Earthquake prediction and geothermal and hydrocarbon reservoir characterization. Seismic monitoring operations and hazard assessments. Research into wave propagation in cracked and anisotropic solids. Earthquake prediction and geothermal and hydrocarbon reservoir characterization. Partly in Japanese.
Research fields are tectonic, petrological and paleomagnetic studies of the ocean floor.
Main observational methods are bathymetric swath mapping, geomagnetic survey, rock sampling, ocean drilling, and sea floor observations using submersibles. Research Cruise Report, Research vessels. Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo. Partly in Japanese. Seismic monitoring operations and hazard assessments.