Kiyotaka Chinzei
Commendation
for outstanding contributions to geology, in particular for contributions over many years to the fields of paleontology and paleoecology.
A list of five major papers
- Chnzei, K. and Iwasaki, Y., 1967. Paleoecology of shallow sea molluscan faunas in the Neogene deposits of Northeast Honshu, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, 67, 93–113.
- Chinzei, K., Savazzi, E., and Seilacher, A., 1982, Adaptational strategies of bivalves living as infaunal secondary soft bottom dwellers. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 164, 229–244.
- Chnzei, K., 1986. Opening of the Japan Sea and marine biogeography during the Miocene. Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, 38, 487–494.
- Chinzei, K., Koike, H., Oba, T., Matsushima, Y. and Kitazato, H., 1987a. Secular changes in the oxygen isotope ratios of mollusc shells during the Holocene of Central Japan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 61, 155–166.
- Chinzei, K., Fujioka, K., Kitazato, H. Koizumi, I., Oba, T., Oda, M., Okada, H., Sakai, T. and Tanimura, Y., 1987b. Postglacial environmental change of the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Central Japan. Marine Micropaleontology, 11, 273–291.
Nominator
Tatsuo Oji