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Eizo Nakamura

Eizo Nakamura

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Earth Science

D-Index
67
Citations
12690
World Ranking
1268
National Ranking
25

Overview

Eizo Nakamura is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans a variety of specialized topics within these broader disciplines.

The main fields of study for Nakamura include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these fields, their subfields of research cover:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Inorganic Chemistry

The principal topics that characterize Nakamura's work are:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials

Their recent publications exhibit a focus on planetary materials and geochemical processes. Notable papers include:

  • "Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu," 2021, Nature Astronomy
  • "On the origin and evolution of the asteroid Ryugu: A comprehensive geochemical perspective," 2022, Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B
  • "Elements for the Origin of Life on Land: A Deep-Time Perspective from the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia," 2021, Astrobiology
  • "Insights into the formation and evolution of extraterrestrial amino acids from the asteroid Ryugu," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "A new concept for the genesis of felsic magma: the separation of slab-derived supercritical liquid," 2020, Scientific Reports

Nakamura collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Ryoji Tanaka
  • T. Kunihiro
  • Tsutomu Ota
  • Christian Potiszil
  • K. Kobayashi

The most common venues for their publications are:

  • Astrobiology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Analytica Chimica Acta

Best Publications

  • Origin of the slab component in arc lavas from across-arc variation of B and Pb isotopes

    Tsuyoshi Ishikawa;Tsuyoshi Ishikawa;Eizo Nakamura

  • Possible eastward extension of Chinese collision belt in South Korea: The Imjingang belt

    Jin Han Ree;Moonsup Cho;Sung Tack Kwon;Eizo Nakamura

  • Boron isotope systematics of marine sediments

    Tsuyoshi Ishikawa;Eizo Nakamura

  • EVALUATION OF THE COPRECIPITATION OF INCOMPATIBLE TRACE ELEMENTS WITH FLUORIDE DURING SILICATE ROCK DISSOLUTION BY ACID DIGESTION

    Tetsuya Yokoyama;Akio Makishima;Eizo Nakamura

  • Across-arc variation of Li isotopes in lavas and implications for crust/mantle recycling at subduction zones

    Takuya Moriguti;Eizo Nakamura

  • Determination of Major/ Minor and Trace Elements in Silicate Samples by ICP-QMS and ICP-SFMS Applying Isotope Dilution-Internal Standardisation (ID-IS) and Multi-Stage Internal Standardisation

    Akio Makishima;Eizo Nakamura

  • Precise boron isotopic analysis of natural rock samples using a boron-mannitol complex

    Eizo Nakamura;Tsuyoshi Ishikawa;Jean Luis Birck;Claude J. Allègre

  • Across-arc variations of isotope and trace element compositions from Quaternary basaltic volcanic rocks in northeastern Japan: Implications for interaction between subducted oceanic slab and mantle wedge

    Tomoyuki Shibata;Eizo Nakamura

  • Chemical geodynamics in a back arc region around the Sea of Japan: Implications for the genesis of alkaline basalts in Japan, Korea, and China

    Eizo Nakamura;Ian H. Campbell;Malcolm T. McCulloch;Shen-Su Sun

  • High-yield lithium separation and the precise isotopic analysis for natural rock and aqueous samples

    Takuya Moriguti;Eizo Nakamura

  • Lithium isotopic systematics of peridotite xenoliths from Hannuoba, North China Craton: Implications for melt-rock interaction in the considerably thinned lithospheric mantle

    Yan Jie Tang;Hong Fu Zhang;Eizo Nakamura;Takuya Moriguti

  • Suppression of Matrix Effects in ICP‐MS by High Power Operation of ICP: Application to Precise Determination of Rb, Sr, Y, Cs, Ba, REE, Pb, Th and U at ng g‐1 Levels in Milligram Silicate Samples

    Akio Makishima;Eizo Nakamura

  • The influence of subduction processes on the geochemistry of Japanese alkaline basalts

    Eizo Nakamura;Ian H. Campbell;Ian H. Campbell;Shen Su Sun

  • An assessment of upper mantle heterogeneity based on abyssal peridotite isotopic compositions

    Jessica M. Warren;Jessica M. Warren;Nobumichi Shimizu;C. Sakaguchi;Henry J. B. Dick

  • Fate of the subducted Farallon plate inferred from eclogite xenoliths in the Colorado Plateau

    Tomohiro Usui;Eizo Nakamura;Katsura Kobayashi;Shigenori Maruyama

  • SUPPRESSION OF BORON VOLATILIZATION FROM A HYDROFLUORIC ACID SOLUTION USING A BORON-MANNITOL COMPLEX

    Tsuyoshi. Ishikawa;Eizo. Nakamura

  • Boron isotope geochemistry of metasedimentary rocks and tourmalines in a subduction zone metamorphic suite

    Toshio Nakano;Eizo Nakamura

  • Coupled Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd geochronology constrains garnet growth in ultra‐high‐pressure eclogites from the Dabie orogen

    Hao Cheng;Hao Cheng;R. L. King;E. Nakamura;J. D. Vervoort

  • CHROMIUM ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS OF ACHONDRITES: CHRONOLOGY AND ISOTOPIC HETEROGENEITY OF THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES

    Akane Yamakawa;Katsuyuki Yamashita;Akio Makishima;Eizo Nakamura

  • Precise isotope analysis of nanogram-level Pb for natural rock samples without use of double spikes

    Takeshi Kuritani;Eizo Nakamura

  • Lithium, boron and lead isotope and trace element systematics of Quaternary basaltic volcanic rocks in northeastern Japan: mineralogical controls on slab-derived fluid composition

    Takuya Moriguti;Tomoyuki Shibata;Eizo Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsura Kobayashi
Katsura Kobayashi Okayama University
Akio Makishima
Akio Makishima Okayama University
Gray E. Bebout
Gray E. Bebout Lehigh University
Tatsuki Tsujimori
Tatsuki Tsujimori Tohoku University
Ian H. Campbell
Ian H. Campbell Australian National University
Shigenori Maruyama
Shigenori Maruyama Tokyo Institute of Technology
B. Nagender Nath
B. Nagender Nath National Institute of Oceanography
Riccardo Vannucci
Riccardo Vannucci University of Pavia
Hong-Fu Zhang
Hong-Fu Zhang Northwest University
Ji-Feng Ying
Ji-Feng Ying Chinese Academy of Sciences

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