What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Astronomy
- Seismology
- Plate tectonics
His scientific interests lie mostly in Seismology, Seismic wave, Geology of the Moon, Meteoroid and Crust.
His Seismology research integrates issues from Background noise and Geophysics.
His Seismic wave research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Astrobiology, Lunar mare, Longitudinal wave and Mantle.
The various areas that Yosio Nakamura examines in his Geology of the Moon study include Planetary science, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere and Seismogram.
Yosio Nakamura performs multidisciplinary study on Meteoroid and Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package in his works.
His Crust study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Subduction and Forearc.
His most cited work include:
- Size and morphology of the Chicxulub impact crater (201 citations)
- Crustal Architecture of the Cascadia Forearc (162 citations)
- Seismic velocity structure of the lunar mantle (156 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Seismology, Geophysics, Seismic wave, Geology of the Moon and Crust.
Much of his study explores Seismology relationship to Mars Exploration Program.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Transient lunar phenomenon, Lunar science and Geodesy.
In his work, Hypervelocity and Meteorite is strongly intertwined with Meteoroid, which is a subfield of Seismic wave.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Planetary science and Asthenosphere in addition to Geology of the Moon.
His work investigates the relationship between Crust and topics such as Mantle that intersect with problems in Shear waves.
He most often published in these fields:
- Seismology (45.00%)
- Geophysics (26.25%)
- Seismic wave (18.13%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?
- Heat flow (6.87%)
- Seismology (45.00%)
- Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (10.63%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Yosio Nakamura mostly deals with Heat flow, Seismology, Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, Metadata and Astrobiology.
His Seismology research incorporates elements of Planetary science, Crust and Mars Exploration Program.
The Crust study combines topics in areas such as Lunar magma ocean, Tectonics and Mantle.
His Mars Exploration Program study incorporates themes from Extraterrestrial life and Seismometer.
His Passive seismic study combines topics in areas such as Coda and Meteoroid.
His Shear waves research focuses on Geophysics and how it relates to Solar System.
Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- The shallow elastic structure of the lunar crust: New insights from seismic wavefield gradient analysis (20 citations)
- Viking-2 Seismometer Measurements on Mars: PDS Data Archive and Meteorological Applications (17 citations)
- Lunar Seismology: An Update on Interior Structure Models (9 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Astronomy
- Optics
- Plate tectonics
Yosio Nakamura focuses on Geophysics, Seismology, Seismometer, Mars Exploration Program and Planetary science.
His work in the fields of Geophysics, such as Crust, intersects with other areas such as Gradient analysis.
His studies in Crust integrate themes in fields like Shear waves, Seismic anisotropy and Seismogram.
The concepts of his Seismology study are interwoven with issues in Spacecraft and Space Science.
His work deals with themes such as Lunar magma ocean, Solar System, Tectonics and Mantle, which intersect with Seismometer.
Yosio Nakamura has researched Mars Exploration Program in several fields, including Passive seismic, Coda and Meteoroid.
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