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Earth Resource Systems Lab
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A lab that tackles earthquake and resource challenges through the stresses and rock properties deep underground.
AboutAbout the lab
Taking on the challenges of "the Earth and resources."
The Earth Resource Systems Lab studies geological engineering, which understands issues related to the Earth and resources from the viewpoint of earth science and solves them through engineering.
Shortages of resources and energy, pollution of the global environment, and natural disasters such as earthquakes are all serious issues related to the Earth and resources.
The lab covers a wide range of topics, including the development of oil, natural gas, and geothermal energy, understanding earthquakes, conservation of the global environment, disaster prevention, and the construction of civil engineering structures.
Its research uses rock samples and well data obtained by deep-sea drilling vessels, as well as satellite data.
Key terms
- Supercritical geothermal resources
- Energy held by hot water deep underground at extremely high temperature and pressure, in a state that is neither liquid nor gas
- Well logging
- Lowering measuring instruments into a drilled well (borehole) to measure the properties of rock layers at each depth
- InSAR
- A technology that directs radio waves from a satellite at the ground to measure small ground movements over a wide area
NewsLab news
Doctoral and master's students won Outstanding Student Presentation Awards in the Solid Earth Science section at the JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026
A paper by a researcher was published in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
A paper by Professor Weiren Lin was published in JGR Solid Earth
A paper by a doctoral student was published in Geothermics
A doctoral program graduate won the Doctoral Dissertation Award of the Japanese Committee for Rock Mechanics
ResearchResearch themes
The lab addresses a wide range of issues related to the Earth and resources, including the development of resources and energy such as oil, natural gas, and geothermal energy, understanding of earthquake phenomena, conservation of the global environment, disaster prevention, and the construction of civil engineering structures. It places emphasis on accurately evaluating the stress and physical properties of rock in the deep subsurface.
*Illustrative imageRevealing the state of stress deep underground
The lab investigates the forces acting on rock layers around earthquake-generating faults and oil wells. Using rock samples and well-logging data obtained from fault drilling by the drilling vessel Chikyu and from oil development, it clarifies the state of stress in the deep subsurface.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring the physical properties of rock
Using rock samples and well data, the lab evaluates properties such as thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity, and elastic wave velocity. It also works on measurements in a well near the fault that caused the Kumamoto earthquake, and on measurements under high-temperature, high-pressure conditions.
*Illustrative imageFinding deep geothermal resources
Developing supercritical geothermal resources deep underground could yield a great deal of energy. Based on well-logging and geophysical exploration data from geothermal areas, the lab develops methods that use machine learning and rock physics models to estimate the distribution of temperature and properties in the subsurface.
*Illustrative imageMonitoring the subsurface through ground motion
Using time-series analysis of satellite interferometric SAR (InSAR), the lab captures in detail small ground movements caused by resource development, groundwater flow, and earthquakes. It also develops analysis methods that clarify the mechanisms behind these movements and estimate them more accurately.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Earth Resource Systems Lab are faculty, researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorWeiren Lin
- LecturerKazuya Ishitsuka
- Assistant ProfessorNana Kamiya
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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: “Mutnovsky geothermal power plant” -= Nikita Zhuravlev = / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Revealing the state of stress deep underground: “Chikyu 2” Gleam / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Measuring the physical properties of rock: “View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no 72255 (S73-16007)” NASA Johnson Space Center / Public domain (cropped)
- Finding deep geothermal resources: “Geothermal drills near Taupo I” Ingolfson / Public domain (cropped)
- Monitoring the subsurface through ground motion: “Nepal earthquake deformation ESA339299” European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 3.0 igo (cropped)
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