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Peer-Reviewed Papers

    2021

  1. Kato, A. & Y. Ben-Zion (2021), The generation of large earthquakes, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2, 26–39. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-00108-w.
  2. Kato, A., S. Sakai, S. Matsumoto and Y. Iio (2021), Conjugate faulting and structural complexity on the young fault system associated with the 2000 Tottori earthquake, Communications Earth & Environment, 2, 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00086-3.
  3. Igarashi, T. and A. Kato (2021), Evolution of aseismic slip rate along plate boundary faults before and after megathrust earthquakes, Communications Earth & Environment, in press.
  4. Ueda, T., A. Kato, Y. Ogata and L. Yamaya (2021), Spatial variations in seismicity characteristics in and around the source region of the 2019 Yamagata-Oki Earthquake, Japan, Earth Planets Space, 73:40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-020-01325-9.
  5. Shiina,T., T. Maeda, M. Kano, A. Kato and N. Hirata (2021), An optimum 2D seismic wavefield reconstruction in densely and nonuniformly distributed stations: The Metropolitan Seismic Observation Network in Japan, Seismological Research Letters, XX, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200196.
  6. Shiina,T., K. Katsumata, K. Yomogida and A. Kato (2021), Attenuation contrast in mantle wedge across the volcanic front of northeastern Japan that controls propagations of high-frequency S-wave later phases, Earth Planets Space, 73:33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-021-01361-z.

    7. 2020

  7. Kato, A. and S. Nakagawa (2020), Detection of deep low-frequency earthquakes in the Nankai subduction zone over 11 years using a matched filter technique, Earth Planets Space, 72:128. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-020-01257-4.
  8. Kano, M., & Kato, A. (2020). Detailed spatial slip distribution for short‐term slow slip events along the Nankai subduction zone, southwest Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2020JB019613. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019613.
  9. Matsumoto, S., Y. Iio, S. Sakai, and A. Kato (2020), Inelastic strain in the hypocentral region of the 2000 Western Tottori earthquake (M7.3) inferred from aftershock seismic moment tensors, Earth Planets Space, 72:62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-020-01186.
  10. Iio, Y., S. Matsumoto, Y. Yamashita, Shin’ichi Sakai, K. Tomisaka, M. Sawada, T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, M. Kamizono, H. Katao, A. Kato, E. Kurashimo, Y. Teguri, and T. Ueno (2020), Stationarity of aftershock activities of the 2016 Central Tottori Prefecture earthquake revealed by dense seismic observation, Earth Planets Space, 72:42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-020-01161.
  11. Yamaguchi, T., T. Ichimura, K. Fujita, A. Kato, S. Nakagawa (2020), Matched Filtering Accelerated by Tensor Cores on Volta GPUs with Improved Accuracy Using Half-Precision Variables, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 26, 12, 1857–1861.
  12. Hayashida, Y., Matsumoto, S., Iio, Y., Sakai, S., & Kato, A.. (2020). Nondouble‐couple microearthquakes in the focal area of the 2000 Western Tottori earthquake (M 7.3) via hyperdense seismic observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL084841. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084841.
  13. Gardonio, B., Schubnel, A., Das, S., Lyon-Caen, H., Marsan, D., Bouchon, M., & Kato, A. (2020). The preseismic and postseismic phases of the ∼700-km deep Mw7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake, Japan. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL085589. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085589.

    14. 2019

  14. Kato, A. and T. Ueda (2019), Source fault model of the 2018 Mw 5.6 northern Osaka earthquake, Japan, inferred from the aftershock sequence, Earth Planets Space, 71:11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-019-0995-9.
  15. Kano, M., A. Kato and K. Obara (2019), Episodic tremor and slip silently invades strongly locked megathrust zone at the Nankai Trough subduction, Scientific Reports, 9:9270, 10.1038/s41598-019-45781-0. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45781-0
  16. Sugan M., A. Vuan, A. Kato, M. Massa, G. Amati (2019), Seismic evidence of an early afterslip during the 2012 Emilia sequence, Geophys. Res. Lett.. 46, 625–635. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079617.

    17. 2018

  17. Kano, M., A. Kato, R. Ando and K. Obara (2018), Strength of tremor patches along deep transition zone of a megathrust, Scientific Reports, 8, 3655, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22048-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22048-8
  18. Baba, S., A. Takeo, K. Obara, A. Kato, T. Maeda and T. Matsuzawa (2018), Temporal activity modulation of dee pvery low frequency earthquakes in Shikoku, southwest Japan., Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 733–738. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076122.
  19. Vuan, A., M. Sugan, G. Amati and A. Kato (2018), Improving the Detection of Low-Magnitude Seismicity Preceding the Mw=6.3 L ’Aquila Earthquake: Development of a Scalable Code Based on the Cross-Correlation of Template Earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 108, 1, 471, doi: 10.1785/0120170106–480.

    20. 2017

  20. Toya, M., A. Kato, T. Maeda, K. Obara (2017), T. Takeda and K. Yamaoka, Down-dip variations in a subducting low-velocity zone linked to episodic tremor and slip: a new constraint from ScSp waves, Scientific Reports, 7, 2868, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03048-6.
  21. Maeda, Y., A. Kato and Y. Yamanaka (2017), Modeling the dynamics of a phreatic eruption based on a tilt observation: barrier breakage leading to the 2014 eruption of Mt. Ontake, Japan. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, 1007, doi:10.1002/2016JB013739.
  22. Iidaka, T., T. Igarashi, A. Hashima, A. Kato and T. Iwasaki (2017), Receiver function images of the distorted Philippine Sea slab contact with the continental crust: Implications for generation of the 1891 Nobi earthquake (Mj 8.0), Tectonophysics, 717, 41, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017–50.

    23. 2016

  23. Kato, A., J. Fukuda, T. Kumazawa and S. Nakagawa (2016), Accelerated nucleation of the 2014 Iquique, Chile Mw 8.2 Earthquake, Scientific Reports, 6, 24792, doi: 10.1038/srep24792.
  24. Kato, A., J. Fukuda, S. Nakagawa and K. Obara (2016), Foreshock migration preceding the 2016 Mw 7.0 Kumamoto earthquake, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1002/2016GL070079.
  25. Kato, A., K. Nakamura, and Y. Hiyama (2016), The 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence, Proc. Jpn. Acad. Ser. B, doi:10.2183/pjab.92.359.
  26. Obara, K., and A. Kato (2016), Connecting slow earthquakes to huge earthquakes, Science, 353(6296), 253-257, doi:10.1126/science.aaf1512.
  27. Terakawa, T., A. Kato, Y. Yamanaka, Y. Maeda, S. Horikawa, K. Matsuhiro and T. Okuda (2016), Monitoring eruption activity using temporal stress changes at Mount Ontake volcano, Nature Communications, 7, 10797, doi:10.1038/ncomms10797.

    28. 2015

  28. Kato, A., T. Terakawa, Y. Yamanaka, Y. Maeda, S. Horikawa, K. Matsuhiro and T. Okuda (2015), Preparatory and precursory processes leading up to the 2014 phreatic eruption of Mount Ontake, Japan, Earth Planets Space, 67, 111, doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0288-x.
  29. Maeda, Y., A. Kato, T. Terakawa, Y. Yamanaka, S. Horikawa, K. Matsuhiro and T. Okuda (2015), Source mechanism of a VLP event immediately before the 2014 eruption of Mt. Ontake, Japan, Earth Planets Space, 67, 187, doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0358-0.
  30. Nakajima, J., A. Kato, T. Iwasaki and the Research Group for the Joint Seismic Observations the Research Group for the Joint Seismic Observations (2015), The weakened lower crust beneath the Nobi fault system, Japan: Implications for stress accumulation to the seismogenic zone, Tectonophysics, 655, 147–160, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.05.021.
  31. Iidaka, T., E. Kurashimo, T. Iwasaki, A. Kato, H. Katao, F. Yamazaki, and The Research Group for the 2007 Atotsugawa Fault Seismic Expedition (2015), Large heterogeneous structure beneath the Atotsugawa Fault, central Japan, revealed by seismic refraction and reflection experiments Tectonophysics, 657, 144-154.
  32. Katsumata, K., M. Kosuga, H. Katao, T. Yamada, A. Kato and the Research Group for the Joint Seismic Observations the Research Group for the Joint Seismic Observations (2015), Focal mechanisms and stress field in the Nobi fault area, central Japan, Earth Planets Space, 67, 99, doi 10.1186/s40623-015-0275-2.
  33. Okada, T., T. Matsuzawa, N. Umino, K. Yoshida, A. Hasegawa, H. Takahashi, T. Yamada, M. Kosuga, T. Takeda, A. Kato, T. Igarashi, K. Obara, S. Sakai, A. Saiga, T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, N. Hirata, N. Tsumura, Y. Yamanaka, T. Terakawa, H. Nakamichi, T. Okuda, S. Horikawa, H. Katao, T. Miura, A. Kubo, T. Matsushima, K. Goto and H. Miyamachi (2015), Hypocenter migration and crustal seismic velocity distribution observed for the inland earthquake swarms induced by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake in NE Japan: implications for crustal fluid distribution and crustal permeability, Geofluids, 15, 239–309.

    34. 2014

  34. Kato, A., and S. Nakagawa (2014), Multiple slow-slip events during a foreshock sequence of the 2014 Iquique, Chile Mw 8.1 earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL061138.
  35. Kato, A., T. Igarashi, and K. Obara (2014), Detection of a hidden Boso slow slip event immediately after the 2011 Mw9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL061053.
  36. Kato, A., and K. Obara (2014), Step-like migration of early aftershocks following the 2007 Mw 6.7 Noto-Hanto earthquake, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060427.
  37. Kato, A., A. Saiga, T. Takeda, T. Iwasaki and T. Matsuzawa (2014), Non-volcanic seismic swarm and fluid transportation driven by subduction of the Philippine Sea slab beneath the Kii Peninsula, Japan, Earth Planets Space, 66, 88.
  38. Sugan, M., A. Kato, H. Miyake, S. Nakagawa and A. Vuan, (2014), The preparatory phase of the 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake by improving the detection capability of low-magnitude foreshocks, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL061199.
  39. Fukuda, J., A. Kato, K. Obara, S. Miura, and T. Kato (2014), Imaging of the early acceleration phase of the 2013–2014 Boso slow slip event, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 7493–7500, doi:10.1002/2014GL061550.
  40. Kato, A. (2014), Slow Slip Transients Before the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake, Journal of Disaster Research, Vol.9, No.3, 311–316.
  41. Panayotopoulos, Y., N. Hirata, H. Sato, A. Kato, K. Imanishi, Y. Kuwahara, I. Cho, T. Takeda, and Y. Asano (2014), Investigating the role of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka tectonic line towards the evolution of the Northern Fossa Magna rift basin, Tectonophysics, 615–616, 12–26.
  42. 國友孝弘，山岡耕春，渡辺俊樹，吉田康宏，勝間田明男，生田量野，加藤愛太郎，飯高隆，津村紀子，大久保慎人，弾性波アクロスによる東海地域地殻のP波およびS波構造の推定．地震，67(1)，1-24, (2014).

    43. 2013

  43. Kato, A., J. Fukuda, and K. Obara (2013), Response of seismicity to static and dynamic stress changes induced by the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/grl.50699.
  44. Kato, A., T. Igarashi, K. Obara, S. Sakai, T. Takeda, A. Saiga, T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, N. Hirata, K. Goto, H. Miyamachi, T. Matsushima, A. Kubo, H. Katao, Y. Yamanaka, T. Terakawa, H. Nakamichi, T. Okuda, S. Horikawa, N. Tsumura, N. Umino, T. Okada, M. Kosuga, H. Takahashi and T. Yamada (2013), Imaging the source regions of normal faulting sequences induced by the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 273–278, doi:10.1002/grl.50104.
  45. Fukuda, J., A. Kato, N. Kato and Y. Aoki (2013), Are the frictional properties of creeping faults persistent? Evidence from rapid Tohoku-oki afterslip, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3613–3617, doi:10.1002/grl.50713.
  46. Saiga, A., A. Kato, E. Kurashimo , T. Iidaka , M. Okubo , N. Tsumura , T. Iwasaki , S. Sakai and N. Hirata (2012), Anisotropic structures of oceanic slab and mantle wedge in a deep low-frequency tremor zone beneath the Kii peninsula, SW Japan, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118, 1091–1097, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50069.
  47. Nanjo, K., S. Sakai, A. Kato, H. Tsuruoka and N. Hirata. (2013), Time-dependent earthquake probability calculations for southern Kanto after the 2011M9.0 Tohoku earthquake, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt009.
  48. Kurashimo, E., T. Iwasaki, T. Iidaka, A. Kato, F. Yamazaki, K. Miyashita, T. Shibutani, K. Ito, T. Takeda, K. Obara, and N. Hirata (2013), Along-strike structural changes controlled by dehydration-related fluids within the Philippine Sea plate around the segment boundary of a megathrust earthquake beneath the Kii peninsula, southwest Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 4839–4844, doi:10.1002/grl.50939.

    49. 2012

  49. Kato, A., K. Obara, T. Igarashi, H. Tsuruoka, S. Nakagawa and N. Hirata (2012), Propagation of Slow Slip Leading Up to the 2011Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake, Science, 335, 705-708, doi: 10.1126/science.1215141.
  50. Kato, A., and T. Igarashi (2012), Regional extent of the large coseismic slip zone of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake delineated by on-fault aftershocks, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L15301, doi:10.1029/2012GL052220.
  51. Shibazaki, B., and A. Kato (2012), Modeling the development of a complex fault configuration in the source region of two destructive intraplate earthquakes in the mid-Niigata region, Tectonophysics, 562–563, 26–33.
  52. K. Nakahigashi, M. Shinohara, E. Kurashimo, T. Yamada, A. Kato, T. Takanami, K. Uehira, Y. Ito, T. Iidaka, T. Igarashi, H. Sato, R. Hino, K. Obana, Y. Kaneda, N. Hirata, T. Iwasaki T. Kanazawa (2012), Seismic structure of the source region of the 2007 Chuetsu-oki earthquake revealed by offshore-onshore seismic survey: asperity zone of intraplate earthquake delimited by crustal inhomogeneity, Tectonophysics, 562–563, 34–47.
  53. 加藤愛太郎 (2012), 2011年東北地方太平洋沖地震の特徴について，地球化学, 46, 87-98．
  54. 加藤愛太郎 (2012), 稠密地震波観測に基づく地震発生と地殻流体，地球化学, 46, 191-203.
  55. 高岡宏之，津村紀子，高橋福助，野崎謙二，加藤愛太郎，飯高隆，岩崎貴哉，酒井慎一，平田直，生田領野，國友孝洋，吉田康弘，勝俣啓，山岡耕春，渡辺俊樹，山崎文人，大久保慎人，鈴木貞臣(2012), 東海地域下の三次元地震波減衰構造―微小地震スペクトルを用いた推定―, 地震, 65(2), 175-187.

    56. 2011

  56. Kato, A., S. Sakai, K. Obara (2011), A normal-faulting seismic sequence triggered by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Wholesale stress regime changes in the upper plate, Earth Planets Space, 63, 745–748.
  57. Kato, A., S. Sakai, T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, E. Kurashimo, T. Igarashi, N. Hirata, T. Kanazawa, K. .. Katsumata, H. Takahashi, R. Honda, T. Maeda, M. Ichiyanagi, T. Yamaguchi, M. Kosuga, T. Okada, J. Nakajima, S. Hori, T. Nakayama, A. Hasegawa, T. Kono, S. Suzuki, N. Tsumura, Y. Hiramatsu, K. Sugaya, A. Hayashi, T. Hirose, A. Sawada, K. Tanaka, Y. Yamanaka, H. Nakamichi, T. Okuda, Y. Iio, K. Nishigami, M. Miyazawa, H. Wada, N. Hirano, H. Katao, S. Ohmi, K. Ito, I. Doi, S. Noda, S. Matsumoto, T. Matsushima, A. Saiga, H. Miyamachi, K. Imanishi, T. Takeda, Y. Asano, Y. Yukutake, T. Ueno, T. Maeda, T. Matsuzawa, S. Sekine, M. Matsubara, and K. Obara (2011), Anomalous depth dependency of the stress field in the 2007 Noto Hanto, Japan, earthquake: Potential involvement of a deep fluid reservoir, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L06306, doi:10.1029/2010GL046413.
  58. Saiga, A., A. Kato, S. Sakai, T. Iwasaki, N. Hhirata (2011), Crustal anisotropy structure related to lateral and down-dip variations in interplate coupling beneath the Kii Peninsula, SW Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L09307, doi:10.1029/2011GL047405.

    59. 2010

  59. Kato, A., T. Iidaka, R. Ikuta, Y. Yoshida, K. Katsumata, T. Iwasaki, S. Sakai, C. Thurber, N. Tsumura, K. Yamaoka, T. Watanabe, T. Kunitomo, F. Yamazaki, M. Okubo, S. Suzuki, N. Hirata (2010), Variations of fluid pressure within the subducting oceanic crust and slow earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L14310, doi:10.1029/2010GL043723.
  60. Kato, A., S. Sakai, T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki and N. Hirata (2010), Non-volcanic seismic swarms triggered by circulating fluids and pressure fluctuations above a solidified diorite intrusion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L15302, doi:10.1029/2010GL043887.
  61. Kato, A., T. Miyatake, and N. Hirata (2010), Asperity and Barriers of the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake Revealed by Highly Dense Seismic Observations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 100, 1, 298-306.
  62. Kato, A., T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, N. Hirata, and S. Nakagawa (2010), Reactivations of boundary faults within a buried ancient rift system by ductile creeping of weak shear zones in the overpressured lower crust: the 2004 mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake, Tectonophysics, 486, 101-107.
  63. Aochi, H., and A. Kato (2010), Dynamic rupture of cross-cutting faults: Possible rupture process of the 2007 Mw6.6 Niigata-Ken Chuetsu-Oki earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B05310, doi:10.1029/2009JB006556.
  64. Nakajima, J., A. Kato, T. Iwasaki, S. Ohmi, T. Okada, T. Takeda, and The Japanese University Group of the Joint Seismic Observations at NKTZ (2010), Deep crustal structure around the Atotsugawa fault system, central Japan: A weak zone below the seismogenic zone and its role in earthquake generation, Earth Planets Space, 62, 7, 555-566.
  65. Tanaka, Y., A. Kato, T. Sugano, G. Fu, X., Zhang, M. Furuya, W. Sun, S. Okubo, S. Matsumoto, M. Honda, Y. Sugawara, I. Ueda, M. Kusaka and M. Ishihara (2010), Gravity changes observed between 2004 and 2009 near the Tokai slow-slip area and prospects for detecting fluid flow during future slow-slip events, Earth Planets Space, 62, 905–913.
  66. Panayotopoulos, Y., N. Hirata, H. Sato, T. Iwasaki, A. Kato, K. Imanishi, Y. Kuwahara, and I. Cho (2010), Seismicity and crustal structure in the vicinity of the southern Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line., Earth Planets Space, 62, 3, 223-235.

    67. 2009

  67. Kato, A., E. Kurashimo, T. Igarashi, S. Sakai, T. Iidaka, M. Shinohara, T. Kanazawa, T. Yamada, N. Hirata, and T. Iwasaki (2009), Reactivation of ancient rift systems triggers devastating intraplate earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05301, doi:10.1029/2008GL036450.
  68. Iidaka, T., A. Kato, E. Kurashimo, T. Iwasaki, N. Hirata, H. Katao, I. Hirose and H. Miyamachi (2009), Fine structure of P-wave velocity distribution along the Atotsugawa fault, central Japan, Tectonophysics, 472, 1, 95-104.
  69. Tajima, R., F. Tajima, and A. Kato (2009), Seismic structure in and around the source area of the 2004 Mid Niigata, Japan, earthquake: 3-D waveform modeling based on local tomography images, Geophys. J. Int., 177, 145-160.
  70. 刀禰茂康・宮武隆・引間和人・加藤愛太郎 (2009), 不均質構造中で発生する地震が作る ΔCFF, 地震, 2, 62, 97-107.

    71. 2008

  71. Kato, A., S. Sakai, E. Kurashimo, T. Igarashi, T. Iidaka, N. Hirata, T. Iwasaki, T. Kanazawa, and Group for the aftershock observations of the 2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake (2008), Imaging heterogeneous velocity structures and complex aftershock distributions in the source region of the 2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake by a dense seismic observation, Earth Planets Space, 60, 1111-1116.
  72. Kato, A., S. Sakai, T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, E. Kurashimo, T. Igarashi, N. Hirata, T. Kanazawa, and Group for the aftershock observations of the 2007 Noto Hanto Earthquake (2008), Three-dimensional velocity structure in the source region of the Noto Hanto Earthquake in 2007 imaged by a dense seismic observation, Earth Planets Space, 60, 105-110.
  73. Sakai, S, A. Kato, S. T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, E. Kurashimo, T. Igarashi, N. Hirata, T. Kanazawa, and Group for the aftershock observations of the 2007 Noto Hanto Earthquake (2008), Highly resolved distribution of aftershocks of the 2007 Noto Hanto Earthquake by a dense seismic observation, Earth Planets Space, 60, 83-88.

    74. 2007

  74. Kato, A., T. Iidaka, E. Kurashimo, S. Nakagawa, N. Hirata, and T. Iwasaki (2007), Delineation of probable asperities on the Atotsugawa fault, central Japan, using a dense temporary seismic network, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09318, doi:10.1029/2007GL029604.
  75. Kato A., The research team of aftershock observations for the 2004 mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake (2007), High-resolution aftershock observations in the source region of the 2004 mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake, Earth Planets Space, 59, 923-928.
  76. Ohnaka, M., and A. Kato (2007), Rational constitutive formulation for earthquake ruptures, and depth dependence of constitutive law parameters in seismogenic environments, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B07201, doi:10.1029/2006JB004260.
  77. Kato, A., S. Sakai, N. Hirata, E. Kurashimo, T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, T. Kanazawa (2006), Imaging the seismic structure and stress field in the source region of the 2004 mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake: Structural zones of weakness, seismogenic stress concentration by ductile flow, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B08308, doi:10.1029/2005JB004016.

    78. 2006

  78. Kato, A., E. Kurashimo, N. Hirata, T. Iwasaki, and T. Iidaka (2006), Imaging crustal structure around the western segment of the Atotsugawa fault system, central Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L09307, doi:10.1029/2006GL025841.

    79. 2005

  79. Kato, A., E. Kurashimo, N. Hirata, S. Sakai, T. Iwasaki, T. Kanazawa (2005), Imaging the source region of the 2004 mid-Niigata prefecture earthquake and the evolution of a seismogenic thrust-related fold, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L07307, doi:10.1029/2005GL 022366.
  80. Kato, A., S. Sakai, N. Hirata, E. Kurashimo, S. Nagai, T. Iidaka, T. Igarashi, Y. Yamanaka, S. Murotani, T. Kawamura, T. Iwasaki, T. Kanazawa (2005), Short-term spatiotemporal variations in the aftershock sequence of the 2004 mid-Niigata prefecture earthquake, Earth Planets Space, 57, 551-556.
  81. Sakai, S., N. Hirata, A. Kato, E. Kurashimo, T. Iwasaki, T. Kanazawa (2005), Multi-fault system of the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake and its aftershocks, Earth Planets Space, 57, 417-422.
  82. Hirata, N., H. Sato, S. Sakai, A. Kato, E. Kurashimo (2005), Fault system of the 2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake and its aftershocks, Landslides 2: 153-157 DOI 10.1007/s10346-005-0050-8.

    83. 2004

  83. Kato, A., A. Sakaguchi, S. Yoshida, H. Yamaguchi, and Y. Kaneda (2004), Permeability structure around an ancient exhumed subduction-zone fault, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L06602, doi:10.1029/2003GL019183.
  84. Kato, A., S. Yoshida, M. Ohnaka, and H. Mochizuki (2004), The dependence of constitutive properties on temperature and effective normal stress in seismogenic environments, Pure Appl. Geophys., vol. 161, 1895-1913.
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