Last Update 11/06 2014
Research: (1) Seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous and discontinuous media, (2) Imaging and monitoring of subsurface structure and physical properties using seismic exploration methods (processing, imaging and inversion), (3) Application of exploration geophysics to earth sciences and practical studies on disaster prevention, resource and environmental engineering. Publications: Watanabe, T., Nihei, K. T., Nakagawa, S., and Myer, L. R., Viscoacoustic wave form inversion of transmission data for velocity and attenuation, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 115, 6, 3059--3067, 2004. Watanabe, T., Shimizu, S., Asakawa, E., Kamei, R. and Matsuoka, T., Preliminary assessment of the waveform inversion method for interpretation of cross-well seismic data from the thermal production test, Mallik Gas Hydrate Production Research Well, Bulletin of Geological Survey of Canada, 585, , 2005. Saiga, A., Yamaoka, K., Kunitomo, T. and Watanabe, T., Continuous observation of seismic wave velocity and apparent velocity using a precise seismic array and ACROSS seismic source, Earth Planets Space, 58, 8, 993--1005, 2006. Tonegawa, T., Nishida, K., Watanabe, T., and Shiomi, K., Seismic interferometry of teleseicmic S-wave coda for retrieval of body waves: an application to the Philippine Sea slab underneath the Japanese Islands, Geophys. J. Int., 178, 3, 1183--1189, 2009. Watanabe, T., Shimizu, H., Tobita, J., Abe, S. and Shiraishi, K., Imaging basement structure beneath the Noubi Plain, central Japan using strong motion records of natural earthquakes, Proc. of the 10th SEGJ International Symposium ---Imaging and Interpretation---, 96-99, doi: 10.1190/segj102011-001.24., , 2011. |
