Member Since 1995
Shuichi Kodaira
Director-general, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Member, Tectonophysics Section Nomination & Honors Committee; 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
Undulations in Subducted Oceanic Crust Correlate With Shallo...
December 29, 2023
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
AGU 2024
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
AGU 2024
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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Wedge deformation from sequential seamount subduction in the Nankai Trough off Muroto and its implications to shallow slow earthquake activity
AGU 2024
seismology | 12 december 2024
Paul Caesar Flores, Shuichi Kodaira, Gaku Kimura, ...
The occurrence of shallow slow earthquakes has been attributed to different factors such as seamount subduction, pore fluid pressure, fluid migration,...
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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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