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Toshiaki Tsunogae

Toshiaki Tsunogae

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Earth Science

D-Index
48
Citations
8038
World Ranking
3832
National Ranking
84

Overview

Toshiaki Tsunogae is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics. Their research encompasses a range of topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Their work also covers Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils. These topics reflect a broad and multidisciplinary approach within the Earth sciences domain.

Selected recent publications illustrate the scope and depth of their research:

  • Provenance of early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in the Altyn Tagh orogen: Insights into the paleoposition of the Tarim craton in northern Gondwana associated with final closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean (2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Global type area charnockites in southern India revisited: Implications for Earth's oldest supercontinent (2021, Gondwana Research)
  • Prolonged Neoproterozoic high-grade metamorphism of the Wanni Complex, Sri Lanka: New insights from petrology, phase equilibria modelling, and zircon U-Pb geochronology of partially melted cordierite gneiss from Walpita (2020, Geological Journal)
  • U-Pb geochronology and REE geochemistry of zircons in mafic granulites from the Lützow-Holm complex, East Antarctica: Implications for the timing and P-T path of post-peak exhumation and Antarctica-Sri Lanka correlation (2020, Precambrian Research)
  • The genesis of high Ba-Sr adakitic rocks: Insights from an Early Cretaceous volcanic suite in the central North China Craton (2020, Geological Journal)

Tsunogae's collaborations show frequent co-authorship with several researchers:

  • M. Santosh (15 joint publications)
  • Yukiyasu Tsutsumi (10 joint publications)
  • Sam Uthup (8 joint publications)
  • Qian Liu (7 joint publications)
  • Peng Wang (7 joint publications)

Their work appears regularly in prominent scientific journals including:

  • Precambrian Research (9 publications)
  • Geological Journal (8 publications)
  • Lithos (7 publications)
  • International Geology Review (3 publications)
  • Gondwana Research (2 publications)

Tsunogae has made substantial contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications within Earth sciences, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, and Paleontology. Their extensive research output highlights a longstanding engagement across several interconnected disciplines within Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Discovery of sapphirine-bearing Mg–Al granulites in the North China Craton: Implications for Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

    M. Santosh;T. Tsunogae;J.H. Li;S.J. Liu

  • Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature granulites in the North China Craton: Implications for tectonic models on extreme crustal metamorphism

    M. Santosh;S.J. Liu;T. Tsunogae;J.H. Li

  • An exotic Mesoarchean microcontinent: The Coorg Block, southern India

    M. Santosh;Qiong-Yan Yang;E. Shaji;T. Tsunogae

  • The Neoproterozoic subduction complex in southern India: SIMS zircon U–Pb ages and implications for Gondwana assembly

    M. Santosh;M. Santosh;W.J. Xiao;T. Tsunogae;T.R.K. Chetty

  • Carbonic metamorphism at ultrahigh-temperatures: Evidence from North China Craton

    M. Santosh;T. Tsunogae;H. Ohyama;K. Sato

  • Suprasubduction zone ophiolite from Agali hill: Petrology, zircon SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry and implications for Neoarchean plate tectonics in southern India

    M. Santosh;E. Shaji;T. Tsunogae;M. Ram Mohan

  • First report of garnet–corundum rocks from southern India: Implications for prograde high-pressure (eclogite-facies?) metamorphism

    Makoto Shimpo;Toshiaki Tsunogae;Toshiaki Tsunogae;M. Santosh

  • Neoproterozoic arc magmatism in the southern Madurai Block, India: Subduction, relamination, continental outbuilding, and the growth of Gondwana

    M. Santosh;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Chao-Nan Hu;Xiao-Fang He;Xiao-Fang He;Shan-Shan Li

  • Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the North Qinling orogenic belt: Evidence from geochemistry, phase equilibrium modeling and geochronology of metamorphosed mafic rocks from the Songshugou ophiolite

    Li Tang;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Yunpeng Dong;Toshiaki Tsunogae;Toshiaki Tsunogae

  • Oldest rocks from Peninsular India: Evidence for Hadean to Neoarchean crustal evolution

    M. Santosh;Qiong-Yan Yang;E. Shaji;M. Ram Mohan

  • Subduction-accretion-collision history along the Gondwana suture in southern India: A laser ablation ICP-MS study of zircon chronology

    Kei Sato;Kei Sato;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Toshiaki Tsunogae;T.R.K. Chetty

  • Paleoproterozoic granulites from Heling'er: Implications for regional ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the North China Craton

    Shoujie Liu;Toshiaki Tsunogae;Wenshan Li;Hisako Shimizu

  • First Report of Sapphirine+Quartz Assemblage from Southern India: Implications for Ultrahigh-temperature Metamorphism

    Keiko Tateishi;Toshiaki Tsunogae;Toshiaki Tsunogae;M. Santosh;A.S. Janardhan

  • Very high-density carbonic fluid inclusions in sapphirine-bearing granulites from Tonagh Island in the Archean Napier Complex, East Antarctica: implications for CO 2 infiltration during ultrahigh-temperature (T>1,100 C) metamorphism

    Toshiaki Tsunogae;M. Santosh;Yasuhito Osanai;Masaaki Owada

  • Neoproterozoic crustal evolution in Sri Lanka: Insights from petrologic, geochemical and zircon U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopic data and implications for Gondwana assembly

    M. Santosh;M. Santosh;T. Tsunogae;T. Tsunogae;Sanjeewa P.K. Malaviarachchi;Zeming Zhang

  • Ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in Daqingshan, Inner Mongolia Suture Zone, North China Craton

    T. Tsunogae;T. Tsunogae;S.J. Liu;M. Santosh;H. Shimizu

  • Geologic and metamorphic evolution of the basement complexes in the Kontum Massif, central Vietnam

    Nobuhiko Nakano;Yasuhito Osanai;Masaaki Owada;T. N. Nam

  • The Manamedu Complex: Geochemical constraints on Neoproterozoic suprasubduction zone ophiolite formation within the Gondwana suture in southern India

    T. Yellappa;T.R.K. Chetty;T. Tsunogae;M. Santosh

  • Spinel sapphirine quartz bearing composite inclusion within garnet from an ultrahigh-temperature pelitic granulite: Implications for metamorphic history and P T path

    Toshiaki Tsunogae;Toshiaki Tsunogae;M. Santosh

  • Permo-Triassic ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the Kontum massif, central Vietnam

    Yasuhito Osanai;Nobuhiko Nakano;Masaaki Owada;Tran Ngoc Nam

  • Fluid characteristics of high- to ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in southern India: A quantitative Raman spectroscopic study

    Toshiaki Tsunogae;Toshiaki Tsunogae;M. Santosh;Jean Dubessy

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Yasuhito Osanai
Yasuhito Osanai Kyushu University
Jean Dubessy
Jean Dubessy University of Lorraine
Hiroo Kagami
Hiroo Kagami Niigata University
Takafumi Hirata
Takafumi Hirata University of Tokyo
Sanghoon Kwon
Sanghoon Kwon Yonsei University
Yujiro Ogawa
Yujiro Ogawa University of Tsukuba
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Zeming Zhang
Zeming Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunpeng Dong
Yunpeng Dong Northwest University

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