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Kunihiko Nishiizumi is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Environmental Science, with significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, and Geophysics. Their scholarly work emphasizes several scientific topics including Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, as well as Radioactive contamination and transfer.

Their recent publications feature studies on asteroid Ryugu and carbonaceous chondrites, contributing to the understanding of volatile sources, surface evolution, and parent asteroid materials. Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Noble gases and nitrogen in samples of asteroid Ryugu record its volatile sources and recent surface evolution", 2022, Science
  • "First asteroid gas sample delivered by the Hayabusa2 mission: A treasure box from Ryugu", 2022, Science Advances
  • "The noble gas and nitrogen relationship between Ryugu and carbonaceous chondrites", 2023, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "The nature of the CM parent asteroid regolith based on cosmic ray exposure ages", 2020, Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • "The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu's parent asteroid", 2025, Nature Astronomy

Frequent co-authors in Kunihiko Nishiizumi's works include Marc W. Caffee, H. Busemann, Daniela Krietsch, C. Maden, and Bernard Marty. The collaborative endeavors with these researchers have resulted in multiple publications across high-impact journals.

Their scholarly output is also marked by publications in respected venues such as Science, Science Advances, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Nature Astronomy, and Meteoritics and Planetary Science.

Best Publications

  • Absolute calibration of 10Be AMS standards

    Kunihiko Nishiizumi;Mineo Imamura;Marc W. Caffee;John R. Southon

  • The soil production function and landscape equilibrium

    Arjun M. Heimsath;William E. Dietrich;Kunihiko Nishiizumi;Robert C. Finkel

  • Geological calibration of spallation production rates in the CRONUS-Earth project

    Brian Borchers;Shasta Marrero;Greg Balco;Marc Caffee

  • Cosmic ray production rates of 10Be and 26Al in quartz from glacially polished rocks

    K. Nishiizumi;E. L. Winterer;C. P. Kohl;J. Klein

  • Preparation of 26Al AMS standards

    Kunihiko Nishiizumi

  • Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age

    Christo Buizert;Betty Adrian;Jinho Ahn;Mary Albert

  • Cosmogenic nuclides, topography, and the spatial variation of soil depth

    Arjun M. Heimsath;William E. Dietrich;Kunihiko Nishiizumi;Robert C. Finkel

  • Cosmic ray produced 10Be and 26Al in Antarctic rocks: exposure and erosion history

    K. Nishiizumi;C.P. Kohl;J.R. Arnold;J. Klein

  • Beryllium 10 concentrations in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 ice core from 3–40 ka

    R. C. Finkel;K. Nishiizumi

  • Stochastic processes of soil production and transport: erosion rates, topographic variation and cosmogenic nuclides in the Oregon Coast Range

    Arjun M. Heimsath;William E. Dietrich;Kunihiko Nishiizumi;Robert C. Finkel

  • Soil production on a retreating escarpment in southeastern Australia

    Arjun M. Heimsath;John Chappell;William E. Dietrich;Kunihiko Nishiizumi

  • A threshold in soil formation at Earth's arid-hyperarid transition

    Stephanie A. Ewing;Brad Sutter;Justine Owen;Kunihiko Nishiizumi

  • Production of 10 Be and 26 Al by cosmic rays in terrestrial quartz in situ and implications for erosion rates

    K. Nishiizumi;D. Lal;J. Klein;R. Middleton

  • The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology - Part 2: Annual-layer counting (0-31 ka BP)

    Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl;Tyler J. Fudge;Mai Winstrup;Jihong Cole-Dai

  • Role of in situ cosmogenic nuclides 10be and 26al in the study of diverse geomorphic processes

    K. Nishiizumi;C. P. Kohl;J. R. Arnold;Ronald Dorn

  • Radar-Enabled Recovery of the Sutter’s Mill Meteorite, a Carbonaceous Chondrite Regolith Breccia

    Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Marc D. Fries;Qing-Zhu Yin;Michael Zolensky

  • Cosmic ray exposure ages of chondrites, pre-irradiation and constancy of cosmic ray flux in the past

    K. Nishiizumi;S. Regnier;K. Marti

  • The CRONUS-Earth Project: A synthesis

    Fred M. Phillips;David C. Argento;Greg Balco;Marc W. Caffee

  • Late Quaternary erosion in southeastern Australia: a field example using cosmogenic nuclides

    Arjun M Heimsath;John Chappell;William E Dietrich;Kunihiko Nishiizumi

  • Remnants of a fossil alluvial fan landscape of Miocene age in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile using cosmogenic nuclide exposure age dating

    K. Nishiizumi;M.W. Caffee;R.C. Finkel;G. Brimhall

  • Holocene monsoonal dynamics and fluvial terrace formation in the northwest Himalaya, India

    Bodo Bookhagen;Dominik Fleitmann;Kunihiko Nishiizumi;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Geomorphologic evidence for the late Pliocene onset of hyperaridity in the Atacama Desert

    Ronald Amundson;William Dietrich;Dino Bellugi;Stephanie Ewing

  • Changes in continental and sea-salt atmospheric loadings in central Greenland during the most recent deglaciation: model-based estimates

    R. B. Alley;R. C. Finkel;K. Nishiizumi;S. Anandakrishnan

  • The 36Cl–36Ar–40K–41K records and cosmic ray production rates in iron meteorites

    B. Lavielle;K. Marti;J.-P. Jeannot;K. Nishiizumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc W. Caffee
Marc W. Caffee Purdue University West Lafayette
Rainer Wieler
Rainer Wieler ETH Zurich
Robert C. Finkel
Robert C. Finkel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
William E. Dietrich
William E. Dietrich University of California, Berkeley
Michael E. Zolensky
Michael E. Zolensky National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ronald Amundson
Ronald Amundson University of California, Berkeley
A. J. T. Jull
A. J. T. Jull University of Arizona
Michael A. Velbel
Michael A. Velbel Michigan State University
Keisuke Nagao
Keisuke Nagao University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Hidaka
Hiroshi Hidaka Nagoya University

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