Department of Earth Resources Engineering

2018

Effects of ph-induced changes in soil physical characteristics on the development of soil water erosion

Matsumoto, S., Ogata, S., Shimada, H., Sasaoka, T., Hamanaka, A. & Kusuma, G. J., Apr 16 2018, In : Geosciences (Switzerland). 8, 4, 134.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

water erosion

soil erosion

soil water

soil

physical property

9 Citations (Scopus)

Enhanced adsorption of perchlorate by gemini surfactant-modified montmorillonite: Synthesis, characterization and their adsorption mechanism

Srinivasarao, K., Prabhu, S. M., Luo, W. & Sasaki, K., Oct 1 2018, In : Applied Clay Science. 163, p. 46-55 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bentonite

perchlorate

montmorillonite

Surface-Active Agents

surfactant

Evaluation of a compact coaxial underground coal gasification system inside an artificial coal seam

Su, F. Q., Hamanaka, A., Itakura, K. I., Deguchi, G., Zhang, W. & Nan, H., Apr 2018, In : Energies. 11, 4, en11040898.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Coal gasification

Coaxial

Coal

Evaluation

Horizontal Well

8 Citations (Scopus)

Exergoeconomic analysis and optimization of single and double flash cycles for Sabalan geothermal power plant

Mohammadzadeh Bina, S., Jalilinasrabady, S. & Fujii, H., Mar 1 2018, In : Geothermics. 72, p. 74-82 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Geothermal power plants

geothermal power

Exergy

Fossil fuel power plants

exergy

Experimental and simulation studies on gasification characteristics of a low-rank coal by rapid heating under CO₂-rich condition

Cong, W., Alade, O. S., Sasaki, K. & Sugai, Y., Jan 1 2018, In : Journal of Applied Research and Technology. 16, 4, p. 255-266 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Gasification

Coal

Heating

Bituminous coal

Heating rate

Experimental study on seismic attenuation and permeability of large porosity rock

Yang, X., Sasaki, K., Zhang, X. & Sugai, Y., May 2018, In : Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection. 2018, 6, p. 80-90 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

seismic attenuation

experimental study

porosity

permeability

rock

3 Citations (Scopus)

Factors to enable crystallization of environmentally stable bioscorodite from dilute As(III)-contaminated waters

Tanaka, M. & Okibe, N., Jan 2018, In : Minerals. 8, 1, 23.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Arsenic

arsenic

crystallization

Crystallization

Water

5 Citations (Scopus)

Flash Flood Risk Assessment for Kyushu Island, Japan

Shehata, M. & Mizunaga, H., Feb 1 2018, In : Environmental Earth Sciences. 77, 3, 76.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

flash flood

Risk assessment

risk assessment

Japan

Runoff

17 Citations (Scopus)

Floatability of molybdenite and chalcopyrite in artificial seawater

Suyantara, G. P. W., Hirajima, T., Miki, H. & Sasaki, K., Jan 1 2018, In : Minerals Engineering. 115, p. 117-130 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

molybdenite

chalcopyrite

Seawater

Flotation

seawater

Frictional analysis of pipe-slurry-soil interaction and jacking force prediction of rectangular pipe jacking

Wen, K., Shimada, H., Zeng, W., Sasaoka, T. & Qian, D., Jan 20 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering. p. 1-19 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Pipe

Soils

Finite difference method

Analytical models

21 Citations (Scopus)

Geochemistry and U–Pb geochronology of the Wagone and Hermyingyi A-type granites, southern Myanmar: Implications for tectonic setting, magma evolution and Sn–W mineralization

Li, H., Myint, A. Z., Yonezu, K., Watanabe, K., Algeo, T. J. & Wu, J. H., Apr 1 2018, In : Ore Geology Reviews. 95, p. 575-592 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Geochronology

Geochemistry

Tectonics

tectonic setting

geochronology

2 Citations (Scopus)

Geophysical investigation using gravity data in Kinigi geothermal field, northwest Rwanda

Uwiduhaye, J. D. A., Mizunaga, H. & Saibi, H., Mar 1 2018, In : Journal of African Earth Sciences. 139, p. 184-192 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

gravity

gravity survey

anomaly

Bouguer anomaly

gravity anomaly

Gold deposits associated with the gabbroic rocks at Tirek area, western Hoggar, Algeria: fluid inclusion study

Saad, W., Aissa, D. E., Watanabe, K. & Taguchi, S., Jan 1 2018, In : Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 11, 2, 26.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

fluid inclusion

gold

shear zone

rock

host rock

1 Citation (Scopus)

Imaging and monitoring of the shallow subsurface using spatially windowed surface-wave analysis with a single permanent seismic source

Ikeda, T., Tsuji, T., Nakatsukasa, M., Ban, H., Kato, A., Worth, K., White, D. & Roberts, B., Nov 1 2018, In : GEOPHYSICS. 83, 6, p. EN23-EN38

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

seismic source

Surface waves

surface wave

Signal systems

Imaging techniques

Immobilization of selenate in cancrinite using a hydrothermal method

Pahlevi, N. D., Guo, B. & Sasaki, K., May 1 2018, In : Ceramics International. 44, 7, p. 8635-8642 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Selenic Acid

Zeolites

Coprecipitation

Nuclear power plants

Lattice constants

3 Citations (Scopus)

Influence of the pre-dispersion of montmorillonite on organic modification and the adsorption of perchlorate and methyl red anions

Luo, W., Sasaki, K. & Hirajima, T., Mar 15 2018, In : Applied Clay Science. 154, p. 1-9 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bentonite

perchlorate

montmorillonite

Anions

anion

1 Citation (Scopus)

Integrated microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) simulation: Main influencing parameters and uncertainty assessment

Ansah, E. O., Sugai, Y., Nguele, R. & Sasaki, K., Dec 1 2018, In : Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 171, p. 784-793 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

enhanced oil recovery

Recovery

oil

simulation

viscosity

2 Citations (Scopus)

Iron Redox Transformation by the Thermo-Acidophilic Archaea from the Genus Sulfolobus

Masaki, Y., Tsutsumi, K. & Okibe, N., Oct 21 2018, In : Geomicrobiology Journal. 35, 9, p. 757-767 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Sulfolobus

Archaea

Oxidation-Reduction

Iron

Poisons

3 Citations (Scopus)

Kinetics of thermal degradation of a Japanese oil sand

Alade, O. S., Sasaki, K., Sugai, Y., Konadu, K. T., Ansah, E. O., Ademodi, B. & Ueda, R., Dec 2018, In : Egyptian Journal of Petroleum. 27, 4, p. 505-512 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Oil sands

oil sand

Heating rate

Pyrolysis

Hydrocarbons

5 Citations (Scopus)

Microbiological Redox Potential Control to Improve the Efficiency of Chalcopyrite Bioleaching

Masaki, Y., Hirajima, T., Sasaki, K., Miki, H. & Okibe, N., Sep 14 2018, In : Geomicrobiology Journal. 35, 8, p. 648-656 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bioleaching

redox potential

chalcopyrite

Oxidation-Reduction

solubilization

1 Citation (Scopus)

Mineralization of the Northwest quartz-pyrite-gold veins: Implications for multiple mineralization events at lepanto, mankayan mineral district, Northern Luzon, Philippines

Manalo, P. C., Imai, A., Subang, L. L., De los Santos, M. C., Yanagi, K., Takahashi, R. & Blamey, N. J. F., Nov 1 2018, In : Economic Geology. 113, 7, p. 1609-1626 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Philippines

Quartz

pyrites

veins

Gold

Mine Ventilation Network Optimization Based on Airflow Asymptotic Calculation Method

Li, B. R., Inoue, M. & Shen, S. B., Jan 1 2018, In : Journal of Mining Science. 54, 1, p. 99-110 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Mine ventilation

airflow

Ventilation

ventilation

Nonlinear programming

2 Citations (Scopus)

Modeling microbial-induced oil viscosity reduction: Effect of temperature, salinity and nutrient concentration

Ansah, E. O., Sugai, Y. & Sasaki, K., May 7 2018, In : Petroleum Science and Technology. p. 1-7 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Nutrients

Oils

viscosity

Viscosity

salinity

3 Citations (Scopus)

Monitoring and evaluation of simulated underground coal gasification in an ex-situ experimental artificial coal seam system

Su, F. Q., Hamanaka, A., Itakura, K. I., Zhang, W., Deguchi, G., Sato, K., Takahashi, K. & Kodama, J. I., Aug 1 2018, In : Applied Energy. 223, p. 82-92 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Coal gasification

coal seam

Coal

Monitoring

monitoring

2 Citations (Scopus)

Monitoring of thermal activity at the Hatchobaru-Otake geothermal area in Japan using multi-source satellite images-with comparisons of methods, and solar and seasonal effects

Mia, M. B., Fujimitsu, Y. & Nishijima, J., Sep 1 2018, In : Remote Sensing. 10, 9, 1430.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

land surface

surface temperature

monitoring

split window

Landsat

2 Citations (Scopus)

Monitoring thermal activity of the beppu geothermal area in Japan using multisource satellite thermal infrared data

Mia, M. B., Fujimitsu, Y. & Nishijima, J., Aug 17 2018, In : Geosciences (Switzerland). 8, 8, 306.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

fumarole

temperature anomaly

monitoring

heat flux

split window

Numerical modelling of the growth of sulfate-reducing bacteria indigenous to an oilfield in Japan

Sugai, Y., Owaki, Y., Sasaki, K., Kaneko, F. & Sakai, T., Oct 2 2018, In : Petroleum Science and Technology. 36, 19, p. 1597-1604 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

sulfate-reducing bacterium

Sulfates

Bacteria

ethanol

Water injection

Numerical prediction of seabed subsidence with gas production from offshore methane hydrates by hot-water injection method

Matsuda, H., Yamakawa, T., Sasaki, K. & Sugai, Y., Jan 2018, In : International Journal of Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering. 4, 1, p. 18 31 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Water injection

Subsidence

Hydrates

gas production

Methane

5 Citations (Scopus)

Numerical study on the effectiveness of grouting reinforcement on the large heaving floor of the deep retained goaf-side gateroad: A case study in China

Zhang, Z. & Shimada, H., Apr 2018, In : Energies. 11, 4, en11041001.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Grouting

Reinforcement

Numerical Study

China

Numerical models

Ore Genesis and Geochemical Characteristics of Carbonate-Hosted Talc Deposits in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

Tahir, M., Imai, A., Takahashi, R. & Yano, S., Oct 1 2018, In : Resource Geology. 68, 4, p. 352-372 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Talc deposits

Carbonates

talc

Ores

Talc

2 Citations (Scopus)

Paleostress and fluid-pressure regimes inferred from the orientations of Hishikari low sulfidation epithermal gold veins in southern Japan

Faye, G. D., Yamaji, A., Yonezu, K., Tindell, T. & Watanabe, K., May 1 2018, In : Journal of Structural Geology. 110, p. 131-141 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

paleostress

fluid pressure

gold

mineralization

fluid

3 Citations (Scopus)

Permeability estimate of underground long-wall goaf from P-wave velocity and attenuation by lab-scale experiment on crushed rock samples

Yang, X., Sasaki, K., Zhang, X. & Sugai, Y., Dec 1 2018, In : Journal of Applied Geophysics. 159, p. 785-794 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

wave attenuation

P waves

P-wave

wave velocity

permeability

1 Citation (Scopus)

Petrochemistry of Granitoids Along the Loei Fold Belt, Northeastern Thailand

Nualkhao, P., Takahashi, R., Imai, A. & Charusiri, P., Oct 1 2018, In : Resource Geology. 68, 4, p. 395-424 30 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Ferrosoferric Oxide

fold belt

magnetite

Deposits

biotite

Pore Geometry Characterization by Persistent Homology Theory

Jiang, F., Tsuji, T. & Shirai, T., 2018, In : Water Resources Research. 54, 6, p. 4150-4163 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

homology

persistence

diagram

geometry

elastic property

Pore Geometry Characterization by Persistent Homology Theory

Jiang, F., Tsuji, T. & Shirai, T., Jun 1 2018, In : Water Resources Research. 54, 6, p. 4150-4163 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

homology

persistence

diagram

geometry

elastic property

2 Citations (Scopus)

Punctuated growth of an accretionary prism and the onset of a seismogenic megathrust in the Nankai Trough

Kimura, G., Koge, H. & Tsuji, T., Dec 1 2018, In : Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 5, 1, 78.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

accretionary prism

trough

subduction

Philippine Sea plate

tectonics

3 Citations (Scopus)

Regional hazard prediction of rock bursts using microseismic energy attenuation tomography in deep mining

Zhang, M., Liu, S. & Shimada, H., Sep 1 2018, In : Natural Hazards. 93, 3, p. 1359-1378 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

tomography

hazard

prediction

rock

energy

1 Citation (Scopus)

Resistivity imaging of Aluto-Langano geothermal field using 3-D magnetotelluric inversion

Cherkose, B. A. & Mizunaga, H., Mar 1 2018, In : Journal of African Earth Sciences. 139, p. 307-318 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

electrical resistivity

geothermal system

magnetotelluric method

enthalpy

inversion

Rural assessment of groundwater quality parameters: A case study of Pepel Northern Sierra Leone

Jalloh, Y., Sasaki, K. & Jalloh, A. B., Jan 8 2018, In : Journal of Hydrogeology & Hydrologic Engineering. 7, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

borehole

World Health Organization

groundwater

water

acidity

5 Citations (Scopus)

Selective flotation of chalcopyrite and molybdenite using H₂O₂ oxidation method with the addition of ferrous sulfate

Suyantara, G. P. W., Hirajima, T., Miki, H., Sasaki, K., Yamane, M., Takida, E., Kuroiwa, S. & Imaizumi, Y., Jun 15 2018, In : Minerals Engineering. 122, p. 312-326 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

ferrous sulfate

molybdenite

Flotation

chalcopyrite

sulfate

4 Citations (Scopus)

Silver-catalyzed bioleaching of enargite concentrate using moderately thermophilic microorganisms

Oyama, K., Shimada, K., Ishibashi, J., Miki, H. & Okibe, N., May 1 2018, In : Hydrometallurgy. 177, p. 197-204 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bioleaching

Silver

Microorganisms

Dissolution

Arsenic

1 Citation (Scopus)

Simultaneous immobilization of borate, arsenate, and silicate from geothermal water derived from mining activity by co-precipitation with hydroxyapatite

Sasaki, K., Hayashi, Y., Toshiyuki, K. & Guo, B., Sep 1 2018, In : Chemosphere. 207, p. 139-146 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Silicates

Borates

borate

arsenate

Durapatite

1 Citation (Scopus)

Size-controlled production of gold bionanoparticles using the extremely acidophilic fe(III)-reducing bacterium, acidocella aromatica

Rizki, I. N. & Okibe, N., Mar 1 2018, In : Minerals. 8, 3, 81.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Crystal growth

nucleation

inhibitor

Bacteria

Nucleation

3 Citations (Scopus)

Stable isotope and geochronological study of the Mawchi Sn-W deposit, Myanmar: Implications for timing of mineralization and ore genesis

Myint, A. Z., Yonezu, K., Boyce, A. J., Selby, D., Scherstén, A., Tindell, T., Watanabe, K. & Swe, Y. M., Apr 2018, In : Ore Geology Reviews. 95, p. 663-679 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Isotopes

Ores

Sulfides

cassiterite

stable isotope

17 Citations (Scopus)

Structural Memory Effect of Mg-Al and Zn-Al layered Double Hydroxides in the Presence of Different Natural Humic Acids: Process and Mechanism

Gao, Z., Sasaki, K. & Qiu, X., May 15 2018, In : Langmuir. 34, 19, p. 5386-5395 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Hydroxides

Humic Substances

hydroxides

Data storage equipment

acids

2 Citations (Scopus)

Study of the Nankai seismogenic fault using dynamic wave propagation modelling of digital rock from the Nobeoka Fault

Eng, C., Ikeda, T. & Tsuji, T., Jan 1 2018, In : Exploration Geophysics. 49, 1, p. 11-20 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

wave propagation

crack

cracks

rocks

quartz

4 Citations (Scopus)

Sustainability of geothermal power plant combined with thermodynamic and silica scaling model

Pambudi, N. A., Itoi, R., Jalilinasrabady, S. & Gürtürk, M., Jan 1 2018, In : Geothermics. 71, p. 108-117 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Geothermal power plants

geothermal power

Sustainable development

power plant

silica

6 Citations (Scopus)

Synergetic co-immobilization of SeO₄^2- and Sr²⁺ from aqueous solution onto multifunctional graphene oxide and carbon-dot based layered double hydroxide nanocomposites and their mechanistic investigation

Koilraj, P., Kamura, Y. & Sasaki, K., Jan 1 2018, In : Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6, 21, p. 10008-10018 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Hydroxides

Graphite

Oxides

Graphene

Nanocomposites

Temporal change in seismic velocity associated with an offshore M_W 5.9 Off-Mie earthquake in the Nankai subduction zone from ambient noise cross-correlation

Ikeda, T. & Tsuji, T., Dec 1 2018, In : Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 5, 1, 62.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

ambient noise

seismic velocity

subduction zone

earthquake

temporal variation

1 Citation (Scopus)

Testing the Plagioclase Discriminator on the GEOROC Database to Identify Porphyry-Fertile Magmatic Systems in Japan

Williamson, B. J., Hodgkinson, M., Imai, A., Takahashi, R., Armstrong, R. N. & Herrington, R. J., Apr 2018, In : Resource Geology. 68, 2, p. 138-143 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Discriminators

porphyry

plagioclase

Testing

Deposits