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Norihito Umino

Norihito Umino

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38
Citations
5389
World Ranking
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Overview

Norihito Umino is a researcher affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. Their work primarily addresses earthquake and tectonic studies, seismology, and geological and geochemical analysis.

Their publication record includes contributions to prominent journals such as Seismological Research Letters. A notable recent paper is titled The Achievement of Archiving Analog Seismograms in Japanese Institutes for 15 Yr, published in 2020 in Seismological Research Letters.

Norihito Umino frequently collaborates with several coauthors across their publications. These include:

  • Ritsuko S. Matsu'ura
  • Yoshiaki Tamura
  • Yoshihisa Iio
  • Minoru Kasahara
  • Takahiro Ohkura

Their research spans multiple fields, with major contributions in:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Computer Science

Within these broader fields, their work is focused on subfields such as:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence

The research topics covered by Norihito Umino include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Best Publications

  • Double-planed structure of the deep seismic zone in the northeastern Japan arc

    Akira Hasegawa;Norihito Umino;Akio Takagi

  • Quasi real‐time fault model estimation for near‐field tsunami forecasting based on RTK‐GPS analysis: Application to the 2011 Tohoku‐Oki earthquake (Mw 9.0)

    Yusaku Ohta;Tatsuya Kobayashi;Hiroaki Tsushima;Satoshi Miura

  • Double-planed deep seismic zone and upper-mantle structure in the northeastern Japan arc

    Akira Hasegawa;Norihito Umino;Akio Takagi

  • Spatial distribution of focal mechanisms for interplate and intraplate earthquakes associated with the subducting Pacific plate beneath the northeastern Japan arc: A triple‐planed deep seismic zone

    Toshihiro Igarashi;Toru Matsuzawa;Norihito Umino;Akira Hasegawa

  • Seismic structure of the northeastern Japan convergent margin: A synthesis

    Akira Hasegawa;Shigeki Horiuchi;Norihito Umino

  • Structural heterogeneity in the megathrust zone and mechanism of the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw 9.0)

    Dapeng Zhao;Zhouchuan Huang;Norihito Umino;Akira Hasegawa

  • Imaging the subducting slabs and mantle upwelling under the Japan Islands

    Dapeng Zhao;T. Yanada;A. Hasegawa;N. Umino

  • Upper mantle velocity structure estimated from PS- converted wave beneath the north-eastern Japan Arc

    Toru Matsuzawa;Norihito Umino;Akira Hasegawa;Akio Takagi

  • 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

  • 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

  • On the Two-Layered Structure of Deep Seismic Plane in Northeastern Japan Arc

    Norihito Umino;Akira Hasegawa

  • sP depth phase at small epicentral distances and estimated subducting plate boundary

    Norihito Umino;Akira Hasegawa;Toru Matsuzawa

  • Extensional structure in Northern Honshu Arc as inferred from seismic refraction/wide‐angle reflection profiling

    Takaya Iwasaki;Wataru Kato;Takeo Moriya;Akiko Hasemi

  • Seismic attenuation beneath northeastern Japan: Constraints on mantle dynamics and arc magmatism

    Junichi Nakajima;Shuhei Hada;Erika Hayami;Erika Hayami;Naoki Uchida

  • Tomography of northeast Japan forearc and its implications for interplate seismic coupling

    O. P. Mishra;Dapeng Zhao;N. Umino;A. Hasegawa

  • Tomographic Imaging outside a Seismic Network: Application to the Northeast Japan Arc

    Dapeng Zhao;Zhi Wang;N. Umino;A. Hasegawa

  • Mapping the mantle wedge and interplate thrust zone of the northeast Japan arc

    Dapeng Zhao;Zhi Wang;N. Umino;A. Hasegawa

  • Seismic activity and deformation process of the overriding plate in the northeastern Japan subduction zone

    Akira Hasegawa;Akira Yamamoto;Norihito Umino;Satoshi Miura

  • Coseismic fault model of the 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake deduced by a dense GPS network

    Yusaku Ohta;Mako Ohzono;Satoshi Miura;Takeshi Iinuma

  • Quantitative mapping of precursory seismic quiescence before the 1989, M 7.1off-Sanriku earthquake, Japan

    M. Wyss;A. Hasegawa;S. Wiemer;N. Umino

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Hasegawa
Akira Hasegawa Tohoku University
Tomomi Okada
Tomomi Okada Tohoku University
Toru Matsuzawa
Toru Matsuzawa Tohoku University
Junichi Nakajima
Junichi Nakajima Tokyo Institute of Technology
Naoki Uchida
Naoki Uchida Tohoku University
Dapeng Zhao
Dapeng Zhao Tohoku University
Stephen H. Kirby
Stephen H. Kirby United States Geological Survey
Ryota Hino
Ryota Hino Tohoku University
Kazushige Obara
Kazushige Obara University of Tokyo
Takeyoshi Yoshida
Takeyoshi Yoshida Tohoku University

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