Publication

2026

• "Osmium Isotope and Highly Siderophile Element Constraints on the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary in Western Pacific Pelagic Clay"
  Sato, H., Usui, Y., Mimura, K., Ishikawa, A., Yasukawa, K., Ohta, J. and Kato, Y.
  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 27, e2026GC013078 (2026).

  • DOI: 10.1029/2026GC013078
• "Applying Deep-Learning-Based Sonar Image Analysis to Exploration of Hydrothermal Activities"
  Mimura, K., Kaneko, J., Nozaki, T., Kasaya, T., Sugimoto, Y., Genda, T. and Nakamura, K.
  IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 19, 19674-19683 (2026).

  • DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2026.3698356
• "Early Eocene barium isotopic record from the Pacific Ocean, and its implication for paleo-productivity during the Eocene Hyperthermals"
  Kuwahara, Y., Yamamoto, Y., Miyazaki, T., Yasukawa, K., Vaglarov, B.S., Tanaka, E., Filippi, G., Luciani, V., Nakamura, K. and Kato, Y.
  C2C International Workshop for deciphering the Climate System in the Cretaceous-Paleogene “Hothouse” at Kochi (Kochi, Japan, May 22, 2026) (2026).

  Invited
• "Decoding multielemental signatures in bulk-sediment geochemistry during the Early Paleogene Hothouse on the Campbell Plateau, South Pacific Ocean"
  Yasukawa, K., Tanaka, E., Dunlea, A.G., Hendy, I., Kuwahara, Y., Röhl, U., Ikehara, M., Nakamura, K. and Kato, Y.
  C2C International Workshop for deciphering the Climate System in the Cretaceous-Paleogene “Hothouse” at Kochi (Kochi, Japan, May 22, 2026) (2026).

  Invited
• "Melt-poor spreading in the Shikoku back-arc basin: Widespread occurrence of oceanic core complexes and associated features"
  Ohara, Y., Okino, K., Akizawa, N., Basch, V., Cuffaro, M., Fujii, M., Harigane, Y., Hirauchi, K-I., Inoue, S., Ishizuka, O., Machida, S., Michibayashi, K., Moriguchi, T., Nimura, K., Oyanagi, R., Sanfilippo, A., Sani, C., Sen, A., Snow, J.E., Tani, K. and Yamashita, H.
  Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 13, 32 (2026).

  • DOI: 10.1186/s40645-026-00818-7
• "Unusual intraplate volcanism at the Conrad Rise, Indian Ocean: the role of inherited continental lithosphere"
  Sato, H., Machida, S., Ishizuka, H., Fujii, M., Sato, T. and Nogi, Y.
  EGU General Assembly 2026 (Vienna, Austria) (2026).
• "Phosphorus cycling and REE enrichment in pelagic clay: Insights from a coupled Nd–P mass-balance approach"
  Matsunami, R., Yasukawa, K., Nakamura, K. and Kato, Y.
  EGU General Assembly 2026 (Vienna, Austria) (2026).
• "Chemostratigraphy of REE-rich mud around Minamitorishima Island: A novel stratigraphic approach based on multi-element data analysis"
  Yasukawa, K., Tanaka, E., Nakamura, K. and Kato, Y.
  Annual Meeting of The Sedimentological Society of Japan 2026 (2026).

  Invited
• "Pacific abyssal sedimentary sinks of seawater K and Mg through the Cenozoic"
  Dunlea, A.G., Santiago Ramos, D.P., Yasukawa, K., Tanaka, E. and Kato, Y.
  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 413, 91-103 (2026).

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2025.11.022
• "Large-scale polymetallic mineralization driven by long-lived magmatic-hydrothermal activity and subducted sediment influx: A case study from Toyoha, NE Japan"
  Ishida, M., Hieda, Y., Araki, S., Fujinaga, K., Shimizu, T., Tanimizu, M., Broderick, C., Nakamura, H., Iwamori, H., Machida, S., Yoneda, S., Nakamura, K. and Kato, Y.
  Journal of Geochemical Exploration 280, 107887 (2026).

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107887
• "Resolving the syn-genetic mineralization age of a metamorphosed Archean VHMS deposit using multiple geochronological approaches"
  Dana, C.D.P., Hollis, S.P., Tavazzani, L., Chelle-Michou, C., Glorie, S., Kuwahara, Y., Mimura, K., Yano, M., Ohta, J., Selby, D., Kato, Y., Pashley, V., James, M. and Podmore, D.
  Precambrian Research 432, 107968 (2026).

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107968