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 2016

Research Achievements Jan.- Mar. 2016

〔Journal Articles〕 〔Books〕 〔Invited Presentations〕

〔Journal Articles〕

(Group A01)

Bürgmann, R., Uchida, N., Hu, Y., and Matsuzawa, T. (2016), Tohoku rupture reloaded?, Nature Geoscience, 9(3), 183-184, doi:10.1038/ngeo2649.

Tamura, J., and Okada, T. (2016), Ambient noise tomography in the Naruko/Onikobe volcanic area, NE Japan: implications for geofluids and seismic activity, Earth, Planets and Space, 68(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-016-0380-x.

Terakawa, T., Kato, A., Yamanaka, Y., Maeda, Y., Horikawa, S., Matsuhiro, K., and Okuda, T. (2016), Monitoring eruption activity using temporal stress changes at Mount Ontake volcano, Nat Commun, 7, 10797, doi:10.1038/ncomms10797.

Yoshida, K., Pulido, N., and Fukuyama, E. (2016), Unusual stress rotations within the Philippines possibly caused by slip heterogeneity along the Philippine fault, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, in press, doi:10.1002/2015jb012275.

(Group A02)

Aizawa, K., Sumino, H., Uyeshima, M., Yamaya, Y., Hase, H., Takahashi, H. A., Takahashi, M., Kazahaya, K., Ohno, M., Rung-Arunwan, T., and Ogawa, Y. (2016), Gas pathways and remotely triggered earthquakes beneath Mount Fuji, Japan, Geology, 44(2), 127-130, doi:10.1130/g37313.1.

Cimarelli, C., Alatorre-Ibargüengoitia, M. A., Aizawa, K., Yooko, A., Díaz-Marina, A., Iguchi, M., and Dingwell, D. B. (2016), Multiparametric observation of volcanic lightning: Sakurajima volcano, Japan, Geophysical Research Letters, in press, doi:10.1002/2015gl067445.

Hamada, M., Hiramatsu, Y., Oda, M., and Yamaguchi, H. (2016), Fossil tubeworms link coastal uplift of the northern Noto Peninsula to rupture of the Wajima-oki fault in AD 1729, Tectonophysics, 670, 38-47, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.12.019.

Ichihara, M., Kusakabe, T., Kame, N., and Kumagai, H. (2016), On volume-source representations based on the representation theorem, Earth, Planets and Space, 68(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-016-0387-3.

Niwa, M., Shimada, K., Tamura, H., Shibata, K., Sueoka, S., Aoki, K., Seshimo, K., Tanaka, Y., Yasue, K., Ishimaru, T., and Umeda, K. (2016), Evolution of clay mineralization in fault gouge in granite, Clays and Clay Minerals, in press.

Otsubo, M., and Miyakawa, A. (2016), Landward migration of active folding based on topographic development of folds along the eastern margin of the Japan Sea, northeast Japan, Quaternary International, 397, 563-572, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.019.

Sueoka, S., Tsutsumi, H., and Tagami, T. (2016), New approach to resolve the amount of Quaternary uplift and associated denudation of the mountain ranges in the Japanese Islands, Geoscience Frontiers, 7(2), 197-210, doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2015.06.005.

Yuguchi, T., Iwano, H., Kato, T., Sakata, S., Hattori, K., Hirata, T., Sueoka, S., Danhara, T., Ishibashi, M., Sasao, E., and Nishiyama, T. (2016), Zircon growth in a granitic pluton with specific mechanisms, crystallization temperatures and U–Pb ages: Implication to the ‘spatiotemporal’ formation process of the Toki granite, central Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 111(1), 9-34, doi:10.2465/jmps.151007.

(Group B01)

Koizumi, N., Okudaira, T., Ogawa, D., Yamashita, K., and Suda, Y. (2016), Geochemical characteristics of hydrous basaltic magmas due to assimilation and fractional crystallization: the Ikoma gabbroic complex, southwest Japan, Mineralogy and Petrology, doi:10.1007/s00710-016-0423-9.

Terakawa, T., Kato, A., Yamanaka, Y., Maeda, Y., Horikawa, S., Matsuhiro, K., and Okuda, T. (2016), Monitoring eruption activity using temporal stress changes at Mount Ontake volcano, Nat Commun, 7, 10797, doi:10.1038/ncomms10797.

(Group B02)

Kido, M., Muto, J., and Nagahama, H. (2016), Method for correction of differential stress calculations from experiments using the solid salt assembly in a Griggs-type deformation apparatus, Tectonophysics, 672-673, 170-176, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.011.

Noda, H., and Takahashi, M. (2016), The Effective Stress Law at a Brittle-Plastic Transition with a Halite Gouge Layer, Geophysical Research Letters, in press, doi:10.1002/2015gl067544.

(Group B03)

Aizawa, K., Sumino, H., Uyeshima, M., Yamaya, Y., Hase, H., Takahashi, H. A., Takahashi, M., Kazahaya, K., Ohno, M., Rung-Arunwan, T., and Ogawa, Y. (2016), Gas pathways and remotely triggered earthquakes beneath Mount Fuji, Japan, Geology, 44(2), 127-130, doi:10.1130/g37313.1.

Matsuyama, T., and Iwamori, H. (2016), Analysis of plate spin motion and its implications for strength of plate boundary, Earth, Planets and Space, 68(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-016-0405-5.

Michibayashi, K., Watanabe, T., Harigane, Y., and Ohara, Y. (2016), The effect of a hydrous phase on P-wave velocity anisotropy within a detachment shear zone in the slow-spreading oceanic crust: A case study from the Godzilla Megamullion, Philippine Sea, Island Arc, n/a-n/a, doi:10.1111/iar.12132.

Morikawa, N., Kazahaya, K., Takahashi, M., Inamura, A., Takahashi, H. A., Yasuhara, M., Ohwada, M., Sato, T., Nakama, A., Handa, H., Sumino, H., and Nagao, K. (2016), Widespread distribution of ascending fluids transporting mantle helium in the fore-arc region and their upwelling processes: Noble gas and major element composition of deep groundwater in the Kii Peninsula, southwest Japan, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.03.017.

Nakamura, H., Chiba, K., Chang, Q., Morikawa, N., Kazahaya, K., and Iwamori, H. (2016), Origin of the Arima-type and associated spring waters in the Kinki district, J Geol Geophys, in press.

Sakuma, H., and Ichiki, M. (2016), Density and isothermal compressibility of supercritical H2O-NaCl fluid: molecular dynamics study from 673 to 2000 K, 0.2 to 2 GPa, and 0 to 22 wt% NaCl concentrations, Geofluids, 16(1), 89-102, doi:10.1111/gfl.12138.

Sakuma, H., and Ichiki, M. (2016), Electrical conductivity of NaCl-H2O fluid in the crust, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(2), 577-594, doi:10.1002/2015jb012219.

(Group C01)

Nishimura, T., Suito, H., Kobayashi, T., Dong, Q., and Shibayama, T. (2016), Excess strain in the Echigo Plain sedimentary basin, NE Japan: Evidence from coseismic deformation of the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake, Geophysical Journal International, ggw102, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw102.

Noda, H. (2016), Implementation into earthquake sequence simulations of a rate- and state-dependent friction law incorporating pressure solution creep, Geophysical Journal International, ggw058, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw058.

Noda, H., and Takahashi, M. (2016), The Effective Stress Law at a Brittle-Plastic Transition with a Halite Gouge Layer, Geophysical Research Letters, in press, doi:10.1002/2015gl067544.

(Joint Research)

Ichiyanagi, M., Takai, N., Shigefuji, M., Bijukchhen, S., Sasatani, T., Rajaure, S., Dhital, M. R., and Takahashi, H. (2016), Aftershock activity of the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake determined using the Kathmandu strong motion seismographic array, Earth, Planets and Space, 68(1), doi:10.1186/s40623-016-0402-8.

Ikeda, T., Tsuji, T., Watanabe, T., and Yamaoka, K. (2016), Development of surface-wave monitoring system for leaked CO2 using a continuous and controlled seismic source, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 45, 94-105, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.11.030.

Jia, J., Tsuji, T., and Matsuoka, T. (2016), Gas hydrate saturation and distribution in the Kumano Forearc Basin of the Nankai Trough, Exploration Geophysics, doi:10.1071/eg15127.

Sakuma, H., and Ichiki, M. (2016), Density and isothermal compressibility of supercritical H2O-NaCl fluid: molecular dynamics study from 673 to 2000 K, 0.2 to 2 GPa, and 0 to 22 wt% NaCl concentrations, Geofluids, 16(1), 89-102, doi:10.1111/gfl.12138.

Sakuma, H., and Ichiki, M. (2016), Electrical conductivity of NaCl-H2O fluid in the crust, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(2), 577-594, doi:10.1002/2015jb012219.

Tsuchiya, N., Yamada, R., and Uno, M. (2016), Supercritical geothermal reservoir revealed by granite-porphyry system, Geothermics, in press.

Yamabe, H., Tsuji, T., Liang, Y., and Matsuoka, T. (2016), Influence of fluid displacement patterns on seismic velocity during supercritical CO2 injection: Simulation study for evaluation of the relationship between seismic velocity and CO2 saturation, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 46, 197-204, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.01.011.

 

 

〔Books〕

(Joint Research)

T. Tsuji, F. Jiang, (2016),Two-phase Porous Flow Simulation for Natural Sandstone on GPU Supercomputer, Tsubame e-Science Journal, 14, 18-23.

 

〔Invited Presentations〕

(Group C01)

Ando, R., T. Uchide and Y. Ohta, Foreshock, After-slip: 2011 Tohoku-oki case, AGU Chapman conference, Am. Geoph. Union, Ixtapa (Mexico), Poster, 2016/2/22.

 (Joint Research)

T. Tsuji, “Fluid flow from the pore-scale to the field-scale”, I2CNER Annual Symposium 2016, “Computational Solutions to Fundamental Problems in Carbon Neutral Energy Research”, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Research Energy Research, Kyushu University, Oral, 2016/2/2.

 

T. Tsuji, “Pore pressure and stress state in the Nankai seismogenic fault: Insight from digital rock physics approach”, Symposium on Subduction zone earthquakes in Nankai Trough & Japan Trench, Earthquake Research Institute,The University of Tokyo, Oral, 2016/2/12.

T. Tsuji, “Digital rock physics: Influence of mineral precipitation on interrelations among hydrological and elastic properties”, 13th International Workshop on WATER DYNAMICS, Hydrogen in the Earth and Fluid Behaviors, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Oral, 2016/3/16.

Yamaguchi, T., Himeno, Y. Sawae, Y., Laboratory experiments for fault instability due to CO2 injection, I2CNER International Workshop, I2CNER, Kyushu University, 2016/2/4.