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Overview

Yongqiang Zong is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Geology, and Oceanography. Their research work spans several topics centered around geological and environmental dynamics.

Their main topics of investigation include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Yongqiang Zong has contributed frequently to several publication venues with multiple works appearing in:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Science China Earth Sciences
  • Geomorphology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Yongqiang Zong, several stand out with their publication years and venues:

  • Holocene coastal evolution preceded the expansion of paddy field rice farming (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Coastal GIA processes revealed by the early to middle Holocene sea-level history of east China (2020), Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Human drivers accelerated the advance of Pearl River deltaic shoreline in the past 7500 years (2020), Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Reasons for the low sedimentation and slow progradation in the Pearl River delta, southern China, during the middle Holocene (2020), Marine Geology
  • Anthropogenic impact on the organic carbon sources, transport and distribution in a subtropical semi-enclosed bay (2021), The Science of The Total Environment

Zong's collaborative work is evident from frequent co-authors who have published multiple papers together. These include:

  • Haixian Xiong
  • Shuqing Fu
  • Guangqing Huang
  • Zhuo Zheng
  • Fengling Yu

The body of work illustrates a consistent engagement with topics related to coastal, geological, and atmospheric studies, reflecting a broad investigative scope within Earth and Planetary Sciences. The research often addresses interactions between natural geological processes and human activities, focusing specifically on regional environments such as the Pearl River delta and subtropical coastal ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Fire and flood management of coastal swamp enabled first rice paddy cultivation in east China

    Y. Zong;Z. Chen;J. B. Innes;C. Chen

  • Mid-Holocene sea-level highstand along the Southeast Coast of China

    Yongqiang Zong

  • Bulk organic δ13C and C/N as indicators for sediment sources in the Pearl River delta and estuary, southern China

    Fengling Yu;Fengling Yu;Yongqiang Zong;Jeremy M. Lloyd;Guangqing Huang

  • The 1998 Flood on the Yangtze, China

    Yongqiang Zong;Xiqing Chen

  • Human impacts on the Changjiang (Yangtze) River basin, China, with special reference to the impacts on the dry season water discharges into the sea

    Xiqing Chen;Yongqiang Zong;Erfeng Zhang;Jiangang Xu

  • Tidal marsh stratigraphy, sea-level change and large earthquakes, i: a 5000 year record in washington, U.S.A.☆

    I. Shennan;A.J. Long;M.M. Rutherford;F.M. Green

  • An evolutionary model for the Holocene formation of the Pearl River delta, China

    Y. Zong;G. Huang;A.D. Switzer;F. Yu

  • Assessing tsunami vulnerability, an example from Herakleio, Crete

    Maria Papathoma;Dale Tim Maurice Dominey-Howes;Y Zong;David Smith

  • Late Quaternary environmental changes in the Pearl River mouth region, China

    Y. Zong;W. W. S. Yim;Fengling Yu;G. Huang

  • Reconstruction of Holocene monsoon history from the Pearl River Estuary, southern China, using diatoms and carbon isotope ratios

    Y Zong;J. M. Lloyd;M. J. Leng;W. W.-S. Yim

  • IMPLICATIONS OF PARALIA SULCATA ABUNDANCE IN SCOTTISH ISOLATION BASINS

    Yongqiang Zong

  • Coastal Erosion Along the Changjiang Deltaic Shoreline, China: History and Prospective

    X. Chen;Y. Zong

  • Diatom-based tidal-level transfer functions as an aid in reconstructing Quaternary history of sea-level movements in the UK

    Yongqiang Zong;Benjamin P. Horton

  • Environmental history, palaeoecology and human activity at the early Neolithic forager/cultivator site at Kuahuqiao, Hangzhou, eastern China.

    James B. Innes;Yongqiang Zong;Zhongyuan Chen;Chun Chen

  • Migration patterns of Neolithic settlements on the abandoned Yellow and Yangtze River deltas of China

    Zhongyuan Chen;Yongqiang Zong;Zhanghua Wang;Hui Wang

  • The role of sea-level rise, monsoonal discharge and the palaeo-landscape in the early Holocene evolution of the Pearl River delta, southern China

    Yongqiang Zong;Kangyou Huang;Fengling Yu;Zhuo Zheng

  • Coastal Inundation due to Sea Level Rise in the Pearl River Delta, China

    Zhenguo Huang;Yongqiang Zong;Weiqiang Zhang

  • A review of microplastics in sediments: Spatial and temporal occurrences, biological effects, and analytic methods

    Piao Yao;Bin Zhou;YueHan Lu;Yong Yin

  • Quantitative Holocene climatic reconstructions for the lower Yangtze region of China

    Jianyong Li;John Dodson;John Dodson;Hong Yan;Weiming Wang

  • Written records of historical tsunamis in the northeastern South China Sea: challenges associated with developing a new integrated database

    Annie A Y Lau;Adam D Switzer;Dale Dominey-Howes;Jonathan C Aitchison

  • Late Devensian and Holocene relative sealevel changes at Loch nan Eala, near Arisaig, northwest Scotland

    Ian Shennan;James B. Innes;Antony J. Long;Yongqiang Zong

  • DIATOM ZONES ACROSS INTERTIDAL FLATS AND COASTAL SALTMARSHES IN BRITAIN

    Yongqiang Zong;Benjamin P. Horton

  • Microfossil analysis of sediments representing the 1964 earthquake, exposed at Girdwood Flats, Alaska, USA

    Ian Shennan;David B Scott;Mairead Rutherford;Yongqiang Zong

Frequent Co-Authors

James B. Innes
James B. Innes Durham University
Jeremy M. Lloyd
Jeremy M. Lloyd Durham University
Zhanghua Wang
Zhanghua Wang East China Normal University
Benjamin P. Horton
Benjamin P. Horton City University of Hong Kong
Zhongyuan Chen
Zhongyuan Chen East China Normal University
Jonathan C. Aitchison
Jonathan C. Aitchison University of Queensland
Ian Shennan
Ian Shennan Durham University
Zhonghui Liu
Zhonghui Liu University of Hong Kong
Antony J. Long
Antony J. Long Durham University
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham

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