Member Since 1995
Shuichi Kodaira
Director-general, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Member, Joanne Simpson Medal Committee
Professional Experience
JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Director-general
2019 - Present
Education
Hokkaido University
Doctorate
1992
Honors & Awards
Beno Gutenberg Lecture
Received December 2017
Union Fellow
Received December 2014
Citation
For fundamental research on the physical expressions of subduction zones and their geohazards using the tools of marine geology and geophysics.
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Publications
From Symmetric Rifting to Asymmetric Spreading—Insights Into Back‐Arc Formation in the Central Maria...
The Mariana Trough is the youngest back‐arc basin in a series of basins and arcs that developed behind the Mariana subduction zone in the wes...
November 07, 2024
Shear‐Dominant Continental Rifting in Northern Ryukyu Reveal...
October 31, 2024
The Sofu Seamount Submarine Volcano Present in the Source Ar...
October 01, 2024
AGU Abstracts
The geometry change of the subducting oceanic plate and its relation to the formation of the mega-splay fault and interplate seismic activities in Nankai Trough
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM: CONVERGENT MARGIN PROCESSES TRENCH TO ARC (ALEUTIANS/ALASKA AND BEYOND) III POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2024
Gou Fujie, Kazuya Shiraishi, Takeshi Sato, Yanfang...
The Nankai subduction zone off Kumano is one of the most extensively studied seismogenic subduction zones in the world. Many 2-D MCS, 2-D OBS and 3-D ...
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Precise aftershock activity by rapid response seafloor observation in the eastern source region of the 2024 Noto-Hanto earthquake using ocean bottom seismometers
RECENT EARTHQUAKES ACROSS THE GLOBE: ANALYSIS OF MAIN SHOCKS, AFTERSHOCKS, AND SECONDARY HAZARDS FOR PREPARATION, RAPID RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY II ORAL
natural hazards | 13 december 2024
Masanao Shinohara, Ryota Hino, Tsutomu Takahashi, ...
The 2024 Noto-Hanto earthquake with a Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) magnitude of 7.6 occurred in the Noto peninsula on January 1st, 2024. The main...
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High-resolution seismic velocity imaging at the tremor-to-trench area in the westernmost Nankai Trough, southwest Japan
SLOW-TO-FAST EARTHQUAKES FROM SHALLOW TO DEEP: MULTISCALE RHEOLOGY OF PLATE BOUNDARY FAULTS III ORAL
seismology | 12 december 2024
Ryuta Arai, Kazuya Shiraishi, Yasuyuki Nakamura, G...
Slow earthquakes that occur in the shallow sections of subduction faults (< ~10 km depth) are increasingly documented worldwide. These events are b...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Joanne Simpson Medal Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Tectonophysics Section Nomination & Honors Committee
2022 - 2023
Member
Joanne Simpson Medal Committee
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