1. Personal Particulars

Born on Oct.12, 1962

Citizenship: Canadian and Chinese (Hong Kong SAR)

EDUCATION

1992-1995 ·Doctor of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

1989-1992 ·Master of Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

1979-1983 ·Bachelor of Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China

EMPLOYMENT

2021.12-Present Chair Professor, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China; and School of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China

2018.06-2021.12 Head of Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

2009.06-2021.12 Full Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

2004.02-2009.05 Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

2001.10-2004.01 Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

1998.09-2001.09 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

1996.08-1998.08 ICP-MS Lab Manager, Post-Doc. Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

1995.06-1996.07 Post-doc. Fellow, Mineral Exploration Res. Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada

1986.08-1989.09 Assistant Research Fellow, Inst. of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

2. Research Awards and Honorary Positions

2.1. Honors and Awards

Ø The Distinguished Lecturer for 2025 (Society of Economic Geologists)

Ø First Prize of Guizhou Provincial Natural Science Award (2024R-1-2-R5) from People’s Government of Guizhou Province in 2025

Ø Meifuite (a new mineral named after Zhou to recognize his contributions to geology)

Ø First Prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Award (A02-0-1-01-R4) from People’s Government of Guangdong Province in 2015

Ø First Prize of Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Award (2012J-1-2-R6) from People’s Government of Guizhou Province in 2013

Ø Elected Fellow of Society of Economic Geology in 2011

Ø Elected Fellow of Geological Society of America since 2011

Ø Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award from the University of Hong Kong, 2008

Ø Outstanding Researcher Award from Chinese Academy of Science in 2005

Ø Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the University of Hong Kong, 2004

Ø Outstanding Young Researcher Award from Nature Science Foundation of China, 2001

Ø Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1996-1998, University of Hong Kong

Ø Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1995-1996, Laurentian University, Canada

Ø Dalhousie University Doctoral Scholarship, 1992-1995, Dalhousie University, Canada

Ø Achievement Award from Chinese Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, 1995

Ø Outstanding Student Research Award, 1993, Geological Society of America

Ø University of Saskatchewan Post-graduate Scholarship, 1989-1992

2.2. Adjunct Positions

Ø Visiting Professor: February 2025-present, Oulu Mining School, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Ø Adjunct Professor: 2024-present, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

Ø Honorary Professor: 2021-present, University of Hong Kong, China

Ø Adjunct Professor: 2014-present, Nanjing University, China

Ø Adjunct Professor: 2003-present, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Ø Adjunct Professor: 2001-present, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China

Ø Adjunct Professor: 1999-present, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Ø Adjunct Professor: 2001-present, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Ø Adjunct Professor: 2001-2021, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China

3. Research Projects

3.1. Current research projects as principal investigator

Ø National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Key factors controlling magmatic platinum metal mineralization, 1,500,000 RMB (203,000 USD), 2025-2027

Ø National High-level Talent Innovation Project Matching, 8,000,000 RMB (1,088,000 USD) 2023-2026

Ø Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (The Innovation and Development Fund of Science and Technology)， 6,000,000 RMB (816,000 USD) 2022-2027

Ø Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11,600,000 RMB (1,665,000 USD) 2021-2027

Ø National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - Major Research Program Integration Project, Regolith-hosted REE deposits in SE China: 1,000,000 RMB (136,000 USD), 2023-2026

3.2. Past projects as a principal investigator

Ø National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) –Major Research Program, Regolith-hosted REE deposits in SE China: 3,130,000 RMB (430,000 USD), 2020-2023

Ø HKU17306018 General Research Fund (GRF) Using trace elemental and Sr-Pb-Li-O isotopic compositions of melt inclusions in minerals to constrain the origin of podiform chromite deposits, 506,298 HKD (65,000 USD), 2018-2021

Ø Donation from a Canadian mining company for research on mineral deposits 100,000 Canadian dollars (70,000 USD), 2017

Ø National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program, Vanadium deposits in South China. 850,000 RMB (116,000 USD), 2017-2020

Ø HKU 17306814: General Research Fund (GRF): Provenance and depositional environment of late Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian sedimentary rocks of South China, 680,683HKD (87,000 USD), 2014-2017

Ø 41272212: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program, Mg and Fe isotopes of podiform chromite deposits, 1,150,000 RMB (157,000 USD), 2014-2017

Ø HKU 706413P: General Research Fund (GRF) PGE geochemistry of Cenozoic basalts in Eastern China, 465,918 HKD (60,000 USD), 2013-2016

Ø 41272212: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program, Sedimentology, geochronology and geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary sequences in SW China, 1,042,480 HKD (134,000 USD), 2013-2016

Ø HKU 707012P: Apatite melt inclusions and Fe-V isotopes of the oxide-bearing layered intrusions in the Panxi region, SW China, 775,000 HKD (100,000 USD), 2012-2015

Ø HKU 707511P: Breakup of Columbia and formation of stratiform copper deposits in SW China, 710,000 HKD (91,000 USD), 2011-2014

Ø RGC GRF HKU 707210P, A possible linkage of the Yangtze Block (South China) in the Columbia super-continent, 975,706 HKD (125,000 USD), 2010-2013

Ø Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Trust Fund, 200903173005, Mesozoic magmatism and metallogeny of the Yidun arc terrane, Eastern Tibetan Plateau, 122,000 HKD (16,000 USD), 2010-2013.

Ø General Research Fund (GRF), HKU 707009P, A possibly Neoproterozoic subduction-related IOCG metallogenic province in SW China. 362,000 HKD (46,000 USD), 2009-2012.

Ø RGC GRF, Permian igneous activities and ore potential of NW China, 340000 HKD (44,000 USD), 2008-2011.

Ø Matching Fund of 973 project from HKU, Tectonic setting and metallogeny of South China, 500,000 HKD (64,000 USD), 2008-2012.

Ø Research grant of Project 973 under the Ministry of Science and Technology, China, 3,000,000 RMB (385,000 USD), 2007-2011

Ø CVRD-INCO supported project on Ni-Cu sulfide deposits, 50,000 Canadian dollars (35,000 USD), 2008-2009

Ø HKU CRCG, Permian mafic magmatism and associated Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide mineralization in the Eurasian continent, 100,000 HKD (13,000 USD), 2007-2008.

Ø RGC grant (HKU7057/06P), Constraints on the origin of giant Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in the Panxi region, SW China (co-I’s: NT Arndt and PT Robinson), 538,000 HKD (374,000 USD), 2007-2009

Ø RGC grant (HKU7057/05P), Geochemical constraints on the diversity of igneous assemblages within the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China (co-I’s: NT Arndt and RR Keays), 321,000 HKD (41,000 USD), 2006-2008

Ø HKU CRCG, The role of magma/wallrock interaction on the formation of magmatic Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits, SW China. Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, 115,160 HKD (15,000 USD), 2005

Ø France-HK joint project, RGC, Emeishan Large Igneous Province, January 2004-December 2005.

Ø HKU CRCG, Tectonic significance of the Permian Flood Basalts in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau, 2004, Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research.

Ø CRCG Interaction between the Yangzte Block and Tibetan Plateau, XXXX

Ø RGC grant (HKU7056/03P), Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits associated with Permian Emeishan Flood basaltic magmatism in SW China: petrogenetic controls and exploration applications (co-I’s: CM Lesher, Chusi Li, JG Malpas, RR Keays, E.M. Ripley), 380,000 HKD (49,000 USD), 2003-2005

Ø RGC, Neoproterozoic igneous rocks along the western margin of the Yangtze Block (south China) and their subsequent metamorphism, 522,000 HKD (67,000 USD), 2002-2005

Ø HKU CRCG, Interaction of the South China Block with the Tibetan Plateau, 118,000HKD (15,000 USD), 2002-2003

Ø Tectonics of the Red River Fault, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Guangzhou, China, 150,000 RMB (20, 000 USD)

Ø RGC grant, Emeishan Large Igneous Province, 396,000 HKD (51,000 USD), 2001-2003

Ø NSFC grant, Sulfide deposits associated with the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, 400,000 RMB (55,000 USD) in the Institute of Geochemistry, Guiyang, China and a matching fund of 200,000 HKD (26,000 USD) from the University of Hong Kong, 2002-2004

Ø How old is the basement of South China? CRCG, Co-I.’s: Prof. Malpas (HKU) and Dr. A.K. Kennedy (Perth, Australia), 117,785 HKD (15,000 USD), 2001-2002

Ø RGC grant, PGE geochemistry of Ni-Cu-(PGE)-bearing intrusions, 555,000 HKD (71,000 USD), 1999-2002

Ø RGC grant, Platinum-group elements and gold analyses of ophiolitic rocks, 496,000 HKD (64,000 USD), 1997-2000

Ø CRCG grant, Metamorphic Core Complex of Southern Tibet, 119,800 HKD (15,000 USD), 1998-2000

4. Research Activities

4.1. Professional Affiliations

Ø American Geophysical Union (Member since 1992)

Ø Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (Member since 1992)

Ø Geochemical Society (Member since 1994)

Ø Society of Economic Geology (2007-)

Geological Society of America since 1992

4.2. Service to the Discipline

Ø The Editor-in-Chief (2015-2025)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (Published in Elsevier)

Ø Regional Vice-President (2000-2008)

Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)

Ø Regional Vice-President (2012-2014)

Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)

Ø Founding Editor

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences X (Published in Elsevier)

Ø Co-Editor-In Chief (2010-2012)

Geoscience Frontiers (Published in Elsevier)

Ø Associate Editor

Acta Mineralogica Sinica (2024-)

eEarth (Electronic Journal of the European Geoscience Union)

Geological Society of America Bulletin (2004-2008)

Geoscience Frontiers (Published in Elsevier) (2012-2015)

Frontiers in Earth Sciences

Ø Member of Advisory Board

Resource Geology (Official Journal of Society of Resource Geology)

Geosciences （https://www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences/editors）

Ø Member of Editorial Board

Lithos

Mineral Deposits

Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica Sinica

Geology and Exploration

Earth Science Frontiers

Acta Geochemica

Science in China-Earth Sciences

Changan U Journal

Geologica Sinica Acta

Ø Member of Scientific Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Geochemistry Mineral Deposits (Chinese Academy of Science) (2007-)

Ø Member of Scientific Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Metallogeny (Nanjing University (2014-)

Ø Member of Scientific Committee of the Laboratory of Mineral and Metallogeny, Chinese Academy (2011-)

Ø Member of Scientific Committee of the Laboratory of Mineral Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (2011-)

Ø Council Member of the Society of Mineralogy and Petrology (2008-2021)

Member of Advisory Committee of Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan中央研究院地球科學研究所學術諮詢委員https://www.earth.sinica.edu.tw/member/info/321

4.3. Internal and External Oral Presentations

Ø Plenary talk at the SEG Conference, Brisbane, Australia (September 2025)

Ø Invited talks in the Philippines, March 2025

Ø Invited talk in the Geological Congress, Turkey, April 2025

Ø Invited lecturer: Gordon Research Conference in Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits： Geochemical Frontiers, Critical Processes and Value Creation. May 24 - 29, 2020 (postponed to 2021)

Ø The 15th Regional Congress on Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources of Southeast Asia (GEOSEA XV), Hanoi on October 16, 2019

Ø Invited keynote talk in a mineral deposit theme, 35th International Geologic Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, August 27-Sepetember 4, 2016.

Ø Invited talk at American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, May 3-7, 2015, Montreal, Canada.

Ø Invited talk at European Geophysical Union, Vienna, April 2014.

Ø Invited talk at Second International Conference on Applied Earth Sciences in Myanmar and Neighboring Regions, 29 November–1 December 2019, Novotel Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar.

Ø Invited talk at AGU Montreal, May 2015

Ø Invited talk at EGU, Vienna, April 2014

Ø Keynote speech, Hong Kong 2011

Ø Keynote speech, IITI Wuhan 2010

Ø Plenary speech: China National conference on Mineralogy and Petrology, 2008

Ø Invited speaker: GAC/MAC Canada, Quebec City 2008

Ø Keynote speaker: China National Conference on Mineral Deposits, Hankou 2007

Ø Keynote speaker: China National Conference on Mineralogy and Petrology, Hangzhou Nov 2005

Ø Invited Talk, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, China, October 2002

Ø DES Departmental Seminar, HKU (September 2002)

Ø Keynote speaker, Advanced Geochemistry Conference in Guiyang, China (August 2002)

Ø 9^th International Platinum Conference, Billings, Montana, USA (July 2002)

Ø Invited speaker, American Geophysic Union, California, USA, 2001

Ø Goldschimdt Conference, Hot Spring, USA (May 2001)

Ø DES Departmental Seminar, HKU (May 2001)

Ø DES Departmental Seminar, HKU (September 2000)

Ø Invited Talk, Institute of Geology, Beijing (June 2000)

Ø Third International Lherzolite Workshop (September 1999, Pavia, Italy)

Ø Invited Talks (Two), Chengdu University of Technology (July 1999)

Ø Geological Society of Canada Annual Meeting (May 1998, Quebec, Canada)

4.4. International Conferences Organization

Ø Member of Organizing Committee, National Conference in Mineral Deposits of China, December 2023

Ø Co-chair of the mineral resource theme, Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France, July 2023

Ø Convener of the theme of 28.1 (Magmatic Mineral Deposits): 36th IGC New Delhi, India, March 1-5, 2020 (postponed)

Ø Co-chair of the mineral deposit theme, Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan, June 26-July 1, 2016.

Ø Co-chair of the mineral deposit theme, Goldschimdt Conference 2016

Ø Member of the Scientific Committee, member of the organization committee and vice chair of the Ni-conference in 2009

Ø Member of the Scientific Committee and member of the organization committee of the international sulfide conference, India, 2009

Ø Member of the Scientific Committee and member of the organization committee of the 8th National Conference on Mineralogy and Petrology meeting in 2009

Ø Member of the Scientific Committee and member of the organization committee of the 7th National Conference on Mineralogy and Petrology meeting in 2008

Ø Member of the Scientific Committee and member of the organization committee of the 8th National Conference on Mineral Deposits, in 2007

Ø Member of the Scientific Committee and member of the organization committee of the 8th biennial SGA meeting in 2005

Ø Organizer for the short course on mineral exploration in Hong Kong, December 2004

Ø Chair of the organizing committee of the IGCP 479 Hong Kong workshop in December 2004, including two days short course in Hong Kong and post-workshop field excursion in Mainland China

Ø Co-organizer for the Croucher Advanced Study Institution on Tectonic Evolution of China, HKU, April 2002

5. Teaching Activities

5.1. Students and Other Qualified Personnel Trained

Ø PhD students supervised (as primary supervisor) >30

Dr. Xie-Yan Song (October, 2000-2004), CAS 100 talent project, Full Research Professor of Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Recipients of Outstanding PhD student awards from HKU.

Dr. Yan Wang (September 2002-October 2006), CAS 100 talent project, Outstanding Young Research Award from NSFC, Full Professor at Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Co-Editor-in-Chief of Earth Science Reviews; Fellow of Geochemistry Society and Fellow of European Association of Geochemistry

Dr. Liang Qi (March 2003-May 2007), CAS 100 talent project, Full Research Professor of Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr. Yongjiu Zhao (September 2004 –May 2007), Full Professor at Jiaozuo University

Dr. Kwan-Nang Pang (September 2003-August 2007), Full Professor at the Institute of Earth Sciences Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Dr. Greg J. Shellnut (September 2003-August 2007), Chief Editor of Lithos, Full Professor at Normal University, Taiwan; recipients of Outstanding PhD student awards from HKU. Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from Mineralogical Association of Canada, Co-editor-in-chief of Lithos.

Dr. Jun-Hong Zhao (December 2004-April 2008), CAS 100 talent project, Outstanding Young Research Award from NSFC, Full Professor at Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the State Kay Lab on Mineral Resources, CAS

Dr. Weihua Sun (January 2005 –December 2008), Associate Professor at China University of Geosciences, Beijing

Dr. Xin-Fu Zhao (January 2006 –2009), Prestigious 1000 program, Full Professor at China University of Geoscience, Wuhan; Recipient of Outstanding Young Researcher Award from NFSC

Dr. Qingying Guo (2005-2010), Central Government

Dr. Shenghong Yang (September 2007-2011), Full Professor of Oulu University of Finland

Dr. Liu Jun (2009-2012), Full Professor at Hefei University of Technology

Dr. JianFeng Gao (February 2008-2012), CAS 100 talent project, Outstanding Young Research Award from NSFC, Full Professor at Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Outstanding Young Researcher Award from NSFC

Dr. Baiqiu Wang (January 2009-2013), Mining industrial

Dr. Alexandra Yang Yang (January 2008-2013), Excellent Young Research Award from NSFC, Full Professor at Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Dr. Wei Wang (Sep 2009-2013), Prestigious 1000 program, Full Professor at China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Dr. Wei Terry Chen (January 2010-2013), Prestigious 1000 program, Full Professor and Co-director of the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National professorship under the prestigious 1000 program

Dr. Pingping Liu (September 2010 -2014) Prestigious 1000 program, Associate Professor at Peking University; National professorship under the prestigious 1000 program

Dr. Xiaochun Li (2011-2015) Prestigious 1000 program, Full Professor at Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National professorship under the prestigious 1000 program

Dr. Diane Chung (2010-2016), Lab Manager, HKU

Dr. Winston W. Zhao (2012-2016), Associated Professor at China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Dr. Ray Z. Liu (2012-2016), CUG 100 talent project, Full Professor at China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Dr. PengFei Zhang (2013-2017), CUG 100 talent project, Full Professor at China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Dr. Wenhong Johnson Qiu (2013-2017), Associate Professor at Guangzhou Institute of Marine Sciences

Dr. Martin Yan Hei Li (2015-2019), Strategic Independent Research Fellow, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK

Dr. Wen-Jun Hu (2016-2020), CAS 100 talent project, Full Professor at Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Jacky Chan (July 2011-2021), Manager of Mining Company, HK

Dr. Zhen-Chao Wang (Sept 2019-2022), Lecturer at China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

Dr. Yuanjun Jonathan Lyu (September 2021-2025), post-doc at China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Ø Current PhD students:

Current PhD students

· Qin Yixue (2024-) China University of Geoscience, Wuhan

· Shen Yu (2023-) China University of Geoscience, Wuhan

· Zhou Dai (2023-) China University of Geoscience, Wuhan

· Zhai Mengdi (2025-) Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

· Sun Haoyu (2024-) Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

· Wang Min (2023-) Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ø Current post-doctoral fellows

· Liang Yu (China University of Geoscience, Wuhan)

· Zuo Rui (China University of Geoscience, Wuhan)

· Zhang Zezhong (China University of Geoscience, Wuhan)

· Yang Shengbiao (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Su Jianhui (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Liu Shuaijie (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Li Xiyao (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Yu Changsheng (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Zhang Qiang (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Cui Xiaohui (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Baloch Inayat (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Banerjee Ratual (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Chang Huan (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

· Liu Ruolin (Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Ø MPhil students trained

· Simon Leung (September 2007-March 2010)

· Kam Hung (2013-2016)

· Thomas Yu (2016-2018)

Ø MSc students

· Wong Laiman

· Wong Ken

· Geogia Tsang

· Ted Ng

Kevin Chung

5.2. Undergraduate Student Field Trips

· June 1997, Second year student mapping, Taiwan

· October 1998, Third year Earth Resources, Wuhan, China

· October 1999, Third year Earth Resources, Wuhan, China

· May 2000, First year student field camp, Beijing, China

· October 2000, Third year Earth Resources, Wuhan, China

· June 2001, First year students field camp, Beijing, China

· June 2002, Second year student mapping, Cyprus

· October 2003, Second-year student mapping, Beijing, China

· June 2004, First-year student field camp, Beijing, China

· June 2006, First-year student field camp, Beijing, China

June 2008, Second-year student field camp, Liaoning, China

5.3. University Courses Taught

Ø Undergraduate courses

· Earth Resources and Environment, Fall 2008

· Applied Geosciences, Spring 2008

· HK’s Natural Environment, 2008

· Earth Resources and Environment, Fall 2007

· Applied Geosciences, Spring 2007

· HK’s Natural Environment, 2007

· Earth Resources and Environment, Fall 2006

· Mineralogy, Fall 2006

· HK’s Natural Environment, 2006

· Earth Resources and Environment, Fall 2005

· Applied Geosciences, Fall 2005

· Mineralogy, Fall 2005

· Mineralogy, Fall 2004

· Applied Geochemistry, Fall 2004

· Earth Resources and Environment, Fall 2004

· Introduction to Petrology, Spring 2004

· Mineralogy, Fall 2003

· Applied Geochemistry, Fall 2003

· Introduction to Petrology, Spring 2003

· Mineralogy, Fall 2002

· Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Fall 2002

· Introduction to Petrology, Spring 2002

· Mineralogy, Fall 2001

· Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Fall 2001

· Introduction to Petrology, Spring 2001

· Mineralogy (Optical), Fall 2000

· Metamorphic Petrology, Fall 2000

· Metamorphic Petrology, Spring 2000

· Metamorphic Petrology, Fall 1999

· Metamorphic Petrology, Spring 1999

· Metamorphic Petrology, Fall 1998

· Advanced Topics in Earth Sciences, 1998

· Introduction to Petrology, Spring 1998

· Earth Resources, Fall, 1998

Ø Post-graduate Student courses:

· General Geology for Engineers, Fall 2008

· Applied Geochemistry, Spring 2007

· General Geology for Engineers, Fall 2007

· Applied Geochemistry, Spring 2006

· General Geology for Engineers, Fall 2006

· Applied Geochemistry, Spring 2005

· General Geology for Engineers, Fall 2005

· Applied Geochemistry, Spring 2004

· General Geology for Engineers, Fall 2004

· General Geology for Engineers, Fall 2003

· Applied Geochemistry, Spring 2003

· General Geology for Engineers, Fall 2002

· Applied Geochemistry (MSc course), Spring 2002

· Instrumental Geochemistry (MPhil), Jan.-April 2000

· Analytical Geochemistry (MSc), Jan.-April 2000

6. Administrative work at HKU

6.1. Manager and Supervisor of the Departmental (Laser) ICP-MS Laboratory (1996.08-1998.07)

Ø Heavily involved in the initial installation of the instrument in 1996

Ø Developed trace element and PGE analytical methods using ICP-MS

Ø Fully responsible for daily maintenance of the laboratory

Ø Trained the lab technician and other users

6.2. Coordinator of the Departmental Seminar Series (1999.09-2001.08)

Ø Responsible for overall organization and arrangement

Ø Chairing seminars in most cases

6.3. Departmental and Faculty Committee Administrative Duties

Ø Head of the Department (2018-2021)

Ø Chair of the Departmental Research Committee (2016-)

Ø Member of the Research Committee (2011-)

Ø Chair of the DRPC (2006-2014)

Ø Acting head of the department, 007.01-2007.12

Ø Member of the Departmental Research and PGS Committee (2004-present)

Ø Member of the Departmental Outreach Committee (2003.09-2004)

Ø Chairperson of Post-graduate student Oral Examination (2002 –present)

Ø Member of the Departmental Undergraduate Studies Committee (2002.09-2003.08)

Ø Member of the Departmental Undergraduate Studies Committee (2000.09-2002.08)

Ø Member of the Departmental Research Post-Graduate Studies Committee (1999.09-2000.08)

Ø Head of the Department of Earth Sciences (2018-2021)

7. Research Publications

7.1. Summary of Publications

Totally over 500 publications including:

Ø More than 475 full research papers in refereed journals

Ø 10 papers in book chapters or conference proceedings

Ø Two monographs published in Chinese

Ø More than 10 special issues edited

Ø Over 300 abstracts in international conference volumes

Total citation is 49050 with H-index of 122 (google scholar data as January 18, 2026).

7.2. Representative Publications

2026

Liu, R.-L., Li, M.Y.H., Yin, R.-S., Zhou, M.-F., Zhao, J.-H., 2026. Mercury isotope perspectives on vegetation-enhanced nickel mobilization and migration during laterite formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 414, 100–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.12.032

Meng, L., Zhou, M-F.*, Chen, W.T. et al. 2026. Controls of crystal microtextures and fluid-crystal interface kinetics on the hyper-enrichment of thallium in pyrite. Economic Geology, in press.

Wang, Z.C., Zhou, M.F.*, Chang J.H., Hu, W.J., 2026. Major and trace element geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotopes of apatite from the Yuhezhai alkaline mafic–ultramafic intrusion and implications. Acta Petrologica Sinica. In press.

2025

Chen, Q., Cheng, H., Zhao, G.C., Zhou, M.F., Liu, P.P., Li, W.J., Sun, M., 2025. Mg-K isotopic compositions deciphering mantle heterogeneity beneath southeast Tibet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.10.010

Hu, W.J., Xiang, H., Zhou, M.F.*, Malpas, J., Ruan, T., Bai, Z.J., 2025. Effects of subsolidus cooling on the redox state of the oceanic upper mantle. Journal of Petrology, 66(9), egaf070.

Li, W., Zhou, M.F., Wang, N., Gu, H., 2025. Selective extraction of scandium from bauxite residue (red mud) utilizing iron sulfate roasting followed by water leaching. Separation and Purification Technology, 359, 130634.

Liang, Y., Wang, H., Kemp, D.B., Liu, Z.R., Liu, W., Liu, H., Quan, C., Liu, X., Liu, Z., Zhou, M.F.*, 2025. Terrestrial temperature history reveals Late Miocene rapid uplift of the northern Tibetan Plateau. Science Advances, 11(28), eadu5030.

Liu, S., Zhou, M.F.*, Sun, Y., Li, W., Chen, B., Zhao, G., 2025. Contrasting geochemistry of apatite from Triassic Li-mineralized and barren pegmatites in the Ke’eryin field, eastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Petrology, 66(1), egae130. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egae130

Liu, X.Y., Wu, Y.F., Gregory, D.D., Evans, K., Williams-Jones, A.E., Zhang, W., Zhou, M.F., Li, J.W., 2025. Remobilization of Ni in framboidal pyrite within sulfide nodules in Early Cambrian nickeliferous black shales. Chemical Geology, 122913.

Lyu, Y.J., Zhou, M.F.*, Cui, Y., Hu, R.Z., Liu, Z.R., Li, X., 2025. Decoding the end-Devonian Hangenberg oceanic anoxia event: Insights from ironstones in South China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 653, 119203.

Lyu, Y.J., Zhou, M.F.*, Hu, R.Z., Liu, Z.R., Zhao, Y., 2025. Origin of the giant Devonian Daxigou sedimentary siderite deposit, Central China. Mineralium Deposita, 60(6), 1099–1116.

Qiu, W.J., Zhou, M.F.*, 2025. Self-organizational origin of oscillatory zoning in pyrite: A coupled diffusion–reaction model and pH-dependent As adsorption feedback mechanism. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 403, 94–111.

Qiu, W.J., Zhou, M.F.*, Malpas, J., Li, J., Liu, Z.R., Wu, Y., 2025. Development of weakly euxinic basin environments in the Phanerozoic oxic ocean: Insights from Fe speciation and Mo isotopes of Devonian pyrite-bearing black shales, South China. Global and Planetary Change, 248, 104721.

Wan, Q., Huang, X.W.*, Zhou, M.F., Kong, Z.G., Yang, Z.S., Meng, Y.M., Qi, L., 2025. Occurrence rule and material source of REE–Sc in Fe–Al rock series of the Xuanwei Formation, northeastern Yunnan Province, China. Mineral Deposits, 44(2), 477–501.

Xu, R., Cai, Y., Lambart, S., Chen, C., Zhang, J.B., Zhou, M.F., Liu, J., Bai, Z., Wu, T., Huang, F., Ruan, T., Liu, Y., 2025. Heavy boron isotopes in intraplate basalts reveal recycled carbonate in the mantle. Science Advances, 11(17), eads5104.

Xu, R.*, Yin, R., White, W.M., Bizimis, M., Cai, Y., Zhang, J.*, Chen, C., Tian, Z., Ruan, T., Li, Y., Zhang, G., Liu, L., Bai, Z., Zhou, M.F., Liu, Y., 2025. Ancient storage of anomalous mercury isotope signatures in the Earth’s transition zone. Nature Communications, 16, 11714.

Xu, Y.T., Wang, R.C., Zhou, M.F., Wu, F.Y., 2025. Cassiterite and Sn mineralization in the giant Bayan Obo Fe–Nb–REE deposit, northern China. American Mineralogist, 110(1), 101–113.

Yang, J.H.*, Hu, R.Z., Liu, L., Mao, W., Fu, Y.Z., Zhou, M.F., Chen, H., Fanka, A., Hou, K.J., 2025. Constraints from in situ elemental and B isotopic compositions of tourmaline on the origin of the Nong Sua Sn deposit, Thailand. Mineralium Deposita, 60(8), 1623–1642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-025-01360-0

Yang, J.H.*, Hu, R.Z., Zhou, M.F., Lehmann, B., Zhao, J.H., Wu, J.H., Liu, L., Mao, W., Cui, Z.T., Rosana, M.F., 2025. Cassiterite U–Pb ages from the Tin Islands, Indonesia, the southern end of the Southeast Asian tin province. Mineralium Deposita, 1–13.

Yang, J.H., Wu, J.H., Zhou, M.F.*, Hu, R.Z. *, Zhao, J.H., Williams-Jones, A.E., Hu, Q., Yin, R.S., 2025. Mantle contributions to global tungsten recycling and mineralization. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 510.

Zhao, X., Su, Z., Yin, X., Li, J., Zhou, M.F., 2025. Iron oxide–copper–gold deposits in the southwestern margin of the Yangtze Block and their relationship with the late Paleoproterozoic rift event. Science China Earth Sciences, 68(11), 3439–3453.

Zhou, M.F.*, Zhang, Z., Zhou, D., Zhao, W., Yang, S., Chang, H., Wang, Z., Wang, M., Qi, L., 2025. Identification and significance of Neoproterozoic Sc-rich mafic–ultramafic intrusions and weathered profiles in the eastern Jiangnan orogenic belt, South China. Acta Mineralogica Sinica, 45(4), 645–655.

Zhou, M.F.*, Zhao, W.W., Wang, Z., Wang, M., Yang, S., Meng, L., Qi, L., Xing, G., Li, X., Zhou, D., 2025. Scandium and gallium in weathered basalts as unconventional resources. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 290, 106629.

2024

Hu, W.-J., Zhou, M.-F.*, Li, C., Malpas, J., Wang, Z.-C., Xu, J.-J., 2024. Recycling of crustal Os in nascent subduction zones revealed by ophiolitic boninites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 373, 68–83.

Huang, X.-W., Yang, Y., Zhou, M.-F., Meng, Y.-M., Gao, J.-F., Qi, L., 2024. Linkage of mineral inclusions and zoning of magnetite with fluid evolution of hydrothermal systems: A case study of the Fenghuangshan Cu–Fe–Au skarn deposit, Eastern China. Journal of Earth Science, 35, 1902–1917. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-024-0073-5.

Li, D., Han, Y., Zhao, G., Zhou, M.-F., He, D., Hou, S., Zhen, Y., Fan, D., Yang, H., 2024. Sedimentary provenance supports a mid-Paleozoic tectonic connection between the Junggar and Altai terranes in Central Asia. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73532-3.

Li, M.Y.H., Zhou, M.-F.*, 2024. Hyper-enrichment of heavy rare earth element in highly evolved granites through multiple hydrothermal mobilization. American Mineralogist. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2023-9117.

Li, M.Y.H., Liu, J., Tan, W., Zhou, J.-X., Zhou, M.-F.*, 2024. Characterization of regolith-hosted rare earth element deposits using reflectance spectroscopy: Framework towards an efficient and reliable field exploration tool. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 267, 107578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107578

Liang, Y., Liu, Z.R., Algeo, T.J., Meng, L., Ming, C., Wang, J., Song, B., Liu, Z., Zhou, M.-F.*, 2024. Contrasting dynamics of marine bacterial–algal communities between the two main pulses of the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 645, 118956.

Liu, L., Hu, R.-Z., Fu, Y.-Z., Yang, J.-H., Zhou, M.-F., Mao, W., Tang, Y.-W., Fanka, A., Li, Z., 2024. Cassiterite and zircon U–Pb ages and compositions from ore-bearing and barren granites in Thailand: Constraints on the formation of tin deposits in Southeast Asia. Ore Geology Reviews, 174, 106282.

Ma, B., Liu, P.-P., Dick, H.J.B., Zhou, M.-F., Chen, Q., Liu, C.-Z., 2024. Trans-lithospheric ascent processes of the deep-rooted magma plumbing system underneath the ultraslow-spreading SW Indian ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB027224. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB027224.

Meng, L., Zhou, M.-F.*, Chen, W.T., 2024. Using Hg isotopes and trace elements to constrain the origin of the Ordovician Xiangquan Tl deposit, South China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 268, 106168.

Meng, Y.-M., Huang, X.-W., Hu, R.-Z., Beaudoin, G., Zhou, M.-F., Meng, S., 2024. Deposit type discrimination based on trace elements in sphalerite. Ore Geology Reviews, 165, 105887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.105887.

Qiu, W.-J., Zhou, M.-F.*, Williams-Jones, A.E., 2024. Numerical simulation of the self-organizational origin of concentrically zoned aggregates of siderite and pyrite in sediment-hosted massive sulfide deposits. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB028101.

Xu, Y.-T., Wang, R.-C., Zhou, M.-F., Wu, F.-Y., 2024. Cassiterite and Sn mineralization in the giant Bayan Obo Fe–Nb–REE deposit, North China. American Mineralogist. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2023-9149.

Wang, M., Li, M.Y.H., Zhou, M.-F.*, Zhou, J.-X.*, Sun, G., Zhou, Y., Li, Y., 2024. Enrichment of rare earth elements during the weathering of alkaline igneous systems: Insights from the Puxiong regolith-hosted rare earth element deposit, SW China. Economic Geology, 119(1), 161–187. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.5024.

Wang, Z.-C., Huang, X.-W., Liu, P.-P., Zhou, M.-F.*, 2024. Trace element systematics of magnetite from alkaline mafic–ultramafic intrusions of the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179, 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-023-02087-9.

Yang, S.-H., Zhou, M.-F., Wang, C.Y., Jiang, C., 2024. Emplacement and ore potential of the Permian Pobei mafic–ultramafic complex, NE Tarim, NW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 263, 105992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105992.

Yuan, Y.-J., Rezaee, R., Zhou, M.-F., Iglauer, S., 2024. A comprehensive review on shale studies with emphasis on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique. Gas Science and Engineering, 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgsce.2023.205163.

Zhang, H., Zhou, J.-X., Zhou, M.-F., Yue, Z.-P., He, Y., 2024. Zinc isotopes revealed the role of ore-hosting carbonate rocks in the formation of MVT deposits: A case study of the Huize Pb–Zn deposit, SW China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 258(11), 107396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107396.

Zhang, P.-F., Zhou, M.-F.*, Robinson, P.T., Malpas, J., Yumul Jr., G.P., Wang, C.Y., Li, J., 2024. Diversities of chromite mineralization induced by chemo–thermal evolution of the mantle during subduction initiation. Nature Communications, 15, 9385.

Zhang, Z., Yang, J.-H., Hu, R.-Z., Fu, B., Hu, Q., Zhou, M.-F., 2024. In-situ element and U–Pb age of cassiterite from the Gejiu and Dulong tin deposits in Southwestern China: New constraints on ore genesis and their linkage to the SE Asia tin belt. Lithos, 488–489, 107832. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4788923.

Zhou, M.-F.*, Lyu, Y.-J., Liu, Z.-R., Liu, P.-P., Meng, L., Qiu, W.-J., Zhao, W.-W., 2024. Devonian stratiform ironstone deposits in South China formed in a shallow marine environment of a passive continental margin. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105997

Zhou, M.-F.*, Zhao, W.W., Zhou, D., Yang, S.-B., Shen, Y., Wang, Z.-C., Qi, L., Wang, M., Chen, W.T., 2024. Identification and significance of the Sc-rich regolith on Early Paleozoic mafic–ultramafic intrusions in the southeastern Wuyi–Yunkai orogenic belt, South China. Acta Mineralogica Sinica, 44(3), 303–316. https://doi.org/10.3724/j.1000-4734.2024.44.011.

Zhu, C.-W., Wu, Y.-Z., Liu, Z., Zhou, M.-F., Yang, G.-S., Zhang, Y.-X., Wen, H.-J., 2024. Determination of indium isotopic ratios of geostandards with different matrices by multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS). Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 39, 1867–1873. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ja00011k.

2023

Chen, Q., Zhou, M. F.*, Xia X.P., Cheng H., Liu P.P., 2023. Li and O isotopes of mantle xenoliths from deep fault-related Cenozoic basalts in eastern China: The role of subducted components in the generation of the heterogeneous lithospheric mantle. Chemical Geology, 628, 121471.

Hu, W.J., Zhou, M. F.*, Ribeiro, J.L., Malpas, J., Wu, Y.D., Bai, Z.J., 2023. The Redox State of Incipient Oceanic Subduction Zones: An Example from the Troodos Ophiolite (Cyprus). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 128.

Li, X.C., Zhou, M. F.*, Li S.H., Zhang X.R., Fan H.R., Groves D.I. Dac N.X., 2023. An Unusual Early Eocene, Syncollisional Carbonatite Complex and Related Rare Earth Element Deposit in the India-Asia Collision Zone, Northwestern Vietnam. Economic Geology, 118, 237-256.

Li, M.Y.H., Zhou, M. F.*, 2023. Physicochemical Variation of Clay Minerals and Enrichment of Rare Earth Elements in Regolith-hosted Deposits: Exemplification from The Bankeng Deposit in South China. Clays and Clay Minerals, 71(3), 362-376.

Yang, J.H., Chen, H., Zhou, M. F., Hu, R.Z., Williams-Jones, A., 2023. Lithium Isotope Fractionation During Intensive Felsic Magmatic Differentiation. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 24. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010771.

Zhang, P.F., Zhou, M. F.*, Liu, Q.Y., Malpas, J., Yumul, G., Wang, C., 2023. Sluggish Slab Rollback at the Early Stage of Flux Melting During Subduction Initiation: Li Isotopic Evidence From the Coto High‐Al Chromite Deposit, Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 128.

Zhao, W.W., Zhou, M. F.*, Dudka, S., 2023. In situ u-pb dating of garnet and cassiterite from the kanbauk W-Sn(-F) skarn deposit, dawei region, southern myanmar: new insights on the regional Sn-W metallogeny in the southeast asian tin belt. Economic Geology 118 (5), 1219-1229.

2022

Chen, W.T., Zhou, M. F., Tang Y.W., 2022. New insights about the origin of the Shilu Fe-Cu-Co deposit, Hainan Island, South China, with emphasis on the regional metallogeny. Mineralium Deposita, 57, 1415–1430.

Hu, W.J., Zhou, M. F., Yudovskaya, M.A., Vikentyev, I.V., Malpas, J., Zhang, P.F., 2022. Trace Elements in Chromite as Indicators of the Origin of the Giant Podiform Chromite Deposit at Kempirsai, Kazakhstan. Economic Geology, 117 (7), 1629-1655

Li, M.Y.H., Kwong H.T., Williams-Jones A.E., Zhou, M. F.*, 2022. The thermodynamics of rare earth element liberation, mobilization and supergene enrichment during groundwater-regolith interaction. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 330, 258-277.

Li, XC, Harlov D.E., Zhou M. F.*, Hu H., 2022. Experimental investigation into the disturbance of the Sm-Nd isotopic system during metasomatic alteration of apatite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 330, 191-208.

Li, XC; Harlov, DE ; Zhou, M. F.*; Hu, H., 2022. Metasomatic modification of Sr isotopes in apatite as a function of fluid chemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 323, 123-140.

Luo, K., Cugerone, A., Zhou, M. F., Germanium enrichment in sphalerite with acicular and euhedral textures: an example from the Zhulingou carbonate-hosted Zn(-Ge) deposit, South China. 2022. Mineralium Deposita 57, 1343-1365.

Tan, W., Qin, X., Liu, J., Zhou, M. F., He, H., Wang, C.Y., Huang, J., Zhu, J.X., Yao, Y., 2022. Feasibility of visible short-wave infrared reflectance spectroscopy to characterize regolith-hosted rare earth element mineralization. Economic Geology , 117, 495-508.

Wang, Z.C., Zhou, M. F.*, Li, M.Y.H., Robinson, P.T., Harlov, D.E., 2022. Kinetic controls on Sc distribution in diopside and geochemical behavior of Sc in magmatic systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 325, 316-332.

Zhou, M. F.*, Wang, Z.C., Zhao, W.W., Qi, L., Zhao, Z., Zhou, J.X., Huang, Z.L., Chen, W.T., 2022. A reconnaissance study of potentially important scandium deposits associated with carbonatite and alkaline igneous complexes of the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China. Journal of Asian Earth Science, 236, 105309.

2021

Hu, W.J., Zhou, M. F.*, Malpas, J., Ren, Z.Y., 2021. High-Ca boninitic melt inclusions in lavas of the Troodos ophiolite and a reappraisal of genetic relationships between different lava types. GSA Bulletin Geological Society of America Bulletin, 133, 1831-1850.

Li, M.Y.H., Teng, F.Z., Zhou, M. F., 2021. Phyllosilicate controls on magnesium isotopic fractionation during weathering of granites: Implications for continental weathering and riverine system. EPSL, 553:116613.

Li, X.C., Yang, K.F., Spandler, C, Fan, H.R., Zhou, M. F., Hao, J.L., Yang, Y.H., 2021. The effect of fluid-aided modification on the Sm-Nd and Th-Pb geochronology of monazite and bastnasite: Implication for resolving complex isotopic age data in REE ore systems., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 300, 1-24.

Liu, J.C., Michalski, J.R., Zhou, M. F., 2021. Intense subaerial weathering of eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars. Science Advances, 7(32), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abh2687.

Liu, M.Y., Zhou, M.F., Su, S.G., Chen, X.G., 2021. Contrasting Geochemistry of Apatite from Peridotites and Sulfide Ores of the Jinchuan Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit, NW China. Economic Geology 116 (5), 1073-1092.

Liu, P.P., Caricchi, L., Chung, S.L., Li, X.H., Li, Q.L., Zhou, M. F., Lai, Y.M., Ghani, A.A., Sihotang, T, Sheldrake, TE, Simpson, G. 2021. Growth and thermal maturation of the Toba magma reservoir, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(45): e2101695118

Liu, Z.R.R., Zhou M. F., Chen W.T., Williams-Jones A.E., Li X.D., Yin R.S., 2021.Mercury and sulfur isotopic evidence for the linkages between the ca. 510 Ma Kalkarindji large igneous province and trilobite crisis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 566, 116947.

Liu, Z-R.R., Zhou, M. F., Wang, W., 2021. Mercury anomalies across the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary: Evidence for a causal link between continental erosion and biological evolution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 304:327-346.

Qiu, W.J., Zhou M. F., Li, X.C., Huang, F., Malpas, J., 2021. Constraints of Fe-S-C stable isotopes on hydrothermal and microbial activities during formation of sediment-hosted stratiform sulfide deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 313, 195-213.

Zhang, P.F., Zhou, M. F., Yumul, G.P., Wang, C.Y., 2021. Geodynamic setting of high-Cr chromite mineralization in nascent subduction zones: Li isotopic and REE constraints from the Zambales ophiolite, Philippines. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 384, 105975.

2020

Li, M. Y.H., Zhou, M. F., 2020. The role of clay minerals in formation of the regolith-hosted heavy rare earth element deposits. American Mineralogist, 105(1), 92-108.

Li, M.Y.H., Zhou, M. F., 2020. The role of clay minerals in formation of the regolith-hosted heavy rare earth element deposits. American Mineralogist 105 (1), 92-108.

Li, M.Y.H., Zhou, M. F., Williams-Jones, A.E., 2020. Controls on the dynamics of rare earth elements during subtropical hillslope processes and formation of regolith-hosted deposits. Economic Geology, 115(5), 1097-1118.

Yang, J.H., Zhou, M. F., Hu, R.Z., Zhong, H., Williams-Jones, A.E., Liu, L., Mao, J.W., 2020. Granite-related tin metallogenic events and key controlling factors in Peninsular Malaysia, Southeast Asia: New insights from cassiterite U-Pb dating and zircon geochemistry. Economic Geology, 115(3), 581-601.

Zhou, M. F., Li, M.Y.H., Wang, Z.C., Li, X.C., Liu, J., 2020. The genesis of regolith-hosted rare earth element and scandium deposits: Current understanding and outlook to future prospecting. Chinese Science Bulletin. 65 (33), 3809-3824.

2019

Chen, W.T., Zhou, M. F., Li, X., Gao, J. F., Bao, Z., Yuan, H., 2019. In situ Pb-Pb isotopic dating of sulfides from hydrothermal deposits: a case study of the Lala Fe-Cu deposit, SW China. Mineralium Deposita, 54, 671-682.

Li, M.Y.H., Zhou, M. F., Williams-Jones, A.E., 2019. The genesis of regolith-hosted heavy rare earth element deposits: Insights from the world-class Zudong deposit in Jiangxi Province, South China. Economic Geology, 114(3), 541-568.

Li, X.C., Zhou, M. F., Williams-Jones, A.E., Yang, Y.H., Gao, J.F., 2019. Timing and genesis of Cu–(Au) mineralization in the Khetri Copper Belt, northwestern India: constraints from in situ U–Pb ages and Sm–Nd isotopes of monazite-(Ce). Mineralium Deposita, 54, 553-568.

Liu, Z.R.R., Zhou, M. F., Williams-Jones, A.E., Wang, W., Gao, J.F., 2019. Diagenetic mobilization of Ti and formation of brookite/anatase in early Cambrian black shales, South China. Chemical Geology, 506, 79-96.

Su, B., Zhou, M. F., Jing, J.J., Robinson, P.T., Chen, C., Xiao, W.J., Shi, R.D., Lenaz, D., Hu, Y., 2019. Distinctive melt activity and chromite mineralization in Luobusa and Purang ophiolites, southern Tibet: constraints from trace element compositions of chromite and olivine. Science Bulletin, 64(2), 108-121.

Zhang, P.F., Zhou, M. F., Liu, Q.Y., Malpas, J., Robinson, P.T., He, Y.S., 2019. Modification of mantle rocks by plastic flow below spreading centers: Fe isotopic and fabric evidence from the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 253, 84-110.

Zhang, P.F., Zhou, M. F., Robinson, P.T., Pearce, J.A., Malpas, J., Liu, Q.Y., Xia, X.P., 2019. Evolution of nascent mantle wedges during subduction initiation: Li-O isotopic evidence from the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 245, 35-58.

Zhao, J.H., Zhou, M. F., Wu, Y.B., Zheng, J.P., Wang, W., 2019. Coupled evolution of Neoproterozoic arc mafic magmatism and mantle wedge in the western margin of the South China Craton. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 174, 1-16.

2018

Huang, X. W., Zhou, M. F., Beaudoin, G., Gao, J. F., Qi, L., Lyu, C., 2018. 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, 53, 1039-1060.

Li, X. C., Zhou, M. F., Chen, W. T., Zhao, X. F., Tran, M., 2018. Uranium-lead dating of hydrothermal zircon and monazite from the Sin Quyen Fe-Cu-REE-Au-(U) deposit, northwestern Vietnam. Mineralium Deposita, 53, 399-416.

Li, X.C., Zhou, M. F., 2018. The Nature and Origin of Hydrothermal REE Mineralization in the Sin Quyen Deposit, Northwestern Vietnam. Economic Geology 113, 645–673.

Li, X.C., Zhou, M. F., Yang, Y.H., Zhao, X.F., Gao, J.F., 2018. 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 103 (9), 1487-1496.

Qiu, W.J., Zhou, M. F., Li, X.C., Williams-Jones, A.E., Yuan, H.L., 2018. The genesis of the giant Dajiangping SEDEX-type pyrite deposit, South China. Economic Geology, 113(6), 1419-1446.

Zhao, W. W., Zhou, M. F., Williams-Jones, A. E., Zhao, Z., 2018. Constraints on the uptake of REE by scheelite in the Baoshan tungsten skarn deposit, South China. Chemical Geology, 477, 123-136.

2017

Chen W. T., Zhou, M. F., 2017. Hydrothermal alteration of magmatic zircon related to NaCl-rich brines: Diffusion-reaction and dissolution-reprecipitation processes. American Journal of Sciences 317:177-215, doi:10.2475/02.2017.02.

Li, X. C., Zhou, M. F., 2017. Hydrothermal alteration of monazite-(Ce) and chevkinite-(Ce) from the Sin Quyen Fe-Cu-LREE-Au deposit, northwestern Vietnam. American Mineralogist, 102(7), 1525-1541.

Liu, P. P., Teng, F. Z., Dick, H. J., Zhou, M. F., Chung, S. L., 2017. Magnesium isotopic composition of the oceanic mantle and oceanic Mg cycling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 206, 151-165.

Yang, A. Y., Zhao, T. P., Zhou, M. F., Deng, X. G., 2017. Isotopically enriched N‐MORB: A new geochemical signature of off‐axis plume‐ridge interaction—A case study at 50^o28’ E, Southwest Indian Ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(1), 191-213.

Zhao, X. F., Zhou, M. F., Su, Z. K., Li, X. C., Chen, W. T., Li, J. W., 2017. Geology, geochronology, and geochemistry of the Dahongshan Fe-Cu-(Au-Ag) deposit, Southwest China: Implications for the formation of iron oxide copper-gold deposits in intracratonic rift settings. Economic Geology, 112(3), 603-628.

2016

Liu, P. P., Zhou, M. F., Ren, Z., Wang, C.Y., Wang, K., 2016. Immiscible Fe- and Si-rich silicate melts in plagioclase from the Baima mafic intrusion (SW China): Implications for the origin of bi-modal igneous suites in large igneous provinces. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 127, 211–230.

Su, B. X., Zhou, M. F., and Robinson, P., 2016. Extremely large fractionation of Li isotopes in a chromitite-bearing mantle sequence. Scientific Reports 6, 22370.

Wang, W., Zhou, M. F., Zhao, J. H., Pandit, M.K., Zheng, J. P., Liu, Z. R., 2016. Neoproterozoic active continental margin in the southeastern Yangtze Block of South China: Evidence from the ca. 830–810Ma sedimentary strata. Sedimentary Geology 342, 254–267.

Zhang, P.F., Uysal, I., Zhou, M. F., Su, B.X., Avcı, E., 2016. Subduction initiation for the formation of high-Cr chromitites in the Kop ophiolite, NE Turkey. Lithos 260, 345–355.

Zhao, W. W., Zhou, M. F., Chen, W. T., 2016. Growth of hydrothermal baddeleyite and zircon in different stages of skarnization. American Mineralogist, 101(12), 2689-2700.

2015

Chen, W. T., Zhou, M. F., 2015. Mineralogical and geochemical constraints on mobilization and mineralization of rare Earth elements in the Lala Fe-Cu-(Mo, Ree) deposit, SW China. American Journal of Science, 315(7), 671-711.

Chen, W. T., Zhou, M. F., Gao, J. F., Hu, R., 2015. Geochemistry of magnetite from Proterozoic Fe-Cu deposits in the Kangdian metallogenic province, SW China. Mineralium Deposita, 50, 795-809.

Chen, W. T., Zhou, M. F., Gao, J. F., Zhao, T. P., 2015. Oscillatory Sr isotopic signature in plagioclase megacrysts from the Damiao anorthosite complex, North China: implication for petrogenesis of massif-type anorthosite. Chemical Geology, 393, 1-15.

Li, X., Zhao, X., Zhou, M. F., Chen, W. T., Chu, Z., 2015. Fluid inclusion and isotopic constraints on the origin of the Paleoproterozoic Yinachang Fe-Cu-(REE) deposit, Southwest China. Economic Geology, 110(5), 1339-1369.

Li, X., Zhou, M. F., 2015. Multiple stages of hydrothermal REE remobilization recorded in fluorapatite in the Paleoproterozoic Yinachang Fe–Cu–(REE) deposit, Southwest China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 166, 53-73.

Pang, K. N., Shellnutt, J. G., Zhou, M. F., 2015. The panzhihua intrusion, SW China. Layered Intrusions, 435-463.

Zhao, X. F., Zhou, M. F., Gao, J. F., Li, X. C., Li, J. W., 2015. In situ Sr isotope analysis of apatite by LA-MC-ICPMS: constraints on the evolution of ore fluids of the Yinachang Fe-Cu-REE deposit, Southwest China. Mineralium Deposita, 50, 871-884.

Zhou, M. F., Robinson, P. T., Su, B., Gao, J.F., Li, J.W., Yang, J.S., Malpas, J., 2015. “Subduction Initiation” for the Genesis of Podiform Chromite Deposits. Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition, 89(s2), 122-123.

2014

Chen, W. T., Zhou, M. F., 2014. Ages and compositions of primary and secondary allanite from the Lala Fe–Cu deposit, SW China: implications for multiple episodes of hydrothermal events. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168, 1-20.

Liu, P. P., Zhou, M. F., Chen, W. T., Boone, M., Cnudde, V., 2014. Using multiphase solid inclusions to constrain the origin of the Baima Fe–Ti–(V) oxide deposit, SW China. Journal of Petrology, 55(5), 951-976.

Liu, P. P., Zhou, M. F., Luais, B., Cividini, D., Rollion-Bard, C., 2014. Disequilibrium iron isotopic fractionation during the high-temperature magmatic differentiation of the Baima Fe–Ti oxide-bearing mafic intrusion, SW China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 399, 21-29.

Wang, C. Y., Zhou, M. F., Yang, S., Qi, L., Sun, Y., 2014. Geochemistry of the Abulangdang intrusion: cumulates of high-Ti picritic magmas in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. Chemical Geology, 378, 24-39.

Yang, A. Y., Zhou, M. F., Zhao, T. P., Deng, X. G., Qi, L., Xu, J. F., 2014. Chalcophile elemental compositions of MORBs from the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge and controls of lithospheric structure on S-saturated differentiation. Chemical Geology, 382, 1-13.

Yang, S. H., Zhou, M. F., Lightfoot, P. C., Xu, J. F., Wang, C. Y., Jiang, C. Y., Qu, W. J., 2014. Re–Os isotope and platinum-group element geochemistry of the Pobei Ni–Cu sulfide-bearing mafic–ultramafic complex in the northeastern part of the Tarim Craton. Mineralium Deposita, 49, 381-397.

Zhou, M. F., Robinson, P. T., Su, B. X., Gao, J. F., Li, J. W., Yang, J. S., Malpas, J., 2014. Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in suprasubduction zone environments. Gondwana Research, 26(1), 262-283.

Zhou, M. F., Zhao, X. F., Chen, W. T., Li, X. C., Wang, W., Yan, D. P., Qiu, H. N., 2014. Proterozoic Fe–Cu metallogeny and supercontinental cycles of the southwestern Yangtze Block, southern China and northern Vietnam. Earth-Science Reviews, 139, 59-82.

2013

Chen, W.T., Zhou, M. F., Zhao, T.P., 2013. Differentiation of nelsonitic magmas in the formation of the ~1.74 Ga Damiao Fe–Ti–P ore deposit, North China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 165, 1341-1362.

Gao, J.F., Zhou, M. F., Peter, C.L., Wang, C.Y., Qi, L., Sun, M., 2013. Sulfide Saturation and Magma Emplacement in the Formation of the Permian Huangshandong Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit, Xinjiang, Northwestern China. Economic Geology, 108, 1833-1848, doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.8.1833.

Huang, X. W., Zhao, X. F, Qi, L., Zhou, M. F., 2013. Re-Os and S isotopic constraints on the origins of two mineralization events at the Tangdan sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform Cu deposit, SW China. Chemical Geology, 347, 9–19.

Huang, X. W., Zhou, M. F., Qi, L., Gao, J.F., Wang, Y.W., 2013. Re–Os isotopic ages of pyrite and chemical composition of magnetite from the Cihai magmatic–hydrothermal Fe deposit, NW China. Mineralium Deposita, 48, 925–946.

Li, Z.K., Li, J.W., Zhao, X.F., Zhou, M. F., SeLby, D., Bi, S.J., Sui, J.X., Zhao, Z. J. Crustal-Extension Ag-Pb-Zn Veins in the Xiong’ershan District, Southern North China Craton: Constraints from the Shagou Deposit. Economic Geology, 108, 1703–1729.

Wang, C.Y., Zhou, M. F., 2013. New textural and mineralogical constraints on the origin of the Hongge Fe-Ti-V oxide deposit, SW China. Mineralium Deposita, 48, 787-798.

Zhao, J.H., Zhou, M. F., Zheng, J. P., 2013. Constraints from zircon U–Pb ages, O and Hf isotopic compositions on the origin of Neoproterozoic peraluminous granitoids from the Jiangnan Fold Belt, South China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 166, 1505-1519.

Zhao, J.H., Zhou, M. F., Zheng, J.P., Griffin, W.L., 2013. Neoproterozoic tonalite and trondhjemite in the Huangling complex, South China: crustal growth and reworking in a continental arc environment. American Journal of Science, 313(6), 540-583.

Zhao, X.F., Zhou, M. F., Li, J.W., Qi, L., 2013. Late Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform copper deposits in South China: their possible link to the supercontinent cycle. Mineralium Deposita, 48, 129-136.

Zhao, X.F., Zhou, M. F., Li, J.W., Selby, D., Li, X.H., Qi, L., 2013. Sulfide Re-Os and Rb-Sr isotope dating of the Kangdian IOCG metallogenic province, southwest China: implications for regional metallogenesis. Economic Geology, 108(6), 1489-1498.

Zhou, M. F., Chen, W.T., Wang, C.Y., Prevec, S.A., Liu, P.P., Howarth, G.H., 2013. Two stages of immiscible liquid separation in the formation of Panzhihua-type Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits, SW China. Geoscience Frontiers, 4(5), 481-502.

2012

Chen, W.T., Zhou, M. F., 2012. Paragenesis, stable isotopes, and molybdenite Re-Os isotope age of the Lala iron-copper deposit, southwest China. Economic Geology, 107(3), 459-480.

Gao, J.F., Zhou, M. F., Lightfoot, P.C., Qu, W., 2012. Heterogeneous Os isotope compositions in the Kalatongke sulfide deposit, NW China: the role of crustal contamination. Mineralium Deposita, 47, 731-738.

Gao, J.F., Zhou, M. F., Lightfoot, P.C., Wang, C. Y., Qi, L., 2012. Origin of PGE-poor and Cu-rich magmatic sulfides from the Kalatongke deposit, Xinjiang, Northwest China. Economic Geology, 107(3), 481-506.

Hu, R.Z., Zhou, M. F., 2012. Multiple Mesozoic mineralization events in South China—an introduction to the thematic issue. Mineralium Deposita, 47, 579-588.

Li, J. W., Li, Z. K., Zhou, M. F., Chen, L., Bi, S. J., Deng, X. D., Zhao, X. F., 2012. The Early Cretaceous Yangzhaiyu lode gold deposit, North China Craton: a link between craton reactivation and gold veining. Economic Geology, 107(1), 43-79.

Li, J.W., Zhan-Ke Li, Zhou, M. F., Lei Chen, Bi, S.J., Xiao-Dong Deng, Hua-Ning Qiu, Benjamin Cohen, David Selby, and Zhao, X.F., 2012, The Early Cretaceous Yangzhaiyu Lode Gold Deposit, North China Craton: A Link Between Craton Reactivation and Gold Veining. Economic Geology, 107, 43-79,

Wang, C. Y., Zhou, M. F., Sun, Y., Arndt, N. T., 2012. Differentiation, crustal contamination and emplacement of magmas in the formation of the Nantianwan mafic intrusion of the~ 260 Ma Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 164, 281-301.

Yang, S. H., Zhou, M. F., Lightfoot, P. C., Malpas, J., Qu, W. J., Zhou, J. B., Kong, D. Y., 2012. Selective crustal contamination and decoupling of lithophile and chalcophile element isotopes in sulfide-bearing mafic intrusions: an example from the Jingbulake intrusion, Xinjiang, NW China. Chemical Geology, 302, 106-118.

Zhao, X. F., Zhou, M. F., Hitzman, M. W., Li, J. W., Bennett, M., Meighan, C., Anderson, E., 2012. Late paleoproterozoic to early mesoproterozoic tangdan sedimentary rock-hosted strata-bound copper deposit, Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Economic Geology, 107(2), 357-375.

Zhou, M. F., Robinson, P. T., Wang, C. Y., Zhao, J. H., Yan, D. P., Gao, J. F., Malpas, J., 2012. Heterogeneous mantle source and magma differentiation of quaternary arc-like volcanic rocks from Tengchong, SE margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 163, 841-860.

2011

Shellnutt, J. G., Wang, K. L., Zellmer, G. F., Iizuka, Y., Jahn, B. M., Pang, K. N., Zhou, M. F., 2011. Three Fe-Ti oxide ore-bearing gabbro-granitoid complexes in the Panxi region of the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. American Journal of Science, 311(9), 773-812.

Wang, C. Y., Zhou, M. F., Qi, L., 2011. Chalcophile element geochemistry and petrogenesis of high-Ti and low-Ti magmas in the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 161, 237-254.

Yan, D. P., Zhou, M. F., Li, S. B., Wei, G. Q., 2011. Structural and geochronological constraints on the Mesozoic‐Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Longmen Shan thrust belt, eastern Tibetan Plateau. Tectonics, 30(6. TC6005, doi:10.1029/2011TC002867.

Zhao, J. H., Zhou, M. F., Yan, D. P., Zheng, J. P., Li, J. W., 2011. Reappraisal of the ages of Neoproterozoic strata in South China: no connection with the Grenvillian orogeny. Geology, 39(4), 299-302.

Zhao, X. F., Zhou, M. F., 2011. Fe–Cu deposits in the Kangdian region, SW China: a Proterozoic IOCG (iron-oxide–copper–gold) metallogenic province. Mineralium Deposita, 46, 731-747.

2010 and before

Mondal, S. K., Zhou, M. F., 2010. Enrichment of PGE through interaction of evolved boninitic magmas with early formed cumulates in a gabbro–breccia zone of the Mesoarchean Nuasahi massif (eastern India. Mineralium Deposita, 45, 69-91.

Yuan, C., Zhou, M. F., Sun, M., Zhao, Y., Wilde, S., Long, X., Yan, D., 2010. Triassic granitoids in the eastern Songpan Ganzi Fold Belt, SW China: Magmatic response to geodynamics of the deep lithosphere. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 290(3-4), 481-492.

Zhou, M. F., Zhao, J. H., Jiang, C. Y., Gao, J. F., Wang, W., Yang, S. H., 2009. OIB-like, heterogeneous mantle sources of Permian basaltic magmatism in the western Tarim Basin, NW China: implications for a possible Permian large igneous province. Lithos, 113(3-4), 583-594.

Zhou, M. F., Arndt, N. T., Malpas, J., Wang, C. Y., Kennedy, A. K., 2008. Two magma series and associated ore deposit types in the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China. Lithos, 103(3-4), 352-368.

Zhou, M. F., Yan, D. P., Vasconcelos, P. M., Li, J. W., Hu, R. Z., 2008. Structural and geochronological constraints on the tectono-thermal evolution of the Danba domal terrane, eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 33(5-6), 414-427.

Zhou, M. F., Arndt, N.T., Malpas, J., Wang, C.Y., Kennedy, A.K., 2008. Two magma series and associated ore deposit types in the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China. Lithos, 103, 352–368.

Zhou, M. F., Yan, D.P., Vasconcelos, P.M., Li, J.W., Hu, R.Z., 2008. Structural and geochronological constraints on the tectono-thermal evolution of the Danba domal terrane, eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 33, 414–427

Zhou, M. F., Ma, Y.X., Yan, D.P., Xia, X.P., Zhao, J.H., Sun, M., 2006. The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block. Precambrian Research, 144, 19–38.

Zhou, M. F., Yan, D.P., Wang, C.L., Qi, L., Kennedy, A., 2006. 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. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 248, 286–300.

Zhou, M. F., Zhao, J.H., Qi, L., Su, W., Hu, R.Z., 2006. Zircon U-Pb geochronology and elemental and Sr-Nd isotopic geochemistry of Permian mafic rocks in the Funing area, SW China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 151, 1–19.

Zhou, M. F., Robinson, P.T., Lesher, C.M., Keays, R.R., Zhang, C.J., Malpas, J., 2005. Geochemistry, petrogenesis, and metallogenesis of the Panzhihua gabbroic layered intrusion and associated Fe-Ti-V-oxide deposits, Sichuan Province, SW China. Journal of Petrology, 46, 2253−2280.

Zhou, M. F., Robinson, P.T., Malpas, J., Edwards, S., Qi, L., 2005. REE and PGE geochemical constraints on the formation of dunites in the Luobusa ophiolite, Southern Tibet. Journal of Petrology, 46, 615−639.

Zhou, M. F., Lesher, C.M., Yang, Z., Li, J., Sun, M., 2004. Geochemistry and petrogenesis of 270 Ma Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide-bearing mafic intrusions in the Huangshan district, Eastern Xinjiang, Northwest China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the central Asian orogenic belt. Chemical Geology, 209, 233−257.

Zhou, M. F., Kennedy, A.K., Sun, M., Malpas, J., Lesher, C.M., 2002. Neoproterozoic arc-related mafic intrusions in the northern margin of South China: Implications for accretion of Rodinia. Journal of Geology, 110, 611−618.

Zhou, M. F., Malpas, J., Song, X., Kennedy, A.K., Robinson, P.T., Sun, M., Lesher, M., Keays, R.R., 2002. A temporal link between the Emeishan large igneous province (SW China) and the end-Guadalupian mass extinction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 196, 113−122.

Zhou, M. F., Yan, D.P., Kennedy, A.K., Li, Y.Q., Ding, J., 2002. SHRIMP zircon geochronological and geochemical evidence for Neoproterozoic arc-related magmatism along the western margin of the Yangtze Block, South China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 196, 51−67.

Zhou, M. F., Sun, M., Keays, R. R., Kerrich, R., 1998. Controls on the platinum-group elemental distributions in high-Cr and high-Al chromitites: a case study of the podiform chromitites from the Chinese orogenic belts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62, 677−688.

Zhou, M. F., Robinson P. T., 1997. Origin and tectonic setting of podiform chromite deposits. Economic Geology, 92, 259−262.

Zhou, M. F., Robinson, P.T., Malpas, J., Li, Z., 1996. Podiform chromitites from the Luobusa ophiolite (Southern Tibet): Implications for melt-mantle interaction and chromite segregation in the upper mantle. Journal of Petrology, 37, 3−21.

Zhou, M. F., 1996. An early Proterozoic podiform chromitite in the Outokumpu ophiolite complex, Finland - A discussion. Economic Geology, 91, 221−222.

Zhou, M. F., 1994. PGE distribution in 2.7-Ga layered komatiite flows from the Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe. Chemical Geology, 118, 155−172.

Zhou, M. F., Robinson, P.T., Bai, W.J., 1994. Formation of podiform chromitites by melt/rock interaction in the upper mantle. Mineralium Deposita, 29, 98−101.

Honors and Awards

Ø The Distinguished Lecturer for 2025 (Society of Economic Geologists)

Ø First Prize of Guizhou Provincial Natural Science Award (2024R-1-2-R5) from People’s Government of Guizhou Province in 2025

Ø Meifuite (a new mineral named after Zhou to recognize his contributions to geology)

Ø First Prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Award (A02-0-1-01-R4) from People’s Government of Guangdong Province in 2015

Ø First Prize of Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Award (2012J-1-2-R6) from People’s Government of Guizhou Province in 2013

Ø Elected Fellow of Society of Economic Geology in 2011

Ø Elected Fellow of Geological Society of America since 2011

Ø Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award from the University of Hong Kong, 2008

Ø Outstanding Researcher Award from Chinese Academy of Science in 2005

Ø Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the University of Hong Kong, 2004

Ø Outstanding Young Researcher Award from Nature Science Foundation of China, 2001

Ø Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1996-1998, University of Hong Kong

Ø Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1995-1996, Laurentian University, Canada

Ø Dalhousie University Doctoral Scholarship, 1992-1995, Dalhousie University, Canada

Ø Achievement Award from Chinese Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, 1995

Ø Outstanding Student Research Award, 1993, Geological Society of America

Ø University of Saskatchewan Post-graduate Scholarship, 1989-1992