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Fumito SHIRAISHI

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Graduate School of Science
Title Associate professor
Room A619
E-mail fshirai[at]hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Research Topics

  • Sedimentological, paleontological, and geochemical study on carbonate rocks

Courses in Charge

Undergraduate courseBio-and litho-facies developments, Stratigraphy, etc.
Graduate courseHistory of the Earth, etc.

Selected Publications

  1. Shiraishi F. (2012) Chemical conditions favoring photosynthesis-induced CaCO3 precipitation and implications for microbial carbonate formation in the ancient ocean．Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 77, 157-174.
  2. Shiraishi F., Okumura T., Takahashi Y., Kano A. (2010) Influence of microbial photosynthesis on tufa stromatolite formation and ambient water chemistry, SW Japan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 5289-5304.
  3. Shiraishi F., Bissett A., de Beer D., Reimer A., Arp G. (2008) Photosynthesis, respiration and exopolymer calcium-binding in biofilm calcification (Westerhofer and Deinschwanger Bach, Germany). Geomicrobiology Journal 25, 83-94.