Assistant Professor: Akane, ITO, Ph. D. (Eng)

Peer-reviewed publications:

• Lithium isotope systematics of Arima hot spring waters and groundwaters in Kii Peninsula.
  R. Umam, M. Tanimizu, H. Nakamura, Y. Nishio, R. Nakai, N. Sugimoto, Y. Mori, Y. Kobayashi, A. Ito, S. Wakaki, K. Nagaishi, and T. Ishikawa
  Geochem J., 56, e8-e17 (2022). DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.GJ22015
• Mineralogical evolution of a weathering profile in the Tagaung Taung Ni laterite deposit: significance of smectite in the formation of high-grade Ni ore in Myanmar.

  A. Murofushi, T. Otake, K. Sanematsu, K. Zay Ya, A. Ito, R. Kikuchi, and T. Sato

  Mineralium Deposita, 57, 1107–1122 (2022). DOI:

• Application of B and Li isotope systematics for detecting chemical disturbance in groundwater associated with large shallow inland earthquakes in Kumamoto, Japan.
  M. Tanimizu, N. Sugimoto, T. Hosono, C. Kuribayashi, T. Morimoto, A. Ito, R. Umam, Y. Nishio, K. Nagaishi, and T. Ishikawa
  Geochem. J., 55, 241-250  (2021).  DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0633
• The formation of Fe colloids and layered double hydroxides as sequestration agents in the natural remediation of mine drainage.
  F. Chikanda, T. Ohtake, A. Koide, A. Ito, and T. Sato
  Sci. Tot. Env., 774, #145183  (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145183
• Geochemical constraints on the mobilization of Ni and critical metals in laterite deposits, Sulawesi, Indonesia: A mass‐balance approach.
  A. Ito, M. Otake, A. Maulana, K. Sanematsu, and T. Sato
  Res. Geol., 71, 255-282  (2021) https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12266
• Magmatic-Hydrothermal Processes Associated with Rare Earth Element Enrichment in the Kangankunde Carbonatite Complex, Malawi
  Chikanda, F., Otake, T., Ohtomo, Y. Ito, A., Yokoyama, T.D., Sato, T.
  MINERALS, 9, 442 (2019). DOI: 10.3390/min9070442
• Geochemical signatures and processes in a stream contaminated by heavy mineral processing near Ipoh city, Malaysia
  Ito, A., Otake, T., Shin, K.-C., Ariffin, K.S., Yeoh, F.-Y., Sato, T.
  APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY, 82, 89-101 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.05.007

update: Jan 27, 2023