Aka, F.T., Yokoyama, T., Kusakabe, M., Nakamura, E., Tanyileke, G., Ateba, B., Ngako, V., Nnange, J., Hell, J., U-series dating of Lake Nyos maar basalts, Cameroon (West Africa): Implications for potential hazards on the Lake Nyos dam, J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res., 176, 212-224, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Behrens, H., Yamashita, S., Water speciation in hydrous sodium tetrasilicate and hexasilicate melts: Constraint from high temperature NIR spectroscopy, Chem. Geol., 256, 306-315, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Campbell, I. H., Allen, C. M., Formation of supercontinents linked to increases in atmospheric oxygen, Nature Geoscience, 1, 554-558, 2008. Abstract (Nature)
Cheng, H., Zhou, Z., Nakamura, E., Crystal-size distribution and composition of garnets in eclogites from the Dabie orogen, central China, Am. Mineral., 93, 124-133, 2008. Abstract (GeoScienceWorld)
Cheng, H., King, R. L., Nakamura, E., Vervoort, J. D., Zhou, Z., Coupled Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology constrains garnet growth in ultra-high-pressure eclogites from the Dabie orogen, J. Metamorphic Geol., 26, 741-758, 2008. Abstract (Blackwell-Synergy)
Fukui, H., X-ray Raman Scattering: Application to Materials of the Earth’s Interior (Japanese text with English abstract), The Review of High Pressure Science & Technology, 18, 31-37, 2008.
Fukui, H., Kanzaki, M., Hiraoka, N., Cai, Y. Q., Coordination environment of silicon in silica glass up to 74 GPa: An X-ray Raman scattering study at the silicon L edge, Phys. Rev. B, 78, 012203, 2008. Abstract (American Physical Society)
Fukui, H., Kanzaki, M., Hiraoka, N., Cai, Y.Q., X-ray Raman scattering for structural investigation of silica/silicate minerals, Phys. Chem. Minerals., 36, 171-181, 2008. Abstract (SpringerLink)
Fukui, H., Katsura, T., Kuribayashi, T., Matsuzaki, T., Yoneda, A., Ito, E., Kudoh, Y., Tsutsui, S., Baron, A.Q.R., Precise determination of elastic constants by high-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering, J. Synchrotron Radiat, 15, 618-623, 2008. Abstract (Blackwell-Synergy)
Ito, E., Katsura, T., Yamazaki, D., Yonade, A., Tado, M., Nishibara, E., Nakamura, A., Ochi, T., Manufacture of a New 6-axis Apparatus, The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology, 18, 208-213, 2008. (Japanese with English abstract)
Jiang, S.-Y., Radvanec, M., Nakamura, E., Palmer, M., Kobayashi, K., Zhao, H.-X., Zhao, K.-D., Chemical and boron isotopic variations of tourmaline in the Hnilec granite-related hydrothermal system, Slovakia: Constraints on magmatic and metamorphic fluid evolution, Lithos, 106, 1-11, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Jin, C. -Q., Zhou, J. -S., Goodenough, J. B., Liu, Q. Q., Zhao, J. G., Yang, L. X., Yu, Y., Yu, R. C., Katsura, T., Shatskiy, A., Ito, E., High-pressure synthesis of the cubic perovskite BaRuO3 and evolution of ferromagnetism in ARuO3 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) ruthenates, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105, 7115-7119, 2008. Abstract (PNAS)
Kanzaki, M., Elastic wave velocities and Raman shift of MORB glasses at high pressures-Comment, J. Mineral. Petrol. Sci., 103, 427-428, 2008. Article (J-STAGE)
Kitagawa, H., Kobayashi, K., Makishima, A., Nakamura, E., Multiple Pulses of the Mantle Plume: Evidence from Tertiary Icelandic Lavas, J. Petrol., 49, 1365-1396, 2008. Abstract (Oxford Journals)
Komatsu, K., Arima, H., Kagi, H., Okuchi, T., Sasaki, S., Yamauchi, H., Fukazawa, H., Igawa, N., Utsumi, W., Kamiyama, T., A High Pressure Experiment of Powder Neutron Diffraction on the HRPD at JRR-3, Rev. High Press. Sci. Tech.18, 170-172, 2008. Abstract (J-STAGE)
Kubo, A., Yoneda, A., Katsura, T., Ito, E., Deviatoric stress and mean pressure in MgO compressed in a Kawai-type apparatus above 30 GPa: Evidence for reduction of deviatoric stress by annealing. J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 69, 2261-2264, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Kubo, A., Ito, E., Katsura, T., Fujino, K., Funakoshi, K., In situ X-ray diffraction of pyrolite to 40 GPa using Kawai-type apparatus with sintered diamond anvils: possibility for the existence of iron-rich metallic particles in the lower mantle, High Pressure Res., 28, 351-362, 2008. Abstract (informaworld)
Kuritani, T., Yokoyama, T., Nakamura, E., Generation of Rear-arc Magmas Induced by Influx of Slab-derived Supercritical Liquids: Implications from Alkali Basalt Lavas from Rishiri Volcano, Kurile Arc, J. Petrol., 49, 1319-1342, 2008. Abstract (Oxford Journals)
Kusakabe, M., Ohba, T., Issa., Yoshida, Y., Satake, H., Ohizumi, T., Evans, W. C., Tanyileke, G., Kling, G. W., Evolution of CO2 in Lakes Monoun and Nyos, Cameroon, before and during controlled degassing, Geochem. J., 42, 93 – 118, 2008.
Kusakabe, M., Matsuhisa, Y., Oxygen three-isotope ratios of silicate reference materials determined by direct comparison with VSMOW-oxygen, Geochem. J., 42, 309-317, 2008.
Lee, S. K., Lin, J.-F., Cai, Y. Q., Hiraoka, N., Eng, P. J., Okuchi, T., Mao, H.-K., Meng, Y., Hu, M. Y., Chow, P., Shu, J., Li, B., Fukui, H., Lee, B. H., Kim, H. N., Yoo, C.-S., X-ray Raman scattering study of MgSiO3 glass at high pressure: Implication for triclustered MgSiO3 melt in Earth's mantle, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105, 7925 – 7929, 2008. Abstract (PNAS Online)
Makishima, A., Nakamura, E., New preconcentration technique of Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Taand W employing coprecipitation with Ti compounds: Its application to Lu-Hf system and sequential Pb-Sr-Nd-Sm separation, Geochem. J., 42,199-206, 2008.
Makishima, A., Nagender, B., Nakamura, E., New sequential separation procedure for Sr, Nd and Pb isotope ratio measurement in geological material using MC-ICP-MS and TIMS, Geochem. J., 42, 237 – 246, 2008. Abstract (Geochemical Journal)
Makishima, A., Chekol, T.A., Nakamura, E., Precise measurement of 228Ra/226Ra for 226Ra determination employing total integration and simultaneous 228Th correction by multicollector ICP-MS using multiple ion counters, J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 23, 1102-1107, 2008. Abstract (RSC Publishing).
Malaviarachchi, S.P.K., Makishima, A., Tanimoto, M., Kuritani, T., Nakamura, E., Highly unradiogenic lead isotope ratios from the Horoman peridotite in Japan, Nature Geoscience., 1, 859-863, 2008. Abstract (Nature Online)
Mashimo, T., Ono, M., Huang, X. S., Iguchi, Y., Okayasu, S., Kobayashi, K., Nakamura, E., Gravity-induced diffusion of isotope atoms in monoatomic solid Se, A Letters Journal Exploring The Frontiers of Physics, 81, 56002, 2008. Abstract (IOP electoronic journals)
Mashimo, T., Ono, M., Huang, X. S., Iguchi, Y., Okayasu, S., Kobayashi, K., Nakamura, E., Isotope Separation by Condensed Matter Centrifugation: Sedimentation of Isotope Atoms in Se, J. Nuclear Sci. & Tech., 45:sup6, 105-107, 2008. Abstract (Taylor & Francis Online)
Morard, G., Sanloup, C., Guillot, B., Fiquet, G., Mezouar, M., Perrillat, J. P., Garbarino, G., Mibe, K., Komabayashi, T., Funakoshi, K., In situ structural investigation of Fe-S-Si immiscible liquid system and evolution of Fe-S bond properties with pressure, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B10205, 2008. Abstract (AGU)
Mysen, B.O., Yamashita, S., Chertkova, N., Solubility and solution mechanisms of NOH volatiles in silicate melts at high pressure and temperature - amine groups and hydrogen fugacity, Am. Min., 93, 1760-1770, 2008. Abstract (American Mineralogist)
Ohno, S., Kadono, T., Ishibashi, K., Kawaragi, K., Sugita, S., Nakamura, E., Matsui, T., Direct measurements of impact devolatillization of calcite using a laser gun. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, 2008. Abstract (AGU)
Ono, M., Iguchi, Y., Okayasu, S., Esaka, F., Kobayashi, K., Hao, T., Bagum, R., Osawa, T., Fujii, K., Nakamura, E., Mashimo, T., Isotope Fluctuation in Indium-Lead alloy induced by Solid Centrifugation, J. Nuclear Sci. & Tech., 45:sup6, 108-110, 2008. Abstract (Taylor & Francis Online)
Ota, T., Kobayashi ,K., Katsura, T., Nakamura, E., Tourmaline breakdown in a pelitic system: implecations for boron cycling through subduction zones, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 155, 19-32, 2008. Abstract (Springer)
Ota, T., Kobayashi, K., Kunihiro, T., Nakamura, E., Boron cycling by subducted lithosphere; insights from diamondiferous tourmaline from the Kokchetav ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 72, 3531-3541, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Rehman, H. U., Yamamoto, H., Khalil, M. A. K., Nakamura, E., Zafar, M., Khan, T., Metamorphic history and tectonic evolution of the Himalayan UHP eclogites in Kaghan valley, Pakistan, J. Min. Petr. Sci., 103, 242-255, 2008., Abstract (J-STAGE)
Sugahara, M., Yoshiasa, A., Yoneda, A., Hashimoto, T., Sakai, S., Okube, M., Nakatsuka, A., Ohtaka, O., Single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of CaIrO3, Am. Min., 93, 1148-1152, 2008. Abstract (American Mineralogist)
Tanaka, R., Makishima, A., Nakamura, E., Hawaiian double volcanic chain triggered by an episodic involvement of recycled material: Constraints from temporal Sr–Nd–Hf–Pb isotopic trend of the Loa-type volcanoes, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 265, 450 – 465, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Tikhomirov, P.L., Kalinina, E.A., Kobayashi, K., Nakamura, E., Late Mesozoic silicic magmatism of the North Chukotka area (NE Russia): Age, magma sources, and geodynamic implications, Lithos, 105, 329-346, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Xue, X., Kanzaki, M., Structure of hydrous aluminosilicate glasses along the diopside – anorthite join: a comprehensive one- and two-dimensional 1H and 27Al NMR study, Geochim Cosmochim Acta, 72, 2331-2348, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Xue, X., Kanzaki, M., Shatskiy, A., Dense hydrous magnesium silicates, phase D, and superhydrous B:New structural constratints from one- and two-diminsional 29Si and 1H NMR, Am. Min., 93, 1099 – 1111, 2008. Abstract (American Mineralogist)
Xue, X., Kanzaki, M., Multi-nuclear, multi-dimensional solid-state NMR spectroscopy as an attractive structural probe: applications to hydrous high-pressure minerals and aluminosilicate glasses, Chikyukagaku (Geochemistry), 42, 133-155 2008. (in Japanese)
Yamamoto, J., Ando, J., Kagi, H., Inoue, T., Yamada, A., Yamazaki, D., Irifune, T., : In situ strength measurements on natural upper-mantle minerals, Phys Chem Minerals, 35, 249-257, 2008. Abstract (SpringerLink)
Yamashita, S., Behrens, H., Schmidt, B.C., Dupree, R., Water speciation in sodium silicate glasses based on NIR and NMR spectroscopy, Chem. Geol., 256, 231-241, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Yamazaki, D., Ito, E., Post-Perovskite Transformation in Germanates Using Sintered Diamond Anvils, The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology, 18, 254-259, 2008. (Japanese with English abstract)
Yoshino, T., Manthilake, G., Matsuzaki, T., Katsura, T., Dry mantle transition zone inferred from the conductivity of wadsleyite and ringwoodite, Nature, 451, 326-329, 2008. Abstract (Nature)
Yoshino, T., Nishi, M., Matsuzaki, T., Yamazaki, D., Katsura, T., Electrical conductivity of majorite garnet and its implications for electrical structure in the mantle transition zone, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 170, 193-200, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Yoshino, T., Yamazaki, D., Ito, E., Katsura, T., No interconnection of ferro-periclase in post-spinel phase inferred from conductivity measurement, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L22303, 2008. Abstract (AGU)
Zhai, S., Ito, E., Phase relations of CaAl4Si2O11 at high-pressure and high-temperature with implications for subducted continental crust into the deep mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. In., 167, 161-167, 2008. Abstract (ScienceDirect)
Zhai, S., Ito, E., Yoneda, A., Effects of pre-heated pyrophyllite gaskets on high-pressure generation in the Kawai-type multi-anvil experiments, High Pressure Res., 28, 265-271, 2008. Abstract (InformaWorld)
Zhou, J.-S., Matsubayashi, K., Uwatoko, Y., Jin, C.-Q., Cheng, J.-G., Goodenough, J. B., Liu, Q. Q., Katsura, T., Shatskiy, A., Ito, E., Critical Behavior of the Ferromagnetic Perovskite BaRuO3, Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 2008. Abstract (APS)