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"Research Center for Global Environmental Change by Earth Drilling Sciences"
(April 2010 - March 2016) |
April 21, 2010 : Kick-off symposium
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This project aims to establish a "research center" in Kochi University. The main research theme of the center is to investigate changes in the Earth's environmental system, particular keywords of which are (1) earth environmental changes, (2) seismogenic zone and (3) submarine resources.
Our goal is:
(A) To establish the "research center" for investigating changes in the Earth's environmental system based on earth drilling sciences and field survey.
(B) To establish the `research and education center' for earth drilling sciences and submarine resources sciences.
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The CMCR is one of the three main IODP core repositories in the world and has state-of-the-art instruments for high precision analyses. With benefit of these facilities, the project will aim to tackle three key research subjects in earth drilling sciences. Members of the groups are not only from the CMCR but also from other faculties in Kochi University.
(1) Environmental Change Research Group
+ Cenozoic climate evolution in the polar oceans
+ Interactions between the Kuroshio and Asian monsoon
+ Long-term changes in geomagnetic field intensity during Cenozoic
(2) Seismogenic Zone Research Group
+ Physical properties, deformation structures and rock-fluid interactions
in the seismogenic zone of Nankai Trough
+ Material cycles using radio isotopic tracers
+ Investigation of modern and ancient cold-seep communities
(3) Submarine Resources Research Group
+ Processes and environments of marine mineral deposits
+ Search for deep-sea hydrothermal vent
+ Atomic-level study on the behavior of gas hydrate systems
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Member (as of April 2010) |
| Name |
Affilliation |
Status |
Specialization |
Role |
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IKEHARA, Minoru |
CMCR |
Associate Prof. |
Paleoceanography |
Project Leader
Group Leader |
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IWAI, Masao |
Faculty of Science |
Associate Prof. |
Micropaleontology |
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TANAKA, Hidefumi |
Faculty of Education |
Professor |
Paleomagnetism |
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YAMAMOTO, Yuhji |
CMCR |
Assistant Prof. |
Paleomagnetism |
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KATSUKI, Kota |
CMCR |
Postdoc fellow |
Micropaleontology |
Associate
member |
| Group (2) |
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MURAYAMA, Masafumi |
CMCR |
Associate Prof. |
Isotope geochemistry |
Group Leader |
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KONDO, Yasuo |
Faculty of Science |
Professor |
Paleontology |
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HASHIMOTO, Yoshitaka |
Faculty of Science |
Associate Prof. |
Structural geology |
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YAMAGUCHI, Asuka |
CMCR |
Postdoc fellow |
Structural geology |
Associate
member |
| Group (3) |
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OKAMURA, Kei |
CMCR |
Associate Prof. |
Analytical geochemistry |
Group Leader |
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USUI, Akira |
Faculty of Science |
Professor |
Submarine resource geology |
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KODAMA, Kazuto |
CMCR |
Professor |
Rock magnetism |
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AKAMATSU, Tadashi |
Faculty of Education |
Associate Prof. |
Applied infomatics |
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ABRAJEVITCH,
Alexandra |
CMCR |
Postdoc fellow |
Rock magnetism |
Associate
member |
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