Staff Profile
Nobumichi Shimizu
Preferred Name: Nobumichi Shimizu
SCIENTIST EMERITUS
GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS
Email: nshimizu@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 2963
Office: CLARK 102B
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Mail Stop 23
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Website: http://www.whoi.edu:80/hpb/Site.do?id=6292
Education
B.Sc. University of Tokyo, Japan, 1963, Geology
M.Sc. University of Tokyo, Japan, 1965, Geology
D.Sc. University of Tokyo, Japan, 1968, Geology
Research Interests
Geochemical evolution of the mantle, especially isotopic and trace element chemistry of minerals in ultramafic and mafic inclusions in basalts and kimberlites, as well as mineral inclusions in diamonds; kinetics of geochemical processes such as kinetics of crystal growth and trace element incorporation; in situ chemical and isotopic analyses of geologic materials with secondary ion mass spectrometry techniques.