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MINAMIDATE, Kenta Assistant Professor Geosphere and Biosphere Science Group Office: Science Bldg.-554 E-mail: HP:
Research Field Sedimentology, Paleoclimatology, Paleotempestology, Paleotsunami Science, Natural Hazard Science Current Research My main research areas are 1) elucidating the mechanism behind the occurrence of natural hazards, including storm and tsunamis and 2) reconstructing paleoclimate and paleoenvironments. To achieve these goals, I use multiple approaches, including field surveys, numerical simulation, laboratory analysis, and radiocarbon dating. Representative Publications 1. Minamidate, K., Ishizawa, T., Kan, H., Yokoyama, Y., Koiwa, N., Ito, A., Goto, K., 2025. Two millennia of intense tropical cyclone activity in the western North Pacific: Insights from coastal boulder deposits. Marine Geology, 488, 107612. 2. Minamidate, K. and Goto, K., 2024, Unveiling the history and nature of paleostorms in the Holocene, Earth-Science Reviews, 253, 104774. 3. Minamidate, K., Goto, K., Kan, H., 2022, Numerical estimation of maximum possible sizes of paleo-earthquakes and tsunamis from storm-derived boulders, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 579, 117354.

MINAMIDATE, Kenta

Assistant Professor
Geosphere and Biosphere Science Group

Office: Science Bldg.-554
E-mail:
HP:

Research Field

Sedimentology, Paleoclimatology, Paleotempestology, Paleotsunami Science, Natural Hazard Science

Current Research

My main research areas are 1) elucidating the mechanism behind the occurrence of natural hazards, including storm and tsunamis and 2) reconstructing paleoclimate and paleoenvironments. To achieve these goals, I use multiple approaches, including field surveys, numerical simulation, laboratory analysis, and radiocarbon dating.

Representative Publications

1. Minamidate, K., Ishizawa, T., Kan, H., Yokoyama, Y., Koiwa, N., Ito, A., Goto, K., 2025. Two millennia of intense tropical cyclone activity in the western North Pacific: Insights from coastal boulder deposits. Marine Geology, 488, 107612.
2. Minamidate, K. and Goto, K., 2024, Unveiling the history and nature of paleostorms in the Holocene, Earth-Science Reviews, 253, 104774.
3. Minamidate, K., Goto, K., Kan, H., 2022, Numerical estimation of maximum possible sizes of paleo-earthquakes and tsunamis from storm-derived boulders, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 579, 117354.