DEPT OF EARTH SCIENCES



Researcher : Ali JR

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


Project Title: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. and Meiri S., Biodiversity growth on the volcanic ocean islands and the roles of in situ cladogenesis and immigration: case with the reptiles, Ecography. 2019, 42: 989-999.


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 : Chan HSH

List of Research Outputs

Not C.A., So W.K., Chan K.Y., Chan H.S.H., Ho N.H.E., Lui C.A.Y.I., Yeung H.C.S. and Cheung K.H., Microplastics pollution in the Greater Bay Area: distribution and impact, 9th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. 2019.


Researcher : Chan KY

List of Research Outputs

Not C.A., So W.K., Chan K.Y., Chan H.S.H., Ho N.H.E., Lui C.A.Y.I., Yeung H.C.S. and Cheung K.H., Microplastics pollution in the Greater Bay Area: distribution and impact, 9th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. 2019.


Researcher : Chan LS

Project Title:Joint HK-France-Vietnam production of a neotectonic map of South China-Southeast Asia region
Investigator(s):Chan LS
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:The University of Hong Kong Foundation Seed Grant
Start Date:04/2002




Researcher : Chang S

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


Project Title:High-precision 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
Completion Date:05/2019


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
Completion Date:12/2019


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
Completion Date:03/2019


Project Title:Age of the fossil-rich Fotan Group, SE China
Investigator(s):Chang S
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2017


Project Title:Timing and pattern of Triassic insect radiation
Investigator(s):Chang S
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2018


Project Title:Geologic and Geochronologic analysis of fossil-bearing amber from Myanmar
Investigator(s):Chang S, Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2018


Project Title:Age constraints on early salamander evolution
Investigator(s):Chang S
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2019


Project Title:North American Paleontological Convention; New age constraints on the Yixian Formation and its implications for the Jehol Biota
Investigator(s):Chang S
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2019
Completion Date:06/2019


List of Research Outputs

Chang S., Age constraints on early salamander evolution, HKU Seed Fund for Basic Research. 2019.
Chang S., New age constraints on the Yixian Formation and its implications for the Jehol Biota, 11th North American Paleontological Convention. 2019.
Feng C., Gao C., Yin Q., Jacobsen B., Renne P., Wang J. and Chang S., Tracking Physicochemical Conditions of Evaporite Deposition by Stable Magnesium Isotopes: A Case Study of Late Permian Langbeinites, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2018.
Wang J., Ye Y., Pei R., Tian Y., Feng C., Zheng D. and Chang S., Age of Jurassic basal sauropods in Sichuan, China: A reappraisal of basal sauropod evolution, GSA Bulletin. 2018, 130: 1493-1500.
Wang J., Chang S., Chen Y. and Yan S., Early Cretaceous transpressional and transtensional tectonics straddling the Sulu orogenic belt, East China, Geoscience Frontiers. 2019.
Wang J., Pei R., Chen J., Zhou C., Feng C. and Chang S., New age constraints for the Middle Triassic archosaur Lotosaurus: Implications for basal archosaurian appearance and radiation in South China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2019, 521: 30-41.
Zheng D., Chang S., Perrichot V., Dutta S., Rudra A., Mu L., Kelly R., Li S., Zhang Q., Zhang Q., Wong P.M., Wang J., Wang H., Fang Y., Zhang H. and Wang B., A Late Cretaceous amber biota from central Myanmar, Nature Communications. 2018, 9.
Zheng D., Nel A., Zhang H., Chang S., Jarzembowski E., Zhou D. and Wang B., A highly diverse coenagrionoid damselfly group (Odonata: Zygoptera: Burmacoenagrionidae fam. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2019, 17: 239-253.
Zheng D., Chang S., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Zhou D., Zhang H. and Wang B., A new Gondwanan dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripegomphidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research. 2018, 92: 168-173.
Zheng D., Nel A., Chang S., Wang B. and Zhang H., A new progobiaeshnid dragonfly (Odonata, Aeshnoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, NE China, Cretaceous Research. 2018, 90: 1-6.
Zheng D., Nel A., Chang S., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Wang B., A well-preserved true dragonfly (Anisoptera: Gomphides: Burmagomphidae fam. nov.) from Cretaceous Burmese amber, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2018, 16: 881-889.
Zheng D., Shi G., Hemming S., Zhang H., Wang W., Wang B. and Chang S., Age constraints on a Neogene tropical rainforest in China and its relation to the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2019, 518: 82-88.
Zheng D., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Chang S., Zhang H. and Wang B., Exceptionally well-preserved dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) in Mexican amber, Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 2019, 43: 157-164.
Zheng D., Wang B., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Chang S., Mesostictinae subfam. nov., an archaic group of platystictid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2019, 17: 1-8.
Zheng D., Chang S., Wang H., Fang Y., Wang J., Feng C., Xie G., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Wang B., Middle-Late Triassic insect radiation revealed by diverse fossils and isotopic ages from China, Science Advances. 2018, 4: eaat1380.
Zheng D., Jarzembowski E., Chang S., Wang B. and Zhang H., New cymatophlebiid dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous of China and England (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cymatophlebiinae, Valdaeshninae), Cretaceous Research. 2018, 90: 311-317.
Zheng D., Jiang T., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Chang S., Zhang H. and Wang B., Paraburmagomphidae fam. nov., a new gomphid dragonfly family (Odonata: Anisoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research. 2018, 92: 214-219.
Zheng D., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Chang S., Zhou Z. and Wang B., The second mesomegaloprepid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research. 2018, 90: 131-135.


Researcher : Chen Q

List of Research Outputs

Chen Q., Sun M., Zhao G., Zhao J..., Zhu W., Long X. and WANG J., Episodic crustal growth and reworking of the Yudongzi terrane, South China: Constraints from the Archean TTGs and potassic granites and Paleoproterozoic amphibolites, Lithos. 2019, 326-327: 1-18.


Researcher : Cheung KH

List of Research Outputs

Not C.A., So W.K., Chan K.Y., Chan H.S.H., Ho N.H.E., Lui C.A.Y.I., Yeung H.C.S. and Cheung K.H., Microplastics pollution in the Greater Bay Area: distribution and impact, 9th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. 2019.


Researcher : DOHERTY JM

List of Research Outputs

DOHERTY J.M. and Thibodeau B., Cold Water in a Warm World: Investigating the Origin of the Nordic Seas' Unique Surface Properties During MIS 11, Frontiers in Marine Science. 2018, 5.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Paytan A. and Thibodeau B., Mixed-layer dynamics in the Nordic Seas during MIS 11: Implications for the AMOC, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington DC, USA. 2018.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Payton A. and Thibodeau B., Nutrient utilization over a deep-water convection site during the marine isotope stage 11 "super interglacial": Evidence from foraminifera-bound d15N analyzed via nano-EA-IRMS, Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Paytan A. and Thibodeau B., Surface nutrient utilization in the Nordic Seas and its relevance for AMOC dynamics during MIS 11, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology, Tongji University, China. 2018.


Researcher : Dingle CE

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:Assessing the population status and ecological niche of the Critically Endangered Yellow-Crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea in Singapore
Investigator(s):Dingle CE
Department:School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund (WRSCF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Assessing threats to yellow-crested cockatoos (cacatua sulphurea) in native habitats in Indonesia, and conservation opportunities in introduced populations in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Dingle CE
Department:School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:National Geographic Society - General Award
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:Development of a forensic toolkit to aid in the conservation and the prevention of illegal trade of the critically endangered Helmeted Hornbill
Investigator(s):Dingle CE
Department:School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Ocean Park Conservation Foundation
Start Date:07/2018


List of Research Outputs

KANG K., NI Y., Li J., Imamovic L., Sarkar C., Kobler M.D., HESHIKI Y., ZHENG T., Kumari S., WONG C.Y., ANAND A., WONG C.W.M., Dingle C.E., Denizen S., Baker D.M., Sommer M.O.A., Webster C.J. and Panagiotou I., The Environmental Exposures and Inner- and Intercity Traffic Flows of the Metro System May Contribute to the Skin Microbiome and Resistome, Cell Reports. 2018, 24: 1190-1202.e5.


Researcher : EIZENHOEFER PR

List of Research Outputs

EIZENHOEFER P.R. and Zhao G., Solonker Suture in East Asia and its bearing on the final closure of the eastern segment of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean, Earth-Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 186: 153-172.


Researcher : FU X

List of Research Outputs

FU X., Li S.H. and Cohen T.J., Testing the applicability of a partial bleach method for post-IR IRSL dating of Holocene-aged K-feldspar samples, Quaternary Geochronology. 2018, 47: 1-13.


Researcher : Fang X

List of Research Outputs

Li A., Li Z., Dong H., Fang X. and Xu X., Planetary Nebulae in the Circumnuclear Region of M31: A Spectroscopic Sample, In: Jingxiu Wang; Liang Gao, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. IOP Publishing Lt., 2018, 18: 140.


Researcher : Feng C

List of Research Outputs

Feng C., Gao C., Yin Q., Jacobsen B., Renne P., Wang J. and Chang S., Tracking Physicochemical Conditions of Evaporite Deposition by Stable Magnesium Isotopes: A Case Study of Late Permian Langbeinites, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2018.
Wang J., Ye Y., Pei R., Tian Y., Feng C., Zheng D. and Chang S., Age of Jurassic basal sauropods in Sichuan, China: A reappraisal of basal sauropod evolution, GSA Bulletin. 2018, 130: 1493-1500.
Wang J., Pei R., Chen J., Zhou C., Feng C. and Chang S., New age constraints for the Middle Triassic archosaur Lotosaurus: Implications for basal archosaurian appearance and radiation in South China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2019, 521: 30-41.
Zheng D., Chang S., Wang H., Fang Y., Wang J., Feng C., Xie G., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Wang B., Middle-Late Triassic insect radiation revealed by diverse fossils and isotopic ages from China, Science Advances. 2018, 4: eaat1380.


Researcher : GUO T

List of Research Outputs

Wong N.Y.L., GUO T., Lam W.K. and Ng J.Y.H., Experimental Study of Cracking Characteristics of Kowloon Granite Based on Three Mode I Fracture Toughness Methods, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2019.


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 : HANSON SM

List of Research Outputs

HANSON S.M., Harvey B., Agostini S., Yoshimizu C.A., Tayasu I. and Thibodeau B., The Effect of Ocean Acidification on the Nitrogen Cycle in Corals, Gordon Research Conference on Marine Biogeochemistry, Hong Kong. 2018.


Researcher : Han Y

List of Research Outputs

Dong Z., Han Y., Zhao G., Pan F., Wang K., Huang B. and Chen J., Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks from the Habahe Group in the Qinghe area, Chinese Altai and their tectonic implications, Gondwana Research. ELSEVIER, 2018, 61: 100-114.
Hou W., Zhao G., Han Y., Eizenhoefer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X., Liu Q. and Liu Y., A .5 Ga magmatic arc in NE China: New geochronological and geochemical evidence from the Xinghuadukou Complex, Geological Journal. 2019.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R... and Zhang X., Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean, Gondwana Research. 2019, 69: 73-88.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Li X., Zhu Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., WANG B. and TSUI W.S.R., Geochronology and Geochemistry of Paleozoic to Mesozoic Granitoids in Western Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, The Journal of Geology. The University of Chicago Press, 2018, 126: 451-471.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X. and TSUI W.S.R., Timing of the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Carboniferous–Triassic volcanosedimentary successions in western Inner Mongolia, China, GSA Bulletin. 2019, 131: 941-965.
Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D., WANG B., Han Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., Hou W. and Liu Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Permian strata in the Bengbatu area (Inner Mongolia) and tectonic implications, Geoscience Frontiers. ELSEVIER, 2019, 10: 195-212.
Zhang X., Zhao G., Han Y. and Sun M., Differentiating advancing and retreating subduction zones through regional zircon Hf isotope mapping: A case study from the Eastern Tianshan, NW China, Gondwana Research. 2019, 66: 246-254.
Zhou H., Zhao G., Han Y. and WANG B., Geochemistry and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes of Paleozoic intrusive rocks in the Damao area in Inner Mongolia, northern China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Bainaimiao arc, Lithos. ELSEVIER, 2018, 314-315: 119-139.


Researcher : Hou W

List of Research Outputs

Hou W., Zhao G., Han Y., Eizenhoefer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X., Liu Q. and Liu Y., A .5 Ga magmatic arc in NE China: New geochronological and geochemical evidence from the Xinghuadukou Complex, Geological Journal. 2019.
Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D., WANG B., Han Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., Hou W. and Liu Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Permian strata in the Bengbatu area (Inner Mongolia) and tectonic implications, Geoscience Frontiers. ELSEVIER, 2019, 10: 195-212.


Researcher : JIANG Y

List of Research Outputs

Liu Z., He Y., JIANG Y., Wang H., Liu W., Bohaty S. and Wilson P., Transient temperature asymmetry between hemispheres in the Palaeogene Atlantic Ocean, Nature Geoscience. 2018, 11: 656-660.
Zhang Y., Zhou X., He Y., JIANG Y., Liu Y., Xie Z., Sun L. and Liu Z., Persistent intensification of the Kuroshio Current during late Holocene cool intervals, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2019, 506: 15-22.


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: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: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
Completion Date:04/2019


Project Title:Response of groundwater system in the Badian Jaran Desert to future climate change
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Groundwater chemical responses in a hillslope to heavy rainfall
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ, Luo X
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:45th IAH Congress; Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) and SGD induced Nutrients in a Coastal Upwelling Shelf System
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2018
Completion Date:09/2018


Project Title:A pilot study on greenhouse gases (GHG) emission from headwater to oceans: spatial-temporal variation, groundwater contribution, and anthropogenic influence
Investigator(s):Jiao JJJ, Liu Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2019


List of Research Outputs

Huang Z., Yeh P., Pan Y., Jiao J.J.J., Gong H., Li X., Güntner, A., Zhu Y. and Zhang C., Zheng L., Detection of large-scale groundwater storage variability over the karstic regions in Southwest China, Journal of Hydrology. 2019, 569: 409-422.
Jiao J.J.J. and Post V., Coastal Hydrogeology. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Kong F.C., Sha Z.J., Luo X., Du J.Z., Jiao J.J.J., Moore W.S., Yang Y.K. and Su W.G., Evaluation of lacustrine groundwater discharge and associated nutrients, trace elements and DIC loadings into Qinghai Lake in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, using radium isotopes and hydrological methods, Chemical Geology. 2019, 510: 31-46.
Kuang X.X., Luo X., Jiao J.J.J., Liang S.H., Zhang X.L., Li H.L. and Liu J.G., Using stable isotopes of surface water and groundwater to quantify moisture sources across the Yellow River source region, Hydrological Processes. 2019.
Liu Y., Jiao J.J.J. and Cheng H.K., Tracing submarine groundwater discharge flux in Tolo Harbor, Hong Kong (China), Hydrogeology Journal. 2018, 26: 1857-1873.
Liu Y., Liang W. and Jiao J.J.J., Seasonality of Nutrient Flux and Biogeochemistry in an Intertidal Aquifer, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2018, 123: 6116-6135.
Liu Y., Not C.A., Jiao J.J.J., Liang W. and Lu M., Tidal induced dynamics and geochemical reactions of trace metals (Fe, Mn, and Sr) in the salinity transition zone of an intertidal aquifer, Science of The Total Environment. 2019, 664: 1133-1149.
Luo X., Kuang X.X., Jiao J.J.J., Liang S.H., Mao R.O.N.G., Zhang X.L. and Li H.L., Evaluation of lacustrine groundwater discharge, hydrologic partitioning, and nutrient budgets in a proglacial lake in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: using 222Rn and stable isotopes, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2018, 22: 5579-5598.
Luo X., Jiao J.J.J., Moore W.S., Cherry J.A., Wang Y. and Liu K., Significant chemical fluxes from natural terrestrial groundwater rival anthropogenic and fluvial input in a large-river deltaic estuary, Water Research. 2018, 144: 603-615.
Luo X. and Jiao J.J.J., Unraveling controlling factors of concentration discharge relationships in a fractured aquifer dominant spring-shed: Evidence from mean transit time and radium reactive transport model, Journal of Hydrology. 2019, 571: 528-544.
Song Z., Li H., Ma Q., Zheng C., Jiao J.J.J. and Li S., Analytical Solution of Tidal Loading Effect in a Submarine Leaky Confined Aquifer System, Geofluids. 2019, 2019: 1-15.
Xiao K., Wu J., Li H.L., Hong Y.G., Wilson A.M., Jiao J.J.J. and Shananan M.H., Nitrogen fate in a subtropical mangrove swamp: Potential association with seawater-groundwater exchange, Science of The Total Environment. 2018, 635: 586-597.


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




Researcher : LAU CH

List of Research Outputs

LAU C.H. and Lee M.H., Mutual Inclinations in Multi–Planet Systems with External Perturbers, Planetary Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany. 2019.


Researcher : LI T

List of Research Outputs

LI T., Wu P.P.C., Wang H.S., Jia L.L. and Steffen H., Hydrology signal from GRACE gravity data in the Nelson River basin, Canada: a comparison of two approaches, Earth, Planets and Space. 2018, 70.
LI T., Wu P.P.C., Steffen H. and Wang H.S., In search of laterally heterogeneous viscosity models of glacial isostatic adjustment with the ICE-6G_C global ice history model, Geophysical Journal International. 2018, 214: 1191-1205.


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: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


Project Title:The Effects of Giant Planet Migration on Their Formation by Pebble Accretion
Investigator(s):Lee MH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2018


Project Title:Dynamics and Origins of Extrasolar Multi-planet Systems
Investigator(s):Lee MH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:11/2018


Project Title:Development of a Magnetohydrodynamic Code for Astrophysical Applications
Investigator(s):Lee MH, Zhang B
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2019


List of Research Outputs

Heeren P., Reffert S., Albrecht S., Trifonov T., WONG K.H., Lee M.H. and Quirrenbach A., Exoplanets Orbiting G and K Giant Stars, SONG 2018, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain. 2018.
LAU C.H. and Lee M.H., Mutual Inclinations in Multi–Planet Systems with External Perturbers, Planetary Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany. 2019.
Lee M.H., Dynamics of Circumstellar Planets in Binary Systems, 2018 Joint Annual Conference of Physical Societies of Guandong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, University of Macau, Macao, China. 2018.
Lee M.H., Dynamics of Circumstellar Planets in Binary Systems, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2018.
Lee M.H. and Woo M.Y., Numerical Determination of the Elements of Circumbinary Orbits, Planetary Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany. 2019.
Quirrenbach A., Trifonov T.H., Lee M.H. and Reffert S., Precise radial velocities of giant stars XI. Two brown dwarfs in 6:1 mean motion resonance around the K giant star ν Ophiuch, Astronomy & Astrophysics. EDP Sciences, 2019, 624: A18:1-17.
Ribas I., Tuomi M., Reiners A., Butler R.P., Morales J.C., Perger M., Dreizler S., Rodríguez-López C., González Hernández J.I., Rosich A., Feng F., Trifonov T., Vogt S., Caballero J.A., Hatzes A., Herrero E., Jeffers S.V., Lafarga M., Murgas F., Nelson R.P., Rodríguez E., Strachan J.B.P., Tal-Or L., Teske J., Toledo-Padrón B., Zechmeister M., Quirrenbach A., Amado P.J., Azzaro M., Béjar V.J.S., Barnes J.R., Berdiñas Z.M., Burt J., Coleman G., Cortés-Contreras M., Crane J., Engle S.G., Guinan E.F., Haswell C.A., Henning T., Holden B., Jenkins J., Jones H.R.A., Kaminski A., Kiraga M., Kürster M., Lee M.H., López-González M.J., Montes D., Morin J., Ofir A., Pallé E., Rebolo R., Reffert S., Schweitzer A., Seifert W., Shectman S.A., Staab D., Street R.A., Suárez Mascareño A., Tsapras Y., Wang S.X. and Anglada-Escudé G., A candidate super-Earth planet orbiting near the snow line of Barnard’s star, Nature. Nature Publishing Group, 2018, 563(7731): 365-380.
Trifonov T., Kürster M., Reffert S., Zechmeister M., Endl M., Rodler F., Gandolfi D., Barragán O., Henning T., Lee M.H., Zakhozhay O., Sarkis P., Heeren P., Tala M., Wolthoff V., Brems S.S., Stock S., Hempel A. and Kossakowski D., New HARPS and FEROS Observations of GJ 1046, Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society. The American Astronomical Society, 2018, 2: 180.
Trifonov T., Stock S., Henning T., Reffert S., Kürster M., Lee M.H., Bitsch B., Butler R.P. and Vogt S.S., Two Jovian Planets around the Giant Star HD 202696: A Growing Population of Packed Massive Planetary Pairs around Massive Stars?, The Astronomical Journal. IOP Publishing, 2019, 157(3): 93:1-13.
WONG K.H. and Lee M.H., Long Term Stability of Planetary Orbits in the HD 59686 Eccentric Binary System, Triple Evolution and Dynamics Trendy-2, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands. 2018.
WONG K.H. and Lee M.H., Pure Three–body and Double Two–body Resonances in Multi–planet Systems, Planetary Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany. 2019.


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


Project Title:Heavy Metals in Volcanic Vapors: Insights from IRMPD Spectroscopy and Molecular Simulations of Cadmium and Mercury Clusters
Investigator(s):Lemke KH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2018


List of Research Outputs

Lemke K.H. and Seward T.M., Molecular clusters and solvation in volcanic and hydrothermal vapors., Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 3635 Concorde Pkwy Ste 500, Chantilly, V, Mineralogical Society of America, 2018, 84: 57–83.


Researcher : Li J

List of Research Outputs

Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D., WANG B., Han Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., Hou W. and Liu Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Permian strata in the Bengbatu area (Inner Mongolia) and tectonic implications, Geoscience Frontiers. ELSEVIER, 2019, 10: 195-212.


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
Completion Date:04/2019


Project Title:15th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating; The older OSL ages are, the better: are they reliable?/Thermochronological studies of sedimentary basins using TL signals from quartz
Investigator(s):Li SH
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2017


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:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


List of Research Outputs

FU X., Li S.H. and Cohen T.J., Testing the applicability of a partial bleach method for post-IR IRSL dating of Holocene-aged K-feldspar samples, Quaternary Geochronology. 2018, 47: 1-13.
Zhao H., Liu Z., Song L., Wang C.M. and Li S.H., OSL dating of flood sediments in the North China Plain, Quaternary Geochronology. 2019, 49: 101-107.


Researcher : Li X

List of Research Outputs

Li X., Zhou M.F., Yang Y.H., Zhao X.F. and Gao J.F., Disturbance of the Sm-Nd isotopic system by metasomatic alteration: A case study of fluorapatite from the Sin Quyen Cu-LREE-Au deposit, Vietnam, American Mineralogist. 2018, 103: 1487-1496.


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: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


Project Title:The 14C-dating of dormant bacteria in halite inclusions from the West Qaidam Basin playa and its implication to the long-term preservation of microfossils on Mars
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


Project Title:Putative biogenic oxides in the Neoproterozoic banded iron formation
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:07/2018


Project Title:Life3E'2019: Search for life, from early Earth to exoplanets; Session: Hadean and Archean interactions between atmosphere, oceans and microbial world/Topic: Experimental Approach to the Direct Interaction Between the H2O-CO2 Atmosphere and the Crust on the Earliest Earth: Implications for the Early Evolution of Minerals and the Proto-Atmosphere
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2019


List of Research Outputs

Hao X...L... and Li Y., Experimental approach to the direct interaction between the H2O-CO2 atmosphere and the crust on the earliest Earth: Implications for the early evolution of minerals and the proto-atmosphere, Frontiers in Earth Science. 2018, 6: 1-14.
Li Y., Microorganisms might be able to deal with UVR before the emergence of a ozonosphere, XVth Rencontres du Vietnam: LIFE3E'2019: SEARCH FOR LIFE, FROM EARLY EARTH TO EXOPLANETS. 2019.


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: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


Project Title:The 14C-dating of dormant bacteria in halite inclusions from the West Qaidam Basin playa and its implication to the long-term preservation of microfossils on Mars
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


Project Title:Putative biogenic oxides in the Neoproterozoic banded iron formation
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:07/2018


Project Title:Life3E'2019: Search for life, from early Earth to exoplanets; Session: Hadean and Archean interactions between atmosphere, oceans and microbial world/Topic: Experimental Approach to the Direct Interaction Between the H2O-CO2 Atmosphere and the Crust on the Earliest Earth: Implications for the Early Evolution of Minerals and the Proto-Atmosphere
Investigator(s):Li Y
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2019


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Ling YF

List of Research Outputs

DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Paytan A. and Thibodeau B., Mixed-layer dynamics in the Nordic Seas during MIS 11: Implications for the AMOC, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington DC, USA. 2018.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Payton A. and Thibodeau B., Nutrient utilization over a deep-water convection site during the marine isotope stage 11 "super interglacial": Evidence from foraminifera-bound d15N analyzed via nano-EA-IRMS, Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Paytan A. and Thibodeau B., Surface nutrient utilization in the Nordic Seas and its relevance for AMOC dynamics during MIS 11, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology, Tongji University, China. 2018.


Researcher : Liu Q

List of Research Outputs

Hou W., Zhao G., Han Y., Eizenhoefer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X., Liu Q. and Liu Y., A .5 Ga magmatic arc in NE China: New geochronological and geochemical evidence from the Xinghuadukou Complex, Geological Journal. 2019.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R... and Zhang X., Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean, Gondwana Research. 2019, 69: 73-88.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Li X., Zhu Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., WANG B. and TSUI W.S.R., Geochronology and Geochemistry of Paleozoic to Mesozoic Granitoids in Western Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, The Journal of Geology. The University of Chicago Press, 2018, 126: 451-471.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X. and TSUI W.S.R., Timing of the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Carboniferous–Triassic volcanosedimentary successions in western Inner Mongolia, China, GSA Bulletin. 2019, 131: 941-965.
Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D., WANG B., Han Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., Hou W. and Liu Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Permian strata in the Bengbatu area (Inner Mongolia) and tectonic implications, Geoscience Frontiers. ELSEVIER, 2019, 10: 195-212.


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

Lee W., Poon K., Kong D., Sewell R.J., Zong Y., Zhang Y. and Liu Z., Summer monsoon–induced upwelling dominated coastal sea surface temperature variations in the northern South China Sea over the last two millennia, The Holocene. 2019, 29: 691-698.
Liu J., Tian J., Liu Z., Herbert T.D., Fedorov A.V. and Lyle M., Eastern equatorial Pacific cold tongue evolution since the late Miocene linked to extratropical climate, Science Advances. 2019, 5: eaau6060.
Liu Z., He Y., JIANG Y., Wang H., Liu W., Bohaty S. and Wilson P., Transient temperature asymmetry between hemispheres in the Palaeogene Atlantic Ocean, Nature Geoscience. 2018, 11: 656-660.
Wang H., He Y., Liu W., Zhou A., Kolpakova M., Krivonogov S. and Liu Z., Lake Water Depth Controlling Archaeal Tetraether Distributions in Midlatitude Asia: Implications for Paleo Lake‐Level Reconstruction, Geophysical Research Letters. 2019, 46: 5274-5283.
Zhang Y., Zhou X., He Y., JIANG Y., Liu Y., Xie Z., Sun L. and Liu Z., Persistent intensification of the Kuroshio Current during late Holocene cool intervals, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2019, 506: 15-22.


Researcher : Luo X

List of Research Outputs

Kong F.C., Sha Z.J., Luo X., Du J.Z., Jiao J.J.J., Moore W.S., Yang Y.K. and Su W.G., Evaluation of lacustrine groundwater discharge and associated nutrients, trace elements and DIC loadings into Qinghai Lake in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, using radium isotopes and hydrological methods, Chemical Geology. 2019, 510: 31-46.
Kuang X.X., Luo X., Jiao J.J.J., Liang S.H., Zhang X.L., Li H.L. and Liu J.G., Using stable isotopes of surface water and groundwater to quantify moisture sources across the Yellow River source region, Hydrological Processes. 2019.
Luo X., Kuang X.X., Jiao J.J.J., Liang S.H., Mao R.O.N.G., Zhang X.L. and Li H.L., Evaluation of lacustrine groundwater discharge, hydrologic partitioning, and nutrient budgets in a proglacial lake in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: using 222Rn and stable isotopes, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2018, 22: 5579-5598.
Luo X., Jiao J.J.J., Moore W.S., Cherry J.A., Wang Y. and Liu K., Significant chemical fluxes from natural terrestrial groundwater rival anthropogenic and fluvial input in a large-river deltaic estuary, Water Research. 2018, 144: 603-615.
Luo X. and Jiao J.J.J., Unraveling controlling factors of concentration discharge relationships in a fractured aquifer dominant spring-shed: Evidence from mean transit time and radium reactive transport model, Journal of Hydrology. 2019, 571: 528-544.


Researcher : MAN HLH

List of Research Outputs

MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W., Zhou B. and Not C.A., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Ocean water mass stratification during the last climatic cycles, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology. 2018.
MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W., Zhou B. and Not C.A., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Ocean water mass stratification during the last climatic cycles, European Geophysical Union Conference. 2019.
MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W., Zhou B. and Not C.A., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Ocean water stratification over the last 50,000 years, Gordon Research Seminar - Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.
MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W., Zhou B. and Not C.A., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Ocean water stratification over the last 50,000 years, The 5th Conference of Earth System Science. 2018.
Not C.A., MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W. and Zhou B., Evolution of Western Arctic Ocean water masses stratification during the last 150,000 years, The 25th International's Symposium on Polar Sciences. 2019.
Not C.A., MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W. and Zhou B., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Water masses stratification and its link with sea ice cover, Processes and Paleo-environmental changes in the Arctic: from past to present (PaleoArc). 2019.


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 for New Staff
Start Date:03/2017
Completion Date:03/2019


Project Title:Multi-proxy geochemical and geo-/thermochronologic investigation of continental crust evolution through Earth history.
Investigator(s):Mc Kenzie NR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:08/2017


Project Title:Acquisition of a Thermo Scientific iCAP Qc Quadrupole ICP-MS
Investigator(s):Mc Kenzie NR, Not CA, Zhou MF, Zhao G, Webb AAG, Jiao JJJ, Baker DM, Bonebrake TC
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Equipment Grant
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:Calibrating zircon trace element data as a proxy for crustal processes
Investigator(s):Mc Kenzie NR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


Project Title:Multi-proxy investigation of Cambrian mass extinction events
Investigator(s):Mc Kenzie NR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2018


Project Title:North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC); Assessing records of environmental stress and mass extinctions during the early Paleozoic
Investigator(s):Mc Kenzie NR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2019
Completion Date:06/2019


Project Title:Developing New LA-Split-Stream-ICPMS Techniques
Investigator(s):Mc Kenzie NR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2019


List of Research Outputs

Colleps C.C., Stockli D.F., Mc Kenzie N.R. and Horton B.K., Neogene Kinematic Evolution and Exhumation of the NW India Himalaya: Zircon Geo‐and Thermochronometric Insights From the Fold‐Thrust Belt and Foreland Basin, Tectonics. American Geophysical Union, 2019.
Mc Kenzie N.R., Mountains, carbon, and climate (INVITED), Yale University (Seminar/Lecture). 2018.
Mc Kenzie N.R., Smye A.J., Liu H. and Stockli D.F., Perspectives on crustal evolution from zircon geochemistry throughout Earth history (Invited), Goldschmidt 2018. 2018.
Mc Kenzie N.R., Plate tectonic influences on the long-term carbon cycle (INVITED), Deep Carbon Observatory Workshop: CATASTROPHIC PERTURBATIONS TO EARTH’S CARBON CYCLE . 2018.
Mc Kenzie N.R., Volcanoes, Mountains, & Climate: Assessing tectonic influences on the long-term carbon cycle (INVITED), Pennsylvania State University (Seminar). 2018.
Myrow P.M., Hughes N.H. and Mc Kenzie N.R., Reconstructing the Himalayan margin prior to collision with Asia: Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic stratigraphy and tectonics, Geological Society, London, Special Publications. Geological Society of London, 2018, 483: SP483. 10.


Researcher : Meng F

List of Research Outputs

Meng F., Wong N.Y.L., Zhou H. and Wang Z., Comparative study on dynamic shear behavior and failure mechanism of two types of granite joint, Engineering Geology. 2018, 245: 356-369.
Meng F., Wong N.Y.L., Zhou H. and Wang Z., Comparative study on dynamic shear behavior and failure mechanism of two types of granite joint, Engineering Geology. 2018, 245: 356-369.


Researcher : Michalski JR

Project Title:Geological Analysis of Supervolcanoes on Mars
Investigator(s):Michalski JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:06/2017
Completion Date:06/2019


Project Title:Investigation of hydrothermally altered crust on Mars and characterization of subsurface habitability
Investigator(s):Michalski JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2017


Project Title:Micro-infrared and Micro-Raman mapping of inorganics and organics in planetary materials
Investigator(s):Michalski JR, Not CA, Li Y, Bonebrake TC, Baker DM, Schwantes G
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Small Equipment Grant
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:Spectroscopy and geochemistry of Fe-rich clay minerals in altered chondrite meteorites
Investigator(s):Michalski JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2018


Project Title:Climate change on Mars: Investigation of Al-rich clays as indicators of ancient surface weathering
Investigator(s):Michalski JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2018


Project Title:American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting; The Martian Subsurface: A Potential Rosetta Stone for Origin of Life Studies /Extreme Collapse Associated with Volcanism on Mars: The Geologic Puzzle of Ganges Cavus
Investigator(s):Michalski JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:12/2018


Project Title:2018 Research Output Prize (Faculty of Science)
Investigator(s):Michalski JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:12/2018


Project Title:Geochemistry and mineralogy of meteor impact on the earth, moon and mars
Investigator(s):Michalski JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Macau University of Science and Technology
Start Date:01/2019


Project Title:Clay mineralogy of impactite rocks in Lonar, India
Investigator(s):Michalski JR
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2019


List of Research Outputs

Berman D.C., Balme M.R., Michalski J.R., Clark S.C. and Joseph E.C.S., High-resolution investigations of Transverse Aeolian Ridges on Mars, Icarus. 2018, 312: 247-266.
Mavris C., Cuadros J., Nieto J.M., Bishop J.L. and Michalski J.R., Diverse mineral assemblages of acidic alteration in the Rio Tinto area (southwest Spain): Implications for Mars, American Mineralogist. 2018, 103: 1877-1890.
Michalski J.R., Glotch T.D., Rogers A.D., Niles P.B., Cuadros J., Ashley J.W. and Stewart Johnson S., The Geology and Astrobiology of McLaughlin Crater, Mars: An Ancient Lacustrine Basin Containing Turbidites, Mudstones, and Serpentinites, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 2019, 124: 910-940.
Stamenković V., Beegle L.W., Zacny K., Arumugam D.D., Baglioni P., Barba N., Baross J., Bell M.S., Bhartia R., Blank J.G., Boston P.J., Breuer D., Brinckerhoff W., Burgin M.S., Cooper I., Cormarkovic V., Davila A., Davis R.M., Edwards C., Etiope G., Fischer W.W., Glavin D.P., Grimm R.E., Inagaki F., Kirschvink J.L., Kobayashi A., Komarek T., Malaska M., Michalski J.R., Ménez B., Mischna M., Moser D., Mustard J., Onstott T.C., Orphan V.J., Osburn M.R., Plaut J., Plesa A.C., Putzig N., Rogers K.L., Rothschild L., Russell M., Sapers H., Sherwood Lollar B., Spohn T., Tarnas J.D., Tuite M., Viola D., Ward L.M., Wilcox B. and Woolley R., The next frontier for planetary and human exploration, Nature Astronomy. 2019, 3: 116-120.
Sánchez-Marañón M., Cuadros J., Michalski J.R., Melgosa M. and Dekov V., Identification of iron in Earth analogues of Martian phyllosilicates using visible reflectance spectroscopy: Spectral derivatives and color parameters, Applied Clay Science. 2018, 165: 264-276.
YE B., Huang J., Michalski J.R. and Xiao L., Geomorphologic Characteristics of Polygonal Features on Chloride-Bearing Deposits on Mars: Implications for Martian Hydrology and Astrobiology, Journal of Earth Science. 2019.


Researcher : Nakagawa T

List of Research Outputs

Amit H., Deguen R., Driscoll P. and Nakagawa T., Editorial: Stratification in the Cores of Earth and Other Planets, Frontiers in Earth Science. 2019, 7.
Iwamori H., Nakamura H., Yoshida M., Nakagawa T., Ueki K., Nakao A., Nishizawa T. and Haraguchi S., Trace-element characteristics of east–west mantle geochemical hemispheres, Comptes Rendus Geoscience. 2019, 351: 209-220.
Nakagawa T., 3rd Nishida Prize for promotion of Earth and Planetary Science, Japan Geoscience Union. 2019.
Nakagawa T., Climate evolution of the Earth-like planets with surface plate motion in a whole Earth system evolution model, American Geophysical Union 2018 Fall Meeting. 2018.
Nakagawa T., Deep mantle water cycle and evolution of the surface seawater in plate-mantle system, Japanese-German Graduate Externship for Research on Deep Earth Volatile Cycle International Workshop on Deep Volatile Cycling in the Earth. 2019.
Nakagawa T. and Nakakuki T., Dynamics in the Uppermost Lower Mantle: Insights into the Deep Mantle Water Cycle Based on the Numerical Modeling of Subducted Slabs and Global-Scale Mantle Dynamics, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 2019, 47: 41-66.
Nakagawa T. and Iwamori H., On the implications of the coupled evolution of the deep planetary interior and the presence of surface ocean water in hydrous mantle convection, Comptes Rendus Geoscience. 2019, 351: 197-208.
Nakagawa T., On the large-scale geochemical anomalies in the deep mantle inferred from the hydrous mantle convection simulations, International Frontier Seminar in GRC Ehime University. 2019.
Nakagawa T., On the large-scale geochemical heterogeneity in deep mantle in hydrous mantle convection modeling, 4th international HiPeR symposium. 2019.
Nakagawa T., On theoretical and numerical modeling of the core-mantle thermal-chemical coupling: Review and perspective view, Joint symposium of Misasa 2019 and Core-Mantle Coevolution. 2019.


Researcher : Not CA

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: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
Completion Date:05/2019


Project Title:Evolution of the sea ice cover over the Mendeleev Ridge, Arctic Ocean, during glacial periods
Investigator(s):Not CA
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


Project Title:Evolution of the Western Arctic Ocean water stratification during the last climatic cycle
Investigator(s):Not CA
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:10/2018


Project Title:1st International Conference on ‘Processes and Palaeo-environmental changes in the Arctic: from past to present (PalaeoArc)’; Reconstruction of the Quaternary Western Arctic Water mases stratification
Investigator(s):Not CA
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2019
Completion Date:05/2019


Project Title:Glasgow/HKU Early Career Mobility Funds 2019-20
Investigator(s):Not CA
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Glasgow/HKU Early Career Mobility Fund
Start Date:06/2019


List of Research Outputs

BUTLER R.J., Bradford T., Not C.A. and Cannicci S., Exploring the State of Heavy Metal Pollution the sediment, flora and fauna of Hong Kong's mangroves., 9th International Conference of Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. 2019.
BUTLER R.J., Cannicci S. and Not C.A., Heavy metal exposure influences the thermal performance of mangrove crabs in Hong Kong, British Ecological Society Annual Meeting. 2018.
BUTLER R.J., Bradford T., Not C.A. and Cannicci S., Heavy metals and their potential physiological effects to Parasesarma bidens from Hong Kong mangrove, The Crustacea Society Mid Year Meeting. 2019.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Paytan A. and Thibodeau B., Mixed-layer dynamics in the Nordic Seas during MIS 11: Implications for the AMOC, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington DC, USA. 2018.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Payton A. and Thibodeau B., Nutrient utilization over a deep-water convection site during the marine isotope stage 11 "super interglacial": Evidence from foraminifera-bound d15N analyzed via nano-EA-IRMS, Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Paytan A. and Thibodeau B., Surface nutrient utilization in the Nordic Seas and its relevance for AMOC dynamics during MIS 11, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology, Tongji University, China. 2018.
Ho N... .H... .E. and Not C.A., Selective accumulation of plastic debris at the breaking wave area of coastal waters, Environmental Pollution. 2019, 245: 702-710.
Liu Y., Not C.A., Jiao J.J.J., Liang W. and Lu M., Tidal induced dynamics and geochemical reactions of trace metals (Fe, Mn, and Sr) in the salinity transition zone of an intertidal aquifer, Science of The Total Environment. 2019, 664: 1133-1149.
MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W., Zhou B. and Not C.A., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Ocean water mass stratification during the last climatic cycles, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology. 2018.
MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W., Zhou B. and Not C.A., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Ocean water mass stratification during the last climatic cycles, European Geophysical Union Conference. 2019.
MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W., Zhou B. and Not C.A., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Ocean water stratification over the last 50,000 years, Gordon Research Seminar - Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.
MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W., Zhou B. and Not C.A., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Ocean water stratification over the last 50,000 years, The 5th Conference of Earth System Science. 2018.
Not C.A., MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W. and Zhou B., Evolution of Western Arctic Ocean water masses stratification during the last 150,000 years, The 25th International's Symposium on Polar Sciences. 2019.
Not C.A., So W.K., Chan K.Y., Chan H.S.H., Ho N.H.E., Lui C.A.Y.I., Yeung H.C.S. and Cheung K.H., Microplastics pollution in the Greater Bay Area: distribution and impact, 9th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. 2019.
Not C.A., MAN H.L.H., Wang R., Xiao W. and Zhou B., Reconstruction of the Western Arctic Water masses stratification and its link with sea ice cover, Processes and Paleo-environmental changes in the Arctic: from past to present (PaleoArc). 2019.
Not C.A., Lui C.A.Y.I. and Cannicci S., The ingestion of microplastics and micro-particles by mangroves crabs is related to their feeding habits, 9th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. 2019.
RODRIGUEZ MORENO M.J. and Not C.A., Development of a modern calibration between the chemical composition of marine shells and environmental parameters in coastal marine waters, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology. 2018.
RODRIGUEZ MORENO M.J. and Not C.A., Marine shell chemistry of ostracods to understand past ocean conditions, Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.
RODRIGUEZ MORENO M.J., De Baere B., Francois R., Yasuhara M. and Not C.A., Trace element distribution in marine shells of ostracods, European Geophysical Union General Assembly. 2019.
Thibodeau B., Not C.A., Zhu J., Schmittner A., Noone D., Tabor C., Zhang J. and Liu Z., Last century warming over the Canadian Atlantic shelves linked to weak Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Geophysical Research Letters. 2018.
XU Q., Not C.A., Wang R., Xiao W. and Lippold J., 230Th and 231Pa as tracers of Arctic marine particle flux: implications for late Quaternary glacial history, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology. 2018.
XU Q. and Not C.A., 230Th and 231Pa in sediments of the western Arctic Ocean: implications for middle-late Quaternary glacial history, Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.


Researcher : Pei R

List of Research Outputs

Pittman M.D., Pei R., Goloboff P.A., Dececchi T.A., Habib M.A., Kaye T.G., Larrson H.C.E., Norell M.A., Brusatte S.L. and Xu X., Gradual build-up of powered flight potential among close avian relatives revealed by combining phylogenetic, aerodynamic and anatomical data, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting. 2018.
Pittman M.D., Pei R., Goloboff P.A., Dececchi T.A., Norell M.A., Kaye T.G., Larrson H.C.E., Habib M.B., Brusatte S.L. and Xu X., Multiple origins of paravian powered flight, Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting. 2018.
Pittman M.D., Pei R., Goloboff P.A., Dececchi T.A., Habib M.B., Kaye T.G., Larsson H.C.E., Norell M.A., Brusatte S.L. and Xu X., The multiple origins of powered flight among paravian theropod dinosaurs: constraints from new phylogenetic, aerodynamic and anatomical data, International Palaeontological Congress 5. 2018.
Wang J., Ye Y., Pei R., Tian Y., Feng C., Zheng D. and Chang S., Age of Jurassic basal sauropods in Sichuan, China: A reappraisal of basal sauropod evolution, GSA Bulletin. 2018, 130: 1493-1500.
Wang J., Pei R., Chen J., Zhou C., Feng C. and Chang S., New age constraints for the Middle Triassic archosaur Lotosaurus: Implications for basal archosaurian appearance and radiation in South China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2019, 521: 30-41.


Researcher : Peng J

List of Research Outputs

Peng J., Wong N.Y.L. and Teh C.I., A re-examination of slenderness ratio effect on rock strength: Insights from DEM grain-based modelling, Engineering Geology. 2018, 246: 245-254.


Researcher : Pittman MD

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


List of Research Outputs

Goloboff P.A., Pittman M.D., Pol D. and Xu X., Morphological datasets fit a common mechanism much more poorly than DNA Sequences and call into question the Mkv Model, Systematic Biology. 2018, 68(3): 494-504.
Kaye T.G., Pittman M.D., Mayr G., Schwarz D. and Xu X., Detection of lost calamus challenges identity of isolated Archaeopteryx feather, Scientific Reports . 2018, 9: 1182.
Kaye T.G., Pittman M.D., Marugán-Lobón J., Martín-Abad H., Sanz J.L. and Buscalioni A.D., Fully fledged enantiornithine hatchling revealed by Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence supports precocial nesting behavior , Scientific Reports. 2019, 9: 5006.
Pittman M.D., Award for Teaching Innovations in E-Learning 2017-18 , Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong. 2018.
Pittman M.D., Pei R., Goloboff P.A., Dececchi T.A., Habib M.A., Kaye T.G., Larrson H.C.E., Norell M.A., Brusatte S.L. and Xu X., Gradual build-up of powered flight potential among close avian relatives revealed by combining phylogenetic, aerodynamic and anatomical data, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting. 2018.
Pittman M.D., Illuminating the evolution of birds using Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence imaging, North American Paleontological Convention. 2019.
Pittman M.D., Immersive and engaging e-learning experiences: insights from an e-course on dinosaurs, North American Paleontological Congress. 2019.
Pittman M.D., Immersive and engaging e-learning experiences: insights from an e-course on dinosaurs, North American Paleontological Convention. 2019.
Pittman M.D., Kaye T.G., Wang X.L., Zheng X.T., Hartman S.A., Navalon G. and Xu X., Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence reveals preserved soft tissues which unravel the complexity of avian flight evolution, International Palaeontological Congress 5. 2018.
Pittman M.D. and Kaye T.G., Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence: soft tissue and skeletal detail revealed in micro and macro fossils, International Palaeontological Congress 5. 2018.
Pittman M.D., Pei R., Goloboff P.A., Dececchi T.A., Norell M.A., Kaye T.G., Larrson H.C.E., Habib M.B., Brusatte S.L. and Xu X., Multiple origins of paravian powered flight, Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting. 2018.
Pittman M.D., Potential for powered flight development in microraptorine dromaeosaurids, bird-like ‘raptor' dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period , The Willi Hennig Society Annual Meeting. 2019.
Pittman M.D., Pei R., Goloboff P.A., Dececchi T.A., Habib M.B., Kaye T.G., Larsson H.C.E., Norell M.A., Brusatte S.L. and Xu X., The multiple origins of powered flight among paravian theropod dinosaurs: constraints from new phylogenetic, aerodynamic and anatomical data, International Palaeontological Congress 5. 2018.
Pittman M.D., edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning (finalist), edX. 2018.
Saitta E.T., Fletcher I., Martin P., Pittman M.D., Kaye T.G., True L.D., Norell M.A., Abbott G.D., Summons R.E., Penkman K. and Vinther J., Preservation of feather fibers from the Late Cretaceous dinosaur Shuvuuia deserti raises concern about immunohistochemical analyses on fossils, Organic Geochemistry. 2018, 125: 142-151.
Yang Z.X., Jiang B.Y., McNamara M.E., Kearns S.L., Pittman M.D., Kaye T.G., Orr P.G., Xu X. and Benton M.J., Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching , Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2018, 3: 24-30.


Researcher : RODRIGUEZ MORENO MJ

List of Research Outputs

RODRIGUEZ MORENO M.J. and Not C.A., Development of a modern calibration between the chemical composition of marine shells and environmental parameters in coastal marine waters, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology. 2018.
RODRIGUEZ MORENO M.J. and Not C.A., Marine shell chemistry of ostracods to understand past ocean conditions, Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.
RODRIGUEZ MORENO M.J., De Baere B., Francois R., Yasuhara M. and Not C.A., Trace element distribution in marine shells of ostracods, European Geophysical Union General Assembly. 2019.


Researcher : SUN Y

List of Research Outputs

TAM C.Y., Zong Y., Kamaludin H., Hamlee I., Habibah J., Xiong H., Wu P.P.C., SUN Y., Huang G. and Zheng Z., A below-the-present late Holocene relative sea level and the glacial isostatic adjustment during the Holocene in the Malay Peninsula, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 201: 206-222.


Researcher : So WK

List of Research Outputs

Not C.A., So W.K., Chan K.Y., Chan H.S.H., Ho N.H.E., Lui C.A.Y.I., Yeung H.C.S. and Cheung K.H., Microplastics pollution in the Greater Bay Area: distribution and impact, 9th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology. 2019.


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: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: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
Completion Date:06/2019


Project Title:Collision of the Kazakhstan microcontinent with the Siberian Craton in Central Asia: when, where and how?
Investigator(s):Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:EGU General Assembly 2019; Controls of subduction zone on Paleozoic magmatism, crustal thickness and ribbon continental geometry in Central Asian accretionary orogeny
Investigator(s):Sun M
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2019
Completion Date:04/2019


List of Research Outputs

Chen M., Sun M., Buslov M.M., Zheng J., Zhao J., Cai K. and Kulikova A.V., Devonian continental arc intermediate-felsic magmatism in the Gorny Altai terrane, northwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Heterogenous crustal melting and input of mantle melts, Lithos. 2019, 332-333: 175-191.
Chen M., Sun M., Li P., Zheng J., Cai K. and Su Y., Late Paleozoic Accretionary and Collisional Processes along the Southern Peri-Siberian Orogenic System: New Constraints from Amphibolites within the Irtysh Complex of Chinese Altai, The Journal of Geology. 2019, 127: 241-262.
Chen M., Sun M., Buslov M., Cai K., Jiang Y., Kulikova A.V., Zheng J. and Xia X., Variable slab-mantle interaction in a nascent Neoproterozoic arc–back-arc system generating boninitic-tholeiitic lavas and magnesian andesites, GSA Bulletin. 2018, 130: 1562-1582.
Chen Q., Sun M., Zhao G., Zhao J..., Zhu W., Long X. and WANG J., Episodic crustal growth and reworking of the Yudongzi terrane, South China: Constraints from the Archean TTGs and potassic granites and Paleoproterozoic amphibolites, Lithos. 2019, 326-327: 1-18.
Jiang Y.D., Schulmann K., Sun M., Weinberg R.F., Stipska P., Li P.F., Zhang J., Chopin F., Wang S., Xia X.P. and Xiao W.J., Structural and Geochronological Constraints on Devonian Suprasubduction Tectonic Switching and Permian Collisional Dynamics in the Chinese Altai, Central Asia, Tectonics. 2019, 38: 253-280.
Li S...Z..., Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhou X...M., Natural Science Award (First Class), Ministry of Education, China. 2018.
Safonova I., Komiya T., Romer R.L., Simonov V., Seltmann R., Rudnev S., Yamamoto S. and Sun M., Supra-subduction igneous formations of the Char ophiolite belt, East Kazakhstan, Gondwana Research. 2018, 59: 159-179.
YU Y., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Huang X., Rojas-Agramonte Y. and Chen Q., Evolution of the middle Paleozoic magmatism in the Chinese Altai: Constraints on the crustal differentiation at shallow depth in the accretionary orogen, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2019, 175: 230-246.
Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S., Liu S., Wei C. and Yin C., Structural evolution of a triclinic‐type transpressional high strain zone and its role in exhuming the root of the Paleoproterozoic Trans‐North China Orogen, Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 2019, 93: 117-117.
Zhang X., Zhao G., Han Y. and Sun M., Differentiating advancing and retreating subduction zones through regional zircon Hf isotope mapping: A case study from the Eastern Tianshan, NW China, Gondwana Research. 2019, 66: 246-254.
Zhang Y., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X., Jiang Y., Li P., Huang Z. and Du L., Alternating trench advance and retreat: Insights from Paleozoic magmatism in the eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Tectonics. 2018, 37: 2142–2164.


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 CY

List of Research Outputs

TAM C.Y., Zong Y., Kamaludin H., Hamlee I., Habibah J., Xiong H., Wu P.P.C., SUN Y., Huang G. and Zheng Z., A below-the-present late Holocene relative sea level and the glacial isostatic adjustment during the Holocene in the Malay Peninsula, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 201: 206-222.


Researcher : TSUI WSR

List of Research Outputs

Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Li X., Zhu Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., WANG B. and TSUI W.S.R., Geochronology and Geochemistry of Paleozoic to Mesozoic Granitoids in Western Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, The Journal of Geology. The University of Chicago Press, 2018, 126: 451-471.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X. and TSUI W.S.R., Timing of the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Carboniferous–Triassic volcanosedimentary successions in western Inner Mongolia, China, GSA Bulletin. 2019, 131: 941-965.


Researcher : Thibodeau B

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: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
Completion Date:03/2019


Project Title:Reconstructing nutrient utilization during in the Atlantic during abrupt climatic events of MIS 15
Investigator(s):Thibodeau B
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2018


Project Title:Unravelling the strength behind the ecosystem resilience of Tung Chung mangrove: A high-resolution mapping of its food web
Investigator(s):Thibodeau B
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Marine Ecology & Fisheries Enhancement Funds Trustee Ltd
Start Date:07/2018


Project Title:Developing a high-resolution record of nitrogen isotopes in the sub-polar and polar North Atlantic during two key interglacial periods
Investigator(s):Thibodeau B
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2019


List of Research Outputs

ANAND A., Thibodeau B., Geeraert N.A.A. and Baker D.M., Nitrogen isotopes in a complex urbanized marine environment, Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. 2019.
DOHERTY J.M. and Thibodeau B., Cold Water in a Warm World: Investigating the Origin of the Nordic Seas' Unique Surface Properties During MIS 11, Frontiers in Marine Science. 2018, 5.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Paytan A. and Thibodeau B., Mixed-layer dynamics in the Nordic Seas during MIS 11: Implications for the AMOC, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington DC, USA. 2018.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Payton A. and Thibodeau B., Nutrient utilization over a deep-water convection site during the marine isotope stage 11 "super interglacial": Evidence from foraminifera-bound d15N analyzed via nano-EA-IRMS, Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.
DOHERTY J.M., Ling Y.F., Not C.A., Bauch H.A., Paytan A. and Thibodeau B., Surface nutrient utilization in the Nordic Seas and its relevance for AMOC dynamics during MIS 11, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology, Tongji University, China. 2018.
Geeraert N.A.A., Yau Y.Y., Thibodeau B. and Baker D.M., Pathways of anthropogenic nitrogen in the coastal environment of Hong Kong, Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. 2019.
HANSON S.M., Harvey B., Agostini S., Yoshimizu C.A., Tayasu I. and Thibodeau B., The Effect of Ocean Acidification on the Nitrogen Cycle in Corals, Gordon Research Conference on Marine Biogeochemistry, Hong Kong. 2018.
Thibodeau B. and Lambert E., A Stella® version of the Arctic Mediterranean Double Estuarine Circulation model: SAMDEC v1.0, 2019.
Thibodeau B., A thermohaline-driven intensification of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during the abnormally long interglacial of marine isotope stage 11, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology. 2018.
Thibodeau B., Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during the abnormally long interglacial of marine isotope stage 11: What can we learn from surface nutrient utilization, Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. 2019.
Thibodeau B., Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation under Warm Climate, Earth System Science Seminar Series At The Chinese University Of Hong Kong. 2019.
Thibodeau B., Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation under Warm Climate, Seminar Series at IPMA (Portugese Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences). 2019.
Thibodeau B., Climate Change: facts and Impacts, WWF - Climate Primer for Institutional Investors. 2018.
Thibodeau B., Geochemistry as a tool for environmental monitoring: a multidisciplinary approach, Workshop on Challenges in Sustainable Coastal Observation and Experiments in a Rapidly Changing Environment. 2018.
Thibodeau B., Bauch H.A. and Knies J., Impact of Arctic shelf summer stratification on Holocene climate variability, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2018, 191: 229-237.
Thibodeau B., Not C.A., Zhu J., Schmittner A., Noone D., Tabor C., Zhang J. and Liu Z., Last century warming over the Canadian Atlantic shelves linked to weak Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Geophysical Research Letters. 2018.
Thibodeau B., Nitrogen Cycle in the Ocean: An Isotopic Approach to Study Pollution and Climate Change, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 2018.
Thibodeau B., Geeraert N.A.A., YAU Y.Y. and Baker D.M., Nitrogen sources and cycling in Hong Kong waters: A game of Cluedo, Symposium on Ocean Circulation, Ecosystem, Hypoxia and Consequences (OCEAN-HK) 2019, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. 2019.
Thibodeau B., Strong contribution of Nordic Seas convection to Atlantic Overturning Circulation under high-latitude freshwater input, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science. 2019.
Williams B., Anagnostou E., Thibodeau B., Halfar J. and Adey W., Reconstructing high-latitude environmental change from the skeletons of crustose coralline algae, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science. 2019.
YAU Y.Y., Geeraert N.A.A., Baker D.M. and Thibodeau B., Impact of atmospheric deposition to coastal waters of Hong Kong, Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. 2019.
YAU Y.Y., Geeraert N.A.A., Baker D.M. and Thibodeau B., Quantifying seasonal nitrogen input from the atmosphere to Hong Kong coastal waters, Symposium on Ocean Circulation, Ecosystem, Hypoxia and Consequences (OCEAN-HK) 2019, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. 2019.


Researcher : Trifonov TH

List of Research Outputs

Quirrenbach A., Trifonov T.H., Lee M.H. and Reffert S., Precise radial velocities of giant stars XI. Two brown dwarfs in 6:1 mean motion resonance around the K giant star ν Ophiuch, Astronomy & Astrophysics. EDP Sciences, 2019, 624: A18:1-17.


Researcher : WANG B

List of Research Outputs

Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R... and Zhang X., Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean, Gondwana Research. 2019, 69: 73-88.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Li X., Zhu Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., WANG B. and TSUI W.S.R., Geochronology and Geochemistry of Paleozoic to Mesozoic Granitoids in Western Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, The Journal of Geology. The University of Chicago Press, 2018, 126: 451-471.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X. and TSUI W.S.R., Timing of the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Carboniferous–Triassic volcanosedimentary successions in western Inner Mongolia, China, GSA Bulletin. 2019, 131: 941-965.
Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D., WANG B., Han Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., Hou W. and Liu Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Permian strata in the Bengbatu area (Inner Mongolia) and tectonic implications, Geoscience Frontiers. ELSEVIER, 2019, 10: 195-212.
Zhou H., Zhao G., Han Y. and WANG B., Geochemistry and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes of Paleozoic intrusive rocks in the Damao area in Inner Mongolia, northern China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Bainaimiao arc, Lithos. ELSEVIER, 2018, 314-315: 119-139.


Researcher : WANG J

List of Research Outputs

Chen Q., Sun M., Zhao G., Zhao J..., Zhu W., Long X. and WANG J., Episodic crustal growth and reworking of the Yudongzi terrane, South China: Constraints from the Archean TTGs and potassic granites and Paleoproterozoic amphibolites, Lithos. 2019, 326-327: 1-18.
Feng C., Gao C., Yin Q., Jacobsen B., Renne P., Wang J. and Chang S., Tracking Physicochemical Conditions of Evaporite Deposition by Stable Magnesium Isotopes: A Case Study of Late Permian Langbeinites, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2018.
Wang J., Ye Y., Pei R., Tian Y., Feng C., Zheng D. and Chang S., Age of Jurassic basal sauropods in Sichuan, China: A reappraisal of basal sauropod evolution, GSA Bulletin. 2018, 130: 1493-1500.
Wang J., Chang S., Chen Y. and Yan S., Early Cretaceous transpressional and transtensional tectonics straddling the Sulu orogenic belt, East China, Geoscience Frontiers. 2019.
Wang J., Pei R., Chen J., Zhou C., Feng C. and Chang S., New age constraints for the Middle Triassic archosaur Lotosaurus: Implications for basal archosaurian appearance and radiation in South China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2019, 521: 30-41.
Zheng D., Chang S., Perrichot V., Dutta S., Rudra A., Mu L., Kelly R., Li S., Zhang Q., Zhang Q., Wong P.M., Wang J., Wang H., Fang Y., Zhang H. and Wang B., A Late Cretaceous amber biota from central Myanmar, Nature Communications. 2018, 9.
Zheng D., Chang S., Wang H., Fang Y., Wang J., Feng C., Xie G., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Wang B., Middle-Late Triassic insect radiation revealed by diverse fossils and isotopic ages from China, Science Advances. 2018, 4: eaat1380.


Researcher : WONG KH

List of Research Outputs

Heeren P., Reffert S., Albrecht S., Trifonov T., WONG K.H., Lee M.H. and Quirrenbach A., Exoplanets Orbiting G and K Giant Stars, SONG 2018, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain. 2018.
WONG K.H. and Lee M.H., Long Term Stability of Planetary Orbits in the HD 59686 Eccentric Binary System, Triple Evolution and Dynamics Trendy-2, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands. 2018.
WONG K.H. and Lee M.H., Pure Three–body and Double Two–body Resonances in Multi–planet Systems, Planetary Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany. 2019.


Researcher : Wang J

List of Research Outputs

Chen Q., Sun M., Zhao G., Zhao J..., Zhu W., Long X. and WANG J., Episodic crustal growth and reworking of the Yudongzi terrane, South China: Constraints from the Archean TTGs and potassic granites and Paleoproterozoic amphibolites, Lithos. 2019, 326-327: 1-18.
Feng C., Gao C., Yin Q., Jacobsen B., Renne P., Wang J. and Chang S., Tracking Physicochemical Conditions of Evaporite Deposition by Stable Magnesium Isotopes: A Case Study of Late Permian Langbeinites, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2018.
Wang J., Ye Y., Pei R., Tian Y., Feng C., Zheng D. and Chang S., Age of Jurassic basal sauropods in Sichuan, China: A reappraisal of basal sauropod evolution, GSA Bulletin. 2018, 130: 1493-1500.
Wang J., Chang S., Chen Y. and Yan S., Early Cretaceous transpressional and transtensional tectonics straddling the Sulu orogenic belt, East China, Geoscience Frontiers. 2019.
Wang J., Pei R., Chen J., Zhou C., Feng C. and Chang S., New age constraints for the Middle Triassic archosaur Lotosaurus: Implications for basal archosaurian appearance and radiation in South China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2019, 521: 30-41.
Zheng D., Chang S., Perrichot V., Dutta S., Rudra A., Mu L., Kelly R., Li S., Zhang Q., Zhang Q., Wong P.M., Wang J., Wang H., Fang Y., Zhang H. and Wang B., A Late Cretaceous amber biota from central Myanmar, Nature Communications. 2018, 9.
Zheng D., Chang S., Wang H., Fang Y., Wang J., Feng C., Xie G., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Wang B., Middle-Late Triassic insect radiation revealed by diverse fossils and isotopic ages from China, Science Advances. 2018, 4: eaat1380.


Researcher : Wang M

List of Research Outputs

Wang M., Zheng Z., Zong Y., Man M. and Tian L., Distributions of soil branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers from different climate regions of China, Scientific Reports. Nature, 2019, 9: 2761.


Researcher : Wang Y

List of Research Outputs

Luo X., Jiao J.J.J., Moore W.S., Cherry J.A., Wang Y. and Liu K., Significant chemical fluxes from natural terrestrial groundwater rival anthropogenic and fluvial input in a large-river deltaic estuary, Water Research. 2018, 144: 603-615.


Researcher : Webb AAG

Project Title:Impacts of focused erosion on crustal dynamics along the Sutlej River, NW Indian Himalaya
Investigator(s):Webb AAG
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Exploring rainfall's potential impacts on motion of surface salt structures at Kuqa, NW China
Investigator(s):Webb AAG
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


Project Title:Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop 2018; Himalayan tectonics in three dimensions: Slab dynamics controlled mountain building, monsoon intensification, and asymmetric arc curvature /The Main Central thrust–South Tibet fault branch line: A closely-spaced structural survey across a controversial feature
Investigator(s):Webb AAG
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2018
Completion Date:09/2018


Project Title:Early Earth’s tectonic processes: quantifying deformation patterns across the Isua supracrustal belt, SW Greenland
Investigator(s):Webb AAG
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2018


Project Title:Seed funding to search for Hadean-type ‘fingerprints’ in Archean zircons
Investigator(s):Webb AAG
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2019




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 for New Staff
Start Date:01/2016


Project Title:Development of 3D grain-based modelling approach for studying plutonic rocks
Investigator(s):Wong NYL
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2017


Project Title:Simulation of the response of fractured crystalline rocks to coupled hydro-thermo-mechanical (HTM) effect: application to geothermal energy mining in the Hot Dry Rock reservoir
Investigator(s):Wong NYL
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:Detailed assessment of the brittleness of microwave weakened rocks under high strain rate and high confinement pressure
Investigator(s):Wong NYL
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:07/2018
Completion Date:11/2018


Project Title:61st AEG Annual Meeting/13th IAEG Congress; Modeling Grain Size Heterogeneity Effects on Mechanical Behavior of Crystalline Rocks under Compressive Loading
Investigator(s):Wong NYL
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2018
Completion Date:09/2018


List of Research Outputs



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 for New Staff
Start Date:01/2016


Project Title:Development of 3D grain-based modelling approach for studying plutonic rocks
Investigator(s):Wong NYL
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2017


Project Title:Simulation of the response of fractured crystalline rocks to coupled hydro-thermo-mechanical (HTM) effect: application to geothermal energy mining in the Hot Dry Rock reservoir
Investigator(s):Wong NYL
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:Detailed assessment of the brittleness of microwave weakened rocks under high strain rate and high confinement pressure
Investigator(s):Wong NYL
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:07/2018
Completion Date:11/2018


Project Title:61st AEG Annual Meeting/13th IAEG Congress; Modeling Grain Size Heterogeneity Effects on Mechanical Behavior of Crystalline Rocks under Compressive Loading
Investigator(s):Wong NYL
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2018
Completion Date:09/2018


List of Research Outputs

Lai C.Y., Wong N.Y.L. and Wallace M., Review and assessment of in-situ rock stress in Hong Kong for territory-wide geological domains and depth profiling, Engineering Geology. 2019, 248: 267-282.
Mao S., Shi X., Meng Y., Chen P., Zhuo X. and Wong N.Y.L., Experimental Investigation of Rock Drillability for Three Rock Types Under Varying Wellbore Pressure Conditions, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2018, 51: 2439-2445.
Meng F., Wong N.Y.L., Zhou H. and Wang Z., Comparative study on dynamic shear behavior and failure mechanism of two types of granite joint, Engineering Geology. 2018, 245: 356-369.
Meng F., Wong N.Y.L., Zhou H. and Wang Z., Comparative study on dynamic shear behavior and failure mechanism of two types of granite joint, Engineering Geology. 2018, 245: 356-369.
Peng J., Wong N.Y.L. and Teh C.I., A re-examination of slenderness ratio effect on rock strength: Insights from DEM grain-based modelling, Engineering Geology. 2018, 246: 245-254.
Peng J., Wong N.Y.L. and Teh C.I., Modeling Grain Size Heterogeneity Effects on Mechanical Behavior of Crystalline Rocks Under Compressive Loading, In: Abdul Shakoor, Kerry Cato, IAEG/AEG Annual Meeting Proceedings, San Francisco, California, 2018—Volume 6: Advances in Engineering Geology: Education, Soil and Rock Properties, Modeling. Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019, 177-184.
Winn K. and Wong N.Y.L., Quantitative GSI determination of Singapore’s sedimentary rock mass by applying four different approaches, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 2019, 37: 2103-2119.
Wong N.Y.L. and Xiong Q., A Method for Multiscale Interpretation of Fracture Processes in Carrara Marble Specimen Containing a Single Flaw Under Uniaxial Compression, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2018, 123: 6459-6490.
Wong N.Y.L. and Zhang Y., Advances and Challenges of Using Grain-Based Model in Geomechanics Modeling, International Conference on Geo-mechanics, Geo-energy and Geo-resources. 2018.
Wong N.Y.L. and Zhang Y., An Extended Grain-Based Model for Characterizing Crystalline Materials: An Example of Marble, Advanced Theory and Simulations. 2018, 1: 1800039.
Wong N.Y.L. and ZHANG Y., Best Paper Award (2019) , 53rd US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium, American Rock Mechanics Association. 2019.
Wong N.Y.L., Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG). 2019.
Wong N.Y.L., Editorial Board Member, Engineering Geology. Elsevier, 2019.
Wong N.Y.L., Editorial Board Member, In: Q. Qian, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Elsevier, 2019.
Wong N.Y.L., Editorial Board Member, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. Springer, 2019.
Wong N.Y.L., GUO T., Lam W.K. and Ng J.Y.H., Experimental Study of Cracking Characteristics of Kowloon Granite Based on Three Mode I Fracture Toughness Methods, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2019.
Wong N.Y.L., From micro-structural evolutions to macroscopic behaviors – an example of Carrara Marble, The Third International Conference on Damage Mechanics (ICDM3). 2018.
Wong N.Y.L., Lai V.S.K. and Tam T.P.Y., Joint spacing distribution of granites in Hong Kong, Engineering Geology. 2018, 245: 120-129.
Wong N.Y.L. and ZHANG Y., Numerical investigation of micro-mechanisms of thermal strengthening in rock, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium. 2019.
Wong N.Y.L., The tenth anniversary excellent scientific editor award (2019), Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2019.
ZHANG Y., Wong N.Y.L. and Chan K.K., An extended grain-based model accounting for microstructures in rock deformation, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. 2018, 124: 125-148.
Zhou X., Lian Y., Wong N.Y.L. and Berto F., Understanding the fracture behavior of brittle and ductile multi-flawed rocks by uniaxial loading by digital image correlation, Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 2018, 199: 438-460.


Researcher : Wong PM

List of Research Outputs

Konopelko D., Biske Y.S., Kullerud K., Ganiev I., Seltmann R., Brownscombe W., Mirkamalov R., Wang B., Safonova I., Kotler P., Shatov V., Wong P.M. and Wong P.M., Early Carboniferous metamorphism of the Neoproterozoic South Tien Shan-Karakum basement: New geochronological results from Baisun and Kyzylkum, Uzbekistan, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2019, 177: 275-286.
Zheng D., Chang S., Perrichot V., Dutta S., Rudra A., Mu L., Kelly R., Li S., Zhang Q., Zhang Q., Wong P.M., Wang J., Wang H., Fang Y., Zhang H. and Wang B., A Late Cretaceous amber biota from central Myanmar, Nature Communications. 2018, 9.


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


List of Research Outputs

LI T., Wu P.P.C., Wang H.S., Jia L.L. and Steffen H., Hydrology signal from GRACE gravity data in the Nelson River basin, Canada: a comparison of two approaches, Earth, Planets and Space. 2018, 70.
LI T., Wu P.P.C., Steffen H. and Wang H.S., In search of laterally heterogeneous viscosity models of glacial isostatic adjustment with the ICE-6G_C global ice history model, Geophysical Journal International. 2018, 214: 1191-1205.
TAM C.Y., Zong Y., Kamaludin H., Hamlee I., Habibah J., Xiong H., Wu P.P.C., SUN Y., Huang G. and Zheng Z., A below-the-present late Holocene relative sea level and the glacial isostatic adjustment during the Holocene in the Malay Peninsula, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 201: 206-222.


Researcher : XU Q

List of Research Outputs

XU Q., Not C.A., Wang R., Xiao W. and Lippold J., 230Th and 231Pa as tracers of Arctic marine particle flux: implications for late Quaternary glacial history, 9th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology. 2018.
XU Q. and Not C.A., 230Th and 231Pa in sediments of the western Arctic Ocean: implications for middle-late Quaternary glacial history, Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Biogeochemistry. 2018.


Researcher : Xiong H

List of Research Outputs

Innes J.B., Zong Y., Xiong H., Wang Z. and Chen Z., Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses of Upper Holocene sediments from Dianshan, Yangtze coastal lowlands, China: Hydrology, vegetation history and human activity, Palaeogeohraphy Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. Elsevier, 2019, 523: 30-47.
TAM C.Y., Zong Y., Kamaludin H., Hamlee I., Habibah J., Xiong H., Wu P.P.C., SUN Y., Huang G. and Zheng Z., A below-the-present late Holocene relative sea level and the glacial isostatic adjustment during the Holocene in the Malay Peninsula, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 201: 206-222.
Xiong H., Zong Y., Qian P., Huang G. and Fu S., Holocene sea-level history of the northern coast of South China Sea, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 194: 12-26.
Xiong H., Zong Y., Huang G. and Fu S., Sedimentary responses to Holocene sea-level change in a shallow marine environment of southern China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Elsevier, 2018, 166: 95-106.


Researcher : YAU YY

List of Research Outputs

Geeraert N.A.A., Yau Y.Y., Thibodeau B. and Baker D.M., Pathways of anthropogenic nitrogen in the coastal environment of Hong Kong, Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. 2019.
Knee K.L., Morris A., Geeraert N.A.A., YAU Y.Y. and Kim K., Anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to Saipan’s coastal waters: Exploring sources, pathways, and ecosystem resilience, AGU Fall meeting 2018.
Thibodeau B., Geeraert N.A.A., YAU Y.Y. and Baker D.M., Nitrogen sources and cycling in Hong Kong waters: A game of Cluedo, Symposium on Ocean Circulation, Ecosystem, Hypoxia and Consequences (OCEAN-HK) 2019, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. 2019.
YAU Y.Y., Geeraert N.A.A., Baker D.M. and Thibodeau B., Impact of atmospheric deposition to coastal waters of Hong Kong, Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. 2019.
YAU Y.Y., Geeraert N.A.A., Baker D.M. and Thibodeau B., Quantifying seasonal nitrogen input from the atmosphere to Hong Kong coastal waters, Symposium on Ocean Circulation, Ecosystem, Hypoxia and Consequences (OCEAN-HK) 2019, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. 2019.


Researcher : YE B

List of Research Outputs

YE B., Huang J., Michalski J.R. and Xiao L., Geomorphologic Characteristics of Polygonal Features on Chloride-Bearing Deposits on Mars: Implications for Martian Hydrology and Astrobiology, Journal of Earth Science. 2019.


Researcher : YU Y

List of Research Outputs

YU Y., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Huang X., Rojas-Agramonte Y. and Chen Q., Evolution of the middle Paleozoic magmatism in the Chinese Altai: Constraints on the crustal differentiation at shallow depth in the accretionary orogen, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2019, 175: 230-246.


Researcher : Yao J

List of Research Outputs

Yao J., Shu L., Cawood P...A... and Zhao G., Differentiating continental and oceanic arc systems and retro-arc basins in the Jiangnan orogenic belt, South China, Geological Magazine. 2019, 1-16.


Researcher : Yau YY

List of Research Outputs

Geeraert N.A.A., Yau Y.Y., Thibodeau B. and Baker D.M., Pathways of anthropogenic nitrogen in the coastal environment of Hong Kong, Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. 2019.
Knee K.L., Morris A., Geeraert N.A.A., YAU Y.Y. and Kim K., Anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to Saipan’s coastal waters: Exploring sources, pathways, and ecosystem resilience, AGU Fall meeting 2018.
Thibodeau B., Geeraert N.A.A., YAU Y.Y. and Baker D.M., Nitrogen sources and cycling in Hong Kong waters: A game of Cluedo, Symposium on Ocean Circulation, Ecosystem, Hypoxia and Consequences (OCEAN-HK) 2019, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. 2019.
YAU Y.Y., Geeraert N.A.A., Baker D.M. and Thibodeau B., Impact of atmospheric deposition to coastal waters of Hong Kong, Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. 2019.
YAU Y.Y., Geeraert N.A.A., Baker D.M. and Thibodeau B., Quantifying seasonal nitrogen input from the atmosphere to Hong Kong coastal waters, Symposium on Ocean Circulation, Ecosystem, Hypoxia and Consequences (OCEAN-HK) 2019, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. 2019.


Researcher : ZHANG Y

List of Research Outputs

Lee W., Poon K., Kong D., Sewell R.J., Zong Y., Zhang Y. and Liu Z., Summer monsoon–induced upwelling dominated coastal sea surface temperature variations in the northern South China Sea over the last two millennia, The Holocene. 2019, 29: 691-698.
Wong N.Y.L. and Zhang Y., Advances and Challenges of Using Grain-Based Model in Geomechanics Modeling, International Conference on Geo-mechanics, Geo-energy and Geo-resources. 2018.
Wong N.Y.L. and Zhang Y., An Extended Grain-Based Model for Characterizing Crystalline Materials: An Example of Marble, Advanced Theory and Simulations. 2018, 1: 1800039.
Wong N.Y.L. and ZHANG Y., Best Paper Award (2019) , 53rd US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium, American Rock Mechanics Association. 2019.
Wong N.Y.L. and ZHANG Y., Numerical investigation of micro-mechanisms of thermal strengthening in rock, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium. 2019.
ZHANG Y., Wong N.Y.L. and Chan K.K., An extended grain-based model accounting for microstructures in rock deformation, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. 2018, 124: 125-148.
Zhang Y., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X., Jiang Y., Li P., Huang Z. and Du L., Alternating trench advance and retreat: Insights from Paleozoic magmatism in the eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Tectonics. 2018, 37: 2142–2164.
Zhang Y., Zhou X., He Y., JIANG Y., Liu Y., Xie Z., Sun L. and Liu Z., Persistent intensification of the Kuroshio Current during late Holocene cool intervals, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2019, 506: 15-22.


Researcher : Zhang B

List of Research Outputs

Dang T., Lei J., Wang Q., Zhang B., Burns A., Le H., Wu Q. and Ruan H., Global Responses of the Coupled Thermosphere and Ionosphere System to the August 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 2018.
Liu J., Wang W., Zhang B., Huang C. and Dong L., Temporal Variation of Solar Wind in Controlling Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Energy Budget, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 2018, 123: 5862-5869.
Wang W., Dang T., Lei J., Zhang S., Zhang B. and Burns A., Physical Processes Driving the Response of the F2 Region Ionosphere to the 21 August 2017 Solar Eclipse at Millstone Hill, Journal of Geophysical Research. USA, AGU, 2019, 124: 2978-2991.
Zhang B. and Lotko W., Alfvénic Heating in the Cusp Ionosphere‐Thermosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. USA, 2018, 123: 10368-10383.


Researcher : Zhang J

List of Research Outputs

Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S., Liu S., Wei C. and Yin C., Structural evolution of a triclinic‐type transpressional high strain zone and its role in exhuming the root of the Paleoproterozoic Trans‐North China Orogen, Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 2019, 93: 117-117.


Researcher : Zhang X

List of Research Outputs

Hou W., Zhao G., Han Y., Eizenhoefer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X., Liu Q. and Liu Y., A .5 Ga magmatic arc in NE China: New geochronological and geochemical evidence from the Xinghuadukou Complex, Geological Journal. 2019.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R... and Zhang X., Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean, Gondwana Research. 2019, 69: 73-88.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X. and TSUI W.S.R., Timing of the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Carboniferous–Triassic volcanosedimentary successions in western Inner Mongolia, China, GSA Bulletin. 2019, 131: 941-965.
Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D., WANG B., Han Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., Hou W. and Liu Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Permian strata in the Bengbatu area (Inner Mongolia) and tectonic implications, Geoscience Frontiers. ELSEVIER, 2019, 10: 195-212.
Zhang X., Zhao G., Han Y. and Sun M., Differentiating advancing and retreating subduction zones through regional zircon Hf isotope mapping: A case study from the Eastern Tianshan, NW China, Gondwana Research. 2019, 66: 246-254.


Researcher : Zhang Y

List of Research Outputs

Lee W., Poon K., Kong D., Sewell R.J., Zong Y., Zhang Y. and Liu Z., Summer monsoon–induced upwelling dominated coastal sea surface temperature variations in the northern South China Sea over the last two millennia, The Holocene. 2019, 29: 691-698.
Wong N.Y.L. and Zhang Y., Advances and Challenges of Using Grain-Based Model in Geomechanics Modeling, International Conference on Geo-mechanics, Geo-energy and Geo-resources. 2018.
Wong N.Y.L. and Zhang Y., An Extended Grain-Based Model for Characterizing Crystalline Materials: An Example of Marble, Advanced Theory and Simulations. 2018, 1: 1800039.
Wong N.Y.L. and ZHANG Y., Best Paper Award (2019) , 53rd US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium, American Rock Mechanics Association. 2019.
Wong N.Y.L. and ZHANG Y., Numerical investigation of micro-mechanisms of thermal strengthening in rock, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium. 2019.
ZHANG Y., Wong N.Y.L. and Chan K.K., An extended grain-based model accounting for microstructures in rock deformation, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. 2018, 124: 125-148.
Zhang Y., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X., Jiang Y., Li P., Huang Z. and Du L., Alternating trench advance and retreat: Insights from Paleozoic magmatism in the eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Tectonics. 2018, 37: 2142–2164.
Zhang Y., Zhou X., He Y., JIANG Y., Liu Y., Xie Z., Sun L. and Liu Z., Persistent intensification of the Kuroshio Current during late Holocene cool intervals, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2019, 506: 15-22.


Researcher : Zhang Y

List of Research Outputs

Lee W., Poon K., Kong D., Sewell R.J., Zong Y., Zhang Y. and Liu Z., Summer monsoon–induced upwelling dominated coastal sea surface temperature variations in the northern South China Sea over the last two millennia, The Holocene. 2019, 29: 691-698.
Wong N.Y.L. and Zhang Y., Advances and Challenges of Using Grain-Based Model in Geomechanics Modeling, International Conference on Geo-mechanics, Geo-energy and Geo-resources. 2018.
Wong N.Y.L. and Zhang Y., An Extended Grain-Based Model for Characterizing Crystalline Materials: An Example of Marble, Advanced Theory and Simulations. 2018, 1: 1800039.
Wong N.Y.L. and ZHANG Y., Best Paper Award (2019) , 53rd US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium, American Rock Mechanics Association. 2019.
Wong N.Y.L. and ZHANG Y., Numerical investigation of micro-mechanisms of thermal strengthening in rock, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/ Geomechanics Symposium. 2019.
ZHANG Y., Wong N.Y.L. and Chan K.K., An extended grain-based model accounting for microstructures in rock deformation, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. 2018, 124: 125-148.
Zhang Y., Sun M., Yuan C., Long X., Jiang Y., Li P., Huang Z. and Du L., Alternating trench advance and retreat: Insights from Paleozoic magmatism in the eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Tectonics. 2018, 37: 2142–2164.
Zhang Y., Zhou X., He Y., JIANG Y., Liu Y., Xie Z., Sun L. and Liu Z., Persistent intensification of the Kuroshio Current during late Holocene cool intervals, Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2019, 506: 15-22.


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: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


Project Title:Kwangsian and Indosinian crustal reworking of north Cathaysia inferred from multiphase deformation and metamorphism
Investigator(s):Zhao G, Yao J, Li J
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Age and tectonic nature of the Yuanbaoshan S-type granite from the Jiangnan Orogen, South China
Investigator(s):Zhao G, Yao J, Han Y, Li J
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:Provenances of Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic strata along the southern margin of the Tarim Block and tectonic implications
Investigator(s):Zhao G, Han Y, Yao J
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2019


Project Title:The “dome-and-keel” structures of the East Hebei Complex in the North China Craton and their tectonic implications
Investigator(s):Zhao G, Han Y, Yao J
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2019


List of Research Outputs

Chen Q., Sun M., Zhao G., Zhao J..., Zhu W., Long X. and WANG J., Episodic crustal growth and reworking of the Yudongzi terrane, South China: Constraints from the Archean TTGs and potassic granites and Paleoproterozoic amphibolites, Lithos. 2019, 326-327: 1-18.
Dong X., Peng T., Fan W., Zhao G., Zhang J., Liu B., Gao J., Peng B., Liang X., Zeng W. and Chen L., Origin and tectonic implications of Early Cretaceous high- and low-Mg series rocks and mafic enclaves in the Bomi–Chayu Fold Belt, SE Tibet, Lithos. 2019, 334-335: 102-116.
Dong Z., Zhao G., Pan F...L., Wang K. and Huang B...T..., Petrogenesis of the Qinghe post-orogenic pluton and its implications for the Late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Altai orogenic belt, Acta Petrologica Sinica. 2019, 35: 1033-1057.
Dong Z., Han Y., Zhao G., Pan F., Wang K., Huang B. and Chen J., Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks from the Habahe Group in the Qinghe area, Chinese Altai and their tectonic implications, Gondwana Research. ELSEVIER, 2018, 61: 100-114.
EIZENHOEFER P.R. and Zhao G., Solonker Suture in East Asia and its bearing on the final closure of the eastern segment of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean, Earth-Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 186: 153-172.
Hou W., Zhao G., Han Y., Eizenhoefer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X., Liu Q. and Liu Y., A .5 Ga magmatic arc in NE China: New geochronological and geochemical evidence from the Xinghuadukou Complex, Geological Journal. 2019.
Hu P...Y..., Zhao Q...G..., Zhao G., Wang J., Tang Y., Wang H., Zhu Z., Wang W.S.R. and Wu H., Early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) rift sedimentation and mafic magmatism in the North Lhasa Terrane, Tibet: Paleogeographic and tectonic implications, Lithos. 2018, 320-321: 403-415.
Li S...Z..., Zhao G., Sun M. and Zhou X...M., Natural Science Award (First Class), Ministry of Education, China. 2018.
Liu C...H., Zhao G., Liu F...L. and Shi J., Late Precambrian tectonic affinity of the Alxa block and the North China Craton: Evidence from zircon U-Pb dating and Lu-Hf isotopes of the Langshan Group, Precambrian Research. Elsevier, 2018, 312-332.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R... and Zhang X., Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean, Gondwana Research. 2019, 69: 73-88.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Li X., Zhu Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., WANG B. and TSUI W.S.R., Geochronology and Geochemistry of Paleozoic to Mesozoic Granitoids in Western Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, The Journal of Geology. The University of Chicago Press, 2018, 126: 451-471.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X. and TSUI W.S.R., Timing of the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Carboniferous–Triassic volcanosedimentary successions in western Inner Mongolia, China, GSA Bulletin. 2019, 131: 941-965.
Wang Y., Qian X., Cawood P...A..., Liu H., Feng Q., Zhao G., Zhang Y., He H. and Zhang P., Closure of the East Paleotethyan Ocean and amalgamation of the Eastern Cimmerian and Southeast Asia continental fragments, Earth-Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 186: 195-230.
Xu B., Zhao G., Li J., Liu D., WANG B., Han Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., Hou W. and Liu Q., Ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Permian strata in the Bengbatu area (Inner Mongolia) and tectonic implications, Geoscience Frontiers. ELSEVIER, 2019, 10: 195-212.
YU Y., Sun M., Yuan C., Zhao G., Huang X., Rojas-Agramonte Y. and Chen Q., Evolution of the middle Paleozoic magmatism in the Chinese Altai: Constraints on the crustal differentiation at shallow depth in the accretionary orogen, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2019, 175: 230-246.
Yao J., Shu L., Cawood P...A... and Zhao G., Differentiating continental and oceanic arc systems and retro-arc basins in the Jiangnan orogenic belt, South China, Geological Magazine. 2019, 1-16.
Zhang J., Zhao G., Sun M., Li S., Liu S., Wei C. and Yin C., Structural evolution of a triclinic‐type transpressional high strain zone and its role in exhuming the root of the Paleoproterozoic Trans‐North China Orogen, Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 2019, 93: 117-117.
Zhang J...Y., Peng T...P., Fan W...M., Zhao G., Dong X., Gao J., Peng B., Wei X., Chen L. and Liang X., Petrogenesis of the Early Cretaceous granitoids and its mafic enclaves in the Northern Tengchong Terrane, southern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications, Lithos. 2018, 318: 283-298.
Zhang X., Zhao G., Han Y. and Sun M., Differentiating advancing and retreating subduction zones through regional zircon Hf isotope mapping: A case study from the Eastern Tianshan, NW China, Gondwana Research. 2019, 66: 246-254.
Zhao G., Wang Y., Huang B., Dong Y., Li S., Zhang G. and Yu S., Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: from the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea, Earth-Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 186: 262-286.
Zhao G. and Xiao W., Reconstructions of East Asian Blocks in Pangea: Preface. , Earth-Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 186: 1-7.
Zhou H., Zhao G., Han Y. and WANG B., Geochemistry and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes of Paleozoic intrusive rocks in the Damao area in Inner Mongolia, northern China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Bainaimiao arc, Lithos. ELSEVIER, 2018, 314-315: 119-139.
Zhou J., Wilde S...A., Zhao G. and Han J., Nature and assembly of microcontinental blocks within the Paleo-Asian Ocean, Earth-Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 186: 76-93.


Researcher : Zhao W

List of Research Outputs

Zhou M.F., Gao J.F., Zhao Z. and Zhao W., Introduction to the special issue of Mesozoic W-Sn deposits in South China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2018, 101: 432-436.


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 : Zheng D

List of Research Outputs

Wang J., Ye Y., Pei R., Tian Y., Feng C., Zheng D. and Chang S., Age of Jurassic basal sauropods in Sichuan, China: A reappraisal of basal sauropod evolution, GSA Bulletin. 2018, 130: 1493-1500.
Zheng D., Chang S., Perrichot V., Dutta S., Rudra A., Mu L., Kelly R., Li S., Zhang Q., Zhang Q., Wong P.M., Wang J., Wang H., Fang Y., Zhang H. and Wang B., A Late Cretaceous amber biota from central Myanmar, Nature Communications. 2018, 9.
Zheng D., Nel A., Zhang H., Chang S., Jarzembowski E., Zhou D. and Wang B., A highly diverse coenagrionoid damselfly group (Odonata: Zygoptera: Burmacoenagrionidae fam. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2019, 17: 239-253.
Zheng D., Chang S., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Zhou D., Zhang H. and Wang B., A new Gondwanan dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripegomphidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research. 2018, 92: 168-173.
Zheng D., Nel A., Chang S., Wang B. and Zhang H., A new progobiaeshnid dragonfly (Odonata, Aeshnoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, NE China, Cretaceous Research. 2018, 90: 1-6.
Zheng D., Nel A., Chang S., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Wang B., A well-preserved true dragonfly (Anisoptera: Gomphides: Burmagomphidae fam. nov.) from Cretaceous Burmese amber, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2018, 16: 881-889.
Zheng D., Shi G., Hemming S., Zhang H., Wang W., Wang B. and Chang S., Age constraints on a Neogene tropical rainforest in China and its relation to the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2019, 518: 82-88.
Zheng D., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Chang S., Zhang H. and Wang B., Exceptionally well-preserved dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) in Mexican amber, Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 2019, 43: 157-164.
Zheng D., Wang B., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Chang S., Mesostictinae subfam. nov., an archaic group of platystictid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2019, 17: 1-8.
Zheng D., Chang S., Wang H., Fang Y., Wang J., Feng C., Xie G., Jarzembowski E., Zhang H. and Wang B., Middle-Late Triassic insect radiation revealed by diverse fossils and isotopic ages from China, Science Advances. 2018, 4: eaat1380.
Zheng D., Jarzembowski E., Chang S., Wang B. and Zhang H., New cymatophlebiid dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous of China and England (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cymatophlebiinae, Valdaeshninae), Cretaceous Research. 2018, 90: 311-317.
Zheng D., Jiang T., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Chang S., Zhang H. and Wang B., Paraburmagomphidae fam. nov., a new gomphid dragonfly family (Odonata: Anisoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research. 2018, 92: 214-219.
Zheng D., Nel A., Jarzembowski E., Chang S., Zhou Z. and Wang B., The second mesomegaloprepid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research. 2018, 90: 131-135.


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: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: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


Project Title:Using trace elemental and Sr-Pb-Li-O isotopic compositions of melt inclusions in minerals to constrain the origin of podiform chromite deposits
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2018


Project Title:Experimental investigation of modification of Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic systems in apatite
Investigator(s):Zhou MF, Li X
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2019


Project Title:3rd International Critical Metals Meeting, 2019; Rare earth element deposits in China
Investigator(s):Zhou MF
Department:Earth Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2019
Completion Date:05/2019


List of Research Outputs

Huang X.W., Zhou M.F., Beaudoin G., Gao J.F., Qi L. and Lyu C., Origin of the volcanic-hosted Yamansu Fe deposit, Eastern Tianshan, NW China: constraints from pyrite Re-Os isotopes, stable isotopes, and in situ magnetite trace elements, Mineralium Deposita. 2018, 53: 1039-1060.
Li X., Zhou M.F., Yang Y.H., Zhao X.F. and Gao J.F., Disturbance of the Sm-Nd isotopic system by metasomatic alteration: A case study of fluorapatite from the Sin Quyen Cu-LREE-Au deposit, Vietnam, American Mineralogist. 2018, 103: 1487-1496.
Wang W., Bolhar R., Zhou M.F. and Zhao X.F., Enhanced terrestrial input into Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic carbonates in the southwestern South China Block during the fragmentation of the Columbia supercontinent, Precambrian Research. 2018, 313: 1-17.
Zhou M.F., Gao J.F., Zhao Z. and Zhao W., Introduction to the special issue of Mesozoic W-Sn deposits in South China, Ore Geology Reviews. 2018, 101: 432-436.


Researcher : Zhu Y

List of Research Outputs

Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R... and Zhang X., Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean, Gondwana Research. 2019, 69: 73-88.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Li X., Zhu Y., Eizenhöfer P.R., Zhang X., WANG B. and TSUI W.S.R., Geochronology and Geochemistry of Paleozoic to Mesozoic Granitoids in Western Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, The Journal of Geology. The University of Chicago Press, 2018, 126: 451-471.
Liu Q., Zhao G., Han Y., Zhu Y., WANG B., Eizenhöfer P.A.U.L. .R..., Zhang X. and TSUI W.S.R., Timing of the final closure of the middle segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of Carboniferous–Triassic volcanosedimentary successions in western Inner Mongolia, China, GSA Bulletin. 2019, 131: 941-965.


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


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

Innes J.B., Zong Y., Xiong H., Wang Z. and Chen Z., Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses of Upper Holocene sediments from Dianshan, Yangtze coastal lowlands, China: Hydrology, vegetation history and human activity, Palaeogeohraphy Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. Elsevier, 2019, 523: 30-47.
Lee W., Poon K., Kong D., Sewell R.J., Zong Y., Zhang Y. and Liu Z., Summer monsoon–induced upwelling dominated coastal sea surface temperature variations in the northern South China Sea over the last two millennia, The Holocene. 2019, 29: 691-698.
TAM C.Y., Zong Y., Kamaludin H., Hamlee I., Habibah J., Xiong H., Wu P.P.C., SUN Y., Huang G. and Zheng Z., A below-the-present late Holocene relative sea level and the glacial isostatic adjustment during the Holocene in the Malay Peninsula, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 201: 206-222.
Wang M., Zheng Z., Zong Y., Man M. and Tian L., Distributions of soil branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers from different climate regions of China, Scientific Reports. Nature, 2019, 9: 2761.
Xiong H., Zong Y., Qian P., Huang G. and Fu S., Holocene sea-level history of the northern coast of South China Sea, Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, 2018, 194: 12-26.
Xiong H., Zong Y., Huang G. and Fu S., Sedimentary responses to Holocene sea-level change in a shallow marine environment of southern China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Elsevier, 2018, 166: 95-106.
Zong Y., Editor in Chief, Geomorphology. 2018.


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