KITA Saeko

Last updated: Jun 19, 2019 at 16:37

Name	KITA Saeko
Affiliation	Building Research Institute
Research funding number	10543449

Research Interests

Seismology(96)

Research Areas

Earth and planetary science / Solid earth and planetary physics / Seismology

Academic & Professional Experience

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Oct 2018

Today

Associate Professor, GRIPS

Apr 2018

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Senior Scientist, IISEE, Building Research Institute

Jan 2016

Mar 2017

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University

Apr 2017

Mar 2018

Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University

Apr 2015

Dec 2015

Research fellow, NIED

Education

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Apr 2006

Mar 2009

Geophysics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University

Apr 2003

Mar 2006

Geophysics, Graduate School, Division of Natural Science, Tohoku University

Awards & Honors

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Apr 2018

The Young Scientists’ Prize The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2018, MEXT

May 2015

Academic encouraging prize for young researchers 2014, The Seismological society of Japan (SSJ)

2010

地質学会表彰

2008

Kuroda Chika Prize

2005

Student award

Published Papers

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Temporal variation of intermediate-depth earthquakes around the time of the M9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake

Delbridge Brent G., Kita Saeko, Uchida Naoki, Johnson Christopher W., Matsuzawa Toru, Buergmann Roland

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 44(8) 3580-3590 Apr 2017 [Refereed]

Physical mechanisms of oceanic mantle earthquakes: Comparison of natural and experimental events

Kita Saeko, Ferrand Thomas P.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8 Nov 2018 [Refereed]

Depth variations in seismic velocity in the subducting crust: Evidence for fluid-related embrittlement for intermediate-depth earthquakes

Shiina Takahiro, Nakajima Junichi, Matsuzawa Toru, Toyokuni Genti, Kita Saeko

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 44(2) 810-817 Jan 2017 [Refereed]

Seismic attenuation structure associated with episodic tremor and slip zone beneath Shikoku and the Kii peninsula, southwestern Japan, in the Nankai subduction zone

Kita Saeko, Matsubara Makoto

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH 121(3) 1962-1982 Mar 2016 [Refereed]

Stress drops for intermediate-depth intraslab earthquakes beneath Hokkaido, northern Japan: Differences between the subducting oceanic crust and mantle events

Kita Saeko, Katsumata Kei

GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS 16(2) 552-562 Feb 2015 [Refereed]

Detailed seismic attenuation structure beneath Hokkaido, northeastern Japan: Arc-arc collision process, arc magmatism, and seismotectonics

Kita Saeko, Nakajima Junichi, Hasegawa Akira, Okada Tomomi, Katsumata Kei, Asano Youichi, Kimura Takeshi

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH 119(8) 6486-6511 Aug 2014 [Refereed]

Thermal-petrological controls on the location of earthquakes within subducting plates

Abers Geoffrey A., Nakajima Junichi, van Keken Peter E., Kita Saeko, Hacker Bradley R.

EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 369 178-187 May 2013 [Refereed]

High-resolution seismic velocity structure beneath the Hokkaido corner, northern Japan: Arc-arc collision and origins of the 1970 M 6.7 Hidaka and 1982 M 7.1 Urakawa-oki earthquakes

Kita Saeko, Hasegawa Akira, Nakajima Junichi, Okada Tomomi, Matsuzawa Toru, Katsumata Kei

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH 117 Dec 2012 [Refereed]

Dynamic rupture simulation of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Multi-event generation within dozens of seconds

Goto Hiroyuki, Yamamoto Yojiro, Kita Saeko

EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE 64(12) 1167-1175 2012 [Refereed]

Large intraslab earthquake (2011 April 7, M 7.1) after the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (M 9.0): Coseismic fault model based on the dense GPS network data

Ohta Yusaku, Miura Satoshi, Ohzono Mako, Kita Saeko, Iinuma Takeshi, Demachi Tomotsugu, Tachibana Kenji, Nakayama Takashi, Hirahara Satoshi, Suzuki Syuichi, Sato Toshiya, Uchida Naoki, Hasegawa Akira, Umino Norihito

EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE 63(12) 1207-1211 2011 [Refereed]

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Large intraslab earthquake (2011 April 7, M 7.1) after the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (M 9.0): Coseismic fault model based on the dense GPS network data

Ohta, Y., S. Miura, M. Ohzono, S. Kita, T. Iinuma, T. Demachi, K. Tachibana, T. Nakayama, S. Hirahara, S. Suzuki, T. Sato, N. Uchida, A. Hasegawa, and N. Umino

Earth, Planets and Space 63(12) 1207-1211 2011 [Refereed]

Seismic evidence for reactivation of a buried hydrated fault in the Pacific slab by the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku earthquake

Junichi Nakajima, Akira Hasegawa and Saeko Kita

Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 L00G06 2011 [Refereed]

Slab Structure beneath the Japanese Islands and Earthquake Generation

HASEGAWA Akira, NAKAJIMA Junichi, UCHIDA Naoki, HIROSE Fuyuki, KITA Saeko, MATSUZAWA Toru

J. Geogr. 119(2) 190-204 Apr 2010 [Refereed]

Anomalous deepening of a seismic belt in the upper-plane of the double seismic zone in the Pacific slab beneath the Hokkaido corner: Possible evidence for thermal shielding caused by subducted forearc crust materials

Kita, S., T. Okada, A. Hasegawa, J. Nakajima and T. Matsuzawa

Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 290(3-4) 415-426 2010 [Refereed]

Existence of interplane earthquakes and neutral stress boundary between the upper

Saeko Kita, Tomomi Okada, Akira Hasegawa, Junichi Nakajima, Toru Matsuzawa

Tectonophysics 496 68-82 2010 [Refereed]

Conference Activities & Talks

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Comparison of experimental and intermediate-depth earthquake b-value: difference in hydration degree of the oceanic mantle between Tohoku and Hokkaido [Invited]

KITA Saeko and Thomas Ferrand

JpGU2019 27 May 2019

Association Memberships

American Geophysical Union(860) , Japan Geoscience Union(781) , Seismological Society of Japan(162)

Research Grants & Projects

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AEDP: Donation for studies

Project Year: Jul 2018 - Mar 2025 Investigator(s): KITA Saeko

JSPS: Fostering Joint International Research（A）

Project Year: Jan 2019 - Mar 2022 Investigator(s): KITA Saeko

MEXT: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas

Project Year: Apr 2019 - Mar 2021 Investigator(s): KITA Saeko

JSPS: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Project Year: Apr 2017 - Mar 2020

DPRI, Kyoto University: Grant by DPRI, Kyoto University

Project Year: Apr 2016 - Mar 2018

JSPS: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Project Year: Apr 2013 - Mar 2016

JSPS: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Project Year: Apr 2011 - Mar 2013

JSPS: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Project Year: Apr 2006 - Mar 2009 Investigator(s): KITA Saeko

Social Contribution

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Guest Editor of an international journal (Earth, Planets and Space)

[Editor] Springer Nature Earth, Planets and Space 1 Oct 2019