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Junichi Nakajima is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and focuses their research on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work largely contributes to the subfield of Geophysics, with additional publications in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Toxicology, Artificial Intelligence, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Major topics addressed in their research include earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, seismic waves and analysis, forensic toxicology and drug analysis, microwave engineering and waveguides, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Their recent published papers demonstrate a strong emphasis on seismic activity and crustal studies. Notable publications include:

  • Crustal structure beneath earthquake swarm in the Noto peninsula, Japan (2022) in Earth Planets and Space
  • The Wakayama earthquake swarm in Japan (2023) in Earth Planets and Space
  • Prevalence of Shallow Low-Frequency Earthquakes in the Continental Crust (2021) in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Prevalence of Repeating Earthquakes in the Continental Crust and Subducting Slabs: Triggering of Earthquakes by Aseismic Slip (2023) in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Although Nakajima is not the author of all frequently cited works within their domain, their name appears as the primary author on several key research articles relevant to earthquake swarm phenomena and seismic structure analysis.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Kazuki Miyazaki
  • Akira Hasegawa
  • Atsushi Kanno
  • Norihiko Sekine
  • Shintaro Hisatake

Junichi Nakajima publishes regularly in several academic venues with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Earth Planets and Space
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Three‐dimensional structure of Vp, Vs, and Vp/Vs beneath northeastern Japan: Implications for arc magmatism and fluids

    Junichi Nakajima;Toru Matsuzawa;Akira Hasegawa;Dapeng Zhao

  • Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure and configuration of the Philippine Sea slab in southwestern Japan estimated by double-difference tomography

    Fuyuki Hirose;Junichi Nakajima;Akira Hasegawa

  • Subduction of the Philippine Sea plate beneath southwestern Japan: Slab geometry and its relationship to arc magmatism

    Junichi Nakajima;Akira Hasegawa

  • Overview and initial results of the very long baseline interferometry space observatory programme

    H. Hirabayashi;H. Hirosawa;H. Kobayashi;Y. Murata

  • Shear-wave polarization anisotropy and subduction-induced flow in the mantle wedge of northeastern Japan

    Junichi Nakajima;Akira Hasegawa

  • Seismotectonics beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan: Effect of slab-slab contact and overlap on seismicity

    Junichi Nakajima;Fuyuki Hirose;Akira Hasegawa

  • Anomalous low-velocity zone and linear alignment of seismicity along it in the subducted Pacific slab beneath Kanto, Japan: Reactivation of subducted fracture zone?

    Junichi Nakajima;Akira Hasegawa

  • Anomalous deepening of a seismic belt in the upper-plane of the double seismic zone in the Pacific slab beneath the Hokkaido corner: Possible evidence for thermal shielding caused by subducted forearc crust materials

    Saeko Kita;Tomomi Okada;Akira Hasegawa;Junichi Nakajima

  • Deep structure of the northeastern Japan arc and its implications for crustal deformation and shallow seismic activity

    Akira Hasegawa;Junichi Nakajima;Norihito Umino;Satoshi Miura

  • Thermal–petrological controls on the location of earthquakes within subducting plates

    Geoffrey A. Abers;Junichi Nakajima;Peter E. van Keken;Saeko Kita

  • Existence of a seismic belt in the upper plane of the double seismic zone extending in the along-arc direction at depths of 70–100 km beneath NE Japan

    Saeko Kita;Tomomi Okada;Junichi Nakajima;Toru Matsuzawa

  • Tomographic evidence for hydrated oceanic crust of the Pacific slab beneath northeastern Japan: Implications for water transportation in subduction zones

    Yusuke Tsuji;Junichi Nakajima;Akira Hasegawa

  • The VLBI Space Observatory Programme and the Radio-Astronomical Satellite HALCA

    Hisashi Hirabayashi;Haruto Hirosawa;Hideyuki Kobayashi;Yasuhiro Murata

  • What controls interplate coupling?: Evidence for abrupt change in coupling across a border between two overlying plates in the NE Japan subduction zone

    Naoki Uchida;Junichi Nakajima;Akira Hasegawa;Toru Matsuzawa

  • Plate subduction, and generation of earthquakes and magmas in Japan as inferred from seismic observations: An overview

    Akira Hasegawa;Junichi Nakajima;Naoki Uchida;Tomomi Okada

  • Quantitative analysis of the inclined low-velocity zone in the mantle wedge of northeastern Japan: A systematic change of melt-filled pore shapes with depth and its implications for melt migration

    Junichi Nakajima;Yasuko Takei;Akira Hasegawa

  • The VSOP 5 GHz AGN Survey I. Compilation and Observations

    Hisashi Hirabayashi;Edward B. Fomalont;Shinji Horiuchi;James E.J. Lovell

  • Tomographic imaging of seismic velocity structure in and around the Onikobe volcanic area, northeastern Japan: implications for fluid distribution

    Junichi Nakajima;Akira Hasegawa

  • Shear‐wave splitting beneath the southwestern Kurile arc and northeastern Japan arc: A new insight into mantle return flow

    Junichi Nakajima;Jumpei Shimizu;Shuichiro Hori;Akira Hasegawa

  • Seismic imaging of arc magma and fluids under the central part of northeastern Japan

    Junichi Nakajima;Toru Matsuzawa;Akira Hasegawa;Dapeng Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Hasegawa
Akira Hasegawa Tohoku University
Toru Matsuzawa
Toru Matsuzawa Tohoku University
Tomomi Okada
Tomomi Okada Tohoku University
Naoki Uchida
Naoki Uchida Tohoku University
Norihito Umino
Norihito Umino Tohoku University
Dapeng Zhao
Dapeng Zhao Tohoku University
Jun-Ichi Kimura
Jun-Ichi Kimura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Takeyoshi Yoshida
Takeyoshi Yoshida Tohoku University
Bradley R. Hacker
Bradley R. Hacker University of California, Santa Barbara
Steven Tingay
Steven Tingay Curtin University

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