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Toru Matsuzawa

Toru Matsuzawa

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Earth Science

D-Index
46
Citations
6482
World Ranking
4315
National Ranking
100

Overview

Toru Matsuzawa is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan, focusing research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a range of subfields with a strong emphasis on geophysics, alongside interdisciplinary contributions to artificial intelligence, emergency medical services, general health professions, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The research topics covered by Matsuzawa include earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, seismic waves and analysis, and disaster response and management.

Recent scholarly articles authored or coauthored by Matsuzawa demonstrate a focus on seismological processes and earthquake behavior in Japan. These works include:

  • Upward Earthquake Swarm Migration in the Northeastern Noto Peninsula, Japan, Initiated From a Deep Ring-Shaped Cluster: Possibility of Fluid Leakage From a Hidden Magma System (2023), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Focal mechanisms and the stress field in the aftershock area of the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake (MJMA = 6.7) (2021), Earth Planets and Space
  • Stress Release Process Along an Intraplate Fault Analogous to the Plate Boundary: A Case Study of the 2017 M 5.2 Akita-Daisen Earthquake, NE Japan (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Influence of crustal lithology and the thermal state on microseismicity in the Wakayama region, southern Honshu, Japan (2021), Earth Planets and Space
  • The 2021 Mw7.0 and Mw6.7 Miyagi-Oki Earthquakes Nucleated in a Deep Seismic/Aseismic Transition Zone: Possible Effects of Transient Instability Due To the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Matsuzawa include Keisuke Yoshida, Tomomi Okada, Shin'ichi Sakai, Naoki Uchida, and Satoshi Hirahara, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

Matsuzawa's work is published predominantly in scientific journals renowned for geophysical and earth sciences research. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Earth Planets and Space
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Scientific Reports
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Disaster Research

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

  • Repeating earthquakes and interplate aseismic slip in the northeastern Japan subduction zone

    Toshihiro Igarashi;Toshihiro Igarashi;Toru Matsuzawa;Akira Hasegawa

  • 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

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

    Toru Matsuzawa;Norihito Umino;Akira Hasegawa;Akio Takagi

  • 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

  • Characteristic small-earthquake sequence off Sanriku, northeastern Honshu, Japan

    Toru Matsuzawa;Toshihiro Igarashi;Toshihiro Igarashi;Akira Hasegawa

  • Interplate quasi-static slip off Sanriku, NE Japan, estimated from repeating earthquakes

    Naoki Uchida;Toru Matsuzawa;Akira Hasegawa;Toshihiro Igarashi

  • Pre- and postseismic slow slip surrounding the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake rupture

    Naoki Uchida;Toru Matsuzawa

  • 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

  • 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

  • MORPHOLOGY OF THE SUBDUCTING SLAB BOUNDARY IN THE NORTHEASTERN JAPAN ARC

    Dapeng Zhao;Toru Matsuzawa;Akira Hasegawa

  • Coupling coefficient, hierarchical structure, and earthquake cycle for the source area of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake inferred from small repeating earthquake data

    Naoki Uchida;Toru Matsuzawa

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

    Norihito Umino;Akira Hasegawa;Toru Matsuzawa

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

    Junichi Nakajima;Toru Matsuzawa;Akira Hasegawa;Dapeng Zhao

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

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

  • Repeating earthquakes and quasi-static slip on the plate boundary east off northern Honshu, Japan

    Toru Matsuzawa;Naoki Uchida;Toshihiro Igarashi;Tomomi Okada

  • Source parameters of a M4.8 and its accompanying repeating earthquakes off Kamaishi, NE Japan: Implications for the hierarchical structure of asperities and earthquake cycle

    Naoki Uchida;Toru Matsuzawa;William L. Ellsworth;Kazutoshi Imanishi

  • Subducting plate boundary beneath the northeastern Japan arc estimated from SP converted waves

    Toru Matsuzawa;Toshio Kono;Akira Hasegawa;Akio Takagi

  • Tomographic imaging of hydrated crust and mantle in the subducting Pacific slab beneath Hokkaido, Japan: Evidence for dehydration embrittlement as a cause of intraslab earthquakes

    Junichi Nakajima;Yusuke Tsuji;Akira Hasegawa;Saeko Kita

  • Pre- and post-seismic slow slip on the plate boundary off Sanriku, NE Japan associated with three interplate earthquakes as estimated from small repeating earthquake data

    Naoki Uchida;Akira Hasegawa;Toru Matsuzawa;Toshihiro Igarashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoki Uchida
Naoki Uchida Tohoku University
Akira Hasegawa
Akira Hasegawa Tohoku University
Tomomi Okada
Tomomi Okada Tohoku University
Junichi Nakajima
Junichi Nakajima Tokyo Institute of Technology
Norihito Umino
Norihito Umino Tohoku University
Ryota Hino
Ryota Hino Tohoku University
Yoshiyuki Kaneda
Yoshiyuki Kaneda Nagoya University
Dapeng Zhao
Dapeng Zhao Tohoku University
Kazushige Obara
Kazushige Obara University of Tokyo
Naoshi Hirata
Naoshi Hirata University of Tokyo

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