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Professor:Hiroshi Nishi

Professor:Hiroshi Nishi

Professor:Hiroshi Nishi

Research field

Micropaleontology & Geology

Research Interests

Based on the analyses of planktonic foraminiferal assemblage and biostratigraphy, I study Cretaceous-Quaternary tectonics, paleoclimate and paleoenvironments.

Papers

Refereed journals (impact factor journal)
  1. A. Kuroyanagi, H. Kawahata, and H. Nishi, (2011) Seasonal variation in the oxygen isotopic composition of different-sized planktonic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sin.) in the northwestern North Pacific, and implications for reconstruction of the paleo-environment. Paleoceanography, 26, PA4215, doi:10.1029/2011PA002153, 2011
  2. X. Quidelleur, J.L. Paquette, N. Fiet, R. Takashima, M. Tiepolo, D. Desmares, H. Nishi, D. Grosheny (2011): New U-Pb (ID-TIMS and LA-ICPMS) and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints of the Cretaceous geologic time scale calibration from Hokkaido (Japan). Chemical Geology, 286 72-83.*
  3. Allan Gil S. Fernando, Hiroshi Nishi, Kazushige Tanabe, Kazuyoshi Moriya,Yasuhiro Iba, Kazuto Kodama, Michael A. Murphy, Hisatake Okada (2011): Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphic study of forearc basin sediments: 1 the Lower to Upper Cretaceous Budden Canyon Formation (Great Valley Group), northern California, USA. Island Arc，20，346-370.*
  4. Reishi Takashima, Hiroshi Nishi, Toshiro Yamanaka2 Takashige Tomosugi3 Allan G. Fernando4 Kazushige Tanabe, Kazuyoshi Moriya, Fumihisa Kawabe and Keiichi Hayashi (2011): Prevailing oxic environments in the Pacific Ocean during the mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Nature Communications, 2:2341DO:10.1038/ncomms1233.*
  5. Hanako Domitsu, Jun-ichi Uchida, Kaoru Ogane, Nana Dobuchi, Tokiyuki Sato, Minoru Ikehara, Hiroshi Nishi, Shiro Hasegawa, and Motoyoshi Oda (2011): Stratigraphic relationships between the last occurrence of Neogloboquadrina inglei and marine isotope stages in the northwest Pacific, D/V Chikyu Expedition 902, Hole C9001C. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. Volume 44, No. 2, 113-122.*
  6. R. Takashima, H. Nishi, T. Yamanaka, K. Hayashi, A. Waseda, A. Obuse, T. Tomosugi, N. Deguchi and S. Mochizuki (2010). High-resolution terrestrial carbon isotope and planktic foraminiferal records of the Upper Cenomanian to the Lower Campanian in the Northwest Pacific. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289, 570-582.*
  7. A. G. Fernando, R. Takashima, H. Nishi, F. Giraud and H. Okada (2010). C-T boundary, Lambruisse section, Vocontian Basin. Geobios　43，45-57, doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2009.11.003.*
  8. S. Kamikuri, I. Motoyama, H. Nishi, M. Iwai (2009). Neogene radiolarian biostratigraphy and faunal evolution rates in the easternequatorial Pacific ODP Sites 845 and 1241. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54 (4), 713-742. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0076. *
  9. S. Kamikuri, I. Motoyama, H. Nishi, M. Iwai (2009). Evolution of Eastern Pacific Warm Pool and upwelling processes since the middle Mioecne based on analysis of radiolarian assemblages: response to Indian and Central American Seaways. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 280, 469-479.*
  10. R. Szarek, W. Kuhnt, H. Kawamura and H. Nishi (2009): Distribution of recent benthic foraminifera along continental slope of the Sounda Shelf (South China). Marine Micropaleontology, 71, 41-59, 2009.
  11. R. Takashima, H. Nishi, K. Hayashi, H. Okad, H. Kawahata, T. Yamanaka, A. G. Fernando, M. Mampuku (2009): Litho-, bio- and chemostratigraphy across the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary(OAE2) in the Vocontian Basin of southeastern France. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology，Vol. 273, p. 61-74.*
  12. T. Yamaguchi, Y. Tanaka and H. Nishi (2008): Calcareous nannofossil and planktic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Paleogene Iojima Group in the Takashima Coalfield, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research, Vol. 12, No. 3, p. 223-236.*
  13. K. Okano, K. Sawada, R. Takashima, H. Nishi and H. Okada (2008): Further examples of archaeal-derived hydrocarbons in mid-Cretaceous oceanic anoxic event (OAE) 1b sediments. Organic Geochemistry, Vol. 39, p. 1088-1091.
  14. S. Funakawa and H. Nishi (2008): Radiolarian faunal changes during the Eocene-Oligocene transition in the Southern Ocean (Maud Rise, ODP Leg 113, Site 689) and its significance in paleoceanographic change. Micropaleontology, Vol. 54, No.1, p. 15-26.*
  15. A. Kuroyanagi, H. Kawahata, H. Nishi and M. C. Honda (2008): Seasonal to interannual changes in planktonic foraminiferal assemblages in the northwestern North Pacific: sediment trap results encompassing a warm period related to El Niño. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology，Vol. 262, p. 107-127.*
  16. M. Yamamura, H. Kawahata, K. Matsumoto, R. Takashima, R. and H. Nishi (2007) Paleoceanography of the northwestern Pacific during the Albian. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology，Vol. 254, p. 477-491.*
  17. S. Kamikuri, H. Nishi and I. Motoyama (2007): Effects of late Neogene climatic cooling on North Pacific radiolarian assemblages and oceanographic conditions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 249，p. 307-392.*
  18. R. Takashima, S. Sano, Y. Iba, and H. Nishi (2007): The first Pacific record of the Late Aptian warming. Journal of Geological Society, London, Vol. 164, No. 2, p. 333-339.*
  19. A. N. Ostrovsky, R. Takashima, M. H. Dick, A. V. Grischenko, H. Nishi and S. F. Mawatari (2006): First record of a Cretaceous cheilostome bryozoan from Hokkaido, Japan. Cretaceous Research, Vol. 27, p. 859-862.*
  20. R. Takashima, H. Nishi and T. Yoshida (2006): Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous intra-arc sedimentation and volcanism linked to plate motion change in northern Japan. Geological Magazine, Vol. 143, p. 759-770.*
  21. S. Funakawa, H. Nishi, T. C. Moore and C. A. Nigrini (2006): Radiolarian faunal turnover and paleoceanographic change around Eocene/Oligocene boundary in the central equatorial Pacific, ODP Leg 199, Holes 1218A, 1219A and 1220A. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 230, p. 183-203.*
  22. S. Kamikuri, H. Nishi, T. C. Moore, C. A. Nigrini, and I. Motoyama (2005): Radiolarian faunal turnover across the Oligocene/Miocene boundary. Marine micropaleontology, Vol. 57, No. 3-4, p. 74-96.*
  23. S. Funakawa and H. Nishi (2005): Late middle Eocene to late Oligocene radiolarian biostratigraphy in the Southern Ocean (Maud Rise, ODP Leg 113, Site 689). Marine Micropaleontology, Vol. 54, p. 213-247.*
  24. O. Friedrich, H. Nishi, J. Pross, G. Schmiedl and C. Hemleben (2005): Millennial- to Centennial-scale interruptions of the Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b (Early Albian, mid-Cretaceous) inferred from benthic foraminiferal repopulation events. PALAIOS, Vol. 20, p. 64-77. *
  25. R. Takashima, F. Kawabe, H. Nishi, K. Moriya, R. Wani and H. Ando (2004): Geology and stratigraphy of forearc basin sediments in Hokkaido, Japan: Cretaceous environmental events on the Northwest Pacific margin. Cretaceous Research, Vol. 25, p. 365-390.*
  26. I. Motoyama, N. Niitsuma, T. Maruyama, H. Hayashi, S. Kamikuri, M. Shiona, T. kanematsu, J. Li, C. Morishita, K. Aoki, K. Hagino, H. Nishi and M. Oda (2004): A Middle Miocene to Pleistocene magnetobiostratigraphy of the ODP Sites 1150 and 1151, Northwest Pacific: sedimentation rate and updated regional geologic time scale. Island Arc, Vol. 13, p. 289-305. *
  27. S. Kamikuri, N. Nishi, I. Motoyama (2004): Middle Miocene to Pleistocene radiolarian biostratigraphy in the Northwest. Island Arc，Vol. 13, No. 1, p. 191-226.*
  28. F. Kawabe, R. Takashima, R. Wani, K. Moriya and H. Nishi (2003): Biostratigraphy of the Upper Albian to Lower Cenomanian in Oyubari, Hokkaido, Japan: implications for the Cretaceous biochronology in the North Pacific. Acta Geologica Polonica, Vol. 53, No. 2, p. 81-99.*
  29. M. Y. Warraich and H. Nishi (2003): Eocene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Sulaiman Range, Indus Basin, Pakistan. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, Vol. 33, No. 3, p. 219-236.*
  30. H. Nishi, R. Takashima, T. Hatsugai, T. Saito, K. Moroya, A. Ennyu and T. Sakai (2003): Planktonic foraminiferal zonation in the Cretaceous Yezo Group, Central Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 21, p. 867-886.*
  31. K. Moriya, H. Nishi, H. Kawahata, K. Tanabe and Y. Takayanagi (2003): Demersal habitat of Late Cretaceous ammonoids: Evidence from oxygen isotopes for the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) northwestern Pacific thermal structure. Geology, Vol. 31, p. 167-170.*
  32. R. Takashima, H. Nishi and Takeyoshi Yoshida (2002): Geology, petrography and tectonic setting of the Late Jurassic opholite in Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 21, p. 197-215.*
  33. A. Kuroyanagi, H. Kawahata, H. Nishi and M. C. Honda (2002): Seasonal change of planktonic foraminifera in the northwestern North Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II, vol. 49, p. 5672-5645.*
  34. K. Moriya, H. Nishi, and K. Tanabe (2002): Occurrence of the Lower Campanian planktonic foraminifers in the Haboro area, Hokkaido. Paleontological Research, Vol. 5, No. 4, p. 277-282.*
  35. R. D. Norris and H. Nishi (2001): Evolutionary trends in coiling of tropical Paleogene planktonic foraminifera. Paleobiology, Vol. 27, No. 2, p. 327-347.*
  36. M. Y. Warraich, K. Ogasawara and H. Nishi (2001): Paleocene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Dungan Formation, Sulaiman Range, central Pakistan．Paleontological Research, Vol. 4, No. 4, p. 275-301.*
  37. K. Fujita, H. Nishi, and T. Saito (2000): Population dynamics of Marginopora kudakajomaensis Gudmundsson (Foraminifera: Soritidae) in the Ryukyu Islands, the subtropical northwest Pacific．Marine Micropaleontology, vol. 38, p. 267-284.*
  38. ODP Leg 135 Scientific Party (1991): A view of arc/backarc systems. Geotimes, August, p. 19-20.*
  39. H. Nishi（1988）: Structural analysis of the Shimanto accretionary complex, Kyushu, Japan, based on foraminiferal biostratigraphy. Tectonics, Vol. 7, No. 3, p. 641-652.*
Refereed journals
  1. A. G. Fernando, H. Okada, H. Nishi and R. Takashima, Note on the occurrence of Assipetra in C-T boundary section, Vocontian Basin (Fernando, Okada, Nishi and Takashima) - Philippine Journal of Science (in revision)
  2. R. Takashima, R. Coccioni, R., H. Nishi and K. Hayashi (2007): Mid-Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events (OAEs) in SE France and central Italy. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, Vol. 113, No. 2, III-IV.
  3. A. G. S. Fernando, H. Okada, H., H. Nishi and R. Takashima (2006): Use of a microdrill for high stratigraphical resolution calcareous nannofossil analysis, and a modified filtration method. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, Vol. 28, p. 85-87.
  4. R. Takashima, R., H. Nishi, B. Huber and M. Leckie (2006): Greenhouse world and Mesozoic ocean.Oceanography, Vol. 19, p.64-74.
  5. T. Danelian, L. Le Callonnec, J. Erbacher, D. C. Mosher, M. J. Malone, D. Berti, K. L. Bice, H. Bostock, H.-J. Brumsack, A. Forster , H. Nishi et al. (2005): Résultats préliminaires sur la sédimentation pélagique de l'Atlantique tropical au Crétacé et au Tertiaire (plateau de Demerara, Leg ODP 207). Comptes Rendus Geosciences, Vol. 337, Issue 6, p. 609-616.*
  6. J. Erbacher, T. Danelian and H. Nishi (2005): Demerara Rise (ODP207)* Equatorial Cretaceous and Paleogene stratigraphy and Palaeocenography. Revue de micropáleontologie, Vol. 49, p. 119
  7. J. Erbacher, D. Mosher, M. Malone and the ODP Leg 207 Scientific Party (2004): Drilling probes past carbon cycle perturbations on the Demerara Rise. Eos, Vol. 85, No. 6, 10 February, p. 57-68.
  8. Y. Isozaki, J. Yao, T. Matsuda, H. Sakai, Z. Ji, N. Shimizu, N. Kobayashi, H. Kawahata, H. Nishi, M. Takano and T. Kubo (2004): Stratigraphy of the Middle-Upper Permian and Lowermost Triassic at Chaotian, Sichuan, China. Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Vol. 80, Ser B, No. 1, p. 10-16.*
  9. S. Hasegawa and H. Nishi (2004): Mesozoic planktic foraminifers. In Ikeya N., Hirano, H. and Ogasawara, K. (eds.) The Database of Japanese Fossil Type specimens described during the 20th Century (Part 3). Paleontological Society of Japan, Special Papers, No. 41, p.37-38
  10. A.M.T. Elewa, K. Ishizaki, and H. Nishi (1995): Ostracoda from the El Sheikh Fadl-Ras Gharib stretch, the Eastern Desert, Egypt: With reference to distinguishing sedimentary environments．In J. Riha, ed., Ostracoda and Biostratigraphy, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, p. 203-213．
  11. H. Nishi, A. M. T. Elewa and K. Ishizaki (1994): Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of Upper Paleocene to Middle Eocene sequences in the Eastern Desert area, Egypt．Trans. Proc. Palaeont., Soc., Japan, N. S., No. 175, p. 521-552．
  12. H. Nishi (1992): The depth distribution of living benthic foraminifera within marine sediments of Suruga and Sagami Bays, off the southern coast of Japan. In Y. Takayanagi and T. Saito eds., Studies in Benthic Foraminifera, BENTHOS '90, Sendai, 1990, Tokai University Press, p. 109-115.
  13. H. Nishi (1992): Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene rocks in southern Kyushu, Japan. In K. Ishizaki and T. Saito eds., Centenary of Japanese Micropaleontology, Terra Scientific Publishing, p. 143-174.
  14. ODP Leg 135 Scientific Party (1991): Evolution of backarc basins: ODP Leg 135, Lau Basin. EOS, Vol. 73, No. 22, p. 241-247.
  15. H. Sakai and H. Nishi (1990): Geologic ages of the Taisyu Group and the Katsumoto Formation in the Tsushima and Iki Islands, off Northwest Kyushu on the basis of planktonic foraminifers. Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, Vol. 96, No. 5, p. 389-392.
  16. H. Sakai, H. Nishi, and M.Miyachi (1990): Geologic age of the unconformity between the Sasebo and the Nojima Groups, Northwest Kyushu and its tectonic significances. Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, Vol. 96, No. 4, p. 327-330.
  17. H. Nishi, S. Yokota and T. Saito (1989): An Early Cretaceous (Early Middle Albian) planktonic foraminiferal fauna from the Hinagu Formation of northern Kyushu, Japan． Trans. Proc. Palaeont. Soc. Japan, N. S., No. 153, p. 1-11．
  18. H. Nishi (1988): Structural analysis of part of the Shimanto accretionary complex, Kyushu, Japan, based on planktonic foraminiferal zonation. Modern Geology, Vol. 12, p. 47-69*．
  19. K. Kanmera and H. Nishi (1983): Accreted oceanic reef complex in Southwest Japan. In M. Hashimoto and S. Uyeda, eds., Accretion Tectonics in the Circum-Pacific Regions, Terra Scientific Publishing, p. 195-206．
ODP papers
  1. Pälike, H., Lyle, M., Nishi, H., Raffi, I., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, 2010. Proc. IODP, 320/321: Tokyo (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.). doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.320321.2010
  2. Lyle, M., Pälike, H., Nishi, H., Raffi, I., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., and the IODP Expeditions 320/321 Science Party, 2010. The Pacific Equatorial Age Transect, IODP Expeditions 320 and 321: building a 50-million-year-long environmental record of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Scientific Drilling, 9:4-15. doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.9.01.2010
  3. Lyle, M., Raffi, I., Pälike, H., Nishi, H., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists (2009): Pacific Equatorial Transect. IODP Prel. Rept., 321. doi:10.2204/iodp.pr.321.2009
  4. Pälike, H., Nishi, H., Lyle, M., Raffi, I., Klaus, A., Gamage, K., and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, 2009. Pacific Equatorial Transect. IODP Prel. Rept., 320. doi:10.2204/iodp.pr.320.2009
  5. S. Kamikuri, H. Nishi, T. C. Moore, C. A. Nigrini, and I. Motoyama (2005): Data Report: Late Oligocene and Early Miocene Radiolarians, Sites 1218 and 1219, Central Pacific. Scientific Results of the Proceeding of the Ocean Drilling Program, Vol. 199, 199SR-212.
  6. S. Funakawa, H. Nishi, T. C. Moore, and C. A. Nigrini (2005): Data Report; Late Eocene to early Oligocene radiolarians from ODP Leg 199 holes 1218A, 1219A, and 1220A, Central Pacific. Scientific Results of the Proceeding of the Ocean Drilling Program, Vol. 199, 199SR-216
  7. T. Ito, K. Komuro, K. Hatsuya, and H. Nishi (2005): Ferromanganese Micronodules and Chemical Compositions of Sediments in Site 1216, ODP Leg199 Paleogene Equatorial Transect, Scientific Results of the Proceeding of the Ocean Drilling Program, Vol. 199, 199SR-211.
  8. J. Erbacher, D. C. Mosher, M. J. Malone et al. (2004): Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, 207. College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 89pp．
  9. M. W.　Lyle, P. A. Wilson, T. R., Janecek et al. (2002): Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, 199. College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 87pp．
  10. H. Nishi, R. D. Norris, and H. Okada (2000): Paleoceanographic changes in the dynamics of subtropical Atlantic surface conditions at Hole 997A. In C. K. Paull, R. Matsumoto, P. J. Wallace, eds., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 164, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), p. 343-363．
  11. G. C. H. Chaproniere, M. J. Styzen, W. W. Sager, H. Nishi, P. J. Quinterno and N. Abrahamsen (1994): Late Neogene biostratigraphic and magnetostratigrahic synthesis, Leg 135. In J. Hawkins, L. Parson, J. Allan et al., eds., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 135, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), p. 875-877．
  12. H. Nishi and G. C. H. Chaproniere (1994): Eocene-Oligocene subtropical planktonic foraminifers at Site 841．In J. Hawkins, L. Parson, J. Allan et al., eds., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 135, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), p. 245-266．
  13. G. C. H. Chaproniere and H. Nishi (1994): Miocene to Pleistocene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Lau Basin and Tonga Platform, Leg 135. In J. Hawkins, L. Parson, J. Allan et al., eds., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 135, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), p. 207-229．
  14. L. Parson, J. Hawkins, J. Allan et al. (1992): Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, Vol. 135, Part 1-2. College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1230pp．
Proceedings
  1. T. Ishimura, M. H. Dick, R. Takashima, M. Hirose, P. Gautam, H. Nishi and U. Tsunogai (2008): Experimental study of the use of the stable isotopic composition of calcareous microfossils in shallow marine sediments for reconstructing paleoenvironment, and a comparison with the MART index. In Okada, H., Mawatari, S. F., Suzuki N. and Gautam P., (eds), Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Proceedings of International Symposium “ The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity”, 1-5 October 2007, Sapporo, p. 109-114.
  2. P. Gautam, R. Takashima, M. H. Dick, T. Kanamatsu, M. L. Rijal, H. Nishi and S. F. Mawatari (2008): Rock magnetic characterization of the Setana and Chiraigawa Formation in SW Hokkaido (Soebetsu River, Kuromatsunai). In Okada, H., Mawatari, S. F., Suzuki N. and Gautam P., (eds), Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Proceedings of International Symposium “ The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity”, 1-5 October 2007, Sapporo, p. 101-107.
  3. M. H. Dick, M. Hirose, R. Takashima, T. Ishimura, H. Nishi and S. F. Mawatari (2008): Application of MART analysis to infer paleoseasonality in a Pleistocene shallow marine benthic environment. In Okada, H., Mawatari, S. F., Suzuki N. and Gautam P., (eds), Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Proceedings of International Symposium “ The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity”, 1-5 October 2007, Sapporo, p. 93-99.
  4. R. Takashima, M. H, Dick, H. Nishi, S. F. Mawatari, A. Nojo, M. Hirose, P. Gautam, K. Nakamura and T. Tanaka (2008): Geology and sedimentary environments of the Pleistocene Setana Formation in the Kuromatsunai District, Southwestern Hokkaido, Japan. In Okada, H., Mawatari, S. F., Suzuki N. and Gautam P., (eds), Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Proceedings of International Symposium “ The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity”, 1-5 October 2007, Sapporo, p. 75-82.
  5. R. Takashima, P. Gautam, and H. Nishi (2006): Recent Advances in Research on Terrestrial and Marine sequences from the mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs). Scientific Drilling, No. 2, p. 50-51.
  6. T. Ito, H. Nishi and T. Saito (1993): Geological age of planktonic foraminifera in substrata of marine　ferromanganese crusts. Ann. Rep. Inst. Geosci, Univ. Tsukuba, No. 19, p. 55-58.
  7. H. Nishi (1985): Litho- and biostratigraphy of the Oligocene-Miocene Nichinan Group in the Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu. Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ., Ser D., Geol., Vol. 25, No. 3, p. 288-317.
Books
  1. J. Erbacher, T. Danelian and H. Nishi eds. (2005): Demerara Rise (Leg 207): Equatorial Cretaceous and Paleogene stratigraphy and paleocenography. Special issue, 49, No. 3, p. 119-196.
  2. P. Gautam, T. Watanabe, H. Nishi and T. Yasunari (2005): Uplift of the Himalaya-Tibet region and the Asian monsoon-geologic, geomorphic and environmental consequences. The Islamd Arc, Vol. 14, (4)