Crustal Dynamics

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
on Innovative Areas, MEXT Japan

Crustal Dynamics Unified understanding of intra-island deformation after the great Tohoku-oki earthquake.

 Reseach Achivements 2015

〔Journal Articles〕 〔Books〕 〔Invited Presentations〕

〔Journal Articles〕

(Group A01)

Asano, Y., Obara, K., Matsuzawa, T., Hirose, H., and Ito, Y. (2015), Possible shallow slow slip events in Hyuga-nada, Nankai subduction zone, inferred from migration of very low frequency earthquakes, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(2), 331-338, doi:10.1002/2014gl062165.

Ghosh, A., Uesca-Pérez, E., Brodsky, E., and Ito, Y. (2015), Very low frequency earthquakes (VLFEs) in Cascadia migrate with tremor, Geophysical Research Letters, in press.

Hasegawa, A., and Yoshida, K. (2015), Preceding seismic activity and slow slip events in the source area of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake: a review, Geoscience Letters, 2(1), doi:10.1186/s40562-015-0025-0.

Ito, Y., Hino, R., Suzuki, S., and Kaneda, Y. (2015), Episodic tremor and slip near the Japan Trench prior to the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, n/a-n/a, doi:10.1002/2014gl062986.

Iwata, T. (2015), A Variety of Aftershock Decays in the Rate- and State-Friction Model Due to the Effect of Secondary Aftershocks: Implications Derived from an Analysis of Real Aftershock Sequences, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173(1), 21-33, doi:10.1007/s00024-015-1151-5.

Nakatani, Y., Mochizuki, K., Shinohara, M., Yamada, T., Hino, R., Ito, Y., Murai, Y., and Sato, T. (2015), Changes in seismicity before and after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake around its southern limit revealed by dense ocean bottom seismic array data, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(5), 1384-1389, doi:10.1002/2015gl063140.

Okada, T., Matsuzawa, T., Umino, N., Yoshida, K., Hasegawa, A., Takahashi, H., Yamada, T., Kosuga, M., Takeda, T., Kato, A., Igarashi, T., Obara, K., Sakai, S., Saiga, A., Iidaka, T., Iwasaki, T., Hirata, N., Tsumura, N., Yamanaka, Y., Terakawa, T., Nakamichi, H., Okuda, T., Horikawa, S., Katao, H., Miura, T., Kubo, A., Matsushima, T., Goto, K., and Miyamachi, H. (2015), Hypocenter migration and crustal seismic velocity distribution observed for the inland earthquake swarms induced by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake in NE Japan: implications for crustal fluid distribution and crustal permeability, Geofluids, 15(1-2), 293-309, doi:10.1111/gfl.12112.

Uchida, N., Shimamura, K., Matsuzawa, T., and Okada, T. (2015), Postseismic response of repeating earthquakes around the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake: Moment increases due to the fast loading rate, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(1), 259-274, doi:10.1002/2013jb010933.

Yamada, T., Yukutake, Y., Terakawa, T., and Arai, R. (2015), Migration of earthquakes with a small stress drop in the Tanzawa Mountains, Japan, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0344-6.

Yoshida, K., Hasegawa, A., and Okada, T. (2015), Spatial variation of stress orientations in NE Japan revealed by dense seismic observations, Tectonophysics, 647-648, 63-72, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.02.013.

Yoshida, K., Hasegawa, A., and Okada, T. (2015), Spatially heterogeneous stress field in the source area of the 2011 Mw 6.6 Fukushima-Hamadori earthquake, NE Japan, probably caused by static stress change, Geophysical Journal International, 201(2), 1062-1071, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv068.

Yukutake, Y., Honda, R., Harada, M., Arai, R., and Matsubara, M. (2015), A magma-hydrothermal system beneath Hakone volcano, central Japan, revealed by highly resolved velocity structures, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(5), 3293-3308, doi:10.1002/2014jb011856.

Yukutake, Y., Takeda, T., and Yoshida, A. (2015), The applicability of frictional reactivation theory to active faults in Japan based on slip tendency analysis, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 411, 188-198, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.12.005.

(Group A02)

Fukahata, Y., and Matsu’ura, M. (2015), Deformation of island-arc lithosphere due to steady plate subduction, Geophysical Journal International, 204(2), 825-840, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv482.

Hiramatsu, Y., and Iidaka, T. (2015), Stress state in the upper crust around the source region of the 1891 Nobi earthquake through shear wave polarization anisotropy, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0220-4.

Iinuma, T., Hino, R., Kido, M., Ohta, Y., and Miura, S. (2015), Interplate Coupling in and Around the Rupture Area of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake (M9.0) Before its Occurrence Based on Terrestrial and Seafloor Geodetic Observation, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, in press.

Iinuma, T., Hino, R., Kido, M., Osada, Y., Inazu, D., Ito, Y., Suzuki, S., Ohta, Y., and Fujimoto, H. (2015), Investigation on the postseismic deformation associated with the 2011 Tohoku earthquake based on terrestrial and seafloor geodetic observations – to evaluate the further seismic hazard potential on the plate interface beneath the northeastern Japanese Islands, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, in press.

Imano, M., Kido, M., Ohta, Y., Fukuda, T., Ochi, H., Takahashi, N., and Hino, R. (2015), Improvement in the Accuracy of Real-Time GPS/Acoustic Measurements Using a Multi-Purpose Moored Buoy System by Removal of Acoustic Multipath, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_192.

Jiang, G., Xu, X., Chen, G., Liu, Y., Fukahata, Y., Wang, H., Yu, G., Tan, X., and Xu, C. (2015), Geodetic imaging of potential seismogenic asperities on the Xianshuihe-Anninghe-Zemuhe fault system, southwest China, with a new 3-D viscoelastic interseismic coupling model, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(3), 1855-1873, doi:10.1002/2014jb011492.

Kawamoto, S., Miyagawa, K., Yahagi, T., Todoriki, M., Nishimura, T., Ohta, Y., Hino, R., and Miura, S. (2015), Development and Assessment of Real-Time Fault Model Estimation Routines in the GEONET Real-Time Processing System, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_49.

Kido, M., Fujimoto, H., Hino, R., Ohta, Y., Osada, Y., Iinuma, T., Azuma, R., Wada, I., Miura, S., Suzuki, S., Tomita, F., and Imano, M. (2015), Progress in the Project for Development of GPS/Acoustic Technique Over the Last 4 Years, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_127.

Miyakawa, A., Nawa, K., Murata, Y., Ito, S., Okuma, S., and Yamaya, Y. (2015), Introduction to the Gravity Database (GALILEO) Compiled by the Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, 1-9, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_112.

Miyakawa, A., and Otsubo, M. (2015), Applicability of slip tendency for understanding long-term fault activity: a case study of active faults in northeastern Japan, Journal of JSCE 3, 105-114, doi:10.2208/journalofjsce.3.1_105

Miyakawa, A., and Otsubo, M. (2015), Effect of a change in the state of stress on the likelihood of inland fault failure during the Mw 6.6 Iwaki earthquake resulting from the Mw 9.0 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Japan, Tectonophysics, 661, 112-120, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.08.021.

Miyazaki, T., Kimura, J.-I., Senda, R., Vaglarov, B. S., Chang, Q., Takahashi, T., Hirahara, Y., Hauff, F., Hayasaka, Y., Sano, S., Shimoda, G., Ishizuka, O., Kawabata, H., Hirano, N., Machida, S., Ishii, T., Tani, K., and Yoshida, T. (2015), Missing western half of the Pacific Plate: Geochemical nature of the Izanagi-Pacific Ridge interaction with a stationary boundary between the Indian and Pacific mantles, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(9), 3309-3332, doi:10.1002/2015gc005911.

Mizuno, N., Ichihara, M., and Kame, N. (2015), Moment tensors associated with the expansion and movement of fluid in ellipsoidal cavities, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(9), 6058-6070, doi:10.1002/2015jb012084.

Ohta, Y., and Iguchi, M. (2015), Advective diffusion of volcanic plume captured by dense GNSS network around Sakurajima volcano: a case study of the vulcanian eruption on July 24, 2012, Earth Planets Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0324-x.

Ohta, Y., Kobayashi, T., Hino, R., Demachi, T., and Miura, S. (2015), Rapid Coseismic Fault Determination of Consecutive Large Interplate Earthquakes: The 2011 Tohoku-Oki Sequence, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_109.

Tabei, T., Kimata, F., Ito, T., Gunawan, E., Ohta, Y., Yamashina, T., Soeda, Y., Ismail, N., Nurdin, I., Sugiyanto, D., and Meilano, I. (2015), Geodetic and Geomorphic Evaluations of Earthquake Generation Potential of the Northern Sumatran Fault, Indonesia, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, in press.

Tanaka, Y., Sato, T., Ohta, Y., Miura, S., Freymueller, J. T., and Klemann, V. (2015), The effects of compressibility on the GIA in southeast Alaska, Journal of Geodynamics, 84, 55-61, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2014.10.001.

Tomita, F., Kido, M., Osada, Y., Hino, R., Ohta, Y., and Iinuma, T. (2015), First measurement of the displacement rate of the Pacific Plate near the Japan Trench after the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake using GPS/acoustic technique, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(20), 8391-8397, doi:10.1002/2015gl065746.

Uesawa, S., and Miyakawa, A. (2015), A recursion model to calculate the original widths of narrow terraces and their backwearing rates in a coastal area subjected to regular uplift during the late Holocene, Geomorphology, 246, 407-412, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.042.

Urano, S., Hiramatsu, Y., and Yamada, T. (2015), Relationship between coseismic slip and static stress drop of similar aftershocks of the 2007 Noto Hanto earthquake, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0277-0.

Watanabe, Y., and Tagami, T. (2015), Analytical validation on carbon and oxygen isotopic measurement of small carbonate samples by using IsoPrime100 mass spectrometer, Carbonates and Evaporites, doi:10.1007/s13146-015-0279-9.

Yagi, Y., Okuwaki, R., Enescu, B., and Fukahata, Y. (2015), Unusual low-angle normal fault earthquakes after the 2011 Tohoku-oki megathrust earthquake, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0271-6.

Yamagiwa, S., Miyazaki, S. i., Hirahara, K., and Fukahata, Y. (2015), Afterslip and viscoelastic relaxation following the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw9.0) inferred from inland GPS and seafloor GPS/Acoustic data, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(1), 66-73, doi:10.1002/2014gl061735.

(Group B01)

Bose, S., Saha, P., Mori, J. J., Rowe, C., Ujiie, K., Chester, F. M., Conin, M., Regalla, C., Kameda, J., Toy, V., Kirkpatrick, J., Remitti, F., Moore, J. C., Wolfson-Schwehr, M., Nakamura, Y., and Gupta, A. (2015), Deformation structures in the frontal prism near the Japan Trench: Insights from sandbox models, Journal of Geodynamics, 89, 29-38, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2015.06.002.

Hamada, Y., Sakaguchi, A., Tanikawa, W., Yamaguchi, A., Kameda, J., and Kimura, G. (2015), Estimation of slip rate and fault displacement during shallow earthquake rupture in the Nankai subduction zone, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0208-0.

Hamahashi, M., Hamada, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Kimura, G., Fukuchi, R., Saito, S., Kameda, J., Kitamura, Y., Fujimoto, K., and Hashimoto, Y. (2015), Multiple damage zone structure of an exhumed seismogenic megasplay fault in a subduction zone – a study from the Nobeoka Thrust Drilling Project, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0186-2.

Iidaka, T., Kurashimo, E., Iwasaki, T., Arai, R., Kato, A., Katao, H., and Yamazaki, F. (2015), Large heterogeneous structure beneath the Atotsugawa Fault, central Japan, revealed by seismic refraction and reflection experiments, Tectonophysics, 657, 144-154, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.06.031.

Ikari, M. J., Kameda, J., Saffer, D. M., and Kopf, A. J. (2015), Strength characteristics of Japan Trench borehole samples in the high-slip region of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 412, 35-41, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.12.014.

Kameda, J., Harris, R. N., Shimizu, M., Ujiie, K., Tsutsumi, A., Ikehara, M., Uno, M., Yamaguchi, A., Hamada, Y., Namiki, Y., and Kimura, G. (2015), Hydrogeological responses to incoming materials at the erosional subduction margin, offshore Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(8), 2725-2742, doi:10.1002/2015gc005837.

Kameda, J., Shimizu, M., Ujiie, K., Hirose, T., Ikari, M., Mori, J., Oohashi, K., and Kimura, G. (2015), Pelagic smectite as an important factor in tsunamigenic slip along the Japan Trench, Geology, 43(2), 155-158, doi:10.1130/g35948.1.

Kanai, T., Moriyama, K., Mukoyoshi, H., and Takagi, H. (2015), Preparation condition of rock thin section for electron backscatter diffraction analysis, The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 121(11), 421-427, doi:10.5575/geosoc.2015.0028.

Kato, A., Terakawa, T., Yamanaka, Y., Maeda, Y., Horikawa, S., Matsuhiro, K., and Okuda, T. (2015), Preparatory and precursory processes leading up to the 2014 phreatic eruption of Mount Ontake, Japan, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0288-x.

Katsumata, K., Kosuga, M., Katao, H., Yamada, T., and Kato, A. (2015), Focal mechanisms and stress field in the Nobi fault area, central Japan, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0275-2.

Kirkpatrick, J. D., Rowe, C. D., Ujiie, K., Moore, J. C., Regalla, C., Remitti, F., Toy, V., Wolfson-Schwehr, M., Kameda, J., Bose, S., and Chester, F. M. (2015), Structure and lithology of the Japan Trench subduction plate boundary fault, Tectonics, 34(1), 53-69, doi:10.1002/2014tc003695.

Maeda, Y., Kato, A., Terakawa, T., Yamanaka, Y., Horikawa, S., Matsuhiro, K., and Okuda, T. (2015), Source mechanism of a VLP event immediately before the 2014 eruption of Mt. Ontake, Japan, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0358-0.

Matsumoto, S., Katao, H., and Iio, Y. (2015), Determining changes in the state of stress associated with an earthquake via combined focal mechanism and moment tensor analysis: Application to the 2013 Awaji Island earthquake, Japan, Tectonophysics, 649, 58-67, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.02.023.

Matsumoto, S., Nakao, S., Ohkura, T., Miyazaki, M., Shimizu, H., Abe, Y., Inoue, H., Nakamoto, M., Yoshikawa, S., and Yamashita, Y. (2015), Spatial heterogeneities in tectonic stress in Kyushu, Japan and their relation to a major shear zone, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0342-8.

Mori, H., Wallis, S., Fujimoto, K., and Shigematsu, N. (2015), Recognition of shear heating on a long-lived major fault using Raman carbonaceous material thermometry: implications for strength and displacement history of the MTL, SW Japan, Island Arc, 24(4), 425-446, doi:10.1111/iar.12129.

Nakajima, J., Kato, A., and Iwasaki, T. (2015), The weakened lower crust beneath the Nobi fault system, Japan: Implications for stress accumulation to the seismogenic zone, Tectonophysics, 655, 147-160, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.05.021.

Nakamura, Y., Oohashi, K., Toyoshima, T., Satish-Kumar, M., and Akai, J. (2015), Strain-induced amorphization of graphite in fault zones of the Hidaka metamorphic belt, Hokkaido, Japan, Journal of Structural Geology, 72, 142-161, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2014.10.012.

Okamoto, A. S., Takeshita, T., Iwano, H., Danhara, T., Hirata, T., Nishido, H., and Sakata, S. (2015), Fission track and U-Pb zircon ages of psammitic rocks from the Harushinai unit, Kamuikotan metamorphic rocks, central Hokkaido, Japan: constraints on metamorphic histories, Island Arc, 24(4), 379-403, doi:10.1111/iar.12121.

Okudaira, T., Jerabek, P., Stunitz, H., and Fusseis, F. (2015), High-temperature fracturing and subsequent grain-size-sensitive creep in lower crustal gabbros: Evidence for coseismic loading followed by creep during decaying stress in the lower crust?, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, in press.

Okudaira, T., Jeřábek, P., Stünitz, H., and Fusseis, F. (2015), High-temperature fracturing and subsequent grain-size-sensitive creep in lower crustal gabbros: Evidence for coseismic loading followed by creep during decaying stress in the lower crust?, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(5), 3119-3141, doi:10.1002/2014jb011708.

Takeshita, T., Yagi, K., Gouzu, C., Hyodo, H., and Itaya, T. (2015), Extensive normal faulting during exhumation revealed by the spatial variation of phengite K-Ar ages in the Sambagawa metamorphic rocks, central Shikoku, SW Japan, Island Arc, 24(2), 245-262, doi:10.1111/iar.12104.

(Group B02)

Hayashi, K., Yasuoka, Y., Nagahama, H., Muto, J., Ishikawa, T., Omori, Y., Suzuki, T., Homma, Y., and Mukai, T. (2015), Normal seasonal variations for atmospheric radon concentration: a sinusoidal model, Journal of environmental radioactivity, 139, 149-153, doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.10.007.

Hirauchi, K.-i., and Muto, J. (2015), Effect of stress state on slow rupture propagation in synthetic fault gouges, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0199-x.

Hornby, A. J., Kendrick, J. E., Lamb, O. D., Hirose, T., De Angelis, S., von Aulock, F. W., Umakoshi, K., Miwa, T., Henton De Angelis, S., Wadsworth, F. B., Hess, K.-U., Dingwell, D. B., and Lavallée, Y. (2015), Spine growth and seismogenic faulting at Mt. Unzen, Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(6), 4034-4054, doi:10.1002/2014jb011660.

Kameda, J., Shimizu, M., Ujiie, K., Hirose, T., Ikari, M., Mori, J., Oohashi, K., and Kimura, G. (2015), Pelagic smectite as an important factor in tsunamigenic slip along the Japan Trench, Geology, 43(2), 155-158, doi:10.1130/g35948.1.

Kobayashi, Y., Yasuoka, Y., Omori, Y., Nagahama, H., Sanada, T., Muto, J., Suzuki, T., Homma, Y., Ihara, H., Kubota, K., and Mukai, T. (2015), Annual variation in the atmospheric radon concentration in Japan, Journal of environmental radioactivity, 146, 110-118, doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.04.007.

Lavallee, Y., Hirose, T., Kendrick, J. E., Hess, K. U., and Dingwell, D. B. (2015), Fault rheology beyond frictional melting, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 112(30), 9276-9280, doi:10.1073/pnas.1413608112.

Liang, Y., and Hoshino, K. (2015), Thermodynamic calculations of AuxAg1−x – Fluid equilibria and their applications for ore-forming conditions, Applied Geochemistry, 52, 109-117, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.11.019.

Muto, J., Nakatani, T., Nishikawa, O., and Nagahama, H. (2015), Fractal particle size distribution of pulverized fault rocks as a function of distance from the fault core, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(10), 3811-3819, doi:10.1002/2015gl064026.

Naemura, K., Shimizu, I., Svojtka, M., and Hirajima, T. (2015), Accessory priderite and burbankite in multiphase solid inclusions in the orogenic garnet peridotite from the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 110(1), 20-28, doi:10.2465/jmps.140613c.

Nakamura, Y., Oohashi, K., Toyoshima, T., Satish-Kumar, M., and Akai, J. (2015), Strain-induced amorphization of graphite in fault zones of the Hidaka metamorphic belt, Hokkaido, Japan, Journal of Structural Geology, 72, 142-161, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2014.10.012.

Oohashi, K., Hirose, T., Takahashi, M., and Tanikawa, W. (2015), Dynamic weakening of smectite-bearing faults at intermediate velocities: Implications for subduction zone earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, n/a-n/a, doi:10.1002/2015jb011881.

Yabe, Y., Muto, J., Ohzono, M., Ohta, Y., and Iinuma, T. (2015), Rheological Structure Beneath NE Japan Inferred from Coseismic Strain Anomalies Associated with the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake (Mw9.0), International Association  of Geodesy Symposia, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_135.

(Group B03)

Bellia, C., Gallardo, A., Yasuhara, M., and Kazahaya, K. (2015), Geochemical Characterization of Groundwater in a Volcanic System, Resources, 4(2), 358-377, doi:10.3390/resources4020358.

Churikova, T. G., Gordeychik, B. N., Iwamori, H., Nakamura, H., Ishizuka, O., Nishizawa, T., Haraguchi, S., Miyazaki, T., and Vaglarov, B. S. (2015), Petrological and geochemical evolution of the Tolbachik volcanic massif, Kamchatka, Russia, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 307, 156-181, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.10.026.

Hill, G. J., Bibby, H. M., Ogawa, Y., Wallin, E. L., Bennie, S. L., Caldwell, T. G., Keys, H., Bertrand, E. A., and Heise, W. (2015), Structure of the Tongariro Volcanic system: Insights from magnetotelluric imaging, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 432, 115-125, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.003.

Ichiki, M., Ogawa, Y., Kaida, T., Koyama, T., Uyeshima, M., Demachi, T., Hirahara, S., Honkura, Y., Kanda, W., Kono, T., Matsushima, M., Nakayama, T., Suzuki, S., and Toh, H. (2015), Electrical image of subduction zone beneath northeastern Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(12), 7937-7965, doi:10.1002/2015jb012028.

Iida, K., Iwamori, H., Orihashi, Y., Park, T., Jwa, Y.-J., Kwon, S.-T., Danhara, T., and Iwano, H. (2015), Tectonic reconstruction of batholith formation based on the spatiotemporal distribution of Cretaceous-Paleogene granitic rocks in southwestern Japan, Island Arc, 24(2), 205-220, doi:10.1111/iar.12103.

Iwamori, H., and Nakamura, H. (2015), Isotopic heterogeneity of oceanic, arc and continental basalts and its implications for mantle dynamics, Gondwana Research, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.09.003.

Matsukage, K. N., Nishihara, Y., Noritake, F., Kawamura, K., Tsujino, N., Sakurai, M., Higo, Y., Nakajima, J., Hasegawa, A., and Takahashi, E. (2015), Elastic wave velocity anomalies of anorthite in a subducting plate: In situ experiments, American Mineralogist, 100(8-9), 1856-1865, doi:10.2138/am-2015-5240.

Nakagawa, T., Nakakuki, T., and Iwamori, H. (2015), Water circulation and global mantle dynamics: Insight from numerical modeling, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(5), 1449-1464, doi:10.1002/2014gc005701.

Nakajima, J., Kato, A., and Iwasaki, T. (2015), The weakened lower crust beneath the Nobi fault system, Japan: Implications for stress accumulation to the seismogenic zone, Tectonophysics, 655, 147-160, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.05.021.

Nakamura, H., Chiba, K., Chang, Q., Nakai, S., Kazahaya, K., and Iwamori, H. (2015), Rare Earth Elements of the Arima Spring Waters, Southwest Japan: Implications for Fluid–Crust Interaction during Ascent of Deep Brine, J Geol Geophys, 4(217), doi:10.4172/2329-6755.1000217.

Saita, H., Nakajima, J., Shiina, T., and Kimura, J.-I. (2015), Slab-derived fluids, fore-arc hydration, and sub-arc magmatism beneath Kyushu, Japan, Geophysical Research Letters, n/a-n/a, doi:10.1002/2015gl063084.

Saito, S., Ishikawa, M., Arima, M., and Tatsumi, Y. (2015), Laboratory measurements of ‘porosity-free’ intrinsicVpandVsin an olivine gabbro of the Oman ophiolite: Implication for interpretation of the seismic structure of lower oceanic crust, Island Arc, 24(2), 131-144, doi:10.1111/iar.12092.

Seki, K., Kanda, W., Ogawa, Y., Tanbo, T., Kobayashi, T., Hino, Y., and Hase, H. (2015), Imaging the hydrothermal system beneath the Jigokudani valley, Tateyama volcano, Japan: implications for structures controlling repeated phreatic eruptions from an audio-frequency magnetotelluric survey, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-014-0169-8.

Umeda, K. (2015), Localized extensional tectonics in an overall reverse-faulting regime, Northeast Japan, Geoscience Letters, 2(1), doi:10.1186/s40562-015-0030-3.

Umeda, K., Asamori, K., Makuuchi, A., Kobori, K., and Hama, Y. (2015), Triggering of earthquake swarms following the 2011 Tohoku megathrust earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(4), 2279-2291, doi:10.1002/2014jb011598.

Uno, M., Iwamori, H., and Toriumi, M. (2015), Transition from dehydration to hydration during exhumation of the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, Japan, revealed by the continuous P–T path recorded in garnet and amphibole zoning, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 170(3), doi:10.1007/s00410-015-1185-9.

Wada, I., He, J., Hasegawa, A., and Nakajima, J. (2015), Mantle wedge flow pattern and thermal structure in Northeast Japan: Effects of oblique subduction and 3-D slab geometry, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 426, 76-88, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.021.

Watanabe, T., and Higuchi, A. (2015), Simultaneous measurements of elastic wave velocities and electrical conductivity in a brine-saturated granitic rock under confining pressures and their implication for interpretation of geophysical observations, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2(1), doi:10.1186/s40645-015-0067-0.

(Group C01)

Kawamoto, S., Miyagawa, K., Yahagi, T., Todoriki, M., Nishimura, T., Ohta, Y., Hino, R., and Miura, S. (2015), Development and Assessment of Real-Time Fault Model Estimation Routines in the GEONET Real-Time Processing System, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_49.

Yabe, Y., Muto, J., Ohzono, M., Ohta, Y., and Iinuma, T. (2015), Rheological Structure Beneath NE Japan Inferred from Coseismic Strain Anomalies Associated with the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake (Mw9.0), International Association of Geodesy Symposia, doi:10.1007/1345_2015_135.

(Joint Research)

Burenjargal, U., Okamoto, A., Tsuchiya, N., Uno, M., Horie, K., and Hokada, T. (2015), Contrasting geochemical signatures of Devonian and Permian granitoids from the Tseel Terrane, SW Mongolia, Journal of Geosciences, 51-66, doi:10.3190/jgeosci.210.

Hino, R., Tsuji, T., Bangs, N. L., Sanada, Y., Park, J.-O., von Huene, R., Moore, G. F., Araki, E., and Kinoshita, M. (2015), QP structure of the accretionary wedge in the Kumano Basin, Nankai Trough, Japan, revealed by long-offset walk-away VSP, Earth, Planets and Space, 67(1), 7, doi:10.1186/s40623-014-0175-x.

Ikeda, T., and Tsuji, T. (2015), Advanced surface-wave analysis for 3D ocean bottom cable data to detect localized heterogeneity in shallow geological formation of a CO2 storage site, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 39, 107-118, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.04.020.

Itoh, H., and Sakuma, H. (2015), Dielectric constant of water as a function of separation in a slab geometry: A molecular dynamics study, J Chem Phys, 142(18), 184703, doi:10.1063/1.4919698.

Kameda, J., Harris, R. N., Shimizu, M., Ujiie, K., Tsutsumi, A., Ikehara, M., Uno, M., Yamaguchi, A., Hamada, Y., Namiki, Y., and Kimura, G. (2015), Hydrogeological responses to incoming materials at the erosional subduction margin, offshore Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(8), 2725-2742, doi:10.1002/2015gc005837.

Katayama, I., Kubo, T., Sakuma, H., and Kawai, K. (2015), Can clay minerals account for the behavior of non-asperity on the subducting plate interface?, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2(1), doi:10.1186/s40645-015-0063-4.

Kawai, K., Sakuma, H., Katayama, I., and Tamura, K. (2015), Frictional characteristics of single and polycrystalline muscovite and influence of fluid chemistry, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(9), 6209-6218, doi:10.1002/2015jb012286.

Kokado, A., Sato, K., and Yamaji, A. (2015), The thin-skinned deformations and folding of the upper Awa Group (Neogene) in the Boso Peninsula, Japan, The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 121(10), 359-372, doi:10.5575/geosoc.2015.0020.

Lin, W., Byrne, T. B., Kinoshita, M., McNeill, L. C., Chang, C., Lewis, J. C., Yamamoto, Y., Saffer, D. M., Casey Moore, J., Wu, H.-Y., Tsuji, T., Yamada, Y., Conin, M., Saito, S., Ito, T., Tobin, H. J., Kimura, G., Kanagawa, K., Ashi, J., Underwood, M. B., and Kanamatsu, T. (2015), Distribution of stress state in the Nankai subduction zone, southwest Japan and a comparison with Japan Trench, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.05.008.

Murakami, T., Sakai, N., Yamaguchi, T., Yarimitsu, S., Nakashima, K., Sawae, Y., and Suzuki, A. (2015), Evaluation of a superior lubrication mechanism with biphasic hydrogels for artificial cartilage, Tribology International, 89, 19-26, doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2014.12.013.

Nishio, Y., Ijiri, A., Toki, T., Morono, Y., Tanimizu, M., Nagaishi, K., and Inagaki, F. (2015), Origins of lithium in submarine mud volcano fluid in the Nankai accretionary wedge, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 414, 144-155, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.018.

Perevalova, N. P., Shestakov, N. V., Voeykov, S. V., Takahashi, H., and Guojie, M. (2015), Ionospheric disturbances in the vicinity of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid explosive disruption as inferred from dense GPS observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(16), 6535-6543, doi:10.1002/2015gl064792.

Saito, T., Uno, M., Sato, T., Fujisaki, W., Haraguchi, S., Li, Y.-b., Sawaki, Y., Yamamoto, S., and Maruyama, S. (2015), Geochemistry of accreted metavolcanic rocks from the Neoproterozoic Gwna Group of Anglesey–Lleyn, NW Wales, U.K.: MORB and OIB in the Iapetus Ocean, Tectonophysics, 662, 243-255, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.08.015.

Sakuma, H. (2015), Interlayer Bonding Energy of Mg-Chlorite: A Density Functional Theory Study, Journal of Computer Chemistry, Japan, 14(4), 152-154, doi:10.2477/jccj.2015-0008.

Sakuma, H., and Suehara, S. (2015), Interlayer bonding energy of layered minerals: Implication for the relationship with friction coefficient, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(4), 2212-2219, doi:10.1002/2015jb011900.

Sano, T., and Nishio, Y. (2015), Lithium isotope evidence for magmatic assimilation of hydrothermally influenced crust beneath oceanic large igneous provinces, Geological Society of America Special Paper, 511, 173-183, doi:10.1130/2015.2511(09).

Takahashi, H. (2015), Proposal for robust monitoring of catastrophic tsunami using onshore strain and tilt geodetic sensors, J Disaster Res, 10, 770-776.

Tsuji, T., Ashi, J., Strasser, M., and Kimura, G. (2015), Identification of the static backstop and its influence on the evolution of the accretionary prism in the Nankai Trough, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 431, 15-25, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.011.

Uno, M., Iwamori, H., and Toriumi, M. (2015), Transition from dehydration to hydration during exhumation of the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, Japan, revealed by the continuous P–T path recorded in garnet and amphibole zoning, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 170(3), doi:10.1007/s00410-015-1185-9.

Yamabe, H., Tsuji, T., Liang, Y., and Matsuoka, T. (2015), Lattice Boltzmann simulations of supercritical CO2-water drainage displacement in porous media: CO2 saturation and displacement mechanism, Environ Sci Technol, 49(1), 537-543, doi:10.1021/es504510y.

Yoshioka, S., Matsuoka, Y., and Ide, S. (2015), Spatiotemporal slip distributions of three long-term slow slip events beneath the Bungo Channel, southwest Japan, inferred from inversion analyses of GPS data, Geophysical Journal International, 201(3), 1437-1455, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv022.

Yoshioka, S., Takagi, R., and Matsumoto, T. (2015), Relationship between temperatures and fault slips on the upper surface of the subducting Philippine Sea plate beneath the Kanto district, central Japan, Geophysical Journal International, 201(2), 878-890, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv032.

Zhang, L., Sawae, Y., Yamaguchi, T., Murakami, T., and Yang, H. (2015), Effect of radiation dose on depth-dependent oxidation and wear of shelf-aged gamma-irradiated ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), Tribology International, 89, 78-85, doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2014.12.011.

 

 

〔Books〕

(Group B01)

Toyoshima, T., Owada, M. and Shiraishi, K., (2015),, Upright folds and folded boudins resulting from continental collision of East and West Gondwana. In Mukherjee, S. eds., Atlas of Structural Geology, Elsevier Inc., 1.

Toyoshima, T., Osanai, Y., Owada, M., Tsunogae, T. and Hokada, T., (2015), Fault veins and injection veins of dark-colored pseudotachylyte derived from frictional melting and seismic faulting under granulite-facies conditions. In Mukherjee, S. eds., Atlas of Structural Geology, Elsevier Inc., 146.

Toyoshima, T., Osanai, Y., Owada, M., Tsunogae, T. and Hokada, T., (2015), Backscattered electron image of a part of injection vein of pseudotachylyte generated under granulite-facies conditions. In Mukherjee, S. eds., Atlas of Structural Geology, Elsevier Inc., 147.

Toyoshima, T., Owada, M. and Shiraishi, K., (2015), Amphibolite boudins folded and shortened by crustal shortening related to continental collision between East and West Gondwana. In Mukherjee, S. eds., Atlas of Structural Geology, Elsevier Inc., 147.

(Group B02)

Shimizu, I. et al. (2015), Atlas of Structural Geology – 1st Edition, Elsevier. 200p. ISBN: 9780124201521.

 

 

〔Invited Presentations〕

(Group A02)

Ohta, Y., S. Kawamoto, M. Kido, N. Takahashi, H. Tsushima, Y. Sato, M. Imano, and R. Hino, Recent development status of the quasi real-time crustal deformation monitoring based on the onshore real-time GNSS data and offshore GNSS/Acoustic measurement in Japan, AGU Fall meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA, Oral, 2015/12/17

(Group B01)

Kato, A., 2015, Slow slip transients and large earthquakes, The International Statistical Seismology (StatSei) workshop 9, Potsdam in Germany, Oral, 2015/06/16.

Shigematsu, N., Massiot, C., Townend, J., Doan, M.-L., McNamara, D., Toy, V., Sutherland, R., DFDP-2 Science Team: Tectonic stress and fault rock fabrics in the vicinity of the Alpine Fault inferred from DFDP-2 borehole televiewer imagery. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2015, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Oral, 2015/12/14

(Group B03)

Iwamori, H., Nakamura, H., Yoshida, M., 2015, East-west mantle geochemical hemispheres and its implications for a coupled supercontinent-mantle-core dynamics, The 26th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), 2015/6/28, Prague. (Keynote talk)

Ma, K.F., and Tanaka H., Investigation on the fluid migration associated with the Chi-Chi aftershock sequence and Ontake eruption events, 2015 JPGU Meeting, Chiba, Oral, 2015/5/27

Nakagawa, T., Iwamori, H., Nakakuki, T., 2015, Is the Lower Mantle Dry or Hydrous? Insight into Global-Scale Water Circulation Inferred from Numerical Modeling, Goldschmidt Conference, 2015/08/20, Prague.

Tanaka, H. and Geofluid Research group, Japan-Taiwan, Estimation of Fluid flux passing through fault zones, 8th WCGC Meeting, WCGC, Taipei, Oral, 2015/6/15

 (Joint Research)

T.Tsuji, Continuous monitoring of injected CO2 using ambient noise and controlled seismic source, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D 10th Monitoring Network Meeting,The International Energy Agency, Berkeley, USA, Oral, 2015/6/10.

T.Tsuji, Digital rock physics for identification of suitable reservoir conditions in CO2 storage, The Third International Symposium on “Application of Nano-geosciences in Petroleum Engineering (NanoGeoscience 2015)”, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Oral, 2015/9/5.

Yamaguchi, T., Akamine, A., Sawae, Y., Mechanics of Gecko Inspired Adhesives, The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, The Biophysical Society of Japan, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, 2015/9/13.

Yamaguchi, T., Sawae, Y., Rubinstein, S., Adhesion-Detachment Motions in Friction of Gels, International Meeting on Friction -from atomic to geophysical scales-, Earthquake Research Institute,The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2015/9/15.

Yamaguchi, T., Himeno, Y., Sawae, Y., Collective behavior of multiple asperities in sliding friction between polymer gels, International Tribology Conference 2015 Tokyo, ITC, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, 2015/9/18.

Yamaguchi, T., Heterogeneous stick-slip friction in polymer gels, International Conference on Rheology and Modeling of Materials, ICRM, Hunguest Hotel PALOTA, Miskolc, Hungary, 2015/10/7.