Dept of Earth Sciences

DEPT OF EARTH SCIENCES

Researcher : ANGLES ESTELLES MA

List of Research Outputs

ANGLES ESTELLES M.A. and Li Y., North Tibetan Plateau as an analogue for Martian environments, Australasia Astrobiology 2016.

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:	Quest for the lost arc of Neotethys: refining models for the India-Asia convergence-collision system
Investigator(s):	Ali JR
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Research Output Prize (Faculty of Science)
Investigator(s):	Ali JR
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:	02/2016

List of Research Outputs

Ali J.R., Disentangling Darwin, Astronomy & Geophysics. 2016, 57: 5.37-5.39.

Ali J.R., Islands as biological substrates: classification of the biological assemblage components and the physical island types, Journal of Biogeography. 2017, 44: 984-994.

Baxter A.T., Aitchison J.C., Ali J.R., Chan J.S.L. and Chan G.H.N., Detrital chrome spinel evidence for a Neotethyan intra-oceanic island arc collision with India in the Paleocene, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2016, 128: 90-104.

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

Cai K., Sun M., Jahn B.-.M., Xiao W., Long X., Chen H., Xia X., CHEN M. and Wang X., Petrogenesis of the Permian Intermediate-Mafic Dikes in the Chinese Altai, Northwest China: Implication for a Postaccretion Extensional Scenario, The Journal of Geology. 2016, 124: 481-500.

Researcher : CHEN Y

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Aitchison J.C., Zong Y. and Li S.H., OSL dating of past lake levels for a large dammed lake in southern Tibet and determination of possible controls on lake evolution, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2016, 41: 1467-1476.

Researcher : CHEUNG MC

List of Research Outputs

CHEUNG M.C., Zong Y., Zheng Z., Liu Z. and Aitchison J.C., Holocene temperature and precipitation variability on the central Tibetan Plateau revealed by multiple palaeo-climatic proxy records from an alpine wetland sequence, The Holocene. 2017, 095968361770222.

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

Nanni U., Pubellier M., Chan L.S. and Sewell R.J., Rifting and reactivation of a Cretaceous structural belt at the northern margin of the South China Sea, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2017, 136: 110-123.

Zuo X., Chan L.S. and Gao J., Compression-extension transition of continental crust in a subduction zone: A parametric numerical modeling study with implications on Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Cathaysia Block, In: João Miguel Dias, Universidade de Aveiro, PORTUGAL, PLOS ONE. 2017.

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:	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
Completion Date:	05/2017

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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2015
Completion Date:	03/2017

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

Project Title:	Age of the fossil-rich formations in the Shandong Peninsula
Investigator(s):	Chang S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	The age, origin and tectonic history of the Vijayan Complex, Sri Lanka
Investigator(s):	Chang S, Tam PY, Ng SWP
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

Project Title:	35th International Geological Congress; 40Ar/39Ar age for the fossil-bearing Tiaojishan Formation in NE China
Investigator(s):	Chang S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2016
Completion Date:	09/2016

Project Title:	High-precision ages for the Jehol fossil-bearing formations in South China
Investigator(s):	Chang S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2016

Project Title:	Age for the basal sauropods in Sichuan
Investigator(s):	Chang S, Pei R, Wang J
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2017

List of Research Outputs

Chang S., Zhang H., Hemming S. and Fang Y., 40Ar/39Ar age for the fossil-bearing Tiaojishan Formation in NE China., International Geological Congress, 35th, Cape Town (2016). 2016.

Chang S. and Hemming S., 40Ar/39Ar ages for the fossil-bearing Gyeongsang Supergroup in South Korea. , AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco (2016). 2016.

Chang S., Wang J. and Pei R., Age for the basal sauropods in Sichuan, HKU Seed Fund for Basic Research. 2017.

Chang S., Age of the fossil-rich Fotan Group, SE China, RGC General Research Fund . 2017.

Chang S., Dassanayake S. and Wang J., Preliminary analysis of detrital zircon U-Pb ages from the fossil-rich Tabbowa beds, Sri Lanka., Palaeoworld. 2017, 26: 396-402.

Deng K., Yang S., Li C., Su N., Bi L. and Chang S., Detrital zircon geochronology of river sands from Taiwan: Implications for sedimentary provenance of Taiwan and its source link with the east China mainland, Earth-Science Reviews. 2017, 164: 31-47.

Feng C., Liu Y. and Chang S., Tide pumping drives Fe and Mg isotopic dynamic in the subterranean estuary of Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong. , AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco (2016). . 2016.

Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M.J., Tam T.P.Y., Jayasingha P., Wong P.M., Denyszyn S.W., YIU S.Y.J. and Chang S., Ca. 820-640 Ma SIMS U-Pb age signal in the peripheral Vijayan Complex, Sri Lanka: Identifying magmatic pulses in the assembly of Gondwana, Precambrian Research. 2017, 294: 244-256.

Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M., Tam P.Y., Denyszyn S., Jayasingha P. and Chang S., Geochemistry and SIMS U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Vijayan anatectic melts of eastern Sri Lanka., International Geological Congress, 35th, Cape Town (2016). 2016.

Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M.W., Roselee M.H., Teschner C., Murtadha S., Oliver G.J.H., Ghani A.A. and Chang S., Late Triassic granites from Bangka, Indonesia: a continuation of the Main Range granite province of the South-East Asian Tin Belt, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2017, 138: 548-561.

Wang J., Chang S., Lin P., Zhu X., Fu Y. and Zhang H., Evidence of Early Cretaceous transpression in the Sulu orogenic belt, eastern China, In: Philippe Agard, Jean-Philippe Avouac, Ramon Carbonell, Rob Govers, Zheng Xiang Li, Kelin Wang, Tectonophysics. Netherlands, Elsevier, 2016, 687: 44-55.

Wang J., Chang S., Lin P.Y., Zhu X., Fu Y. and Zhang H., Evidence of Early Cretaceous transpression in the Sulu orogenic belt, eastern China., Annual Meeting of Chinese Geoscience Union, 2th, Beijing (2016).. 2016.

Wang J., Chang S., Lin P., Zhu X., Fu Y. and Zhang H., Evidence of Early Cretaceous transpression in the Sulu orogenic belt, 苏鲁造山带早白垩世转换挤压构造背景的证据, Annual Meeting of Chinese Geoscience Union. 中国地球科学联合会学术年会, 2016.

Wang J., Chang S., Lin P., Zhu X., Fu Y. and Zhang H., Evidence of Early Cretaceous transpression in the Sulu orogenic belt, eastern China., Tectonophysics. 2016, 687: 44-55.

Wang J., Ye Y., Chang S., Zhang H. and Zheng D., Reappraisal of the age of the Jurassic basal sauropoda-Shunosaurus., Conference on Earth System Science, Shanghai. 2016.

Zheng D., Zhang Q., Chang S. and Wang B., A new damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research. 2016, 63: 142-147.

Zheng D., Jarzembowski E., Chang S. and Wang B., A new true dragonfly (Odonata, Anisoptera, Gomphaeschnaoidini) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber., Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 2016, 127: 629-632.

Zheng D., Wang B., Jarzemowski E., Chang S. and Nel A., Burmadysagrioninae, a new subfamily (Odonata: Zygoptera: Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber., Cretaceous Research. 2016, 67: 126-132.

Zheng D., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Chang S., Zhang H., Xia F., Liu H. and Wang B., Extreme adaptations for probable visual courtship behaviour in a Cretaceous dancing damselfly., Scientific Reports . 2017, 7: 44932.

Zheng D., Xu H., Wang J., Feng C., Zhang H. and Chang S., Geochronologic age constraints on the Middle Devonian Hujiersite Flora of Xinjiang, NW China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . Elsevier, 2016, 463: 230-237.

Zheng D., Shi G., Wang B., Zhang H. and Chang S., High-precision 40Ar-39Ar age constraints on the Miocene tropical forest and amber deposit in Zhangpu (Oral presentation), Fujian, China. , Annual meeting of Chinese Geoscience Union, Beijing, China (2016).. 2016.

Zheng D., Chang S., Wang B. and Zhang H., New Early Cretaceous dragonfly Sinojagoria magna Li et al., 2012 (Odonata, Gomphaeschnidae) emending the Chinese tribe Sinojagorini, Cretaceous Research. 2017, 74: 192-197.

Zheng D., Wang H., Jarzembowski E., Wang B., Chang S. and Zhang H., New data on Early Cretaceous odonatans (Stenophlebiidae, Aeschnidiidae) from northern China, Cretaceous Research. 2016, 67: 59-65.

Zheng D., Wang B. and Chang S., Palaeodisparoneura cretacica sp. nov., a new damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber., Comptes Rendus Palevol . 2017, 16: 235-240.

Zheng D., Chang S., Wang H., Fang Y., Wang J., Feng C., Xie G., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Wang B., The Middle Triassic insect radiation revealed by isotopic age and iconic fossils from NW China. , European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (2017).. 2017.

Zheng D., Nel A., Wang H., Wang B., Jarzembowski E. and Chang S., The first Late Triassic Chinese triadophlebiomorphan (Insecta: Odonatoptera): biogeographic implications., Scientific Reports. 2017, 7: 1476.

Zheng D., Nel A., Wang B., Jarzembowski E., Chang S. and Zhang H., The first Triassic “Protodonatan” (Zygophlebiidae) from China: stratigraphical implications. , Geological Magazine . 2016, 154: 169-174.

Zheng D., Chang S., Jarzembowski E. and Wang B., The first aeshnoid dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Telephlebiidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. , Cretaceous Research. 2017, 72: 105-109.

Zheng D., Wang B., Jarzembowski E., Chang S. and Nel A., The first fossil Perilestidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research. 2016, 65: 199-205.

Researcher : Dingle CE

Project Title:	Avian behavioural responses to urbanization – case study of the Oriental Magpie Robin.
Investigator(s):	Dingle CE
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	07/2015
Completion Date:	07/2017

Project Title:	Noise annoys: evaluating the impact of urban noise on biodiversity in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Dingle CE
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	08/2016

Project Title:	Conservation Forensic Analysis: Optimizing a multi-marker toolkit
Investigator(s):	Dingle CE
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2017

Project Title:	7th International Hornbill Conference; Conservation forensics toolkit: genetic and stable isotope analysis of confiscated wildlife products in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Dingle CE
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2017
Completion Date:	05/2017

List of Research Outputs

Guo F., Bonebrake T.C. and Dingle C.E., Low frequency dove coos vary across noise gradients in an urbanized environment, Behavioural Processes. 2016, 129: 86-93.

Researcher : EIZENHOEFER PR

List of Research Outputs

LIU Q., Zhao G., Sun M., HAN Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., ZHU Y., WANG B., Liu D. and Xu B., Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane, Lithos. 2016, 262: 546-560.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZHU Y., HOU W. and ZHANG X., Timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Alxa Terrane: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of Late Carboniferous to Permian gabbros and diorites, Lithos. 2017, 274-275: 19-30.

Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D...X..., WANG B., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X., HOU W. and LIU Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in the Chagan Obo Temple area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 149-163.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Late Ordovician adakitic rocks in the Central Tianshan block, NW China: Partial melting of lower continental arc crust during back-arc basin opening, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2016, 128: 1367-1382.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X., Wang B., LIU Q., Xu B. and ZHU Y., Tectonic transition from Late Carboniferous subduction to Early Permian post-collisional extension in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of mafic–intermediate intrusions, Lithos. Elsevier, 2016, 256-257: 269-281.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., Han Y., HOU W., Liu D...X..., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Varying Contents of Sources Affect Tectonic-Setting Discrimination of Sediments: A Case Study from Permian Sandstones in the Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China, The Journal of Geology. 2017, 125: 299-316.

ZHU Y., Zhao G., Ji J...Q..., Sun M., Han Y., LIU Q., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X. and HOU W., Subduction between the Jiamusi and Songliao blocks: Geological, geochronological and geochemical constraints from the Heilongjiang Complex, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 128-144.

Zhu C...Y...L..., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Y., Liu Q., Eizenhoefer P.R., Zhang X. and Hou W...Z..., Detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic data for meta-sedimentary rocks from the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 23-32.

Researcher : Eizenhoefer PR

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Fang X

Project Title:	Planetary Nebulae: Multi-wavelength Probes of Stellar and Galactic Evolution; Abundances and Gradients in M31
Investigator(s):	Fang X
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2016
Completion Date:	10/2016

List of Research Outputs

Esteban C..., Fang X., Garcia-Rojas J... and Toribio San Cipriano L..., The Radial Abundance Gradient of Oxygen Towards the Galactic Anti-centre, In: D. R. Flower, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2017, 471: 987-1004.

Fang X., Peering into the Halo of the Andromeda Galaxy Using Planetary Nebulae, Invited academic visit at the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (ASIAA) in Taipei, Taiwan. 2017.

Fang X., Reliability of Atomic Data for Optical Recombination Lines and Deep Spectroscopy of Planetary Nebulae, NebulAtom 3: A School for Latin American Astronomers on Emission- line Objects in the Universe. 2017.

Researcher : Gao J

List of Research Outputs

Zuo X., Chan L.S. and Gao J., Compression-extension transition of continental crust in a subduction zone: A parametric numerical modeling study with implications on Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Cathaysia Block, In: João Miguel Dias, Universidade de Aveiro, PORTUGAL, PLOS ONE. 2017.

Researcher : Geng H

List of Research Outputs

Kwan L., Zhao G., Yin C. and Geng H., Metamorphic P–T path of mafic granulites from Eastern Hebei: Implications for the Neoarchean tectonics of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Gondwana Research. 2016, 37: 20-38.

Researcher : Goodkin Emami NF

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

Han Y., One-Hundred Young Talent Program of Shaanxi Province, China, 中国陕西省“百人计划”青年项目, Organization Department of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee. 2017.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Sun M., HAN Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., ZHU Y., WANG B., Liu D. and Xu B., Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane, Lithos. 2016, 262: 546-560.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZHU Y., HOU W. and ZHANG X., Timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Alxa Terrane: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of Late Carboniferous to Permian gabbros and diorites, Lithos. 2017, 274-275: 19-30.

Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D...X..., WANG B., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X., HOU W. and LIU Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in the Chagan Obo Temple area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 149-163.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Late Ordovician adakitic rocks in the Central Tianshan block, NW China: Partial melting of lower continental arc crust during back-arc basin opening, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2016, 128: 1367-1382.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X., Wang B., LIU Q., Xu B. and ZHU Y., Tectonic transition from Late Carboniferous subduction to Early Permian post-collisional extension in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of mafic–intermediate intrusions, Lithos. Elsevier, 2016, 256-257: 269-281.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., Han Y., HOU W., Liu D...X..., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Varying Contents of Sources Affect Tectonic-Setting Discrimination of Sediments: A Case Study from Permian Sandstones in the Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China, The Journal of Geology. 2017, 125: 299-316.

ZHU Y., Zhao G., Ji J...Q..., Sun M., Han Y., LIU Q., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X. and HOU W., Subduction between the Jiamusi and Songliao blocks: Geological, geochronological and geochemical constraints from the Heilongjiang Complex, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 128-144.

Zhu C...Y...L..., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Y., Liu Q., Eizenhoefer P.R., Zhang X. and Hou W...Z..., Detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic data for meta-sedimentary rocks from the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 23-32.

Researcher : HOU W

List of Research Outputs

Hou W., Ages of the Xinghuadukou group in the Erguna block, NE China, 2016 AGU Fall Meeting. 2016.

Hou W., Early Paleozoic high-Mg andesites in NE China: a tectonic resemblance to SW Japan?, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Sun M., HAN Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., ZHU Y., WANG B., Liu D. and Xu B., Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane, Lithos. 2016, 262: 546-560.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZHU Y., HOU W. and ZHANG X., Timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Alxa Terrane: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of Late Carboniferous to Permian gabbros and diorites, Lithos. 2017, 274-275: 19-30.

Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D...X..., WANG B., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X., HOU W. and LIU Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in the Chagan Obo Temple area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 149-163.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Late Ordovician adakitic rocks in the Central Tianshan block, NW China: Partial melting of lower continental arc crust during back-arc basin opening, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2016, 128: 1367-1382.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X., Wang B., LIU Q., Xu B. and ZHU Y., Tectonic transition from Late Carboniferous subduction to Early Permian post-collisional extension in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of mafic–intermediate intrusions, Lithos. Elsevier, 2016, 256-257: 269-281.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., Han Y., HOU W., Liu D...X..., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Varying Contents of Sources Affect Tectonic-Setting Discrimination of Sediments: A Case Study from Permian Sandstones in the Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China, The Journal of Geology. 2017, 125: 299-316.

ZHU Y., Zhao G., Ji J...Q..., Sun M., Han Y., LIU Q., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X. and HOU W., Subduction between the Jiamusi and Songliao blocks: Geological, geochronological and geochemical constraints from the Heilongjiang Complex, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 128-144.

Researcher : HUANG P

List of Research Outputs

HUANG P., Wu P.P.C. and van der Wal W., Effect of Mantle Rheology on Viscous Heating induced during Ice Sheet Cycles, European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2017.

Researcher : Han Y

List of Research Outputs

Han Y., One-Hundred Young Talent Program of Shaanxi Province, China, 中国陕西省“百人计划”青年项目, Organization Department of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee. 2017.

Researcher : Hou W

List of Research Outputs

Hou W., Ages of the Xinghuadukou group in the Erguna block, NE China, 2016 AGU Fall Meeting. 2016.

Hou W., Early Paleozoic high-Mg andesites in NE China: a tectonic resemblance to SW Japan?, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017.

Researcher : Hu L

List of Research Outputs

Hu L. and Jiao J.J.J., An innovative method to estimate regional-scale hydraulic diffusivity using GRACE data, Hydrological Sciences Journal. 2016, 1-10.

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:	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

Project Title:	Effects of climate change on groundwater system of the Yangtze River source region
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ, Liu Z, Kuang X
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	Groundwater discharge and lake evolution in the Badain Jaran Desert revealed by radium quartet and radon-222
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ, Kuang X, Luo X
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Investigation of nutrient retention in a groundwater-fed headwater stream by stable and radiogenetic isotopes
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Coping with landslide risks in Hong Kong under extreme storms: Storm scenarios, cascading landslide hazards and multi-hazard risk assessment
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:	06/2016

Project Title:	The 24th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting and the 4th Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting; Submarine Groundwater Discharge as a Significant Nutrient Source to the South China Sea
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2016
Completion Date:	07/2016

Project Title:	Investigation of groundwater residence time and reactive transport in the coastal aquifer, Ting Kok, Tolo Harbour: Field monitoring, chemical analysis and numerical modelling
Investigator(s):	Jiao JJJ
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2017

List of Research Outputs

Hu L. and Jiao J.J.J., An innovative method to estimate regional-scale hydraulic diffusivity using GRACE data, Hydrological Sciences Journal. 2016, 1-10.

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J. and Wang Y., Cloreto como traçador de transporte de soluto em um sistema aquífero–aquitardo no Delta do Rio das Pérolas, China, Hydrogeology Journal. 2016, 24: 1121-1132.

Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., Effect of sedimentation and sea level change on solute transport in the Pearl River Delta, China, The 9th IAHS Conference on Groundwater Quality: Safeguarding Groundwater Quality in a Changing World, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, China, 24–28 July. 2016.

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J., Wan L. and Zhang K., Saturated-unsaturated flow and air-water two-phase flow in porous media, New Balance of Groundwater under Changing Conditions International Groundwater Forum, Jilin University, Changchun, China, 11–12 July. 2016.

LIU Y., Jiao J.J.J. and LUO X., Effects of inland water level oscillation on groundwater dynamics and land-sourced solute transport in a coastal aquifer, Coastal Engineering. 2016, 114: 347-360.

LUO X. and Jiao J.J.J., Submarine groundwater discharge and nutrient loadings in Tolo Harbor, Hong Kong using multiple geotracer-based models, and their implications of red tide outbreaks, Water Research. 2016, 102: 11-31.

Lee K.H., WANG Y., Wang Y., Gu J. and Jiao J.J.J., Abundance and Diversity of Aerobic/Anaerobic Ammonia/Ammonium-Oxidizing Microorganisms in an Ammonium-Rich Aquitard in the Pearl River Delta of South China, Microbial Ecology. 2016.

Luo X., Jiao J.J.J., Wang X.S. and Yang S., Groundwater discharge and hydrologic partition of the lakes in desert environment: Insights from stable 18 O/2 H and radium isotopes, Journal of Hydrology. 2017, 546: 189-203.

Researcher : King JA

List of Research Outputs

King J.A., Do structural differences along strike of the Himalaya range represent changes in the pre-collision geometry of Greater India prior to collision?, 30th Himalaya- Karakoram-Tibet Workshop. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, India: 6-8th Oct 2015. 2016.

Researcher : Kuang X

Project Title:	Impact of ice melting due to global warming in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau on groundwater flow systems in Asia
Investigator(s):	Kuang X, Jiao JJJ, Wu PPC
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	AXA Research Fund
Start Date:	08/2014

List of Research Outputs

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J. and Wang Y., Cloreto como traçador de transporte de soluto em um sistema aquífero–aquitardo no Delta do Rio das Pérolas, China, Hydrogeology Journal. 2016, 24: 1121-1132.

Kuang X. and Jiao J.J.J., Effect of sedimentation and sea level change on solute transport in the Pearl River Delta, China, The 9th IAHS Conference on Groundwater Quality: Safeguarding Groundwater Quality in a Changing World, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, China, 24–28 July. 2016.

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J., Wan L. and Zhang K., Saturated-unsaturated flow and air-water two-phase flow in porous media, New Balance of Groundwater under Changing Conditions International Groundwater Forum, Jilin University, Changchun, China, 11–12 July. 2016.

Researcher : Kwok S

Project Title:	36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly Synthesis of Organic Compounds in the Circumstellar Envelopes of Evolved Stars Prebiotic Molecules in the Circumstellar Environment
Investigator(s):	Kwok S
Department:	Science Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2006

Project Title:	Chemical Synthesis in the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution
Investigator(s):	Kwok S
Department:	Science Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	11/2011

Project Title:	Earth as a Habitable Planet
Investigator(s):	Kwok S, Shih K
Department:	Science Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme
Start Date:	09/2013

Project Title:	Organic Matter in Space
Investigator(s):	Kwok S
Department:	Science Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	SEARCH FOR LIFE: FROM EARLY EARTH TO EXOPLANETS; Relationship between stellar synthesized complex organics and solar system organics
Investigator(s):	Kwok S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2016
Completion Date:	12/2016

List of Research Outputs

Cataldo F., Garcia-Hernandez D. .A., Manchado A. and Kwok S., Laboratory study of carbonaceous dust and molecules of astrochemical interest, Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2016, 728: 062002.

Hsia C., Kwok S., CHAU W.C. and Zhang Y., Coaxial Rings and H₂ Knots in Hubble 12, The 11th Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics: Physics and Chemistry of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution, HKU, Hong Kong. 2016, 728: UNSP072009.

Hsia C., Sadjadi S., Zhang Y. and Kwok S., The 6 µm Feature as A Tracer of Aliphatic Components of Interstellar Carbonaceous Grains, The Astrophysical Journal. IOP, 2016, 832: 15.

Kwok S., Organic Matter in the Universe, Third International Congress in Astrobiology, Manizales, Colombia (October 19, 2016). 2016.

Kwok S., Physics and chemistry of the late stages of stellar evolution — an introduction, Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2016, 728: 022001.

Kwok S., Synthesis of complex organics during the late stages of stellar evolution, International Space Science Institute Workshop on "Cosmic Dust from the Lab to the Stars", Bern, Switzerland (November 4, 2016). 2016.

Sadjadi S., Kwok S. and Zhang Y., Theoretical Infrared Spectra Of MAON Molecules, In: Sun Kwok and Kam Ching Leung, 11th Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics. IOP Science, 2016, 728: 062003.

Zhang Y., Kwok S. and Sadjadi S., Fullerenes and fulleranes in circumstellar envelopes, In: Sun Kwok and Kam Ching Leung, 11th Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics. 2016, 728(5): 052004.

Researcher : LI T

List of Research Outputs

LI T., Wu P.P.C. and Steffen H., Glacial Isostatic Adjustment with ICE-6G_C (VM5a) and Laterally Heterogeneous Mantle Viscosity, European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2017.

Researcher : LI X

List of Research Outputs

LI X., Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang G. and Xiong H., Marine deposition and sea surface temperature changes during the last and present interglacials in the west coast of Taiwan Strait, Quaternary International. Elsevier, 2017, 440: 91-101.

Researcher : LI YH

List of Research Outputs

Zhao W., Zhou M.F., LI Y.H., Zhao Z. and Gao J.F., Genetic types, mineralization styles, and geodynamic settings of Mesozoic tungsten deposits in South China, In: Dr. Rui-Zhong Hu Dr. Wei Terry Chen Dr. De-Ru Xu Dr. Mei-Fu Zhou, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2017, 137: 109-140.

Researcher : LIU Q

List of Research Outputs

LIU Q., Zhao G., Sun M., HAN Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., ZHU Y., WANG B., Liu D. and Xu B., Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane, Lithos. 2016, 262: 546-560.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZHU Y., HOU W. and ZHANG X., Timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Alxa Terrane: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of Late Carboniferous to Permian gabbros and diorites, Lithos. 2017, 274-275: 19-30.

Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D...X..., WANG B., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X., HOU W. and LIU Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in the Chagan Obo Temple area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 149-163.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Late Ordovician adakitic rocks in the Central Tianshan block, NW China: Partial melting of lower continental arc crust during back-arc basin opening, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2016, 128: 1367-1382.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X., Wang B., LIU Q., Xu B. and ZHU Y., Tectonic transition from Late Carboniferous subduction to Early Permian post-collisional extension in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of mafic–intermediate intrusions, Lithos. Elsevier, 2016, 256-257: 269-281.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., Han Y., HOU W., Liu D...X..., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Varying Contents of Sources Affect Tectonic-Setting Discrimination of Sediments: A Case Study from Permian Sandstones in the Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China, The Journal of Geology. 2017, 125: 299-316.

ZHU Y., Zhao G., Ji J...Q..., Sun M., Han Y., LIU Q., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X. and HOU W., Subduction between the Jiamusi and Songliao blocks: Geological, geochronological and geochemical constraints from the Heilongjiang Complex, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 128-144.

Zhu C...Y...L..., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Y., Liu Q., Eizenhoefer P.R., Zhang X. and Hou W...Z..., Detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic data for meta-sedimentary rocks from the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 23-32.

Researcher : LIU Y

List of Research Outputs

LIU Y., Jiao J.J.J. and LUO X., Effects of inland water level oscillation on groundwater dynamics and land-sourced solute transport in a coastal aquifer, Coastal Engineering. 2016, 114: 347-360.

Researcher : LUO X

List of Research Outputs

LIU Y., Jiao J.J.J. and LUO X., Effects of inland water level oscillation on groundwater dynamics and land-sourced solute transport in a coastal aquifer, Coastal Engineering. 2016, 114: 347-360.

LUO X. and Jiao J.J.J., Submarine groundwater discharge and nutrient loadings in Tolo Harbor, Hong Kong using multiple geotracer-based models, and their implications of red tide outbreaks, Water Research. 2016, 102: 11-31.

Luo X., Jiao J.J.J., Wang X.S. and Yang S., Groundwater discharge and hydrologic partition of the lakes in desert environment: Insights from stable 18 O/2 H and radium isotopes, Journal of Hydrology. 2017, 546: 189-203.

Researcher : LV K

List of Research Outputs

LV K. and Li Y., Possible molecular evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis in 2.7 Ga banded iron formations, Australasia Astrobiology 2016.

LV K. and Li Y., Restrictions on the production of multi-wall carbon nanotubes and nanofibers by Gallionella sp., Geomicrobiology Journal. 2016, 33: 709-715.

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
Completion Date:	11/2016

Project Title:	Three-dimensional Structures of Extrasolar Planetary Systems
Investigator(s):	Lee MH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	11/2015

List of Research Outputs

Ortiz M., Reffert S., Trifonov T.H., Quirrenbach A., Mitchell D.S., Nowak G., Buenzli N., Zimmerman N., Bonnefoy M., Skemer A., Defrère D., Lee M.H., Fischer D.A. and Hinz P.M., Precise radial velocities of giant stars, Astronomy & Astrophysics. EDP Sciences, 2016, 595: A55:1-14.

Trifonov T., Lee M.H., Reffert S. and Quirrenbach A., Formation and Resonance Architecture of the nu Oph and HD 202206 Brown Dwarf Systems, Formation and Dynamical Evolution of Exoplanets, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, USA. 2017.

Trifonov T., Kürster M., Zechmeister M., Zakhozhay O.V., Reffert S., Lee M.H., Rodler F., Vogt S.S. and Brems S.S., Three planets around HD 27894. A close-in pair with a 2:1 period ratio and an eccentric Jovian planet at 5.4 AU, Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2017, 602: L8.

WONG K.H. and Lee M.H., Long Term Stability of Planetary Orbits in the HD 59686 Eccentric Binary System, Formation and Dynamical Evolution of Exoplanets, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, USA. 2017.

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 Fund 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:	Metal Clustering and Solvation in Hydrothermal Vapors: IRMPD Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies.
Investigator(s):	Lemke KH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2016

List of Research Outputs

Lemke K.H., Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Metal Speciation in Ore‐Forming Vapors, In: Godel, B, Barnes, SJ, Gonzalez-Alvarez, I, Fiorentini, ML, Le Vaillant, M, 13th International Ni-Cu-PGE Symposium, Perth, WA, Australia. Perth, WA, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 2016, 13: 1-96.

Lemke K.H., Structure and binding energy of the H2S dimer at the CCSD(T) complete basis set limit. , The Journal of Chemical Physics. aip.org, 2017, 146: 234301.

Stefánsson A., Lemke K.H., Bénézeth P. and Schott J., Magnesium bicarbonate and carbonate interactions in aqueous solutions: An infrared spectroscopic and quantum chemical study, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Elsevier, 2017, 198: 271-284.

Taczkowska M.A., Tanjaroon C. and Lemke K.H., ESI FT-MS and DFT studies of aqueous Au(I) complexes with cysteine and its disulfide form cystine, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. Elsevier, 2016, 406: 12-19.

Researcher : Li J

Project Title:	35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS; New insights into Early Paleozoic tectonism of South China from structural geology, U-Pb geochronology and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology
Investigator(s):	Li J
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2016
Completion Date:	09/2016

List of Research Outputs

Li J. and Zhao G., New insights into Early Paleozoic tectonism of South China from structural geology, U-Pb geochronology and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology, 35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS. 2016, 1651.

Li J., Zhang Y...Q..., Zhao G., Johnston S...T..., Dong S...W..., Koppers A., Miggins D...P..., Sun H...S..., Wang W...B... and Xin Y...J..., New insights into Phanerozoic tectonics of South China: Early Paleozoic sinistral and Triassic dextral transpression in the east Wuyishan and Chencai domains, NE Cathaysia, Tectonics. 2017, 36: 819-853.

Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D...X..., WANG B., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X., HOU W. and LIU Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in the Chagan Obo Temple area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 149-163.

Researcher : Li P

List of Research Outputs

Li P., Sun M., Rosenbaum G., Jourdan F., Li S. and Cai K., Late Paleozoic closure of the Ob-Zaisan Ocean along the Irtysh shear zone (NW China): Implications for arc amalgamation and oroclinal bending in the Central Asian orogenic belt, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2017, 129: 547-569.

Li P., Sun M., Rosenbaum G., Jiang Y. and Cai K., Structural evolution of zonal metamorphic sequences in the southern Chinese Altai and relationships to Permian transpressional tectonics in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Tectonophysics. 2016, 693: 277-289.

Researcher : Li SH

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

Project Title:	Luminescence ages of fifth palaeosol in loess sections from the Chines loess plateau
Investigator(s):	Li SH
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:	07/2016
Completion Date:	11/2016

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Aitchison J.C., Zong Y. and Li S.H., OSL dating of past lake levels for a large dammed lake in southern Tibet and determination of possible controls on lake evolution, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2016, 41: 1467-1476.

Hu G., Yi C.L., Zhang J.F., Liu J.H., Jiang T. and Li S.H., Late Quaternary glacial advances in the eastern Qilianshan, north-eastern Tibet, as inferred from luminescence dating of fluvioglacial sediments, Journal of Quaternary Science. 2016, 31: 587-597.

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:	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

Project Title:	2016 SEARCH FOR LIFE: FROM EARLY EARTH TO EXOPLANETS; The Archean life before the formation of a protective ozonosphere. (Final report: Looking for a new biomarker for the earliest oxygenic photosynthesis on Earth.)
Investigator(s):	Li Y
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2016
Completion Date:	12/2016

Project Title:	Putative primary magnetite in banded iron formations: an experimental approach
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2017

List of Research Outputs

ANGLES ESTELLES M.A. and Li Y., North Tibetan Plateau as an analogue for Martian environments, Australasia Astrobiology 2016.

Angles A. and Li Y., Similar Ring Structures on Mars and Tibetan Plateau confirm recent tectonism on Martian Northern polar region, International Journal of Astrobiology. 2016, 1-5.

Angles A. and Li Y., The western Qaidam Basin as a potential Martian environmental analogue: an overview, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. AGU, 2017, 122: 856-888.

LV K. and Li Y., Possible molecular evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis in 2.7 Ga banded iron formations, Australasia Astrobiology 2016.

LV K. and Li Y., Restrictions on the production of multi-wall carbon nanotubes and nanofibers by Gallionella sp., Geomicrobiology Journal. 2016, 33: 709-715.

Li D.Y., Xiao Y.L., Li W.Y., Zhu X.Q., Williams H.M. and Li Y., Iron isotopic systematics of UHP eclogites respond to oxidizing fluid during exhumation, Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 2016, 34: 987-997.

Li Y. and Sun S., Origin of life on Earth, 地球生命的起源, Chinese Science Bulletin. 科学通报, 2016, 61: 3065-3078.

Li Y., The Earth ecosystem before the emergence of an oxygenic atmosphere, 地球生命的起源, Search for life: from early Earth to exoplanets. 2016.

Li Y., Konhauser K.O. and Zhai M.G., The formation of magnetite in the early Archean oceans, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2017, 466: 103-114.

Li Y. and SUN S., The genesis and diagenetic evolution of iron oxides in banded iron formation, Australasia Astrobiology 2016.

Li Y., Earth System Science, The origin and early evolution of the biosphere. 2016.

Li Y. and Sun S., The origin of life on Earth, Chinese Science Bulletin. 2016, 61: 3065-3078.

Sun S. and Li Y., Geneses and evolutions of iron-bearing minerals in banded iron formations of >3760 to ca. 2200 million-year-old: Constraints from electron microscopic, X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopic investigations, Precambrian Research. 2017, 289: 1-17.

Sun S. and Li Y., Microstructures, crystallography and geochemistry of magnetite in 2500 to 2200 million-year-old banded iron formations from South Africa, Western Australia and North China, Precambrian Research. 2017, 298: 292-305.

XU J., He H. and Li Y., Multi-metal mineralization and microfossils in a black shale-hosted sulfide ore layer, South China: Implications for early Cambrian biomineralization, Australasia Astrobiology 2016.

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:	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

Project Title:	2016 SEARCH FOR LIFE: FROM EARLY EARTH TO EXOPLANETS; The Archean life before the formation of a protective ozonosphere. (Final report: Looking for a new biomarker for the earliest oxygenic photosynthesis on Earth.)
Investigator(s):	Li Y
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2016
Completion Date:	12/2016

Project Title:	Putative primary magnetite in banded iron formations: an experimental approach
Investigator(s):	Li Y, Chan LS
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2017

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Liu Z

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

Project Title:	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

Project Title:	Investigation of hydroclimatic changes at the marginal Asian Monsoon area over the last millennium
Investigator(s):	Liu Z
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2017

List of Research Outputs

CHEUNG M.C., Zong Y., Zheng Z., Liu Z. and Aitchison J.C., Holocene temperature and precipitation variability on the central Tibetan Plateau revealed by multiple palaeo-climatic proxy records from an alpine wetland sequence, The Holocene. 2017, 095968361770222.

He Y., Zhao C., Liu Z., Wang H., Liu W., Yu Z., Zhao Y. and Ito E., Holocene climate controls on water isotopic variations on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, Chemical Geology. 2016, 440: 239-247.

Li Y., Montañez I.P., Liu Z. and Ma L., Astronomical constraints on global carbon-cycle perturbation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2), Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2017, 462: 35-46.

Liu Z., Associate Editor, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2017.

Sun J., Liu W., Liu Z., Deng T., Windley B.F. and Fu B., Extreme aridification since the beginning of the Pliocene in the Tarim Basin, western China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2017.

Wang M., Zheng Z., Huang K., Zong Y., Liu Z., Peng Z. and Shi S., UK37 temperature estimates from Eemian marine sediments in the southern coast of Hainan Island, tropical China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Elsevier, 2016, 127: 91-99.

Zhang E., Zhao C., Xue B., Liu Z., Yu Z., Chen R. and Shen J., Millennial-scale hydroclimate variations in southwest China linked to tropical Indian Ocean since the Last Glacial Maximum, Geology. 2017, 45: 435-438.

Zheng X., Kao S., Chen Z., Menviel L., Chen H., Du Y., Wan S., Yan H., Liu Z., Zheng L., Wang S., Li D. and Zhang X., Deepwater circulation variation in the South China Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum, Geophysical Research Letters. AGU, 2016, 43: 8590-8599.

Researcher : Luo X

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Malpas JG

Project Title:	Outstanding Researcher Award 2003-2004
Investigator(s):	Malpas JG
Department:	President's Office
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Researcher Award
Start Date:	10/2004

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

Researcher : Mc Kenzie NR

Project Title:	Source-to-sink evaluation of bedrock weathering
Investigator(s):	Mc Kenzie NR
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2017

List of Research Outputs

Cole D.B., Reinhard C.T., Wang X., Gueguen B., Halverson G., Mc Kenzie N.R., Lyons T.W. and Planavsky N.J., A shale-hosted Cr isotope record of low atmospheric oxygen during the Proterozoic, Geology. 2016, 44: 555-558.

Lee C.T., Caves J., Jiang J., Cao W., Lenardic A., Mc Kenzie N.R., Shorttle O., Yin Q.Z. and Dyer B., Deep mantle roots and continental emergence: implications for whole-Earth elemental cycling, long-term climate, and the Cambrian explosion., International Geology Review. 2017, 1-18.

Mc Kenzie N.R., Detrital zircons and Earth system evolution (Invited). , AGU Annual Meeting. 2016.

Mc Kenzie N.R., Kavli Fellow. , US National Academy of Sciences & Kavli Foundation. 2016.

Mc Kenzie N.R., Mass extinctions and Earth system perturbations (Invited). , Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium (Indonesia-American meeting). 2016.

Mc Kenzie N.R., The detrital zircon record of Earth’s evolving surface environment (Keynote)., International Geological Congress (IGC). September 2016. Cape Town, South Africa.. 2016.

Myrow P.M., Hughes N.C., Mc Kenzie N.R., Pelgay P.M., Thompson T.J., Haddad E.E. and Fanning C.M., Cambrian-Ordovician orogenesis in Himalayan equatorial Gondwana. , Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2016, 128: 1679-1695.

Xiao S., Tang Q., Hughes N.R.C., Mc Kenzie N.R. and Myrow P.M., Biostratigraphic and detrital zircon age constraints on the basement of the Himalayan Foreland Basin: Implications for a Proterozoic link to the Lesser Himalaya and cratonic India, Terra Nova. 2016, 28: 419-426.

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
Completion Date:	11/2016

Project Title:	35th International Geological Congress; Geochemistry and SIMS U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Vijayan anatectic melts of eastern Sri Lanka
Investigator(s):	Ng SWP
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2016
Completion Date:	09/2016

List of Research Outputs

Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M.J., Tam T.P.Y., Jayasingha P., Wong P.M., Denyszyn S.W., YIU S.Y.J. and Chang S., Ca. 820-640 Ma SIMS U-Pb age signal in the peripheral Vijayan Complex, Sri Lanka: Identifying magmatic pulses in the assembly of Gondwana, Precambrian Research. 2017, 294: 244-256.

Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M., Tam P.Y., Denyszyn S., Jayasingha P. and Chang S., Geochemistry and SIMS U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Vijayan anatectic melts of eastern Sri Lanka., International Geological Congress, 35th, Cape Town (2016). 2016.

Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M.W., Roselee M.H., Teschner C., Murtadha S., Oliver G.J.H., Ghani A.A. and Chang S., Late Triassic granites from Bangka, Indonesia: a continuation of the Main Range granite province of the South-East Asian Tin Belt, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2017, 138: 548-561.

Researcher : Not CA

Project Title:	Unravelling the potential of Trace elements in ostracodes as environmental paleoproxies in Hong Kong marine ecosystem.
Investigator(s):	Not CA, Yasuhara M
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Unravelling the impact of submarine groundwater discharge on heavy metals and trace elements cycling in Tolo Harbour waters
Investigator(s):	Not CA
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Hung Hing Ying Physical Sciences Research Fund
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Understanding the impact of the growth rate on the incorporation of trace element and heavy metal in coral skeleton and its implication for environmental paleo-reconstructions
Investigator(s):	Not CA
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	08/2016

Project Title:	ASLO 2017 Ocean Sciences Meeting; Microplastic density in Hong Kong coastal waters: current state and principal drivers
Investigator(s):	Not CA
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	02/2017
Completion Date:	03/2017

Project Title:	Water column stratification in the western Arctic Ocean during the past climatic cycles
Investigator(s):	Not CA, Thibodeau B
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2017

Researcher : Pei R

Project Title:	Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting; A review of paravian phylogeny with new data
Investigator(s):	Pei R
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2016
Completion Date:	10/2016

List of Research Outputs

Chang S., Wang J. and Pei R., Age for the basal sauropods in Sichuan, HKU Seed Fund for Basic Research. 2017.

Pei R., Pittman M.D., Norell M.A. and Xu X., A review of paravian phylogeny with new data, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Annual Meeting. 2016.

Pittman M.D., Kaye T.G., Schwarz D. and Pei R., 150 year old Archaeopteryx mystery solved, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Annual Meeting. 2016.

Researcher : Pittman MD

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:	Reassessing dromaeosaurid evolutionary relationships and understanding of dromaeosaurid evolutionary novelties
Investigator(s):	Pittman MD, Ali JR
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Bayesian inference of the dinosaur-bird transition
Investigator(s):	Pittman MD, Pei R
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2016

Project Title:	76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; 150 year old Archaeopteryx mystery solved (presented by M Pittman)
Investigator(s):	Pittman MD
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2016
Completion Date:	10/2016

List of Research Outputs

Kaye T.G., Pittman M.D., Wang X.L., Zheng X.T., Xu X., Hartman S. and Falk A., Nothing but skin and bones: Anchiornis body outline revealed by laser fluorescence, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Annual Meeting. 2016.

Li F., Bi S.D., Pittman M.D., Brusatte S.L. and Xu X., A new tyrannosaurine specimen (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea) with insect borings from the Upper Cretaceous Honglishan Formation of Northwestern China, Cretaceous Research. 2016, 66: 155-162.

Mayr G., Pittman M.D., Saitta E., Kaye T.G. and Vinther J., Structure and homology of Psittacosaurus tail bristles , Palaeontology. 2016.

Pei R., Pittman M.D., Norell M.A. and Xu X., A review of paravian phylogeny with new data, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Annual Meeting. 2016.

Pittman M.D., Kaye T.G., Schwarz D. and Pei R., 150 year old Archaeopteryx mystery solved, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Annual Meeting. 2016.

Pittman M.D., Articles series 'Stones and Bones' on vertebrate palaeontology and HK geology for the HK UNESCO Global Geopark, HK UNESCO Global Geopark. 香港聯合國教科文組織世界地質公園, 2016.

Pittman M.D., Dinosaur appearance, British Council - HK Science Museum 'Science Alive 2017' science festival. 2017.

Pittman M.D., Tyrannosaurs: T. rex and its close relatives, HK Science Museum special exhibition 'T. rex revealed' . 2016.

Vinther J., Nicholls R., Lautenschlager S., Pittman M.D., Kaye T.G., Rayfield E., Mayr G. and Cuthill I.C., 3D camouflage in an ornithischian dinosaur, Current Biology. 2016.

Wang X.L., Pittman M.D., Zheng X.T., Kaye T.G., Falk A.R., Hartman S.A. and Xu X.X., Basal paravian functional anatomy illuminated by high-detail body outline, Nature Communications. 2017, 8: 14576.

Xu X., Currie P., Pittman M.D., Xing L.D., Meng Q.J., Lü J.C., Hu D.Y. and Yu C.Y., Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features, Nature Communications. 2017, 8: 14972.

Researcher : SUN S

List of Research Outputs

Li Y. and Sun S., Origin of life on Earth, 地球生命的起源, Chinese Science Bulletin. 科学通报, 2016, 61: 3065-3078.

Li Y. and SUN S., The genesis and diagenetic evolution of iron oxides in banded iron formation, Australasia Astrobiology 2016.

Li Y. and Sun S., The origin of life on Earth, Chinese Science Bulletin. 2016, 61: 3065-3078.

Sun S. and Li Y., Geneses and evolutions of iron-bearing minerals in banded iron formations of >3760 to ca. 2200 million-year-old: Constraints from electron microscopic, X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopic investigations, Precambrian Research. 2017, 289: 1-17.

Sun S. and Li Y., Microstructures, crystallography and geochemistry of magnetite in 2500 to 2200 million-year-old banded iron formations from South Africa, Western Australia and North China, Precambrian Research. 2017, 298: 292-305.

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:	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:	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:	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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	Hf-in-zircon isotopic heterogeneity in igneous rocks: real or analytical artifact?
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Wong PM, Geng H
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Reconstruction of the Late Paleozoic collisional processes between the Chinese Altai and the East Junggar
Investigator(s):	Sun M, Li P
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	The global tectonic setting of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

Project Title:	Transition from exterior orogen to exterior orogen - the critical process of the Chinese Altai and nearby orogens in Central Asia?
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2017

List of Research Outputs

Bao W., Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G., Wang Y., Guan Y. and Zhang G., Paleozoic adakitic rocks in the northern Altyn Tagh, northwest China: Evidence for progressive crustal thickening beneath the Dunhuang Block, Lithos. 2017, 272-273: 1-15.

Cai K., Sun M., Jahn B.-.M., Xiao W., Long X., Chen H., Xia X., CHEN M. and Wang X., Petrogenesis of the Permian Intermediate-Mafic Dikes in the Chinese Altai, Northwest China: Implication for a Postaccretion Extensional Scenario, The Journal of Geology. 2016, 124: 481-500.

Huang Z., Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Wang Y., Zhang Y. and Chen B., Detrital zircons from Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks in the Yili Block: Constraints on the affinity of microcontinents in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2016, 37: 39-52.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Sun M., HAN Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., ZHU Y., WANG B., Liu D. and Xu B., Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane, Lithos. 2016, 262: 546-560.

Li P., Sun M., Rosenbaum G., Jourdan F., Li S. and Cai K., Late Paleozoic closure of the Ob-Zaisan Ocean along the Irtysh shear zone (NW China): Implications for arc amalgamation and oroclinal bending in the Central Asian orogenic belt, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2017, 129: 547-569.

Li P., Sun M., Rosenbaum G., Jiang Y. and Cai K., Structural evolution of zonal metamorphic sequences in the southern Chinese Altai and relationships to Permian transpressional tectonics in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Tectonophysics. 2016, 693: 277-289.

Li S., Zhao G. and Sun M., Paleoproterozoic amalgamation of the North China Craton and the assembly of the Columbia supercontinent, Chinese Science Bulletin. 2016, 61: 919-925.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Late Ordovician adakitic rocks in the Central Tianshan block, NW China: Partial melting of lower continental arc crust during back-arc basin opening, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2016, 128: 1367-1382.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X., Wang B., LIU Q., Xu B. and ZHU Y., Tectonic transition from Late Carboniferous subduction to Early Permian post-collisional extension in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of mafic–intermediate intrusions, Lithos. Elsevier, 2016, 256-257: 269-281.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., Han Y., HOU W., Liu D...X..., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Varying Contents of Sources Affect Tectonic-Setting Discrimination of Sediments: A Case Study from Permian Sandstones in the Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China, The Journal of Geology. 2017, 125: 299-316.

ZHU Y., Zhao G., Ji J...Q..., Sun M., Han Y., LIU Q., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X. and HOU W., Subduction between the Jiamusi and Songliao blocks: Geological, geochronological and geochemical constraints from the Heilongjiang Complex, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 128-144.

Zhang Y., Yuan C., Long X., Sun M., Huang Z., Du L. and Wang X., Carboniferous bimodal volcanic rocks in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Evidence for arc rifting, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 92-106.

Zhu C...Y...L..., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Y., Liu Q., Eizenhoefer P.R., Zhang X. and Hou W...Z..., Detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic data for meta-sedimentary rocks from the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 23-32.

Researcher : Sun S

List of Research Outputs

Li Y. and Sun S., Origin of life on Earth, 地球生命的起源, Chinese Science Bulletin. 科学通报, 2016, 61: 3065-3078.

Li Y. and SUN S., The genesis and diagenetic evolution of iron oxides in banded iron formation, Australasia Astrobiology 2016.

Li Y. and Sun S., The origin of life on Earth, Chinese Science Bulletin. 2016, 61: 3065-3078.

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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2009

Researcher : Tam PY

List of Research Outputs

Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M., Tam P.Y., Denyszyn S., Jayasingha P. and Chang S., Geochemistry and SIMS U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Vijayan anatectic melts of eastern Sri Lanka., International Geological Congress, 35th, Cape Town (2016). 2016.

Researcher : Tanjaroon C

List of Research Outputs

Taczkowska M.A., Tanjaroon C. and Lemke K.H., ESI FT-MS and DFT studies of aqueous Au(I) complexes with cysteine and its disulfide form cystine, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. Elsevier, 2016, 406: 12-19.

Researcher : Thibodeau B

Project Title:	Coral reefs nitrogen cycling traced by stable isotopes-labeled compounds
Investigator(s):	Thibodeau B, Baker DM, Duprey NN
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	11/2015

Project Title:	A State-or-the-Art Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory at HKU
Investigator(s):	Thibodeau B
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	06/2016

Project Title:	ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2017; EVIDENCE OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN ASSIMILATION IN ARCTIC COASTAL ECOSYSTEM
Investigator(s):	Thibodeau B
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	02/2017
Completion Date:	03/2017

Project Title:	Long-term impacts of sea-ice melt on primary productivity in the Subarctic North Atlantic
Investigator(s):	Thibodeau B, Not CA
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2017

List of Research Outputs

ANAND A., Li L., Shuh-Ji K., Thibodeau B. and Baker D.M., Variations in nitrate isotope composition of wastewater effluents by treatment type in Hong Kong, Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2016.

Thibodeau B., Bauch D. and Voss M., Nitrogen dynamic in Eurasian coastal Arctic ecosystem: Insight from nitrogen isotope, Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 2017.

Thibodeau B., Bauch H.A. and Pedersen T.F., Stratification-induced variations in nutrient utilization in the Polar North Atlantic during past interglacials, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2017, 127–135.

Thibodeau B., Upper-ocean stratification variability in the Nordic Seas during interglacials. Any relevance to AMOC?, Oregon State University, College of earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Quaternary talks. 2017.

Williams B., Thibodeau B., Chikaraishi Y., Ohkouchi N., Walnum A., Grottoli A.G. and Colin P.L., Consistency in coral skeletal amino acid composition offshore of Palau in the western Pacific warm pool indicates no impact of decadal variability in nitricline depth on primary productivity, Limnology and Oceanography. 2017, 62(2): 399-407.

Researcher : Trifonov TH

List of Research Outputs

Ortiz M., Reffert S., Trifonov T.H., Quirrenbach A., Mitchell D.S., Nowak G., Buenzli N., Zimmerman N., Bonnefoy M., Skemer A., Defrère D., Lee M.H., Fischer D.A. and Hinz P.M., Precise radial velocities of giant stars, Astronomy & Astrophysics. EDP Sciences, 2016, 595: A55:1-14.

Researcher : WANG B

List of Research Outputs

LIU Q., Zhao G., Sun M., HAN Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., ZHU Y., WANG B., Liu D. and Xu B., Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane, Lithos. 2016, 262: 546-560.

Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D...X..., WANG B., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X., HOU W. and LIU Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in the Chagan Obo Temple area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 149-163.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Late Ordovician adakitic rocks in the Central Tianshan block, NW China: Partial melting of lower continental arc crust during back-arc basin opening, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2016, 128: 1367-1382.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., Han Y., HOU W., Liu D...X..., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Varying Contents of Sources Affect Tectonic-Setting Discrimination of Sediments: A Case Study from Permian Sandstones in the Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China, The Journal of Geology. 2017, 125: 299-316.

Researcher : WONG CK

List of Research Outputs

WONG C.K. and Wu P.P.C., Modeling viscoelastic deformation of the earth due to surface loading by commercial finite element package - ABAQUS, European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2017.

Researcher : WONG KH

List of Research Outputs

WONG K.H. and Lee M.H., Long Term Stability of Planetary Orbits in the HD 59686 Eccentric Binary System, Formation and Dynamical Evolution of Exoplanets, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, USA. 2017.

Researcher : WU MS

List of Research Outputs

WU M.S., Zong Y., Mok K., Cheung K., Xiong H. and Huang G., Holocene hydrological and sea surface temperature changes in the northern coast of the South China Sea, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Elsevier, 2017, 135: 268-280.

Researcher : Wang J

List of Research Outputs

Chang S., Wang J. and Pei R., Age for the basal sauropods in Sichuan, HKU Seed Fund for Basic Research. 2017.

Chang S., Dassanayake S. and Wang J., Preliminary analysis of detrital zircon U-Pb ages from the fossil-rich Tabbowa beds, Sri Lanka., Palaeoworld. 2017, 26: 396-402.

Wang J., Chang S., Lin P., Zhu X., Fu Y. and Zhang H., Evidence of Early Cretaceous transpression in the Sulu orogenic belt, eastern China, In: Philippe Agard, Jean-Philippe Avouac, Ramon Carbonell, Rob Govers, Zheng Xiang Li, Kelin Wang, Tectonophysics. Netherlands, Elsevier, 2016, 687: 44-55.

Wang J., Chang S., Lin P.Y., Zhu X., Fu Y. and Zhang H., Evidence of Early Cretaceous transpression in the Sulu orogenic belt, eastern China., Annual Meeting of Chinese Geoscience Union, 2th, Beijing (2016).. 2016.

Wang J., Chang S., Lin P., Zhu X., Fu Y. and Zhang H., Evidence of Early Cretaceous transpression in the Sulu orogenic belt, 苏鲁造山带早白垩世转换挤压构造背景的证据, Annual Meeting of Chinese Geoscience Union. 中国地球科学联合会学术年会, 2016.

Wang J., Chang S., Lin P., Zhu X., Fu Y. and Zhang H., Evidence of Early Cretaceous transpression in the Sulu orogenic belt, eastern China., Tectonophysics. 2016, 687: 44-55.

Wang J., Ye Y., Chang S., Zhang H. and Zheng D., Reappraisal of the age of the Jurassic basal sauropoda-Shunosaurus., Conference on Earth System Science, Shanghai. 2016.

Zheng D., Xu H., Wang J., Feng C., Zhang H. and Chang S., Geochronologic age constraints on the Middle Devonian Hujiersite Flora of Xinjiang, NW China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . Elsevier, 2016, 463: 230-237.

Zheng D., Chang S., Wang H., Fang Y., Wang J., Feng C., Xie G., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Wang B., The Middle Triassic insect radiation revealed by isotopic age and iconic fossils from NW China. , European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (2017).. 2017.

Researcher : Wang Y

List of Research Outputs

Kuang X., Jiao J.J.J. and Wang Y., Cloreto como traçador de transporte de soluto em um sistema aquífero–aquitardo no Delta do Rio das Pérolas, China, Hydrogeology Journal. 2016, 24: 1121-1132.

Researcher : Wong NY

Project Title:	Fundamentals of rockfall mechanism - an integrated experimental and numerical study
Investigator(s):	Wong NYL
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Novel calibration of a grain-based model based on the distinct element modelling approach
Investigator(s):	Wong NYL
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:	07/2016
Completion Date:	11/2016

Project Title:	51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium; Comparison of three source types for calibrating AE sensors used in fracture coalescence tests
Investigator(s):	Wong NYL
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2017
Completion Date:	06/2017

List of Research Outputs

Wong N.Y. and Maruvanchery V., Different Lithological Varieties of Bukit Timah Granite in Singapore: a Preliminary Comparison Study on Engineering Properties, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2016, 49: 2923-2935.

Zou C. and Wong N.Y., Different Compressive and Tensile Strength of Moulded Gypsum Under Various Strain Rates from Quasi-Static to Dynamic Regime, Geotechnical Testing Journal. 2016, 39: 20150174.

Researcher : Wong NYL

Project Title:	Fundamentals of rockfall mechanism - an integrated experimental and numerical study
Investigator(s):	Wong NYL
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Novel calibration of a grain-based model based on the distinct element modelling approach
Investigator(s):	Wong NYL
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:	07/2016
Completion Date:	11/2016

Project Title:	51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium; Comparison of three source types for calibrating AE sensors used in fracture coalescence tests
Investigator(s):	Wong NYL
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2017
Completion Date:	06/2017

List of Research Outputs

Li Z., Wong N.Y.L., Kang H.M. and Teh C.I., Dynamic loading of Carrara marble in a heated state, International Geotechnics Symposium cum International Meeting of CSRME 14th Biennial National Congress, Hong Kong, 14-17 Dec, 2016.. 2016.

Peng J., Wong N.Y.L. and Teh C.I., Influence of grain size heterogeneity on strength and microcracking behavior of crystalline rocks, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2017, 122: 1054-1073.

Winn K., Ng M. and Wong N.Y.L., Stability Analysis of Underground Storage Cavern Excavation in Singapore, Procedia Engineering, EUROCK 2017, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 20-22 June, 2017. 191: 1040-1047.

Winn K., Wong N.Y.L. and Ng M., Stability analysis of geology structures controlled tunnel profiles. Theme Lecture., International Geotechnics Symposium cum International Meeting of CSRME 14th Biennial National Congress, Hong Kong, 14-17 Dec, 2016.. 2016.

Wong N.Y.L., Maruvanchery V. and Oo N.N., Comprehensive laboratory study of a slightly metamorphosed limestone, 9th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, Bali, Indonesia, 18-20 October, 2016.. 2016.

Wong N.Y.L., Li Z., Kang H.M. and Teh C.I., Dynamic Loading of Carrara Marble in a Heated State, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2017, 50: 1487-1505.

Wong N.Y.L., Editorial Board Member, Engineering Geology. Elsevier, 2017.

Wong N.Y.L., Editorial Board Member, In: Q. Qian, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Elsevier, 2017.

Wong N.Y.L., Editorial Board Member, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. Springer, 2017.

Wong N.Y.L., Excellent Scientific Editor and Peer Reviewer Award (2016), Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2016.

Wong N.Y.L. and Maruvanchery V., Water effects on rocks, EUROCK 2016, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering: From the Past to the Future, Cappadocia, Turkey, 29-31 August, 2016.. CRC Press, 2016, 187-191.

Xiong Q. and Wong N.Y.L., Comparison of three source types for calibrating AE sensors used in fracture coalescence tests, 51st US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA June 25–28, 2017.. 2017.

Yang H., Liu J. and Wong N.Y.L., Influence of petroleum on the failure pattern of saturated pre-cracked and intact sandstone, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 2017.

Zhou X...P..., Zhu B...Z... and Wong N.Y.L., A stability analysis of landslides based on random fields - Part I: Toe circle slope, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 2017.

Zhou X...P..., Zhu B...Z... and Wong N.Y.L., A stability analysis of landslides based on random fields, part II: base circle slope, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 2017.

Researcher : Wong PM

List of Research Outputs

Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M.J., Tam T.P.Y., Jayasingha P., Wong P.M., Denyszyn S.W., YIU S.Y.J. and Chang S., Ca. 820-640 Ma SIMS U-Pb age signal in the peripheral Vijayan Complex, Sri Lanka: Identifying magmatic pulses in the assembly of Gondwana, Precambrian Research. 2017, 294: 244-256.

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:	Numerical modelling of GIA on a laterally heterogeneous Earth for the filtering of data from GRACE and its follow-up mission
Investigator(s):	Wu PPC
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2016

List of Research Outputs

HUANG P., Wu P.P.C. and van der Wal W., Effect of Mantle Rheology on Viscous Heating induced during Ice Sheet Cycles, European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2017.

LI T., Wu P.P.C. and Steffen H., Glacial Isostatic Adjustment with ICE-6G_C (VM5a) and Laterally Heterogeneous Mantle Viscosity, European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2017.

WONG C.K. and Wu P.P.C., Modeling viscoelastic deformation of the earth due to surface loading by commercial finite element package - ABAQUS, European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2017.

Wu P.P.C., Editorial Board Member, Journal of Geodynamics. 2017.

Xiang L., Wang H.S., Steffen H., Wu P.P.C., Jia L., Jiang L. and Shen Q., Groundwater storage changes in the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas revealed from GRACE satellite gravity data, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2016, 449: 228-239.

Researcher : XU J

List of Research Outputs

XU J., He H. and Li Y., Multi-metal mineralization and microfossils in a black shale-hosted sulfide ore layer, South China: Implications for early Cambrian biomineralization, Australasia Astrobiology 2016.

Researcher : Xiao W

List of Research Outputs

Xiao W. and Zhao G., Tectonics and metallogeny of the orogenic collages in Central and East Asia: Preface, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 1-3.

Researcher : Xiong H

List of Research Outputs

LI X., Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang G. and Xiong H., Marine deposition and sea surface temperature changes during the last and present interglacials in the west coast of Taiwan Strait, Quaternary International. Elsevier, 2017, 440: 91-101.

WU M.S., Zong Y., Mok K., Cheung K., Xiong H. and Huang G., Holocene hydrological and sea surface temperature changes in the northern coast of the South China Sea, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Elsevier, 2017, 135: 268-280.

Researcher : YIU SYJ

List of Research Outputs

Ng S.W.P., Whitehouse M.J., Tam T.P.Y., Jayasingha P., Wong P.M., Denyszyn S.W., YIU S.Y.J. and Chang S., Ca. 820-640 Ma SIMS U-Pb age signal in the peripheral Vijayan Complex, Sri Lanka: Identifying magmatic pulses in the assembly of Gondwana, Precambrian Research. 2017, 294: 244-256.

Researcher : ZHANG X

List of Research Outputs

LIU Q., Zhao G., Sun M., HAN Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., ZHU Y., WANG B., Liu D. and Xu B., Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane, Lithos. 2016, 262: 546-560.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZHU Y., HOU W. and ZHANG X., Timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Alxa Terrane: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of Late Carboniferous to Permian gabbros and diorites, Lithos. 2017, 274-275: 19-30.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Late Ordovician adakitic rocks in the Central Tianshan block, NW China: Partial melting of lower continental arc crust during back-arc basin opening, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2016, 128: 1367-1382.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X., Wang B., LIU Q., Xu B. and ZHU Y., Tectonic transition from Late Carboniferous subduction to Early Permian post-collisional extension in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of mafic–intermediate intrusions, Lithos. Elsevier, 2016, 256-257: 269-281.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., Han Y., HOU W., Liu D...X..., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Varying Contents of Sources Affect Tectonic-Setting Discrimination of Sediments: A Case Study from Permian Sandstones in the Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China, The Journal of Geology. 2017, 125: 299-316.

Zhu C...Y...L..., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Y., Liu Q., Eizenhoefer P.R., Zhang X. and Hou W...Z..., Detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic data for meta-sedimentary rocks from the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 23-32.

Researcher : ZHU Y

List of Research Outputs

LIU Q., Zhao G., Sun M., HAN Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., ZHU Y., WANG B., Liu D. and Xu B., Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane, Lithos. 2016, 262: 546-560.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZHU Y., HOU W. and ZHANG X., Timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Alxa Terrane: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of Late Carboniferous to Permian gabbros and diorites, Lithos. 2017, 274-275: 19-30.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X., Wang B., LIU Q., Xu B. and ZHU Y., Tectonic transition from Late Carboniferous subduction to Early Permian post-collisional extension in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of mafic–intermediate intrusions, Lithos. Elsevier, 2016, 256-257: 269-281.

ZHU Y., Zhao G., Ji J...Q..., Sun M., Han Y., LIU Q., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X. and HOU W., Subduction between the Jiamusi and Songliao blocks: Geological, geochronological and geochemical constraints from the Heilongjiang Complex, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 128-144.

Researcher : ZUO X

List of Research Outputs

Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D...X..., WANG B., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X., HOU W. and LIU Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in the Chagan Obo Temple area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 149-163.

ZHU Y., Zhao G., Ji J...Q..., Sun M., Han Y., LIU Q., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X. and HOU W., Subduction between the Jiamusi and Songliao blocks: Geological, geochronological and geochemical constraints from the Heilongjiang Complex, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 128-144.

Zuo X., Chan L.S. and Gao J., Compression-extension transition of continental crust in a subduction zone: A parametric numerical modeling study with implications on Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Cathaysia Block, In: João Miguel Dias, Universidade de Aveiro, PORTUGAL, PLOS ONE. 2017.

Researcher : Zhang X

List of Research Outputs

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:	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:	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

Project Title:	Was the Paleo-Asian Ocean subducted beneath North China? – An integrated geological and seismic imaging study
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Tectonic nature and ages of the Heilongjiang Complex, Northeast China
Investigator(s):	Zhao G, Li J, Yu S
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	Outstanding Researcher Award 2015-16
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Researcher Award
Start Date:	11/2016

Project Title:	Precise ages and tectonic settings of Paleozoic granitoids in the Alxa Terrane: implications for the evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean
Investigator(s):	Zhao G
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2017

List of Research Outputs

Bao W., Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Zhao G., Wang Y., Guan Y. and Zhang G., Paleozoic adakitic rocks in the northern Altyn Tagh, northwest China: Evidence for progressive crustal thickening beneath the Dunhuang Block, Lithos. 2017, 272-273: 1-15.

Kwan L., Zhao G., Yin C. and Geng H., Metamorphic P–T path of mafic granulites from Eastern Hebei: Implications for the Neoarchean tectonics of the Eastern Block, North China Craton, Gondwana Research. 2016, 37: 20-38.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Sun M., HAN Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., HOU W., ZHANG X., ZHU Y., WANG B., Liu D. and Xu B., Early Paleozoic subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Paleozoic plutons in the Alxa Terrane, Lithos. 2016, 262: 546-560.

LIU Q., Zhao G., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZHU Y., HOU W. and ZHANG X., Timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Alxa Terrane: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of Late Carboniferous to Permian gabbros and diorites, Lithos. 2017, 274-275: 19-30.

Li J. and Zhao G., New insights into Early Paleozoic tectonism of South China from structural geology, U-Pb geochronology and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology, 35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS. 2016, 1651.

Li J., Zhang Y...Q..., Zhao G., Johnston S...T..., Dong S...W..., Koppers A., Miggins D...P..., Sun H...S..., Wang W...B... and Xin Y...J..., New insights into Phanerozoic tectonics of South China: Early Paleozoic sinistral and Triassic dextral transpression in the east Wuyishan and Chencai domains, NE Cathaysia, Tectonics. 2017, 36: 819-853.

Li S., Zhao G. and Sun M., Paleoproterozoic amalgamation of the North China Craton and the assembly of the Columbia supercontinent, Chinese Science Bulletin. 2016, 61: 919-925.

Liu C., Zhao G., Liu F., Shi J., Ji L., Liu P., Yang H., Liu L., Wang W. and Tian D., Zircon U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical constraints on the Lanhe and Heichashan Groups: Implications for the Paleoproterozoic tectonic basin evolution of the Lüliang Complex, Lithos. 2016, 262: 526-545.

Liu L., Yang X., Santosh M., Zhao G. and Aulbach S., U–Pb age and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Southeastern North China Craton: Meso- to Neoarchean episodic crustal growth in a shifting tectonic regime, Gondwana Research. 2016, 35: 1-14.

Xiao W. and Zhao G., Tectonics and metallogeny of the orogenic collages in Central and East Asia: Preface, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 1-3.

Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D...X..., WANG B., Han Y., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X., HOU W. and LIU Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from Paleozoic strata in the Chagan Obo Temple area, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Gondwana Research. 2017, 43: 149-163.

Yang H.-.C., Ge W...C..., Zhao G., Bi J...H..., Wang Z...H..., Dong Y. and Xu W...L..., Zircon U–Pb ages and geochemistry of newly discovered Neoproterozoic orthogneisses in the Mishan region, NE China: Constraints on the high-grade metamorphism and tectonic affinity of the Jiamusi–Khanka Block, Lithos. 2017, 268-271: 16-31.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Late Ordovician adakitic rocks in the Central Tianshan block, NW China: Partial melting of lower continental arc crust during back-arc basin opening, Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2016, 128: 1367-1382.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., HAN Y., HOU W., Liu D.X., Wang B., LIU Q., Xu B. and ZHU Y., Tectonic transition from Late Carboniferous subduction to Early Permian post-collisional extension in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of mafic–intermediate intrusions, Lithos. Elsevier, 2016, 256-257: 269-281.

ZHANG X., Zhao G., EIZENHOEFER P.R., Sun M., Han Y., HOU W., Liu D...X..., WANG B., LIU Q. and Xu B., Varying Contents of Sources Affect Tectonic-Setting Discrimination of Sediments: A Case Study from Permian Sandstones in the Eastern Tianshan, Northwestern China, The Journal of Geology. 2017, 125: 299-316.

ZHU Y., Zhao G., Ji J...Q..., Sun M., Han Y., LIU Q., EIZENHOEFER P.R., ZUO X. and HOU W., Subduction between the Jiamusi and Songliao blocks: Geological, geochronological and geochemical constraints from the Heilongjiang Complex, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 128-144.

Zhao G., Assembly, accretion, extension and break-up of supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) : records in the North China Craton, In: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), Volume 90, Page 50, The Seventh International Dyke Conference (IDC7), Beijing, October 18-20, 2016. 2016.

Zhao G., Assembly, accretion, extension and break-up of supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) : records in the North China Craton, The Seventh International Dyke Conference (IDC7), Beijing, October 18-20, 2016. 90: 50-50.

Zhao G., Cheung Kong (Changjiang) Chair Professorship, Ministry of Education, P.R. China. 2016.

Zhao G., Highly Cited Researcher (2016), Thomson Reuters. 2016.

Zhao G., Outstanding Researcher Award (ORA), The University of Hong Kong. 2016.

Zhao G., Reconstruction of East Asian Blocks in Pangea, 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, August 27-September 3, 2016.

Zhao G., The National Distinguished Expert (Short Term) of The Thousand Talents Plan, Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee， China. 2016.

Zhao G., Thousand Talents Plan - Innovative Talents Recruitment Program (Short Term), Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, China. 2016.

Zhu C...Y...L..., Zhao G., Sun M., Han Y., Liu Q., Eizenhoefer P.R., Zhang X. and Hou W...Z..., Detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic data for meta-sedimentary rocks from the Heilongjiang Complex, northeastern China and tectonic implications, Lithos. 2017, 282-283: 23-32.

Researcher : Zhao W

List of Research Outputs

Zhao W., Zhou M.F., LI Y.H., Zhao Z. and Gao J.F., Genetic types, mineralization styles, and geodynamic settings of Mesozoic tungsten deposits in South China, In: Dr. Rui-Zhong Hu Dr. Wei Terry Chen Dr. De-Ru Xu Dr. Mei-Fu Zhou, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2017, 137: 109-140.

Zhao W., Zhou M.F. and Chen W.T., Growth of hydrothermal baddeleyite and zircon in different stages of skarnization, American Mineralogist. 2016, 101: 2689-2700.

Researcher : Zhao X

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

Researcher : Zhou 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:	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:	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
Completion Date:	09/2016

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:	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

Project Title:	Goldschmidt2016; Mineralization and Mobilization of REEsin the Proterozoic Fe-Cu-(REE) Deposits in SW China
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2016
Completion Date:	07/2016

Project Title:	IGC 2016, 35th International Geological Congress ; REE mineralization associated with Fe-Cu-(REE) deposits in the southwestern Yangtze Block, southern China and northern Vietnam.
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2016
Completion Date:	09/2016

Project Title:	Origin of the Ma On Shan skarn iron deposit, Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund
Start Date:	09/2016

Project Title:	Heavy rare earth element deposits in South China
Investigator(s):	Zhou MF
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2017

List of Research Outputs

Zhao W., Zhou M.F., LI Y.H., Zhao Z. and Gao J.F., Genetic types, mineralization styles, and geodynamic settings of Mesozoic tungsten deposits in South China, In: Dr. Rui-Zhong Hu Dr. Wei Terry Chen Dr. De-Ru Xu Dr. Mei-Fu Zhou, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2017, 137: 109-140.

Zhao W., Zhou M.F. and Chen W.T., Growth of hydrothermal baddeleyite and zircon in different stages of skarnization, American Mineralogist. 2016, 101: 2689-2700.

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

Project Title:	Effects of climate change and glacial isostatic adjustment on far-field sea level
Investigator(s):	Zong Y
Department:	Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2017

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Aitchison J.C., Zong Y. and Li S.H., OSL dating of past lake levels for a large dammed lake in southern Tibet and determination of possible controls on lake evolution, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2016, 41: 1467-1476.

CHEUNG M.C., Zong Y., Zheng Z., Liu Z. and Aitchison J.C., Holocene temperature and precipitation variability on the central Tibetan Plateau revealed by multiple palaeo-climatic proxy records from an alpine wetland sequence, The Holocene. 2017, 095968361770222.

LI X., Zong Y., Zheng Z., Huang G. and Xiong H., Marine deposition and sea surface temperature changes during the last and present interglacials in the west coast of Taiwan Strait, Quaternary International. Elsevier, 2017, 440: 91-101.

Li J., Dobson J., Yan H., Zhang D., Zhang X., Xu Q., Lee F., Pei Q., Cheng B., Li C., Ni J., Sun A., Lu F. and Zong Y., Quantifying climatic variability in monsoonal northern China over the last 2200 years and its role in driving Chinese dynastic changes, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2017, 159: 35-46.

Li J., Dobson J., Yan H., Wang W., Innes J., Zong Y., Zhang X., Xu Q., Ni J. and Lu F., Quantitative Holocene climatic reconstructions for the lower Yangtze region of China, Climate Dynamics. 2017.

Liu T., Liu Y., Sun Q., Zong Y., Finlayson B. and Chen Z., Early Holocene groundwater table fluctuations in relation to rice domestication i the middle Yangtze River basin, China, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2017, 155: 79-85.

WU M.S., Zong Y., Mok K., Cheung K., Xiong H. and Huang G., Holocene hydrological and sea surface temperature changes in the northern coast of the South China Sea, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Elsevier, 2017, 135: 268-280.

Wang M., Zheng Z., Huang K., Zong Y., Liu Z., Peng Z. and Shi S., UK37 temperature estimates from Eemian marine sediments in the southern coast of Hainan Island, tropical China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Elsevier, 2016, 127: 91-99.

Researcher : Zuo X

List of Research Outputs

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