高知研究集会EN - 超深度海溝掘削

Conference outline

The Mw9.0 earthquake and its accompanying tsunami on March 11 devastated a large area along the Pacific coast of NE Japan, killing at least 15,600 people and leaving about 5,000 people still missing. Such great earthquakes along subduction zones and their accompanying tsunamis have caused severe damage in the past. Scientists have worked hard to understand earthquakes and related phenomena along subduction zones, mostly based on seismic and geodetic observations. In addition to these remote monitoring studies, drilling into and directly sampling earthquake faults at depths, analyses and experiments of sampled fault materials, and borehole measurements at depths have recently been challenged. For example, the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) project successfully sampled fault rocks from its creeping section at depths of ≈2700 m in 2007. In case of subduction zones, the IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) targets sampling seismogenic faults along the Nankai Trough by the drilling vessel “Chikyu” in a few years. With analyses and experiments of sampled fault materials, and borehole measurements at depths, NanTroSEIZE would significantly improve our understanding of earthquake processes along subduction zones.

Supported by a MEXT grant, we will hold an international conference in Kochi by which we aim to explore a new perspective of great earthquakes along subduction zones including the Nankai Trough, by integrating recent results of paleoseismological surveys, variable observations, laboratory experiments, material analyses, and numerical modeling on pre- and co-seismic processes, seismic links, and the recurrence. We have four reasons to choose Kochi as the conference venue. First, it is close to the focus of a future Nankai Earthquake. Second, it is also close to the exhumed ancient subduction zones, i.e. Sambagawa and Shimanto belts, where we will go for a field trip. Third, JAMSTEC Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research stores core samples taken during the NantroSEIZE expeditions. Finally and very importantly, you can enjoy good food and sake in Kochi. We limit talks at this conference to those by the following 25 invited speakers in order to leave enough time for discussions, but instead we encourage all participants to present posters for which we will allocate enough time and space.

Juichiro Ashi @University of Tokyo
Emily Brodsky @University of California at Santa Cruz
Giulio Di Toro @Università di Padova
Eric Dunham @Stanford University
Takashi Furumura @University of Tokyo
Chris Goldfinger @Oregon State University
Jean-Pierre Gratier @Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble
Pierre Henry @Collège de France
Ryota Hino @Tohoku University
Steve Hickman @U.S. Geological Survey
Satoshi Ide @University of Tokyo
Kyuichi Kanagawa @Chiba University
Gaku Kimura @University of Tokyo
Masataka Kinoshita @JAMSTEC
Shuichi Kodaira @JAMSTEC
Casey Moore @Uiversity of California at Santa Cruz
Greg Moore @University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jin-Oh Park @University of Tokyo
Demian Saffer @Pennsylvania State University
David Shelly @U.S. Geological Survey
Rick Sibson @University of Otago
Chris Spiers @Utrecht University
Mike Underwood @University of Missouri
Laura Wallace @GNS Science
Teng-fong Wong @State University of New York at Stony Brook

Registration

Send an e-mail including the following information to <nantro-kaken-info@jamstec.go.jp> by November 30, 2011.
Name
Affiliation
E-mail address
Ice breaker party on February 28 (¥2,000): Yes/No
Conference dinner on February 29 (¥4,000): Yes/No
Field trip to the Sambagawa and Shimanto belts on March 1-2 (Free): Yes/No

Abstract submission

Attach a MS Word file to the registration e-mail above. Please follow the guidelines below. Note that all presentations other than those by invited speakers will be posters.
Title of the abstract
Author One*1, Author Two2 and Author Three3
1 First author affiliation and address
2 Second author affiliation and address
3 Third author affiliation and address
* Presenting author's e-mail address: author.one@nowhere.jp
Main text. One page maximum. Top and bottom margins should be 2.5 cm, while left and right margins should be 3 cm. One figure or table can be placed if necessary.

Special issue publication

We are planning to publish a special issue in Tectonophysics, and encourage all participants to submit their manuscripts to the special issue. Detail information will be announced later.

How to get to Kochi

Arriving at Kochi Airport is not straightforward. If you arrive at Narita Airport, take a train or a bus to Haneda Airport, then fly to Kochi Airport. It would be much easier if you find a flight arriving at Haneda Airport. If you arrive at Kansai Airport, take a train or a bus to Osaka Airport, then fly to Kochi Airport. From Kochi Airport, take a bus to downtown Kochi. It costs ¥700, and will take ≈40 minutes from Kochi Airport to downtown Kochi.

Hotel accommodation

Use those internet sites below for booking a hotel room in downtown Kochi. Note that participants of the field trip should book a hotel room including the night of March 1, because we will go back to downtown Kochi for staying that night.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g298234-Kochi_Kochi_Prefecture_Shikoku-Hotels.html
http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Kochi_Japan.htm
http://www.jalan.net/en/japan_hotels_ryokan/?vos=evpajgl0013x0000740
http://travel.rakuten.com

We look forward to seeing many of you in Kochi at the end of next February!

Organizing Committee

Juichiro Ashi @University of Tokyo
Takashi Furumura @University of Tokyo
Satosi Ide @University of Tokyo
Kyuichi Kanagawa @Chiba University
Gaku Kimura @University of Tokyo
Masataka Kinoshita @JAMSTEC
Makoto Okamura @Kochi University
Jin-Oh Park @University of Tokyo
Saneatsu Saito @JAMSTEC