Publications
＜Original Papers＞ [51] Kimura, T., Ozawa, K., Kuritani, T., Iizuka, T. and Nakagawa, M. (2020) Thermal state of the upper mantle and the origin of the Cambrian-Ordovician ophiolite pulse: constraints from ultramafic dikes of the Hayachine-Miyamori Ophiolite. American Mineralogist, doi:10.2138/am-2020-7160.
[50] Lormand, C., Zellmer, G. F., Kilgour, G. N., Nemeth, K., Palmer, A. S., Sakamoto, N., Yurimoto, H., Kuritani, T., Iizuka, Y. and Moebis, A. (2020) Slow ascent of unusually hot intermediate magmas triggering Strombolian to sub-Plinian eruptions. Journal of Petrology, doi:10.1093/petrology/egaa077.
[49] Ishii, C., Ikenaka, Y., Nakayama, S. M. M., Kuritani, T., Nakagawa, M., Saito, K., Watanabe, Y., Ogasawara, K., Onuma, M., Haga, A. and Ishizuka, M. (2020) Current situation regarding lead exposure in birds in Japan (2015-2018); lead exposure is still occurring. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 82, 1118-1123.
[48] Taniuchi, H., Kuritani, T., Yokoyama, T., Nakamura, E. and Nakagawa, M. (2020) A new concept for the genesis of felsic magma: the separation of slab-derived supercritical liquid. Scientific Reports 10, 8698, doi:10.1038/s41598-020-65641-6.
[47] Kuritani, T., Nakagawa, M. Nishimoto, S., Yokoyama, T. and Miyamoto, T. (2020) Magma plumbing sytem for the Millennium Eruption at Changbaishan volcano, China: constraints from whole-rock U-Th disequilibrium. Lithos 366-367, 105564, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105564.
[46] Toyomaki, H., Yabe, J., Nakayama, S. T., Yohannes, Y. B., Muzandu, K., Liazambi, A., Ikenaka, Y., Kuritani, T., Nakagawa, M. and Ishizuka, M. (2020) Factors associated with lead (Pb) exposure on dogs around a Pb mining area, Kabwe, Zambia. Chemosphere 247, 125884, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.125884.
[45] Taniuchi, H., Kuritani, T. and Nakagawa, M. (2020) Generation of calc-alkaline andesite magma through crustal melting induced by emplacement of mantle-derived water-rich primary magma: evidence from Rishiri Volcano, southern Kuril Arc. Lithos 254-255, 105362, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105362.
[44] Asaah, A. N. E., Yokoyama, T., Aka, F. T., Iwamori, H., Kuritani, T., Usui, T., Gountie Dedzo, M., Tamen, J., Hasegawa, T., Fozing, E. M. Wirmvem, M. J. and Nche, A. L. (2020) Major/trace elements and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope systematics of lavas from Lakes Barombi Mbo and Barombi Koto in the Kumba graben, Cameroon Volcanic Line: Constraints on petrogenesis. Journal of African Earth Science 161, 103675.
[43] Kuritani, T., Kanai, C., Yamashita, S. and Nakagawa, M. (2019) Magma generation conditions at the Akita-Komagatake volcano, Northeast Japan arc: implications of across-arc variations in mantle melting parameters. Lithos 348-349, 105197, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105197.
[42] Nakayama, S. M. M., Nakata, H., Ikenaka, Y., Yabe, J., Oroszlany, B., Yohannes, Y. B., Bortey-Sam, N., Muzandu, K., Choongo, K., Kuritani, T., Nakagawa, M. and Ishizuka, M. (2019) One year exposure to Cd- and Pb-contaminated soil causes metal accumulation and alteration of global DNA methylation in rats. Environmental Pollution 252: 1267-1276, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.05.038.
[41] Kuritani, T., Xia, Q.-K., Kimura, J.-I., Liu, J., Shimizu, K., Ushikubo, T., Zhao, D., Nakagawa, M. and Yoshimura, S. (2019) Buoyant hydrous mantle plume from the mantle transition zone. Scientific Reports 9: 6549, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43103-y.
[40] Gu, X.-X., Wang, P.-Y., Kuritani, T., Hanski, E., Xia, Q.-K. and Wang, Q.-Y. (2019) Low water content in the mantle source of the Hainan plume as a factor inhibiting the formation of a large igneous province. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 515: 221-230, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.034
[39] Yoshimura, S., Kuritani, T., Matsumoto, A. and Nakagawa, M. (2019) Fingerprint of silicic magma degassing visualised through chlorine microscopy. Scientific Reports 9: 786, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37374-0.
[38] Kuritani, T., Yamaguchi, A., Fukumitsu, S., Nakagawa, M., Matsumoto, A., Yokoyama, T., Magma plumbing system at Izu-Oshima Volcano, Japan: constraints from petrological and geochemical analyses. Frontiers in Earth Science 6: 178, doi:10.3389/feart.2018.00178.
[37] Yanagida, Y., Nakamura, M., Yasuda, A., Kuritani, T., Nakagawa, M., and Yoshida, T. (2018) Differentiation of a hydrous arc magma recorded in melt inclusions in deep crustal cumulate xenoliths from Ichinomegata maar, NE Japan. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19, doi:10.1002/2017GC007301.
[36] Ahmadi, P., Ghorbani, M. R., Coltorti, M., Kuritani, T., Cai, Y., Fioretti, A. M., Braschi, E., Giacomoni, P. P., Aghabazaz, F., Babazadeh, S., and Conticelli, S. (2018) High-Nb hawaiite-mugearite and high-Mg calc-alkaline lavas from northeastern Iran: Oligo-Miocene melts from modified mantle wedge. International Geology Review, doi:10.1080/00206814.2017.1416502.
[35] Liu, J., Xia, Q.-K., Kuritani, T., Hanski, E. and Yu, H.-R. (2017) Mantle hydration and the role of water in the generation of large igneous provinces. Nature Communications 8: 1824, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01940-3.
[34] Bergal-Kuvikas, O., Nakagawa, M., Kuritani, T., Muravyev, Y., Malik, N., Klimenko, E., Amma-Miyasaka, M., Matsumoto, A. and Shimada, S. (2017) A petrological and geochemical study on time-series samples from Klyuchevskoy volcano, Kamchatka arc. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 172: 35, doi:10.1007/s00410-017-1347-z.
[33] Kuritani, T., Sakuyama, T., Kamada, N., Yokoyama, T. and Nakagawa, M. (2017) Fluid-fluxed melting of mantle versus decompression melting of hydrous mantle plume as the cause of intraplate magmatism over a stagnant slab: implications from Fukue Volcano Group, SW Japan. Lithos 282-283: 98-110.
[32] Kuritani, T. and Nakagawa, M. (2016) Origin of ultra rear-arc magmatism at Rishiri Volcano, Kuril arc. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17, doi:10.1002/2016GC006594.
[31] Kuritani, T., Tanaka, M., Yokoyama, T., Nakagawa, M. and Matsumoto, A. (2016) Intensive hydration of the wedge mantle at the Kuril arc-NE Japan arc junction: implications from mafic lavas from Usu Volcano, northern Japan. Journal of Petrology 57: 1223-1240.
[30] Miyamoto, H., Niihara, T., Kuritani, T., Hong, P., Dohm, J. and Sugita, S. (2016) Cluster analysis on the bulk elemental compositions of Antarctic stony meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51: 906-919.
[29] Asaah, A. N. E., Yokoyama, T., Aka, F. T., Usui, T., Kuritani, T., Wirmvem, M. J., Iwamori, H., Fozing, E. M., Tamen, J., Mofor, G. Z., Ohba, T., Tanyileke, G. and Hell, J. V. (2015) Geochemistry of lavas from maar-bearing volcanoes in the Oku Volcanic Group of the Cameroon Volcanic Line. Chemical Geology 406: 55-69.
[28] Kuritani, T., Yoshida, T., Kimura, J.-I., Takahashi, T., Hirahara, Y., Miyazaki, T., Senda, R., Chang, Q. and Ito, Y. (2014) Primary melt from Sannome-gata volcano, NE Japan arc: constraints on generation conditions of rear-arc magmas. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 167: 969, doi:10.1007/s00410-014-0969-7.
[26] Kuritani, T., Kimura, J.-I., Ohtani, E., Miyamoto, H. and Furuyama, K. (2013) Transition zone origin of potassic basalts from Wudalianchi volcano, northeast China. Lithos 156-159: 1-12.
[25] Kuritani, T., Ohtani, E. and Kimura, J.-I. (2011) Intensive hydration of the mantle transition zone beneath China caused by ancient slab stagnation. Nature Geoscience 4: 713-716.
[24] Kuritani, T., Yokoyama, T., Kitagawa, H., Kobayashi, K. and Nakamura, E. (2011) Geochemical evolution of historical lavas from Askja Volcano, Iceland: implications for mechanisms and timescales of magmatic differentiation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75: 570-587.
[23] Kuritani, T., Yoshida, T. and Nagahashi, Y. (2010) Internal differentiation of Kutsugata lava flow from Rishiri Volcano, Japan: processes and timescales of segregation structures formation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 195: 57-68.
[22] Kuritani, T., Kimura, J.-I., Miyamoto, T., Wei, H., Shimano, T., Maeno, F., Jin, X. and Taniguchi, H. (2009) Intraplate magmatism related to deceleration of upweling asthenospheric mantle: implications from the Changbaishan shield basalts, northesat China. Lithos 112: 247-258.
[21] Kuritani, T. (2009) The relative roles of boundary layer fractionation and homogeneous fractionation in cooling basaltic magma chambers. Lithos 110: 247-261.
[20] Malaviarachchi, S. P. K., Makishima, A., Tanimoto, M., Kuritani, T. and Nakamura, E. (2008) Highly unradiogenic lead isotope ratios from the Horoman peridotite in Japan. Nature Geoscience 1: 859-863.
[19] Kuritani, T., Yokoyama, T. and Nakamura, E. (2008) Generation of rear-arc magmas induced by influx of slab-derived supercritical liquids: implications from alkali basalt lavas from Rishiri Volcano, Kurile Arc. Journal of Petrology 49: 1319-1342.
[18] Ishikawa, A., Kuritani, T., Makishima, A. and Nakamura, E. (2007) Ancient recycled crust beneath the Ontong Java Plateau: isotopic evidence from the garnet clinopyroxene xenoliths, Malaita, Solomom Islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 259: 134-148.
[17] Kuritani, T., Yokoyama, T. and Nakamura, E. (2007) Rates of thermal and chemical evolution of magmas in a cooling magma chamber: a chronological and theoretical study on basaltic and andesitic lavas from Rishiri Volcano, Japan. Journal of Petrology 48: 1295-1319.
[16] Kuritani, T., Usui, T., Yokoyama, T. and Nakamura, E. (2006) Accurate isotopic and concentration analyses of small amounts of Pb using isotope dilution coupled with the double spike technique. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 30: 209-220.
[15] Yokoyama, T., Kuritani, T., Kobayashi, K. and Nakamura, E. (2006) Geochemical evolution of a shallow magma plumbing system during the last 500 years, Miyakejima volcano, Japan: constraints from 238U-230Th-226Ra systematics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70: 2885-2901.
[14] Kuritani, T. and Nakamura, E. (2006) Elemental fractionation in lavas during post-eruptive degassing: evidence from trachytic lavas, Rishiri Volcano, Japan. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 149: 124-138.
[13] Kuritani, T., Kitagawa, H. and Nakamura, E. (2005) Assimilation and fractional crystallization controlled by transport process of crustal melt: implications from an alkali basalt-dacite suite from Rishiri Volcano, Japan. Journal of Petrology 46: 1421-1442.
[12] Kuritani, T. (2004) Magmatic differentiation examined with a numerical model considering multicomponent thermodynamics and momentum, energy and species transport. Lithos 74: 117-130.
[11] Nakamura, E., Makishima, A., Moriguti, T., Kobayashi, K., Sakaguchi, C., Yokoyama, T., Tanaka, R., Kuritani, T. and Takei, H. (2003) Comprehensive geochemical analyses of small amounts (<100mg) of extraterrestrial samples for the analytical competition related to the sample return mission MUSES-C. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Report SP16: 49-101.
[10] Yokoyama, T., Kobayashi, K., Kuritani, T. and Nakamura, E. (2003) Mantle metasomatism and rapid ascent of slab components beneath island arcs: evidence from 238U-230Th-226Ra disequilibria of Miyakejima volcano, Izu arc, Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research 108: 2329, DOI: 10.1029/2002JB002103.
[9] Kuritani, T. and Nakamura, E. (2003) Highly precise and accurate isotopic analysis of small amounts of Pb using 205Pb-204Pb and 207Pb-204Pb, two double spikes. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 18: 1464-1470.
[8] Kuritani, T., Yokoyama, T., Kobayashi, K. and Nakamura, E. (2003) Shift and rotation of composition trends by magma mixing: 1983 eruption at Miyake-jima Volcano, Japan. Journal of Petrology 44: 1895-1916.
[7] Yokoyama, T., Nakamura, E., Kobayashi, K. and Kuritani, T. (2002) Timing and trigger of arc volcanism controlled by fluid flushing from subducting slab. Proceedings of the Japan Academy 78: 1-6.
[6] Kuritani, T. and Nakamura, E. (2002) Precise isotope analysis of nanogram-level Pb for natural rock samples without use of double spikes. Chemical Geology 186: 31-43.
[5] Kuritani, T. (2001) Replenishment of a mafic magma in a zoned felsic magma chamber beneath Rishiri Volcano, Japan. Bulletin of Volcanology 62: 533-548.
[4] Kuritani, T. (1999) Boundary layer fractionation constrained by differential information from the Kutsugata lava flow, Rishiri Volcano, Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research 104: 29401-29417.
[3] Kuritani, T. (1999) Thermal and compositional evolution of a cooling magma chamber by boundary layer fractionation: model and its application for primary magma estimation. Geophysical Research Letters 26: 2029-2032.
[2] Kuritani, T. (1999) Phenocryst crystallization during ascent of alkali basalt magma at Rishiri Volcano, northern Japan. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 88: 77-97.
[1] Kuritani, T. (1998) Boundary layer crystallization in a basaltic magma chamber: evidence from Rishiri Volcano, northern Japan. Journal of Petrology 39: 1619-1640.
＜Review Papers＞ [4] Kuritani, T. (2012) Mantle transition zone and water. Japan Geoscience Letters 8: 9-11 (in Japanese).
[3] Kuritani, T. (2010) Origin of Cenozoic basaltic magmas in northeast China: a review of geochemical studies. Center for Northeast Asian Studies Monograph Series 41: 53-69 (in Japanese).
[2] Kuritani, T. (2007) Water and Magma. Journal of Geography 116: 133-153 (in Japanese).
[1] Kuritani, T. (2007) Timescales of magmatic evolution in crustal magma chambers constrained from U-series radioactive disequilibria: a brief review. Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan 52: 71-78 (in Japanese).
＜Thesis＞ [#] Kuritani, T. (2000) Thermal and chemical evolution of a crustal magma chamber: constraints from differential information on erupted materials. Ph.D thesis, University of Tokyo (supervisor: Prof. H. Nagahara).
[#] Kuritani, T. (1997) Boundary layer crystallization in basaltic and andesitic magma chambers: evidence from alkali basalt and trachytic andesite from Rishiri Volcano. Master thesis, University of Tokyo (supervisor: Prof. K. Ozawa).
[#] Kuritani, T. (1995) Origin of alkali basalt and trachytic andesite from Rishiri Volcano. Graduate thesis, University of Tokyo (supervisor: Prof. K. Ozawa).