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Ikehara Minoru
Professor
Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
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Specialization
Paleoceanography, Organic Geochemistry

Research
I am a paleoceanographer/marine geologist who studies
the history and causes of global climate change in the Earth's past.

Paleoceanographic change and material cycle involving the present
丂and past oceans based on stable isotopes in foraminifera
丂and organic geochemical tracers.

Variations of the Kuroshio pass and intensity during the Late Quaternary.

Late Quaternary cliamte change in the Soutehrn Ocean and Antarctica

Development and application of organic geochemical and stable
丂isotopic techniques in paleoclimatology.

Culturing planktonic foraminiferal geochemistry for paleothermometer.

Carbon geochemistry of Archean hydrothermal sequence
丂in the Pilbala,terrane, Western Austlaria.

External role
Scientific Technology Panel, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP).

IODP section executive committee, Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium (J-DESC).

Education
B.Sc.: Earth Sciences, Kanazawa University, 1992.
M.Sc.: Earth Sciences, Kanazawa University, 1994.
D.Sc.: Geology, University of Tokyo, 1997.

Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of Japan
Geochemical Society of Japan
Oceanographical Society of Japan
Organic Geochemical Society of Japan

Selected Publications
Ikehara, M., Murayama, M., Tadai, O., Hokanishi, N., Daido, N., Kawahata, H.,
丂and Yasuda, H., Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphy of two IMAGES cores taken
丂from the off Shikoku in the Northwest Pacific,
丂Fossils, 79, pp. 60-76, 2006. (in Japanese with Englich abstract)

Kiyokawa, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., and Kitajima, F.,
丂Middle Archean volcano-hydrothermal sequence:
丂bacterial-bearing 3.2-Ga Dixon Island Formation,
丂coastal Pilbara terrane, Australia, GSA Bulletin, 118, 3-22, 2006.

Sakamoto, T., M. Ikehara, K. Aoki, K. Iijima, N. Kimura, T. Nakatsuka,
丂and M. Wakatsuchi Ice-rafted debris (IRD) based sea-ice expansion
丂events during the past 100 kyrs in the Okhotsk Sea,
丂Deep Sea Research II, 52, 2275-2301, 2005.

Seki, O., M. Ikehara, K. Kawamura, T. Nakatsuka, H. Narita, T. Sakamoto and K.
丂Ohnishi, Reconstruction of plaeoproductivity in
丂the Sea of Okhotsk over the last 30 kyrs,
丂Paleoceanography, Vol. 19, doi: 10.1029/2002PA000808, 2004.

Seki, O., K. Kawamura, M. Ikehara, T. Nakatsuka, T. Oba,
丂Variation of alkenone sea surface temperature in the Sea
丂of Okhotsk over the last 85 kyrs,
丂Organic Geochemistry, 35, 347-354, 2004.

Kimoto, K., Takaoka, H., Oda, M., Ikehara, M., Matsuoka,
丂H., Oba, T., and Taira, A., Carbonate dissolution and planktonic
丂foraminiferal assemblages observed in three piston cores collected above
丂the lysocline in the western equatorial Pacific,
丂Marine Micropaleontology, 47, 227-251, 2003.

Ikehara, M., Takemoto, N., Ohkouchi, N., and Kawamura, K.,
丂Latitudinal distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
丂in the Southern Ocean surface sediments, Geochemical Journal, 35,
丂73-84, 2001. (in Japanese with Englich abstract)

Ikehara, M., K. Kawamura, N. Ohkouchi, M. Murayama, T. Nakamura, and A.
丂Taira, Variations of terrestrial input and marine productivity
丂in the Southern Ocean (48) during the last two deglaciations,
丂Paleoceanography, 15, 170-180, 2000.

Ikehara, M., K. Kawamura, N. Ohkouchi and A. Taira,
丂Organic geochemistry of greenish clay and organic rich sediments
丂since early Miocene from Hole 985A, Norway Basin,
丂Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 162, 209-216, 1999.

Ikehara, M., K. Kawamura, N. Ohkouchi, K. Kimoto, M. Murayama,
丂T. Nakamura, T. Oba, and A. Taira, Alkenone sea surface temperature
丂in the Southern Ocean for the last two deglaciations,
丂Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 679-682, 1997.