MASAKO YOSHIKAWA

Last Updated :2025/06/13

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Professor (Special Appointment)
E-mail
masakohiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Okayama University

Research Keywords

  • Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions
  • upper mantle peridotite

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. LOMU Type Alkali Basalts in East Asia Sourced from Subduction Recycling of Multiple Ancient Crustal Components, JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY, 65(10), 20241009
  2. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope signatures of mantle-derived calcite in Aitutaki lherzolite xenolith: Implications for organic carbon cycle in the oceanic mantle, MARINE GEOLOGY, 475, 202409
  3. Characterization of the Oman ophiolite peridotites using the relationship between clinopyroxene Nd isotopic ratios and spinel compositions, JOURNAL OF MINERALOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 119(1), 2024
  4. Genesis of Andesitic Magma Erupted at Yufu Volcano, Kyushu Island, Southwest Japan Arc: Evidence from the Chemical Compositions of Amphibole Phenocrysts, JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY, 65(4), 20240401
  5. Single column REE separation and radiogenic 143Nd/144Nd analysis without Sm elimination, GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 57(6), 176-183, 2023
  6. Bioavailable Sr and Pb isotope ratios of archaeological cattle bone from coastal India, JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, 333(3), 1577-1584, 202403
  7. Sequential Pb-Sr-LREE separation from silicates for isotopic analysis, GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 57(2), 73-84, 2023
  8. Origin of xenoliths within the Hime-shima volcanic group, Kyushu, southwestern Japan Arc, JOURNAL OF MINERALOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 117(1), 2022
  9. Alkali basalt from the Seifu Seamount in the Sea of Japan: post-spreading magmatism in a back-arc setting, Solid Earth, 11(1), 23-36, 202001
  10. Dunite channels within a harzburgite layer from the Horoman peridotite complex, Japan: Possible pathway for magmas, ISLAND ARC, 28(1), 201901
  11. Mantle Evolution from Ocean to Arc: The Record in Spinel Peridotite Xenoliths in Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines, MINERALS, 8(11), 201811
  12. Petrology of Peridotites and Nd-Sr Isotopic Composition of Their Clinopyroxenes from the Middle Andaman Ophiolite, India, MINERALS, 8(9), 201809
  13. Basic Dykes Crosscutting the Crystalline Basement of Valsugana (Italy): New Evidence of Early Triassic Volcanism in the Southern Alps, TECTONICS, 37(7), 2080-2093, 201807
  14. Petrology and Sr-Nd isotopic geochemistry of ultramafic xenoliths from the French Massif Central, Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 337, 153-175, 2010
  15. Geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic characteristics and P-T estimates of mantle xenoliths from the French Massif Central: evidence for melting and multiple metasomatism by silicate-rich carbonatite and asthenospheric meltsr, Journal of Geological Society of London, 2009
  16. The Petrology and Geochemistry of Oto-Zan Composite Lava Flow on Shodo-Shima Island, SW Japan: Remelting of a Solidified High-Mg Andesite Magma, Journal of Petrology, 2005

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. 2024/04/01, 2027/03/31
  2. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Water content in the uppermost mantle of the oceanic plate and its origin, 2019/04/01, 2022/03/31
  3. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Metasomatic process of the mantle wedge recorded in basal peridotites from the Oman ophiolite, 2016/04/01, 2019/03/31
  4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Maturing processes of arc MOHO deduced from ophiolites, 2013/04/01, 2016/03/31
  5. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Investigation of physicochemical condition of dehydration and partial melting of the Philippine sea plate, 2013/04/01, 2016/03/31
  6. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Geochemical compositional changes of the upper mantle by subducting slab-derived aqueous fluid: Contraints from the Pinatubo peridotite xenoliths, 2012/04/01, 2015/03/31
  7. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Maturing processes of deeper part of the Island arc: Diversity of crust-mantle boundary and their origins in the Albania Ophiolite, 2009, 2012
  8. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Petrological and geochemical characteristics of lithospheric mantle and magmatism related to its evolution at the Southwest Japan arc, 2009, 2011
  9. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Magma migration process in the upper mantle : An new attempt using mineralogical isotopic compositions, 2007, 2008
  10. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Study on magma plumbing system of Aso volcano by methods of mare drilling isotope analysis, 2005, 2007