Dr. Chiu Hon Chim (招侃潛博士)
Lecturer I

Sedimentology, Geomorphology,
Coastal Hazards
Office:
SMC 12/F, College of International Education, Shek Mun
Tel:
(852) 3411 3299
Fax:
(852) 3411 5990
Email:
chiuhc@hkbu.edu.hk


Academic QualificationsPh.D. in Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
B.Sc. in Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

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Teaching Field/ Courses TaughtPhysical Geography
Anthropogenic Climate Change and Society
Geo-environmental and Ecological Field Study
Urban Development and Environment
Environment and Resources Management Field Camp
The Pearl River Delta : An Environmental Survey

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Research InterestsSedimentary basins in South China
Sedimentary and geomorphology of lake systems
Himalayan river and lake systems
Coastal hazards

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Professional and Community ServicesVice-President, Geological Society of Hong Kong, Session 2020-22
Reviewer, Natural Hazards
Speaker for a series of geography teacher training courses in 2019, Education Bureau

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Academic AwardsFaculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award 2012, Faculty of Science, University of Hong Kong

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Selected Publications
Li, Z., Zhu, R., Gao, Y., Chiu, H. C., & Liao, H. (2020). Recrystallization of Holocene calcareous root tubes in the Tengger Desert, Northwest China and its effects on the reliability of paleoenvironmental reconstruction results.Quaternary International. (in press)
Chiu, H.C. (2019) Late Pleistocene to Holocene landscape controls on former higher lake levels in Tibet and its interactions with surface processes. Abstract presented in GSA Penrose Conference "Climatic controls on continental erosion and sediment transport", Alaska, August 2019
Tse, K.C., Chiu, H. C., Tsang, M. Y., Li, Y., Lam, E. Y. (2019) An unsupervised learning approach to study synchroneity of past events in the South China Sea. Frontiers of Earth Science. 13(3):628-640
Tse, K.C., Chiu, H. C., Tsang, M. Y., Li, Y., Lam, E. Y. (2019) Unsupervised learning on scientific ocean drilling datasets from the South China Sea. Frontiers of Earth Science. 13(1):180-190
Chiu, H.C., Chan, E.T.K., Lee, K.W., Leung, S.M., Leung, Y.T. (2018) Beach Recovery Processes in Urban Beach Systems : A Study in Hong Kong after an Extreme Storm Event. Abstract presented in LIFE+FLANDRE international workshop on Management of Coastal Dunes and Sandy Beaches (LIFE+12 NAT/BE/000631/FLANDRE), France, Jun 2018.
Chiu, H.C., Chan, E.T.K., Lee, K.W., Leung, S.M., Leung, Y.T. (2018) Natural and anthropogenic processes affecting post-storm beach sand recovery in urban coastlines : a case study in Hong Kong. Abstract presented in INQUA-PAGES Conference for Early-Career Researchers Impacts of sea-level rise from past to present, The Netherlands, Aug 2018.