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Tsuyoshi Iizuka

Tsuyoshi Iizuka

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
5663
World Ranking
6151
National Ranking
168

Overview

Tsuyoshi Iizuka is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a sustained research focus in the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work consistently intersects key subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, and Ecology, with additional contributions in Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research addresses a range of topics including Astro and Planetary Science, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Planetary Science and Exploration, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, and Earthquake and Tectonic Studies.

Tsuyoshi Iizuka's publication record features frequent contributions in prominent scientific venues:

  • Science Advances (6 publications)
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters (5 publications)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (5 publications)
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science (5 publications)
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts (4 publications)

Recent publications by Iizuka include the following papers:

  • "Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites," 2022, Science
  • "Ryugu's nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Geochemical Discrimination of Monazite Source Rock Based on Machine Learning Techniques and Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis," 2020, Geosciences
  • "Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth's volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis," 2022, Nature Astronomy

Iizuka collaborates frequently with a set of co-authors, including:

  • Yuki Hibiya
  • Tetsuya Yokoyama
  • Ikshu Gautam
  • Yuri Amelin
  • Richard W. Carlson

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

  • U-Pb chronology of the Solar System's oldest solids with variable 238 U/ 235 U

    Yuri Amelin;Angela Kaltenbach;Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Claudine H. Stirling

  • 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

  • Construction of the granitoid crust of an island arc part I: geochronological and geochemical constraints from the plutonic Kohistan (NW Pakistan)

    Oliver Jagoutz;Oliver Jagoutz;Jean-Pierre Burg;S Hussain;H Dawood

  • 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

  • Simultaneous determinations of U-Pb age and REE abundances for zircons using ArF excimer laser ablation-ICPMS

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Takafumi Hirata

  • Evolution of the African continental crust as recorded by U–Pb, Lu–Hf and O isotopes in detrital zircons from modern rivers

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Ian H. Campbell;Charlotte M. Allen;James B. Gill

  • Geology and zircon geochronology of the Acasta Gneiss Complex, northwestern Canada: New constraints on its tectonothermal history

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Yuichiro Ueno;Ikuo Katayama

  • Reworking of Hadean crust in the Acasta gneisses, northwestern Canada: Evidence from in-situ Lu–Hf isotope analysis of zircon

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Simon P. Johnson;Yoshiaki Kon

  • The effect of sediment recycling in subduction zones on the Hf isotope character of new arc crust, Banda arc, Indonesia

    O. Nebel;O. Nebel;P.Z. Vroon;W. van Westrenen;T. Iizuka

  • What Hf isotopes in zircon tell us about crust–mantle evolution

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Takao Yamaguchi;Keita Itano;Yuki Hibiya

  • Geochemistry, U-Pb dating, and Lu-Hf isotopes of zircon and monazite of porphyritic granites within the Jiao-Liao-Ji orogenic belt: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic setting

    Fulai Liu;Chaohui Liu;Keita Itano;Tsuyoshi Iizuka

  • Dating of zircon from Ti-clinohumite bearing garnet peridotite: Implication for timing of mantle metasomatism

    Ikuo Katayama;Atsumi Muko;Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Shigenori Maruyama

  • Meteorite zircon constraints on the bulk Lu−Hf isotope composition and early differentiation of the Earth

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Takao Yamaguchi;Yuki Hibiya;Yuri Amelin

  • Reduction of mercury background on ICP-mass spectrometry for in situ U-pb age determinations of zircon samples

    Takafumi Hirata;Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Yuji Orihashi

  • Recycled crustal zircons from podiform chromitites in the Luobusa ophiolite, southern Tibet

    Shinji Yamamoto;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Hiroshi Yamamoto;Yoshiyuki Kaneko

  • Tectonic boundary between the Sanbagawa belt and the Shimanto belt in central Shikoku, Japan

    Kazumasa Aoki;Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Takafumi Hirata;Shigenori Maruyama

  • Island arc volcanic rocks in the north Qaidam UHP belt, northern Tibet plateau: Evidence for ocean–continent subduction preceding continent–continent subduction

    Shi Rendeng;Yang Jingsui;Wu Cailai;Tsuyoshi Iizuka

  • Stable isotope fractionation of tungsten during adsorption on Fe and Mn (oxyhydr)oxides

    Teruhiko Kashiwabara;Sayuri Kubo;Masato Tanaka;Ryoko Senda

  • Recycled crustal zircons from podiform chromitites in the Luobusa ophiolite, southern Tibet

    Shinji Yamamoto;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Yoshiaki Kon;Takafumi Hirata

Frequent Co-Authors

Takafumi Hirata
Takafumi Hirata University of Tokyo
Shigenori Maruyama
Shigenori Maruyama Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tsuyoshi Komiya
Tsuyoshi Komiya University of Tokyo
Yuri Amelin
Yuri Amelin Australian National University
Yuji Sano
Yuji Sano Kōchi University
Ikuo Katayama
Ikuo Katayama Hiroshima University
Akira Yamaguchi
Akira Yamaguchi National Institute of Polar Research
Malcolm T. McCulloch
Malcolm T. McCulloch University of Western Australia
Yuichiro Ueno
Yuichiro Ueno Tokyo Institute of Technology
Anthony J. Irving
Anthony J. Irving University of Washington

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