Kennethjer Alejo & Mayuko Fukuyama (2025) Geochemical and geochronological insights into the metal fertility of magmas associated with the Kennon Cu–Au porphyry deposit of Black Mountain in the Baguio Mineral District, North Luzon, Philippines. Lithos, 516-517, 108243.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2025.108243
Fieldwork in Mongolia
I had a fieldwork in vast and incredible landscapes in Mongolia from July to August. It is my first visit to Mongolia. Truly enjoyable. I would like to thank my Mongolian colleagues, their families, and their friends for their warm hospitality and support.
Visit to GFZ Potsdam and Participation in Goldschmidt 2025
After visiting the SIMS lab at GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) in Potsdam, I attended the Goldschmidt 2025 Conference in Prague from July 6 to 11. The whole experience made me extremely happy.
A paper published on the U-Pb dating of garnet from the gold deposit
Mokane, L., Agangi, A., Takahashi, R., Betsi, T. B., Phili, K., Nopeia, M., Kelepile, T., Fukuyama, M., Bagai, Z., Manalo, P. (2025) Geochemistry and U-Pb geochronology of garnet from the Somerset and Arab gold deposits, Vumba Greenstone Belt, northeastern Botswana: implications for the timing of gold mineralization, Resource Geology, 75, e70012. https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.70012
A paper published on the formation of the rodingites collected by the Oman drilling project
Alireza Eslami, Benjamin Malvoisin, Mayuko Fukuyama, Marguerite Godard, Yuji Ichiyama, László Előd Aradi, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi, Zaicong Wang, Ming Li, Alessandro Cavallo, The Oman Drilling Project Science Team. (2025) Xonotlite and pectolite in rodingites from the Samail ophiolite: Markers of reducing conditions and element transfer during peridotite-gabbro interaction. Lithos, 512-513, 108160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2025.108160
JpGU2025 and visit to NIES
I had a talk about the magnetite U-Pb dating at the JpGU2025 in Chiba, Japan in May. I also visited to the National Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES) in Tsukuba, Japan.
A Paper Published on Archean Mafic Granulites in the Limpopo Complex
Rajesh, H. M., Safonov, O. G., Belyanin, G. A., Santosh, M., Zhang, Z., Tsunogae, T., Fukuyama, M., Vorster, C., Gao, P., Keeditse, M. (2025) Nature and timing of polymetamorphic, anatectic and metasomatic events in mafic granulite in Archean high-grade terranes: Scenario from Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, southern Africa. Precambrian Research, 426, 107831.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107831
A paper has been published on estimating the water content, pressure, and temperature of melts using melt inclusions in zircon.
Yuka Taniwaki, Toko Fukui, Satoshi Saito, Mayuko Fukuyama (2025) Hygrothermobarometry for granites using melt inclusions in zircon. Lithos, Vol. 504-505, 108029.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2025.108029
A paper about the Ryugamori Granodiorite has been published in Japanese.
Mayuko Fukuyama, Masatsugu Ogasawara (2024) LA-ICP-MS Zircon U–Pb ages of the Ryugamori Granitoids, northern Akita Prefecture, Japan. The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 130 (1), 457-467.
https://doi.org/10.5575/geosoc.2024.0029
GEOCON2024 and visit to UPLB
I attended GEOCON2024 in Manila, Philippines, on December 4th and 5th, 2024, and visited UPLB (University of the Philippines Los Baños) on December 6th and 7th. Meeting my friends in the Philippines was also a fantastic opportunity.
