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.
A new X-ray analysis method using PC-CT has been published
Ayumi Ishiguro, Makoto Arimoto, Daichi Sato, Takahiro Tomoda, Keita Itano, Akihiro Tamura, Hironori Sugiyama, Takeshi Kawae, Mayuko Fukuyama, Jun Kataoka, Shinsuke Terazawa, Satoshi Shiota, Tomoaki Morishita. (2024) First application of scintillator-based photon-counting computed tomography to rock samples: Preliminary results and prospects. American Mineralogist, 109, 1591-1597. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2023-9099
HFSE behavior in fluid during HP metamorphism in the Zavkhan Terrane, Western Mongolia
Manzshir Bayarbold, Atsushi Okamoto, Masaoki Uno, Otgonbayar Dandar, Mayuko Fukuyama, Geri Agroli, Noriyoshi Tsuchiya. (2024) Tracking HFSE associated with high salinity fluid during HP metamorphism in the Zavkhan Terrane, Western Mongolia. Lithos, 490-491, 107853.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107853
Akita University Graduate Student Research Exchange Presentation 2024
On October 16, 2024, Phrairoj san, Alejo san, and Matba san presented their research at the Akita University Graduate School Student Research Exchange Presentation 2024. Matba san received the Student Selection Excellence Award!
