 73-84.

Ali J.R., R. Hall, M.A. Cottam and M.E.J. Wilson (eds): The SE Asian Gateway: History and Tectonics of the Australia-Asia Collision (Geological Society of London Special Publication No. 355, 2011, pp. 381), Marine Geophysical Research. 2013, NK: NK-NK.

Li Y.X., Shu L.S., Wen B., Zhang Z.Y. and Ali J.R., Magnetic inclination shallowing problem and the issue of Eurasia’s rigidity: insights following a paleomagnetic study of Upper Cretaceous basalts and redbeds from SE China, Geophysical Journal International. 2013, NK: NK_NK.

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:	12th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference ; ITCZ and Asian monsoon variability from MIS9 – MIS 2 from a south China perspective.
Investigator(s):	Brodie CR
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2013
Completion Date:	07/2013

Researcher : CAI K

List of Research Outputs

CAI K., Sun M. and Xiao W...J..., Accretionary history of the Altai-Mongolian terrane: perspectives from granitic zircon U-Pb and Hf-isotope data, EGU General Assembly 2014. 16: EGU2014-6697.

CAI K., Sun M., Xiao W...J..., Yuan C., Zhao G., Long X...P..., Tumurkhuu D. and Zhou K., Petrogenesis of late Paleozoic tholeiitic, Nb-enriched, calc-alkaline and adakitic rocks in southwestern Mongolia: Implications for intra-oceanic arc evolution, Lithos. Elsevier, 2014, 202-203, August 2014: 413-428.

Cai K., Sun M., Xiao W., Buslov M...M..., Yuan C..., Zhao G. and Long X., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic composition of granitiods in Russian Altai Mountain, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, American Journal of Science . 2014, 314 (2): 580-612.

Kroener A., Kovich V., Belousova E., Hegner E., Armstrong R., Dolgopolova A., Seltmann R., Alexeriev D.V., Hoffmann J.E., Wong P.M., Sun M., Cai K., Wang T., Tong Y., Wilde S.A., Degtyarev S.A. and Tytsk E., Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2014, 25: 103-123.

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 .74 Ga Damiao Fe–ti–p Ore Deposit, North China, Contributions To Mineralogy And Petrology . 2013, 165: 1341-1362.

Chen W., Zhou M.F. and Zhao X., Late Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and mafic rocks in the Hekou area, SW China: Implication for the reconstruction of the Yangtze Block in Columbia, Precambrian Research. 2013, 231: 61-77.

Wang B., Zhou M.F., Chen W., Gao J. and Yan D.P., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Triassic volcanic rocks in the northern Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Lithos. 2013, 175: 285-301.

Zhou M.F., Chen W., Wang C.Y., Prevec S.A., Liu P. and Howarth G.H., Two stages of immiscible liquid separation in the formation of Panzhihua-type Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits, SW China, Geoscience Frontiers. 2013, 4(5): 481-502.

Researcher : CHEN Y

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Li S.H. and Li B., Residual doses and sensitivity change of post IR IRSL signals from potassium feldspar under different bleaching conditions, Geochronometria. 2013, 40: 229-238.

Chen Y., Zong Y., Li B., Li S.H. and Aitchison J.C., Shrinking lakes in Tibet linked to the weakening Asian monsoon in the past 8.2 ka, Quaternary Research. Elsevier, 2013, 80: 189-198.

Researcher : CHENG WH

List of Research Outputs

CHENG W.H., Lee M.H. and Peale S.J., Complete Tidal Evolution of Pluto-Charon, Icarus. Elsevier, 2014, 233: 242-258.

Researcher : CHEUNG MC

List of Research Outputs

CHEUNG M.C., Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang K. and Aitchison J.C., A stable mid-late Holocene monsoon climate of the central Tibetan Plateau indicated by a pollen record, Quaternary International. International Union of Quaternary Research, 2014, 333: 40-48.

Researcher : Cai K

List of Research Outputs

CAI K., Sun M. and Xiao W...J..., Accretionary history of the Altai-Mongolian terrane: perspectives from granitic zircon U-Pb and Hf-isotope data, EGU General Assembly 2014. 16: EGU2014-6697.

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

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
Completion Date:	09/2014

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:	The age of the Tatun Volcano Group in Taiwan
Investigator(s):	Chang S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Chang S., Hemming S., Gao K. and Zhou C., 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on Cretaceous fossil-bearing formations near the China-North Korea border, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 98, 2014, 396: 93.

Chang S., Applications of High-precision Geochronology in Evolution, Tongji University. 2014.

Chang S. and Yang S., Grain size distribution and age population of detrital zircons from the Zhuoshui River in Taiwan, Tongji University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology Open Proposal Fund. 2014.

Chang S. and Chu M., The age of the Tatun Volcano Group in Taiwan, HKU Small Project Funding. 2014.

Wang J., Wu Y., Huang D. and Chang S., A new procedure to best-fit earthquake magnitude probability distributions: including an example for Taiwan, Natural Hazard . 850, 2014, 71: 837.

Wang J., Huang D., Chang S. and Brant L., On-site earthquake early warning with multiple regression analysis: Featuring two user-friendly applications for Excel, Computers & Geosciences. 2013, 58: 1-7.

Researcher : Chen W

List of Research Outputs

Wang B., Zhou M.F., Chen W., Gao J. and Yan D.P., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Triassic volcanic rocks in the northern Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Lithos. 2013, 175: 285-301.

Researcher : Chen Y

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Li S.H. and Li B., Residual doses and sensitivity change of post IR IRSL signals from potassium feldspar under different bleaching conditions, Geochronometria. 2013, 40: 229-238.

Chen Y., Zong Y., Li B., Li S.H. and Aitchison J.C., Shrinking lakes in Tibet linked to the weakening Asian monsoon in the past 8.2 ka, Quaternary Research. Elsevier, 2013, 80: 189-198.

Researcher : EIZENHOEFER PR

List of Research Outputs

EIZENHOEFER P.R., Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhang J., Final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: Constraints from geochronological and geochemical data of Permian volcanic and sedimentary rocks, AGU Tectonics. U.S.A., Wiley, 2014, 33, Issue 4: 441-463.

Researcher : GAO J

List of Research Outputs

Huang X., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Gao J. and Wang Y., Re–Os isotopic ages of pyrite and chemical composition of magnetite from the Cihai magmatic–hydrothermal Fe deposit, NW China, Mineralium Deposita. Springer-Verlag, 2013, 1-22.

LIU P., Zhou M.F., Wang C...Y..., Xing C...-.M... and GAO J., Open magma chamber processes in the formation of the Permian Baima mafic-ultramafic layered intrusion, SW China, Lithos. U.S.A., Elsevier, 2013, 184-187: 194-208.

Tong Y., Wang T., Jahn B., Sun M., Hong D. and Gao J., Post-accretionary Permian granitoids in the Chinese Altai orogen: Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic implications. , American Journal of Science, 314, 80-109.. 2014, 314: 80-109.

Wang B., Zhou M.F., Chen W., Gao J. and Yan D.P., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Triassic volcanic rocks in the northern Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Lithos. 2013, 175: 285-301.

Researcher : GONG Z

List of Research Outputs

GONG Z., Li S.H. and Li B., The evolution of a terrace sequence along the Manas River in the northern foreland basin of Tian Shan, China, as inferred from optical dating, Geomorphology. 2014, 213: 201-212.

Researcher : Gao J

List of Research Outputs

Wang B., Zhou M.F., Chen W., Gao J. and Yan D.P., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Triassic volcanic rocks in the northern Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Lithos. 2013, 175: 285-301.

Researcher : Gao J

List of Research Outputs

Wang B., Zhou M.F., Chen W., Gao J. and Yan D.P., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Triassic volcanic rocks in the northern Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Lithos. 2013, 175: 285-301.

Researcher : Geng H

List of Research Outputs

Gong S.L., Chen N.S., Geng H., Sun M., Zhang L. and Wang Q.Y., Zircon Hf Isotopes and Geochemistry of the Early Paleoproterozoic High-Sr Low-Y Quartz-Diorite in the Quanji Massif, NW China: Crustal Growth and Tectonic Implications, Journal of Earth Science. 2014, 25(1): 74-86.

Kroner A., Rojas-Agramonte Y., Kehelpannala K.V.W., Zack T., Hegner E., Geng H., Wong P.M. and Barth M., Age, Nd-Hf isotopes, and geochemistry of the Vijayan Complex of eastern and southern Sri Lanka: A Grenville-age magmatic arc of unknown derivation, Precambrian Research. 2013, 234: 288-321.

Ma L.Y., Wang Y.J., Fan W.M., Geng H., Cai Y.F., Zhong H., Liu H.C. and Xing X.W., Petrogenesis of the early Eocene I-type granites in west Yingjiang (SW Yunnan) and its implication for the eastern extension of the Gangdese batholiths, Gondwana Research. 2014, 25(1): 401-419.

Yin J...Y..., Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Geng H., A Late Carboniferous-Early Permian slab window in the West Junggar of NW China: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from mafic to intermediate dikes, Lithos . 2013, 175-176: 146–162.

Yin J.Y., Long X.P., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Geng H., A Late Carboniferous-Early Permian slab window in the West Junggar of NW China: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from mafic to intermediate dikes, Lithos. 2013, 175: 146-162.

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

Researcher : HE Y

List of Research Outputs

HE Y., Zheng Y., Pan A., Zhao C., SUN Y., SONG M., Zheng Z. and Liu Z., Biomarker-based reconstructions of Holocene lake-level changes at Lake Gahai on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, The Holocene. SAGE Publications, 2014, 24(4): 405-412.

HE Y., Zhao C., Wang Z., Wang H., SONG M., Liu W. and Liu Z., Late Holocene coupled moisture and temperature changes on the northern Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Science Reviews. Pergamon, 2013, 80: 47-57.

LIU W., WANG H., ZHANG C., Liu Z. and HE Y., Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids along an altitudinal transect on Mt. Xiangpi, NE Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, Organic Geochemistry. 2013, 57: 76-83.

Yin C., Lin S...F..., Davis D...W..., Zhao G., Xiao W., Li L. and He Y., 2.1–1.85 Ga tectonic events in the Yangtze Block, South China: Petrological and geochronological evidence from the Kongling Complex and implications for the reconstruction of supercontinent Columbia, Lithos . 2013, 182-183: 200-210.

Zhao C., Liu Z., Rohling E., Yu Z., Liu W., HE Y., Zhao Y. and Chen F., Holocene temperature fluctuations in the northern Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Research. Academic Press, 2013, 80: 55-65.

Researcher : He Y

List of Research Outputs

Zhao C., Liu Z., Rohling E., Yu Z., Liu W., HE Y., Zhao Y. and Chen F., Holocene temperature fluctuations in the northern Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Research. Academic Press, 2013, 80: 55-65.

Researcher : Jahn B

List of Research Outputs

Tong Y., Wang T., Jahn B., Sun M., Hong D. and Gao J., Post-accretionary Permian granitoids in the Chinese Altai orogen: Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic implications. , American Journal of Science, 314, 80-109.. 2014, 314: 80-109.

Researcher : Jiao JJJ

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
Completion Date:	12/2013

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

Chen K.P. and Jiao J.J.J., Modeling freshening time and hydrochemical evolution of groundwater in coastal aquifers of Shenzhen, China, ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. 2014, 71: 2409-2418.

Chen T.F., Wang X.S., Li H.L., Jiao J.J.J. and Wan L., Redistribution of groundwater evapotranspiration and water table around a well field in an unconfined aquifer: A simplified analytical model, JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 2013, 495: 162-174.

Hu L.T. and Jiao J.J.J., Analytical studies on transient groundwater flow induced by land reclamation using different fill materials, HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES. 2014, 28: 1931-1938.

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J., Zhang K. and Mao D., Air and water flows induced by pumping tests in unconfined aquifers with low-permeability zones, Hydrological Processes. John Wiley & Sons, 2013, 28: 5450-5464.

Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., Numerical studies of vertical chloride concentration profiles in the aquitards in the Pearl River Delta by diffusion-sedimentation model, 3rd Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting. 2013.

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J. and Li H., Review on airflow in unsaturated zones induced by natural forcings, Water Resources Research. John Wiley & Sons, 2013, 49: 6137–6165.

LIU K., Jiao J.J.J. and Gu J., The Best Oral Presentation Award, The Board Of The Third Asia-pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting (apcamm), October 23, 2013. 2013.

LUO X., Jiao J.J.J., Moore W.S. and LEE C.M., Submarine groundwater discharge estimation in an urbanized embayment in Hong Kong via short-lived radium isotopes and its implication of nutrient loadings and primary production, MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 2014, 82: 144-154.

WANG Y., Jiao J.J.J., Cherry J.A. and LEE C.M., Contribution of the aquitard to the regional groundwater hydrochemistry of the underlying confined aquifer in the Pearl River Delta, China, Science of the Total Environment. 2013, 461-462: 663–671.

WANG Y. and Jiao J.J.J., Multivariate statistical analyses on the enrichment of arsenic with different oxidation states in the Quaternary sediments of the Pearl River Delta, China, JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION . 2014, 138: 72-80.

Wang Y., Jiao J.J.J., Zhu S.Y. and Li Y., Arsenic K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy to determine oxidation states of arsenic of a coastal aquifer–aquitard system, Environmental Pollution. 2013, 179: 160-166.

YANG L., Wang X...S... and Jiao J.J.J., Methods Note/Numerical Modeling of Slug Tests with MODFLOW Using Equivalent Well Blocks, Groundwater. U.S.A., National Ground Water Association, 2014.

Researcher : Kroner A

List of Research Outputs

Huang Z...Y..., Long X., Kroner A., Yuan C., Wang Q..., Sun M., Zhao G. and Wang Y...J..., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopes of early Paleozoic plutons in the northwestern Chinese Tianshan: Petrogenesis and geological implications, Lithos. 2013, 182-183: 48-66.

Researcher : Kuang X

List of Research Outputs

Dong P., Wang X.-.S., Wan L., Kuang X. and Chen T.-.F., Sand column experiments and modeling study on coupling between groundwater level change and air flow, 地下水位升降与空气流耦合的砂柱实验及其模拟, Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences. 地球科学(中国地质大学学报), Wuhan, China, China University of Geosciences, 2013, 38: 126-132.

Huang H., Qian J., Kuang X., Chen B., Ma L. and Wu Y., The influence of low-permeability cap on capillary pressure during pumping in unconfined aquifer, Journal of Hydrodynamics, Ser. B. Shanghai, China, Elsevier, 2013, 25: 867-870.

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J., Zhang K. and Mao D., Air and water flows induced by pumping tests in unconfined aquifers with low-permeability zones, Hydrological Processes. John Wiley & Sons, 2013, 28: 5450-5464.

Kuang X., Air and water flows induced by water level change in aquifers, Taiyuan University of Technology. 太原理工大学, 2014.

Kuang X., Associate Editor, Hydrogeology Journal. Springer, 2014.

Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., Numerical studies of vertical chloride concentration profiles in the aquitards in the Pearl River Delta by diffusion-sedimentation model, 3rd Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting. 2013.

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J. and Li H., Review on airflow in unsaturated zones induced by natural forcings, Water Resources Research. John Wiley & Sons, 2013, 49: 6137–6165.

Researcher : LEE CM

List of Research Outputs

LUO X., Jiao J.J.J., Moore W.S. and LEE C.M., Submarine groundwater discharge estimation in an urbanized embayment in Hong Kong via short-lived radium isotopes and its implication of nutrient loadings and primary production, MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 2014, 82: 144-154.

WANG Y., Jiao J.J.J., Cherry J.A. and LEE C.M., Contribution of the aquitard to the regional groundwater hydrochemistry of the underlying confined aquifer in the Pearl River Delta, China, Science of the Total Environment. 2013, 461-462: 663–671.

Researcher : LI J

List of Research Outputs

Li Y. and LI J., Simulation of the impacts of diagenesis or low-grade metamorphism on neutrophilic microaerobic Fe(II)-oxidizng biofilm, Science China: Earth Sciences. Springer-Verlag, 2014, 57: 1021-1029.

Researcher : LI WY

List of Research Outputs

LI W.Y. and Lee M.H., On the Migration of the Galilean Satellites, Protostars and Planets VI, Heidelberg, Germany. 2013.

Researcher : LIU K

List of Research Outputs

LIU K., Jiao J.J.J. and Gu J., The Best Oral Presentation Award, The Board Of The Third Asia-pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting (apcamm), October 23, 2013. 2013.

Researcher : LIU P

List of Research Outputs

LIU P., Zhou M.F., Wang C...Y..., Xing C...-.M... and GAO J., Open magma chamber processes in the formation of the Permian Baima mafic-ultramafic layered intrusion, SW China, Lithos. U.S.A., Elsevier, 2013, 184-187: 194-208.

LIU P., Zhou M.F., Chen W...T..., Boone M. and Cnudde V., Using Multiphase Solid Inclusions to Constrain the Origin of the Baima Fe–Ti–(V) Oxide Deposit, SW China, Journal of Petrology. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2014, 55, Issue 5: 951-976.

Zhou M.F., Chen W., Wang C.Y., Prevec S.A., Liu P. and Howarth G.H., Two stages of immiscible liquid separation in the formation of Panzhihua-type Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits, SW China, Geoscience Frontiers. 2013, 4(5): 481-502.

Researcher : LUO X

List of Research Outputs

LUO X., Jiao J.J.J., Moore W.S. and LEE C.M., Submarine groundwater discharge estimation in an urbanized embayment in Hong Kong via short-lived radium isotopes and its implication of nutrient loadings and primary production, MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 2014, 82: 144-154.

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
Completion Date:	09/2013

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

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:	12/2013

List of Research Outputs

CHENG W.H., Lee M.H. and Peale S.J., Complete Tidal Evolution of Pluto-Charon, Icarus. Elsevier, 2014, 233: 242-258.

LI W.Y. and Lee M.H., On the Migration of the Galilean Satellites, Protostars and Planets VI, Heidelberg, Germany. 2013.

Lee M.H., Fabrycky D. and Lin D.N.C., Are the Kepler Near-Resonance Planet Pairs Due to Tidal Dissipation? , The Astrophysical Journal. USA, The American Astronomical Society, 2013, 774: 52:1-8.

Lee M.H., Fabrycky D. and Lin D.N.C., Evidence for Solid Planets from Kepler's Near-Resonance Systems, Formation, Detection, and Characterization of Extrasolar Habitable Planets, IAU Symposium 293, Beijing, China. 2013.

TAN X., Payne M.J., Lee M.H., Ford E.B., Howard A.W., Johnson J.A., Marcy G.W. and Wright J.T., Characterizing the Orbital and Dynamical State of the HD 82943 Planetary System with Keck Radial Velocity Data, The Astrophysical Journal. The American Astronomical Society, 2013, 777: 101:1-21.

Trifonov T., Reffert S., TAN X., Lee M.H. and Quirrenbach A., Two Massive Planets Orbiting the Giant Star eta Cet, Protostars and Planets VI, Heidelberg, Germany. 2013.

Turner N.J., Lee M.H. and Sano T., Magnetic Coupling in the Disks around Young Gas Giant Planets, The Astrophysical Journal. The American Astronomical Society, 2014, 783: 14:1-15.

Wittenmyer R.A., TAN X., Lee M.H., Horner J., Tinney C.G., Butler R.P., Salter G.S., Carter B.D., Jones H.R.A., O'Toole S.J., Bailey J., Wright D., Crane J.D., Schectman S.A., Arriagada P., Thompson I., Minniti D. and Diaz M., A Detailed Analysis of the HD 73526 2:1 Resonant Planetary System, The Astrophysical Journal. The American Astronomical Society, 2013, 780: 140:1-9.

Researcher : Lemke KH

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., The Stability Of Biomolecules In Hydrothermal Fluids, Current Organic Chemistry. 2013, 17: 1724.

Researcher : Li B

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Li S.H. and Li B., Residual doses and sensitivity change of post IR IRSL signals from potassium feldspar under different bleaching conditions, Geochronometria. 2013, 40: 229-238.

Chen Y., Zong Y., Li B., Li S.H. and Aitchison J.C., Shrinking lakes in Tibet linked to the weakening Asian monsoon in the past 8.2 ka, Quaternary Research. Elsevier, 2013, 80: 189-198.

GONG Z., Li S.H. and Li B., The evolution of a terrace sequence along the Manas River in the northern foreland basin of Tian Shan, China, as inferred from optical dating, Geomorphology. 2014, 213: 201-212.

Researcher : Li L

List of Research Outputs

Yin C., Lin S...F..., Davis D...W..., Zhao G., Xiao W., Li L. and He Y., 2.1–1.85 Ga tectonic events in the Yangtze Block, South China: Petrological and geochronological evidence from the Kongling Complex and implications for the reconstruction of supercontinent Columbia, Lithos . 2013, 182-183: 200-210.

Researcher : Li SH

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
Completion Date:	05/2014

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

Project Title:	Sixth World wide conference of the Society for east asia archaeology; Human settlements and climate changes over the last ten thousand years on the Ordos Plateau
Investigator(s):	Li SH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Li S.H. and Li B., Residual doses and sensitivity change of post IR IRSL signals from potassium feldspar under different bleaching conditions, Geochronometria. 2013, 40: 229-238.

Chen Y., Zong Y., Li B., Li S.H. and Aitchison J.C., Shrinking lakes in Tibet linked to the weakening Asian monsoon in the past 8.2 ka, Quaternary Research. Elsevier, 2013, 80: 189-198.

GONG Z., Li S.H. and Li B., The evolution of a terrace sequence along the Manas River in the northern foreland basin of Tian Shan, China, as inferred from optical dating, Geomorphology. 2014, 213: 201-212.

Li B., Roberts R...G..., Jacobs Z... and Li S.H., A single-aliquot luminescence dating procedure for K-feldspar based on the dose-dependent MET-pIRIR signal sensitivity, Quaternary Geochronology. 2014, 20: 51-64.

Liritzis I., Singhvi A.K., Feathers J.K., Wangner G.A., Kadereit A., Zacharias N. and Li S.H., Luminescence dating in archaeology, anthropology and geoarchaeology: an overview. Heidelberg,Germany, Springer, 2013, 70.

Pagonis V., Chithambo M.L., Chen R., Chruscinska A., Fasoli M., Li S.H., Martini M. and Ramseyer K., Thermal dependence of luminescence lifetimes and radioluminescence in quartz, Journal of Luminescence . 2013, 145: 38-48.

Researcher : Li Y

List of Research Outputs

Huang R., Zhao J., Ju N., Li G., Lee M. and Li Y., Analysis of an anti-dip landslide triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China, Natural Hazards. Springer Netherlands, 2013, 1-19.

Li Y., Editor Board Member, KronoScope: The Journal for the Study of Time. 2014.

Li Y., Micro- and nanobands in late Archean and Palaeoproterozoic banded-iron formations as possible mineral records of annual and diurnal depositions, The 3rd International Conference of Geobiology. 2014.

Li Y., Micro- and nanobands in late Archean and Palaeoproterozoic banded-iron formations as possible mineral records of annual and diurnal depositions, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Elsevier, 2014, 391: 160-170.

Li Y., Wen B.P., Aydin A. and Ju N.P., Ring shear tests on slip zone soils of three giant landslides in the Three Gorges Project area, Engineering Geology. 2013, 154(0): 106-115.

Li Y. and LI J., Simulation of the impacts of diagenesis or low-grade metamorphism on neutrophilic microaerobic Fe(II)-oxidizng biofilm, Science China: Earth Sciences. Springer-Verlag, 2014, 57: 1021-1029.

Meng L., Li T., Jiang Y., Wang R. and Li Y., Characteristics and mechanisms of large deformation in the Zhegu mountain tunnel on the Sichuan–Tibet highway, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 2013, 37(0): 157-164.

Moon J.W., Ivanov I., Duty C.E., Love L.J., Rondinone A.J., Wang W., Li Y., Madden A., Mosher J.J. and Hu M.Z., Scalable economic extracellular synthesis of CdS nanostructured particles by a non-pathogenic thermophile, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 2013, 40: 1263-1271.

Wang Y., Jiao J.J.J., Zhu S.Y. and Li Y., Arsenic K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy to determine oxidation states of arsenic of a coastal aquifer–aquitard system, Environmental Pollution. 2013, 179: 160-166.

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:	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:	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

Project Title:	Scytonemin as a new biomarker for tracing the emergence and early evolution of oxygenic cyanobacteria
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

List of Research Outputs

Huang R., Zhao J., Ju N., Li G., Lee M. and Li Y., Analysis of an anti-dip landslide triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China, Natural Hazards. Springer Netherlands, 2013, 1-19.

Li Y., Editor Board Member, KronoScope: The Journal for the Study of Time. 2014.

Li Y., Wen B.P., Aydin A. and Ju N.P., Ring shear tests on slip zone soils of three giant landslides in the Three Gorges Project area, Engineering Geology. 2013, 154(0): 106-115.

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:	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:	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

Project Title:	Scytonemin as a new biomarker for tracing the emergence and early evolution of oxygenic cyanobacteria
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Liu C

List of Research Outputs

Liu C., Zhao G., Liu F.L. and Shi J.R., Geochronological and geochemical constraints on the Lüliang Group in the Lüliang Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Lithos . 2014, 198: 298-315.

Liu C., Zhao G., Liu F...L... and Shi J...R..., Zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical constraints on the Shuangshanzi and Qinglonghe Groups in Eastern Hebei: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, 2013's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics,Guangzhou. Abstracts, 2013, p. 94 . 2013.

Researcher : Liu P

List of Research Outputs

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:	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

Project Title:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2012-13
Investigator(s):	Liu Z
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:	01/2014

List of Research Outputs

Cai Y., Jin Z., Zhou W., Liu Y., Liu Z., Li B., Yu X., Tan L., Tian L., Peng Z., Song S., Li X., Zhao H., Lu F., Pan W. and An Z., Asian Monsoon Variability Recorded in Other Archives, In: Zhisheng An, Late Cenozoic Climate Change in Asia. Springer Netherlands, 2014, 145-337.

HE Y., Zheng Y., Pan A., Zhao C., SUN Y., SONG M., Zheng Z. and Liu Z., Biomarker-based reconstructions of Holocene lake-level changes at Lake Gahai on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, The Holocene. SAGE Publications, 2014, 24(4): 405-412.

HE Y., Zhao C., Wang Z., Wang H., SONG M., Liu W. and Liu Z., Late Holocene coupled moisture and temperature changes on the northern Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Science Reviews. Pergamon, 2013, 80: 47-57.

LIU W., WANG H., ZHANG C., Liu Z. and HE Y., Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids along an altitudinal transect on Mt. Xiangpi, NE Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, Organic Geochemistry. 2013, 57: 76-83.

Liu Z., Liu Tungsheng Prize for Young Earth Scientists, 第三屆劉東生青年地球科學家獎, Chinese Association for Quaternary Research. 中國第四紀科學研究會, 2013.

Liu Z., Outstanding Young Researcher Award, HKU, HKU. 2014.

SONG M., Liu W., Zheng Z. and Liu Z., Paleoenvironmental implications of long chain alkenones in arid regions, northwestern China, 西北干旱區湖泊沉積物中長鏈烯酮的古環境意義, Quaternary Research. 第四紀研究, 2013, 33(6): 1199-1210.

Wang H., Dong H., Zhang C., Jiang H., Zhao M., Liu Z., Lai Z. and Liu W., Water depth affecting thaumarchaeol production in Lake Qinghai, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: Implications for paleo lake levels, Chemical Geology. Elsevier, 2014, 368: 76-84.

Zhang Y., Pagani M. and Liu Z., A 12-million-year temperature history of the tropical Pacific Ocean, Science. merican Association for the Advancement of Science, 2014, 344: 84-87.

Zhang Y., Pagani M., Liu Z., Bohaty S. and DeConto R., A 40-million-year history of atmospheric CO2, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. The Royal Society, 2013, 371: 20130096.

Zhao C., Liu Z., Rohling E., Yu Z., Liu W., HE Y., Zhao Y. and Chen F., Holocene temperature fluctuations in the northern Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Research. Academic Press, 2013, 80: 55-65.

Researcher : Long X

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Xiao W., Buslov M...M..., Yuan C..., Zhao G. and Long X., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic composition of granitiods in Russian Altai Mountain, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, American Journal of Science . 2014, 314 (2): 580-612.

Huang Z...Y..., Long X., Kroner A., Yuan C., Wang Q..., Sun M., Zhao G. and Wang Y...J..., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopes of early Paleozoic plutons in the northwestern Chinese Tianshan: Petrogenesis and geological implications, Lithos. 2013, 182-183: 48-66.

Yin J...Y..., Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Geng H., A Late Carboniferous-Early Permian slab window in the West Junggar of NW China: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from mafic to intermediate dikes, Lithos . 2013, 175-176: 146–162.

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

List of Research Outputs

Wang W., Zhou M.F., Yan D., Li L. and Malpas J.G., Detrital zircon record of Neoproterozoic active-margin sedimentation in the eastern Jiangnan Orogen, South China, Precambrian Research. 2013, 235(0): 1-19.

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

Project Title:	SVP 73rd Annual Meeting; The evolution of tail joint stiffness in oviraptorosaur dinosaurs and its consequences for tail function
Investigator(s):	Pittman MD
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2013
Completion Date:	11/2013

Project Title:	Laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) imaging of exquisitely preserved feathered dinosaurs to reveal hidden data
Investigator(s):	Pittman MD
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	05/2014

List of Research Outputs

Pittman M.D., The Inner Mongolia Research Project: Dinosaur Palaeontology in the Gobi Desert, Hong Kong Science Museum. 2014.

Pittman M.D., The Inner Mongolia Research Project: Dinosaur Palaeontology in the Gobi desert, The Geological Society of London (Hong Kong Branch). 2013.

Teng F.F., Lu J.C., Wei X.F., Hsiao Y.F. and Pittman M.D., New material of Zhenyuanopterus (Pterosauria) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, Acta Geologica Sinica. 2014, 88(1): 1-5.

Researcher : SONG M

List of Research Outputs

HE Y., Zheng Y., Pan A., Zhao C., SUN Y., SONG M., Zheng Z. and Liu Z., Biomarker-based reconstructions of Holocene lake-level changes at Lake Gahai on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, The Holocene. SAGE Publications, 2014, 24(4): 405-412.

HE Y., Zhao C., Wang Z., Wang H., SONG M., Liu W. and Liu Z., Late Holocene coupled moisture and temperature changes on the northern Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Science Reviews. Pergamon, 2013, 80: 47-57.

SONG M., Liu W., Zheng Z. and Liu Z., Paleoenvironmental implications of long chain alkenones in arid regions, northwestern China, 西北干旱區湖泊沉積物中長鏈烯酮的古環境意義, Quaternary Research. 第四紀研究, 2013, 33(6): 1199-1210.

Researcher : SUN Y

List of Research Outputs

HE Y., Zheng Y., Pan A., Zhao C., SUN Y., SONG M., Zheng Z. and Liu Z., Biomarker-based reconstructions of Holocene lake-level changes at Lake Gahai on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, The Holocene. SAGE Publications, 2014, 24(4): 405-412.

Researcher : Su B

List of Research Outputs

Han C...M..., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Ao S...J..., Zhang J...E... and Wan B..., Age and tectonic setting of magmatic sulfide Cu-Ni mineralization in the eastern Tianshan Orogenic Belt, Xinjiang, Central Asia, Journal of Geosciences. 2013, 58 (3): 237-254.

Han C...M..., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P...A..., Ao S...J..., Wan B..., Zhang J...E... and Zhang Z..., SIMS U-Pb zircon dating and Re-Os isotopic analysis of the Hulu Cu-Ni deposit, eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, and its geological significance, Journal of Geosciences . 2013, 58 (3): 255-274.

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:	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
Completion Date:	02/2014

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:	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
Completion Date:	06/2014

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:	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:	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

Project Title:	Nd-Hf isotopic decoupling in the Chinese Altai granitoids: causes and tectonic interpretation
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Jiang Y, Wong PM
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Tectonothermal history of the high-grade metamorphic rocks in the southern Altai Range, Central Asia
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme - Travel Grants
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	International Meeting on Subduction, Volcanism and the Evolution of Oceanic and Continental Crust; Basement nature of the Chinese and Mogolian Altai: Precambrian detrital zircons and interpretation
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	02/2014
Completion Date:	02/2014

Project Title:	Method development on isotopic dating of apatite by Laser Ablation – Multiple Collector - Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (LA-MC-ICP-MS)
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Wong PM
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

CAI K., Sun M. and Xiao W...J..., Accretionary history of the Altai-Mongolian terrane: perspectives from granitic zircon U-Pb and Hf-isotope data, EGU General Assembly 2014. 16: EGU2014-6697.

CAI K., Sun M., Xiao W...J..., Yuan C., Zhao G., Long X...P..., Tumurkhuu D. and Zhou K., Petrogenesis of late Paleozoic tholeiitic, Nb-enriched, calc-alkaline and adakitic rocks in southwestern Mongolia: Implications for intra-oceanic arc evolution, Lithos. Elsevier, 2014, 202-203, August 2014: 413-428.

Cai K., Sun M., Xiao W., Buslov M...M..., Yuan C..., Zhao G. and Long X., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic composition of granitiods in Russian Altai Mountain, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, American Journal of Science . 2014, 314 (2): 580-612.

EIZENHOEFER P.R., Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhang J., Final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: Constraints from geochronological and geochemical data of Permian volcanic and sedimentary rocks, AGU Tectonics. U.S.A., Wiley, 2014, 33, Issue 4: 441-463.

Eizenhöfer P...R..., Zhao G., Zhang J. and Sun M., Timing of final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: constraints from the provenance analysis of detrital zircons from Permian sedimentary rocks, Tectonics . 2014, 33 (4): 441-463.

Gong S.L., Chen N.S., Geng H., Sun M., Zhang L. and Wang Q.Y., Zircon Hf Isotopes and Geochemistry of the Early Paleoproterozoic High-Sr Low-Y Quartz-Diorite in the Quanji Massif, NW China: Crustal Growth and Tectonic Implications, Journal of Earth Science. 2014, 25(1): 74-86.

Huang Z...Y..., Long X., Kroner A., Yuan C., Wang Q..., Sun M., Zhao G. and Wang Y...J..., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopes of early Paleozoic plutons in the northwestern Chinese Tianshan: Petrogenesis and geological implications, Lithos. 2013, 182-183: 48-66.

Kroener A., Kovich V., Belousova E., Hegner E., Armstrong R., Dolgopolova A., Seltmann R., Alexeriev D.V., Hoffmann J.E., Wong P.M., Sun M., Cai K., Wang T., Tong Y., Wilde S.A., Degtyarev S.A. and Tytsk E., Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2014, 25: 103-123.

Safonava I., Seltmann R., Sun M., Kroener A., Kislov E., Kovach V. and Colins A., Continental construction in central Asia (IGCP592): scientific results and meetings in 2012., Episodes. 2013, 36: 227-234.

Tong Y., Wang T., Jahn B., Sun M., Hong D. and Gao J., Post-accretionary Permian granitoids in the Chinese Altai orogen: Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic implications. , American Journal of Science, 314, 80-109.. 2014, 314: 80-109.

Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M., Bao Z...A..., Tam P.Y. and He Y...H..., Tectonic affinity and reworking of the Archean Jiaodong Terrane in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: Evidence from LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages, Geological Magazine . 2014, 151 (2): 365-371.

Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S...Z..., Bao Z...A..., Tam P.Y., Eizenhoefer P...R... and He Y...H..., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Jiaodong Terrane: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, Lithos . 2014, 190-191: 71-84.

Xia X., Ren Z., Wei G., Zhang L., Sun M. and Wang Y., In situ rutile U-Pb dating by laser ablation-MC-ICPMS., Geochemical Journal. 2013, 47: 459-468.

Yin C., Zhao G., Wei C...J..., Sun M., Guo J...H... and Zhou X...W..., Metamorphism and partial melting of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Qianlishan Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2014, 242: 172-186.

Yin J...Y..., Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Geng H., A Late Carboniferous-Early Permian slab window in the West Junggar of NW China: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from mafic to intermediate dikes, Lithos . 2013, 175-176: 146–162.

Yin J.Y., Long X.P., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Geng H., A Late Carboniferous-Early Permian slab window in the West Junggar of NW China: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from mafic to intermediate dikes, Lithos. 2013, 175: 146-162.

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 : TAN X

List of Research Outputs

TAN X., Payne M.J., Lee M.H., Ford E.B., Howard A.W., Johnson J.A., Marcy G.W. and Wright J.T., Characterizing the Orbital and Dynamical State of the HD 82943 Planetary System with Keck Radial Velocity Data, The Astrophysical Journal. The American Astronomical Society, 2013, 777: 101:1-21.

Trifonov T., Reffert S., TAN X., Lee M.H. and Quirrenbach A., Two Massive Planets Orbiting the Giant Star eta Cet, Protostars and Planets VI, Heidelberg, Germany. 2013.

Wittenmyer R.A., TAN X., Lee M.H., Horner J., Tinney C.G., Butler R.P., Salter G.S., Carter B.D., Jones H.R.A., O'Toole S.J., Bailey J., Wright D., Crane J.D., Schectman S.A., Arriagada P., Thompson I., Minniti D. and Diaz M., A Detailed Analysis of the HD 73526 2:1 Resonant Planetary System, The Astrophysical Journal. The American Astronomical Society, 2013, 780: 140:1-9.

Researcher : Tam PY

List of Research Outputs

Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M., Bao Z...A..., Tam P.Y. and He Y...H..., Tectonic affinity and reworking of the Archean Jiaodong Terrane in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: Evidence from LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages, Geological Magazine . 2014, 151 (2): 365-371.

Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S...Z..., Bao Z...A..., Tam P.Y., Eizenhoefer P...R... and He Y...H..., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Jiaodong Terrane: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, Lithos . 2014, 190-191: 71-84.

Researcher : Tong Y

List of Research Outputs

Kroener A., Kovich V., Belousova E., Hegner E., Armstrong R., Dolgopolova A., Seltmann R., Alexeriev D.V., Hoffmann J.E., Wong P.M., Sun M., Cai K., Wang T., Tong Y., Wilde S.A., Degtyarev S.A. and Tytsk E., Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2014, 25: 103-123.

Tong Y., Wang T., Jahn B., Sun M., Hong D. and Gao J., Post-accretionary Permian granitoids in the Chinese Altai orogen: Geochronology, petrogenesis and tectonic implications. , American Journal of Science, 314, 80-109.. 2014, 314: 80-109.

Researcher : WANG N

List of Research Outputs

WANG N., Zong Y., Brodie C.R. and Zheng Z., An examination of the fidelity of n-alkanes as a palaeoclimate proxy from sediments of Palaeolake Tianyang, South China, Quaternary International. International Union of Quaternary Research, 2014, 333: 100-109.

Researcher : WANG Y

List of Research Outputs

WANG Y., Jiao J.J.J., Cherry J.A. and LEE C.M., Contribution of the aquitard to the regional groundwater hydrochemistry of the underlying confined aquifer in the Pearl River Delta, China, Science of the Total Environment. 2013, 461-462: 663–671.

WANG Y. and Jiao J.J.J., Multivariate statistical analyses on the enrichment of arsenic with different oxidation states in the Quaternary sediments of the Pearl River Delta, China, JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION . 2014, 138: 72-80.

Wang Y., Jiao J.J.J., Zhu S.Y. and Li Y., Arsenic K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy to determine oxidation states of arsenic of a coastal aquifer–aquitard system, Environmental Pollution. 2013, 179: 160-166.

Researcher : Wang B

List of Research Outputs

Wang B., Zhou M.F., Chen W., Gao J. and Yan D.P., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Triassic volcanic rocks in the northern Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Lithos. 2013, 175: 285-301.

Researcher : Wang W

List of Research Outputs

Wang W., Zhou M.F., Yan D., Li L. and Malpas J.G., Detrital zircon record of Neoproterozoic active-margin sedimentation in the eastern Jiangnan Orogen, South China, Precambrian Research. 2013, 235(0): 1-19.

Researcher : Wilde SA

List of Research Outputs

Kroener A., Kovich V., Belousova E., Hegner E., Armstrong R., Dolgopolova A., Seltmann R., Alexeriev D.V., Hoffmann J.E., Wong P.M., Sun M., Cai K., Wang T., Tong Y., Wilde S.A., Degtyarev S.A. and Tytsk E., Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2014, 25: 103-123.

Researcher : Wong PM

List of Research Outputs

Kroener A., Kovich V., Belousova E., Hegner E., Armstrong R., Dolgopolova A., Seltmann R., Alexeriev D.V., Hoffmann J.E., Wong P.M., Sun M., Cai K., Wang T., Tong Y., Wilde S.A., Degtyarev S.A. and Tytsk E., Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2014, 25: 103-123.

Kroner A., Rojas-Agramonte Y., Kehelpannala K.V.W., Zack T., Hegner E., Geng H., Wong P.M. and Barth M., Age, Nd-Hf isotopes, and geochemistry of the Vijayan Complex of eastern and southern Sri Lanka: A Grenville-age magmatic arc of unknown derivation, Precambrian Research. 2013, 234: 288-321.

Researcher : Wu M

List of Research Outputs

Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M., Bao Z...A..., Tam P.Y. and He Y...H..., Tectonic affinity and reworking of the Archean Jiaodong Terrane in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: Evidence from LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages, Geological Magazine . 2014, 151 (2): 365-371.

Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S...Z..., Bao Z...A..., Tam P.Y., Eizenhoefer P...R... and He Y...H..., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Jiaodong Terrane: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, Lithos . 2014, 190-191: 71-84.

Researcher : Wu PPC

List of Research Outputs

Steffen H., Wu P.P.C. and Wang H., Optimal locations of sea-level indicators in glacial isostatic adjustment investigations, Solid Earth. 2014, 5: 511-521.

Steffen H. and Wu P.P.C., The sensitivity of GNSS measurements in Fennoscandia to distinct three-dimensional upper-mantle structures, Solid Earth. 2014, 5: 557-567.

Steffen R., Wu P.P.C., Steffen H. and Eaton D., On the implementation of faults in finite-element glacial isostatic adjustment models, Computers & Geosciences. 2014, 62: 150-159.

Steffen R., Wu P.P.C., Steffen H. and Eaton D.W., The effect of earth rheology and ice-sheet size on fault slip and magnitude of postglacial earthquakes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2014, 388: 71-80.

Researcher : Xia X

List of Research Outputs

Xia X., Ren Z., Wei G., Zhang L., Sun M. and Wang Y., In situ rutile U-Pb dating by laser ablation-MC-ICPMS., Geochemical Journal. 2013, 47: 459-468.

Researcher : Xiao W

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Xiao W., Buslov M...M..., Yuan C..., Zhao G. and Long X., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic composition of granitiods in Russian Altai Mountain, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, American Journal of Science . 2014, 314 (2): 580-612.

Han C...M..., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Ao S...J..., Zhang J...E... and Wan B..., Age and tectonic setting of magmatic sulfide Cu-Ni mineralization in the eastern Tianshan Orogenic Belt, Xinjiang, Central Asia, Journal of Geosciences. 2013, 58 (3): 237-254.

Han C...M..., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P...A..., Ao S...J..., Wan B..., Zhang J...E... and Zhang Z..., SIMS U-Pb zircon dating and Re-Os isotopic analysis of the Hulu Cu-Ni deposit, eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, and its geological significance, Journal of Geosciences . 2013, 58 (3): 255-274.

Yin C., Lin S...F..., Davis D...W..., Zhao G., Xiao W., Li L. and He Y., 2.1–1.85 Ga tectonic events in the Yangtze Block, South China: Petrological and geochronological evidence from the Kongling Complex and implications for the reconstruction of supercontinent Columbia, Lithos . 2013, 182-183: 200-210.

Zhao G., Wang Y...J..., Huang B...C..., Dong Y...P..., Li S...Z... and Xiao W., An Introduction to the Major NSFC Program “Reconstruction of East Asian Blocks in Pangea”, 2013 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Abstracts. 2013.

Researcher : YANG L

List of Research Outputs

YANG L., Wang X...S... and Jiao J.J.J., Methods Note/Numerical Modeling of Slug Tests with MODFLOW Using Equivalent Well Blocks, Groundwater. U.S.A., National Ground Water Association, 2014.

Researcher : Yin C

List of Research Outputs

Yin C., Lin S...F..., Davis D...W..., Zhao G., Xiao W., Li L. and He Y., 2.1–1.85 Ga tectonic events in the Yangtze Block, South China: Petrological and geochronological evidence from the Kongling Complex and implications for the reconstruction of supercontinent Columbia, Lithos . 2013, 182-183: 200-210.

Yin C., Zhao G., Wei C...J..., Sun M., Guo J...H... and Zhou X...W..., Metamorphism and partial melting of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Qianlishan Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2014, 242: 172-186.

Researcher : Yu J

List of Research Outputs

Wang X...L..., Zhou J...C..., Griffin W...L..., Zhao G., Yu J., Qiu J...S..., Zhang Y...J... and Xing G...F..., Geochemical zonation across a Neoproterozoic orogenic belt: Isotopic evidence from granitoids and metasedimentary rocks of the Jiangnan orogen, China, Precambrian Research. 2014, 242: 154-171.

Researcher : Yuan C

List of Research Outputs

Huang Z...Y..., Long X., Kroner A., Yuan C., Wang Q..., Sun M., Zhao G. and Wang Y...J..., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopes of early Paleozoic plutons in the northwestern Chinese Tianshan: Petrogenesis and geological implications, Lithos. 2013, 182-183: 48-66.

Yin J...Y..., Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Geng H., A Late Carboniferous-Early Permian slab window in the West Junggar of NW China: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from mafic to intermediate dikes, Lithos . 2013, 175-176: 146–162.

Researcher : Zhang J

List of Research Outputs

Eizenhöfer P...R..., Zhao G., Zhang J. and Sun M., Timing of final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: constraints from the provenance analysis of detrital zircons from Permian sedimentary rocks, Tectonics . 2014, 33 (4): 441-463.

Researcher : Zhao C

List of Research Outputs

HE Y., Zheng Y., Pan A., Zhao C., SUN Y., SONG M., Zheng Z. and Liu Z., Biomarker-based reconstructions of Holocene lake-level changes at Lake Gahai on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, The Holocene. SAGE Publications, 2014, 24(4): 405-412.

HE Y., Zhao C., Wang Z., Wang H., SONG M., Liu W. and Liu Z., Late Holocene coupled moisture and temperature changes on the northern Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Science Reviews. Pergamon, 2013, 80: 47-57.

Zhao C., Liu Z., Rohling E., Yu Z., Liu W., HE Y., Zhao Y. and Chen F., Holocene temperature fluctuations in the northern Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Research. Academic Press, 2013, 80: 55-65.

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:	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
Completion Date:	12/2013

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

Project Title:	2013 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting; Reconstruction of East Asian Blocks in Pangea Posters
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2013
Completion Date:	12/2013

Project Title:	Tracing the provenance of clastic sediments from Paleozoic strata on the northern margin of the Tarim craton
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Timing of closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: constrained by tracing the provenances of detrital zircons from the Ordor Sum suture zone
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

CAI K., Sun M., Xiao W...J..., Yuan C., Zhao G., Long X...P..., Tumurkhuu D. and Zhou K., Petrogenesis of late Paleozoic tholeiitic, Nb-enriched, calc-alkaline and adakitic rocks in southwestern Mongolia: Implications for intra-oceanic arc evolution, Lithos. Elsevier, 2014, 202-203, August 2014: 413-428.

Cai K., Sun M., Xiao W., Buslov M...M..., Yuan C..., Zhao G. and Long X., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic composition of granitiods in Russian Altai Mountain, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, American Journal of Science . 2014, 314 (2): 580-612.

EIZENHOEFER P.R., Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhang J., Final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: Constraints from geochronological and geochemical data of Permian volcanic and sedimentary rocks, AGU Tectonics. U.S.A., Wiley, 2014, 33, Issue 4: 441-463.

Eizenhöfer P...R..., Zhao G., Zhang J. and Sun M., Timing of final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: constraints from the provenance analysis of detrital zircons from Permian sedimentary rocks, Tectonics . 2014, 33 (4): 441-463.

Han C...M..., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Ao S...J..., Zhang J...E... and Wan B..., Age and tectonic setting of magmatic sulfide Cu-Ni mineralization in the eastern Tianshan Orogenic Belt, Xinjiang, Central Asia, Journal of Geosciences. 2013, 58 (3): 237-254.

Han C...M..., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P...A..., Ao S...J..., Wan B..., Zhang J...E... and Zhang Z..., SIMS U-Pb zircon dating and Re-Os isotopic analysis of the Hulu Cu-Ni deposit, eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, and its geological significance, Journal of Geosciences . 2013, 58 (3): 255-274.

Huang Z...Y..., Long X., Kroner A., Yuan C., Wang Q..., Sun M., Zhao G. and Wang Y...J..., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopes of early Paleozoic plutons in the northwestern Chinese Tianshan: Petrogenesis and geological implications, Lithos. 2013, 182-183: 48-66.

Khanna T...C..., Sai V...V...S..., Zhao G., Rao D...V...S..., Krishna A...K..., Sawant S...S... and Charan S...N..., Petrogenesis of Mafic Alkaline Dikes from Mahbubnagar Large Igneous Province, Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: Geochemical evidence for uncontaminated intracontinental mantle derived magmatism, Lithos. 2013, 179: 84-98.

Li X.P., Liu Y.J., Guo J.H., Li H.K. and Zhao G., Petrogeochemical characteristics of the Paleoproterozoic high-pressure mafic granulite and calc-silicate from the Nanshankou of the Jiaobei terrane, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2013, 29: 2340-2352.

Liu C., Zhao G., Liu F.L. and Shi J.R., Geochronological and geochemical constraints on the Lüliang Group in the Lüliang Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, Lithos . 2014, 198: 298-315.

Liu C., Zhao G., Liu F...L... and Shi J...R..., Zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical constraints on the Shuangshanzi and Qinglonghe Groups in Eastern Hebei: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, 2013's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics,Guangzhou. Abstracts, 2013, p. 94 . 2013.

Peng T...P..., Zhao G., Fan W...M..., Peng B...X... and Mao Y...S..., Zircon geochronology and Hf isotopes of Mesozoic intrusive rocks from the Yidun terrane, Eastern Tibetan Plateau: Petrogenesis and their bearings with Cu mineralization, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2014, 80: 18-33.

Tian D...Q..., Ge W...C..., Yang H..., Zhao G. and Zhang Y...L..., Early Cretaceous A-type granites in the central part of the Great Xing'an Range, northeastern China: Chronology, geochemistry, and tectonic implications, 2013's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Guangzhou. Abstracts, 2013, p. 171 . 2013.

Wang X...L..., Zhou J...C..., Griffin W...L..., Zhao G., Yu J., Qiu J...S..., Zhang Y...J... and Xing G...F..., Geochemical zonation across a Neoproterozoic orogenic belt: Isotopic evidence from granitoids and metasedimentary rocks of the Jiangnan orogen, China, Precambrian Research. 2014, 242: 154-171.

Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M., Bao Z...A..., Tam P.Y. and He Y...H..., Tectonic affinity and reworking of the Archean Jiaodong Terrane in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: Evidence from LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages, Geological Magazine . 2014, 151 (2): 365-371.

Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S...Z..., Bao Z...A..., Tam P.Y., Eizenhoefer P...R... and He Y...H..., Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Jiaodong Terrane: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, Lithos . 2014, 190-191: 71-84.

Yang H..., Ge W...C..., Zhao G., Wang Z...H..., Yu J...J... and Zhang Y...L..., Early Permian-Late Triassic granitic magmatism in the Jiamusi–Khanka Massif, eastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB): Chronology, geochemistry, and tectonic implications, 2013's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics,Guangzhou. Abstracts, 2013, p. 630-631. 2013.

Yao J...L..., Shu L...S..., Santosh M. and Zhao G., Neoproterozoic arc-related mafic-ultramafic rocks and syn-collision granite from the western segment of the Jiangnan Orogen, South China: Constraints on the Neoproterozoic assembly of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks , Precambrian Research . 2014, 243: 39-62.

Yin C., Lin S...F..., Davis D...W..., Zhao G., Xiao W., Li L. and He Y., 2.1–1.85 Ga tectonic events in the Yangtze Block, South China: Petrological and geochronological evidence from the Kongling Complex and implications for the reconstruction of supercontinent Columbia, Lithos . 2013, 182-183: 200-210.

Yin C., Zhao G., Wei C...J..., Sun M., Guo J...H... and Zhou X...W..., Metamorphism and partial melting of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Qianlishan Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton, Precambrian Research . 2014, 242: 172-186.

Yin J...Y..., Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Geng H., A Late Carboniferous-Early Permian slab window in the West Junggar of NW China: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from mafic to intermediate dikes, Lithos . 2013, 175-176: 146–162.

Yin J.Y., Long X.P., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G. and Geng H., A Late Carboniferous-Early Permian slab window in the West Junggar of NW China: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from mafic to intermediate dikes, Lithos. 2013, 175: 146-162.

Yu Q., Ge W...C..., Yang H..., Zhao G., Zhang Y...L... and Su L..., Petrogenesis of late Paleozoic volcanic rocks from the Daheshen Formation in central Jilin Province, NE China, and its tectonic implications: Constraints from geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes, Lithos . 2014, 192-195: 116-131.

Yu Q..., Ge W...C..., Zhang Y...L..., Yang H... and Zhao G., Petrogenesis of late Paleozoic volcanic rocks from the Daheshen Formation in central Jilin Province, NE China, and its tectonic implications: Constraints from geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes, 2013's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics,Guangzhou. Abstracts, 2013, p. 626-627. 2013.

Zhang Z...M..., Dong X..., Santosh M... and Zhao G., Metamorphism and tectonic evolution of the Lhasa terrane, Central Tibet, Gondwana Research. 2014, 25: 170-189.

Zhao G., A .7 Ga Large Igneous Province (LIP) event in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton?, International Meeting on Precambrian Evolution and Deep Exploration of the Continental Lithosphere, Beijing. 2013.

Zhao G., Wang Y...J..., Huang B...C..., Dong Y...P..., Li S...Z... and Xiao W., An Introduction to the Major NSFC Program “Reconstruction of East Asian Blocks in Pangea”, 2013 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Abstracts. 2013.

Zhao G., Divergent double-sided subduction in the Jiangnan Orogen , 7th Symposium on Structural Geology and Geodynamics, Qingdao. 2014.

Zhao G., Evolution of supercontinents and formation of East Asian continent, 2013's National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Guangzhou. 2013.

Zhao G., Jiangnan Orogen in South China: developed from divergent double subduction?, 1st International Conference on Subduction, Volcanism and the Evolution of Oceanic and Continental Crust (SVEOCC 2014), Fiji. 2014.

Zhao G., Metamorphic P-T evolution map of the North China Craton and its geological implications , Annual Meeting of the National Committee of Metamorphic Petrology. 2014.

Zhao G., Precambrian evolution of the North China Craton, Elsevier, Amsterdam. Amsterdam, 2014, 194p.

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

Chen W., Zhou M.F. and Zhao X., Late Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and mafic rocks in the Hekou area, SW China: Implication for the reconstruction of the Yangtze Block in Columbia, Precambrian Research. 2013, 231: 61-77.

Lehmann B., Zhao X., Zhou M.F., Du A.D., Mao J.W., Zeng P.S., Henjes-Kunst F. and Heppe K., Mid-Silurian back-arc spreading at the northeastern margin of Gondwana: The Dapingzhang dacite-hosted massive sulfide deposit, Lancangjiang zone, southwestern Yunnan, China, Gondwana Research. 2013, 24(2): 648-663.

Zhao X., Zhou M.F., Li J., Selby D., Li X. and Qi L., SULFIDE Re-Os AND Rb-Sr ISOTOPE DATING OF THE KANGDIAN IOCG METALLOGENIC PROVINCE, SOUTHWEST CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL METALLOGENESIS, Economic Geology. 2013, 108(6): 1489-1498.

Researcher : Zheng J

List of Research Outputs

Zhao J.H., Zhou M.F. and Zheng J., Neoproterozoic high-K granites produced by melting of newly formed mafic crust in the Huangling region, South China, Precambrian Research. 2013, 233: 93-107.

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:	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:	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:	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
Completion Date:	12/2013

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

Project Title:	PGE geochemistry of Cenozoic basalts in Eastern China
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF, Su B
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2013

Project Title:	Origin of Fe-Cu deposits in southwestern China
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014; The role of slab contamination for the genesis of podiform chromite deposits
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	04/2014
Completion Date:	05/2014

List of Research Outputs

CHEN W., Zhou M.F. and Zhao T.P., Differentiation Of Nelsonitic Magmas In The Formation Of The .74 Ga Damiao Fe–ti–p Ore Deposit, North China, Contributions To Mineralogy And Petrology . 2013, 165: 1341-1362.

Chen W., Zhou M.F. and Zhao X., Late Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and mafic rocks in the Hekou area, SW China: Implication for the reconstruction of the Yangtze Block in Columbia, Precambrian Research. 2013, 231: 61-77.

Huang X., Zhou M.F., Wang C.Y., Robinson P.T., Zhao J. and Qi L., Chalcophile element constraints on magma differentiation of Quaternary volcanoes in Tengchong, SW China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2013, 76(0): 1-11.

Huang X., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Gao J. and Wang Y., Re–Os isotopic ages of pyrite and chemical composition of magnetite from the Cihai magmatic–hydrothermal Fe deposit, NW China, Mineralium Deposita. Springer-Verlag, 2013, 1-22.

LIU P., Zhou M.F., Wang C...Y..., Xing C...-.M... and GAO J., Open magma chamber processes in the formation of the Permian Baima mafic-ultramafic layered intrusion, SW China, Lithos. U.S.A., Elsevier, 2013, 184-187: 194-208.

LIU P., Zhou M.F., Chen W...T..., Boone M. and Cnudde V., Using Multiphase Solid Inclusions to Constrain the Origin of the Baima Fe–Ti–(V) Oxide Deposit, SW China, Journal of Petrology. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2014, 55, Issue 5: 951-976.

Lehmann B., Zhao X., Zhou M.F., Du A.D., Mao J.W., Zeng P.S., Henjes-Kunst F. and Heppe K., Mid-Silurian back-arc spreading at the northeastern margin of Gondwana: The Dapingzhang dacite-hosted massive sulfide deposit, Lancangjiang zone, southwestern Yunnan, China, Gondwana Research. 2013, 24(2): 648-663.

Pang K., Zhou M.F., Qi L., Chung S., Chu C. and Lee H., Petrology and geochemistry at the Lower zone-Middle zone transition of the Panzhihua intrusion, SW China: Implications for differentiation and oxide ore genesis, Geoscience Frontiers. 2013, 4(5): 517-533.

Prichard H., Knight R., Fisher P., McDonald I., Zhou M.F. and Wang C., Distribution of platinum-group elements in magmatic and altered ores in the Jinchuan intrusion, China: an example of selenium remobilization by postmagmatic fluids, Mineralium Deposita. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013, 48(6): 767-786.

Tang K., Li J., Selby D., Zhou M.F., Bi S. and Deng X., Geology, mineralization, and geochronology of the Qianhe gold deposit, Xiong’ershan area, southern North China Craton, Mineralium Deposita. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013, 48(6): 729-747.

Wang B., Zhou M.F., Chen W., Gao J. and Yan D.P., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Triassic volcanic rocks in the northern Yidun Terrane, Eastern Tibet, Lithos. 2013, 175: 285-301.

Wang C. and Zhou M.F., New textural and mineralogical constraints on the origin of the Hongge Fe-Ti-V oxide deposit, SW China, Mineralium Deposita. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013, 48(6): 787-798.

Wang W., Zhou M.F., Yan D., Li L. and Malpas J.G., Detrital zircon record of Neoproterozoic active-margin sedimentation in the eastern Jiangnan Orogen, South China, Precambrian Research. 2013, 235(0): 1-19.

Yang A.Y., Zhao T., Zhou M.F., Deng X., Wang G. and Li J., Os isotopic compositions of MORBs from the ultra-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge: Constraints on the assimilation and fractional crystallization (AFC) processes, Lithos. 2013, 179(0): 28-35.

Zhao J.H., Zhou M.F. and Zheng J., Neoproterozoic high-K granites produced by melting of newly formed mafic crust in the Huangling region, South China, Precambrian Research. 2013, 233: 93-107.

Zhao J.H. and Zhou M.F., Neoproterozoic high-Mg basalts formed by melting of ambient mantle in South China, Precambrian Research. 2013, 233: 193-205.

Zhao X., Zhou M.F., Li J., Selby D., Li X. and Qi L., SULFIDE Re-Os AND Rb-Sr ISOTOPE DATING OF THE KANGDIAN IOCG METALLOGENIC PROVINCE, SOUTHWEST CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL METALLOGENESIS, Economic Geology. 2013, 108(6): 1489-1498.

Zhou J.X., Huang Z.L., Zhou M.F., Li X.B. and Jin Z.G., Constraints of C-O-S-Pb isotope compositions and Rb-Sr isotopic age on the origin of the Tianqiao carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposit, SW China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2013, 53: 77-92.

Zhou M.F., Chen W., Wang C.Y., Prevec S.A., Liu P. and Howarth G.H., Two stages of immiscible liquid separation in the formation of Panzhihua-type Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits, SW China, Geoscience Frontiers. 2013, 4(5): 481-502.

Researcher : Zong Y

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
Completion Date:	12/2013

Project Title:	IGU Kyoto Regional Conference 2013; Coastal Responses to Sea-level and Monsoon Climate Change in the Past 10,000 Years
Investigator(s):	Zong Y
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2013
Completion Date:	08/2013

List of Research Outputs

CHEUNG M.C., Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang K. and Aitchison J.C., A stable mid-late Holocene monsoon climate of the central Tibetan Plateau indicated by a pollen record, Quaternary International. International Union of Quaternary Research, 2014, 333: 40-48.

Chen Y., Zong Y., Li B., Li S.H. and Aitchison J.C., Shrinking lakes in Tibet linked to the weakening Asian monsoon in the past 8.2 ka, Quaternary Research. Elsevier, 2013, 80: 189-198.

Strong D., Flecker R., Valdes P.J., Wilkinson I.P., Rees J.C., Michaelides K., Zong Y., Lloyd J.M., Yu F. and Pancost R.D., A new regional mid-Holocene palaeoprecipitation signal of the Asian Summer Monsoon, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2013, 78: 65-76.

WANG N., Zong Y., Brodie C.R. and Zheng Z., An examination of the fidelity of n-alkanes as a palaeoclimate proxy from sediments of Palaeolake Tianyang, South China, Quaternary International. International Union of Quaternary Research, 2014, 333: 100-109.

Wang F., Wang H., Zong Y., Anderson T.J., Pei Y., Tian L., Li J. and Shang Z., Sedimentary dynamics along the west coast of Bohai Bay, China during the 20th century, Journal of Coastal Resrarch. Coastal Resrarch Foundation, 2013, 30: 379-388.

Zong Y., Associate Editor, Tropical Geography. 2013.

Zong Y., Coastal responses to sea-level and monsoon climate change in the past 10,000 years, Annual meeting of International Geographical Union, 2013, Kyoto. 2013.

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