Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (PEPS)
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Notification of Change in PEPS Editors-in-Chief:
As of April 2026, Professor Shoichi Yoshioka (Kobe University) has been
appointed as the new General Editor-in-Chief of PEPS.
In addition, Professor Yuji Yagi (University of Tsukuba) has assumed the
position of Editor-in-Chief for the Solid Earth Sciences section.
Latest Articles
Research articles: Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences
Published: April 1, 2026
Validating tropospheric NO2 column density from GEMS version 3.0 and Tropospheric Chemistry Reanalysis version 2 from background to urban conditions over Japan: with a focus on diurnal variations
Phuc Thi Minh Ha, Yugo Kanaya, Takashi Sekiya, Hisahiro Takashima, Kengo Sudo, Yongjoo Choi, Limseok Chang, Hanlim Lee, Hyunkee Hong, Jhoon Kim
Methodologies articles: Interdisciplinary research
Published: March 30, 2026
Estimation of dry bulk density of marine core sediments using an XRF core scanner
Kaz Mitake, Arisa Seki, Ryuji Tada, Tomohisa Irino, Masafumi Murayama
Review articles: Solid earth sciences
Published: March 27, 2026
Review on evaluations of anisotropic hydraulic properties in the fractured rock mass
Hinako Hosono, Daisuke Asahina, Makoto Otsubo, Yuichi Kitagawa, Norio Matsumoto
Research articles: Interdisciplinary research
Published: March 26, 2026
New screening method for well-preserved brachiopod shells and shell portions for paleoenvironmental analysis: Raman spectroscopy
Kazuma Oikawa, Hideko Takayanagi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Mamoru Takizawa, Miki Arakane, Yui Kouketsu, Thasinee Charoentitirat, Hidetoshi Hara, Koshi Yamamoto, Osamu Abe, Ryuji Asami, Komei Yamagishi, Hiroto Oda, Yasufumi Iryu
Research articles: Biogeosciences
Published: March 23, 2026
Comparisons of strontium isotope ratios in the water and otoliths suggest narrow habitat ranges of freshwater three-spined sticklebacks in Otsuchi, Japan
Konomi Uji, Takanori Nakano, Ki-Cheol Shin, Seiichi Mori, Manabu Kume, Shotaro Nishida, Ichiro Tayasu
Research articles: Interdisciplinary research
Published: March 23, 2026
Structural Evolution of the Eastern Nankai Trough accretionary prism, Central Japan—Subduction of Trough-Parallel Seamount Chains
Philomene Vanessa Eyang Ondo Ep Ella Ndong, Kohsaku Arai, Ayanori Misawa, Narumi Takahashi, Yuka Yokoyama, Asahiko Taira, Izumi Sakamoto






