I. BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Prof. Zhongbo WANG
Academic part-time job: Young Editorial Board Member of China Geology
Email: zhbwang@stu.edu.cn
Educational Background:
2009-2014, PhD in Science, majoring in Marine Geology, Tongji University;
2002-2005, Master of Science, majoring in Marine Geology, Tongji University;
1998-2002, Bachelor of Engineering, Applied Geophysics, Qingdao Ocean University (Ocean University of China).
Work Experience:
From November 2020 to present, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Shantou University.
From June 2008 to July 2008, I was a visiting scholar at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands;
From March 2005 to November 2020, worked as a research intern, assistant researcher, senior engineer, and senior engineer at Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology. Also served as a master's supervisor at Ocean University of China, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, and Shandong University of Science and Technology
Main course:
Undergraduate courses: "Marine Geology", "Marine Stratigraphy and Chronology", "Marine Formation and Evolution", "Investigation and Action of Landscape Resources in the Hanjiang Delta" (a first-class undergraduate course in Guangdong Province), "Earth Science in Film", "Scientific Research Methods in Science", etc.
Graduate courses: Marine Geology, Marine Stratigraphy and Chronology, Frontiers in Environmental Science and Engineering, etc.
II.REASEARCH
Main Research Interests:
Mainly engaged in research on marine sedimentation and environment, land sea interactions, and Quaternary geology.
（ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhongbo-wangzhongbo ）
Projects Undertaken:
Hosted 3 National Natural Science Foundation projects
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China Project, Sedimentation Records of Late Quaternary Yangtze River and Yellow River Materials on the Eastern Sea Shelf and Their Response to Environmental Changes (No. 41876059), 2019-2022;
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China project, Elemental composition and provenance tracing application of Yangtze River and Yellow River detrital garnet (No. 41206053), 2013-2015;
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China project, Fine definition of stratigraphic framework on the East China Sea outer shelf since the last interglacial period (No. 41040041), 2011.
Hosted 2 National Marine Geology Special Projects
1. National Marine Geology Special Project, 1:1000000 Shanghai East Marine Regional Geological Survey (No. GZH201400201), 2013-2015;
2. National Marine Geology Special Project, Integration and Comprehensive Study of 1:1000000 Marine Regional Geological Survey Results in the Eastern Sea Area (No. GZH201500201), 2015.
Hosted 4 national marine basic public welfare geological survey/geological data update and application service projects
1. National Marine Basic Public Welfare Geological Survey Project, Compilation of Environmental Geological Maps and Other Maps, and Research on Late Quaternary Sediments and Paleoenvironmental Evolution in Eastern China, 2016-2018;
2. National Marine Basic Public Welfare Geological Survey Project, Integration and Application Research of 1:100000 Marine Regional Geological Survey Results in the Eastern Sea Area (No. DD20160137), 2016-2018;
3. National Geological Data Update and Application Service Project, National Land and Sea Geological Map Update and Sharing (No. DD20190376), 2019-2020;
4. National Geological Data Update and Application Service Project, Comprehensive Integration of National Geological Structure Zoning and Environmental Geological Survey (No. DD20179393), 2017-2018.
Lead a teaching reform project (1 project)
Shantou University Undergraduate Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform Project, Research on Teaching Reform of Marine Sedimentology Based on Regional Geological Characteristics (No. 18122358), 2021.
Lead other projects (4 items)
Shantou University Research Initiation Fund Project, Late Quaternary Strata and Sedimentary Environment of East Asian Coastal Shelf (No. NTF20028), 2020-2022;
Open Fund Project of Zhoushan Marine Geological Hazards Field Scientific Observation and Research Station, Analysis of Sedimentary Characteristics and Stability of Submarine Landslides in the Offshore Areas of Zhoushan Archipelago (No. ZSORS-22-5), 2022-2023;
Project commissioned by the Yantai Coastal Zone Geological Survey Center of the China Geological Survey, coupled modeling of new structures sedimentation climate/sea level in a certain sea area of Bohai Sea (20230096-H), 2023;;
Project commissioned by the Haikou Marine Geological Survey Center of the China Geological Survey, Study on the Coupling Relationship between Geological Environment and Natural Resource Evolution and Human Activities in the Huizhou Shanwei Coastal Zone (No. 20230113-H), 2023-2024
Research Findings:
1. Wang Hongyue, Wang Zhongbo*, Wang Yang, Tang Haiyan, Zhang Xiaodong, Luo Xiaofeng, Mai Yongxin, Huang Xuhong, Zheng Yilin, Yin Ping, Lai Zhongping. 2024. Preliminary study on the depositional model in the wave-dominated delta evolution during the Anthropocene: a case study of the Hanjiang River Delta in China. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, in press.
2. Mei Xi*, Wang Zhongbo*, Xiong Wei, Zhang Yong, Dou Yanguang, Huang Long, Mi Beibei, Wang Zhonglei, Cong Jingyi, 2023. Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in surficial marine sediments across shelf-to-basin depth transects in the East China Sea: Their sources and potential as sea water temperature proxies. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 636, 111992, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023. 111992.
3. Lin Penghui, Song Yingjin, Zhan Weiqi, Tian Ruonan, Wang Zhongbo*, Xu Xiaolin, Luo Lan, Abbas Mahmoud, Lai Zhongping*. 2023. Late Pleistocene to Holocene sedimentary history in the Pearl River Delta revealed by OSL and radiocarbon dating. Catena, 224, 106972.
4. Qin Yachao*, Wang Zhongbo*, Jiang Xuejun, Zhang Xunhua, Luan Xiwu. 2023. Quantitative sediment provenance of the northwestern East China Sea: Evidence for tidal current-driven offshore transport and paleogeographic implications. Geomorphology, 430, 108668.
5. Liu Yang, Fang Nianqiao, Wang Zhongbo*. 2023. The geochemical characteristics of Cretaceous volcanicsin southern Hainan Island and implications for tectonic evolution in the South China Sea. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11:1251953. doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1251953.
6. Wang Zhongbo, Tian Haozheng, Wu Zonghui, Wang Baojun, Wang Yang, Chu Hongxian, Wen Zhenhe, Li Jie, Zhang Xunhua 2023. Current status and prospects of research on surface sediment types in the China ASEAN maritime area and its surrounding areas Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology, 43 (3): 49-60
7. Long Zhiru, Wang Zhongbo*, Tu Hua, Li Rihui, Wen Zhenhe, Wang Yixuan, Zhang Yong, Lai Zhongping. 2022. OSL and radiocarbon dating of a core from the Bohai Sea in China and implication for Late Quaternary transgression pattern. Quaternary Geochronology, 70, 101308.
8. Wang Zhongbo*, Yang Shouye, Tang Haiyan, Zheng Yilin, Wang Hongyue, Zhang Zhixun, Zhang Yong, Mei Xi, Wang Qiang, Lai Zhongping. 2022. Revisit the sedimentary stratigraphic evolution and environmental changes on the outer shelf of the East China Sea since MIS 5. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 863245.
9. Wang Hongyue, Wang Yang, Wang Hongbing, Luo Xiaofeng, Mai Yongxin, Huang Xuhong, Wang Zhongbo * 2022. Research progress on barrier island sedimentary systems and prospects for barrier island research in China Journal of Shantou University (Natural Science Edition), 113 (2): 3-13
10. Wang Zhongbo *, Lu Kai, Wen Zhenhe, Zhang Zhijun, Li Rihui, Messi, Lan Xianhong 2020. Grain size composition and influencing factors of surface sediments in the eastern waters of China Earth Science, 45 (7): 2709-2721
11. Meng Yuanku, Wang Zhongbo*, Gan Baoping, Liu Jinqing. 2020. Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Early Cretaceous Granitic Pluton in Sulu Orogenic Belt: the Caochang Granitic Pluton as an example. Minerals，10, 432.
12. Wang Zhongbo *, Zhang Jiangyong, Messi, Chen Xiaohui, Zhao Li, Zhang Yong, Zhang Zhijun, Li Xuejie, Li Rihui, Lu Kai, Sun Rongtao, Yang Shouye Strata and sedimentary environment in the Chinese continental shelf since MIS5 (128 ka) in 2020 Geology of China 47（5）:1370-1394.
13. Chen Shanshan, Wang Zhongbo *, Zhang Yong, Zhang Zhijun, Zhao Weina, Zhong Weijie 2020. Characteristics and genesis of hazardous geological bodies on the northern outer continental shelf and adjacent areas of the East China Sea. Geology of China 47（5）:1512-1529.
14. Huang Long, Wang Zhongbo, Geng Wei, Zhang Yong, Wang Mingjian * 2020. Source and Transport of Clay Minerals in Surface Sediments of the Northeastern East China Sea Earth Science, 45 (7): 2722-2734
15. Wang Zhongbo*, Li Rihui, Yang Shouye, Bai Fenglong, Mei Xi, Zhang Jian, Lu Kai. 2019. Comparison of detrital mineral compositions between stream sediments of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) and the Yellow River (Huanghe) and their provenance implication. China Geology, 2: 169-178.
16. Meix Xi, Li Xinxin*, Wang Zhongbo*, Zhang Chuanlun, Zhang Yong. 2019. Cross shelf transport of terrigenous organic matter in surface sediments from outer shelf to Okinawa Trough in East China Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103224.
17. Jiang Zhaoxia, Jin Chunsheng, Wang Zhongbo, Liu Qingsong*, Li Sanzhong, Yao Zhengquan. 2019. Chronostratigraphic framework of the East China Sea since MIS6 from geomagnetic paleointensity and environmental magnetic records. Global and Planetary Change, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103092.
18. Chen Shanshan, Wang Zhongbo *, Lu Kai, Qi Jianghao, Zhao Zhao, Zhang Zhijun 2019. Sedimentary stratigraphic framework and paleoenvironmental evolution of the outer continental shelf of the northern East China Sea since MIS6 Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology, 39 (6): 124-137
19. Wang Zhongbo *, Yang Shouye, Messi, Lu Kai 2018. Chemical composition and provenance tracing of detrital garnet in sediments of the Yangtze River system Journal of Tongji University (Natural Science Edition), 46 (10): 1435-1461
20. Chen Shanshan, Wang Zhongbo *, Li Rihui, Meng Xiangjun, Chen Xiaohui, Guo Zhengyan 2018. Characteristics of Tidal Sediments in the Eastern Bohai Sea and Evolution of Sedimentary Environment Since MIS4 Journal of Geology in Higher Education, 24 (2): 304-313
21. Wang Zhongbo *, Li Rihui, Zhang Zhijun, Zhang Xunhua, Zhang Jian, Chen Shanshan, Messi 2016. Grain size composition and sedimentary zoning of surface sediments in the Bohai Sea and adjacent coastal areas Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology, 36 (6): 1-12
22. Zhang Jian, Li Rihui, Wang Zhongbo *, Zhang Xunhua, Huang Long, Sun Rongtao Grain size characteristics and sedimentary environment of surface sediments in the eastern Bohai Sea and northern Yellow Sea in 2016 Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology, 36 (5): 1-12
23. Deng Kai, Yang Shouye, Wang Zhongbo *, Li Chao, Bi Lei, Sun Yongbin, Liu Zuqian 2016. Heavy mineral composition and tracing significance of debris from small mountain streams in Taiwan Journal of Sedimentology, 34 (3): 531-542
24. Wang Zhongbo, Yang Shouye*, Wang Qiang, Zhang Zhixun, Lan Xianhong, Li Rihui, Huang Long. 2014. Late Quaternary stratigraphic evolution on the outer shelf of the East China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 90, 5-16.
25. Wang Zhongbo*, Yang Shouye*, Zhang Zhixun, Lan Xianhong, Gu Zhaofeng, Zhang Xunhua. 2013. Paleo-fluvial sedimentation on the outer shelf of the East China Sea during the last glacial maximum. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnololgy 31 (4), 886-894
