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Asahiko Taira is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with particular focus on Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering subfields.

Their research interests include topics such as Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

They have contributed to publications in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Among their recent published papers are:

  • ODP Leg 131, Hole 808B - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 131, Hole 808C - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 190, Hole 1173A - Well Logging Data, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Miriam Kastner
  • Alex Maltman
  • Gregory F. Moore
  • Michael B. Underwood
  • Ian Ashley Hill

Best Publications

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Japanese Island Arc System

    Asahiko Taira

  • Three-Dimensional Splay Fault Geometry and Implications for Tsunami Generation

    G. F. Moore;G. F. Moore;Nathan L Bangs;A. Taira;S. Kuramoto

  • The Shimanto Belt in Shikoku, Japan-Evolution of Cretaceous to Miocene accretionary prism

    A. Taira

  • Continental Crust, Crustal Underplating, and Low- Q Upper Mantle Beneath an Oceanic Island Arc

    Kiyoshi Suyehiro;Narumi Takahashi;Yoshiro Ariie;Yasutaka Yokoi

  • Structure of the Nankai Trough Accretionary Zone from multichannel seismic reflection data

    G. F. Moore;T. H. Shipley;P. L. Stoffa;D. E. Karig

  • Global tectonic significance of the Solomon Islands and Ontong Java Plateau convergent zone

    Paul Mann;Asahiko Taira

  • Structural and seismic stratigraphic framework of the NanTroSEIZE Stage 1 transect

    G.F. Moore;J.-O. Park;N.L. Bangs;S.P. Gulick

  • Two-phase uplift of Higher Himalayas since 17 Ma

    Kazuo Amano;Asahiko Taira

  • Coseismic fault rupture at the trench axis during the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake

    Shuichi Kodaira;Tetsuo No;Yasuyuki Nakamura;Toshiya Fujiwara

  • New insights into deformation and fluid flow processes in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Results of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190

    Gregory F. Moore;Asahiko Taira;Adam Klaus;Luann Becker

  • Accretion tectonics and evolution of Japan

    A Taira;H Tokuyama;W Soh

  • Spatial and temporal variability of surface water in the Kuroshio source region, Pacific Ocean, over the past 21,000 years: evidence from planktonic foraminifera

    Yurika Ujiié;Hiroshi Ujiié;Asahiko Taira;Toshio Nakamura

  • Sediment deformation and hydrogeology of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Synthesis of shipboard results of ODP Leg 131

    A. Taira;I. Hill;J. Firth;U. Berner

  • Broad, weak regions of the Nankai Megathrust and implications for shallow coseismic slip

    Nathan L Bangs;G. F. Moore;G. F. Moore;Sean S Gulick;E. M. Pangborn

  • The Shimanto Belt of Japan: Cretaceous-lower Miocene active-margin sedimentation

    A. Taira;H. Okada;J. H. Whitaker;A. J. Smith

  • Nankai Trough and Zenisu Ridge: a deep-sea submersible survey

    Xavier Le Pichon;Toshimishi Iiyama;Jacques Boulègue;Jacques Charvet

  • Distribution of methane hydrate BSRs and its implication for the prism growth in the Nankai Trough

    Juichiro Ashi;Hidekazu Tokuyama;Asahiko Taira

  • Seismic record of tectonic evolution and backarc rifting in the southern Ryukyu island arc system

    Jin-Oh Park;Hidekazu Tokuyama;Masanao Shinohara;Kiyoshi Suyehiro

  • The Role of Oblique Subduction and Strike‐Slip Tectonics in the Evolution of Japan

    Asahiko Taira;Yasuji Saito;Mitsuo Hashimoto

  • New rates of western Pacific island arc magmatism from seismic and gravity data

    C Dimalanta;C Dimalanta;A Taira;G.P Yumul;H Tokuyama

  • Nature and growth rate of the northern Izu-Bonin (Ogasawara) arc crust and their implications for continental crust formation

    Asahiko Taira;Saneatsu Saito;Kan Aoike;Sumito Morita

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory F. Moore
Gregory F. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hidekazu Tokuyama
Hidekazu Tokuyama Kōchi University
Juichiro Ashi
Juichiro Ashi University of Tokyo
Kevin T. Pickering
Kevin T. Pickering University College London
Kiyoshi Suyehiro
Kiyoshi Suyehiro Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Naohiko Ohkouchi
Naohiko Ohkouchi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Timothy Byrne
Timothy Byrne University of Connecticut
Michael B. Underwood
Michael B. Underwood New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Kimitaka Kawamura
Kimitaka Kawamura Chubu University
Toshio Nakamura
Toshio Nakamura Nagoya University

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