T. Nakakuki, H. Sato and H. Fujimoto, Interaction of the upwelling plume with the phase and the chemical boundaries at the 670km discontinuity: Effects of the temperature-dependent viscosity, Earth and Planetetary Science Letters, 121, 369-384, 1994, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(94)90078-7.
T. Nakakuki and H. Fujimoto, Interaction of the upwelling plume with the phase and the chemical boundaries (2): Effects of the pressure-dependent viscosity, J. of Geomagnetism and Geoelectrolicity, 46, 587-602, 1994, doi:10.5636/jgg.46.587.
T. Nakakuki and H. Fujimoto, Stress fields in slabs penetrating into the lower mantle, and rheology and composition of the lower mantle, Proceedings of Japan Academy, 70, ser. B, 19-24, 1994, doi:10.2183/pjab.70.19.
T. Nakakuki, D.A. Yuen and S. Honda, The interaction of plumes with the transition zone under continents and oceans, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 146, 379-391, 1997, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(96)00233-6.
T. Nakakuki, Cooling of the Earth's mantle by plate subduction: Importance of the pressure- and stress- dependent rheology, J. of Physics of the Earth, 45, 189-201, 1997, doi:10.4294/jpe1952.45.189.
M. Kido, D.A. Yuen, O. Cadek and T. Nakakuki, Mantle viscosity derived by genetic algorithm using oceanic geoid and seismic tomography for whole-mantle versus blocked-flow situations, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 107, 307-326, 1998, doi:10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00077-6.
S. Honda, T. Nakakuki, Y. Tatsumi, and T. Eguchi, A simple mantle convection including past history of yielding, Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 1559-1562, 2000, doi:10.1029/1999GL011002.
S. Honda, M Saito and T. Nakakuki, Possible existence of small-scale convection under the back arc, Geophysical Research Letters, 29, no. 23, 2043, 2002, doi:10.1029/2002GL015853.
T. Okamoto, I. Sumita, T. Nakakuki and S. Yoshida, Deformation of a partially molten D? layer by small-scale convection and the resulting seismic anisotropy and ultralow velocity zone, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, 153, 32-48, 2005, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2005.03.018.
M. Tagawa, T. Nakakuki and F. Tajima, Dynamical modeling of trench retreat driven by the slab interaction with the mantle transition zone, Earth, Planets, and Space, 59, 65-74, 2007, doi:10.1186/BF03352678.
M. Tagawa, T. Nakakuki, M. Kameyama and F. Tajima, Role of history-dependent rheology in plate boundary lubrication of generating one-sided subduction, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 164, 879-907, 2007, doi:10.1007/s00024-007-0197-4.
T. Nakakuki, C. Hamada and M. Tagawa, Generation and driving forces of plate-like motion and asymmetric subduction in dynamical models of an integrated mantle-lithosphere system, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, 166, 128-146, 2008, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2007.12.004.
M. Yoshida and T. Nakakuki, Effects of lateral viscosity variation caused by stiff subducted slabs and weak plate margins on long wavelength geoid, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, 171, 278-288, 2009, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.10.018.
Y. Fukao, M. Obayashi, T. Nakakuki and Deep Slab Project Group, Stagnant slab: a review, Annal Reviews of Earth and Planet Science, 37, 19-46, 2009, doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.36.031207.124224.
T. Nakakuki, M. Tagawa, and Y. Iwase, Dynamical mechanisms controlling formation and avalnche of a stagnant slab, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, 183, 309-320, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.02.003.
A. Sakaguchi, A. Kadokura, P. Steier, Y. Takahashi, K. Shizuma, M. Hoshi, T. Nakakuki and M. Yamamoto, Uranium-236 as a new oceanic tracer: A first depth profile in the Japan Sea and comparison with caesium-137, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 333-334, 165-170, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.004.
H. Iwamori and T. Nakakuki (2013) Fluid processes in subduction zones and water transport to the deep mantle, in Physics and Chemistry of the Deep Earth, ed. by Karato, S., pp372-392, Wiley-Blackwell.
T. Nakakuki, and E. Mura, Dynamics of slab rollback and induced back-arc basin formation, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 361, 287-297, 2013, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.031.
S. Azuma, I. Katayama and T. Nakakuki, Rheological decoupling at the Moho and implication to Venusian tectonics, Scientific Reports, 4, 4403, 2014, doi:10.1038/srep04403.
D. Yamazaki, T. Yoshino and T. Nakakuki, (2014) Interconnection of ferro-periclase controls subducted slab morphology at the top of the lower mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 403, 352-357, 2014, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.017.
T. Nakagawa, T. Nakakuki and H. Iwamori, Water circulation and global mantle dynamics: Insight from numerical modeling, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16, 1449–1464, 2015, doi:10.1002/2014GC005701.
A. Sakaguchi, T. Nomura, P. Steier, R. Gloser, K. Sasaki, T. Watanabe, T. Nakakuki, Y. Takahashi and H. Yamano (2015) Temporal and vertical distributions of anthropogenic 236U in the Japan Sea using a coral core and seawater samples, J. of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JC011109.
A. Nakao, H. Iwamori and T. Nakakuki, Effects of water transportation on subduction dynamics: Roles of viscosity and density reduction, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 454, 178-191, 2016, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.016.
A. Nakao, H. Iwamori, T. Nakakuki, Y. J. Suzuki and H. Nakamura, Roles of hydrous lithospheric mantle in deep water transportation and subduction dynamics, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 5536-5543, 2018, doi:10.1029/2017GL076953.
T. Nakagawa and T. Nakakuki, Dynamics in the uppermost lower mantle: Insights into the deep mantle water cycle based on the numerical modeling of subducted slabs and global-scale mantle dynamics, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 47, 41-66, 2019, doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-053018-060305.
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