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HKU EARTH SCIENCES
Our department was established in 1995 to meet local demand for Earth science expertise. This is because as a densely populated city, Hong Kong’s subtropical location, local geology and limited water and mineral resources present significant societal challenges. We are proud of these origins and continue to help improve our home through our research, teaching and graduates.
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RESEARCH GROUPS
To engage in research on global, regional and local geological problems, we use a team approach. We operate three research groups: Solid Earth and Planet, Earth History and Global Change & Applied/Urban Geosciences
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Ambient noise differential adjoint tomography reveals fluid-bearing rocks near active faults in Los Angeles
Xin Liu, Gregory C. Beroza & Hongyi Li
Water scarcity is a pressing issue in California. We develop ambient noise differential adjoint tomography that improves the sensitivity to fluid-bearing rocks by canceling bias caused by noise sources. Here we image the shallow S-wave velocity structure using this method beneath a linear seismic array (LASSIE) in Los Angeles Basin, which shows significant velocity reduction marking a major regional water producer, the Silverado aquifer, along with other fluid-bearing structures. Based on the S-wave tomography and previous P-wave studies, we derive the porosity in Long Beach and discover that the rock from 1-2 km depth surrounding the Newport-Inglewood Fault contains abundant fluids with pore-fluid fraction ~0.33. The high-porosity rock around the fault coincides with previously observed week-long shallow seismicity south of LASSIE array in Long Beach. The imaged S-wave velocity in the top layer shows a similar trend in the geotechnical layer Vs 30, suggesting additional applications to ground motion prediction.
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First magnetic and spectroscopic constraints on attenuated space weathering at the Chang’e-5 landing site
Yuqi Qian, Long Xiao, James W. Head, Joseph Michalski
Dr. Yuqi Qian and Dr. Joseph Michalski from the Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, has publised a paper in Icarus on Nov. 24, 2023, documenting the space weathering effects of the newly returned Chang’e-5 lunar soils. In this paper, they conducted the first vibrating sample magnetometer measurement, the first electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer measurement, and the first Mössbauer spectrometer measurement of Chang’e-5 soils. They found that Chang’e-5 lunar soil is among the most immature returned lunar soils from a never-sampled young geological unit.
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Apatite crystals reveal melt volatile budgets and magma storage depths at Merapi volcano, Indonesia. Journal of Petrology egaa100.
Li, W.*, Costa, F. & Nagashima, K. (2021)
Merapi Volcano in central Java (Indonesia) is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, and it had about 27 eruptions in the last century (e.g. Voight et al., 2000). Most eruptions at Merapi are dome-forming events with VEIs (Volcanic Explosivity Index; Newhall & Self, 1982) between 1–3, such as that occurred in 2006 (Ratdomopurbo et al., 2013). But in 2010, Merapi produced an unexpectedly explosive eruption (VEI 4), which turned out to be the largest eruption in the last hundred years and caused severe hazards to the local community (Surono et al., 2012). Although the eruptions in 2006 and 2010 have very different eruptive styles, most of the materials emitted from the two eruptions (except some from the very last eruptive stage in 2010; Komorowski et al., 2013) show similar petrological and geochemical features, i.e. similar compositions of the bulk rocks (as basaltic andesite), mineral assemblages (see below) and phenocryst compositions (Costa et al., 2013; Preece, 2014; Preece et al., 2014; Erdmann et al., 2016; Preece et al., 2016). A critical question is what caused the larger and more hazardous eruption in 2010, compared to the 2006 eruption and earlier events, and in relation to this we provide below a brief review of the observations from the literature.
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Multicomponent diffusion of F, Cl, OH in apatite with application to magma ascent rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Li, W.*, Chakraborty, S., Nagashima, K., & Costa, F. (2020)
1)Volatile element zoning in apatite can be used to reveal the timescales of magma ascent. 2)Multicomponent diffusion of F-Cl-OH, and anisotropic diffusion of Cl and OH in apatite. 3)Zoned groundmass apatite reflects magma ascent times of days before eruption. 4)An online tool for apatite diffusion modelling and estimating magma ascent times.
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Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of Neoarchean tonalitic-trondhjemitic-granodioritic gneisses in the Xiwulanbulang area of the Yinshan block, North China craton. Geological Society of America Bulletin
Wang X, Zhang J, Liu Q
As one of the major Archean microcontinental blocks in the North China craton, the Yinshan block consists of the Guyang granite-greenstone belt and the Wuchuan high-grade complex, both of which preserve large volumes of Neoarchean tonalitic-trondhjemitic-granodioritic (TTG) gneisses
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Early Prosperity of Iron Bacteria at the End of the Paleoproterozoic Era
Qiu, Y., Qin, L., Huang, F., Zhao, T., & Li, Y. (2022).
Various iron formation (IFs) document the interplay between the geosphere and the early biosphere during their co-evolution. At the transition between the Paleo- and Mesoproterozoic eras, the oxidation of the atmosphere and ocean resulted in the waning of the typical marine deposited banded IFs. Here, we report the ∼1.7 Ga Yunmengshan IF at the southern margin of the North China Craton deposited in the intertidal to upper subtidal zone belonging to river delta of coastal environments. The combined REE + Y patterns and negative δ56Fe with positive δ53Cr values reveal terrestrial precipitation of iron oxide and an enhanced continental oxidative weathering at the end of Paleoproterozoic era due to increased atmospheric oxygen level. The oxygen level happened to have facilitated the early prosperity of microaerophilic Fe(II)-oxidation bacteria on Earth's terrestrial surface, which is recorded by the coastal shallow water iron deposits globally characterized by their small scale and subaerial features.
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Photoferrotrophic Bacteria Initiated Plate Tectonics in the Neoarchean
Zhang, S., Li, Y., Leng, W., & Gurnis, M. (2023)
Plate tectonics distinguishes Earth from the other terrestrial planets but its initiation mechanism and onset time are debated. We propose plate tectonics was initiated by the deposition of magnetite-rich banded iron formations (BIFs) through biogeochemical iron cycling in Neoarchean oceans. In the photic zone of proto-continental margins, photoferrotrophic bacteria efficiently oxidized the dissolved Fe(II) and induced massive precipitation of ferric oxyhydroxide, which would rapidly react with Fe(II)-rich hydrothermal fluids from coeval vigorous volcanism in Neoarchean oceans to produce magnetite-rich BIFs. Mechanical models demonstrate that the localization of high-density BIF deposition near proto-continents induces collapse of the lithosphere and can initiate the earliest subduction. The peak deposition of BIFs in 2.75–2.40 Ga provides a time constraint on the inception of plate tectonics.
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Oxygenated deep waters fed early Atlantic overturning circulation upon Antarctic glaciation
Wang, H., Liu, W., Lu, H., Zhang, Y., Liang, Y., He, Y., Bohaty, S. M., Wilson, P. A. & Liu, Z.
: We used a novel method to trace oxygenation using microbial biomarkers to infer the history of early Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Our results suggest that AMOC-feed waters became better oxygenated upon initiation of Antarctic glaciation at the Eocene/ Oligocene transition, ~34 Ma. Our findings indicate a close association between the inception of Antarctic glaciation and AMOC and suggest that both vertical mixing and wind-driven upwelling in the Southern Ocean were key to fully establishing AMOC as an agent of deep-ocean ventilation.
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Spatial patterns of Holocene temperature changes over mid-latitude Eurasia
Jiang, J. Meng, B., Wang, H., Liu, H., Song, M., He, Y., Zhao, C., Chu, G., Krivonogov, S., Liu, W. & Liu, Z.
We have found contrasting Holocene temperature trends over mid-latitude Eurasia, with strong implications for the Holocene temperature conundrum, highlighting that spatial patterns of Holocene temperature changes should be re-considered in both record integrations and model simulations.
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PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
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Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
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PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
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HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
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HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
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DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
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HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
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Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
2025.02.19
Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2025.01.24
HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
2025.02.19
Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2025.01.24
HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
2025.02.19
Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2025.01.24
HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
2025.02.19
Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2025.01.24
HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
2025.02.19
Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2025.01.24
HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
2025.02.19
Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2025.01.24
HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
2025.02.19
Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2025.01.24
HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
2025.02.19
Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2025.01.24
HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
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2025.03.31
Mr. LI Zikang (Supervisor: Prof. Y.L. LI)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Large-scale Gypsum Ridges in the Qaidam Basin, Implications to the Formation of Irregular Polygonal Ridges on Mars
2025.03.31
Miss QIN Yonghui (Supervisor: Prof. NR McKenzie)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Investigating organic carbon burial in coastal settings of East-Southeast Asia
2025.03.31
Prof. Meenakshi WADHWA
Director of School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
Academician of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Earth Science ColloquiumAGU Distinguished Lecture
2025.03.25
Mr. Giancarlo DEFRANCESCO (Supervisor: Prof NR McKenzie)
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Multiproxy Analysis of Ophiolitic Weathering in the Indo-Burma Range of Northeast India
2025.03.25
Mr. LUO Hongyang (Supervisor: Prof. BZ ZHANG)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Gas Kinetic Schemes for Solving the Magnetohydrodynamic Equations with Pressure Anisotropy
2025.03.18
Mr. Zhicheng WANG (Supervisors: Prof J MICHALSKI, Prof MKP NG)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Planetary mineralogy and geologic history of Mars
2025.03.18
Mr. Mériadec Alain Guy LE PABIC (Supervisor: Dr C Not)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
INVESTIGATING THE ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION VARIABILITY IN THE ICELAND BASIN OVER THE HOLOCENE: A MULTI-PROXY APPROACH
2025.03.18
Mr. LIU Zihan (Supervisor: Prof. Louis N. Y. Wong)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
MatGBM: A Computer Vision-Aided Triangular Mesh Generator for High-Fidelity Grain-Based Model
2025.03.12
Mr. Chi Hang HUI, Wallace (Supervisor: Prof. Kono Lemke)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Theoretical studies of clustering, ionization, and complexation processes in liquid, vapor, and water nanodroplets
2025.03.06
Prof. Long XIAO
School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences
The History of Liquid Water Activity on Mars and the Evolution of Habitability Conditions
2025.03.06
Miss YIP Man Wai Michelle (Supervisors: Prof BZ Zhang and Prof AAG Webb)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Surface landscape processes under Earth’s changing climate analyzed using satellite radar interferometry
2025.03.04
Mr. Chris Tsz Long CHEUNG (Supervisor: Prof NR McKenzie)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Investigating Chemical Weathering in East–Southeast Asia
2025.03.03
Ms. Katherine Ann STRATTMAN (Supervisors: Prof N Khan & Prof J Kaplan)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Exploring the use of SLAM LiDAR for measuring wildfire fuel loads in Hong Kong
2025.03.03
Dr. Qian ZHANG
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Moon's Enduring Vitality
2025.02.25
Mr. Xi WANG (Supervisor: Prof. X Liu)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Intelligent Computing for Seismic Inversion with Automatic Differentiation
2025.02.25
Miss Xiaoyu LIU (Supervisor: Prof. WR Li)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Machine Learning in Volcanology
2025.02.11
Mr. SHANG Kun (Supervisor: Prof. GC Zhao)
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Multiple sulfur isotopes in Archean granitoids and greenstone, North China Craton, Luxi area
2025.02.11
Mr. Fenn LEPPARD (Supervisor: Prof. BZ Zhang)
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Modelling Soft X-ray Generation at Jupiter: The Magnetosheath and Io Plasma Torus
2025.01.21
Mr. TSANG Ho Ming (Supervisor: Prof. J. Michalski)
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Modelling Martian Paleolakes Bathymetry by Photoclinometry
2025.01.08
Prof. Peter A. Cawood
School of Earth, Atmosphere & Environment,
Monash University
Syn-emplacement ophiolites and relationship to supercontinent cycle
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