Most of the destructive earthquakes of Japan have occurred beneath the seabed, so that studies of earthquakes which occur beneath the sea floor are essential for earthquake prediction studies of Japan. Not only in areas adjacent to Japan, various geophysical studies have been conducted continuously since 1987 also in the Atlantic area, mainly in Mid-Atlantic Ridges, and Antarctica. In the Laboratory for Subsurface structure is closely related with other laboratories because all the seismological and volcanological researches are based on the studies of subsurface structure. There is a position of an invited professor in the institute. The position is open for foreigners throughout the year.
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