TAKAAKI KAWAZOE

Last Updated :2024/04/03

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
Web Site
E-mail
kawazoehiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-7463 FAX : (+81)82-424-0735
Self-introduction
I have studied structure and dynamics in the Earth and planetary interiors by high-pressure and high-temperature experiments and sample analyses.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2020/04, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
  • 2017/10, 2020/03, Hiroshima University, Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Assistant Professor
  • 2013/02, 2017/09, University of Bayreuth, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit)
  • 2011/05, 2013/01, Ehime University, Geodynamics Research Center, Global COE Research Fellow
  • 2008/11, 2011/04, Ehime University, Geodynamics Research Center, Global COE Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2008/08, 2008/10, Ehime University, Geodynamics Research Center, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2006/03, 2008/07, Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Postdoctoral Associate

Educational Backgrounds

  • Tohoku University, Graduate School of Science, Department of Earth Sciences, Japan, 2001/04, 2006/03
  • Tohoku University, Faculty of Science, Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Japan, 1997/04, 2001/03

Academic Degrees

  • TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Science : Earth and Planetary Systems Science : Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Earth and Planetary Systems Science Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Earth and Planetary Systems Science Program

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

  • Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Research Fields

  • Mathematical and physical sciences;Earth and planetary science;Petrology / Mineralogy / Economic geology

Research Keywords

  • Earth's interior, Mantle, Core, Subducted slab, Deep magma
  • Mineralogy, Olivine, Wadsleyite, Ringwoodite, Bridgmanite, Metallic iron
  • Rheology, Viscosity, Crystallographic preferred orientation, Seismic anisotropy, Dislocation, Single crystal, Fe3+, melting
  • High-pressure high-temperature (deformation) experiment, Multi-anvil apparatus, Synchrotron X-ray

Affiliated Academic Societies

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Year, Advanced Seminar(Earth science field trip - let's observe the earth in the field)
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Practice of Earth and Planetary Systems Science B (Experimental Study)
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Solid Geochemistry II
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Basics of Earth and Planetary Materials Science
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Field Excursion for Earth Science A
  8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Practice for Earth and Planetary Materials Science I
  9. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors B
  10. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Experiments in General Geology A
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Survey of Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Geodynamics
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Deep Earth Materials Science
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Lecture on Earth and Planetary Systems Science B
  15. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Exercise for Globalization I
  16. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Exercise for Globalization II
  17. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Integrated Seminar on Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  18. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Midterm Exercise for Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  19. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Exercise for Earth and Planetary Systems Science A
  20. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Exercise for Earth and Planetary Systems Science B
  21. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study for Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  22. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study for Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Twinning in hydrous wadsleyite: symmetry relations, origin, and consequences, American Mineralogist, 2023
  2. Small effect of water incorporation on dislocation mobility in olivine: Negligible creep enhancement and water-induced fabric transition in the asthenosphere, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 579, 117360, 20220201
  3. ★, Creep strength of ringwoodite measured at pressure–temperature conditions of the lower part of the mantle transition zone using a deformation–DIA apparatus, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 454, 10-19, 20161115
  4. ★, Coupled substitution of Fe3+ and H+ for Si in wadsleyite: A study by polarized infrared and Mössbauer spectroscopies and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 101(5), 1236-1239, 20160501
  5. ★, Synthesis of large wadsleyite single crystals by solid-state recrystallization, American Mineralogist, 100(10), 2336-2339, 20150101
  6. Superplasticity in hydrous melt-bearing dunite: Implications for shear localization in Earth's upper mantle, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 335, 59-71, 2012
  7. ★, Shear deformation of dry polycrystalline olivine under deep upper mantle conditions using a rotational Drickamer apparatus (RDA), Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 174(1-4), 128-137, 20090501
  8. ★, Recent advances in deep mantle rheology, Review of High Pressure Science and Technology/Koatsuryoku No Kagaku To Gijutsu, 24(2), 88-99, 20140101
  9. ★, Single crystal synthesis of δ-(Al,Fe)OOH, American Mineralogist, 102(9), 1953-1956, 20170901
  10. Absence of density crossover between basalt and peridotite in the cold slabs passing through 660 km discontinuity, Geophysical Research Letters, 31(24), 1-5, 20041228
  11. ★, Reaction between liquid iron and (Mg,Fe)SiO3-perovskite and solubilities of Si and O in molten iron at 27 GPa, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33(3), 227-234, 20060501
  12. Plastic deformation of wadsleyite and olivine at high-pressure and high-temperature using a rotational Drickamer apparatus (RDA), Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 170(3-4), 156-169, 20081101
  13. ★, Pressure generation to 25GPa using a cubic anvil apparatus with a multi-anvil 6-6 assembly, High Pressure Research, 30(1), 167-174, 20100301
  14. ★, Shear deformation of polycrystalline wadsleyite up to 2100 K at 14-17 GPa using a rotational Drickamer apparatus (RDA), Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 115(8), 20100801
  15. ★, Deformation experiment at P-T conditions of the mantle transition zone using D-DIA apparatus, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 183(1-2), 190-195, 20101101
  16. Stress relaxation experiments of olivine under conditions of subducted slab in Earth's deep upper mantle, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 183(1-2), 164-174, 20101101
  17. ★, Preliminary deformation experiment of ringwoodite at 20 GPa and 1 700 K using a D-DIA apparatus, Journal of Earth Science, 21(5), 517-522, 20101001
  18. Technical development of simple shear deformation experiments using a deformation-DIA apparatus, Journal of Earth Science, 21(5), 523-531, 20101001
  19. High pressure and temperature fabric transitions in olivine and variations in upper mantle seismic anisotropy, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 304(1-2), 55-63, 20110401
  20. ★, In situ stress-strain measurements in a deformation-DIA apparatus at P-T conditions of the upper part of the mantle transition zone, American Mineralogist, 96(11-12), 1665-1672, 20111101
  21. Change of olivine a-axis alignment induced by water: Origin of seismic anisotropy in subduction zones, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 317-318, 111-119, 20120201
  22. ★, A miniature cubic anvil apparatus for optical measurement under high pressure, Review of Scientific Instruments, 83(3), 20120301
  23. High pressure synthesis at 10GPa and 1400K using a small cubic anvil apparatus with a multi-anvil 6-6 system, High Pressure Research, 32(3), 347-353, 20120901
  24. ★, Seismic anisotropy in the mantle transition zone induced by shear deformation of wadsleyite, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 216, 91-98, 20130301
  25. Rheology of fine-grained forsterite aggregate at deep upper mantle conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(1), 253-273, 20140101
  26. Crystallographic preferred orientation of wadsleyite and ringwoodite: Effects of phase transformation and water on seismic anisotropy in the mantle transition zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 397, 133-144, 20140701
  27. In situ observation of crystallographic preferred orientation of deforming olivine at high pressure and high temperature, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 243, 1-21, 20150601
  28. Dislocation microstructures in simple-shear-deformed wadsleyite at transition-zone conditions: Weak-beam dark-field TEM characterization of dislocations on the (010) plane, American Mineralogist, 100(11-12), 2749-2752, 20151101
  29. Generation of pressures over 40 GPa using Kawai-type multi-anvil press with tungsten carbide anvils, Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(2), 20160201
  30. Temperature dependence of [100](010) and [001](010) dislocation mobility in natural olivine, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 441, 81-90, 20160501
  31. Transition metals in the transition zone: Crystal chemistry of minor element substitution in wadsleyite, American Mineralogist, 101(10), 2322-2330, 20161001
  32. Identical activation volumes of dislocation mobility in the [100](010) and [001](010) slip systems in natural olivine, Geophysical Research Letters, 44(6), 2687-2692, 20170328
  33. High-pressure, high-temperature deformation of dunite, eclogite, clinopyroxenite and garnetite using in situ X-ray diffraction, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 473, 291-302, 20170901
  34. Flow behavior and microstructures of hydrous olivine aggregates at upper mantle pressures and temperatures, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 172(8), 20170801
  35. Dislocation-accommodated grain boundary sliding as the major deformation mechanism of olivine in the Earth’s upper mantle, Science Advances, 1(9), 20150101
  36. Synthesis and crystal structure of LiNbO3-type Mg3Al2Si3O12: A possible indicator of shock conditions of meteorites, American Mineralogist, 102(9), 1947-1952, 20170901
  37. Pressure generation to 65 GPa in a Kawai-type multi-anvil apparatus with tungsten carbide anvils, High Pressure Research, 37(4), 507-515, 20171002
  38. The equation of state of wadsleyite solid solutions: Constraining the effects of anisotropy and crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 102(12), 2494-2504, 20171220
  39. Deformation-induced crystallographic-preferred orientation of hcp-iron: An experimental study using a deformation-DIA apparatus, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 490, 151-160, 20180515
  40. Complete agreement of the post-spinel transition with the 660-km seismic discontinuity, Scientific Reports, 8(1), 20180420
  41. Application of scanning precession electron diffraction in the transmission electron microscope to the characterization of deformation in wadsleyite and ringwoodite, Minerals, 8(4), 20180401
  42. High-pressure single-crystal elasticity of wadsleyite and the seismic signature of water in the shallow transition zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 498, 77-87, 20180915
  43. Seismically invisible water in Earth's transition zone?, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 498, 9-16, 20180915
  44. Correction to: Transition metals in the transition zone: partitioning of Ni, Co, and Zn between olivine, wadsleyite, ringwoodite, and clinoenstatite (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, (2018), 173, 7, (52), 10.1007/s00410-018-1478-x), Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 173(7), 20180701
  45. Transition metals in the transition zone: partitioning of Ni, Co, and Zn between olivine, wadsleyite, ringwoodite, and clinoenstatite, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 173(7), 20180701
  46. Phase relations in the system Fe–Ni–Si to 200 GPa and 3900 K and implications for Earth's core, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 512, 83-88, 20190415
  47. Activation of [100](001) slip system by water incorporation in olivine and the cause of seismic anisotropy decrease with depth in the asthenosphere, American Mineralogist, 104(1), 47-52, 20190101
  48. Hydrous magnesium-rich magma genesis at the top of the lower mantle, Scientific Reports, 9(1), 20191201
  49. Compressional behavior and spin state of delta-(Al,Fe)OOH at high pressures, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 104(9), 1273-1284, 20190901
  50. Single-crystal elasticity of iron-bearing phase E and seismic detection of water in Earth's upper mantle, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 104(10), 1526-1529, 20191001
  51. Stability, composition, and crystal structure of Fe-bearing Phase E in the transition zone, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 104(11), 1620-1624, 20191101
  52. Sharp 660-km discontinuity controlled by extremely narrow binary post-spinel transition, NATURE GEOSCIENCE, 12(10), 869-+, 201910
  53. Structural study of delta-AlOOH up to 29 GPa, Minerals, 10(12), 1-10, 20201201
  54. Pressure effect on isotope fractionation factor, Review of High Pressure Science and Technology/Koatsuryoku No Kagaku To Gijutsu, 30(2), 85-94, 20200101

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. High-pressure synthesis of deep Earth materials to 28 GPa at high temperature using a Kawai-type multi-anvil apparatus, T. Kawazoe, K. Yamaguchi, M. Noda, and T. Inoue, 32nd Annual Meeting of MRS-J, 2022/12/05, With Invitation, Japanese, MRS-J, Yokohama
  2. Tracing water in the transition zone: from wadsleyite single-crystal elasticity to seismic observables, J. Buchen et al., European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, 2018/04, With Invitation, English
  3. Sound velocity and elasticity of δ-(Al, Fe)OOH to lower mantle pressures, I. Ohira, J.M. Jackson, W. Sturhahn, G.J. Finkelstein, S. Kamada, T. Kawazoe, F. Maeda, N. Hirao, S. Nakano, A. Suzuki, and E. Ohtani, 55th European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG) meeting, 2017/09, With Invitation, English
  4. Is water seismically invisible in Earth’s transition zone?, H. Marquardt, K. Schulze, A. Kurnosov, T. Boffa Ballaran, T. Kawazoe, and M. Koch-Mueller, 27th Goldschmidt conference 2017, 2017/08, With Invitation, English
  5. Understanding the Earth's mantle through advanced elasticity measurements, H. Marquardt, K. Schulze, A. Kurnosov, J. Buchen, D. Frost, T. Boffa Ballaran, K. Marquardt, and T. Kawazoe, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, 2017/04, With Invitation, English
  6. Advantages of large multi-anvil presses in BGI and GRC, T. Kawazoe, CETUS Working Group: Rise of the HERATICs working group meeing, 2017/01, With Invitation, English
  7. Constraints on Earth's deep volatile cycles from elasticity measurements on mantle minerals, H. Marquardt, A. Kurnosov, T. Boffa Ballaran, D. Frost, T. Kawazoe, J. Buchen, and K. Schulze, International Workshop:New Challenges in Volatile Cycling in the Deep Earth, 2016/07, With Invitation, English
  8. In situ observation of crystallographic preferred orientation of deforming olivine at high pressure and high temperature, T. Ohuchi, Y. Nishihara, Y. Seto, T. Kawazoe, M. Nishi, G. Maruyama, M. Hashimoto, Y. Higo, K. Funakoshi, A. Suzuki, T. Kikegawa, and T. Irifune, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2015, 2015/12, With Invitation, English
  9. In situ deformation of eclogite at high pressure and temperature, R. Farla, A. Rosenthal, S. Petitgirard, C. Bollinger, T. Kawazoe, and D. Frost, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015, 2015/05, With Invitation, English
  10. In situ creep strength measurement on ringwoodite up to 1700 K at 17-18 GPa using a deformation-DIA apparatus, T. Kawazoe, Y. Nishihara, T. Ohuchi, G. Maruyama, Y. Higo, K. Funakoshi, and T. Irifune, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015, 2015/05, With Invitation, English
  11. In situ stress-strain measurements in a deformation-DIA apparatus at P-T conditions of the upper part of the mantle transition zone, T. Kawazoe, Y. Nishihara, T. Ohuchi, M. Nishi, N. Nishiyama, Y. Higo, K. Funakoshi, and T. Irifune, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2011,, 2011/12, With Invitation, English
  12. Deformation experiments of wadsleyite and ringwoodite at P-T conditions of mantle transition zone using D-DIA apparatus, T. Kawazoe, N. Nishiyama, Y. Nishihara, T. Ohuchi, and T. Irifune, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2010, 2010/05, With Invitation, Japanese
  13. Recent progress in the experimental studies on plastic deformation under high-pressures and temperatures, S. Karato, and T. Kawazoe, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2010, 2008/05, With Invitation, Japanese
  14. Deformation of dry olivine up to 11 GPa and 2100 K using a rotational Drickamer apparatus, T. Kawazoe, K. Otsuka, D. Tinker, S. Karato, Y. Nishihara, Z. Jing, and M. Mookherjee, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2007, 2007/12, With Invitation, English
  15. Metal-silicate fractionation in the deep magma ocean and light elements in the core, E. Ohtani, T. Sakai, T. Kawazoe, and T. Kondo, 16th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2006, 2006/08, With Invitation, English
  16. Reaction and separation of metal and silicate in the early Earth, E. Ohtani, T. Kawazoe, Y. Kanbe, and K. Heshiki, 13th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2003, 2003/09, With Invitation, English

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. 2020/04, 2023/09
  2. 2020/05