HKU Department of Earth Science
Dr. Zhao, Dingyi
Dr. Zhao, Dingyi
Postordoctoral Fellow
My research focuses on the Early Earth, especially the origin of Archean continental crust. I recently conduct analyses on Archean rocks from the North China Craton and East Pilbara Craton to study their geochemical characters (e.g., zircon water content and whole-rock potassium isotope) and constrain mafic source of TTG rocks, which can provide insights into differentiation of tectonic settings (plate tectonics or pre-plate tectonics).
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Selected Publications
- Zhao D., Sun M., Ding A., 2020. Zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Huai’an gneisses from the Tianzhen-Xinpingbu area: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen. Precambrian Research, 337: 105530.
- Zhao D., Sun M., 2022. A Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic magmatic arc in the Trans-North China Orogen: Petrological and geochemical constraints from the Tianzhen gneisses in the Huai'an Complex. American Journal of Science, 322(2): 164-189.
- Sukhbaatar T., Lexa O., Schulmann K., Aguilar C., Štípská P., Wong J., Jiang Y., Míková J., Zhao D., 2022. Paleozoic Geodynamics and Architecture of the Southern Part of the Mongolian Altai Zone. Tectonics, 41(8): e2022TC007498.