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Koshi Yamamoto

Koshi Yamamoto

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Overview

Koshi Yamamoto is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Geophysics and related subfields.

The scientist's research spans several topics, including geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological formations and processes, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Recent published papers by Yamamoto include:

  • Hydrothermal formation of Fe-oxide bands in zebra rocks from northern Western Australia, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Diffusion controlled formation of spherical carbonate concretion in muddy sedimentary matrices, 2020, GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
  • Multi-approach characterization of shallow-water carbonates off Minamitorishima and their depositional settings/history, 2021, Island Arc
  • Decadal-centennial-scale solar-linked climate variations and millennial-scale internal oscillations during the Early Cretaceous, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Paleogeography and tectonic evolution of a late Paleozoic to earliest Mesozoic magmatic arc in East Asia based on U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from the Early Triassic Shingai Unit, Kurosegawa Belt, Southwest Japan, 2021, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Yamamoto are:

  • Hidekazu Yoshida
  • Nagayoshi Katsuta
  • Yoshihiro Asahara
  • Makoto Takeuchi
  • Ryusei Kuma

Publication venues where Yamamoto commonly contributes include:

  • GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
  • Island Arc
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Chemical Geology
  • Scientific Reports

Subfields of study within Yamamoto's work encompass Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Atmospheric Science.

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal chert and associated siliceous rocks from the northern Pacific their geological significance as indication od ocean ridge activity

    Mamoru Adachi;Koshi Yamamoto;Ryuichi Sugisaki

  • GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF CHERTS AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS IN THE FRANCISCAN AND SHIMANTO TERRANES

    Koshi Yamamoto

  • An inter‐laboratory evaluation of OD‐3 zircon for use as a secondary U–Pb dating standard

    Hideki Iwano;Yuji Orihashi;Takafumi Hirata;Masatsugu Ogasawara

  • Triassic bedded cherts in central Japan are not pelagic

    Ryuichi Sugisaki;Koshi Yamamoto;Mamoru Adachi

  • Rare earth element geochemistry of Lake Baikal sediment: its implication for geochemical response to climate change during the Last Glacial/Interglacial transition

    Kazuya Tanaka;Fuminori Akagawa;Koshi Yamamoto;Yukinori Tani

  • Geochemistry and sedimentary petrology of Archean clastic sedimentary rocks at Mt. Goldsworthy, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: Evidence for the early evolution of continental crust and hydrothermal alteration

    Kenichiro Sugitani;Fumiaki Yamashita;Tsutomu Nagaoka;Koshi Yamamoto

  • Intermediate water formation in the Bering Sea during glacial periods: Evidence from neodymium isotope ratios

    Keiji Horikawa;Yoshihiro Asahara;Koshi Yamamoto;Yusuke Okazaki

  • 3He/4He ratios in well gases in the Kinki district, SW Japan: surface appearance of slab-derived fluids in a non-volcanic area in Kii Peninsula

    Takuya Matsumoto;Tetsuro Kawabata;Jun-ichi Matsuda;Koshi Yamamoto

  • Provenance of terrigenous detritus of the surface sediments in the Bering and Chukchi Seas as derived from Sr and Nd isotopes: Implications for recent climate change in the Arctic regions

    Yoshihiro Asahara;Fumi Takeuchi;Kana Nagashima;Naomi Harada

  • Chemical aspects of alteration of acidic tuffs and their application to siliceous deposits

    Koshi Yamamoto;Ryuichi Sugisaki;Fusao Arai

  • Tritium in Japanese precipitation following the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant accident.

    Takuya Matsumoto;Teruyuki Maruoka;Gen Shimoda;Hajime Obata

  • Significance of serpentinization of wedge mantle peridotites beneath Mariana forearc, western Pacific

    Keiko Murata;Hirokazu Maekawa;Hisayoshi Yokose;Koshi Yamamoto

  • Anomalous Ne enrichment in obsidians and Darwin glass: Diffusion of noble gases in silica-rich glasses

    Jun-ichi Matsuda;Kayo Matsubara;Haruaki Yajima;Koshi Yamamoto

  • A systematic rare-earth elements and yttrium study of Archean cherts at the Mount Goldsworthy greenstone belt in the Pilbara Craton: Implications for the origin of microfossil-bearing black cherts

    Haruna Sugahara;Kenichiro Sugitani;Koichi Mimura;Fumiaki Yamashita

  • Early post-mortem formation of carbonate concretions around tusk-shells over week-month timescales.

    Hidekazu Yoshida;Atsushi Ujihara;Masayo Minami;Yoshihiro Asahara

  • Archean cherts derived from chemical, biogenic and clastic sedimentation in a shallow restricted basin: examples from the Gorge Creek Group in the Pilbara Block

    K. Sugitani;K. Yamamoto;M. Adachi;I. Kawabe

  • Possible effects of grain-boundary REE on the REE distribution in felsic melts derived by partial melting

    Kazuhiro Suzuki;Mamoru Adachi;Koshi Yamamoto

  • U–Pb zircon ages and geochemistry of Kangareh and Taghiabad mafic bodies in northern Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, Iran: Evidence for intra-oceanic arc and back-arc tectonic regime in Late Jurassic

    Hossein Azizi;Mohammad Najari;Yoshihiro Asahara;Elizabeth Jacqueline Catlos

  • Zircon U-Pb dating, geochemistry and evolution of the Late Eocene Saveh magmatic complex, central Iran: Partial melts of sub-continental lithospheric mantle and magmatic differentiation

    Fatemeh Nouri;Hossein Azizi;Robert J. Stern;Yoshihiro Asahara

  • Geochemistry of apatite-rich layers in the Finero phlogopite-peridotite massif (Italian Western Alps) and ion microprobe dating of apatite

    Tomoaki Morishita;Kéiko H. Hattori;Kentaro Terada;Takuya Matsumoto

  • Generalized conditions of spherical carbonate concretion formation around decaying organic matter in early diagenesis.

    Hidekazu Yoshida;Koshi Yamamoto;Masayo Minami;Nagayoshi Katsuta

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiro Asahara
Yoshihiro Asahara Nagoya University
Yasufumi Iryu
Yasufumi Iryu Tohoku University
Simon Wallis
Simon Wallis University of Tokyo
Shoji Arai
Shoji Arai Kanazawa University
Tomoaki Morishita
Tomoaki Morishita Kanazawa University
Masanobu Yamamoto
Masanobu Yamamoto Hokkaido University
Ulrich Heimhofer
Ulrich Heimhofer University of Hannover
Pradeep K. Aggarwal
Pradeep K. Aggarwal International Atomic Energy Agency
Yasushi Muraki
Yasushi Muraki Nagoya University
Fumio Abe
Fumio Abe Nagoya University

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