Published Articles
Research articles: Interdisciplinary research
Published: April 14, 2026
Deep learning-based detection for thermokarst topography using the chopped picture method
Kosuke Takaya, Noriko Kurata, Takeshi Ise, Yoshihiro Iijima
Research articles: Solid earth sciences
Published: April 8, 2026
Progressive development of the Paleocene to early Miocene Shimanto accretionary complex in eastern Shikoku, Southwest Japan: response to magmatic arc evolution along the East Asian continental margin
Hidetoshi Hara, Satoshi Tonai, Hinako Matsumoto
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
Research articles: Biogeosciences
Published: March 11, 2026
Discrepancies between feeding ecology and trophic position based on nitrogen isotopic composition in endosymbiont-bearing benthic foraminifers
Ayumi Maeda, Yuichi I. Naito, Masashi Tsuchiya, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Kazuhiko Fujita, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Hodaka Kawahata
Research articles: Biogeosciences
Published: March 9, 2026
Tracing terrestrial nitrogen contributions to the salt marsh food web of the Obitsu River estuary in Tokyo Bay using compound-specific δ15N analysis of amino acids
Satoshi Furota, Naoto F. Ishikawa, Nanako O. Ogawa, Toshio Furota, Naohiko Ohkouchi