Journal publications

1. Wang, X., Li, H.*, Zheng, C., Yang, J., Zhang, M., Xiao, K., Yan Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Submarine groundwater discharge as an important nutrient source influencing nutrient structure in coastal water of Daya Bay, China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018, 225: 52-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.01.029.

2. Wang, X., Li, H.*, Voss, C., Moore, W., Li, L., Zheng, C., Yang, J., Reducing uncertainty in submarine groundwater discharge estimations using the radium quartet. Journal of Hydrology, 2018. (revised)

3. Wang, X., Li, H.*, Yang, J., Zheng, C., Zhang, Y., An, A., Zhang, M., Xiao, K., Nutrient inputs through submarine groundwater discharge in an embayment: a radon investigation in Daya Bay, China. Journal of Hydrology, 2017, 551: 784-792.

4. Wang, X., Li, H.*, Luo, X., Jiao, J., Qu, W., Wang, C., Using 224Ra to estimate eddy diffusivity and submarine groundwater discharge in Laizhou Bay, China. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2016, 308(2): 403-411, doi: 10.1007/s10967-015-4495-5.

5. Wang, X., Li, H.*, Zhang, Y., Wang, C., Qu, W., Ma, Q., Evaluation of submarine groundwater discharge into the northern Bohai Bay, China using 226Ra. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 2016, 16(2): 362-368, doi: 10.2166/ws.2015.149.

6. Wang, X., Li, H.*, Jiao, J.J., Barry, D.A., Li, L., Luo, X., Wang, C., Wan, L., Wang, X., Jiang, X., Ma, Q., Qu, W., Submarine fresh groundwater discharge into Laizhou Bay comparable to the Yellow River flux. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 8814, doi: 10.1038/srep08814.

7. Wang, X., Li, H.*, Yang, J., Wan, L., Wang, X., Jiang, X., Guo, H., Measuring in situ vertical hydraulic conductivity in tidal environments. Advances in Water Resources, 2014, 70: 118-130, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.05.004.

8. Wang, X.J., Li, H.L.*, Wan, L., Liu, F.T., Jiang, X.W., Loading effect of water table variation and density effect on tidal head fluctuations in a coastal aquifer system. Water Resources Research, 2012, 48, W09501, doi: 10.1029/2011wr011600.

9. Gao, J., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Li, H.*, Estimation of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient inputs into Daya Bay in spring using radium isotopes. Water Science and Engineering, 2018, 11(2): 120-130.

10. Li, G., Li, H.*, Wang, X., Qu, W., Zhang, Y., Xiao, K., Luo, M., Zheng, C., Groundwater-surface water exchanges and associated nutrient fluxes in Dan’ao Estuary, Daya Bay, China. Continental Shelf Research, 2018, 166: 83-91, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2018.06.014.

11. Li, G., Li, H.*, Wang, X., Qu, W., Zhang, Y., Groundwater-surface water exchanges associated metals at two intertidal transects, Dan’ao Estuary, Daya Bay, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018, 25: 29663-29677, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2982-2.

12. Zhang, Y., Li, H.*, Wang, X., Wang, C., Qu, W., Xiao, K., Submarine groundwater discharge and chemical behavior of tracers in Laizhou Bay, China. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2018, 189: 182-190.

13. Zhang, Y., Li, H.*, Wang, X.*, Zheng, C., Wang, C., Xiao, K., Wan, L., Wang, X., Jiang, X., Guo, H., Estimation of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient fluxes in eastern Laizhou Bay, China using Rn-222. Journal of Hydrology, 2016, 533: 103-113, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.11.027.

14. Ma, Q., Li, H.*, Wang, X.J., Wang, C., Wan, L., Wang, X.S., Jiang, X., Estimation of seawater-groundwater exchange rate: case study in a tidal flat with large-scale seepage face (Laizhou Bay, China). Hydrogeology Journal, 2015, 23(2): 265-275.

15. Zhang, Y., Li, H.*, Xiao, K., Wang, X.J., Lu, X., Zhang, M., An, A., Qu, W., Wan, L., Zheng, C., Wang, X., Jiang, X., Improving estimation of submarine groundwater discharge using radium and radon tracers: application in Jiaozhou Bay, China. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 2017, 122, doi: 10.1002/2017JC013237.

16. Qu, W., Li, H.*, Wang, C., Zheng, C., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Numerical simulations of seasonally oscillated groundwater dynamics in coastal confined aquifers. Groundwater, 2019. (accepted)

17. Xiao, K., Li, H.*, Shananan, M., Zhang, X., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Liu, H., 2019. Coastal water quality assessment and groundwater transport in a subtropical mangrove swamp in Daya Bay, China. Sci. Total Environ., 2019, 646: 1419-1432.

18. Qu, W., Li, H.*, Huang, H., Zheng, C., Wang, C., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Seawater-groundwater exchange and nutrients carried by submarine groundwater discharge in different types of wetlands at Jiaozhou Bay, China. Journal of Hydrology, 2017, 555: 185-197.

19. Hou, L., Li, H.*, Zheng, C., Ma, Q., Wang, C., Wang, X., Qu, W., Seawater-groundwater exchange in a silty tidal flat in the south coast of Laizhou Bay, China. Journal of Coastal Research, 2016, SI(74): 134-146.

20. Wang, X., Li, H.*, Liu, F., Wang, C., The estimation of aquifer parameters and water table changes using tidal effect in a coastal aquifer. Geotechnical Investigation & Surveying, 2013, 41(9): 28-31. (in Chinese with English abstract)

21. Li, H.*, Wang, X., Submarine groundwater discharge: A review. Advances in Earth Science, 2015, 30(6): 636-646. (in Chinese with English abstract)

22. Luo, M., Li, H.*, Wang, X., Li, G., Test and calibration of water pressure and salinity measurement for LTC Levelogger Junior. Hydrogeology & Engineering Geology, 2018, 45(4): 15-20. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Conference papers

1. Wang, X., Li, H., Zheng, C., Seasonal distribution of radium isotopes and submarine groundwater discharge in Laizhou Bay, China. Proceedings of the 24th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting and the 4th Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting. July 4-8, 2016, 52-55pp, Cairns, Australia.

2. Wang, X., Li, H., Fresh-saltwater interface in a multi-layered coastal aquifer system. Proceedings of the MODFLOW and More 2015: Modeling a Complex World. The Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA, Jun 1-3, 2015, 536-539pp.

3. Wang, X., Li, H., Wang, C., Estimation of SGD using 226Ra in Laizhou Bay, China. Proceedings of the third Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting, Beijing, P.R.China, October 21-24, 2013, 36-37.

4. Wang, X., Li, H., Analytical solutions of tide-induced head fluctuations in a coastal confined aquifer considering the water table loading effect. Proceedings of the IPACES Annual Meeting, Guiyang, P.R.China, July 7-10, 2011, 203-206.

5. Li, H., Wang, X., Zheng, C., Estimating fresh and total submarine groundwater discharges into Lziahou Bay, China by radium quartet. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. Feb 26-Mar 3, 2017, Honolulu, Hawai′i.

6. An, A., Li, H., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Seasonal variation in groundwater discharge estimated by continuous radon measurements in Daya Bay, China. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. Feb 26-Mar 3, 2017, Honolulu, Hawai′i.

7. Zhang, Y., Li, H., Wang, X., Zheng, C., A preliminary study of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrients into Jiaozhou Bay, China using 222Rn. Proceedings of 9th IAHS Conference on Groundwater Quality. July 24-28, 2016, Shenzhen, China.

8. Qu, W., Li, H., Zheng, C., Wang, C., Wang, X., Flow and nutrients exchange between seawater and groundwater in different types of wetlands at Jiaozhou Bay, China. Proceedings of the 24th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting and the 4th Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting. July 4-8, 2016, 157-160pp, Cairns, Australia.

Representative Research Projects in China
1. 2019/01-2023/12, Nutrient migration and transformation across the land-sea interface in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), No. 41890852. (Chief Investigator of sub task)

2. 2018/01-2019/12, Determining groundwater Ra end-member values for the estimation of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) using radium isotopes, Young Scientist Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), No. 41702266. (Chief Investigator)

3. 2016/11-2017/12, Radon isotope assessment of submarine groundwater discharge and nutrient input into Daya Bay, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2016M600611. (Chief Investigator)

4. 2015/01-2019/12, Submarine groundwater discharges (SGD) and their environmental effects in Bohai Sea and Jiaozhou Bay, Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), No. 41430641. (Participate)

5. 2015/01-2019/12, Nutrients transportation and transformation mechanisms and their environmental effects in bays, State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China, No. 2015CB452902. (Participate)

6. 2013/01-2016/12, Multi-discipline, multi-method and comprehensive evaluation of the submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in Jiaozhou Bay, General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), No. 41272267. (Participate)