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Takafumi Hirata

Takafumi Hirata

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Earth Science

D-Index
72
Citations
17734
World Ranking
861
National Ranking
13

Overview

Takafumi Hirata is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, contributing extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on geophysical and geochemical analysis. Their scholarly output encompasses areas such as geophysics, atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, analytical chemistry, and spectroscopy.

The main topics of their work include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, analytical chemistry methods development, and radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Takafumi Hirata include:

  • Hideki Iwano
  • Tohru Danhara
  • Sota Niki
  • Hisashi Asanuma
  • Shuji Yamashita

Takafumi Hirata's publications are often found in several key scientific journals. These frequent venues include:

  • The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan
  • Island Arc
  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Journal of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan
  • Mass Spectrometry

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hirata are:

  • "Age control of the first appearance datum for Javanese Homo erectus in the Sangiran area," 2020, Science
  • "Isotopic analysis of platinum from single nanoparticles using a high-time resolution multiple collector Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectroscopy," 2020, Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy
  • "Zircon fission-track and U-Pb double dating using femtosecond laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: A technical note," 2020, Island Arc
  • "Geochemical characteristics of back-arc basin lower crust and upper mantle at final spreading stage of Shikoku Basin: an example of Mado Megamullion," 2021, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • "A Paleogene magmatic overprint on Cretaceous seamounts of the western Pacific," 2021, Island Arc

Best Publications

  • Improvements of precision and accuracy in in situ Hf isotope microanalysis of zircon using the laser ablation-MC-ICPMS technique

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Takafumi Hirata

  • Atomic weights of the elements 2011 (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Michael E. Wieser;Norman Holden;Tyler B. Coplen;John K. Böhlke

  • Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Bryan A. Franz;Sean W. Bailey;Gene C. Feldman

  • U-Pb isotope geochronology of zircon: evaluation of the laser probe-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry technique

    Takafumi Hirata;Takafumi Hirata;Robert W. Nesbitt

  • Synoptic relationships between surface Chlorophyll- a and diagnostic pigments specific to phytoplankton functional types

    T. Hirata;N. J. Hardman-Mountford;R. J. W. Brewin;R. J. W. Brewin;J. Aiken

  • Volcanism in Response to Plate Flexure

    Naoto Hirano;Naoto Hirano;Eiichi Takahashi;Eiichi Takahashi;Junji Yamamoto;Junji Yamamoto;Natsue Abe

  • Drivers and uncertainties of future global marine primary production in marine ecosystem models

    C Laufkötter;C Laufkötter;M Vogt;N Gruber;M Aita-Noguchi

  • A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Shubha Sathyendranath;Takafumi Hirata;Samantha J. Lavender

  • Satellite Ocean Colour: Current Status and Future Perspective

    Steve Groom;Shubha Sathyendranath;Yai Ban;Stewart Bernard

  • Major episodic increases of continental crustal growth determined from zircon ages of river sands; implications for mantle overturns in the Early Precambrian

    Shuji Rino;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Brian F. Windley;Ikuo Katayama

  • The Ediacaran radiogenic Sr isotope excursion in the Doushantuo Formation in the Three Gorges area, South China

    Yusuke Sawaki;Takeshi Ohno;Miyuki Tahata;Tsuyoshi Komiya

  • DETERMINATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN SIXTEEN SILICATE REFERENCE SAMPLES BY ICP‐MS AFTER TM ADDITION AND ION EXCHANGE SEPARATION

    J.A. Barrat;F. Keller;J. Amossé;R.N. Taylor

  • Lead isotopic analyses of NIST standard reference materials using multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry coupled with a modified external correction method for mass discrimination effect

    Takafumi Hirata

  • An absorption model to determine phytoplankton size classes from satellite ocean colour

    T Hirata;J Aiken;NJ Hardman-Mountford;TJ Smyth

  • 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

  • 4.2 Ga zircon xenocryst in an Acasta gneiss from northwestern Canada : Evidence for early continental crust

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Kenji Horie;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Shigenori Maruyama

  • A Consumer's Guide to Satellite Remote Sensing of Multiple Phytoplankton Groups in the Global Ocean

    Colleen B. Mouw;Nick J. Hardman-Mountford;Séverine Alvain;Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher

  • Obtaining Phytoplankton Diversity from Ocean Color: A Scientific Roadmap for Future Development.

    Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher;Heather A. Bouman;Robert J. W. Brewin;Annick Bricaud;Annick Bricaud

  • U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope systematics of zircons from the Mississippi River sand: Implications for reworking and growth of continental crust

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Takafumi Hirata;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Shuji Rino

  • Detrital zircon evidence for Hf isotopic evolution of granitoid crust and continental growth

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Shuji Rino;Shigenori Maruyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigenori Maruyama
Shigenori Maruyama Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tsuyoshi Komiya
Tsuyoshi Komiya University of Tokyo
Nick J. Hardman-Mountford
Nick J. Hardman-Mountford Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Tsuyoshi Iizuka
Tsuyoshi Iizuka University of Tokyo
Yukio Isozaki
Yukio Isozaki University of Tokyo
Robert J. W. Brewin
Robert J. W. Brewin University of Exeter
Yasuhiro Yamanaka
Yasuhiro Yamanaka Hokkaido University
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Eiichi Takahashi
Eiichi Takahashi Chinese Academy of Sciences

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