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Overview

Shuichi Kodaira is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their primary research contributions focus on earthquake and tectonic studies within the broader field of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The researcher has authored numerous papers in various respected scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Detection of hydroacoustic signals on a fiber-optic submarine cable," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Upper-plate controls on subduction zone geometry, hydration and earthquake behaviour," 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • "Spatial variations of incoming sediments at the northeastern Japan arc and their implications for megathrust earthquakes," 2020, Geology
  • "Large Coseismic Slip to the Trench During the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake," 2020, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • "Slow slip along the Hikurangi margin linked to fluid-rich sediments trailing subducting seamounts," 2023, Nature Geoscience

These publications cover topics ranging from tectonic slip and earthquake dynamics to sediment variations and subduction zone processes.

Frequent collaborators of Shuichi Kodaira include:

  • Gou Fujie
  • Yasuyuki Nakamura
  • Koichiro Obana
  • Seiichi Miura
  • Kazuya Shiraishi

The researcher often publishes in well-known venues such as:

  • Earth Planets and Space
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Shuichi Kodaira has contributed to book publications with the Scientific Prospectus, including:

  • Expedition 405 Scientific Prospectus: Tracking Tsunamigenic Slip Across the Japan Trench (JTRACK), 2023
  • Expedition 405 Scientific Prospectus Addendum: Tracking Tsunamigenic Slip Across the Japan Trench (JTRACK), 2024

Their expertise spans several subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Geology
  • Atmospheric Science

Key research topics covered by their work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Best Publications

  • Splay Fault Branching Along the Nankai Subduction Zone

    Jin-Oh Park;Tetsuro Tsuru;Shuichi Kodaira;Phil R. Cummins

  • High Pore Fluid Pressure May Cause Silent Slip in the Nankai Trough

    Shuichi Kodaira;Takashi Iidaka;Aitaro Kato;Jin-Oh Park

  • The 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: Displacement Reaching the Trench Axis

    Toshiya Fujiwara;Shuichi Kodaira;Tetsuo No;Yuka Kaiho

  • Subducted seamount imaged in the rupture zone of the 1946 Nankaido earthquake

    Shuichi Kodaira;Narumi Takahashi;Ayako Nakanishi;Seiichi Miura

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

    Shuichi Kodaira;Tetsuo No;Yasuyuki Nakamura;Toshiya Fujiwara

  • Crustal structure and evolution of the Mariana intra-oceanic island arc

    Narumi Takahashi;Shuichi Kodaira;Simon L. Klemperer;Yoshiyuki Tatsumi

  • Along-arc structural variation of the plate boundary at the Japan Trench margin: Implication of interplate coupling

    Tetsuro Tsuru;Jin-Oh Park;Seiichi Miura;Shuichi Kodaira

  • Shallow very-low-frequency earthquakes accompany slow slip events in the Nankai subduction zone.

    Masaru Nakano;Takane Hori;Eiichiro Araki;Shuichi Kodaira

  • Structural factors controlling the rupture process of a megathrust earthquake at the Nankai trough seismogenic zone

    S. Kodaira;E. Kurashimo;J.-O. Park;N. Takahashi

  • Stress state in the largest displacement area of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake

    Weiren Lin;Weiren Lin;Weiren Lin;Marianne Conin;Marianne Conin;J. Casey Moore;Frederick M. Chester

  • Structure and growth of the Izu‐Bonin‐Mariana arc crust: 2. Role of crust‐mantle transformation and the transparent Moho in arc crust evolution

    Y. Tatsumi;H. Shukuno;K. Tani;N. Takahashi

  • Seismological evidence for variable growth of crust along the Izu intraoceanic arc

    Shuichi Kodaira;Takeshi Sato;Narumi Takahashi;Aki Ito

  • Low-frequency tremors associated with reverse faults in a shallow accretionary prism

    Koichiro Obana;Shuichi Kodaira

  • Crustal structure across the coseismic rupture zone of the 1944 Tonankai earthquake, the central Nankai Trough seismogenic zone

    Ayako Nakanishi;Narumi Takahashi;Jin-Oh Park;Seiichi Miura

  • Tectonic features of the Japan Trench convergent margin off Sanriku, northeastern Japan, revealed by multichannel seismic reflection data

    Tetsuro Tsuru;Jin-Oh Park;Narumi Takahashi;Shuichi Kodaira

  • New seismological constraints on growth of continental crust in the Izu-Bonin intra-oceanic arc

    Shuichi Kodaira;Takeshi Sato;Narumi Takahashi;Seiichi Miura

  • The thickness of subduction plate boundary faults from the seafloor into the seismogenic zone

    Christie D. Rowe;J. Casey Moore;Francesca Remitti

  • Structure and growth of the Izu‐Bonin‐Mariana arc crust: 1. Seismic constraint on crust and mantle structure of the Mariana arc–back‐arc system

    Narumi Takahashi;Shuichi Kodaira;Yoshiyuki Tatsumi;Yoshiyuki Kaneda

  • Silicic Magmas in the Izu–Bonin Oceanic Arc and Implications for Crustal Evolution

    Yoshihiko Tamura;Yoshihiko Tamura;James B. Gill;Darren Tollstrup;Hiroshi Kawabata

  • Structural characteristics off Miyagi forearc region, the Japan Trench seismogenic zone, deduced from a wide-angle reflection and refraction study

    Seiichi Miura;Narumi Takahashi;Ayako Nakanishi;Tetsuro Tsuru

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiyuki Kaneda
Yoshiyuki Kaneda Nagoya University
Narumi Takahashi
Narumi Takahashi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Ryota Hino
Ryota Hino Tohoku University
Masanao Shinohara
Masanao Shinohara University of Tokyo
Michael Strasser
Michael Strasser University of Innsbruck
Yoshiyuki Tatsumi
Yoshiyuki Tatsumi Kobe University
Gregory F. Moore
Gregory F. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ken Ikehara
Ken Ikehara National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Toshihiko Kanazawa
Toshihiko Kanazawa University of Tokyo

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