YOSHIZAWA Kazunori
Professor
Looking into the Earth using seismic signals
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Earth and Planetary Dynamics
| Theme | Development and application of seismic data analysis and geophysical inversion techniques for 3-D seismic imaging of the Earth's interior |
| Field | Global Seismology, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors |
| Keyword | Earthquakes, Internal structure of the Earth, Seismic Tomography, Seismic Waves, Heterogeneity, Anisotropy, Suface waves, Upper Mantle, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere |
Representative Achievements
Tarumi, K. and Yoshizawa, K. (2023). Eruption sequence of the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai explosion from back-projection of teleseismic P waves, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 602, 117966.
Yoshida, M., and Yoshizawa, K. (2021). Continental Drift with Deep Cratonic Roots, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 49(1), 117－139.
Yoshizawa, K., and B. L. N. Kennett (2015), The lithosphere‐asthenosphere transition and radial anisotropy beneath the Australian continent, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42(10), 3839–3846.
Yoshizawa, K. (2014), Radially anisotropic 3-D shear wave structure of the Australian lithosphere and asthenosphere from multi-mode surface waves, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 235, 33–48.
Yoshizawa, K., and G. Ekström (2010), Automated multimode phase speed measurements for high-resolution regional-scale tomography: application to North America, Geophys. J. Int., 183(3), 1538–1558.
| Academic degree | Ph.D. |
| Academic background | 1998 M.Sc., Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University 2002 Ph.D., Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University 2002-2007 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University 2007-2023 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University 2008−2010 Visiting Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University 2012-2013, 2015-2016 Visiting Associate Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo 2023-present Professor, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University |
| Affiliated academic society | Seismological Society of Japan, Japan Geosciences Union, American Geophysical Union, Seismological Society of America, Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
| Room address | Science Building #8 8-310 |
