Overview
Background
Prof. Hongbo Zheng is a geologist with main interests in the latest episode of the Earth’s history-the Cenozoic Era. He is a senior professor (Cheung Kong Scholars Programme of the Ministry of Education of China) and Director of Research Centre for Earth System Science at Yunnan University, China. He obtained his BSc in Geology at Nanjing University and MSc in Geology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, followed by PhD in Geology from the University of Western Australia. His research interests are clustered within the fields of Cenozoic geology and paleoclimatology, tectonic geomorphology, human evolution and geo-archaeology, with career interest in the geology of Tibetan Plateau. These fields have major implications for understanding Earth history, and the history of human evolution and civilization.
Publications：Hongbo Zheng has published 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Career publications include:
Zheng, H., Clift, P., He, M., Bian Z., et al., 2020. Formation of the First Bend in Late Eocene Gave Birth to the Modern Yangtze River. Geology (https://doi.org/10.1130/G48149.1).
Zheng, H., 2016. Asia dust production ramped up since latest Oligocene driven by Tibetan Plateau uplift. National Science Review 3: 271–274. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nww028.
Zheng, H., Wei, X., Tada, R., Clift, P., et al., 2015. Late Oligocene-early Miocene Birth of the Taklimakan Desert. PNAS 112 (25), 7662-7667.
Zheng, H., Wei, X., Tada, R., Clift, P., et al., 2015. Reply to Sun et al.: Confirming the evidence for Late Oligocene−Early Miocene Birth of the Taklimakan Desert. PNAS.
Zheng H. 2015. Birth of the Yangtze River: Age and tectonic-geomorphic implications. National Science Review, 2: 438–453.
He, M.，Zheng H.，Bookhagen, B. and Clift, P, 2014. Controls on erosion intensity in the Yangtze River basin tracked by detrital U-Pb zircon dating. Earth-Science Reviews, 136, 121-140.
Zheng, H., Clift, P., Wang, P., et al., 2013. Pre-Miocene Birth of the Yangtze River. PNAS, 110 (19), 7556-7561.
Zheng, H., Jia, D., Chen, J. and Wang, P., 2010. Did incision of the Three Gorges begin in the Eocene? Geology, doi:10.1130/G31944C.1.
Zheng, H., Powell, C., An, Z., Zhou, J. and Dong, G, 2000. Pliocene uplift of the northern Tibetan Plateau. Geology 28(8), 715-718.
Zheng, H., Rolph, T., Shaw, J., and An, Z., 1995. A detailed palaeomagnetic record for the Last Interglacial period. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 133, 339-351.
Availability
- Honorary Professor Hongbo Zheng is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor, Institution to be confirmed
- Masters (Coursework), University of the Chinese Academy of Science
- Postgraduate Diploma, University of Liverpool
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Western Australia
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Dating the Hemudu Neolithic rice cultivation site, East China, by paleomagnetic chronostratigraphy
Zheng, Yan, Zheng, Hongbo, Guo, Qianying, Yang, Qing, Hu, Zhujun, Yao, Xinya, Zhou, Xinying, Zhao, Keliang, Li, Xiaoqiang and Deng, Chenglong (2021). Dating the Hemudu Neolithic rice cultivation site, East China, by paleomagnetic chronostratigraphy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 569 110297, 110297. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110297
2021
Journal Article
Synchronous Sedimentation in Gonjo Basin, Southeast Tibet in Response to India-Asia Collision Constrained by Magnetostratigraphy
Xiao, R., Zheng, Y., Liu, X., Yang, Q., Liu, G., Xia, L., Bian, Z., Guan, J., Feng, P., Xu, H., Clift, P. D., Qiang, X., Zhang, Y. and Zheng, H. (2021). Synchronous Sedimentation in Gonjo Basin, Southeast Tibet in Response to India-Asia Collision Constrained by Magnetostratigraphy. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22 (3) e2020GC009411. doi: 10.1029/2020GC009411
2021
Journal Article
Recent environmental changes in the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau inferred from organic geochemical records from the sediments of Fuxian Lake
He, Haibo, Liu, Zaihua, Li, Dongli, Zheng, Hongbo, Zhao, Jianxin, Chen, Chongying, Bao, Qian, Wei, Yu, Sun, Hailong and Yan, Hao (2021). Recent environmental changes in the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau inferred from organic geochemical records from the sediments of Fuxian Lake. Elementa, 9 (1) 068. doi: 10.1525/elementa.2021.068
2021
Journal Article
Landscape evolution in the Liangzhu area since the early Holocene: a comprehensive sedimentological approach
Ling, Guangjiu, Ma, Chunmei, Yang, Qing, Hu, Zhujun, Zheng, Hongbo, Liu, Bin, Wang, Ningyuan, Chen, Minghui and Zhao, Ye (2021). Landscape evolution in the Liangzhu area since the early Holocene: a comprehensive sedimentological approach. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 562 110141, 110141. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110141
2021
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Upper Eocene travertine-lacustrine carbonate in the Jianchuan basin, southeastern Tibetan Plateau: Reappraisal of its origin and implication for the monsoon climate
Sakuma, Aki, Kano, Akihiro, Kakizaki, Yoshihiro, Tada, Ryuji and Zheng, Honbo (2021). Upper Eocene travertine-lacustrine carbonate in the Jianchuan basin, southeastern Tibetan Plateau: Reappraisal of its origin and implication for the monsoon climate. Island Arc, 30 (1) e12416. doi: 10.1111/iar.12416
2021
Journal Article
Formation of the First Bend in the late Eocene gave birth to the modern Yangtze River, China
Zheng, Hongbo, Clift, Peter D., He, Mengying, Bian, Zixuan, Liu, Gaozheng, Liu, Xiaochun, Xia, Lei, Yang, Qing and Jourdan, Fred (2021). Formation of the First Bend in the late Eocene gave birth to the modern Yangtze River, China. Geology, 49 (1), 35-39. doi: 10.1130/G48149.1
2020
Journal Article
Miocene long-runout debris-avalanche deposits in the Eastern Pamir foreland basin record cataclasis and fragmentation mechanisms
Wei, Xiaochun, Chen, Hanlin, Zheng, Hongbo, Wang, Ping, Hanson, Richard E., Shi, Xuhua, Lin, Xiubin and Cheng, Xiaogan (2020). Miocene long-runout debris-avalanche deposits in the Eastern Pamir foreland basin record cataclasis and fragmentation mechanisms. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 407 107105, 107105. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107105
2020
Journal Article
A 23000 year old record of paleoclimatic and environmental changes from the eastern Arabian Sea
Saravanan, Ponnusamy, Gupta, Anil K., Zheng, Hongbo, Majumder, Jeet, Panigrahi, Mruganka K. and Kharya, Aditya (2020). A 23000 year old record of paleoclimatic and environmental changes from the eastern Arabian Sea. Marine Micropaleontology, 160 101905. doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2020.101905
2020
Journal Article
A late Eocene-Oligocene through-flowing river between the Upper Yangtze and South China Sea
Clift, Peter D., Carter, Andrew, Wysocka, Anna, Long Van Hoang, , Zheng, Hongbo and Neubeck, Nikki (2020). A late Eocene-Oligocene through-flowing river between the Upper Yangtze and South China Sea. G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21 (7). doi: 10.1029/2020gc009046
2020
Journal Article
Changes in Deep-Sea Oxygenation in the Northeast Pacific Ocean During 32–10 ka
Saravanan, Ponnusamy, Gupta, Anil K., Zheng, Hongbo, Rai, Santosh K. and Panigrahi, Mruganka K. (2020). Changes in Deep-Sea Oxygenation in the Northeast Pacific Ocean During 32–10 ka. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (11) e2019GL086613. doi: 10.1029/2019GL086613
2020
Journal Article
Origin of aeolian dust emitted from the Tarim Basin based on the ESR signal intensity and crystallinity index of quartz: the recycling system of fine detrital material within the basin
Isozaki, Yuko, Tada, Ryuji, Sun, Youbin, Zheng, Hongbo, Toyoda, Shin, Sugiura, Naomi, Karasuda, Akinori and Hasegawa, Hitoshi (2020). Origin of aeolian dust emitted from the Tarim Basin based on the ESR signal intensity and crystallinity index of quartz: the recycling system of fine detrital material within the basin. Geological Magazine, 157 (5), 707-718. doi: 10.1017/s0016756820000242
2020
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Seasonal and spatial variations of chemical weathering in the Mekong Basin: from the headwaters to the lower reaches
Kajita, Hiroto, Ota, Yuki, Yoshimura, Toshihiro, Araoka, Daisuke, Manaka, Takuya, Ziyu, Ouyang, Iwasaki, Shinya, Yanase, Takuya, Inamura, Akihiko, Uchida, Etsuo, Zheng, Hongbo, Yang, Qing, Wang, Ke, Suzuki, Atsushi and Kawahata, Hodaka (2020). Seasonal and spatial variations of chemical weathering in the Mekong Basin: from the headwaters to the lower reaches. Aquatic Geochemistry, 26 (2), 137-159. doi: 10.1007/s10498-020-09374-y
2020
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Provenance changes in fine detrital quartz in the inner shelf sediments of the East China Sea associated with shifts in the East Asian summer monsoon front during the last 6 kyrs
Wang, Ke, Tada, Ryuji, Zheng, Hongbo, Irino, Tomohisa, Zhou, Bin and Saito, Keita (2020). Provenance changes in fine detrital quartz in the inner shelf sediments of the East China Sea associated with shifts in the East Asian summer monsoon front during the last 6 kyrs. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 7 (1). doi: 10.1186/s40645-019-0319-5
2017
Journal Article
Controls on erosion in the western Tarim Basin: implications for the uplift of northwest Tibet and the Pamir
Clift, Peter D., Zheng, Hongbo, Carter, Andrew, Boening, Philipp, Jonell, Tara N., Schorr, Hannah, Shan, Xin, Pahnke, Katharina, Wei, Xiaochun and Rittenour, Tammy (2017). Controls on erosion in the western Tarim Basin: implications for the uplift of northwest Tibet and the Pamir. Geosphere, 13 (5) 1378.1, 1747-1765. doi: 10.1130/GES01378.1
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