IKUO KATAYAMA

Last Updated :2024/10/01

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Professor
E-mail
katayamahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SYSTEM SCIENCES, HIROSHIMA UNIV, HIGASHI-HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-7468 FAX : (+81)82-424-0735

Basic Information

Educational Backgrounds

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School, Division of Science and Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Japan, 2000/04, 2003/03

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Master of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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

  • rheology
  • Subduction zone
  • water circulation

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Geological Society of Japan, 1998
  • Mineralogical Society of Japan, 2006
  • American Geophysical Union, 1999
  • Japan Geoscience Union
  • Geothermal Research Society of Japan

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Petrology
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Rock Deformation I
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Practice of Earth and Planetary Systems Science A (Field Work)
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Optical crystallography laboratory
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Advanced Subject Research
  8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Experiments in General Geology A
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Survey of Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Exercise for Globalization I
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Exercise for Globalization II
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Integrated Seminar on Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Midterm Exercise for Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Exercise for Earth and Planetary Systems Science A
  15. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Exercise for Earth and Planetary Systems Science B
  16. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study for Earth and Planetary Systems Science
  17. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study for Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Brittle Deformation of Damaged Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks and Their Implications on Plate Bending, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 51(8), 20240428
  2. Electrical resistivity, seismic velocity, and porosity of crustal rocks from the Oman ophiolite under brine-saturated ocean floor conditions, LITHOS, 470, 202404
  3. Spatial Heterogeneity of Pore Structure in the Crustal Section of the Samail Ophiolite: Implications for High VP/VS Anomalies in Subducting Oceanic Crust, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 51(6), 20240328
  4. Permeability evolution in fine-grained Aji granite during triaxial compression experiments, GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING, 72(2), 675-684, 202402
  5. Low-temperature friction experiments on ice-salt mixtures: Implications for the strength of ice plate boundaries on Europa, ICARUS, 411, 20240315
  6. Role of mantle carbonation in trench outer-rise region in the global carbon cycle, ISLAND ARC, 32(1), 202301
  7. A small amount of water reduces the friction of the preferentially oriented montmorillonite gouge, APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE, 243, 202310
  8. Paleo-Permeability Structure of the Crustal Section of the Samail Ophiolite Based on Automated Detection of Veins in X-Ray CT Core Images From the Oman Drilling Project, GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, 24(6), 202306
  9. Cross-Property Relationship Between Electrical Resistivity and Elastic Wave Velocity of Crustal Rocks From the Oman Drilling Project Hole GT3A: Implications for in Situ Geophysical Properties of Oceanic Crust, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH, 128(6), 202306
  10. Supersilicic clinopyroxene in the Kokchetav UHPM rocks., 106, 19991005
  11. Supersilicic clinopyroxene in the Kokchetav UHPM rocks., 106, 19991005
  12. Supersilicic clinopyroxene in the Kokchetav UHPM rocks., 106, 19991005
  13. Rheological decoupling at the Moho and implication to Venusian tectonics., Rheological decoupling at the Moho and implication to Venusian tectonics., 4, 2014
  14. Rheological decoupling at the Moho and implication to Venusian tectonics., Rheological decoupling at the Moho and implication to Venusian tectonics., 4, 2014
  15. Rheological decoupling at the Moho and implication to Venusian tectonics., Rheological decoupling at the Moho and implication to Venusian tectonics., 4, 2014
  16. Elastic Properties of Thermally Treated Diabase and Peridotite: Implications Toward the Elastic Properties of Oceanic Lithosphere, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH, 128(2), 202302
  17. Simultaneous electrical resistivity and elastic wave velocity measurements during triaxial deformation of granite under brine-saturated conditions, EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE, 75(1), 20230412
  18. Identification of fracturing behavior in thermally cracked granite using the frequency spectral characteristics of acoustic emission, JOURNAL OF MINERALOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 118(1), 2023
  19. Effects of rheological stratification and elasticity of lithosphere on subduction initiation, FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, 10, 20221117
  20. Characteristics of Fault Rocks Within the Aftershock Cloud of the 2014 Orkney Earthquake (M5.5) Beneath the Moab Khotsong Gold Mine, South Africa, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 49(14), 20220728
  21. Simultaneous Measurements of Elastic Wave Velocity and Porosity of Epidosites Collected From the Oman Ophiolite: Implication for Low V-P/V-S Anomaly in the Oceanic Crust, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 49(11), 20220616
  22. Depth profile of frictional properties in the inner Nankai accretionary prism using cuttings from IODP Site C0002, PROGRESS IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE, 9(1), 20220603
  23. Effects of water and iron content on the rheological contrast between garnet and olivine, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 166(1-2), 57-66, 200801
  24. Geodynamic significance of seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle: New insights from laboratory studies, ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, 36, 59-95, 2008
  25. Low-temperature, high-stress deformation of olivine under water-saturated conditions, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 168(3-4), 125-133, 200807
  26. Variable seismic structure near the 660 km discontinuity associated with stagnant slabs and geochemical implications, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 172(3-4), 183-198, 200902
  27. Thin anisotropic layer in the mantle wedge beneath northeast Japan, GEOLOGY, 37(3), 211-214, 200903
  28. Mineral chemistry and P-T condition of granular and sheared peridotite xenoliths from Kimberley, South Africa: Origin of the textural variation in the cratonic mantle, LITHOS, 109(3-4), 333-340, 200905
  29. Inclusion study in zircon from ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks in the Kokchetav massif: an excellent tracer of metamorphic history, JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 166, 783-796, 200907
  30. ★, Trench-parallel anisotropy produced by serpentine deformation in the hydrated mantle wedge, NATURE, 461(7267), 1114-U209, 20091022
  31. A new perspective on metamorphism and metamorphic belts, GONDWANA RESEARCH, 18(1), 106-137, 201007
  32. Inhibition of subduction thrust earthquakes by low-temperature plastic flow in serpentine, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 295(3-4), 349-357, 20100701
  33. Spatial variations in antigorite fabric across a serpentinite subduction channel: Insights from the Ohmachi Seamount, Izu-Bonin frontal arc, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 299(1-2), 196-206, 20101015
  34. Strength contrast between plagioclase and olivine at water-rich Moho depths, JOURNAL OF MINERALOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 105(5), 286-290, 201010
  35. Low silica activity for hydrogen generation during serpentinization: An example of natural serpentinites in the Mineoka ophiolite complex, central Japan, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 298(1-2), 199-204, 20100915
  36. Water content of the mantle xenoliths from Kimberley and implications for explaining textural variations in cratonic roots, GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 46(2-3), 173-182, 2011
  37. Permeability anisotropy of serpentinite and fluid pathways in a subduction zone, GEOLOGY, 39(10), 939-942, 201110
  38. Electrical conductivity anisotropy of deformed talc rocks and serpentinites at 3 GPa, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 188(1-2), 69-81, 201109
  39. ★, Episodic tremor and slow slip potentially linked to permeability contrasts at the Moho, NATURE GEOSCIENCE, 5(10), 731-734, 201210
  40. Slow earthquakes associated with fault healing on a serpentinized plate interface, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 3, 20130507
  41. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of quartz-bearing eclogite from the Sanbagawa Belt, south-west Japan; Implications for metamorphic evolution of subducted protolith., Terra Nova, 16, 81-89, 20040401
  42. Stress, strain, and B-type olivine fabric in the fore-arc mantle: sensitivity tests using high-resolution steady state subduction zone models., Journal of Geophysical Research, 112(B4), B04406, 20070417
  43. Annealing time-scale of the cratonic lithosphere of Southern Africa inferred from the shape of inclusion minerals., International Geology Review, 50(1), 84-88, 20080101
  44. Effect of temperature on the B- to C-type olivine fabric transition and implication for flow pattern in the subduction zone., Physics of Earth and Planetary Interior, 147, 33-45, 20060309
  45. ★, Water content in natural eclogite and its implication for water transport into the deep upper mantle., Lithos, 86, 245-259, 20060815
  46. Stress, strain, and B-type olivine fabric in the fore-arc mantle: sensitivity tests using high-resolution steady state subduction zone models., Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, 20070417
  47. Geology of the Gorny Altai subduction-accretion complex, southern Siberia: Tectonic evolution of an Ediacaran-Cambrian intra-oceanic arc-trench system., Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 30, 666-695, 20070701
  48. Imbricate structure of the Luobusa Ophiolite and surrounding rock units, southern Tibet., Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 29, 296-304, 20070201
  49. Geology and zircon geochronology of the Acasta Gneiss Complex, northwestern Canada: new constraints on its tectonothermal history., Precambrian Research, 153, 179-208, 20070301
  50. Zircon-inclusion mineralogy of a diamond-grade eclogite from the Kokchetav massif, northern Kazakhstan., International Geology Review, 48, 882-891, 20061001
  51. Deformation fabrics of the Cima di Gagone peridotite massif, central Alps, Switzerland: Evidence of deformation under water-rich conditions at low temperatures., Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, 152, 43-51, 20060701
  52. Effect of water and stress on the lattice preferred orientation of olivine., Tectonophysics, 421, 1-22, 20060718
  53. Is the African cratonic lithosphere dry or wet?, Special volume of Geological Society of America, 249-256, 20110201
  54. Rheological contrast between glaucophane and lawsonite in naturally deformed blueschist from Diablo Range, California, ISLAND ARC, 22(1), 63-73, 201303
  55. Recycled crustal zircons from podiform chromitites in the Luobusa ophiolite, southern Tibet, ISLAND ARC, 22(1), 89-103, 201303
  56. Electrical conductivity of magnetite-bearing serpentinite during shear deformation, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 39, 20121030
  57. Shear-induced permeability anisotropy of simulated serpentinite gouge produced by triaxial deformation experiments, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 40(7), 20130416
  58. Effect of pore fluid pressure on the frictional strength of antigorite serpentinite, TECTONOPHYSICS, 583, 49-53, 20130111
  59. Dehydration kinetics of antigorite using in situ high-temperature infrared microspectroscopy, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS, 40(4), 319-330, 201304
  60. Rheological decoupling at the Moho and implication to Venusian tectonics, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 4, 20140318
  61. Deformation fabrics of natural blueschists and implications for seismic anisotropy in subducting oceanic crust, PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 222, 8-21, 201309
  62. Rheological contrast between serpentine species and implications for slab-mantle wedge decoupling, TECTONOPHYSICS, 608, 545-551, 20131126
  63. Slow stick slip of antigorite serpentinite under hydrothermal conditions as a possible mechanism for slow earthquakes, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 42(4), 1099-1104, 20150228
  64. Deformation microstructures of glaucophane and lawsonite in experimentally deformed blueschists: Implications for intermediate-depth intraplate earthquakes, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH, 120(2), 1229-1242, 201502
  65. Frictional characteristics of single and polycrystalline muscovite and influence of fluid chemistry, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH, 120(9), 6209-6218, 201509
  66. Can clay minerals account for the behavior of non-asperity on the subducting plate interface?, PROGRESS IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE, 2, 20151009
  67. Effect of temperature on the frictional behavior of smectite and illite, JOURNAL OF MINERALOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 110(6), 293-299, 201512
  68. Evolution of the rheological structure of Mars, EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE, 69, 20170103
  69. Mantle hydration along outer-rise faults inferred from serpentinite permeability, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7, 20171024
  70. Effects of humidity and interlayer cations on the frictional strength of montmorillonite, EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE, 70, 20180410
  71. Fluid-Induced Fracturing of Initially Damaged Granite Triggered by Pore Pressure Buildup, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 45(15), 7488-7495, 20180816
  72. Evolution of permeability and fluid pathway in the uppermost oceanic crust inferred from experimental measurements on basalt cores, Journal of Petrological and Mineralogical Science, 113, 268-272, 2018
  73. ★, Evolution of elastic velocities and amplitudes during triaxial deformation of Aji granite under dry and water-saturated conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2018
  74. Evolution of permeability and fluid pathways in the uppermost oceanic crust inferred from experimental measurements on basalt cores, JOURNAL OF MINERALOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 113(5), 268-272, 201810
  75. What is the origin of macroscopic friction?, SCIENCE ADVANCES, 4(12), 201812
  76. Evolution of Elastic Wave Velocities and Amplitudes During Triaxial Deformation of Aji Granite Under Dry and Water-Saturated Conditions, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH, 123(11), 9601-9614, 201811
  77. An inhomogeneous across-slab conduit controlled by intraslab stress heterogeneity in the Nankai subduction zone, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9, 20190130
  78. Rheological Properties of Serpentinite and Their Tectonic Significance, JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY-CHIGAKU ZASSHI, 124(3), 371-396, 2015
  79. Contrasting dilatant behaviors of mafic and ultramafic rocks based on triaxial deformation experiments, JOURNAL OF MINERALOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 114(2), 79-86, 201904
  80. Sensitivity of elastic thickness to water in the Martian lithosphere, PROGRESS IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE, 6, 20190722
  81. Pore fluid effects on elastic wave velocities of serpentinite and implications estimates of serpentinization in oceanic lithosphere, TECTONOPHYSICS, 775, 20200120
  82. Inelastic behavior and mechanical strength of the shallow upper crust controlled by layer-parallel slip in the high-strain zone of the Niigata region, Japan, EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE, 72(1), 20200304
  83. Permeability Profiles Across the Crust-Mantle Sections in the Oman Drilling Project Inferred From Dry and Wet Resistivity Data, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH, 125(8), 202008
  84. Semi-brittle deformation of antigorite serpentinite under forearc mantle wedge conditions, JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, 140, 202011
  85. Experimental Measurement of the Transport Flow Path Aperture in Thermally Cracked Granite and the Relationship between Pore Structure and Permeability, GEOFLUIDS, 2020, 20201107
  86. Strength models of the terrestrial planets and implications for their lithospheric structure and evolution, PROGRESS IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE, 8(1), 20211204
  87. Effect of normal stress on the frictional behavior of brucite: application to slow earthquakes at the subduction plate interface in the mantle wedge, SOLID EARTH, 12(1), 171-186, 20210125
  88. Workshop Reports Workshop report: Exploring deep oceanic crust off Hawai'i, SCIENTIFIC DRILLING, 29, 69-82, 20210426
  89. Changes in elastic wave velocity during brittle deformation of gabbro and peridotite: Implications for oceanic Moho reflectivity, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 568, 20210815
  90. Crack geometry of serpentinized peridotites inferred from onboard ultrasonic data from the Oman Drilling Project, TECTONOPHYSICS, 814, 20210905
  91. Non-Dilatant Brittle Deformation and Strength Reduction of Olivine Gabbro due to Hydration, MINERALS, 11(7), 202107
  92. Crucial Scientific Issues in Earth Science Revealed Only by Mantle Drilling: Understanding the Current State of the Oceanic Plates of a Life-bearing Planet, JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY-CHIGAKU ZASSHI, 130(4), 483-506, 2021
  93. Rock Deformation Monitoring Using Monte Carlo Waveform Inversion, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH, 126(10), 202110
  94. Effects of Alteration and Cracks on the Seismic Velocity Structure of Oceanic Lithosphere Inferred From Ultrasonic Measurements of Mafic and Ultramafic Samples Collected by the Oman Drilling Project, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH, 126(11), 202111

Publications such as books

  1. 2002, The diamond-bearing Kokchetav massif Kazakhstan, Universal Academic Press, Textbook, Cocompilation, Parkinson, C.D., Katayama, I., Liou, J.G. and Maruyama, S., 527

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Frictional properties of clay minerals and implication to subduction zone seismicity, I. Katayama, Gordon Research Conference, 2016/08/22, With Invitation, English, Andover, USA
  2. The Oman Drilling Project Phase 2 Science Party Crack aspect ratio in the serpentinized peridotites inferred from onboard ultrasonic data by the Oman Drilling Projects, 2020, With Invitation, Japanese
  3. Hydration of oceanic upper mantle along outer-rise faults, I. Katayama, Oceanic drilling workshop, 2016/06, With Invitation, English, London, UK
  4. Frictional properties of clay minerals and implication to subduction zone seismicity, I. Katayama, Gordon Research Conference, 2016, With Invitation, English, Andover, USA
  5. Fluid pathway in deep subduction zone and its implication to slow earthquake, I. Katayama, 12th international workshop on water dynamics, 2015/03, With Invitation, Japanese, Sendai
  6. Serpentine rheology and its significance on subduction zone processes., I. Katayama, K. Hirauchi, Serpentine Days, 2012/09, With Invitation, English, Porquerolles Island, France
  7. Serpentine rheology and its significance on subduction zone processes, I. Katayama, K. Hirauchi, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 2011/12, With Invitation, Japanese, Sanfrancisco, USA
  8. Subduction zone rheology at the presence of serpentinites, I. Katayama, G-COE symposium at Tohoku University, 2010/07, With Invitation, English, Sendai, Japan
  9. Is the strong seismic anisotropy at subduction zones caused by serpentine?, I. Katayama, K. Hirauchi, K. Michibayashi, J. Ando, Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, 2010/06, With Invitation, English, Taipei, Taiwan
  10. Rheological contrast between serpentines and olivine and weakening of the subducting interface, I. Katayama, K. Hirauchi, Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, 2010/06, With Invitation, Japanese, Taipei, Taiwan

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)), 2020, 2023
  2. KAKENHI, 2015, 2018
  3. KAKENHI, 2014, 2015
  4. KAKENHI, 2012, 2013
  5. KAKENHI, 2012, 2014
  6. KAKENHI, 2011, 2013
  7. KAKENHI, 2010, 2011
  8. KAKENHI, Rheology and metamorphic process in mantle wedge peridotites, 2010, 2013
  9. KAKENHI, Serpentine rheology under mantle conditions and its significance on the interplate earthquake, 2009, 2011
  10. KAKENHI, 2008, 2010
  11. KAKENHI, Rheology of olivine during transformation to its high pressure phase, 2008, 2010
  12. KAKENHI, Rheological properties of subducted crustal materials based on deformation experiments of garnet, 2007, 2008
  13. KAKENHI, Evolution of sedimentary basins and accretionary prisms and quantitative analyses of fluid flow, 2006, 2007