SOI Sochool on Internet Asia Project

Research Interests:
Giant earthquakes and tsunamis, paleoseismology

Educational Background:
    Hokkaido University, Geophysics, B. Sc.,1982
    Hokkaido University, Geophysics, M. Sc.,1984
    University of Tokyo, Geophysics, Ph.D., 1987

Appointments

• Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Professor, 2008-
• Active Fault Research Center, AIST, Team Leader and Deputy Director, 2001-2007
• Geological Survey of Japan, Senior Researcher, 1995-2001
• University of Michigan, Assistant professor, 1990-1995
• California Institute of Technology, Visiting Research Associate, 1988-1990
• Tokyo Institute of Technology, Research Assistant, 1985-1990
  
  

Research papers

• Satake, K. and B. F. Atwater, Long-term perspectives on giant earthquakes and tsunamis at subduction zones, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet Sci., 35, 349-274, 2007.
• Satake, K. Tsunamis, in Treatise on Geophysics, vol. 4, Elsevier, 483-511, 2007.
• Sawai, Y., K. Satake, T. Kamataki, H. Nasu, M. Shishikura, B.F. Atwater, B.P. Horton, H. Kelsey, T. Nagumo and M. Yamaguchi, Transient uplift after a 17th-century e arthquake along the Kuril subduction zone, Science, 306, 1918-1920, 2004.
• Satake, K., K. Wang, and B.F. Atwater, Fault Slip and Seismic Moment of the 1700 Cascadia Earthquake Inferred from Japanese Tsunami Descriptions, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B11), 2535, doi:10.129/2003JB002521, 2003.
• Nanayama F, K. Satake, R. Furukawa, K. Shimokawa, B.F. Atwater, K. Shigeno, and S. Yamaki, Unusually large earthquakes inferred from tsunami deposits along the Kuril trench, Nature, 424 (6949): 660-663, 2003.

Synergistic Activities

• IASPEI Executive Committee, Member, 2007-present
• IUGG Tsunami Commission, Chair, 2003-present
• AOGS, Secretary General 2004-2006, President of Solid Earth Section 2006-2007
• Science Council of Japan, Associate member, 2006-preent
• Earthquake Research Committee, Government of Japan, Member of several committees or working groups