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Petrology Lab
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A petrology lab that investigates rocks to uncover how the Earth's crust formed.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring how continents formed, through rocks.
Associate Professor Nobuhiko Nakano specializes in geology, which uses fieldwork and laboratory experiments to understand how various geological formations in Japan and around the world formed.
Focusing on Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand in Southeast Asia, the lab investigates how the Asian continent formed, and the phenomena that occur from the lower crust to the upper mantle in zones where continents collide.
The lab also works on crustal evolution as seen from East Antarctica, and on reassessing the geological belts of Japan through age and isotope analysis.
In the School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Associate Professor Nakano teaches Earth science practical courses and lectures.
Key terms
- Archean
- One of the named divisions of Earth's history; an ancient period that comes before the Proterozoic
- Isotopes
- Atoms of the same element that differ slightly in weight. Examining their ratios gives clues to the age and origin of rocks
- LA-MC-ICP-MS
- The name of a combination of analytical instruments used to measure isotope ratios. Here it is used to analyze archaeological materials
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates how the Earth's crust formed and how it has changed, using analysis of rock ages and isotopes. Targeting East Antarctica, the geological belts of Japan, and Southeast Asia, it studies crustal evolution from the Archean to the Proterozoic and the phenomena that occur in continental collision zones.
*Illustrative imageCrustal evolution of East Antarctica
The lab studies how the crust evolved from the Archean to the Proterozoic, as seen from East Antarctica.
*Illustrative imageReassessing Japan's geological belts through ages and isotopes
Using age and isotope analysis, the lab is reconsidering the geological belts of Japan.
*Illustrative imageIsotope analysis methods and archaeological materials
The lab has worked on developing isotope analysis methods using LA-MC-ICP-MS and applying them to archaeological materials.
*Illustrative imageMetamorphic rocks of Southeast Asia and the formation of the Asian continent
Using metamorphic rocks distributed across Southeast Asia, the lab analyzes how the Asian continent was formed and the phenomena that occur deep within continental collision zones.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorNobuhiko Nakano
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “X-ray images of Igneous rock in petrology section” Aprizal1642 / CC0 (cropped)
- Crustal evolution of East Antarctica: “AAE 1912 SLNSW FL20514149” Douglas Mawson / Public domain (cropped)
- Reassessing Japan's geological belts through ages and isotopes: “Andesite outcrop of the Matsue Formation II” Gkiseki / CC0 (cropped)
- Isotope analysis methods and archaeological materials: “Clavo de fundación” Santabiblia / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Metamorphic rocks of Southeast Asia and the formation of the Asian continent: “Ashe Metamorphic Suite” Evan McCarthy / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Petrology Lab): “Folded Metamorphic Rock on Ben Lawers in Scotland 1” Rick Johnson (Ricky Cosmos on Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/photos/rickycosmos/ / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Geology Lab): “Oleschnunatak gebänderter Glimmerschiefer” Calog84 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Geology Lab): “Gneiss” No machine-readable author provided. Siim assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cytoskeletal Proteins Lab): “Actin filaments of cardiac fibroblasts” Lorenzo2697 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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