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Terrestrial Surface Science Lab
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A division that explores how the Earth's land surface changes by studying slopes and the flow of water.
AboutAbout the lab
The land surface where people live is never still.
The Division of Terrestrial Surface Science was formed in October 2026 through the merger of the Division of Environmental Geosphere Science and the Division of Inland Water Physics. Master's students are admitted through the division group "Earth Surface Group."
Focusing on the land portion of the Earth's surface, where people mainly live and work, the division studies from an earth science perspective the processes of surface change that occur routinely on slopes in tectonically active zones such as Japan.
From a physics standpoint, it also investigates the water cycle on land, the distribution and flow of water in lakes, rivers, and underground, and the interactions between the hydrosphere and the pedosphere and lithosphere.
Research is carried out mainly at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, and the three research areas of the Slope Pre-Disaster Science Research Center (pre-disaster information, slope disaster prediction, and slope monitoring) take part as units within this division.
Key terms
- Landslide
- A phenomenon in which a mass of soil or rock on a slope moves downward, either slowly or suddenly
- Weathering
- The process by which rock becomes brittle and breaks down through the action of water, air, and temperature changes
- Tectonically active zone
- A region with frequent earthquakes, volcanic activity, and crustal deformation
- Hydrosphere
- All the places on Earth where water is found, including oceans, rivers, lakes, and groundwater
ResearchResearch themes
Targeting the land portion of the Earth's surface surrounding the anthroposphere, the division studies its present state and past changes using geophysical, geomorphological, geological, and geotechnical approaches.
*Illustrative imageSlope Movement and the Mechanisms of Disasters
The division studies rock weathering, gravitational deformation of slopes, landslides and slope failures, infiltration of water into the ground and its runoff, and landform change over various time scales, using field surveys, sample measurements, monitoring, model experiments, numerical analysis, and dating.
*Illustrative imageThe Precipitation Cycle and Landform Change
At the Geohazards Research Division of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, the division studies how landform change interacts with the cycling of precipitation as surface water and groundwater, the flow of water on slopes, in mountain streams, and in rivers, and the movement of sediment in events such as slope failures, landslides, and debris flows.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYuki Matsushi
- ProfessorTetsuya Kogure
- ProfessorGonghul Wang
- ProfessorHaruhisa Nakamichi
- ProfessorKoichi Hayashi
- Associate ProfessorTakeshi Tameguri
- Associate ProfessorIssei Doi
- Associate ProfessorMakoto Matsuzawa
- Associate ProfessorShintaro Yamasaki
- Assistant ProfessorAshis Acharya
- Assistant ProfessorLI Changze
- Assistant ProfessorMasayuki Nakayama
- Assistant ProfessorKeigo Yamamoto
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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: “Landslides in Himachal Pradesh” Sridhar Rao / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Slope Movement and the Mechanisms of Disasters: “Landslide on Kentucky Route 8” CaseGrillot / CC0 (cropped)
- The Precipitation Cycle and Landform Change: “Debris flow near Nijar, Andalucia ( )” Roy Luck / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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