Books

Nishimura, K., Osumi granodiorite batholith and Takakumayama pluton, in Regional Geology of Japan, Kyushu-Okinawa district, edited by Geological Society of Japan, Asakura Publishing, Tokyo, 2010 (in Japanese).

Peer-reviewed papers

Nishimura, K., Shibata, T., Yoshikura, S., Yoshikawa, M., Kon, Y., Takagi, T., Mixing and mingling between granite-derived crystals and basaltic melt, Shodoshima Island, SW Japan: constraints from trace element and isotopic microanalyses, MAGMA (in Japanese), 2014, 96, 45–55.

Araoka, D., Kawahata, H., Takagi, T., Watanabe, Y., Nishimura, K., Nishio, Y., Lithium and strontium isotopic systematics in playas in Nevada, USA: constraints on the origin of lithium, Mineralium Deposita, 2014, 49, 371–379.

Amita, K., Osawa, S., Nishimura, K., Yamada, M., Mishima, T., Kazahaya, K., Morikawa, N., Hirajima, T., Origin of saline waters distributed along the Median Tectonic Line in southwest Japan: Hydrogeochemical investigation on possibility of derivation of metamorphic dehydrated fluid from subducting oceanic plate, Journal of Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences (in Japanese with English abstract), 2014, 44(1), 17-38.

Nishimura, K., AIFCCalc: An Excel spreadsheet for modeling simultaneous assimilation and imperfect fractional crystallization, Computers & Geosciences, 2013, 51, 410–414.

       AIFCCalc can be downloaded from https://github.com/KoshiNishimura/AIFCCalc

Yamamoto, J., Nishimura, K., Ishibashi, H., Kagi, H., Arai, S., Prikhod'ko, V.S., Thermal structure beneath Far Eastern Russia inferred from geothermobarometric analyses of mantle xenoliths: Direct evidence for high geothermal gradient in backarc lithosphere, Tectonophysics, 2012, 554–557, 74–82.

Nishimura, K., A mathematical model of trace element and isotopic behavior during simultaneous assimilation and imperfect fractional crystallization, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2012, 164, 427-440.

Nishimura, K., A trace-element geochemical model for imperfect fractional crystallization associated with the development of crystal zoning, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2009, 73, 2142–2149.

Yamamoto, J., Nishimura, K., Sugimoto, T., Takemura, K., Takahata, N., Sano, Y., Diffusive fractionation of noble gases in mantle with magma channels: Origin of low He/Ar in mantle-derived rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2009, 280, 167–174.

Yamamoto, J., Nakai, S., Nishimura, K., Kaneoka, I., Kagi, H., Sato, K., Okumura, T., Prikhod'ko, V.S., Arai, S., Intergranular trace elements in mantle xenoliths from Russian Far East: Example for mantle metasomatism by hydrous melt, Island Arc, 2008, 18, 225-251.

Nishimura, K., Amita, K., Ohsawa, S., Kobayashi, T., Hirajima, T., Chemical characteristics and trapping P-T conditions of fluid inclusions in quartz veins from the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, SW Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 2008, 103, 94–99.

Nishimura, K., Numerical modeling of trace element behavior during crystal settling and reequilibration in high-silica magma bodies, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2006, 111, B08201, doi: 10.1029/2005JB003844, 14 pages.

Nishimura, K., Kawamoto, T., Kobayashi, T., Sugimoto, T., Yamashita, S., Melt inclusion analysis of the Unzen 1991–1995 dacite: implications for crystallization processes of dacite magma, Bulletin of Volcanology, 2005, 67, 648-662, doi: 10.1007/s00445-004-0400-8.

Kawamoto, T., Matsukage, K.N., Nagai, T., Nishimura, K., Mataki, T., Ochiai, S., Taniguchi, T., Raman spectroscopy of cubic boron nitride under high temperature and pressure conditions: A new optical pressure marker, Review of Scientific Instruments, 2004, 75, no 7, 2451–2454.

Kawamoto, T., Matsukage, K.N., Mibe, K., Isshiki, M., Nishimura, K., Ishimatsu, N., Ono, S., Mg/Si ratios of aqueous fluids coexisting with forsterite and enstatite based on the phase relations in the Mg2SiO4-SiO2-H2O system, American Mineralogist, 2004, 89, 1433-1437.

Yamamoto, M., Kawano, Y., Imai, A., Nishimura, K., Miocene granites and Hishikari gold deposits in Kyushu, Hutton Symposium V, Field Guidebook, Geological Survey of Japan, Interim-Report, 2003, 28, 61-80.

Nishimura, K. Yanagi, T., In situ crystallization observed in the Osumi granodiorite batholith, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2000, 180, 185-199.

PhD thesis

Nishimura, K., In-situ crystallization observed in the Osumi granodiorite batholith, PhD thesis, Kyushu University, 1999, 110p.

Other papers/reports

Nishimura, K., Crystal capture and settling in silicic magma chambers consisting of a eutectic melt and pre-existing crystals II: two-dimensional simulation, Journal of Toyo University, Natural Science, 60, 2016, 53–65.

西村光史・小林哲夫，姶良カルデラ，高野ベースサージ堆積物と新島火砕流堆積物の化学的特徴，月刊地球，vol. 37 no. 6, 2015, 259-264.

Nishimura, K., Crystal capture and settling in sheet-like magma chambers consisting of eutectic melt and pre-existing crystals, Journal of Toyo University, Natural Science, 59, 2015, 35–46.

Nishimura, K., Geochemical modeling of trace element behavior during crystal migration between two coexisting magma bodies (in Japanese with English abstract), Journal of Toyo University, Natural Science, 58, 2014, 47–56.

Nishimura, K., Watanabe, Y., Sanematsu, K., Hoshino, M., Takagi, T., A norm calculation method using square matrix: Implications for the total volume estimation of microscale ore minerals, Journal of Toyo University, Natural Science, 57, 2013, 63–72.

Nishimura, K., Acceleration and deceleration of crystals settling in convecting silicic magma chambers (in Japanese with English abstract), Journal of Toyo University natural science, 2012, 56, 19–30.

Nishimura, K., Takagi, T., Kodama, S., Watanabe, Y., Evaluation of REE potential in the Republic of South Africa, Progress Report No.2 Fluorite and carbonatite deposits in the northeastern region, 9 October 2009, 24pp.

Watanabe, Y., Nishimura, K., Hoshino, M., Tsunematsu, M., Sanematsu, K, Kon, Y., Evaluation of REE potential at Khaldzan-Buregtey, Ulyn-Khuren and Shar Tolgoi prospects in western Mongolia, 15 November 2009, 60pp.

渡辺寧・星野美保子・実松健造・西村光史・恒松麻衣子，Jabal Hamra希土類鉱床調査報告書,　2009年8月17日, 77pp.

Nishimura, K., Shibata, T., Yoshikura, S., Yoshikawa, M., Trace element in plagioclase in mafic magmatic enclave (MME) analyzed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Annual Report FY 2008 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2009, 11-12.

Yamamoto, J., Nishimura, K., Sugimoto, T., Takemura, K., Takahata, N., Sano, Y., Diffusive fractionation in mantle with magma channels: an index to mantle depletion, Annual Report FY 2008 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2009, 53-56.

Yamamoto, J., Nishimura, K., Trace elements in melt inclusions analyzed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Annual Report FY 2006 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2007, 16-23.

Nishimura, K., Amita, K., Ohsawa, S., Kobayashi, T., Hirajima, T., Trapping P-T conditions of fluid inclusions in quartz veins from the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, SW Japan, Annual Report FY 2006 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2007, 35-36.

山本順司・西村光史・杉本健・竹村恵二，別府地域直下マントルの地球化学的特徴を探る，大分県温泉調査研究会報告，第58号，2007，47-55.

西村光史・柴田知之・小林哲夫・竹村恵二，大規模珪長質マグマ溜まりにおける結晶沈降と再平衡化—ビショップタフと姶良火砕噴出物の例—，月刊地球，vol. 28 no. 2, 2006, 81-87.

Nishimura, K., Ohsawa, S., Amita, K., Lai, Y., Yamamoto, J., Hirajima, T., Salinity of fluid inclusions in syn-metamorphic quartz veins, Sanbagawa shists, SW Japan, Annual Report FY 2005 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2006, 6-7.

Yamamoto, J., Lai, Y., Nishimura, K., Nakai, S., Prikhod’ko, V.S., Arai, S., Trace element in grain-boundary component in mantle xenoliths analyzed by LA-ICP-MS: Implications for mantle occurrence of subduction-related fluid, Annual Report FY 2005 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2006, 12-14.

Nishimura, K., A quantitative model for trace element behavior during crystal settling and reequilibration in silicic magma chambers, Annual Report FY 2004 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2005, 40-41.

Takemura, K., Nishimura, K., Yoden, S., Ohsawa, S., Sudo, Y. The 2nd KAGI International Symposium Beppu, 2004 Field Excursion Guide “The Active Geosphere in Convergent Regions”, 2004, 40p.

Shibata, T., Sugimoto, T., Takahashi, T., Yoshikawa, M., Miyazaki, T., Nishimura, K., Takemura, K., Trace element analysis of rock samples by X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Annual Report FY 2004 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2005, 46-48.

Nishimura, K., Kawamoto, T., Takemura K., Crystallization processes of Unzen 1991–1995 dacite inferred from melt inclusion analyses, Annual Report FY 2003 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2004, 2-3.

Nishimura, K., Sugimoto, T., Kobayashi, T., Yamashita, S., Kawamoto, T., Determination of pre-eruptive water content of silicic magmas using melt inclusions in quartz phenocrysts: examples from the Unzen 1991–1995 dacite, Annual Report FY 2002 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2003, 24-25.

Kawamoto, T., Matsukage, K., Mibe, K., Isshiki, M., Nishimura, K., Ishimatsu, N., Ono, S., Direct observation of Mg/Si ratios of aqueous fluids in the Earth’s upper mantle, Annual Report FY 2002 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2003, 17.

Nishimura, K., Crystal settling and migration of solid wall in silicic magma chambers consisting of a eutectic melt and preexisting crystals. Annual Report FY 2001 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2002, 22.

Nishimura, K., Sugimoto, T., Yamashita, S., Kawamoto, T., Infrared spectroscopy of melt inclusions trapped within phenocrysts of quartz and plagioclace in Unzen dacite. Annual Report FY 2001 Instutute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2002, 21-22.

Kawamoto, T., Matsukage, K., Nishimura, K., Isshiki, M., Ishimatsu, N., Direct observation of supercritical behavior between H2O and magmas. SPring-8 Experimental Reports, 2002, 2002A , 9, 51

Ishimatsu, N. , Kawamoto, T., Nishimura, K., Matsukage, K., Isshiki, M., Shimomura, O., Maruyama, H., Pressure dependence of magnetovolume effect in FeRh. SPring-8 Experimental Reports, 2001, 2001B, 8, 56

Nishimura, K., Yamamoto, M. Vertical compositional variation in the Northeastern part of Osumi granodiorite batholith, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. Rept. Fac. Sci., Kagoshima Univ. (Earth Sci., Biol.) 27, 1994, 101–111 (in Japanese with English abstract).