Awards 2008
The Geological Society of Japan Prize
Masaki Enami (Nagoya Univ.)
Research title: Studies of high-pressure and ultra high-pressure metamorphic rocks
The Geological Society of Japan Island Arc Award
Chang Whan Oh (Korea)
Awarded paper: Oh, C. W., Kim, S. W., Ryu, I.-C., Okada, T., Hyodo, H. and Itaya, T. (2004) Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Okcheon Metamorphic Belt, South Korea: Tectonic implications in East Asia. Island Arc, 13, 387-402.
The Geological Society of Japan Sakuyama Masanori Award
Ikuo Katayama (Hiroshima Univ.)
Research title: Dynamics of subduction zone and the role of water
The Geological Society of Japan Best Paper Award
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Makoto Takeuchi (Nagoya Univ.), Masaki Kawai (Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.), Atsushi Noda (Geol. Surv. Japan AIST), Norihiko Sugimoto (Toyota City Gov.), Hideharu Yokota (Nagoya Univ.), Satoru Kojima (Gifu Univ.), Kenya Ohno (INPEX CORPORATION), Masakazu Niwa (Nagoya Univ.) and Hotaka Ohba (Nagoya City Gov.)
Awarded paper: Takeuchi, M., Kawai, M., Noda, A., Sugimoto, M., Yokota, H., Kojima, S., Ono, K., Niwa, M. and Ohba, H. (2004) Stratigraphy of the Permian Shiroumadake Formation and its structural relationship with serpentinite in the Mt. Shiroumadake area, Hida Gaien belt, central Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 110(11), 715-730. (in Japanese with English abstract)
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Shoichi Kiyokawa (Kyushu Univ.)
Awarded paper: Kiyokawa, S. (2006) The Albion Formation, the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sequence in Belize: the ejecta formation of the nearest sequence from the Chicxulub crater. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 112(12), 730-748. (in Japanese eith English abstract)
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Kazumasa Aoki, Tsuyoshi Iizuka (Tokyo Inst. Tech), Takafumi Hirata (Earthquake Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo), Shigenori Maruyama (TIT) and Masaru Terabayashi (Kagawa Univ.)
Awarded paper: Aoki, K., Iizuka, T., Hirata, T., Maruyama, S. and Terabayashi, M. (2007) Tectonic boundary between the Sanbagawa belt and the Shimanto belt in central Shikoku, Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 113(5), 171-183.
The Geological Society of Japan Koto Award
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Makoto Saito (Geol. Surv. Japan, AIST), Shunsuke Kawakami (Earth-Appraisal Co. Ltd.) and Masatsugu Ogasawara (GSJ, AIST)
Awarded short paper: Saito, M., Kawakami, S., Ogasawara, M. (2007) Establishment of stratigraphic framework of the Shimanto accretionary complex in Yakushima Island, Japan, based on newly found Eocene radiolarian fossils. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 113(6), 266-269. (in Japanese with English abstract)
The Geological Society of Japan Young Scientist Award
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Masakazu Niwa (Nagoya Univ (Japan Atomic Energy Agency))
Awarded paper: Niwa, M. (2006) Lithology and deformation structure of an accretionary complex characterized by large anounts of oceanic rocks: an example of the Kohachigagawa Complex of the Mino Belt in the Takayama area, Gifu Prefecture. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 112(6), 371-389. (in Japanese with English abstract)
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Takeshi Hasegawa (Hokkaido Univ.)
Awarded paper: Hasegawa, T. and Nakagawa, M. (2007) Stratigraphy of Early to Middle Pleistocene pyroclastic deposits around Akan caldera, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 113(2), 53-72. (in Japanese with English abstract)
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Tetsuzo Fukunari (Nagoya Univ.)
Awarded paper: Fukunari, T. and Wallis, S. (2007) Structural evidence for large-scale top-to-the-north normal shear displacement along the MTL in Southwest Japan. Island Arc, 16(2), 243-261.