Yasuhiro Kumahara

Last Updated :2025/04/18

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
E-mail
kumakumahiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Letters, Hiroshima University
  • Master of Arts, Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Complex systems;Geography;Geography

Research Keywords

  • fieldwork
  • active fault
  • Himalayas

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Regional Geography of Japan
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Educational Methods/ Teaching Skills and Information Literacy Education
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Introduction to Geography II
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Physical Geography
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Training in Physical Geography
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Regional Geography of the World
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Methods of Regional Research II
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Seminar of Geography
  11. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Seminar for the Teaching Profession
  12. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study in Social Studies Education (Social Studies, Geography and History) A
  13. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study in Social Studies Education (Social Studies, Geography and History) A
  14. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Basic Course in Teaching Material Design for Environment and Society (Social Studies, Geography and History)
  15. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced Course in Teaching Material Design for Environment and Society (Social Studies, Geography and history)
  16. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Study
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Study
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Educational Technology

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Development of Middle Pleistocene Terraces in western Shikoku, Southwestern Japan., 55, 104-105, 199903
  2. Surface trace of the Chojagahara fault and its latest faulting event in Kannabe plain, eastern Hiroshima Prefecture, 20040327
  3. Stratigraphy and Chronology of the Lower-Middle Pleistocene in the Ozu and Uchiko Basins, The Quaternary research, 45(6), 463-477, 20061201
  4. Aftermath of tsunami triggered by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, The Quat. Res., 50(3), 149-152, 20110601
  5. Recognition of Active Faults Generating the 2005 Pakistan Earthquake Based on Interpretation of the CORONA Satellite Photographs, E-journal GEO, 2(2), 72-85, 2007
  6. The Geomorphic Features of the Plain Areas along the Historical Highways: A Case Study of the Nakasendo Highway in Japan's Kanto Plain., E-journal GEO, 5(1), 15-34, 2010
  7. The active fault related to the 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in Japan:Preliminary report of the earthquake fault in Genbi-cho, Ichinoseki city, Active Fault Research, 2008(29), 25-34, 2008
  8. Special Session:What Geomorphologists Clarified Regarding the 2005 Pakistan Earthquake, Geographical review of Japan series A, 79(12), 757-760, 2006
  9. Holocene Faulting of the Shigenobu Fault, the Median Tectonic Line Active Fault System, West Shikoku, Japan, Geographical review of Japan, Series B., 72(4), 267-279, 1999
  10. Holocene Faulting of the Shigenobu Fault, the Median Tectonic Line Active Fault System, West Shikoku, Japan, Geographical review of Japan, Series B., 72(4), 267-279, 19990401
  11. Latest events of the active faults in southeasten Napal, 55, 336-337, 199903
  12. Holocene surface faultings along the Median Tectonic Line in the central part of Shikoku, 52, 212-213, 199710
  13. Near-surface features and slip rates of the kamishiro active fault, Nagano Prefecture, JAPAN, 54, 140-141, 199809
  14. Construction of Quaternary Marine Terrace Atlas, 57, 450-451, 2000
  15. Identification of the Kuju-Daiichi Tephra Layer, and the Age of the Late Pleistocene Fluvial Terrace along the Matsuda River in Southwestern Shikoku, Japan, The Quat. Res., 41(3), 213-219, 20020601
  16. Fault morphology of the Sagaing fault, central Myanmar, 61, 254-254, 20020301
  17. Fluvial Terrace Development and Crustal Movement along the Souzu and Matsuda Rivers, Southwestern Shikoku, Japan, Geographical review of Japan. Ser.A, 75(9), 553-570, 200209
  18. Reexamination of Active Faults based on the Package Active Fault Model, 20040327
  19. Regional Difference of Active Faulting along the Himalayan Front and Its Origin, Geographical sciences, 60(3), 206-212, 20050728
  20. Application of the CORONA Satellite Photography to Geomorphological Studies in Developing Regions, Annual report of Research Center for Regional Geography, 9, 129-155, 200003
  21. Detailed mapping on active fault in developing region and its significance : A case study of Nepal, Annual report of Research Center for Regional Geography, 14, 113-126, 20050331
  22. A case of geographical curriculum for elementary school education in Faculty of Education, Gunma University, Research in educational practice and development, Gunma University, 13-22, 201003
  23. Fault-related Features and Restoration of Fault Slips revealed by Airborne Laser Imagery along the Senya Fault and Adera Fault, Active Fault Research, 2008(29), 1-13, 2008
  24. Geomorphic evidence for Chojagahara and Yoshii faults and the timing of their latest seismic event, Active Fault Research, 2004(24), 175-184, 2004
  25. "Morphometric Unit Model"of active faults for packaging faults into individual seismogenic faults, Active Fault Research, 2004(24), 39-48, 2004
  26. Significance and Background of Mapping the Area Hit by the Tsunami on March 11, 2011, Northeast Japan, E-journal GEO, 7(2), 214-224, 2012
  27. Fluvial Terrace Development and Crustal Movement along the Souzu and Matsuda Rivers, Southwestern Shikoku, Japan, Geographical review of Japan series A, 75(9), 553-570, 2002
  28. Active faulting across the Himalaya and its significance in the collision tectonics, Active Fault Research, 2002(22), 7-16, 2002
  29. Mapping active faults by using small unmanned aerial vehicle and structure from motion software::A case study on Midori fault scarp formed by the 1891 Nobi earthquake, AFR, 2014(40), 35-42, 2014
  30. A physical geography curriculum related to a historical road : A case study of the Nakasendo highway in the Kanto Plain, 0(3), 31-44, 2011
  31. Active faulting across the Himalaya and its significance in the Collision tectonics, Active fault research, 7-16, 2002
  32. Neotectonics in Mustang Graven, Tibet Himalayas, Nepal : Eastward extrusion of Tibet Plateau is continuing in and after the Last Glacial Age, 63, 20030329
  33. Structural analysis of the coseismic shear zone of the 2008 M-w 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China, JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, 32(6), 781-791, 2010
  34. Paleoseismic evidence of a surface rupture along the northwestern Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFT), GEOMORPHOLOGY, 180, 47-56, 2013
  35. Surface fault ruptures associated with the 14 April foreshock (Mj 6.5) of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence, southwest Japan, EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE, 68, 20161103
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  36. Geological observations on large earthquakes along the Himalayan frontal fault near Kathmandu, Nepal, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 457, 366-375, 20170101
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  37. Geomorphic features of surface ruptures associated with the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in and around the downtown of Kumamoto City, and implications on triggered slip along active faults, EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE, 69, 20170202
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  38. Large paleoearthquake timing and displacement near Damak in eastern Nepal on the Himalayan Frontal Thrust, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 44(16), 8219-8226, 20170828
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  39. New observations disagree with previous interpretations of surface rupture along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust during the great 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 2018