1．Name: Futoshi YAMASHITA

2．Research fields: Tectonophysics

3．List of publications and presentations

(1) Reviewed Papers

• Urata, Y., Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E., Noda, H., abd Mizoguchi, K., 2016, Apparent dependence of rate- and state-dependent friction parameters on loading velocity and cumulative displacement inferred from large-scale biaxial friction experiments. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1-21, doi:10.1007/s00024-016-1422-9.
• Fukuyama, E., Xu, S., Yamashita, F. and Mizoguchi, K., 2016, Cohesive zone length of metagabbro at supershear rupture velocity, Journal of Seismology, doi:10.1007/s10950-016-9588-2.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E., Mizoguchi, K., Takizawa, S., Xu, S., and Kawakata, H., 2015, Scale dependence of rock friction at high work rate, Nature, 528, 254-257.
• Togo, T., Shimamoto, T., Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E., Mizoguchi, K., and Urata, Y., 2015, Stick-slip behavior of Indian gabbro as studied using a NIED large-scale biaxial friction apparatus, Earthquake Science, 28, 97-118.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E. and Mizoguchi, K., 2014, Probing the slip-weakening mechanism of earthquakes with electrical conductivity: Rapid transition from asperity contact to gouge comminution, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 341-347.
• Yamashita, F., Mizoguchi, K., Fukuyama, E. and Omura, K., 2010, Reexamination of the present stress state of the Atera fault system, central Japan, based on the calibrated crustal stress data of hydraulic fracturing tests obtained by measuring the tensile strength of rocks, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 115, B04409.
• Yanagidani, T. and Yamashita, F., 2007, In situ detection of resistivity changes produced by pressurized water-injection at the active fault zone using the AC dipole-dipole method with the GPS synchronized phasesensitive-detection technique, Geodynamics of Atotsugawa Fault System, 181-186.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E. and Omura, K., 2004, Estimation of Fault Strength: Reconstruction of Stress Before the 1995 Kobe Earthquake, Science, 306, 261-263.

(2) Reports

• Yamashita, F., T. Yanagidani, 2002, Development of a sensitive, robust earth-resistivity measurement system stable over long period to monitor subtle temporal change in stress in the Earth's crust,Seismogenic Process Monitoring -proceedings of 1999 Japan-Poland Joint Symposium on Mining and Experimental Seismology-, 399-410

(3) Presentation

• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E., Xu, S., Kawakata, H., Mizoguchi, K., and Takizawa, S., 2016, Influence of fault surface conditions on foreshock activity in large-scale biaxial friction experiment, AGU Fall Meeting, S21B2698.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E., Xu, S., Mizoguchi, K., Takizawa, S., and Kawakata, H., 2015, Effect of fault surface evolution on slip behaviors in large-scale biaxial experiments, AGU Fall Meeting, T43C-3007.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E., Xu, S., Takizawa, S., Mizoguchi, K., Kawakata, H., Passelegue, F., and Schubnel, A., 2014, Spatial Heterogeneity Induces Scale Dependent Rock Friction, AGU Fall Meeting, T11D-4602.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E. and Mizoguchi, K., Takizawa, S., Kawakata, K., 2013, Velocity weakening of friction strength on meter-sized rock samples, AGU Fall Meeting, MR13A-2243.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E. and Mizoguchi, K., Togo, T., 2013, Influence of fault surface characteristics on stress drop due to stick-slip events revealed by large-scale biaxial friction experiments, Proceedings on the 6th International Symposium on In situ Rock Stress, 966-973.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E. and Mizoguchi, K., Togo, T., 2012, Influences of wear material, fault roughness and loading rate on stick-slip behavior revealed by large-scale biaxial friction experiments, AGU Fall Meeting, S21B-2500.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E. and Mizoguchi, K., 2011, Contact State Monitoring of Simulated Faults at Various Slip Rates by Electrical Conductivity Experiments, AGU Fall Meeting, T33F-2487.
• Yamashita, F. and Obara, K., 2009, Electromagnetic survey and monitoring to reveal the characteristics around tremor source area beneath Nankai subduction zone, AGU Fall Meeting, T11C-1836.
• Yamashita, F., Mizoguchi, K. and Fukuyama, E., Omura, K., 2008, Re-examination of the Present Stress State of the Atera Fault, Central Japan, Based on the Calibrated Crustal Stress Data of Hydraulic Fracturing Test by Measuring the Tensile Strength of Rocks, AGU Fall Meeting, T13A-1927.
• Yamashita, F., Kubo, T. and Yamada, R., Omura, K., 2005, Electrical Structure of the Shallow Part of the Atotsugawa Fault, Central Japan: Detecting en Echelon Structure in the Fault Zone, AGU Fall Meeting, S41B-0980.
• Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E. and Omura, K., 2005, Extraporation of fault strength of the Nojima fault just before the 1995 Kobe earthquake, Hokudan 2005 International Symposium on Active Faulting, 19201.

(4) Book

(5) Patent

4．Prizes

5．Affiliated societies

• American Geophysical Union
• Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences
• Seismological Society of Japan

6．Social activity

7．Research

• Research on rock friction property with laboratory experiments
• Crustal structure survey using electromagnetic methods
• Crustal stress around active fault

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May 2, 2017 updated