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Yoshihiko Tamura is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with an emphasis on Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Ocean Engineering.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Yoshihiko Tamura has produced research published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Island Arc
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • American Mineralogist

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Molybdenum isotopes unmask slab dehydration and melting beneath the Mariana arc," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Variety of the drift pumice clasts from the 2021 Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba eruption, Japan," 2022, Island Arc
  • "Petrographic characteristics in the pumice clast deposited along the Gulf of Thailand, drifted from Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba," 2022, GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
  • "Oxidation-induced nanolite crystallization triggered the 2021 eruption of Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba, Japan," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Intermittent Growth of a Newly-Born Volcanic Island and Its Feeding System Revealed by Geological and Geochemical Monitoring 2013-2020, Nishinoshima, Ogasawara, Japan," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with various co-authors, with multiple joint publications including:

  • Tomoki Sato
  • Fukashi Maeno
  • Martin Jutzeler
  • Osamu Ishizuka
  • Qing Chang

Best Publications

  • Hot fingers in the mantle wedge: new insights into magma genesis in subduction zones

    Yoshihiko Tamura;Yoshiyuki Tatsumi;Dapeng Zhao;Yukari Kido

  • Remelting of an Andesitic Crust as a Possible Origin for Rhyolitic Magma in Oceanic Arcs: an Example from the Izu–Bonin Arc

    Y. Tamura

  • Seismological evidence for variable growth of crust along the Izu intraoceanic arc

    Shuichi Kodaira;Takeshi Sato;Narumi Takahashi;Aki Ito

  • Long-term eruptive activity at a submarine arc volcano

    Robert W. Embley;William W. Chadwick;William W. Chadwick;Edward T. Baker;David A. Butterfield;David A. Butterfield

  • Across-arc geochemical trends in the Izu-Bonin arc: Contributions from the subducting slab, revisited

    Darren Tollstrup;Jim Gill;Adam Kent;Debra Prinkey

  • New seismological constraints on growth of continental crust in the Izu-Bonin intra-oceanic arc

    Shuichi Kodaira;Takeshi Sato;Narumi Takahashi;Seiichi Miura

  • Heat flow in the Lesser Antilles island arc and adjacent back arc Grenada basin

    Michael Manga;Matthew J. Hornbach;Anne Le Friant;Osamu Ishizuka

  • Silicic Magmas in the Izu–Bonin Oceanic Arc and Implications for Crustal Evolution

    Yoshihiko Tamura;Yoshihiko Tamura;James B. Gill;Darren Tollstrup;Hiroshi Kawabata

  • Migrating shoshonitic magmatism tracks Izu–Bonin–Mariana intra-oceanic arc rift propagation

    O. Ishizuka;O. Ishizuka;M. Yuasa;Y. Tamura;H. Shukuno

  • Origin of silicic magmas and the compositional gap at Sumisu submarine caldera, Izu-Bonin arc, Japan

    H. Shukuno;Y. Tamura;K. Tani;Q. Chang

  • Primary Arc Basalts from Daisen Volcano, Japan: Equilibrium Crystal Fractionation versus Disequilibrium Fractionation during Supercooling

    Y. Tamura;M. Yuhara;T. Ishii

  • Genesis of Island Arc Magmas by Mantle-Derived Bimodal Magmatism: Evidence from the Shirahama Group, Japan

    Y. Tamura

  • Are Arc Basalts Dry, Wet, or Both? Evidence from the Sumisu Caldera Volcano, Izu-Bonin Arc, Japan

    Y. Tamura;K. Tani;O. Ishizuka;Q. Chang

  • Mission Immiscible: Distinct Subduction Components Generate Two Primary Magmas at Pagan Volcano, Mariana Arc

    Yoshihiko Tamura;Osamu Ishizuka;Robert J. Stern;Alexander R. L. Nichols

  • Wet and Dry Basalt Magma Evolution at Torishima Volcano, Izu-Bonin Arc, Japan: the Possible Role of Phengite in the Downgoing Slab

    Y. Tamura;K. Tani;Q. Chang;H. Shukuno

  • Variety of the drift pumice clasts from the 2021 Fukutoku‐Oka‐no‐Ba eruption, Japan

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  • Molybdenum isotopes unmask slab dehydration and melting beneath the Mariana arc.

    Hong-Yan Li;Hong-Yan Li;Rui-Peng Zhao;Jie Li;Jie Li;Yoshihiko Tamura

  • Lower crustal H2O controls on the formation of adakitic melts

    G.F. Zellmer;G.F. Zellmer;Y. Iizuka;M. Miyoshi;Y. Tamura

  • Andesites and Dacites from Daisen Volcano, Japan: Partial-to-Total Remelting of an Andesite Magma Body

    Y. Tamura

  • Missing Oligocene Crust of the Izu–Bonin Arc: Consumed or Rejuvenated During Collision?

    Yoshihiko Tamura;Osamu Ishizuka;Kan Aoike;Shinichi Kawate

  • Submarine record of volcanic island construction and collapse in the Lesser Antilles arc: First scientific drilling of submarine volcanic island landslides by IODP Expedition 340

    A. Le Friant;Osamu Ishizuka;Georges Boudon;M.R. Palmer

  • Two Primary Basalt Magma Types from Northwest Rota-1 Volcano, Mariana Arc and its Mantle Diapir or Mantle Wedge Plume

    Y. Tamura;O. Ishizuka;R. J. Stern;H. Shukuno

Frequent Co-Authors

Osamu Ishizuka
Osamu Ishizuka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Qing Chang
Qing Chang Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
James B. Gill
James B. Gill University of California, Santa Cruz
Robert J. Stern
Robert J. Stern The University of Texas at Dallas
Alexander R. L. Nichols
Alexander R. L. Nichols University of Canterbury
Yoshiyuki Tatsumi
Yoshiyuki Tatsumi Kobe University
Jun-Ichi Kimura
Jun-Ichi Kimura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Shuichi Kodaira
Shuichi Kodaira Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi Nagoya University
Richard S. Fiske
Richard S. Fiske Smithsonian Institution

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