Tomoeki Nakakuki

Last Updated :2024/04/18

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor (Special Recognition)
Web Site
https://geophys.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/nakakuki/english/Welcome.html
E-mail
nakakukihiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Science, The University of Tokyo
  • Master of Science, Chiba University

Research Fields

  • Mathematical and physical sciences;Earth and planetary science;Solid earth and planetary physics

Research Keywords

  • plate tectonics
  • mantle convection
  • Subduction zone
  • numerical simulation
  • mantle transition zone

Affiliated Academic Societies

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Practice of Earth and Planetary Systems Science B (Experimental Study)
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Mathematical and numerical methods in the physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors A
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Mathematical and numerical methods in the physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors B
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors II
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Survey of Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Geodynamics
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Exercise for Globalization I
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Exercise for Globalization II
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Integrated Seminar on Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Midterm Exercise for Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. The role of history-dependent rheology in plate boundary lubrication for generating one-sided subduction, PURE AND APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, 164(5), 879-907, 200705
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  2. ★, Generation and driving forces of plate-like motion and asymmetric subduction in dynamical models of an integrated mantle-litho sphere system, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 166(3-4), 128-146, 200802
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  3. Effects on the long-wavelength geoid anomaly of lateral viscosity variations caused by stiff subducting slabs, weak plate margins and lower mantle rheology, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 172(3-4), 278-288, 200902
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  4. ★, Dynamical mechanisms controlling formation and avalanche of a stagnant slab, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 183(1-2), 309-320, 201011
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  5. Dynamical modeling of trench retreat driven by the slab interaction with the mantle transition zone, Earth, Planets and Space, 59, 65-74, 20070321
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  6. ★, Interaction of the upwelling plume with the phase and the chemical boundaries at the 670km discontinuity; Effects of the temperature-dependent viscosity, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 121, 369-384, 19940401
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  7. Interaction of the upwelling plume with the phase and the chemical boundaries (2); Effects of the pressure-dependent viscosity, Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectrolicity, 46, 587-602, 19940401
  8. Stress fields in slabs penetrating into the lower mantle, and rheology and composition of the lower mantle, Proceedings of Japan Academy, 70 Ser. B, 19-24, 19940401
  9. The interaction of plumes with the transition zone under continents and oceans, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 146, 379-391, 19970401
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  10. Mantle viscosity derived by genetic algorithm using oceanic geoid and seismic tomography for whole-mantle versus blocked-flow situations,, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 146(107), 307-326, 19980401
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  11. A simple model of mantle convection including a past history of yielding, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 27(10), 1559-1562, 20000515
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  12. Possible existence of small-scale convection under the back arc, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 29(21), 20021101
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  13. Deformation of a partially molten D '' layer by small-scale convection and the resulting seismic anisotropy and ultralow velocity zone, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 153(1-3), 32-48, 20051130
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  14. ★, Stagnant Slab: A Review, ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, 37, 19-46, 2009
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  15. Uranium-236 as a new oceanic tracer: A first depth profile in the Japan Sea and comparison with caesium-137, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 333, 165-170, 20120601
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  16. ★, Dynamics of slab rollback and induced back-arc basin formation, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 361, 287-297, 20130101
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  17. Rheological decoupling at the Moho and implication to Venusian tectonics, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 4, 20140318
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  18. Interconnection of ferro-periclase controls subducted slab morphology at the top of the lower mantle, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 403, 352-357, 20141001
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  19. Water circulation and global mantle dynamics: Insight from numerical modeling, GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, 16(5), 1449-1464, 201505
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  20. Temporal and vertical distributions of anthropogenic U-236 in the Japan Sea using a coral core and seawater samples, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 121(1), 4-13, 201601
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  21. ★, Effects of water transportation on subduction dynamics: Roles of viscosity and density reduction, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 454, 178-191, 20161115
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  22. Roles of Hydrous Lithospheric Mantle in Deep Water Transportation and Subduction Dynamics, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 45(11), 5336-5343, 20180616
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  23. Fluid processes in subduction zones and water transport to the deep mantle, Physics and Chemistry of the Deep Earth, 372-392, 20130424
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  24. Dynamics in the Uppermost Lower Mantle: Insights into the Deep Mantle Water Cycle Based on the Numerical Modeling of Subducted Slabs and Global-Scale Mantle Dynamics, ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, VOL 47, 47, 41-+, 2019
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  25. Mechanical coupling of the motion of the surface plate and the lower mantle slab: Effects of viscosity hill, yield strength, and depth-dependent thermal expansivity, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 294, 201909
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Water effects on the dynamics of subducted slabs, T. Nakakuki, H. Iwamori, Geofluid III, 2012/03/12, With Invitation, English