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            Paleoceanography, Organic Geochemistry
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            Research  | 
           
          
            I am a paleoceanographer/marine geologist who studies  
              the history and causes of global climate change in the Earth's past.  
               
                仠Paleoceanographic change and material cycle involving the present  
                丂and past oceans based on stable isotopes in foraminifera  
                丂and organic geochemical tracers.  
                 
                仠Variations of the Kuroshio pass and intensity during the Late Quaternary.  
               
              仠Late Quaternary cliamte change in the Soutehrn Ocean and Antarctica  
               
              仠Development and application of organic geochemical and stable  
              丂isotopic techniques in paleoclimatology.  
               
              仠Culturing planktonic foraminiferal geochemistry for paleothermometer.  
               
              仠Carbon geochemistry of Archean hydrothermal sequence  
              丂in the Pilbala,terrane, Western Austlaria.  | 
           
         
         
        
          
            External role  | 
           
          
            仠Scientific Technology Panel, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). 
               
              仠IODP section executive committee, Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium (J-DESC). | 
           
         
         
        
          
            Education  | 
           
          
            仠B.Sc.: Earth Sciences, Kanazawa University, 1992. 
                仠M.Sc.: Earth Sciences, Kanazawa University, 1994. 
                仠D.Sc.: Geology, University of Tokyo, 1997. | 
           
         
         
        
          
            Professional Memberships  | 
           
          
            仠American Geophysical Union 
                仠Geological Society of Japan 
                仠Geochemical Society of Japan 
              仠Oceanographical Society of Japan 
              仠Organic Geochemical Society of Japan | 
           
         
         
        
          
            Selected Publications  | 
           
          
            仠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)  
               
              仠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. 
               
              仠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. 
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              仠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. 
               
              仠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. 
               
              仠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. 
               
              仠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) 
               
              仠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. 
               
              仠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. 
               
              仠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. | 
           
         
         
        
          
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