DEPT OF EARTH SCIENCES



Researcher : ANGLES EMA

List of Research Outputs

ANGLES E.M.A., Tang M. and Li Y., GYPSUM IN MODERN KAMCHATKA VOLCANIC HOT SPRINGS AND THE LOWER CAMBRIAN BLACK SHALE: APPLIED TO THE MICROBIAL-MEDIATED PRECIPITATION OF SULFATES ON MARS, Astrobiology Science Conference 2015. 7155.pdf.


Researcher : Aitchison JC

List of Research Outputs

HERI A.R., Aitchison J.C., King J.A. and Villa I.M., Geochronology and isotope geochemistry of Eocene dykes intruding the Ladakh Batholith, Lithos. 2015, 212-215: 111-121.


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
Completion Date:09/2014


Project Title:Island Biology 2014; New twist to the Galapagos biodiversity "story" revealed through palaeogeographical modeling
Investigator(s):Ali JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2014
Completion Date:07/2014


List of Research Outputs

Ali J.R. and Aitchison J.C., Exploring the combined role of eustasy and oceanic island thermal subsidence in shaping biodiversity on the Galápagos, Journal of Biogeography. 2014, 41: 1227-1241.
Andrianavalona T.H., Ramihangihajason T.N., Rasoamiaramanana A., Ward D.J., Ali J.R. and Samonds K.E., Miocene shark and batoid fauna from Nosy Makamby (Mahajanga Basin, Northwestern Madagascar), PLOS ONE. 2015, 10: e0129444.
Ramihangihajason T.N., Andrianavalona T.H., Razafimbelo R., Rahantarisoa L., Ali J.R. and Samonds K.E., Miocene benthic foraminifera from Nosy Makamby and Amparafaka, Mahajanga Basin, northwestern Madagascar , Journal of African Earth Sciences. 2014, 100: 409-417.
Richter C. and Ali J.R., Philippine Sea Plate motion history: Eocene-Recent record from ODP Site 1201, central West Philippine Basin, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2015, 410: 165-173.


Researcher : Aydin A

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 : CHEN M

List of Research Outputs

CHEN M., Sun M., Cai K., Buslov M.M., Zhao G. and Rubanova E.S., Geochemical study of the Cambrian-Ordovician meta-sedimentary rocks from the northern Altai-Mongolian terrane, northwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications on the provenance and tectonic setting, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 96, December 01, 2014, Pages 69-83. 2014.
CHEN M., Sun M., Cai K., Buslov M.M., Zhao G. and Rubanova E.S., Geochemical study of the Cambrian–Ordovician meta-sedimentary rocks from the northern Altai-Mongolian terrane, northwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications on the provenance and tectonic setting, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2014, 96: 69-83.


Researcher : CHEN W

List of Research Outputs

CHEN W., Zhou M.F., LI X., Gao J.F. and Hou K., In-situ LA-ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: Cu-(Au, Fe) deposits in the Khetri copper belt in Rajasthan Province, NW India, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 929-939.
CHEN W., Zhou M.F., Gao J.F. and Zhao T.P., Oscillatory Sr isotopic signature in plagioclase megacrysts from the Damiao anorthosite complex, North China: Implication for petrogenesis of massif-type anorthosite, Chemical Geology. 2015, 393-394: 1-15.
CHUNG D., Zhou M.F., Gao J.F. and CHEN W., In-situ LA–ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: The late Palaeoproterozoic Sokoman Iron Formation in the Labrador Trough, Canada, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 917-928.
Gao J.F., Zhou M.F., Qi L., CHEN W. and Huang X.W., Chalcophile elemental compositions and origin of the Tuwu porphyry Cu deposit, NW China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 66: 403-421.
LIU P., Zhou M.F., CHEN W., G J.F. and H X.W., In-situ LA-ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: Fe–Ti–(V) oxide-bearing mafic–ultramafic layered intrusions of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 853-871.
Wang W., Zhou M.F., Zhao X., Chen W. and Yan D., Late Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic rift successions in SW China: Implication for the Yangtze Block–North Australia–Northwest Laurentia connection in the Columbia supercontinent, Sedimentary Geology. 2014, 309: 33-47.


Researcher : CHENG WH

List of Research Outputs

CHENG W.H., Peale S.J. and Lee M.H., On the Origin of Pluto's Small Satellites by Resonant Transport, Icarus. Elsevier, 2014, 241: 180-189.


Researcher : CHUNG D

List of Research Outputs

CHUNG D., Zhou M.F., Gao J.F. and CHEN W., In-situ LA–ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: The late Palaeoproterozoic Sokoman Iron Formation in the Labrador Trough, Canada, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 917-928.


Researcher : Cai K

List of Research Outputs

CHEN M., Sun M., Cai K., Buslov M.M., Zhao G. and Rubanova E.S., Geochemical study of the Cambrian-Ordovician meta-sedimentary rocks from the northern Altai-Mongolian terrane, northwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications on the provenance and tectonic setting, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 96, December 01, 2014, Pages 69-83. 2014.
Cai K., Sun M., Xiao W., Yuan C., Zhao G., Long X. and Tumurkhuu D.X., Petrogenesis of late Paleozoic tholeiitic, Nb-enriched, calc-alkaline and adakitic rocks in the southwestern Mongolia: implications for intra-oceanic arc evolution, Lithos, Volume 202-203, August 2014, Pages 413-428. 2014.


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


List of Research Outputs

Kumana C.R., Cheung B.M.Y. and Chan L.S., Airport screening for Ebola: current thermal scanning procedures are unreliable, BMJ. 2014, 349: g6571-g6571.
SUN S., Chan L.S. and Li Y., Flower-like apatite recording microbial processes through deep geological time and its implication to the search for mineral records of life on Mars, American Mineralogist. 2014, 99(10): 2116-2125.


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


Project Title:AOGS 11th Annual Meeting; Teaching About Earth Sciences in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Chang S
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2014
Completion Date:08/2014


Project Title:Age of the Tabbowa beds in Sri Lanka and implications for paleoenvironment of East Gondwana
Investigator(s):Chang S
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:08/2014


Project Title:High-precision geochronological constraints on the evolution of Mesozoic ecosystems in the Korean Peninsula
Investigator(s):Chang S
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:12/2014


Project Title:Application of multivariate analysis to geochemical data
Investigator(s):Chang S, King JA
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2015


Project Title:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2015-16
Investigator(s):Chang S
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:06/2015


List of Research Outputs

Chang S., AOGS annual meeting- Teaching about Earth Sciences in Hong Kong, URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff . 2014.
Chang S., Age of the Tabbowa beds in Sri Lanka and implications for paleoenvironment of East Gondwana, HKU Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund. 2014.
Chang S., Age of the fossil-rich formations in the Shandong Peninsula, RGC General Research Fund. 2015.
Chang S., King J.A. and Wang J., Application of multivariate analysis to geochemical data, HKU Seed Funding Program for Basic Research. 2015.
Chang S., HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards, HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards. 2015.
Chang S., Lee Y. and Hemming S., High-precision geochronological constraints on the evolution of Mesozoic ecosystems in the Korean Peninsula, RGC Early Career Scheme. 2014.
Chang S., Teaching about Earth Sciences in Hong Kong, AOGS 2014.
Chang S., Dassanayake S. and Wang J., The age for the fossil-bearing Tabbowa beds in Sri Lanka, AGU Fall meeting (2014). 2014.
Fung D., Wang J. and Chang S., Probability estimates of seismic event occurrence compared to health hazards- forecasting Taipei’s earthquake, AGU Fall meeting (2014). 2014.
Li S., Zheng D., Zhang Q., Liao H., Wang H., Wang B., WANG J., Lu H., Chang S. and Zhang H., Discovery of the Jehol Biota from the Celaomiao region and discussion of the Lower Cretaceous of the Bayingebi Basin, northwestern China, Palaeoworld. 2015.
Ng S.W.P. and Chang S., Petrogenesis and geochronology of the Southeast Asian tin-bearing granites and their hosting basement rocks, HKU Small Project Funding. 2015.
WANG J., Chang S., Lu H. and Zhang H., Detrital zircon U–Pb age constraints on Cretaceous sedimentary rocks of Lingshan Island and implications for tectonic evolution of Eastern Shandong, North China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2014, 96: 27-45.
WANG J., Chang S., Lu H.B. and Zhang H.C., Geochronology and geochemistry of volcanic suittes from the middle Sulu orogenic belt, Eastern China: implication for petrogenesis and tectonic setting, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. 2014.
Wang J., Xu Y. and Chang S., A new procedure modeling the probability distribution of earthquake size, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 2014, 413: 385-393.
Wang J., Xu Y. and Chang S., A new procedure modelling the probability distribution of earthquake size, Physica A: Statistic Mechanics and its Applications . 2014.
Wang J. and Chang S., Evidence in support of seismic hazard following Poisson distribution, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 2015, 424: 207-216.


Researcher : Chen Y

List of Research Outputs

Chen Y., Li S.H., Li B., Hao Q.Z. and Sun J.M., Maximum age limitation in luminescence dating of Chinese loess using the multiple-aliquot MET-pIRIR signals from K-feldspar, Quaternary Geochronology. 2015.


Researcher : Dingle CE

List of Research Outputs

Dingle C.E. and Lo W.F., Hong Kong Blues: the effect of urban noise on bird song., Society of Conservation Biology Asia Chapter Meeting. 2014.
Dingle C.E., Lo W.F., Guo F. and Bonebrake T.C., Urban blues: birds change their tune in noisy cities. , Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Asia-Pacific Chapter meeting 2015.


Researcher : EIZENHOEFER PR

List of Research Outputs

EIZENHOEFER P.R., Zhao G., Zhang J., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X. and Wang B., Geochemical characteristics of the Permian basins and their provenances across the Solonker Suture Zone: Assessment of net crustal growth during the closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean, Lithos, Volumes 224–225, May 2015, Pages 240–255. 2015.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D., Wang B. and Zhang G., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics. 2015, 34: 334-351.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D.X., Wang B. and Zhang G.W., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics, Volume 34 (2), 25 February 2015, Pages 334-351. 2015.
ZHU Y., Zhao G., Zhao G., LIU Q., HAN Y., HOU W., ZHANG X. and EIZENHOEFER P.R., Geochronology and geochemistry of the Yilan blueschists in the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos Volume 216-217, February 01, 2015, Pages 241-253. 2015.


Researcher : GAO J

List of Research Outputs

GAO J., Zhou M.F., Robinson P.T., Wang C.Y., Zhao J.H. and Malpas J.G., Magma mixing recorded by Sr isotopes of plagioclase from dacites of the Quaternary Tengchong volcanic field, SE Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2015, 98: 1-17.
GAO J., Zhou M.F., Leung S., Robinson P.T. and Yang S.H., Re–Os isotopic and platinum group elemental constraints on the genesis of the Xiadong ophiolitic complex, Eastern Xinjiang, NW China, Gondwana Research. 2015, 27: 629-648.


Researcher : GONG Z

List of Research Outputs

GONG Z., Li B. and Li S.H., Futher studies on the relationship between IRSL and BLSL at elevated temperatures for potassium-feldspar from sediments, Journal of Luminescence. 2015, 159: 238-245.


Researcher : Geng H

List of Research Outputs

Geng H., Brandl G., Sun M., Wong P.M. and Kroner A., Zircon ages defining deposition of the Palaeoproterozoic Soutpansberg Group and further evidence for Eoarchaean crust in South Africa, Precambrian Research. 2014, 249: 247-262.
Kroner A., Santosh M., Hegner E., Shaji E., Geng H., Wong P.M., Xie H.A., Wang Y., Shang C.K., Liu D., Sun M. and Nanda-Kumar V., Palaeoproterozoic ancestry of Pan-African high-grade granitoids in southernmost India: Implications for Gondwana reconstructions, Gondwana Research. 2015, 27: 1-37.
Wang Y.J., Zhang Y.Z., Fan W.M., Geng H., Zou H.P. and Bi X.W., Early Neoproterozoic accretionary assemblage in the Cathaysia Block: Geochronological, Lu-Hf isotopic and geochemical evidence from granitoid gneisses, Precambrian Research. 2014, 249: 144-161.


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 : HAN Y

List of Research Outputs

EIZENHOEFER P.R., Zhao G., Zhang J., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X. and Wang B., Geochemical characteristics of the Permian basins and their provenances across the Solonker Suture Zone: Assessment of net crustal growth during the closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean, Lithos, Volumes 224–225, May 2015, Pages 240–255. 2015.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D., Wang B. and Zhang G., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics. 2015, 34: 334-351.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D.X., Wang B. and Zhang G.W., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics, Volume 34 (2), 25 February 2015, Pages 334-351. 2015.
HAN Y. and Zhao G., Provenances of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in northwestern Tarim Craton: Constraints on the accretionary history of the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, GSA annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. 2014.
HAN Y. and Zhao G., Provenances of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in northwestern Tarim Craton: Constraints on the accretionary history of the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition being held 19–22 October 2014.. 2014.
HAN Y., Wang Y., Zhao G. and Cao Q., Syn-tectonic emplacement of the Late Mesozoic Laojunshan granite pluton in the eastern Qinling, central China: An integrated fabric and geochronologic study, Journal of Structural Geology. 2014, 68: 1-15.
HAN Y., Wang Y., Zhao G. and Cao Q.Y., Syn-tectonic emplacement of the Late Mesozoic Laojunshan granite pluton in the eastern Qinling, central China: An integrated fabric and geochronologic study, Journal of Structural Geology, Volume 68, Issue PA, November 01, 2014, Pages 1-15. 2014.
Liu C., Zhao G., Liu F.L. and HAN Y., Nd isotopic and geochemical constraints on the provenance and tectonic setting of the low-grade meta-sedimentary rocks from the Trans-North China Orogen, North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 94, November 2014, Pages 173– 189. 2014.
ZHU Y., Zhao G., Zhao G., LIU Q., HAN Y., HOU W., ZHANG X. and EIZENHOEFER P.R., Geochronology and geochemistry of the Yilan blueschists in the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos Volume 216-217, February 01, 2015, Pages 241-253. 2015.


Researcher : HAO X

List of Research Outputs

HAO X. and Li Y., Hexagonal plate-like magnetite nanocrystals produced in komatiite–H2O–CO2 reaction system at 450°C, International Journal of Astrobiology. 2015, 1-7.


Researcher : HE Y

List of Research Outputs

HE Y., Zhou X., Liu Y., Yang W., KONG D., Sun L. and Liu Z., Weakened Yellow Sea Warm Current over the last 2-3 centuries, Quaternary International. Pergamon, 2014, 349: 252-256.


Researcher : HERI AR

List of Research Outputs

HERI A.R., Aitchison J.C., King J.A. and Villa I.M., Geochronology and isotope geochemistry of Eocene dykes intruding the Ladakh Batholith, Lithos. 2015, 212-215: 111-121.


Researcher : HOU W

List of Research Outputs

EIZENHOEFER P.R., Zhao G., Zhang J., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X. and Wang B., Geochemical characteristics of the Permian basins and their provenances across the Solonker Suture Zone: Assessment of net crustal growth during the closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean, Lithos, Volumes 224–225, May 2015, Pages 240–255. 2015.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D., Wang B. and Zhang G., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics. 2015, 34: 334-351.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D.X., Wang B. and Zhang G.W., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics, Volume 34 (2), 25 February 2015, Pages 334-351. 2015.
ZHU Y., Zhao G., Zhao G., LIU Q., HAN Y., HOU W., ZHANG X. and EIZENHOEFER P.R., Geochronology and geochemistry of the Yilan blueschists in the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos Volume 216-217, February 01, 2015, Pages 241-253. 2015.


Researcher : Jiang Y

List of Research Outputs

Jiang Y., Stipska P., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhang J., Wu Q.H., Long X., Yuan C., Racek M. and Zhao G., Juxtaposition of Barrovian and migmatite domains in the Chinese Altai: a result of crustal thickening followed by doming of partially molten lower crust, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Volume 33, Issue 1, 1 January 2015, Pages 45-70. 2015.
Zhang J., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhao G., Wu Q., Jiang Y., Guy A. and Wang Y., Distinct deformational history of two contrasting tectonic domains in the Chinese Altai: Their significance in understanding accretionary orogenic process, Journal of Structural Geology. 2015, 73: 64-82.
Zhang J., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhao G., Wu Q.H., Jiang Y., Guy A. and Wang Y.J., Distinct deformational history of two contrasting tectonic domains in the Chinese Altai: Their significance in understanding accretionary orogenic process, Journal of Structural Geology 73, April 01, 2015, Pages 64-82. 2015.


Researcher : Jiao JJJ

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


Project Title:Submarine Groundwater Discharge in South China Sea and its Implication on Nutrient Flux
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program
Start Date:01/2014


List of Research Outputs

Chen K.P., Chen Y. and Jiao J.J.J., Rare Earth Elements Geochemistry and Provenance Discrimination of Sediments in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, Marine Georesources & Geotechnology. 2015, 33: 51-57.
Jiao J.J.J., Shi L., Kuang X., Lee C.M., Yim W.S.W. and Yang S., Reconstructed chloride concentration profiles below the seabed in Hong Kong (China) and their implications for offshore groundwater resources, Hydrogeology Journal. 2015, 23: 277-286.
Jiao J.J.J., Zhang X. and Wang X., Satellite-based estimates of groundwater depletion in the Badain Jaran Desert, China, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 8960.
Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., A new equation for the soil water retention curve, European Journal of Soil Science. John Wiley & Sons, 2014, 65: 584–593.
Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., An integrated permeability-depth model for Earth’s crust, Geophysical Research Letters. John Wiley, 2014, 41: 7539-7545.
Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J. and Liu K., Numerical studies of vertical Cl-, δ2H and δ18O profiles in the aquifer-aquitard system in the Pearl River Delta, China, Hydrological Processes. 2015, n/a-n/a.
Liu K.P. and Jiao J.J.J., Investigation on bacterial community and diversity in the multilayer aquifer-aquitard system of the Pearl River Delta, China, Ecotoxicology. 2014, 23: 2041-2052.
Shi L. and Jiao J.J.J., Seawater intrusion and coastal aquifer management in China: a review, Environmental Earth Sciences. 2014, 72: 2811-2819.
Wang X., Li H., Jiao J.J.J., Barry D.A., Li L., Luo X., Wang C., Wan L., Wang X., Jiang X., Ma Q.I.A.N. and Qu W., Submarine fresh groundwater discharge into Laizhou Bay comparable to the Yellow River flux, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 8814.


Researcher : KONG D

List of Research Outputs

HE Y., Zhou X., Liu Y., Yang W., KONG D., Sun L. and Liu Z., Weakened Yellow Sea Warm Current over the last 2-3 centuries, Quaternary International. Pergamon, 2014, 349: 252-256.
KONG D., Zong Y., Jia G., Wei G., Chen M. and Liu Z., The development of late Holocene coastal cooling in the northern South China Sea, Quaternary International. Pergamon, 2014, 349: 300-307.


Researcher : King JA

List of Research Outputs

Chang S., King J.A. and Wang J., Application of multivariate analysis to geochemical data, HKU Seed Funding Program for Basic Research. 2015.
Faisal S., Larson K.P., King J.A. and Cottle J.M., Rifting, subduction and collisional records from pluton petrogenesis and geochronology in the Hindu Kush, NW Pakistan, Gondwana Research. 2015.
HERI A.R., Aitchison J.C., King J.A. and Villa I.M., Geochronology and isotope geochemistry of Eocene dykes intruding the Ladakh Batholith, Lithos. 2015, 212-215: 111-121.


Researcher : Kuang X

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Shi L., Kuang X., Lee C.M., Yim W.S.W. and Yang S., Reconstructed chloride concentration profiles below the seabed in Hong Kong (China) and their implications for offshore groundwater resources, Hydrogeology Journal. 2015, 23: 277-286.
Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., A new equation for the soil water retention curve, European Journal of Soil Science. John Wiley & Sons, 2014, 65: 584–593.
Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., An integrated permeability-depth model for Earth’s crust, Geophysical Research Letters. John Wiley, 2014, 41: 7539-7545.
Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J. and Liu K., Numerical studies of vertical Cl-, δ2H and δ18O profiles in the aquifer-aquitard system in the Pearl River Delta, China, Hydrological Processes. 2015, n/a-n/a.


Researcher : LI X

List of Research Outputs

CHEN W., Zhou M.F., LI X., Gao J.F. and Hou K., In-situ LA-ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: Cu-(Au, Fe) deposits in the Khetri copper belt in Rajasthan Province, NW India, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 929-939.
Zhou M.F., Zhao X., Chen W.T., Li X., Wang W., Yan D. and Qiu H., Proterozoic Fe–Cu metallogeny and supercontinental cycles of the southwestern Yangtze Block, southern China and northern Vietnam, Earth-Science Reviews. 2014, 139: 59-82.


Researcher : LIU P

List of Research Outputs

LIU P., Zhou M.F., CHEN W., G J.F. and H X.W., In-situ LA-ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: Fe–Ti–(V) oxide-bearing mafic–ultramafic layered intrusions of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 853-871.
Liu P., Zhou M.F., Luais B., Cividini D. and Rollion-Bard C., Disequilibrium iron isotopic fractionation during the high-temperature magmatic differentiation of the Baima Fe–Ti oxide-bearing mafic intrusion, SW China, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2014, 399: 21-29.


Researcher : LIU Q

List of Research Outputs

LIU Q. and Zhao G., Discovery of Neoproterozoic orthogneisses in Beishan Orogen: New constraints on the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting. 2014.
Liu Q., Yu J., O’Reilly S., Zhou M.F., Griffin W., Wang L. and Cui X., Origin and geological significance of Paleoproterozoic granites in the northeastern Cathaysia Block, South China, Precambrian Research. 2014, 248: 72-95.
ZHU Y., Zhao G., Zhao G., LIU Q., HAN Y., HOU W., ZHANG X. and EIZENHOEFER P.R., Geochronology and geochemistry of the Yilan blueschists in the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos Volume 216-217, February 01, 2015, Pages 241-253. 2015.


Researcher : Lee MH

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


Project Title:IAU Symposium 310: Complex Planetary Systems; Tilting Saturn without tilting Jupiter: Constraints on giant planet migration
Investigator(s):Lee MH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2014
Completion Date:07/2014


List of Research Outputs

CHENG W.H., Peale S.J. and Lee M.H., On the Origin of Pluto's Small Satellites by Resonant Transport, Icarus. Elsevier, 2014, 241: 180-189.
Lee M.H., Did Our Solar System Lose a Giant Planet?, International Summer Institute for Modeling in Astrophysics 2014 Conference: Gravitational Dynamics, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2014.
Lee M.H., Trifonov T.H., Quirrenbach A. and Reffert S., Dynamical Analysis of the 6:1 Resonance of the Brown Dwarfs Orbiting the K Giant Star nu Ophiuchi, 46th Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, CA, USA. 2015.
Lee M.H., Trifonov T.H., Quirrenbach A. and Reffert S., Planets around Giant Stars, Exoplanet and Time Domain Astrophysics Workshop, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. 2015.
Lee M.H., The Puzzle of the Pluto Satellite System, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. 2015.
Lee M.H., The Puzzle of the Pluto Satellite System, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. 2015.
Lee M.H., The Puzzle of the Pluto Satellite System, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan. 2015.
Lee M.H. and Brasser R., Tilting Saturn without Tilting Jupiter: Constraints on Giant Planet Migration, Complex Planetary Systems, IAU Symposium 310, Namur, Belgium. 2014.
Trifonov T., Reffert S., TAN X., Lee M.H. and Quirrenbach A., Precise Radial Velocities of Giant Stars. VI. A Possible 2:1 Resonant Planet Pair Around the K Giant Star eta Ceti, Astronomy and Astrophysics. The European Southern Observatory, 2014, 568: A64:1-15.
Trifonov T.H., Lee M.H., Reffert S. and Quirrenbach A., New Evidence for Planets on S-type Orbits in Close Binary Systems, Triple Evolution and Dynamics in Stellar and Planetary Systems Conference, Haifa, Israel.. 2015.
WOO M.Y. and Lee M.H., On the In Situ Formation of Pluto's Small Satellites, 46th Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, CA, USA. 2015.


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


Project Title:Experimental and Computational Studies of Molybdate and Tungstate Clusters in Porphyry Ore Fluids
Investigator(s):Lemke KH, Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2014


Project Title:2014 GSA Annual Meeting ; MASS SPECTROMETRIC AND QUANTUM CHEMICAL STUDIES OF HYDRATED GOLD-COPPER CLUSTERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR AU AND CU TRANSPORT IN LOW DENSITY CRUSTAL FLUIDS
Investigator(s):Lemke KH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2014


List of Research Outputs

Lemke K.H., Systematic testing of Gaussian and complete basis set methods withdispersion corrections for environmentally relevant clusters, Chemical Physics Letters. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2014, 615: 50-55.


Researcher : Li B

List of Research Outputs

GONG Z., Li B. and Li S.H., Futher studies on the relationship between IRSL and BLSL at elevated temperatures for potassium-feldspar from sediments, Journal of Luminescence. 2015, 159: 238-245.
Zhao H., Li S.H., Li B. and Li G.Q., Holocene climate changes in westerly-dominated areas of central Asia: Evidence from optical dating of two loess sections in Tianshan Mountain, China, Quaternary Geochronology. 2015.


Researcher : Li P

Project Title:Structural and chronological constraints on the Altai Formation of the Qiongkur Terrane (North Xinjiang): implications for accretion processes of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Investigator(s):Li P, Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:04/2014


List of Research Outputs

Li P. and Rosenbaum G., Reply to comment by Offler et al. on “Does the Manning orocline exist? New structural evidence from the inner hinge of the Manning Orocline (eastern Australia)”, Gondwana Research. 2015, 27: 1689-1691.
Shaanan U., Rosenbaum G., Li P. and Vasconcelos P., Structural evolution of the early Permian Nambucca Block (New England Orogen, eastern Australia) and implications for oroclinal bending, Tectonics. 2014.


Researcher : Li SH

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:14th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating; Studies on reconstruction of activities of thermal fluid flow using quartz luminescence geothermometers in Yinggehai basin, China
Investigator(s):Li SH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2014
Completion Date:07/2014


Project Title:THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL STUDIES OF ROCKS FROM SOUTH-EAST TIBETAN PLATEAU
Investigator(s):Li SH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2014


List of Research Outputs

Chen Y., Li S.H., Li B., Hao Q.Z. and Sun J.M., Maximum age limitation in luminescence dating of Chinese loess using the multiple-aliquot MET-pIRIR signals from K-feldspar, Quaternary Geochronology. 2015.
Fan A.C., Jin Z.Y., Liu Y.Y., Li S.H., Sun Y.Z. and Wu Y.J., OSL chronology of traditional zinc smelting activity in Yunnan province, southwest China, Quaternary Geochronology. 2015.
GONG Z., Li B. and Li S.H., Futher studies on the relationship between IRSL and BLSL at elevated temperatures for potassium-feldspar from sediments, Journal of Luminescence. 2015, 159: 238-245.
Guralnik B., Li B., Jain M., Chen R., Paris R.B., Murray A.S., Li S.H., Pagonis V., Valla P.G. and Herman F., Radiation-induced growth and isothermal decay of infrared-stimulated luminescence from feldspar, Radiation Measurements. 2015.
Jin Z.Y., Wu Y.J., Fan A.C., Yue Z.W., Li G., Li S.H. and Yan L.F., Luminescence study of the initial, pre-casting firing temperatures of clay mould and core used for bronze casting at Yinxu (13c. BC∼11c. BC), Quaternary Geochronology. 2015.
Li B., Roberts R.G., Jacobs Z., Li S.H. and Guo Y.J., Construction of a ‘global standardised growth curve’ (gSGC) for infrared stimulated luminescence dating of K-feldspar, Quaternary Geochronology. 2015, 27: 119-130.
Li B., Roberts R.G., Jacobs Z. and Li S.H., Potential of establishing a ‘global standardised growth curve’ (gSGC) for optical dating of quartz from sediments, Quaternary Geochronology. 2015, 27: 94-104.
Li B., Roberts R...G..., Jacobs Z... and Li S.H., Review and assessment of the potential of post-IR IRSL dating methods to circumvent the problem of anomalous fading in feldspar luminescence, Geochronometria. 2014, 41: 178-201.
Liu Z., Zhao H., Wang C.M. and Li S.H., Estimation of paleo-firing temperatures using luminescence signals for the volcanic lava baked layer in Datong, China, Quaternary Geochronology. 2015.
Lu T.Y., Sun J.M., Li S.H., Gong Z.J. and Xue L., Vertical variations of luminescence sensitivity of quartz grains from loess/paleosol of Luochuan section in the central Chinese Loess Plateau since the last interglacial, Quaternary Geochronology. 2014, 22: 107-115.
TANG S. and Li S.H., Low temperature thermochronology using thermoluminescence signals from quartz, Radiation Measurements. 2015.
Zhao H., Li S.H., Li B. and Li G.Q., Holocene climate changes in westerly-dominated areas of central Asia: Evidence from optical dating of two loess sections in Tianshan Mountain, China, Quaternary Geochronology. 2015.
Zhao H., Liu Z., Wang C.M. and Li S.H., Luminescence dating of volcanic eruptions in Datong, northern China, Quaternary Geochronology. 2015.


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
Completion Date:09/2014


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

ANGLES E.M.A., Tang M. and Li Y., GYPSUM IN MODERN KAMCHATKA VOLCANIC HOT SPRINGS AND THE LOWER CAMBRIAN BLACK SHALE: APPLIED TO THE MICROBIAL-MEDIATED PRECIPITATION OF SULFATES ON MARS, Astrobiology Science Conference 2015. 7155.pdf.
Chen Y., Li Y., Zhou G.T., Li H., Lin Y.T., Xiao X. and Wang F.P., Biomineralization mediated by anaerobic methane-consuming cell consortia, Scientific Reports. Nature Publishing Group, 2014, 4.
HAO X. and Li Y., Hexagonal plate-like magnetite nanocrystals produced in komatiite–H2O–CO2 reaction system at 450°C, International Journal of Astrobiology. 2015, 1-7.
Li H., Yao Q.Z., Wang Y.Y., Li Y. and Zhou G.T., Biomimetic synthesis of struvite with biogenic morphology and implication for pathological biomineralization, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 7718.
Li Y., Editorial Committee, 编辑委员会委员, Science & Technology Review. 科技导报, 2014.
Li Y. and SUN S., MICROBIAL PHOPHATIZATION THROUGH DEEP GEOLOGICAL TIME AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TO SEARCHING FOR LIFE ON MARS, Astrobiology Science Conference 2015. 7282.pdf.
Li Y., Microbially induced precipitation of minerals in volcanic hot springs from Kamchatka, Russia, 12th International Conference on Salt Lake Research. 2014.
Li Y., Microbile mediated precipitation of minerals in volcanic hot springs of Kamchatka, Russia, 12th International Conference on Salt Lake Research. 2014.
SUN S., Chan L.S. and Li Y., Flower-like apatite recording microbial processes through deep geological time and its implication to the search for mineral records of life on Mars, American Mineralogist. 2014, 99(10): 2116-2125.
SUN S. and Li Y., PRIMARY HEMATITE IN NEOARCHEAN TO PALEOPROTEROZOIC BANDED IRON FORMATIONS, Astrobiology Science Conference 2015. 7281.pdf.
SUN S., Konhauser K.O., Kappler A. and Li Y., Primary hematite in Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic oceans, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2015, 127: 850-861.
TANG M., Ehreiser A. and Li Y., Gypsum in modern Kamchatka volcanic hot springs and the Lower Cambrian black shale: applied to the microbial-mediated precipitation of sulfates on Mars, American Mineralogist. 2014.
TSE C.H., Li Y. and Lam E.Y.M., Geological applications of machine learning on hyperspectral remote sensing data, Image Processing: Machine Vision Applications. 2015, 940512.
XU J. and Li Y., An SEM study of microfossils in the black shale of the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation, Southwest China: Implications for the polymetallic sulfide mineralization, Ore Geology Reviews. 2014.
Xu J., Zhu S.Y., Luo Y.T., Zhou W. and Li Y., YILIANG LI Uranium mineralization and its radioactive decay-induced carbonization in a black shale-hosted polymetallic sulfide ore layer, southwest China, Economic Geology. 2015, 127: 1643-1652.


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
Completion Date:09/2014


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 R., 2.2 Ga magnesian andesites, Nb-enriched basalt-andesites, and adakitic rocks in the Lu¨liang Complex: Evidence for early Paleoproterozoic subduction in the North China Craton, Lithos, Volume 208, September 16, 2014, Pages 104-117. 2014.
Liu C., Zhao G. and Liu F.L., Detrital zircon U–Pb, Hf isotopes, detrital rutile and whole-rock geochemistry of the Huade Group on the northern margin of the North China Craton: Implications on the breakup of the Columbia supercontinent, Precambrian Research, Volume 254, November 01, 2014, Pages 290-305. 2014.
Liu C., Zhao G., Liu F.L. and HAN Y., Nd isotopic and geochemical constraints on the provenance and tectonic setting of the low-grade meta-sedimentary rocks from the Trans-North China Orogen, North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 94, November 2014, Pages 173– 189. 2014.
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 provenance and age of the Shuangshanzi and Qinglonghe Groups in Eastern Hebei: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, Precambrian Research, Volume 255, Issue P2, December 01, 2014, Pages 699-715. 2014.


Researcher : Liu K

List of Research Outputs

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J. and Liu K., Numerical studies of vertical Cl-, δ2H and δ18O profiles in the aquifer-aquitard system in the Pearl River Delta, China, Hydrological Processes. 2015, n/a-n/a.


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


Project Title:Reconstructing detailed sea surface temperature and atmospheric CO2 changes across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition
Investigator(s):Liu Z
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2014


List of Research Outputs

Chen M., Liu Z. and Catto N., Guest Editor, In: Norm Catto, Quaternary International. 2014, 349.
HE Y., Zhou X., Liu Y., Yang W., KONG D., Sun L. and Liu Z., Weakened Yellow Sea Warm Current over the last 2-3 centuries, Quaternary International. Pergamon, 2014, 349: 252-256.
Jia G., Bai Y., Yang X., Xie L., Wei G., Ouyang T., Chu G., Liu Z. and Peng P., Biogeochemical evidence of Holocene East Asian summer and winter monsoon variability from a tropical maar lake in southern China, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2015, 111: 51-61.
KONG D., Zong Y., Jia G., Wei G., Chen M. and Liu Z., The development of late Holocene coastal cooling in the northern South China Sea, Quaternary International. Pergamon, 2014, 349: 300-307.
Liu W., Liu Z., An Z., Sun J., Chang H., Wang N., Dong J. and Wang H., Late Miocene episodic lakes in the arid Tarim Basin, western China, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2014, 111: 16292-16296.
Liu Z., Zhang K., SUN Y., Liu W., Liu Y. and Quan C., Cenozoic Environmental Changes in the Northern Qaidam Basin Inferred from n -alkane Records , Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 2014, 88: 1547-1555.
Liu Z., Guest Editor, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2015.
Quan C., Liu Z., Utescher T., Jin J., Shu J., Li Y. and Liu Y., Revisiting the Paleogene climate pattern of East Asia: A synthetic review, Earth-Science Reviews. 2014, 139: 213-230.
Wang H., Dong H., Zhang C., Jiang H., Liu Z., Zhao M. and Liu W., Deglacial and Holocene archaeal lipid-inferred paleohydrology and paleotemperature history of Lake Qinghai, northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary Research. 2015, 83: 116-126.
Yan H., Wei W., Soon W., An Z., Zhou W., Liu Z., Wang Y. and Carter R., Dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone over the western Pacific during the Little Ice Age, Nature Geoscience. 2015, 8: 315-320.
Zhang Y., Pagani M. and Liu Z., Response to Comment on "A 12-million-year temperature history of the tropical Pacific Ocean", Science. 2014, 346: 1467-1467.
Zhou A., He Y., Wu D., Zhang X., Zhang C., Liu Z., Yu J. and Smith V., Changes in the Radiocarbon Reservoir Age in Lake Xingyun, Southwestern China during the Holocene, PLOS ONE. 2015, 10: e0121532.


Researcher : Long X

List of Research Outputs

Jiang Y., Stipska P., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhang J., Wu Q.H., Long X., Yuan C., Racek M. and Zhao G., Juxtaposition of Barrovian and migmatite domains in the Chinese Altai: a result of crustal thickening followed by doming of partially molten lower crust, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Volume 33, Issue 1, 1 January 2015, Pages 45-70. 2015.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Kroner A. and Zhao G., New geochemical and combined zircon U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopic data of orthogneisses in the northern Altyn Tagh, northern margin of the Tibetan plateau: Implication for Archean evolution of the Dunhuang Block and crust formation in NW China, Lithos, Volume 200-201, Issue 1, July 2014, Pages 418-431. 2014.


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

GAO J., Zhou M.F., Robinson P.T., Wang C.Y., Zhao J.H. and Malpas J.G., Magma mixing recorded by Sr isotopes of plagioclase from dacites of the Quaternary Tengchong volcanic field, SE Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2015, 98: 1-17.
Zhou M.F., Robinson P.T., Su B., Gao J., Li J., Yang J. and Malpas J.G., Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in suprasubduction zone environments, Gondwana Research. 2014, 26(1): 262-283.


Researcher : Ng SWP

Project Title:Petrogenesis and geochronology of the Southeast Asian tin-bearing granites and their hosting basement rocks
Investigator(s):Ng SWP, Chang S
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2015


List of Research Outputs

Ng S.W.P. and Chang S., Petrogenesis and geochronology of the Southeast Asian tin-bearing granites and their hosting basement rocks, HKU Small Project Funding. 2015.
Ng S.W.P., Chung S.L., Robb L.J., Searle M.P., Ghani A.A., Whitehouse M.J., Oliver G.J.H., Sone M., Gardiner N.J. and Roselee M.H., Petrogenesis of Malaysian granitoids in the Southeast Asian tin belt: Part 1. Geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic characteristics, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2015, 127: 1209-1237.
Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M.J., Searle M.P., Robb L.J., Ghani A.A., Chung S.L., Oliver G.J.H., Sone M., Gardiner N.J. and Roselee M.H., Petrogenesis of Malaysian granitoids in the Southeast Asian tin belt: Part 2. U-Pb zircon geochronology and tectonic model, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2015, 127: 1238-1258.


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: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


Project Title:74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; Tail function in oviraptorosaur dinosaurs: insights from a 3D tail model of Citipati osmolskae (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria)
Investigator(s):Pittman MD
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:11/2014
Completion Date:11/2014


List of Research Outputs

Kaye T.G., Falk A.R., Pittman M.D., Sereno P.C., Martin L.D., Burnham D.A., Gong E.P., Xu X. and Wang Y.N., Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence in Paleontology, In: Christof Markus Aegerter, PLOS ONE. 2015, 10: e0125923.
Pittman M.D., Aspects of theropod evolutionary biomechanics, Structure and Motion Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College: Science Monday. 2015.
Pittman M.D., Dinosaurs: a reptilian dynasty that took flight, Café Scientifique. 2014.
Pittman M.D., Functional change through time - examples from theropods, In: Dr. Octávio Mateus (http://docentes.fct.unl.pt/omateus), Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. 2014.
Pittman M.D., Xu X. and Stiegler J.B., The taxonomy of a new parvicursorine alvarezsauroid specimen IVPP V20341 (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China, In: Andrew Farke, PeerJ. 2015, 3: e986.
Tse T.K., Pittman M.D. and Chang M.M., A specimen of Paralycoptera Chang & Chou 1977 (Teleostei: Osteoglossoidei) from Hong Kong (China) with a potential Late Jurassic age that extends the temporal and geographical range of the genus, In: Maria Angeles Esteban, PeerJ. 2015, 3: e865.
Xu X., Pittman M.D., Sullivan C., Choiniere J.N., Tan Q.W., Clark J.M., Norell M.A. and Wang S., The taxonomic status of the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid Linheraptor exquisitus and its implications for dromaeosaurid systematics, Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 古脊椎动物学报, 2015, 53: 29-62.


Researcher : SUN S

List of Research Outputs

Li Y. and SUN S., MICROBIAL PHOPHATIZATION THROUGH DEEP GEOLOGICAL TIME AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TO SEARCHING FOR LIFE ON MARS, Astrobiology Science Conference 2015. 7282.pdf.
SUN S., Chan L.S. and Li Y., Flower-like apatite recording microbial processes through deep geological time and its implication to the search for mineral records of life on Mars, American Mineralogist. 2014, 99(10): 2116-2125.
SUN S. and Li Y., PRIMARY HEMATITE IN NEOARCHEAN TO PALEOPROTEROZOIC BANDED IRON FORMATIONS, Astrobiology Science Conference 2015. 7281.pdf.
SUN S., Konhauser K.O., Kappler A. and Li Y., Primary hematite in Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic oceans, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2015, 127: 850-861.


Researcher : SUN Y

List of Research Outputs

Liu Z., Zhang K., SUN Y., Liu W., Liu Y. and Quan C., Cenozoic Environmental Changes in the Northern Qaidam Basin Inferred from n -alkane Records , Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 2014, 88: 1547-1555.
SUN Y., Wu P.P.C., Huang G. and Zong Y., Holocene sea-level reconstruction for Guangdong coast and a comparison with GIA model outputs, 广东全新世海平面重建与冰川均衡调整模型结果的对比, Quaternary Sciences. 第四纪研究, 2015, 35: 1-10.


Researcher : SUN Y

List of Research Outputs

Liu Z., Zhang K., SUN Y., Liu W., Liu Y. and Quan C., Cenozoic Environmental Changes in the Northern Qaidam Basin Inferred from n -alkane Records , Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 2014, 88: 1547-1555.
SUN Y., Wu P.P.C., Huang G. and Zong Y., Holocene sea-level reconstruction for Guangdong coast and a comparison with GIA model outputs, 广东全新世海平面重建与冰川均衡调整模型结果的对比, Quaternary Sciences. 第四纪研究, 2015, 35: 1-10.


Researcher : Su B

List of Research Outputs

Han C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P.A., Ao S.J., Wan B., Zhang J.E. and Wang Z., Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the East Tianshan Orogenic Belt (NW China, Central Asia Orogenic Belt), Geology of Ore Deposits, Volume 56, Issue 6, 24 December 2014, Pages 493-512. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P.A., Ao S.J., Wan B., Zhang J.E., Zhang Z.Y. and Wang Z., Mid-Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the Chinese Altai and East Junggar Orogenic Belt, NW China, Central Asia, Journal of Geosciences, Volume 59, Issue 3, September 2014, Pages 255- 274. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Windley B.F., Zhao G., Su B., Zhang J.E., Ao S.J., Zhang Z.M., Wang B. and Cui B., Re-Os age of molybdenite from the Daheishan Mo deposit in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NE China, Resource Geology, Volume 64, Issue 4, 24 September 2014, Pages 379- 386. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Ao S.J., Zhang J.E., Wan B., Wang Z.M., Ding J. and Qu W., Re-Os isotopic age of the Hongqiling Cu-Ni sulfide deposit in Jilin Province, NE China and its geological significance, Resource Geology, Volume 64, Issue 3, July 2014, Pages 247-261. 2014.
Han C...M..., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P...A..., Ao S...J..., Wan B., Zhang J...E..., Zhang Z...Y... and Wang Z...M..., Mid-Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the Chinese Altai and East Junggar Orogenic Belt, NW China, Central Asia, Journal of Geosciences. 2014, 59(3): 255-274.
Han C.M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Ao S.J., Zhang J.E., Wan B., Wang Z.M., Ding J. and Qu W., The Paleoproterozoic Chibaisong Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion and Cu-Ni Deposit, North China Craton: SHRIMP Zircon U-Pband Re-Os Geochronology and Geodynamic Implications, Journal of Geophysics and Remote Sensing. 2014, 3: 116.


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: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:Age,petrogenesis and tectonic background of the Paleozic granitoids in the Russian and Mongolian Altai
Investigator(s):Sun M, Geng H, Jiang Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program
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: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
Completion Date:12/2014


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: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: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: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


Project Title:Geological society of America Annual Meeting; The Altai mountains in China, Mongolia and Russia: a continuous subduction system in the Early Paleozoic
Investigator(s):Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2014
Completion Date:10/2014


Project Title:Assessment of lower crust structure and compositions of the West Junggar: a geophysical and geochemical approach
Investigator(s):Sun M, Geng H
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2015


List of Research Outputs

CHEN M., Sun M., Cai K., Buslov M.M., Zhao G. and Rubanova E.S., Geochemical study of the Cambrian-Ordovician meta-sedimentary rocks from the northern Altai-Mongolian terrane, northwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications on the provenance and tectonic setting, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 96, December 01, 2014, Pages 69-83. 2014.
CHEN M., Sun M., Cai K., Buslov M.M., Zhao G. and Rubanova E.S., Geochemical study of the Cambrian–Ordovician meta-sedimentary rocks from the northern Altai-Mongolian terrane, northwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications on the provenance and tectonic setting, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2014, 96: 69-83.
Cai K., Sun M., Xiao W., Yuan C., Zhao G., Long X. and Tumurkhuu D.X., Petrogenesis of late Paleozoic tholeiitic, Nb-enriched, calc-alkaline and adakitic rocks in the southwestern Mongolia: implications for intra-oceanic arc evolution, Lithos, Volume 202-203, August 2014, Pages 413-428. 2014.
Geng H., Brandl G., Sun M., Wong P.M. and Kroner A., Zircon ages defining deposition of the Palaeoproterozoic Soutpansberg Group and further evidence for Eoarchaean crust in South Africa, Precambrian Research. 2014, 249: 247-262.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D., Wang B. and Zhang G., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics. 2015, 34: 334-351.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D.X., Wang B. and Zhang G.W., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics, Volume 34 (2), 25 February 2015, Pages 334-351. 2015.
Jiang Y., Stipska P., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhang J., Wu Q.H., Long X.P., Yuan C., Racek M., Zhao G. and Xiao W.J., Juxtaposition of Barrovian and migmatite domains in the Chinese Altai: a result of crustal thickening followed by doming of partially molten lower crust, Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 2015, 33: 45-70.
Jiang Y., Stipska P., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhang J., Wu Q.H., Long X., Yuan C., Racek M. and Zhao G., Juxtaposition of Barrovian and migmatite domains in the Chinese Altai: a result of crustal thickening followed by doming of partially molten lower crust, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Volume 33, Issue 1, 1 January 2015, Pages 45-70. 2015.
Kroner A., Santosh M., Hegner E., Shaji E., Geng H., Wong P.M., Xie H.A., Wang Y., Shang C.K., Liu D., Sun M. and Nanda-Kumar V., Palaeoproterozoic ancestry of Pan-African high-grade granitoids in southernmost India: Implications for Gondwana reconstructions, Gondwana Research. 2015, 27: 1-37.
Liao F., Zhang L., Chen N., Sun M., Santosh M., Wang Q.H. and Mustafa H.A., Geochronology and geochemistry of meta-mafic dykes in the Quanji Massif, NW China: Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Tarim Craton and implications for the assembly of the Columbia supercontinent, Precambrian Research. 2014, 249: 33-56.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Kroner A. and Zhao G., New geochemical and combined zircon U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopic data of orthogneisses in the northern Altyn Tagh, northern margin of the Tibetan plateau: Implication for Archean evolution of the Dunhuang Block and crust formation in NW China, Lithos, Volume 200-201, Issue 1, July 2014, Pages 418-431. 2014.
Long X., Wilde S.A., Yuan C., Hu A. and Sun M., Provenance and depositional age of Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the Kuluketage Block, northern Tarim Craton: Implications for tectonic setting and crustal growth, Precambrian Research. 2015, 260: 76-90.
Tong Y., Jahn B.-.M., Wang T., Hong D.-.W., Smith E.I., Sun M., Gao J.-.F., Yang Q.-.D. and Huang W., Permian alkaline granites in the Erenhot–Hegenshan belt, northern Inner Mongolia, China: Model of generation, time of emplacement and regional tectonic significance, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2015, 97: 320-336.
Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M. and Li S.Z., A synthesis of geochemistry and Sm-Nd isotopes of Archean granitoid gneisses in the Jiaodong Terrane: Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Precambrian Research, Volume 255, Issue P3, December 01, 2014, Pages 885-899. 2014.
Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M. and Li S., A synthesis of geochemistry and Sm–Nd isotopes of Archean granitoid gneisses in the Jiaodong Terrane: Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2014, 255: 885-899.
Xiao W., Windley B.F., Sun S.Z., Li J., Huang B., Han C., Yuan C., Sun M. and Chen H., A Tale of Amalgamation of Three Permo-Triassic Collage Systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, Sutures, and Terminal Accretion, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 2015, 43: 477-507.
Zhang J., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhao G., Wu Q., Jiang Y., Guy A. and Wang Y., Distinct deformational history of two contrasting tectonic domains in the Chinese Altai: Their significance in understanding accretionary orogenic process, Journal of Structural Geology. 2015, 73: 64-82.
Zhang J., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhao G., Wu Q.H., Jiang Y., Guy A. and Wang Y.J., Distinct deformational history of two contrasting tectonic domains in the Chinese Altai: Their significance in understanding accretionary orogenic process, Journal of Structural Geology 73, April 01, 2015, Pages 64-82. 2015.
Zhang L., Wang Q., Chen N., Sun M., Santosh M. and Ba J., Geochemistry and detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopes of the paragneiss suite from the Quanji massif, SE Tarim Craton: Implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonics in NW China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2014, 95: 33-50.


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

Trifonov T., Reffert S., TAN X., Lee M.H. and Quirrenbach A., Precise Radial Velocities of Giant Stars. VI. A Possible 2:1 Resonant Planet Pair Around the K Giant Star eta Ceti, Astronomy and Astrophysics. The European Southern Observatory, 2014, 568: A64:1-15.


Researcher : TANG M

List of Research Outputs

ANGLES E.M.A., Tang M. and Li Y., GYPSUM IN MODERN KAMCHATKA VOLCANIC HOT SPRINGS AND THE LOWER CAMBRIAN BLACK SHALE: APPLIED TO THE MICROBIAL-MEDIATED PRECIPITATION OF SULFATES ON MARS, Astrobiology Science Conference 2015. 7155.pdf.
TANG M., Ehreiser A. and Li Y., Gypsum in modern Kamchatka volcanic hot springs and the Lower Cambrian black shale: applied to the microbial-mediated precipitation of sulfates on Mars, American Mineralogist. 2014.


Researcher : TANG S

List of Research Outputs

TANG S. and Li S.H., Low temperature thermochronology using thermoluminescence signals from quartz, Radiation Measurements. 2015.


Researcher : TSE CH

List of Research Outputs

TSE C.H., Li Y. and Lam E.Y.M., Geological applications of machine learning on hyperspectral remote sensing data, Image Processing: Machine Vision Applications. 2015, 940512.


Researcher : Thibodeau B

List of Research Outputs

Riethdorf J.R., Thibodeau B., Ikehara M., Nurnberg D., Max L., Tiedemann R. and Yokoyama Y., Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 2015.
Thibodeau B., Editorial Board / Review Editor, Frontiers in Marine Science: Marine Biogeochemistry. 2015.
Thibodeau B., Bauch D., Kassens H. and Timokhov L., Interannual variations in river water content and distribution over the Laptev Sea between 2007 and 2011: The Arctic Dipole connection, Geophysical Research Letters. 2014, 41: 7237-7244.


Researcher : Trifonov TH

List of Research Outputs

Kürster M., Trifonov T.H., Reffert S., Kostogryz N. and Rodler F., Disentangling 2:1 resonant radial velocity orbits from eccentric ones and a case study for HD 27894, Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2015.
Lee M.H., Trifonov T.H., Quirrenbach A. and Reffert S., Dynamical Analysis of the 6:1 Resonance of the Brown Dwarfs Orbiting the K Giant Star nu Ophiuchi, 46th Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, CA, USA. 2015.
Lee M.H., Trifonov T.H., Quirrenbach A. and Reffert S., Planets around Giant Stars, Exoplanet and Time Domain Astrophysics Workshop, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. 2015.
Reffert S., Bergmann C., Quirrenbach A., Trifonov T.H. and Künstler A., Precise radial velocities of giant stars. VII. Occurrence rate of giant extrasolar planets as a function of mass and metallicity, Astronomy & Astrophysics . 2015.
Trifonov T.H., Lee M.H., Reffert S. and Quirrenbach A., New Evidence for Planets on S-type Orbits in Close Binary Systems, Triple Evolution and Dynamics in Stellar and Planetary Systems Conference, Haifa, Israel.. 2015.


Researcher : WANG J

List of Research Outputs

Chang S., Dassanayake S. and Wang J., The age for the fossil-bearing Tabbowa beds in Sri Lanka, AGU Fall meeting (2014). 2014.
Li S., Zheng D., Zhang Q., Liao H., Wang H., Wang B., WANG J., Lu H., Chang S. and Zhang H., Discovery of the Jehol Biota from the Celaomiao region and discussion of the Lower Cretaceous of the Bayingebi Basin, northwestern China, Palaeoworld. 2015.
WANG J., Chang S., Lu H. and Zhang H., Detrital zircon U–Pb age constraints on Cretaceous sedimentary rocks of Lingshan Island and implications for tectonic evolution of Eastern Shandong, North China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2014, 96: 27-45.
WANG J., Chang S., Lu H.B. and Zhang H.C., Geochronology and geochemistry of volcanic suittes from the middle Sulu orogenic belt, Eastern China: implication for petrogenesis and tectonic setting, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. 2014.


Researcher : WOO MY

List of Research Outputs

WOO M.Y. and Lee M.H., On the In Situ Formation of Pluto's Small Satellites, 46th Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, CA, USA. 2015.


Researcher : Wilde SA

List of Research Outputs

Zhou J., Wang B., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Cao J., Zheng C.Q. and Zeng W., Geochemistry and U-Pb zircon dating of the Toudaoqiao blueschists in the Great Xing'an Range, northeast China, and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 97, Issue PB, January 01, 2015, Pages 197-210. 2015.
Zhou J., Cao J.L., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang J. and Wang B., Paleo-Pacific subduction-accretion: Evidence from Geochemical and U-Pb zircon dating of the Nadanhada accretionary complex, NE China, Tectonics, Volume 33, Issue 12, December 2014, Pages 2444-2466. 2014.


Researcher : Wong PM

List of Research Outputs

Geng H., Brandl G., Sun M., Wong P.M. and Kroner A., Zircon ages defining deposition of the Palaeoproterozoic Soutpansberg Group and further evidence for Eoarchaean crust in South Africa, Precambrian Research. 2014, 249: 247-262.
Kroner A., Santosh M., Hegner E., Shaji E., Geng H., Wong P.M., Xie H.A., Wang Y., Shang C.K., Liu D., Sun M. and Nanda-Kumar V., Palaeoproterozoic ancestry of Pan-African high-grade granitoids in southernmost India: Implications for Gondwana reconstructions, Gondwana Research. 2015, 27: 1-37.


Researcher : Wu M

List of Research Outputs

Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M. and Li S.Z., A synthesis of geochemistry and Sm-Nd isotopes of Archean granitoid gneisses in the Jiaodong Terrane: Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Precambrian Research, Volume 255, Issue P3, December 01, 2014, Pages 885-899. 2014.
Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M. and Li S., A synthesis of geochemistry and Sm–Nd isotopes of Archean granitoid gneisses in the Jiaodong Terrane: Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2014, 255: 885-899.
Wu M. and Supervised by Zhao G...C..., Ages, geochemistry and metamorphism of Neoarchean basement in Shandong Province. Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London, Springer, 2015.


Researcher : Wu PPC

Project Title:Construction of late Pleistocene ice histories on Earth models with Composite Rheology
Investigator(s):Wu PPC
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2014


Project Title:AGU Fall Meeting 2014; Construction of Late Pleistocene Laurentide Ice History on Earth with Composite Rheology
Investigator(s):Wu PPC
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:12/2014
Completion Date:12/2014


List of Research Outputs

Brandes C., Steffen H., Steffen R. and Wu P.P.C., GIA induced intraplate seismicity in northern Central Europe, EGU General Assembly 2015. EGU, 17: EGU2015-1344.
Kierulf H. .P., Steffen H., Simpson M. .J. .R., Lidberg M., Wu P.P.C. and Wang H., A GPS velocity field for Fennoscandia and a consistent comparison to glacial isostatic adjustment models, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2014, n/a-n/a.
SUN Y., Wu P.P.C., Huang G. and Zong Y., Holocene sea-level reconstruction for Guangdong coast and a comparison with GIA model outputs, 广东全新世海平面重建与冰川均衡调整模型结果的对比, Quaternary Sciences. 第四纪研究, 2015, 35: 1-10.
Steffen R., Steffen H., Wu P.P.C. and Eaton D. .W., Stress and fault parameters affecting fault slip magnitude and activation time during a glacial cycle, Tectonics. 2014, 33: 1461-1476.
Wang H.S., Xiang L.W., Wu P.P.C., Jia L., Jiang L., Shen Q. and Steffen H., Influences of crustal thickening in the Tibetan Plateau on loading modeling and inversion associated with water storage variation, Geodesy and Geodynamics. 2015, 6: 161-172.
Wu P.P.C., van der Wal W., Steffen H. and Wang H.S., Construction of late Pleistocene Laurentide Ice History on Earth with Composite Rheology, AGU Fall Meeting. AGU, 2014.


Researcher : XU J

List of Research Outputs

XU J. and Li Y., An SEM study of microfossils in the black shale of the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation, Southwest China: Implications for the polymetallic sulfide mineralization, Ore Geology Reviews. 2014.
Xu J., Zhu S.Y., Luo Y.T., Zhou W. and Li Y., YILIANG LI Uranium mineralization and its radioactive decay-induced carbonization in a black shale-hosted polymetallic sulfide ore layer, southwest China, Economic Geology. 2015, 127: 1643-1652.


Researcher : Xiao W

List of Research Outputs

Cai K., Sun M., Xiao W., Yuan C., Zhao G., Long X. and Tumurkhuu D.X., Petrogenesis of late Paleozoic tholeiitic, Nb-enriched, calc-alkaline and adakitic rocks in the southwestern Mongolia: implications for intra-oceanic arc evolution, Lithos, Volume 202-203, August 2014, Pages 413-428. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P.A., Ao S.J., Wan B., Zhang J.E. and Wang Z., Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the East Tianshan Orogenic Belt (NW China, Central Asia Orogenic Belt), Geology of Ore Deposits, Volume 56, Issue 6, 24 December 2014, Pages 493-512. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P.A., Ao S.J., Wan B., Zhang J.E., Zhang Z.Y. and Wang Z., Mid-Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the Chinese Altai and East Junggar Orogenic Belt, NW China, Central Asia, Journal of Geosciences, Volume 59, Issue 3, September 2014, Pages 255- 274. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Windley B.F., Zhao G., Su B., Zhang J.E., Ao S.J., Zhang Z.M., Wang B. and Cui B., Re-Os age of molybdenite from the Daheishan Mo deposit in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NE China, Resource Geology, Volume 64, Issue 4, 24 September 2014, Pages 379- 386. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Ao S.J., Zhang J.E., Wan B., Wang Z.M., Ding J. and Qu W., Re-Os isotopic age of the Hongqiling Cu-Ni sulfide deposit in Jilin Province, NE China and its geological significance, Resource Geology, Volume 64, Issue 3, July 2014, Pages 247-261. 2014.
Han C...M..., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P...A..., Ao S...J..., Wan B., Zhang J...E..., Zhang Z...Y... and Wang Z...M..., Mid-Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the Chinese Altai and East Junggar Orogenic Belt, NW China, Central Asia, Journal of Geosciences. 2014, 59(3): 255-274.
Han C.M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Ao S.J., Zhang J.E., Wan B., Wang Z.M., Ding J. and Qu W., The Paleoproterozoic Chibaisong Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion and Cu-Ni Deposit, North China Craton: SHRIMP Zircon U-Pband Re-Os Geochronology and Geodynamic Implications, Journal of Geophysics and Remote Sensing. 2014, 3: 116.


Researcher : Yim WSW

List of Research Outputs

Jiao J.J.J., Shi L., Kuang X., Lee C.M., Yim W.S.W. and Yang S., Reconstructed chloride concentration profiles below the seabed in Hong Kong (China) and their implications for offshore groundwater resources, Hydrogeology Journal. 2015, 23: 277-286.


Researcher : ZHANG X

List of Research Outputs

HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D., Wang B. and Zhang G., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics. 2015, 34: 334-351.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D.X., Wang B. and Zhang G.W., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics, Volume 34 (2), 25 February 2015, Pages 334-351. 2015.
ZHANG X., Shi R., Huang Q., Liu D., Gong X., Chen S., Wu K., Yi G., Sun Y. and Ding L., Early Jurassic high-pressure metamorphism of the Amdo terrane, Tibet: Constraints from zircon U–Pb geochronology of mafic granulites, Gondwana Research. 2014, 26: 975-985.
ZHU Y., Zhao G., Zhao G., LIU Q., HAN Y., HOU W., ZHANG X. and EIZENHOEFER P.R., Geochronology and geochemistry of the Yilan blueschists in the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos Volume 216-217, February 01, 2015, Pages 241-253. 2015.


Researcher : ZHAO W

List of Research Outputs

ZHAO W. and Zhou M.F., In-situ LA–ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: The Mesozoic Tengtie skarn Fe deposit in the Nanling Range, South China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 872-883.


Researcher : ZHU Y

List of Research Outputs

ZHU Y., Zhao G., Zhao G., LIU Q., HAN Y., HOU W., ZHANG X. and EIZENHOEFER P.R., Geochronology and geochemistry of the Yilan blueschists in the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos Volume 216-217, February 01, 2015, Pages 241-253. 2015.


Researcher : Zhang J

List of Research Outputs

EIZENHOEFER P.R., Zhao G., Zhang J., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X. and Wang B., Geochemical characteristics of the Permian basins and their provenances across the Solonker Suture Zone: Assessment of net crustal growth during the closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean, Lithos, Volumes 224–225, May 2015, Pages 240–255. 2015.
Jiang Y., Stipska P., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhang J., Wu Q.H., Long X., Yuan C., Racek M. and Zhao G., Juxtaposition of Barrovian and migmatite domains in the Chinese Altai: a result of crustal thickening followed by doming of partially molten lower crust, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Volume 33, Issue 1, 1 January 2015, Pages 45-70. 2015.
Zhang J., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhao G., Wu Q.H., Jiang Y., Guy A. and Wang Y.J., Distinct deformational history of two contrasting tectonic domains in the Chinese Altai: Their significance in understanding accretionary orogenic process, Journal of Structural Geology 73, April 01, 2015, Pages 64-82. 2015.


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: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: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


Project Title:The 2014 GSA Annual Meeting and its pre-meeting short course (Earthscope Institute-Geochronology & Earth Sciences); An Introduction to the Major NSFC Program “Reconstruction of East Asian Blocks in Pangea”
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2014
Completion Date:10/2014


Project Title:Geochemistry and geochronology of the Delingou pluton at the northern margin of the North China Craton and tectonic implications
Investigator(s):Zhao G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:04/2015


List of Research Outputs

Bi J.H., Ge W., Yang H., Zhao G., Yu J.J., Zhang Y.L., Wang Z.H. and Tian D.X., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of early Paleozoic granitic magmatism in the Jiamusi Massif, NE China: Geochronological, geochemical and Hf isotopic evidence, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 96, December 05, 2014, Pages 308-331. 2014.
CHEN M., Sun M., Cai K., Buslov M.M., Zhao G. and Rubanova E.S., Geochemical study of the Cambrian-Ordovician meta-sedimentary rocks from the northern Altai-Mongolian terrane, northwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications on the provenance and tectonic setting, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 96, December 01, 2014, Pages 69-83. 2014.
CHEN M., Sun M., Cai K., Buslov M.M., Zhao G. and Rubanova E.S., Geochemical study of the Cambrian–Ordovician meta-sedimentary rocks from the northern Altai-Mongolian terrane, northwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications on the provenance and tectonic setting, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2014, 96: 69-83.
Cai K., Sun M., Xiao W., Yuan C., Zhao G., Long X. and Tumurkhuu D.X., Petrogenesis of late Paleozoic tholeiitic, Nb-enriched, calc-alkaline and adakitic rocks in the southwestern Mongolia: implications for intra-oceanic arc evolution, Lithos, Volume 202-203, August 2014, Pages 413-428. 2014.
Dong Y., Ge W., Yang H., Zhao G., Wang Q.H., Zhang Y. and Su L., Geochronology and geochemistry of Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks from the Baiyingaolao Formation in the central Great Xing'an Range, NE China, and its tectonic implications, Lithos, Volume 205, 15 September 2014, Pages 168-184. 2014.
EIZENHOEFER P.R., Zhao G., Zhang J., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X. and Wang B., Geochemical characteristics of the Permian basins and their provenances across the Solonker Suture Zone: Assessment of net crustal growth during the closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean, Lithos, Volumes 224–225, May 2015, Pages 240–255. 2015.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D., Wang B. and Zhang G., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics. 2015, 34: 334-351.
HAN Y., Zhao G., Sun M., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., Liu D.X., Wang B. and Zhang G.W., Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from detrital zircons from Silurian to Carboniferous strata at the northwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, Tectonics, Volume 34 (2), 25 February 2015, Pages 334-351. 2015.
HAN Y. and Zhao G., Provenances of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in northwestern Tarim Craton: Constraints on the accretionary history of the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, GSA annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. 2014.
HAN Y. and Zhao G., Provenances of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in northwestern Tarim Craton: Constraints on the accretionary history of the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition being held 19–22 October 2014.. 2014.
HAN Y., Wang Y., Zhao G. and Cao Q., Syn-tectonic emplacement of the Late Mesozoic Laojunshan granite pluton in the eastern Qinling, central China: An integrated fabric and geochronologic study, Journal of Structural Geology. 2014, 68: 1-15.
HAN Y., Wang Y., Zhao G. and Cao Q.Y., Syn-tectonic emplacement of the Late Mesozoic Laojunshan granite pluton in the eastern Qinling, central China: An integrated fabric and geochronologic study, Journal of Structural Geology, Volume 68, Issue PA, November 01, 2014, Pages 1-15. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P.A., Ao S.J., Wan B., Zhang J.E. and Wang Z., Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the East Tianshan Orogenic Belt (NW China, Central Asia Orogenic Belt), Geology of Ore Deposits, Volume 56, Issue 6, 24 December 2014, Pages 493-512. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P.A., Ao S.J., Wan B., Zhang J.E., Zhang Z.Y. and Wang Z., Mid-Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the Chinese Altai and East Junggar Orogenic Belt, NW China, Central Asia, Journal of Geosciences, Volume 59, Issue 3, September 2014, Pages 255- 274. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Windley B.F., Zhao G., Su B., Zhang J.E., Ao S.J., Zhang Z.M., Wang B. and Cui B., Re-Os age of molybdenite from the Daheishan Mo deposit in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NE China, Resource Geology, Volume 64, Issue 4, 24 September 2014, Pages 379- 386. 2014.
Han C., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Ao S.J., Zhang J.E., Wan B., Wang Z.M., Ding J. and Qu W., Re-Os isotopic age of the Hongqiling Cu-Ni sulfide deposit in Jilin Province, NE China and its geological significance, Resource Geology, Volume 64, Issue 3, July 2014, Pages 247-261. 2014.
Han C...M..., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Sakyi P...A..., Ao S...J..., Wan B., Zhang J...E..., Zhang Z...Y... and Wang Z...M..., Mid-Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the Chinese Altai and East Junggar Orogenic Belt, NW China, Central Asia, Journal of Geosciences. 2014, 59(3): 255-274.
Han C.M., Xiao W., Zhao G., Su B., Ao S.J., Zhang J.E., Wan B., Wang Z.M., Ding J. and Qu W., The Paleoproterozoic Chibaisong Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion and Cu-Ni Deposit, North China Craton: SHRIMP Zircon U-Pband Re-Os Geochronology and Geodynamic Implications, Journal of Geophysics and Remote Sensing. 2014, 3: 116.
Jiang Y., Stipska P., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhang J., Wu Q.H., Long X.P., Yuan C., Racek M., Zhao G. and Xiao W.J., Juxtaposition of Barrovian and migmatite domains in the Chinese Altai: a result of crustal thickening followed by doming of partially molten lower crust, Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 2015, 33: 45-70.
Jiang Y., Stipska P., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhang J., Wu Q.H., Long X., Yuan C., Racek M. and Zhao G., Juxtaposition of Barrovian and migmatite domains in the Chinese Altai: a result of crustal thickening followed by doming of partially molten lower crust, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Volume 33, Issue 1, 1 January 2015, Pages 45-70. 2015.
Kong F.M., Liu Y.J., Li X.P., Guo J.H. and Zhao G., Mineralogical and petrogeochemical characteristics of ultramafic rocks from the metamorphic basement of the Jiaobei terrane, Acta Petrologica Sinica, Volume 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1549-1563. 2015.
LIU Q. and Zhao G., Discovery of Neoproterozoic orthogneisses in Beishan Orogen: New constraints on the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting. 2014.
Liu C., Zhao G., Liu F.L. and Shi R., 2.2 Ga magnesian andesites, Nb-enriched basalt-andesites, and adakitic rocks in the Lu¨liang Complex: Evidence for early Paleoproterozoic subduction in the North China Craton, Lithos, Volume 208, September 16, 2014, Pages 104-117. 2014.
Liu C., Zhao G. and Liu F.L., Detrital zircon U–Pb, Hf isotopes, detrital rutile and whole-rock geochemistry of the Huade Group on the northern margin of the North China Craton: Implications on the breakup of the Columbia supercontinent, Precambrian Research, Volume 254, November 01, 2014, Pages 290-305. 2014.
Liu C., Zhao G., Liu F.L. and HAN Y., Nd isotopic and geochemical constraints on the provenance and tectonic setting of the low-grade meta-sedimentary rocks from the Trans-North China Orogen, North China Craton, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 94, November 2014, Pages 173– 189. 2014.
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 provenance and age of the Shuangshanzi and Qinglonghe Groups in Eastern Hebei: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, Precambrian Research, Volume 255, Issue P2, December 01, 2014, Pages 699-715. 2014.
Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Kroner A. and Zhao G., New geochemical and combined zircon U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopic data of orthogneisses in the northern Altyn Tagh, northern margin of the Tibetan plateau: Implication for Archean evolution of the Dunhuang Block and crust formation in NW China, Lithos, Volume 200-201, Issue 1, July 2014, Pages 418-431. 2014.
Peng T.P., Zhao G., Fan W.M., Peng B.X. and Mao Y.S., Late Triassic granitic magmatism in the Eastern Qiangtang, Eastern Tibetan Plateau: Geochronology, petrogenesis and implications for the tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Tethys, Gondwana Research, Volume 27, Issue 4, 1 June 2015, Pages 1494-1508, DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.01.009. 2015.
Peng T.P., Fan W.M., Zhao G., Peng B.X., Xia X.P. and Mao Y.S., Petrogenesis of the early Paleozoic strongly peraluminous granites in the Western South China Block and its tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 98, February 2015, Pages 399– 420. 2015.
Tian D., Ge W., Yang H., Zhao G. and Zhang Y.L., Lower Cretaceous alkali feldspar granites in the central part of the Great Xing'an Range, northeastern China: chronology, geochemistry and tectonic implications, Geological Magazine, Volume 152, Issue 3, 14 May 2015, Pages 383-399. 2015.
Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M. and Li S.Z., A synthesis of geochemistry and Sm-Nd isotopes of Archean granitoid gneisses in the Jiaodong Terrane: Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Precambrian Research, Volume 255, Issue P3, December 01, 2014, Pages 885-899. 2014.
Wu M., Zhao G., Sun M. and Li S., A synthesis of geochemistry and Sm–Nd isotopes of Archean granitoid gneisses in the Jiaodong Terrane: Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Precambrian Research. 2014, 255: 885-899.
Yang H., Ge W., Zhao G., Dong Y., Bi J.H., Yu J.J. and Zhang Y.L., Geochronology and geochemistry of Late Pan-African intrusive rocks in the Jiamusi-Khanka Block, NE China: Petrogenesis and geodynamic implications, Lithos, Volume 208, November 01, 2014, Pages 220-236. 2014.
Yang H., Ge W., Zhao G., Dong Y., Xu W., Ji Z. and Yu J., Late Triassic intrusive complex in the Jidong region, Jiamusi–Khanka Block, NE China: Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages, Lu–Hf isotopes, and implications for magma mingling and mixing, Lithos 224-225, May 01, 2015, Pages 143-159. 2015.
Yang H., Ge W., Zhao G., Yu J.J. and Zhang Y.L., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Early Permian-Late Triassic granitic magmatism in the Jiamusi–Khanka Massif, eastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB): Geochronological, geochemical and Hf isotopic evidence, Gondwana Research Volume 27, Issue 4, 1 June 2015, Pages 1509-1533. 2015.
ZHU Y., Zhao G., Zhao G., LIU Q., HAN Y., HOU W., ZHANG X. and EIZENHOEFER P.R., Geochronology and geochemistry of the Yilan blueschists in the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos Volume 216-217, February 01, 2015, Pages 241-253. 2015.
Zhang J., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhao G., Wu Q., Jiang Y., Guy A. and Wang Y., Distinct deformational history of two contrasting tectonic domains in the Chinese Altai: Their significance in understanding accretionary orogenic process, Journal of Structural Geology. 2015, 73: 64-82.
Zhang J., Sun M., Schulmann K., Zhao G., Wu Q.H., Jiang Y., Guy A. and Wang Y.J., Distinct deformational history of two contrasting tectonic domains in the Chinese Altai: Their significance in understanding accretionary orogenic process, Journal of Structural Geology 73, April 01, 2015, Pages 64-82. 2015.
Zhao G., Zhang G.W., Wang Y.J., Huang B.C., Dong Y.P., Liu S.Z. and Xiao W.J., An Introduction to the Major NSFC Program “Reconstruction of East Asian Blocks in Pangea”, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting. 2014.
Zhao G., Continent-continent collisional belts driven by divergent double subduction – A case in the Jiangnan Orogen, 11th International Conference on Gondwana to Asia. 2014.
Zhao G., Highly Cited Researcher Award, Thomson Reuters. 2014.
Zhao G., Jiangnan Orogen in South China: developing from divergent double subduction, 8th World Chinese Geological Congress. 2015.
Zhao G., Jiangnan Orogen in South China: formed by divergent double subduction? , Gondwana Research, Volume 27, Issue 3, 1 April 2015, Pages 1173-1180. . 2015.
Zhou J., Wang B., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Cao J., Zheng C.Q. and Zeng W., Geochemistry and U-Pb zircon dating of the Toudaoqiao blueschists in the Great Xing'an Range, northeast China, and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 97, Issue PB, January 01, 2015, Pages 197-210. 2015.
Zhou J., Cao J.L., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang J. and Wang B., Paleo-Pacific subduction-accretion: Evidence from Geochemical and U-Pb zircon dating of the Nadanhada accretionary complex, NE China, Tectonics, Volume 33, Issue 12, December 2014, Pages 2444-2466. 2014.


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

Wang W., Zhou M.F., Zhao X., Chen W. and Yan D., Late Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic rift successions in SW China: Implication for the Yangtze Block–North Australia–Northwest Laurentia connection in the Columbia supercontinent, Sedimentary Geology. 2014, 309: 33-47.
Zhou M.F., Zhao X., Chen W.T., Li X., Wang W., Yan D. and Qiu H., Proterozoic Fe–Cu metallogeny and supercontinental cycles of the southwestern Yangtze Block, southern China and northern Vietnam, Earth-Science Reviews. 2014, 139: 59-82.


Researcher : Zhou J

List of Research Outputs

Zhou J., Wang B., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Cao J., Zheng C.Q. and Zeng W., Geochemistry and U-Pb zircon dating of the Toudaoqiao blueschists in the Great Xing'an Range, northeast China, and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 97, Issue PB, January 01, 2015, Pages 197-210. 2015.
Zhou J., Cao J.L., Wilde S.A., Zhao G., Zhang J. and Wang B., Paleo-Pacific subduction-accretion: Evidence from Geochemical and U-Pb zircon dating of the Nadanhada accretionary complex, NE China, Tectonics, Volume 33, Issue 12, December 2014, Pages 2444-2466. 2014.


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:Sedimentology,geochronology and geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary sequences in the western
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program
Start Date:01/2013


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:Provenance and depositional environment of late Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian sedimentary rocks of South China
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2014


Project Title:Magnesium and Iron Isotopic Composition of Podiform Chromite Deposits and their Significance
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:AGU-GAC-MAC-CGU Joint Assembly; Slab Contamination of Asthenospheric Melts Triggered the Crystallization of Chromite in the Formation of Podiform Chromite Deposits
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2015


Project Title:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2015-16
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:06/2015


List of Research Outputs

CHEN W., Zhou M.F., LI X., Gao J.F. and Hou K., In-situ LA-ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: Cu-(Au, Fe) deposits in the Khetri copper belt in Rajasthan Province, NW India, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 929-939.
CHEN W., Zhou M.F., Gao J.F. and Zhao T.P., Oscillatory Sr isotopic signature in plagioclase megacrysts from the Damiao anorthosite complex, North China: Implication for petrogenesis of massif-type anorthosite, Chemical Geology. 2015, 393-394: 1-15.
CHUNG D., Zhou M.F., Gao J.F. and CHEN W., In-situ LA–ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: The late Palaeoproterozoic Sokoman Iron Formation in the Labrador Trough, Canada, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 917-928.
Chen W.T. and Zhou M.F., Ages and compositions of primary and secondary allanite from the Lala Fe–Cu deposit, SW China: implications for multiple episodes of hydrothermal events, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 2014, 168(2): 1-20.
Chen W.T., Zhou M.F. and Gao J., Constraints of Sr isotopic compositions of apatite and carbonates on the origin of Fe and Cu mineralizing fluids in the Lala Fe-Cu-(Mo, LREE) deposit, SW China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2014, 61: 96-106.
GAO J., Zhou M.F., Robinson P.T., Wang C.Y., Zhao J.H. and Malpas J.G., Magma mixing recorded by Sr isotopes of plagioclase from dacites of the Quaternary Tengchong volcanic field, SE Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2015, 98: 1-17.
GAO J., Zhou M.F., Leung S., Robinson P.T. and Yang S.H., Re–Os isotopic and platinum group elemental constraints on the genesis of the Xiadong ophiolitic complex, Eastern Xinjiang, NW China, Gondwana Research. 2015, 27: 629-648.
Gao J.F., Zhou M.F., Qi L., CHEN W. and Huang X.W., Chalcophile elemental compositions and origin of the Tuwu porphyry Cu deposit, NW China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 66: 403-421.
Huang X.W., Gao J.F., Qi L. and Zhou M.F., In-situ LA-ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite and Re–Os dating of pyrite: The Tianhu hydrothermally remobilized sedimentary Fe deposit, NW China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 900-916.
Khatun S., Mondal S.K., Zhou M.F., Balaram V. and Prichard H.M., Platinum-group element (PGE) geochemistry of Mesoarchean ultramafic–mafic cumulate rocks and chromitites from the Nuasahi Massif, Singhbhum Craton (India), Lithos. 2014, 205: 322-340.
LIU P., Zhou M.F., CHEN W., G J.F. and H X.W., In-situ LA-ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: Fe–Ti–(V) oxide-bearing mafic–ultramafic layered intrusions of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 853-871.
Liu P., Zhou M.F., Luais B., Cividini D. and Rollion-Bard C., Disequilibrium iron isotopic fractionation during the high-temperature magmatic differentiation of the Baima Fe–Ti oxide-bearing mafic intrusion, SW China, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2014, 399: 21-29.
Liu Q., Yu J., O’Reilly S., Zhou M.F., Griffin W., Wang L. and Cui X., Origin and geological significance of Paleoproterozoic granites in the northeastern Cathaysia Block, South China, Precambrian Research. 2014, 248: 72-95.
Wang W., Zhou M.F., Zhao X., Chen W. and Yan D., Late Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic rift successions in SW China: Implication for the Yangtze Block–North Australia–Northwest Laurentia connection in the Columbia supercontinent, Sedimentary Geology. 2014, 309: 33-47.
Wang X., Bi X., Leng C., Zhong H., Tang H., Chen Y., Yin G., Huang D. and Zhou M.F., Geochronology and geochemistry of Late Cretaceous igneous intrusions and Mo–Cu–(W) mineralization in the southern Yidun Arc, SW China: implications for metallogenesis and geodynamic setting, Ore Geology Reviews. 2014, 61: 73-95.
Yang A.Y., Zhou M.F., Zhao T., Deng X., Qi L. and Xu J., Chalcophile elemental compositions of MORBs from the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge and controls of lithospheric structure on S-saturated differentiation, Chemical Geology. 2014, 382: 1-13.
ZHAO W. and Zhou M.F., In-situ LA–ICP-MS trace elemental analyses of magnetite: The Mesozoic Tengtie skarn Fe deposit in the Nanling Range, South China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2015, 65: 872-883.
Zhou M.F., Robinson P.T., Su B., Gao J., Li J., Yang J. and Malpas J.G., Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in suprasubduction zone environments, Gondwana Research. 2014, 26(1): 262-283.
Zhou M.F., Zhao X., Chen W.T., Li X., Wang W., Yan D. and Qiu H., Proterozoic Fe–Cu metallogeny and supercontinental cycles of the southwestern Yangtze Block, southern China and northern Vietnam, Earth-Science Reviews. 2014, 139: 59-82.


Researcher : Zong Y

Project Title:Recording sea-level change of the past 2000 year
Investigator(s):Zong Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:09/2014


List of Research Outputs

Innes J.B., Zong Y., Wang Z. and Chen Z., Climatic and palaeoecological changes during the mid- to Late Holocene transition in eastern China: high-resolution pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analysis at Pingwang, Yangtze coastal lowlands, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2014, 99: 164-175.
KONG D., Zong Y., Jia G., Wei G., Chen M. and Liu Z., The development of late Holocene coastal cooling in the northern South China Sea, Quaternary International. Pergamon, 2014, 349: 300-307.
SUN Y., Wu P.P.C., Huang G. and Zong Y., Holocene sea-level reconstruction for Guangdong coast and a comparison with GIA model outputs, 广东全新世海平面重建与冰川均衡调整模型结果的对比, Quaternary Sciences. 第四纪研究, 2015, 35: 1-10.
Wang F., Li J., Chen Y., Fang J., Zong Y., Shang Z. and Wang H., The record of mid-Holocene maximum landward marine transgression in the west coast of Bohai Bay, China, Marine Geology. 2015, 359: 89-95.
Zong Y. and Sawai Y., Diatoms, In: Shennan I., Long AJ., Horton B., Handbook of Sea-Level Research. John Wiley & Sons, 2015, 233-248.


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