Members

Takahiko INOUE  Group Leader

Group Leader Takahiko Inoue

Specialty Marine Geology, Sedimentology Research topic Marine Geology around Japan and coastal areas based on Acoustic profiling Main Field Off Niigata and Off Noto Peninsula

Hajime KATAYAMA  Chief Senior Researcher

Chief Senior Researcher Hajime Katayama

Specialty Marine Geology, Sedimentology Research topic Submarine sedimentary processes around Japan esp. transport and depositional processes of mud Main Field Japan Sea and around Hokkaido

Saiko SUGISAKI  Senior Researcher

Senior Researcher Saiko Sugisaki

Speciality Marine geology, Optically stimulated luminescence, Paleoceanography Research topic Optical dating of marine sediments, sedimentation mechanisms and provenance study Main Field Japan Sea, Okhotsk Sea, Arctic Sea, Antarctic Sea, Lake Suigetsu, Yangtze delta

Ayanori MISAWA  Senior Researcher

Senior Researcher Ayanori Misawa

Speciality Marine Geology Research topic Marine Geological Mapping besed on Seismic survey Marine subsurface structures besed on Seismic survey Main Field Okinawa, Off Sumatra, Sagami Trough, Japan Trench

Saki ISHINO  Researcher  

Researcher Saki Ishino

Speciality Marine Geology, Micropaleontology (Diatom), Paleoceanography, Biostratigraphy Research topic Marine Geological Mapping based on Seismic survey Biostratigraphy and paleoceanography based on diatom assemblage analysis Main Field Okinawa, the Southern Ocean

Jun ARIMOTO  Researcher  

Researcher Jun Arimoto

Speciality Marine geology, Stratigraphy, Micropaleontology (Foraminifera), Paleoceanography Research topic Coastal and offshore marine geological survey around Japanese islands based on acoustic profiling Integrated stratigraphy of Cretaceous to Cenozoic sedimentary strata Biostratigraphy and paleoceanography based on foraminifera Main Field Kiisuido Strait

Yoshiaki SUZUKI  Researcher  

Researcher Yoshiaki Suzuki

Speciality Sedimentology, Paleoclimatology Research topic Marine Geology based on Seismic survey Sedimentation mechanism caused by floods and earthquakes Reconstruction of paleo-hazards Main Field Lake Suigetsu, Beppu Bay

Former Members

• Hiroaki KOGE  (moved to Tectonics and Resources Research Group)
• Takuya ITAKI  (moved to Paleogeodynamics Research Group)
• Atsuko AMANO  (moved to Paleogeodynamics Research Group)
• Tomoyuki SATO  (moved to Paleogeodynamics Research Group)
• Taku AJIOKA
• Seishiro FURUYAMA
• Kohsaku ARAI  (Director of Research Institute of Geology and Geoinformation)
• Tomoya ABE  (moved to Quaternary Basin Research Group)
• Naohisa NISHIDA
• Kenji M. MATSUZAKI
• Ko-ichi NAKAMURA
• Dan MATSUMOTO  (moved to Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center, AIST)