Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering

Main targets of the Department include

1. Geophysical observation of the Earth and planetary interiors, and theoretical and experimental studies of geophysical phenomena, such as earthquake and volcanic activities.
2. Geophysical observation, field-survey and laboratory experiments to elucidate the evolution of the Earth and planetary environment including continents, the atmosphere and the oceans.
3. Theoretical and cosmo-chemical studies on the evolution of the solar system over 4.6 billion years.
4. Comparative planetary and solar system studies with space and planetary probes.

The goal of the Department is to educate far-sighted self-starting researchers

Chairs

Earth and Planetary Physics, Evolution of the Earth and Planets, Origin of Solar System, Planetary Exploration

Subjects

Geomagnetism and geoelectricity, Paleomagnetism, Space physics,Space plasma physics, The Earth's interior, Volcano physics,Physics and chemistry of the Earth and planetary interiors,Material researches on planetary interior, Magmatology, Tectonics of the Earth, Planetary Science

Faculity Staff, Reseaches

Nagai, T.	Aurora, Substorm, Space plasma
Tsunakawa, H.	Paleomagnetism, Exploration of Lunar and planetary magnetic field, Lunar and planetary deep interiors
Ogawa, Y.	Volcanology, Geomagnetism, Geoelectricity
Takahashi, E.	Earth's deep interior, Magma, Volcano
Maruyama, S.	Earth history, Evolution of life
Hirose, K.	Tectonics of Earth and Planets, High Pressure Earth Science
Nogami, K.	Geochemistry, Vocanology
Ida, S.	Planetary formation, Numerical simulation
Iwamori, H.	Geophysics, Volcanology, Earth Chemistry
Nakamoto, T.	Planetary formation
Yokoyama, T.	Geochemistry, Cosmochemistry
Ueno, Y.	Mineralogy,
Sato, B.	Astronomy
Kanda, W.	Volcanophysics, Geomagnetism, Geoelectricity
Kitamura, Y.	Observational Astronomy