HKU Department of Earth Science
Research groups & facilities
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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Solid Earth and Planet
Solid Earth and Planetary Sciences combines field geology, analytical data, and numerical models to unravel enigmatic processes that shape Earth and planetary evolution. We have been tackling problems related to the timing of important tectonic events, the assembly and breakup of supercontinents, mountain building processes, metallogenesis, geodynamics, and issues related to the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets.
Group Members:
Prof. M. Sun (leader)
Prof. GC Zhao
Prof. MF Zhou
Dr. J. Ali
Dr. M.H. Lee
Dr. K. Lemke
Dr. N.R. McKenzie
Dr. J.R. Michalski
Dr. A.A.G. Webb
Dr. B. Zhang
Earth History and Global Change
A key element for research in Earth History and Global Change is combing classical geological methods with cutting-edge geochemical techniques to understand the integrative evolution of Earth’s surface system. Our diverse research interests include climate change from glacial-interglacial periods to multi-million-year time scales, environmental geochemistry, paleo-oceanography, atmospheric oxygenation, early life, biogeography, geomicrobiology, macroevolution and mass extinction events.
Group members:
Dr. J. Ali
Dr. S.C. Chang
Dr. J. Kaplan
Dr. S.H. Li
Dr. YL. Li
Dr. Z.H. Liu
Dr. N.R. Mckenzie
Dr. C. Not
Dr. M. Pittman
Dr. B.Z. Zhang
Applied/Urban Geosciences
Our expertise in Applied Geosciences is of particularly vital importance in view of the highly urbanized setting of Hong Kong and covers hydrogeology, rock mechanics, engineering geology, mineral resources, and pollution. We have an marked emphasis on groundwater, engineering and environmental problems of society impact across Asia (e.g., Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia).
Group members:
Prof. Jimmy Jiao (leader)
Prof. M-F. Zhou
Dr. L. Wong
Dr. C. Not
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