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Overview

Masahiko Honda is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia, focusing primarily on Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans various subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Radiation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers several scientific topics such as Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques, Radioactive contamination and transfer, and Astro and Planetary Science.

Key recent publications include:

  • Corrigendum to "Astronomical calibration of 40Ar/39Ar reference minerals using high precision, multi-collector (ARGUSVI) mass spectrometry" [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 196 (2017) 351-369] (2020) - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • On Geometric Structure of Point Particles (2024) - International Journal of Theoretical Physics
  • The formation of planetary systems with SPICA (2021) - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Frequent collaborators include:

  • David Phillips
  • Erin Matchan
  • Klaudia F. Kuiper
  • I. Kamp
  • Hideko Nomura

Their work has been published in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Theoretical Physics
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Best Publications

  • U-Th-He dating of apatite: A potential thermochronometer

    P.K. Zeitler;A.L. Herczeg;I. McDougall;M. Honda

  • Possible solar noble-gas component in Hawaiian basalts

    Masahiko Honda;Ian McDougall;Desmond B. Patterson;Anthony Doulgeris

  • Noble gases in submarine pillow basalt glasses from Loihi and Kilauea, Hawaii: A solar component in the Earth

    Masahiko Honda;Ian McDougall;Desmond B Patterson;Anthony Doulgeris

  • High abundances of noble gas and chlorine delivered to the mantle by serpentinite subduction

    Mark A. Kendrick;Marco Scambelluri;Masahiko Honda;David Phillips

  • Production of nucleogenic neon in the Earth from natural radioactive decay

    Igor Yatsevich;Masahiko Honda

  • Global cooling initiated stony deserts in central Australia 2-4 Ma, dated by cosmogenic 21Ne-10Be

    Toshiyuki Fujioka;John Chappell;Masahiko Honda;Igor Yatsevich

  • Subduction zone fluxes of halogens and noble gases in seafloor and forearc serpentinites

    Mark A. Kendrick;Masahiko Honda;Thomas Pettke;Marco Scambelluri

  • Sedimentary noble gases

    F.A. Podosek;M. Honda;M. Ozima

  • NOBLE GASES IN DIAMONDS: OCCURRENCES OF SOLARLIKE HELIUM AND NEON

    M. Honda;J. H. Reynolds;E. Roedder;S. Epstein

  • Widespread assimilation of a seawater-derived component at Loihi Seamount, Hawaii

    Adam J.R Kent;Adam J.R Kent;David A Clague;Masahiko Honda;Edward M Stolper

  • Atmospheric contamination: A possible source for heavy noble gases in basalts from Loihi Seamount, Hawaii

    D. B. Patterson;M. Honda;I. McDougall

  • Quantifying brine assimilation by submarine magmas: Examples from the Galápagos Spreading Centre and Lau Basin

    Mark A. Kendrick;Richard Arculus;Pete Burnard;Masahiko Honda

  • Preservation of near-solar neon isotopic ratios in Icelandic basalts

    Eleanor T. Dixon;Masahiko Honda;Ian McDougall;Ian H. Campbell

  • Systematic elemental fractionation of mantle-derived helium, neon and argon in mid-oceanic ridge glasses

    Masahiko Honda;Desmond B. Patterson

  • Halogen systematics (Cl, Br, I) in Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts: A Macquarie Island case study

    Mark A. Kendrick;Vadim S. Kamenetsky;David Phillips;Masahiko Honda

  • Noble gases in pyroxenites and metasomatised peridotites from the Newer Volcanics, southeastern Australia: implications for mantle metasomatism

    T Matsumoto;Masahiko Honda;Ian McDougall;Suzanne Yvette O'Reilly

  • Noble gases in mafic phenocrysts and xenoliths from New Zealand

    Desmond B Patterson;M. Honda;I. McDougall

  • Noble gases in anhydrous lherzolites from the newer volcanics, southeastern Australia: a MORB-like reservoir in the subcontinental mantle

    Takuya Matsumoto;Masahiko Honda;Ian Mcdougall;Suzanne Y. O’Reilly

  • Primordial helium and neon in the Earth—A speculation on early degassing

    Masahiko Honda;Ian McDougall

  • Astronomical calibration of 40Ar/39Ar reference minerals using high-precision, multi-collector (ARGUSVI) mass spectrometry

    David Phillips;Erin Matchan;Masahiko Honda;K F Kuiper

  • Plume-like neon in a metasomatic apatite from the Australian lithospheric mantle

    Takuya Matsumoto;Takuya Matsumoto;Masahiko Honda;Ian McDougall;Igor Yatsevich

Frequent Co-Authors

David Phillips
David Phillips University of Melbourne
Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Australian National University
Mark A. Kendrick
Mark A. Kendrick Australian National University
Allan R. Chivas
Allan R. Chivas University of Wollongong
Jeff W. Harris
Jeff W. Harris University of Glasgow
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
David A. Clague
David A. Clague Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Vickie C. Bennett
Vickie C. Bennett Australian National University
Makoto Asashima
Makoto Asashima Teikyo University
Klaudia F. Kuiper
Klaudia F. Kuiper Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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