Member

ANDO, Ryosuke

Associate Professor
Solid Earth Science Group

Office: Sci. Bldg. 1-716
TEL: +81-3-5841-8329
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HP: http://www-solid.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~ando/en

Research Field

Earthquake source physics, Seismotectonics

Current Research

Generation of earthquakes is one of the most dynamic movement of the solid-earth, which extends over a wide spectrum of space-time scales. We aim to develop a comprehensive framework to understand the earthquake generation processes including fault rupture, stress accumulation and the associated deformations of the earth’s surface and interior. We often use an approach interpreting various observed data with fundamental physical elements through modeling aided by computer simulations. Our recent findings address underlying simple mechanisms of apparently complex earthquake phenomena such as triggering of large earthquakes, interactions between earthquakes and volcanoes, geometry of natural faults.
Meanwhile, investigating past earthquakes is important in forecasting future earthquakes. We are also developing new methods applying various numerical analyses and conducting fieldworks to infer past earthquakes from geologic evidence, closely collaborating with geologists and geomorphologists.

Representative Publications

1. Ando, R., K. Imanishi, Y. Panayotopoulos, T. Kobayashi, Dynamic rupture propagation on geometrically complex fault with along-strike variation of fault maturity: insights from the 2014 Northern Nagano earthquake, Earth Planets Space, Springer, 69: 130, 2017.
2. Ando, R., N. Takeda and T. Yamashita, Propagation Dynamics of Seismic and Aseismic Slip Governed by Fault Heterogeneity and Newtonian Rheology, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B11308, 2012.
3. Ando, R., B. E. Shaw, C. H. Scholz, Quantifying Natural Fault Geometry: Statistics of Splay Fault Angles, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 99 (1), 2009.