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Associate Professor　Jenkins, Robert

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Faculty, Affiliation

Faculty of Geosciences and civil Engineering,Institute of Science and Engineering
Associate Professor

College and School Educational Field

Division of Natural Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Division of Natural System, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Course in Earth and Planetary Science, School of Geosciences and Civil Engineering, College of Science and Engineering

Laboratory

Geobiology Laboratory　TEL:076-264-6512

Academic Background

【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
The University of Tokyo　Doctor　Graduate School, Division of Science　Department of Earth and Planetary Science　200603　Completed
The University of Tokyo　Master　Graduate School, Division of Science　Department of Earth and Planetary Science　200203　Completed
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
Tokai University 　Department of Information and Communication Technology　199903
【Degree】
Ph. D
Master of Science

Career

Year & Month of Birth

1976/12

Academic Society

Palaeontological Society of Japan




Award

○Most Cited Award(2009/01/01)
○Most Cited Award(2009/01/01)

Specialities

Stratigraphy/Paleontology、Geology

Speciality Keywords

paleontology,geobiology,ancient ecosystem,extreme environment,hydrothermal vent,methane seep,cold seep,chemosynthetic community

Research Themes

Evolution of chemosynthesis-based ecosystems

Books

  • 　STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments 　Springer 　2011/04
  • 　Encyclopedia of Geobiology　Springer　2011/03

Papers

  • 　Mollusks from late Mesozoic seep deposits, chiefly in California.　Kaim, A., Jenkins, R.G., Tanabe, K., and Kiel, S.　Zootaxa　3861　401-440　2014　
  • 　Provenance of grains in submarine event deposits inferred from benthic foraminiferal assemblages:Examples of deposits formed by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 　Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan　73　1　pp.37-43　2014
  • 　A new Paleocene species of Bentharca (Bivalvia; Arcidae) from eastern Hokkaido, with remarks on evolutionary adaptation of suspension feeders to deep sea.　Amano, K., Jenkins, R.G., Nishida, K.　Paleontological Research　19　2　128-138　2015
  • 　Effect of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake on deep-sea meiofaunal assemblages inhabiting the landward slope of the Japan Trench.　Kitahashi T., Jenkins, R. G., Nomaki, H., Shimanaga, M., Fujikura K., Kojima, S.　MARINE GEOLOGY　in press　2014　
  • 　Possible submarine tsunami deposits on the outer shelf of Sendai Bay, Japan resulting from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami off the Pacific coast of Tohoku.　Ikeharaa, K., Irino, T., Usami, K., Jenkins R.G., Omurad, A., Ashi, J.　MARINE BIOLOGY　349　2014/03

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  • 　A Paleocene aporrhaid gastropod 1 from eastern Hokkaido, northern Japan. 　Amano, K., Jenkins, R.G.　Paleontological Research　18　1　pp.33-39　2014/01
  • 　A new Lower Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep locality from the Czech Carpathians and its fauna　Kaim,A., Skupien, P., Jenkins, R.G　PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY　390　 pp.42-51 　2013/11　
  • 　A new Provanna (Gastropoda: Provannidae) from the Oligocene Nuibetsu Formation in eastern Hokkaido, Japan.　Amano, K., Jenkins, R.G.. 　Paleontological Research　17　4　pp.325-329　2013/10
  • 　A Paleogene deep-sea methane-seep community from Honshu, Japan. 　Amano, K., Jenkins, R.G., Sako, Y., Ohara, M., Kiel, S　PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY　387　126-133　2013/10　
  • 　Worldwide distribution of modiomorphid bivalve genus Caspiconcha in late Mesozoic hydrocarbon seeps　Jenkins, R.G., Kaim, A., Little, C.T.S, Campbell, K., Iba, Y., Tanabe, K.　ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA　58　357-382　2013/06　
  • 　Novel use of burrow casting as a research tool in deep-sea ecology　Seike, K., Jenkins, R.G., Watanabe, H., Nomaki, H., and Sato., K.　Biology Letters　8　648-651　2012/08　
  • 　Preferential predatory peeling: Ammonoid vs. nautiloid shells from the Upper Carboniferous of Texas, USA.　Wani, R., Jenkins, R.G., Mapes, R.H.　GEOBIOS　45　129-137　2012/01　
  • 　Carbonate Sediments Microbially Induced by Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Hydrocarbon-Seeps.　Jenkins, R. G. and Hikida, Y.　STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments　18　591-605　2011/04　
  • 　Fossil records of extant vesicomyid species from Japan.　Amano, K., and Jenkins, R.G.　Venus　69　163-176　2011/06
  • 　New fossil Bathymodiolus (sensu lato) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from Oligocene seep-carbonates in eastern Hokkaido, Japan, with remarks on the evolution of the genus　Amano, K., and Jenkins, R.G.　NAUTILUS　125　29-35　2011/03
  • 　A Miocene chemosynthetic community from the Ogaya Formation in Joetsu: evidence for a depth-related ecologic structure among fossil seep communities in the Japan Sea back-arc basin　PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY　286　164-170　2010/02　
  • 　A monospecific assemblage of terebratulide brachiopods in the Upper Cretaceous seep deposits of Omagari, Hokkaido, Japan　Kaim, A., Bitner, M.A., Jenkins, R.G., and Hikida, Y.　ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA　55　73-84　2010/03　
  • 　Gastropods from Late Cretaceous Omagari and Yasukawa hydrocarbon seep deposits in,the Nakagawa area, Hokkaido, Japan　Kaim, A., Jenkins, R. G., Hikida, Y.　ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA　54　463-490　2009/09　
  • 　Wood-fall associations from Late Cretaceous deep-water sediments of Hokkaido, Japan:　Kiel, S., Amano, K., Hikida, Y., and Jenkins, R.G.　LETHAIA　42　74-82　2009/03　
  • 　A new genus for Vesicomya inflata Kanie and Nishida, a lucinid shell convergent with that of Vesicomyids, from Cretaceous strata of Hokkaido, Japan　Amano, K., Jenkins, R. G., Kurihara, Y., Kiel, S　VELIGER　50　255-262　2008/12
  • 　Provannid and provannid-like gastropods from the Late Cretaceous cold seeps of Hokkaido (Japan) and the fossil record of the Provannidae (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea)　Kaim, A., Jenkins, R.G., Werén, A.　ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY　154　421-436　2008/11　
  • 　Bivalves from Cretaceous cold-seep deposits on Hokkaido, Japan　Kiel. S., Amano, K., Jenkins, R. G.　ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA　53　525-537　2008/09　
  • 　Microbially induced formation of ooid-like coated grains in the Late Cretaceous methane-seep deposits of the Nakagawa area, Hokkaido, northern Japan　Jenkins, R.G., Y. Hikida, Y. Chikaraishi, N. Ohakouchi, K. Tanabe　ISLAND ARC　17　261-269　2008/06　
  • 　Chemosynthesis-based associations on Cretaceous plesiosaurid carcasses　Kaim, A., Kobayashi, Y., Echizenya, H., Jenkins, R.G., and Tanabe, K.　ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA　53　97-104　2008/03　
  • 　Lithofacies and fossil assemblages of the Upper Cretaceous Sada Limestone, Shimanto City, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan　The Fossils　84　47-60　2008/10
  • 　Antiquity of the substrate choice among acmaeid limpets from the Late Cretaceous chemosynthesis-based communities　Jenkins, R.G., Kaim, A., Hikida, Y.　ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA　52　369-373　2007/06
  • 　Methane-flux-dependent lateral faunal changes in a Late Cretaceous chemosymbiotic assemblage from the Nakagawa area of Hokkaido, Japan　Jenkins, R.G., Kaim, A., Hikida, Y., Tanabe, K.　Geobiology　5　127-139　2007/06　
  • 　A new gigantic Nucinella (Bivalvia: Solemyoida) from the Cretaceous cold-seep deposit in Hokkaido, northern Japan　Amano, K., Jenkins, R. G., Hikida, Y.　VELIGER　49　84-90　2007/07
  • 　Eocene drill holes in the cold seep bivalves from Hokkaido, northern Japan　Amano, K. and Jenkins, R. G., 　Marine Ecology　28　108-114　2007/03　
  • 　Stratigraphy and megafauna of the Upper Cretaceous Yezo Supergroup in the Teshionakagawa area, northern Hokkaido, Japan　Takahashi, A., Hikida, Y., Jenkins, R. G., Tanabe, K.　Bulletin of the Mikasa City Museum　11　25-29　2007/09
  • 　Methane-induced calcareous concretions and chemosynthetic community on an outer shelf of the Joban forearc basin : an example from the Miocene Kokozura Formation, Takaku Group, north of Ibaraki Prefecture, central Japan　The Fossils　78　47-58　2005/09
  • 　Outline of R/V Kaiyo KY 03-09Cruise (piston coring and heat flow surveys) in the Kuroshima Knoll area, southwestern part of the Ryukyu Arc　JAMSTEC Journal of Deep Sea Research　24　85-98　2004/03
  • 　Outline of "Shinkai 2000" dive surveys and long-term monitoring on the Kuroshima Knoll, off Ishigaki Island-Preliminary report of the NT02-07 & 08 Cruise. 　JAMSTEC Journal of Deep Sea Research　22　199-210　2003/03
  • 　Organic geochemical study of bacterial mats collected from Kuroshima Knoll 　JAMSTEC Journal of Deep Sea Research　22　107-114　2003/03
  • 　Cold-seep　Jenkins, R.G.　Encyclopedia of Geobiology　278-290　2011/03

Conference Presentations

  • A Cretaceous sea turtle ded fall supported chemosynthesis-based ecosystem. (conference：4th International Paleontological Congress)(2014/10/02)
  • Chemosynthesis-based communities on Cretaceous plesiosaurid bones: Distribution patterns of associated molluscs and borings.(conference：4th International Paleontological Congress)(2014/09/29)
  • Fossil record of the chemosynthesis-based communities –what we know after 30 years of research.(conference：4th International Paleontological Congress)(2014/09/29)
  • Evolution of photosynthetic ecosystem effects on chemosynthetic ecosystem in late Mesozoic.(conference：Second International Meeting of IGCP608)(2014/09/05)
  • Importance of burrows at cold-seeps(conference：5th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-based ecosystems)(2013/08/19)

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  • Early Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) methane seeps and their associated fauna from southern Alaska(conference：Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015)(2013/05/22)
  • Probable submarine ”tsunami” deposits by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku earthquake(conference：Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2012)(2012/05/20)

Others

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

○Practice in Geology(2018)
○Methods for Geological Field Work(2018)
○Pale ontological Experiments(2018)
○Geological Field Work B(2018)
○Applied Treatment of Geological Materials(2018)
○Guide to Biology and Earth Sciences(2017)
○Geological Field Work B(2017)
○Applied Treatment of Geological Materials(2017)
○Methods for Geological Field Work(2017)
○Practice in Geology(2017)
○Practice in Geology(2017)
○Methods for Geological Field Work(2016)
○Guide to Biology and Earth Sciences(2016)
○Geological Field Work B(2016)
○Applied Treatment of Geological Materials(2016)
○Practice in Geology(2016)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

International Project

International Students

Lecture themes

Others (Social Activities)

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