Research Area

  DATE:2018-05-24    
Infomation  
Name: Baochun Huang
Title: Professor
Phone: 010-62755189
Position: Room 3310, Yifu NO.2 Building
Email: bchuang@pku.edu.cn
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS    
1984.09--1988.07 B.S. University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
1988.09--1991.07 M.S. China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China
1991.09--1994.07 Ph.D. Institute of Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION  
2012.05--to now School of Earth & Space Sciences, Dept. of Geology, Institute of Continental Dynamics and Resources Engineering, Peking University, Professor
2001.12--2012.04 Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the CAS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Associate Professor
1999.06--2001.12 Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the CAS
1998.10--1999.05 Institute of Geophysics of the CAS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Assistant Professor
1994.10--1998.09 Institute of Geophysics of the CAS Academic Visitor & Honorary Research Fellow, University of Liverpool, UK
2005.04--2006.03 Geomagnetism Laboratory of the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
1996.10--1998.09 Laboratory Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism & Marine Earth Sciences, Depart. of Earth and Planet Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Japan
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
The Japanese Ministry of Education Scholarship 1995-1998
Fu Chengyi Youth Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Geophysical Society 2000
Zhao Jiuzhang Outstanding Young Science Award 2005
The Royal Society of UK KC Wong Research Fellowship 2005-2006
The National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China 2005-2008
The Hundred Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 2010-2012
RECENT COURSES TAUGHT
Physical Geology (for Geophysics major) Spring 2013-present
Physical Geology Field Practice (for Geophysics major) Summer 2013-present
Magnetotectonics or Paleomagnetism Applied to Tectonics (for Graduated students) Spring 2013-present
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial board member, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, Science Press 2004-present, Geological Review, Science Press 2014-present, Review Editor of Frontiers in Earth Science (Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism) 2013-present
Deputy Secretary-General of the Paleomagnetism Professional Committee of the Geological Society of China 2004-present
Member, Chinese Geophysical Society (CGS), Geological Society of China (GSC), American Geophysical Union (AGU), Geological Society of America (GSA)
EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT HISTORY
1. Major NSFC Program (41190070) “Reconstruction of East Asian Blocks in Pangea”/Project-1 (41190071) “Paleomagnetic Constraints on Paleogeography of Key East Asian Blocks During Formation of Pangea” 01/2012–12/2016 (Project Director)
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
*Graduate student author
36. Xiao, W.J., B. Windley, S. Sun, J.L. Li, B.C. Huang, C.M. Han, C. Yuan, M. Sun, and H.L. Chen, 2015. A Tale of Amalgamation of Three Permo-Triassic Collage Systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, Sutures, and Terminal Accretion. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 43: 16.1–16.31.
35. Yi, Z.Y.*, B.C. Huang, W.J. Xiao, L.K. Yang, and Q.Q. Qiao*, 2015. Paleomagnetic study of Late Paleozoic rocks in the Tacheng Basin of West Junggar (NW China): Implications for the tectonic evolution of the western Altaids. Gondwana Research, 27, 862-877, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.11.006.
34. Chen, J.S.*, B.C. Huang, Z.Y. Yi*, L.K. Yang, and L.W. Chen*, 2014. Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological results from the Linzizong Group, Linzhou Basin, Lhasa Terrane, Tibet: implications to Paleogene paleolatitude and onset of the India-Asia collision. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 96, 172-177, doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.09.007.
33. Yu, X.J.*, S.T. Fu, S.W. Guan, B.C. Huang, F. Cheng, X. Cheng, T. Zhang, and Z.J. Guo, 2014. Paleomagnetism of Eocene and Miocene sediments from the Qaidam basin: Implication for no integral rotation since the Eocene and a rigid Qaidam block. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15, 2109–2127, doi:10.1002/ 2014GC005230.
32. Yu, X.J.*, B.C. Huang, S.W. Guan, S.T. Fu, F. Cheng, X. Cheng, T. Zhang, and Z.J. Guo, 2014. Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of Eocene and Miocene sediments in the Qaidam Basin, Northwest China: Implication for Cenozoic tectonic transition and depocenter migration. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15, 2095–2108, doi:10.1002/2014GC005231.
31. Qiao, Q.Q.*, B.C. Huang, C.X. Zhang*, J.D.A. Piper, Y.P. Pan, Y. Sun, 2013. Assessment of heavy metal contamination of dustfall in northern China from integrated chemical and magnetic investigation. Atmospheric Environment, 74, 182-193.
30. Chen, L.W.*, B.C. Huang, Z.Y. Yi*, J. Zhao*, Y.G. Yan*, 2013. Paleomagnetism of ca. 1.35Ga sills in northern North China Craton and implications for paleogeographic reconstruction of the Mesoproterozoic supercontinent. Precambrian Research, 228, 36-47.
29. Zhang, C.X.*, Q.Q. Qiao*, E. Appel and B.C. Huang, 2012. Discriminating sources of anthropogenic heavy metals in urban street dusts using magnetic and chemical methods. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 119-120, 60-75, doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.06.014.
28. Tang, Zhihua*, Baochun Huang, Xinxin Dong, Junliang Ji, and Zhongli Ding, 2012. Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of the Jingou River section: Implications for late Cenozoic uplift of the Tian Shan. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 13(1), Q03022, doi: 10.1029/2011GC003966.
27. Yi, Z.Y.*, B.C. Huang, J.S. Chen*, L.W. Chen*, H.L. Wang*, 2011. Paleomagnetism of early Paleogene marine sediments in southern Tibet, China: Implications to onset of the India-Asia collision and size of Greater India. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 309, 153-165, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.001.
26. Qiao, Q.Q.*, C.X. Zhang*, B.C. Huang, and J.D.A. Piper, 2011. Evaluating the environmental quality impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: magnetic monitoring of street dust in Beijing Olympic Park. Geophys. J. Int., 187(3), 1222–1236 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05195.x.
25. Zhang, C.X.*, Q.Q. Qiao*, J.D.A. Piper, and B.C. Huang, 2011. Assessment of heavy metal pollution from a Fe-smelting plant in urban river sediments using environmental magnetic and geochemical methods. Environmental Pollution, 159, 3057-3070.
24. Piper, J.D.A., J.S. Zhang, B.C. Huang, and A.P. Roberts, 2011. Palaeomagnetism of Precambrian dyke swarms in the North China Shield: The ~1.8 Ga LIP event and crustal consolidation in late Palaeoproterozoic times. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 41(6), 504-524.
23. Gürsoy, H., O. Tatar, J.D.A. Piper, F. Koçbulut, Zafer Akpınar, Baochun Huang, A.P. Roberts and B. L. Mesci, 2011. Palaeomagnetic study of the Kepezdağ and Yamadağ volcanic complexes, central Turkey: Neogene tectonic escape and block definition in the central-east Anatolides. Journal of Geodynamics, 51(5), 308-326.
22. Xiao, W.J., B.C. Huang, C.M. Han, S. Sun, J.L. Li, 2010. A review of the western part of the Altaids: A key to understanding the architecture of accretionary orogens. Gondwana Research, 18, 253-273, doi:10.1016/j.gr/2010.01.007.
21. Chen, J.S.*, B.C. Huang, and L.S. Sun*, 2010. New constraints to the onset of the India-Asia collision: paleomagnetic reconnaissance on the Linzizong Group in the Lhasa Block, China, Tectonophysics, 489, 189-209.
20. Zhang, C.X.*, Q.S. Liu, B.C. Huang and, Y.L. Su, 2010. Magnetic enhancement upon heating of environmentally polluted samples containing haematite and iron. Geophys. J. Int., 181(3), 1381-1394.
19. Huang, B.C., J.D.A. Piper, Q.Q. Qiao*, H.L. Wang*, C.X. Zhang*, 2010. Magnetostratigraphic and rock magnetic study of the Neogene upper Yaha Section, Kuche Depression (Tarim Basin): Implications to formation of the Xiyu Conglomerate formation, NW China. J. Geophys. Res., 115, B01101, doi: 10.1029/2008JB006175.
18. Xiao, W.J., B.F. Windley, B.C. Huang, C.M. Han, C. Yuan, H.L. Chen, M. Sun, S. Sun, and J.L. Li, 2009. End-Permian to mid-Triassic termination of the accretionary processes of the southern Altaids: implications for the geodynamic evolution, Phanerozoic continental growth, and metallogeny of Central Asia. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 98(6), 1189-1217, doi: 10.1007/s00531-008-0407-z.
17. Huang, B.C., J.D.A. Piper, and R.X. Zhu, 2009. Paleomagnetic constraints on neotectonic deformation in the Kashi depression of the western Tarim Basin, NW China. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 98(6), 1469-1488, doi:10.1007/s00531-008-0401-5.
16. Huang, B.C., J.D.A. Piper, and R.X. Zhu, 2008. Reply to the comment by J. Charreau et al. on “Magnetostratigraphic study of the Kuche Depression, Tarim Basin, and Cenozoic uplift of the Tian Shan Range, Western China” [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 2008, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.025]. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 275, 404-406, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.053.
15. Zhang, C.X.*, B.C. Huang, J.D.A. Piper, and R.S. Luo, 2008. Biomonitoring of atmospheric particulate matter using magnetic properties of Salix matsudana tree ring cores. Science of the Total Environment, 393, 177-190, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.12.032.
14. Sun, J.M., Q.H. Xu, and B.C. Huang, 2007. Late Cenozoic magnetochronology and paleoenvironmental changes in the northern foreland basin of the Tian Shan Mountains. J. Geophys. Res., 112, B04107, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004653.
13. Huang, B.C., J.D. A. Piper, C.X. Zhang*, Z.Y. Li*, and R.X. Zhu, 2007. Paleomagnetism of Cretaceous rocks in the Jiaodong Peninsula, eastern China: Insight into block rotations and neotectonic deformation in eastern Asia. J. Geophys. Res., 112, B03106, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004462.
12. Huang, B.C., J.D.A. Piper, S.T. Peng*, T. Liu*, Z. Li, Q.C. Wang, and R.X. Zhu, 2006. Magnetostratigraphic study of the Kuche Depression, Tarim Basin, and Cenozoic uplift of the Tian Shan Range, Western China. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 251(3-4), 346-364.
11. Huang, B., J.D.A. Piper, H. He, C. Zhang*, R. Zhu, 2006. Paleomagnetic and geochronological study of the Halaqiaola basalts, southern margin of the Altai Mountains, northern Xinjiang: Constraints on neotectonic convergent patterns north of Tibet. J. Geophys. Res., 111, B01101, doi:10.1029/2005JB003890.
10. Huang, B.C., B. Xu, C.X. Zhang*, Y.A. Li, R.X. Zhu, 2005. Paleomagnetism of the Baiyisi volcanic rocks (ca. 740 Ma) of Tarim, Northwest China: A continental fragment of Neoproterozoic Western Australia? Precambrian Research, 142(3-4), 83-92.
9. Huang, B.C., J.D.A. Piper, Y.C. Wang*, H.Y. He, R.X. Zhu, 2005. Paleomagnetic and geochronological constraints on the post-collisional northward convergence of the southwest Tian Shan, NW China. Tectonophysics, 409(1-4), 107-124.
8. Huang, B.C., R.P. Shi*, Y.C. Wang*, and R.X. Zhu, 2005. Palaeomagnetic investigation on Early-Middle Triassic sediments of the North China block: a new Early Triassic palaeopole and its tectonic implications. Geophys. J. Int., 160(1), 101-113.
7. Huang, B.C., Y.C. Wang*, T. Liu*, T.S. Yang, Y.A. Li, D.J. Sun, and R.X. Zhu, 2004. Paleomagnetism of Miocene sediments from the Turfan Basin, Northwest China: no significant vertical-axis rotation during Neotectonic compression within the Tian Shan Range, Central China. Tectonophysics, 384(1-2), 1-21.
6. Uno, K. and B.C. Huang, 2003. Constraints on the Jurassic swing of the apparent polar wander path for the North China Block. Geophys. J. Int., 154, 801-810.
5. Yang, Z.Y., Y. Otofuji, Z.M. Sun, and B.C. Huang, 2002. Magnetostratigraphic Constraints on the Gondwanan origin of North China: Cambrian/Ordovician boundary results. Geophys. J. Int., 151, 1-10.
4. Huang, B.C., Y. Otofuji, R.X. Zhu, R.P. Shi*, and Y.C. Wang*, 2001, Paleomagnetism of Carboniferous sediments in the Hexi corridor: its origin and tectonic implications. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 194(1-2), 135-149.
3. Huang, B.C., Y. Otofuji, Z.Y. Yang, and R.X. Zhu, 2000. New Silurian and Devonian palaeomagnetic results from the Hexi Corridor terrane, northwest China, and their tectonic implications. Geophys. J. Int., 140(1), 132-146.
2. Huang, B.C., Y. Otofuji, and Z.Y. Yang, 1999, Paleomagnetic constraints on the tectonic relationship between the Alashan/Hexi Corridor terrane and the North China Block. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(6), 787-790.
1. Huang, B.C., Z.Y. Yang, Y. Otofuji, and R.X. Zhu, 1999, Early Paleozoic paleomagnetic poles from the western part of the North China Block and their implications. Tectonophysics, 308(3), 377-402.