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Earth Surface Geoenvironmental Science Lab
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The lab explores how Earth's surface environments have changed over time, using coastal landforms, strata, and satellite data.
AboutAbout the lab
Uncovering the natural history of the Earth's surface
The Earth Surface Geoenvironmental Science Lab studies how the surface environments of the Earth, where people live, have changed in the past and how they will change in the future.
Environments from mountains through river basins to coasts have changed under the influence of climate variability and human activity.
Combining geology, paleontology, remote sensing, geomorphology, and other fields, the lab investigates changes in Earth surface environments in Japan and abroad.
The lab conducts research and education as a collaborative chair at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba.
Key terms
- Collaborative Chair
- A system in which researchers at a research institution outside the university serve as faculty and supervise graduate students at that institution
- Biogenic trace
- A trace of an organism's activity, such as a burrow it lived in or a track left as it crawled
- Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
- An observation method in which radio waves are sent from a satellite and their reflections are used to examine the shape of the ground surface and its changes in detail
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to use Earth science to clarify how Earth's surface environments have changed in the past, how they are changing now, and how they will change in the future.
*Illustrative imageReconstructing paleoenvironments from coastal landforms and strata
The lab examines coastal landforms such as dunes and terraces, along with their strata, to reconstruct coastal environments going back several hundred thousand years. To do so, it develops geophysical survey and dating methods for landforms and strata, and uses them around the world.
*Illustrative imageTracing the behavior of seafloor organisms through their burrows
Many seafloor organisms burrow beneath the seabed and stay hidden, which makes them difficult to observe. The lab analyzes biogenic traces such as burrows to clarify the behavior of organisms living beneath the seafloor. Trace fossils also help deepen the understanding of past marine ecosystems.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental monitoring with satellites and drones
The lab works on techniques that use machine learning to combine multiple satellite datasets with different characteristics, and on risk assessment of slope disasters using synthetic aperture radar. For ground verification, it also carries out field surveys and aerial drone photography.
MembersFaculty
- Visiting ProfessorToru Tamura
- Visiting Associate ProfessorKoji Seike
- Visiting Associate ProfessorHiroki Mizuochi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Beach Ridges on the Shore of Cape Krusenstern (9315ec3c-1dd8-b71c-071b-e8dc29786276)” NPS Photo / Public domain (cropped)
- Reconstructing paleoenvironments from coastal landforms and strata: “Cape Krusenstern Beach Ridges (c566810c-1dd8-b71c-078d-b1b2695fb88d)” NPS Photo / Public domain (cropped)
- Tracing the behavior of seafloor organisms through their burrows: “Trace fossil in sandstone at Imaide River 01” Peka / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Environmental monitoring with satellites and drones: “Landsat 5 First Light Image over South Texas Gulf Coast ( )” USGS / Public domain (cropped)
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