Achivement

2024

Article

  • Miyajima, Y., Aoyagi, T., Yoshioka, H., Hori, T., Takahashi, H.A., Tanaka, M., Tsukasaki, A., Goto, S., Suzumura, M. (2024) Impact of concurrent aerobic?anaerobicmethanotrophy on methane emission from marine sediments in gas hydrate area, Environmental Science & Technology, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c09484
  • Ota Y., Iguchi A., Nishijima M., Mukai R., Suzumura M., Yoshioka H., Suzuki A., Tsukasaki A., Aoyagi T., Hori T. (2024) Methane diffusion affects characteristics of benthic communities in and around microbial mat-covered sediments in the northeastern Japan sea, Chemosphere 349, 140964.

2023

Article

  • Miyajima Y., Araoka D., Yoshimura T., Ota Y., Suzuki A., Yoshioka H., Suzumura M., Smrzka D., Peckmann J., Bohrmann D. (2023) Lithium isotope systematics of methane-seep carbonates as an archive of fluid origins and flow rates, Geochim Cosmochim Acta, 361, 152-170.
  • Goto, S., Yamano, M., Tanahashi, M., Matsubayashi, O., Kinoshita, M., Machiyama, H., Morita, S., Kanamatsu, T., Hachikubo, A., Kataoka, S., Matsumoto, R. (2023) Surface heat flow measurements in the eastern margin of the Japan Sea using a 15 m long geothermal probe to overcome large bottom-water temperature fluctuations, Marine Geophysical Research, 44, 2.
  • Nakajima, T., Iwano, H., Danhara, T., Hirata, T., Asahina, K., Takahashi, U.K., Hanamura, Y. (2023) U?Pb and fi ssion-track dating of Miocene hydrocarbon source rocks inthe Akita Basin, Northeast Japan, and implications for the timing of paleoceanographic changes in the sea of Japan. Island Arc, 32, e12490, https://doi.org/10.1111/iar.12490
  • Nakajima, T., Iwano, H., Danhara, T., Hirata, T., Asahina, K., Takahashi, U.K., Hanamura, Y. (2023) U?Pb and fi ssion-track dating of Miocene hydrocarbon source rocks inthe Akita Basin, Northeast Japan, and implications for the timing of paleoceanographic changes in the sea of Japan. Island Arc, 32, e12490, https://doi.org/10.1111/iar.12490

2022

Article

  • Katayama T., Yoshioka H., Kaneko M., Amo M., Fujii T., Takahashi H. A., Yoshida S., Sakata S. (2022) Cultivation and biogeochemical analyses reveal insights into methanogenesis in deep subseafl oor sediment at a biogenic gas hydrate site. The ISME Journal, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01175-7.
  • Asahina K., Takahashi S., Saito R., Kaiho K., Oba Y. (2022) Maleimide index: a paleo-redox index based on fragmented fossil-chlorophylls obtained by chromic acid oxidation, RSC Advances, 12, 31061-31067.
  • Asada, M., Satoh, M., Tanahashi, M., Yokota, T., Goto, S. (2022) Visualization of shallow subseafloor fluid migration in a shallow gas hydrate field using high-resolution acoustic mapping and ground-truthing and their implications on the formation process: a case study of the Sakata Knoll on the eastern margin of the Sea of Japan, Marine Geophysical Research, 43, 34..
  • Asahina K., Nakajima T., Takahashi U. K., Kobayashi M., Hanamura Y. (2022) Spatio-temporal changes in the depositional environment of Miocene organic rich mudstones in the Akita Basin deduced from biomarker analysis, Geochemical Jouranal, 56, 1-15.

2021

Article

  • Takeuchi M., Yoshioka H. (2021) Acetate excretion by a methanotroph, Methylocaldum marinum S8, under aerobic conditions. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 85(11), 2326.2333.
  • Kiyokawa S., Kuratomi T., Hoshino T., Goto S., Ikehara M. (2021) Hydrothermal formation of iron-oxyhydroxide chimney mounds in a shallow semi-enclosed bay at Satsuma Iwo-Jima Island, Kagoshima, Japan, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 133, 1890-1908.
  • Hiki K., Asahina K., Kato K., Yamagishi T., Omagari R., Iwasaki Y., Watanabe H., Yamamoto H. (2021) Acute toxicity of a tire-rubber derived chemical, 6PPD quinone, to freshwater fish and crustacean species, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8, 779-784.
  • Asahina K., Takahashi U. K., Suzuki Y., Nakajima T., Kobayashi M. (2021) Effects of Maturation on the Dimethyl Naphthalene Indicator Use to Evaluate the Source Organic Type of Crude Oil, Chemistry Letters, 50, 1718-1721.
  • Furota S., Sawada K., Kawakami G. (2021) Depositional processes of plant fragment-concentrated sandstones in turbiditic sequences recorded by plant biomarkers (Miocene Kawabata Formation, Japan), International Journal of Coal Geology, 233, 103643.
  • Takano T., Oba Y., Furota S., Naraoka H., Ogawa N., Blattmann T., Ohkouchi N. (2021) Analytical development of seamless procedures on cation-exchange chromatography and ion-pair chromatography with high-precision mass spectrometry for short-chain peptides, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 463, 116529.
  • Nakajima T., Yoshikawa K., Okitsu O.(2021) Geologic structures and basin formation tectonics in and around Toyama Trough, the Sea of Japan. The Journal of the Geological Societry of Japan, 127, 165-188.

2020

Article

  • Katayama T., Nobu M., Kusada H., Meng X., Hosogi N., Uematsu K., Yoshioka H., Kamagata Y., and Tamaki H. (2020) Isolation of a member of the candidate phylum ‘Atribacteria’ reveals a unique cell membrane structure. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20149-5.
  • Yoshioka H., Takeuchi M., Sakata S., Takahashi M., Tanabe S., Inamura A., Yasuhara M. (2020) Microbial methane production and oxidation in the Holocene mud beneath the Kanto Plain of central Japan. Geochemical Journal, 54 (4), 243- 254.
  • Asahina K., Nakajima T., Morimoto K., Hanamura Y., Kobayashi M. (2020) The effects of clay minerals on methylated naphthalenes as maturity indicators of sedimentary organic matter, Chemistry Letters, 49, 728.
  • Nakano H., Hirakawa N., Matsubara Y., Yamashita S., Okuchi T., Asahina K., Tanaka R., Suzuki N., Naraoka H., Takano Y., Tachibana S., Hama T., Oba Y., Kimura Y., Watanabe N., Kouchi N. (2020) Precometary organic mattar: A hidden reservoir of water inside the snow line, Scientific Reports, 10, 7755.
  • Goto S., Yamano, M.(2020) Inversion of thermal conductivity and heat flow from borehole temperature data affected by recent variation in ground surface temperature, Geothermics, 86, 101862.
  • Takahashi U.K., Nakajima T., Suzuki Y., Morita S., Sawaki T., Hanamura Y. (2020)Hydrocarbon generation potential and thermal maturity of coal and coaly mudstones from the Eocene Urahoro Group in the Kushiro Coalfield, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. International Journal of Coal Geology, 217

2019

Article

  • Takeuchi M., Ozaki H., Hiraoka S., Kamagata Y., Sakata S., Yoshioka H., Iwasaki W. (2019) Possible cross-feeding pathway between a methanotroph and a facultative methylotroph. PlosONE 14, e0213535.
  • Katayama T., Yoshioka H., Yamanaka T., Mio Takeuchi, Muramoto Y., Usami J., Ikeda H. and Sakata S. (2019) Microbial community structure in deep natural gas-bearing aquifers subjected to sulfate-containing fl uid injection. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 127, 45-51.
  • Takahashi U.K., Tsunogai U., Nakagawa F., Sukigara C. (2019)Stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions of water vapor in volcanic plumes sampled in glass bottles using cavity ring-down spectroscopy. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 384, 232-240.

2018

Article

  • Asahina K., Suzuki N.(2018) Methylated naphthalenes as indicators for evaluating the source and source rock lithology of degraded oils. Organic Geochemistry, 124, 46-62.

2017

Article

  • Goto S., Yamano M., Morita S., Kanematsu T., Yakubo M., Kataoka S., Tanahashi M., Matsumoto R. (2017) Physical and thermal properties of mud-dominant sediment from the Joetsu Basin in the eastern margin of the Japan Sea. Marine Geophysical Research, 38, 393-407.
  • Takahashi U. K., Suzuki N. (2017) Semi-open and closed system pyrolysis of Paleogene coal for evaluating the timing of hydrocarbon gas expulsion. International Journal of Coal Geology, 178, 100-109.
  • Matsumoto R., Tanahashi R., Kakuwa Y., Glen S., Okawa S., Tomaru J., Morita S. (2017) Recovery of thick deposits of massive gas hydrates from gas chimney structures, eastern margin of Japan Sea: Japan Sea shallow gas hydrate project. Fire in the Ice: Methane Hydrate News Letter, 17, 1-6.

2016

Article

  • Mayumi D., Mochimaru H., Tamaki H., Yamamoto K., Yoshioka H., Suzuki Y., Kamagata Y., Sakata S. (2016) Methane production from coal by a single methanogen. Science, 354, 222-225.
  • Katayama T., Yoshioka H., Takahashi H.A., Amo M., Fujii T., Sakata S. (2016) Changes in microbial communities associated with gas hydrates in subseafl oor sediments from the Nankai Trough.FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92, fi w093.
  • Toki T., Kinoshita M., Morita S., Masuda H., Rashid H., Yoshinishi H., Nakano T., Nogushi N. (2016) The vertical chloride ion profile at the IODP Site C0002, Kumano Basin, off coast of Japan. Tectonophysics, 710-711, 88-96.
  • Goto S., Matsubayashi O., Nagakubo S. (2016) Simulation of gas hydrate dissociation caused by repeated tectonic uplift events. Journal of Geophysical Research. 121, 3200-3219.
  • Ito M., Kameo H., Satoguchi Y., Masuda F., Hiroki Y., Takano O., Nakajima T., Suzuki N. (2016) Neogene-Quaternary sedimentary successions. The Geology of Japan. 309-337.

2015

Article

  • Yoshioka H, Mochimaru H, Sakata S. Takeda H, Yoshida S. (2015) Methane production potential of subsurface microbes in Pleistocene sediments from a natural gas fi eld of the dissolved-in-water type, central Japan. Chemical Geology, 419, 92-101.
  • Katayama T., Yoshioka H., Muramoto Y., Usami J., Fujiwara K., Yoshida S., Kamagata Y., Sakata S. (2015) Physicochemical impacts associated with natural gas development on methanogenesis in deep sand aquifers. The ISME Journal, 9, 436-446.
  • Inagaki F., Hinrichs K. ?U., Kubo Y., Bowles M. W., Heuer V. B., Hong W. -L., Hoshino T., Ijiri A., Imachi H., Ito M., Kaneko M., Lever M. A., Lin Y. ?S., Methé B. A., Morita S., Morono Y., Tanikawa W., Bihan M., Bowden S. A., Elvert M., Glombitza C., Gross D., Harrington G. J., Hori T., Li K., Limmer D., Liu C. ?H., Murayama M., Ohkochi M., Ono S., Park Y. ?S., Phillips S. C., Prieto-Mollar X., Purkey M., Riedinger N., Sanada Y. Sauvage J., Snyder G., Susilawati R., Takano Y. Tasumi E., Terada T., Tomaru H. Trembath-Reichert E., Wang D. T. Yamada Y. (2015) Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor. Science, 349, 420-424.
  • Otsuka H., Morita S., Tanahashi M., Ashi J. (2015) Foldback reflectors near methane hydrate bottom-simulating reflectors: Indicators of gas distribution from 3D seismic images in the eastern Nankai Trough. Island arc, 24, 145-158.

2014

Article

  • Katayama T., Yoshioka H., Mochimaru H., Meng X.Y., Muramoto Y., Usami J., Ikeda, H., Kamagata Y., Sakata S. (2014) Methanohalophilus levihalodurans sp. nov., a slightly halophilic, methylotrophic methanogen isolated from natural gas-bearing deep aquifers, and emended description of the genus Methanohalophilus . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64, 2089-2093.
  • Aoki M., Ehara M., Saito Y., Yoshioka H., Miyazaki M., Saito Y., Miyashita A.,Kawakami S., Yamaguchi T., Ohashi A., Nunoura T., Takai K., Imachi H. (2014) A Long-term cultivation of an anaerobic methane-oxidizing microbial community from deep-sea methane- seep sediment using a continuous-fl ow bioreactor. PLoS One 9, e105356.
  • Hosam E. Maruyama A., Stokes H., Yoshioka H., Mitani Y. (2014) Novel integrons and gene cassettes from a Cascadian submarine gas hydrate-bearing core. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87, 343-356.
  • Kakuwa Y., Nakajima T., Matsumoto R. (2014) Submarine landslide identified in MD179 cores, off-Joetsu area, eastern margin of the Sea of Japan. Journal of Asian Earth Science, 90, 218-227.
  • Nakajima T., Kakuwa Y., Yasudomi Y., Itaki T., Motoyama I., Tomiyama T., Machiyama H., Katayama H., Okitsu O., Morita S., Tanahashi M., Matsumoto R. (2014) Formation of pockmarks and submarine canyons associated with dissociation of gas hydrates on the Joetsu Knoll, eastern margin of the Sea of Japan. Journal of Asian Earth Science, 90, 228-242.

2013

Article

  • Lubis R. F., Yamano M., Delinom R., Martosuparno S., Sakura Y., Goto S., Miyakoshi A., Taniguchi M. (2013) Assessment of urban groundwater heat contaminant in Jakarta, Indonesia. Environmental Earth Science, 70, 2033-2038.
  • Nakajima T. (2013) Late Cenozoic tectonic events and intra-arc basin development in Northeast Japan. Mechanism of Sedimentary Basin Formation ? Multidisciplinary Approach on Active Plate Margins, InTech, 153-189.
  • Noda A., TuZino T., Joshima M., Goto S. (2013) Mass transport-dominated sedimentation in a foreland basin, the Hidaka Trough, northern Japan. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 14, 2638-2660.
  • Nakajima T., Kneller B. C. (2013) Quantitative Analysis of the Geometry of Submarine External Levees. Sedimentology, 60, 877-910.
  • Zhao X., Oda H., Wu H., Yamamoto A., Yamamoto Y., Yamamoto Y., Nakajima T., Kitamura Y., Kanematsu T. (2013) Magnetostratigraphic results from sedimentary rocks of IODP’s Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) Expedition 322. Geological Society Special Publication, 373, 1-12.

2012

Article

  • Goto S., Mizoguchi T., Kimura R., Kinoshita M., Yamano M., Hamamoto H. (2012) Variations in the thermal conductivities of surface sediments in the Nankai subduction zone off Tokai, central Japan. Marine Geophysical Research, 33, 269-283.
  • Morita S., Nakajima T., Hanamura Y. (2012) Possible ground instability factor implied by slumping and dewatering structures in high-methane-flux continental slope. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 31, Springer, 311-320.

2011

Article

  • Mayumi D., Mochimaru H., Yoshioka H., Sakata S., Maeda H., Miyagawa Y., Ikarashi M., Takeuchi M., Kamagata Y. (2011) Evidence for syntrophic acetate oxidation coupled to hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in the high-temperature petroleum reservoir of Yabase oil fi eld (Japan). Environmental Microbiology, 13, 1995-2006.
  • Ikehara K., Danhara T., Yamashita T., Tanahashi M., Morita S., Ohkushi K. (2011) Paleoceanographic control on a large marine-reservoir effect offshore of Tokai, south of Japan, NW Pacific, during the last glacial maximum-deglaciation. Quaternary International, 246 213-221.
  • Hamamoto H., Yamano M, Goto S., Kinoshita M., Fujino K., Wang K. (2011) Heat flow distribution and thermal structure of the Nankai subduction zone off the Kii Peninsula. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 12, 1-22.

2010

Article

  • Yoshioka H., Maruyama A., Nakamura T., Higashi Y., Fuse H., Sakata S., Bartlett D. H. (2010) Activities and distribution of methanogenic and methane-oxidizing microbes in marine sediments from the Cascadia Margin. Geobiology, 8, 223-233.
  • Goto S., Yamano M. (2010) Reconstruction of the 500-year ground surface temperature history of northern Awaji Island, southwest Japan, using a layered thermal property model. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 183, 435-446.
  • Kim Y-G., Lee S-M., Matsubayashi O. (2010) New heat flow measurements in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea (Sea of Japan): relationship to local BSR depth, and implications for regional heat flow distribution. Geo-Marine Letters, 30, 595-603.