Kinuyo Kanamaru
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Geosciences
Climate System Research Center
611 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003-9297
Phone: (413) 545-0659
Email: kinuyok@geo.umass.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests lie in the geochemical and sedimentological reconstruction of climate change using laminated marine sediments. In particular, I focus on developing paleoclimatic proxies based on high-resolution data obtained from multi-X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) and a computer-based image analysis technique using backscatter electron imagery (BSEI). In addition, I analyze the elemental composition of the target sediment using energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) in order to discover links amongst regional precipitation patterns, hydrology, sediment provenance, and physical dynamics of the ocean.
For my Ph.D. dissertation, I study laminated marine sediment from Saanich Inlet, BC, in order to reconstruct seasonal to decadal climate variability during the Holocene. Development of paleoclimatic proxies using high-resolution XRF data and sediment fabric information obtained from BSEI image analysis reveal that dramatic changes in the sedimentation process occurred over the last 10,000 years in southeaster Vancouver Island, BC. The accuracy of my new proxies is ensured by comparison against regional and global climate change indicators.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2002-present) Geological Sciences. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Tentative title: Annual to seasonal resolution analysis of
Holocene laminate sediment in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia,
Canada. Advisors: Raymond S. Bradley and Pierre Francus
(Passed qualifying exam: August 2005)
M.S. (2000-2002) Geological and Biological Sciences. Shinshu University, Japan.
Thesis: Paleoclimate reconstruction during 25,000 to 45,000yr
BP based on Lake Nojiri sediment, central Japan, using total
organic carbon as a paleoclimatic proxy. Advisor: Fuji Kumon
B.S. (1996-2000) Environmental Sciences. Shinshu University, Japan. Thesis:
Analysis of transgressive lag deposits with X-ray CT method
and estimation of wave conditions.Advisor: Naomi Murakoshi
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Doctoral Research
- Development of paleoclimatic proxies on laminated sediments from Saanich Inlet, B.C.
- Holocene paleoclimate reconstruction using paleoclimatic proxies in seasonal to multi-annual-resolution
- Numerical study includes (1) statistical tests and processing of high-resolution data obtained by the ITRAX multi-X-ray fluorescence core scanner and (2) image analysis using backscatter scanning electron imagery (BSEI).
- Reconstruction of paleoclimate variability during the last 25,000 and 45,000 years using geochemical analyses (total organic carbon and total nitrogen), and diatom population on lacustrine sediments.
- Application of 3-D image analysis to a box-sediment core containing evidence of transgressive event evidences along the Pacific Coast near Tokyo.
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2008-2009 Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
2007-2008 Teaching Assistant, Smith College.
2003-2007 Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
2003-2007 Instructor, Amherst Japanese Language School for Children
in Hadley, MA.
2004 Instructor, Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School.
2000-2002 Teaching Assistant, Shinshu University, Japan.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2008 Graduate student travel grant, Univ. of Mass., Amherst.
2007 Summer Research Internship: Drilling, Observation and Sampling of
the Earths Continental Crust (DOSECC) "The origin and composition
of the marine sediments from Saanich Inlet, BC, Canada".
2007 Graduate student travel grant, Univ. of Mass., Amherst.
2006 GSA summer research grant, "Major and minor elemental
composition analyses of Saanich Inlet sediments, BC, Canada".
2003 Graduate student travel grant, Univ. of Mass., Amherst.
AWARDS
2008 Leo M. Hall Memorial Prize: Univ. of Mass., Amherst.
2007 Gloria Radke Memorial Prize: Univ. of Mass., Amherst.
2006 The Leo M. Hall Memorial Hall Prize: Univ. of Mass., Amherst, "Total
carbon and nitrogen analyses of laminated sediments from Saanich
Inlet, BC, Canada".
2005 The Leo M. Hall Memorial Prize: "Preliminary analyses of major and
minor elemental composition of Saanich Inlet sediments, BC,
Canada".
2004 The Elinor I. Fierman Memorial Prize: Univ. of Mass., Amherst,
"Preparation for thin section impregnation".
2004 The Leo M. Hall Memorial Hall Prize: Univ. of Mass., Amherst,
"Preparation for thin section impregnation".
FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2002-2003 Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary
International Foundation.
2000-2003 Scholarship of Yoshida Scholarship Society.
1996-2000 Tateyama City Scholarship.
1996-2000 Shinshu Univ. Scholarship for Tuition.
CRUISE EXPERIENCE
May-June 2006 USCGIC Healy. HLY0601 "Climate-Driven Changes in Impacts of
Benthic Predators in the Northern Bearing Sea". PIs: Jackie M.
Grebmeier, Lee W. Cooper, James R. Lovvorn.
2002-2003 Lake Kizaki Limnological Observation Group, Japan, "Periodical
observation for lake maintenance". PI: Hidetake Hayashi.
WORKSHOPS, SHORT COURSES, AND INTERNSHIPS
2008 Workshop on "Reducing and Representing Uncertainties in
High-Resolution Proxy Data", Trieste, Italy (Invited).
2008 Summer Research Internship: Drilling, Observation and Sampling of
the Earth Continental Crust (DOSECC), "The origin and composition
of marine sediments from Saanich Inlet".
2007 Deglacial and proglacial history of the northern Champlain basin
and adjacent Adirondacks: 70th Reunion, Northern Friends of the
Pleistocene.
2004 Intensive Image Analysis course: Pierre Francus, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst.
2003 Introduction to diatom analysis course: Environmental Change
Research Center, University College London, UK.
2003 Intensive thin sectioning and image analysis course: Pierre Francus,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
2003 3rd International Limnogeology Congress: Tucson, AZ, USA.
2002 Internship at The Environmental Statistics Division, Department of
Economic and Social Affairs: United Nations, New York, NY, USA.
Contributed Publication:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/ENVIRONMENT/issue11.pdf
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
2002 General Land Surveyor Assistant License, Japan.
1996 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.
1996-1998 Tateyama City Jr. Tennis Tournament, First Prize.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Geophysical Union
The Geological Society of America
The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
PUBLICATIONS
Abstracts
Kanamaru, K., Francus, P., and Bradley, R., 2008. Establishment of reliable paleoclimatic proxies obtained from high-resolution x-ray fluorescence analysis performed on anoxic fjord sediment, Saanich Inlet, BC. Representing and Reducing Uncertainties in High-resolution Proxy Climate Data workshop, Trieste, Italy
Kanamaru, K., Francus, P., and Bradley, R., 2008. Early to mid Holocene sediment flux and seasonal provenance using x-ray fluorescence and backscattered electron microscopic studies from anoxic fjord, Saanich Inlet, BC, Canada. Twelfth Annual Continental Scientific Drilling Workshop. DOSECC.
Kanamaru, K., Francus, P., and Bradley, R., 2006. Holocene sedimentation recorded in varved sediments in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP21C-1696.
Kanamaru, K., Francus, P., and Bradley, R., 2006. The behavior of major and minor metals using a high resolution XRF scanner on laminated Holocene sediment in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia: Mn and Ca spikes. Northeastern 41st Annual Meeting. The Geological Society of America.
Kanamaru, K., Kumon, F., Hayashi, H., 2002. Total organic carbon and nitrogen in lake sediment as paleoclimatic proxy. The 11th International Symposium on River and Lake Environments.
Kanamaru, K., Kumon, F., 2002. Relationship between climate and TOC and TN fluxes in the sediment of lake Kizaki, central Japan. Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting.
Kanamaru, K., Kumon, F., 2001. Variability of TOC and TN in the sediment of Lake Kizaki, in relation to limnological and meteorological condition. Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting.
Kumon, F., Adhikari, D.P., Kanamaru, K., 2001. Climatic variability during the last 1300 years as deduced from the lake sediments of the Nishina Three Lakes, central Japan. The Geological Society of Japan.
Publications
Kumon, F., Kanamaru, K., Tawara, T., Noriko, K., Yamamoto, M., and Hayashi, H., 2005. Relashionship among weather factors, biological productivity, and TOC content of sediments in Lake Kizaki, central Japan. Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan.
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/geosoc/111/10/599/_pdf