Free data

• Tectonic Plates around Japan 3D model
• 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 3D model
• Marine Micropaleontology, Volume 124, April 2016, Pages 75-94
  CT data of a Radiolaria specimen is available.
• Tohoku University Museum e-Foram Stock
  Click [go to Database] and [download MolcerFile] of each specimen.

Usage on web examples

Abnormally coiled ammonoids (Japanese language only)
3D-CT deep sea creatures (Japanese language only)

3D-CT Contents

• CT-scanned Movin’Fossil 3D Data library
• CT-scanned Echinodermata 3D Library

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Quotation by papers

• Takahashi, R., et al., 2023, Process and optimum pH for permeability enhancement of fractured granite through selective mineral dissolution by chelating agent flooding. Geothermics, 109, 102646.
• Salalá, L., et al., 2023, Permeability enhancement and void formation by chelating agent in volcanic rocks (Ahuachapán and Berlín geothermal fields, El Salvador). Geothermics, 107, 102586.
• Iwasaki, S., et al., 2022, Evidence for late glacial oceanic carbon redistribution and discharge from the Pacific Southern Ocean. Nature Communications, Nov 11;13(1):6250.
• Charrieau, L., M., et al., 2022, The coral reef-dwelling Peneroplis spp. shows calcification recovery to ocean acidification conditions. Scientific Reports 12:6373.
• Laurie M. Charrieau., et al., 2021, Decrease in volume and density of foraminiferal shells with progressing ocean acidification. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Dec.
• Ikenoue, T., et al., 2021,. New evaluation of species-specific biogenic silica flux of radiolarians (Rhizaria) in the western Arctic Ocean using microfocus X-ray computed tomography. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(11), 3901–3915.
• Watanabe, N., et al., 2021, Novel chemical stimulation for geothermal reservoirs by chelating agent driven selective mineral dissolution in fractured rocks. Scientific Reports, 11(1):19994.
• Yamanaka, M., et al., 2020, Visualization of the morphology and mode of occurrence of Cenomanian rudists within a drillcore by X-ray CT scanning and 3D modeling. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 7, Article number: 49.
• Iwasaki, S., et al., 2019, Micro‐CT Scanning of Tests of Three Planktic Foraminiferal Species to Clarify Dissolution Process and Progress. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(12), 6051-6065.
• Okanishi, M., et al., 2017, Non-destructive morphological observations of the fleshy brittle star, Asteronyx loveni using micro-computed tomography (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida). ZooKeys, 663, 1-19.
• Edou-Minko, A., et al., 2017, Growth, Duplication and Lateral Mutual Compressive Deformation of Akouemma hemisphaeria on the Seafloor of Okondja Basin at 2.2 Ga (Gabon), International Journal of Geosciences, 08(09) 1172-1191.
• Satria, R., et al. 2016, Description of the first Oriental species of the ant genus Xymmer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Zootaxa, 4168(1), 141-150.
• Ikenoue, T., et al., 2016, Two new living Entactinaria (Radiolaria) species from the Arctic province: Joergensenium arcticum n. sp. and Joergensenium clevei n. sp.. Marine Micropaleontology, 124, 75-94.
• Inoue, S. and Kondo, S., 2016, Suture pattern formation in ammonites and the unknown rear mantle structure. Scientific Reports, 6:33689.
• Iwasaki, S., et al., 2015, Observation of the dissolution process of Globigerina bulloides tests (planktic foraminifera) by X-ray microcomputed tomography. Paleoceanography, 30, 317–331.
• Tanaka, G., et al., 2013, Chelicerate neural ground pattern in a Cambrian great appendage arthropod. Nature, 502, 364-367.