Researcher Information

KURITANI Takeshi

Professor

Deciphering the dynamics of the mantle and magmas from volcanic rocks

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Earth and Planetary System Science

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Theme

Magma genesis, magmatic differentiation, water circulation in the Earth's interior

FieldIgneous petrology, Geochemistry
KeywordMagma, Volcano, Crust, Mantle, Water

Introduction of Research

I am involved in petrological, geochemical, experimental, and theoretical studies principally aimed at quantitative understanding generation, ascent, evolution, and eruption processes of magmas, differentiation processes of the lunar magma ocean, and evolutionary processes of the Earth.

Representative Achievements

Mantle hydration and the role of water in the generation of large igneous provinces, J. Liu, Q.-K. Xia, T. Kuritani, E. Hanski and H.-R. Yu (2017), Nature Commun., 8, 1824.
Origin of ultra rear-arc magmatism at Rishiri Volcano, Kuril arc, T. Kuritani and M. Nakagawa (2016), Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 17.
Intensive hydration of the mantle transition zone beneath China caused by ancient slab stagnation, T. Kuritani, E. Ohtani and J.-I. Kimura (2011), Nature Geosci., 4, 713-716.
Highly unradiogenic lead isotope ratios from the Horoman peridotite in Japan, S. P. K. Malaviarachchi, A. Makishima, M. Tanimoto, T. Kuritani and E. Nakamura (2008), Nature Geosci., 1, 859-863.
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, T. Kuritani, T. Yokoyama and E. Nakamura (2007), J. Petrol., 48, 1295-1319.
Academic degreePh.D.
Academic background1991-1995: B.S. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
1995-1997: M.S. Department of Geology, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
1997-2000: PhD. Department of Geology, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
2000-2003: JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2003-2006: Research Fellow, Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University
2006-2007: Research Fellow, Institute for Geothermal Sciences, Kyoto University
2007-2010: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
2010-2011: Associate Professor (GCOE), Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
2011-2014: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University
2014- : Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University
Affiliated academic societyAmerican Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society, AGU, Geochemical Society
Room addressScience Building 6 #11-03