Dr. Kei SATO

Research Fellow

at Center for Chronological Research (CCR),

Nagoya University, JAPAN

 

E-mail:

ksato [a] nendai.nagoya-u.ac.jp

keisato.meta [a] gmail.com

(Please exchange [a] to at sign)

 

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(1) Curriculum vitae

 

1. From April 2012 to present:

Research Fellow, at Center for Chronological Research, Nagoya University, JAPAN

 

2. From April 2009 to March 2012:

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow (postdoctoral fellow), at Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN

 

3. From May 2010 to August 2011:

Visiting Academic (visiting postdoctoral fellow), at Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, AUSTRALIA

 

4. From April 2005 to March 2009:

Research Scientist, with the duty for technical officer of electron microprobe (postdoctoral fellow), at Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN

 

5. March 2005:

Ph.D. in Department of Earth Sciences, Ehime University, JAPAN

 

6. March 2002:

M.S. in Department of Earth Sciences, Ehime University, JAPAN

 

7. March 2000:

B.S. in Department of Earth Sciences, Ehime University, JAPAN

 

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(2) Research interests and skills

 

Evolution of continent crust (Geology, Petrology, Geochronology and Geochemistry)

1. Igneous petrology (granitoids) of the Paleozoic Lachlan Fold Belt and associated regions, southeastern Australia.

2. Metamorphic and igneous petrology (high-pressure granulite facies to granulite facies metamorphic rocks, and granitoids) of the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Southern Granulite Terrane, India.

3. Metamorphic petrology (granulite facies metamorphic rocks) of the Archean Limpopo Belt, southern Africa.

4. Metamorphic petrology (granullite facies metamorphic rocks) of the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Lützow-Holm Complex and the Archean Napier Complex, East Antarctica.

5. Zircon U-Pb geochronology by using laser ablation ICP mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS).

6. Geochemistry of material cycle between crust and mantle (trace elements and rare earth elements) by using LA-ICP-MS.

7. Experimental petrology by using piston-cylinder high-pressure apparatus and electron furnace.

8. Laser Raman spectroscopic study.

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(3) Published papers (since 2002)

 

1. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T.R.K. Chetty, T. Hirata  (2012)  U-Pb zircon geochronology of granites and charnockite from southern India: implications for magmatic pulses associated with plate tectonic cycles within a Precambrian suture zone.  Geological Journal,  Vol. 47,  p. 237-252.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1034

 

2. C.J. Forbes, D. Giles, F. Jourdan, K. Sato, S. Omori, M. Bunch  (2012)  Cooling and exhumation history of the northeastern Gawler Craton, South Australia.  Precambrian Research,  Vol. 200-203,  p. 209-238.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03019268

 

3. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae, T.R.K. Chetty, T. Hirata  (2011)  Subduction-accretion-collision history along the Gondwana suture in southern India: A laser ablation ICP-MS study of zircon chronology.  Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,  Vol. 40,  p. 162-171.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13679120

 

4. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae, T.R.K. Chetty, T. Hirata  (2011)  Laser ablation ICP mass spectrometry for zircon U-Pb geochronology of metamorphosed granite from the Salem Block: Implication for Neoarchean crustal evolution in southern India.  Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences,  Vol. 106,  p. 1-12.

http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jmps

 

5. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae  (2010)  High P-T phase relation of magnesian (Mg0.7Fe0.3) staurolite composition in the system FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O: Implications for prograde high-pressure history of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphic rocks.  American Mineralogist,  Vol. 95,  p. 177-184.

http://ammin.geoscienceworld.org/

 

6. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae, Y. Kon, S. Yamamoto, T. Hirata  (2010)  Laser ablation ICP mass spectrometry for zircon U-Pb geochronology of ultrahigh-temperature gneisses and A-type granites from the Achankovil Suture Zone, southern India.  Journal of Geodynamics,  Vol. 50,  p. 286-299.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02643707

 

7. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae  (2009)  A petrologic and laser Raman spectroscopic study of sapphirine- spinel-quartz-Mg-staurolite inclusions in garnet from Kumiloothu, southern India: Implications for extreme metamorphism in a collisional orogen.  Journal of Geodynamics,  Vol. 47,  p. 107-118.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02643707

 

8. T. Kanazawa, T. Tsunogae, K. Sato, M. Santosh  (2009)  The stability and origin of sodicgedrite in ultrahigh-temperature Mg-Al granulites: a case study from the Gondwana suture in southern India.  Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology,  Vol. 157,  p. 95-110.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/100406/

 

9. M. Santosh, S. Maruyama, K. Sato  (2009)  Anatomy of a Cambrian suture in Gondwana: Pacific-type orogeny in southern India?  Gondwana Research,  Vol. 16,  p. 321-341.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1342937X

 

10. K. Sato, T. Miyamoto, T. Kawasaki  (2008)  Fe2+-Mg partitioning experiments between orthopyroxene and spinel using ultrahigh-temperature granulite from the Napier Complex, East Antarctica.  Geological Society, London, Special Publications; Geodynamic Evolution of East Antarctica: a Key to the East-West Gondwana Connection,  Vol. 308,  p. 431-447.

http://sp.lyellcollection.org/archive/

 

11. T. Tsunogae, M. Santosh, H. Ohyama, K. Sato  (2008)  High-pressure and ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism at Komateri, northern Madurai Block, southern India.  Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,  Vol. 33,  p. 395-413.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13679120

 

12. M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae, H. Ohyama, K. Sato, J.H. Li, S.J. Liu  (2008)  Carbonic metamorphism at ultrahigh-temperatures: Evidence from North China Craton.  Earth and Planetary Science Letters,  Vol. 266,  p. 149-165.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0012821X

 

13. K. Sato and M. Santosh  (2007)  Titanium in quartz as a record of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism: the granulites of Karur, southern India.  Mineralogical Magazine,  Vol. 71,  p. 143-154.

http://minmag.geoscienceworld.org/

 

14. K. Sato, T. Miyamoto, T. Kawasaki  (2006)  Experimental calibration of sapphirine-spinel Fe2+-Mg exchange thermometer: Implication for constraints on P-T condition of Howard Hills, Napier Complex, East Antarctica.  Gondwana Research,  Vol. 9,  p. 398-408.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1342937X

 

15. K. Sato, T. Miyamoto, T. Kawasaki  (2004)  Experimental constraints of metamorphic pressure and temperature, and phase relations of a phlogopite-bearing orthopyroxene granulite from Howard Hills, Napier Complex, East Antarctica.  Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences,  Vol. 99,  p. 191-201.

http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jmps

 

16. T. Miyamoto, Y. Yoshimura, K. Sato, Y. Motoyoshi, D.J. Dunkley, C.J. Carson  (2004)  Occurrences of metamorphosed ultramafic rock and associating rocks in Howard Hills, Enderby Land, East Antarctica: Evidence of partial melting from geochemical and isotopic characteristics.  Polar Geoscience,  No. 17,  p. 88- 111.

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/vol_issue/nels/AA1130866X_en.html

 

17. K. Sato and T. Kawasaki  (2002)  High-pressure and high-temperature experiments on the phase relations in the system of Mg-rich garnet composition (Prp75Alm25): Implication for the Fe-Mg partitioning between garnet and orthopyroxene.  Polar Geoscience,  No. 15,  p. 66-79.

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/vol_issue/nels/AA1130866X_en.html

 

18. T. Kawasaki, K. Sato, Y. Motoyoshi  (2002)  Experimental constraints on the thermal peak of a granulite from McIntyre Island, Enderby Land, East Antarctica.  Gondwana Research,  Vol. 5,  p. 749-756.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1342937X

 

19. T. Kawasaki and K. Sato  (2002)  Experimental study of Fe-Mg exchange reaction between orthopyroxene and sapphirine and its calibration as a geothermometer.  Gondwana Research,  Vol. 5,  p. 741-747.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1342937X

 

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(4) Submitted paper

 

1. K. Sato et al. COMING SOON

 

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(5) Presentations in international conferences (since 2003)

 

1. C.J. Forbes, D. Giles, K. Suzuki, F. Jourdan, K. Sato, S. Omori, M. Bunch  (2011)  The P-T history of the northeastern Gawler Craton, South Australia from monazite CHIME analysis, 40Ar/39Ar biotite geochronology and thermal history modeling.  2011 GSA Annual Meeting,  Minneapolis (USA),  October 2011.

 

2. C.J. Forbes, D. Giles, F. Jourdan, K. Sato, R. Dutch, M. Bunch  (2010)  Cooling and exhumation history of the northeastern Gawler Craton, South Australia.  Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2010,  Canberra (Australia),  July 2010.

 

3. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae, T.R.K. Chetty, T. Hirata  (2009)  Geochronological constraints on the birth and demise of the Paleo-Mozambique Ocean floor during mid to latest Neoproterozoic: Implication for a subduction-collision history of the Gondwana suture in southern India.  6th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia and 2009 IAGR Annual Convention,  Hanoi (Vietnam),  October 2009.

 

4. K. Sato  (2009)  Recent results of high-P-T experimental study for prograde high-pressure metamorphism in the Gondwana suture, southern India, and geochronological study for the Gondwana amalgamation at the Neoproterozoic.  INSA-JSPS 2-day Workshop, NGRI,  Hyderabad (India),  August 2009.

 

5. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae  (2008)  Evidence for high-pressure metamorphism in a collisional orogen in Gondwana suture: high P-T phase relation of Mg-staurolite in FMASH system under high fO2 condition.  5th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia and 2008 IAGR Annual Convention,  Seoul (Korea),  November 2008.

 

6. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae, Y. Kon, S. Yamamoto, T. Hirata  (2008)  U-Pb dating of zircons in UHT granulites and associated granite from Achankovil Shear Zone in southern India.  5th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia and 2008 IAGR Annual Convention,  Seoul (Korea),  November 2008.

 

7. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae, E. Takahashi  (2008)  High-pressure and high-temperature experiments on the phase relation in the FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O (FMASH) system of Mg-rich staurolite composition: implications for high-pressure metamorphism during the assembly of Gondwana.  Gondwana 13 Conference,  Dali (China),  September 2008.

 

8. K. Sato  (2008)  The high-pressure stability of Mg-rich staurolite in the system FMASH: implication for prograde high-pressure metamorphism and thermal peak UHT metamorphism in continent collision zone.  Symposium: Research Perspective of COE21 "How to Build Habitable Planets?",  Mirai-kan (Tokyo, Japan),  September 2008.

 

9. K. Sato, T. Tsunogae, M. Santosh  (2008)  Experimental study of lower pressure limit of Mg-rich staurolite stability in the system FMASH under high fO2 condition.  Workshop: Limpopo - International Field Laboratory,  Johannesburg and the Province of Limpopo (South Africa),  July 2008.

 

10. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae  (2008)  Relation between Raman spectra of quartz inclusion within garnet and volume change of minerals during retrograde metamorphism: Implication for P-T condition of Kerala khondalite belt in southern India.  International Conference on Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent,  Mumbai (India),  March 2008.

 

11. T. Kanazawa, T. Tsunogae, K. Sato, M. Santosh  (2008)  High-P-T experiments of Mg-Al rocks from the Palghat-Cauvery Shear Zone System, southern India: implications for the stability of gedrite.  International Conference on Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent,  Mumbai (India),  March 2008.

 

12. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae  (2007)  Laser Raman spectroscopic study of Kerala khondalite from southern India.  4th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia and 2007 IAGR Annual Convention,  Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan),  November 2007.

 

13. E. Takahashi, P. Bhalla, N. Takehara, K. Sato  (2007)  Effect of volatiles in the partial melting in Earth's asthenosphere.  Goldschmidt Conference 2007,  Cologne (Germany),  August 2007.

 

14. K. Sato and Y. Yoshimura  (2006)  Confined stability field for sapphirine-quartz coexistence under ultrahigh-temperature metamorphic and H2O-free conditions.  11th International Conference on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry,  Bristol (UK),  September 2006.

 

15. K. Sato, Y. Yoshimura, N. Hirano, T. Hirata  (2006)  Experimental studies of melting phase relation of garnet-sillimanite felsic gneiss and distribution of minor elements between garnet and melt under ultrahigh-temperature metamorphic condition.  19th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association,  Kobe International Conference Center (Kobe, Japan),  July 2006.

 

16. T. Miyamoto, Y. Yoshimura, K. Sato, D.J. Dunkley, Y. Motoyoshi, C.J. Carson  (2006)  Time tracks of cooling after UHT metamorphism in Howard Hills, Napier Complex, East Antarctica.  19th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association,  Kobe International Conference Center (Kobe, Japan),  July 2006.

 

17. K. Sato, T. Miyamoto, T. Kawasaki  (2006)  A new geothermometer of the Fe-Mg exchange between sapphirine and spinel for ultrahigh-temperature granulite.  International Symposium on Material Science and History of Earth and Sister Planets,  Okayama University of Science (Okayama, Japan),  March 2006.

 

18. K. Sato, T. Miyamoto, T. Suzuki, E. Takahashi, T. Kawasaki  (2005)  Melting experiments of an UHT orthopyroxene felsic gneiss from Napier Complex, East Antarctica.  International Session of Earliest History of the Earth and Planets, at Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting,  Makuhari Messe (Chiba, Japan),  May 2005.

 

19. K. Sato, T. Miyamoto, T. Kawasaki  (2004)  Experimental estimation of the metamorphic condition of a phlogopite-bearing orthopyroxene granulite from Howard Hills, Napier Complex, East Antarctica.  International Symposium and Field Workshop on Gondwana Evolution and Dispersal,  Kochi University (Kochi, Japan),  November 2004.

 

20. K. Sato, T. Miyamoto, T. Kawasaki  (2004)  Annealing experiments on a phlogopite-bearing orthopyroxene granulite from Howard Hills, Napier Complex, East Antarctica.  32nd International Geological Congress,  Florence (Italy),  August 2004.

 

21. K. Sato, T. Miyamoto, T. Kawasaki  (2003)  Experimental study of Fe-Mg exchange reaction between orthopyroxene and spinel and its application to a geothermometer.  9th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences,  Potsdam (Germany),  September 2003.

 

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(6) Selected presentations in domestic conferences in Japan

 

1. K. Sato, D.J. Ellis, A.G. Christy  (2011 in Japanese with English abstract)  Experimental study of partitioning of trace elements and rare earth elements between immiscible silicate liquids – titanite – zircon at the atmospheric pressure.  The 2nd Symposium on Polar Science (The 31st Symposium on Polar Geosciences),  National Institute of Polar Research (Tokyo, Japan),  November 2011.

 

2. K. Sato, D.J. Ellis, A.G. Christy, T. Hirajima  (2011 in Japanese with English abstract)  Partitioning of trace elements and rare earth elements between titanite and major rock-forming minerals in eclogite and clinopyroxenite from the northeastern Shandong Peninsula, eastern China.  The 2nd Symposium on Polar Science (The 31st Symposium on Polar Geosciences),  National Institute of Polar Research (Tokyo, Japan),  November 2011.

 

3. K. Sato, D.J. Ellis, A.G. Christy  (2011 in Japanese with English abstract)  Experimental study of trace and rare earth elements’ partitioning between immiscible liquids at the atmospheric pressure.  The 2011 Annual Conference, Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences,  Ibaraki University (Mito, Japan),  September 2011.

 

4. K. Sato, D.J. Ellis, A.G. Christy  (2011 in Japanese with English abstract)  Petrologic study of radioactive minerals in syenites and monzonites from the Mount Dromedary pluton in the Dromedary igneous complex, southeastern Australia.  The 2011 Annual Conference, Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences,  Ibaraki University (Mito, Japan),  September 2011.

 

5. K. Sato, D.J. Ellis, A.G. Christy, Y. Hiroi  (2011 in Japanese with English abstract)  Petrologic study of Th- and U-rich titanite in a calc-silicate rock from Lützow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica.  The 118th Annual Conference, The Geological Society of Japan,  Ibaraki University (Mito, Japan),  September 2011.

 

6. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Hirata  (2011 in Japanese with English abstract)  U-Pb zircon chronology of granites and charnockite from Precambrian sutures in southern India: Evidences for magmatism associated with plate tectonic cycles.  The 118th Annual Conference, The Geological Society of Japan,  Ibaraki University (Mito, Japan),  September 2011.

 

7. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae, T. Hirata  (2009 in Japanese with English abstract)  Geochronological constraints on Neoproterozoic subduction-accreation-collision history of the Gondwana suture in southern India.  The 116th Annual Conference, The Geological Society of Japan,  Okayama University of Science (Okayama, Japan),  September 2009.

 

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(7) Awards

 

1. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Hirata  (2011 in Japanese)  The Poster Prize,  The 118th Annual Conference, The Geological Society of Japan,  Ibaraki University (Mito, Japan),  September 2011.

 

2. K. Sato, M. Santosh, T. Tsunogae, T. Hirata  (2009 in Japanese)  The Poster Prize,  The 116th Annual Conference, The Geological Society of Japan,  Okayama University of Science (Okayama, Japan),  September 2009.

 

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LINK TO: Center for Chronological Research (Japanese Website)

 

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LINK TO: Nagoya University (Japanese Website)

 

LINK TO: Nagoya University (English Website)