{"id":40,"date":"2018-04-03T19:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T10:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naigai-web.jp\/okadai_gnst\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2018-04-24T21:14:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T12:14:48","slug":"department-of-earth-system-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/research\/research-summary\/department-of-earth-system-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Earth System Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"earth\">\n<p class=\"date\">As of March 2018<\/p>\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Dynamic Geology<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/earth.desc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/research\/research.html\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:http:\/\/earth.desc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/research\/research.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shigeyuki SUZUKI,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Daisuke NAKAMURA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Toshio NOZAKA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Junji YAMAKAWA,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Structural development of island arc [Suzuki]<\/li>\n<li>Deciphering of evolutional history of orogenic belts from the petrological study of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks [Nakamura]<\/li>\n<li>Petrology of oceanic lithosphere and ophiolites [Nozaka]<\/li>\n<li>Estimation of the spatial statistical distributions of the chemical and physical properties of minerals by geostatistics [Yamakawa]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Walia, M., Knittel, U., <u>Suzuki, S.<\/u>, Chung, S-L., Pena, R.E., Yang, T.F., No Paleozoic metamorphics in Palawan (the Philippines)?  \u3000Evidence from single grain U-Pb dating of detrital zircons., Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 52, 134-145. (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Miyazaki, T., <u>Nakamura, D.<\/u>, Tamura, A., Svojtka, M., Arai, S. &amp; Hirajima, T., Evidence for partial melting of eclogite from the Moldanubian Zone of the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic., J. Mineral. Petrol. Sci. 111, 405\u2013419 (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Nozaka, T., Metasomatic hydration of the Oeyama forearc peridotites: Tectonic implications., Lithos 184-187, 346-360. (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Kawase, M., Yamamoto, K., Takagi, K., Yasuda, R., Ogawa, M., Hatsuda, Y., Kawanishi, S., Hirotani, Y., Myotoku, M., Urashima, Y., Nagai, K., Ikeda, K., Konishi, H., <u>Yamakawa, J.<\/u>, Tani, M., Non-Destructive Evaluation Method of Pharmaceutical Tablet by Terahertz-Time-Domain Spectroscopy: Application to Sound-Alike Medicines. ,J. Infrared Milli Terahz Waves. DOI 10.1007\/s10762-013-9994-2(2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interior<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/about_us\/stafflist_elms_en\/#top\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/about_us\/stafflist_elms_en\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hiroshi TAKENAKA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Satoru URAKAWA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Takashi KUMAMOTO,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Nobuhisa MATTA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Koji UNO,  Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Modeling of seismic waves and study on strong motion [Takenaka]<\/li>\n<li>Evolution of the Earth and planetary interior [Urakawa]<\/li>\n<li>Mineral physics at high-pressure and temperature [Urakawa]<\/li>\n<li>Tectonics of the Asian continent from paleomagnetism [Uno]<\/li>\n<li>Neotectonics and Tectonic geomorphology [Matta]<\/li>\n<li>Seismic hazard assessment of active faults in Japan [Kumamoto]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>H. Takenaka, M. Komatsu, G. Toyokuni, T. Nakamura, and T. Okamoto, Quasi-Cartesian finite-difference computation of seismic wave propagation for a three-dimensional sub-global model, <i>Earth, Planets and Space<\/i>, 69:67, doi:10.1186\/s40623-017-0651-1 (2017).<\/li>\n<li>Y. Shimoyama, H. Terasaki, <u>S. Urakawa<\/u>, Y. Takubo, S. Kuwabara, S. Kishimoto, T. Watanuki, A. Machida,Y. Katayama, T. Kond, Thermoelastic properties of liquid Fe-C revealed by sound velocity and density measurements at high pressure, <i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 121, 7984-7995 (2016)<\/li>\n<li><u>K. Uno<\/u>, K. Furukawa, and Y. Hatanaka, An analysis of apparent polar wander path for southwest Japan suggests no relative movement with respect to Eurasia during the Cretaceous, <i>Phys. Earth Planet. Inter<\/i>. 267, pp. 19\u201330 (2017).<\/li>\n<li><u>N. Matta<\/u>, Y. Ota, WS Chen, Y Nishikawa, M. Ando, LH Chung, Finding of Probable Tsunami Boulders on Jiupeng Coast in Southeastern Taiwan. Terrestrial, <i>Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences<\/i>, 24, pp.159-163. (2013).<\/li>\n<li><u>T. Kumamoto<\/u>, K. Oonishi, Y. Futagami and M. W. Stirling, Examination of the correlation between tectonic landforms and shallow subsurface structural datasets for the estimation of seismic source faults. Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Risk-Beyond the Fukushima Springer, 3-30. (2016).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area :  Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/earth.desc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:http:\/\/earth.desc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Katsuyuki YAMASHITA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Mayuri INOUE,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Osamu OKANO,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Time-scale on meteorite parent body and planet formation [Yamashita]<\/li>\n<li>Isotopic study on origin and evolution of solar system materials [Yamashita]<\/li>\n<li>Reconstruction of paleo-climate and paleo-environments using coral skeletons [Inoue]<\/li>\n<li>Study of biomineralization of marine biogenic carbonates [Inoue]<\/li>\n<li>Chemical differentiation processes in the formation of chondrite parental bodies [Okano]<\/li>\n<li>Geochemical characteristics and petrogenesis of Cenozoic igneous rocks in Southwest Japan [Okano]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Onoue, T, Zonneveld, J-P., Orchard, M. J., Yamashita, M., <u>Yamashita, K.<\/u>, Sato, H. and Kusaka, S., Paleoenvironmental changes across the Carnian\/Norian boundary in the Black Bear Ridge section, British Columbia, Canada, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 441, 721\u2013733 (2015).<\/li>\n<li><u>Inoue, M.<\/u>, Gussone, N., Koga, Y., Iwase, A., Suzuki, A., Sakai, K. and Kawahata, H. Controlling factors of Ca isotope fractionation in scleractinian corals evaluated by temperature, pH and light controlled culture experiments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 167, 80\u201392 (2015).<\/li>\n<li><u>Inoue, M.<\/u>, Ishikawa, D., Miyaji, T., Yamazaki, A., Suzuki, A., Yamano, H., Kawahata, H. and Watanabe T. Evaluation of Mn and Fe in coral skeletons (<i>Porites<\/i> spp.) as proxies for sediment loading and reconstruction of 50 yrs of land use on Ishigaki Island, Japan. Coral Reefs 33, 363\u2013373 (2014).<\/li>\n<li>Yokoyama, T., Misawa, K., <u>Okano, O.<\/u>, Shih, C.-Y. Nyquist, L.E., Simon, J.I., Tappa, M.J.,and Yoneda, S. Rb\u2013Sr isotopic systematics of alkali-rich fragments in the Yamato-74442 LL-chondritic breccias., Earth and Planetary Science Letters 366, 38\u201348(2013).<\/li>\n<li>Yamashita, K., Maruyama, S, Yamakawa, A. and Nakamura, E., <sup>53<\/sup>Mn-<sup>53<\/sup>Cr chronometry of CB chondrite: evidence for uniform distribution of <sup>53<\/sup>Mn in the early solar system, Astrophysical Journal, 723, 20-24 (2010).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/about_us\/stafflist_elms_en\/#top\" target=\"_blank\">\uff08URL:https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/about_us\/stafflist_elms_en\/\uff09<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toru Nozawa,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Teruo AOKI,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Kuranoshin Kato,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>George L. Hashimoto,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mechanism Analysis on Climate Change and Variability [Nozawa]<\/li>\n<li>Climate Modeling and Global Warming Projection [Nozawa]<\/li>\n<li>Radiation process in cryosphere [Aoki]<\/li>\n<li>Satellite Remote Sensing of Snow\/ice surface [Aoki]<\/li>\n<li>Multi-scale Weather and Climate System, Related Extreme Events and Climate Variability in East Asia [Kato]<\/li>\n<li>Interdisciplenary Research on Climate, its Variability and Cultural Understanding Education [Kato]<\/li>\n<li>Evolution of Planetary Surface Environment [Hashimoto]<\/li>\n<li>Planetary Climatology [Hashimoto]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>H. Kawase, T. Takemura, and T. Nozawa, Impact of carbonaceous aerosols on precipitation in tropical Africa during the austral summer in the twentieth century, <i>J. Geophys. Res.<\/i>, 116, D18116, doi:10.1029\/2011JD015933 (2011).<\/li>\n<li>M. Abe, <u>T. Nozawa<\/u>, T. Ogura, and K. Takata, Effect of retreating sea ice on Arctic cloud cover in simulated recent global warming, <i>Atmos. Chem. Phys.<\/i>, 16, pp.14343-14356, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/acp-16-14343-2016\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/acp-16-14343-2016<\/a> (2016).<\/li>\n<li>T. Aoki, K. Kuchiki, M. Niwano, Y. Kodama, M. Hosaka, and T. Tanaka, Physically based snow albedo model for calculating broadband albedos and the solar heating profile in snowpack for general circulation models, <i>J. Geophys. Res.<\/i>, 116, D11114, doi:10.1029\/2010JD015507 (2011).<\/li>\n<li><u>T. Aoki<\/u>, S. Matoba, S. Yamaguchi, T. Tanikawa, M. Niwano, K. Kuchiki, K. Adachi, J. Uetake, H. Motoyama, and M. Hori, Light-absorbing snow impurity concentrations measured on northwest Greenland ice sheet in 2011 and 2012, <i>Bull. Glaciol. Res.<\/i>, 32, pp.21-31, doi:10.5331\/bgr.32.21 (2014).<\/li>\n<li>K. Otani, and <u>K. Kato<\/u>, Decrease in Baiu precipitation and heavy rainfall days in late June of the 2000s in northwestern Kyushu, western Japan, <i>SOLA<\/i>,11, pp.10-13, doi:10.2151\/sola.2015-003 (2015).<\/li>\n<li>H. Kato, and <u>K. Kato<\/u>, Climate and Music -Spring and songs in Japan and Germany- (in Japanese), <i>Kyodo Shuppan<\/i> (2014).<\/li>\n<li><u>G. L. Hashimoto<\/u>, M. Roos-Serote, S. Sugita, M. S. Gilmore, L. W. Kamp, R. W. Carlson, and K. H. Baines, Felsic highland crust on Venus suggested by Galileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer data, <i>J. Geophys. Res.<\/i>, 113, E00B24, doi:10.1029\/2008JE003134 (2008).<\/li>\n<li>K. Hamano, H. Kawahara, Y. Abe, M. Onishi, <u>G. L. Hashimoto<\/u>, Lifetime and spectral evolution of a magma ocean with a steam atmosphere: its detectability by future direct imaging, <i>Astrophys. J.<\/i>, 806, article id. 216, 17pp (2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<\/div>    \t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As of March 2018 Research Area : Dynamic Geology (URL:http:\/\/earth.desc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/research\/research.html) Shigeyuki SUZUKI, Professor Daisuke...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"2column2.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/1287"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}