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Various Fields in
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Climate Experiment (Kitoon) |
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Meteorology and Climatology |
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Horizontal and chronological changes in the earth's atmosphere
are studied by investigating the inter-relation of phenomena
at large, medium, and small scales. Research covers various meteorological
and climate phenomena, from the micrometeorology close to the
earth's surface to atmospheric circulation. |
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Geomorphology |
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How are mountains, rivers, and ocean shores formed? How will
they change in the future? We will investigate these questions
through fieldwork and lab experiments. |
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Hydrology |
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Hydrology is the study of water circulation in the natural environment
and phenomena in water bodies such as rivers, lakes, swamps,
and groundwater. The results are applied to water resource development,
water pollution prevention, ground settlement, and the protection
of the water environment. Research focuses on the processes of
precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, effusion, and water
quality formation, as well as regional hydrological phenomena. |
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Human Geography |
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The study of human geography looks at human activity, one of
the many phenomena occurring on earth, from a perspective based
on "region". Phenomena in agriculture, rural villages,
cities, transportation, and other fields, both in Japan and abroad,
are analyzed. Research covers both socio-economic and cultural
activities. |
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Regional Geography |
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Regional geography research often overlaps with the field of
human geography, so there are many joint projects. However, regional
geography looks more into the regional characteristics of human
activities. In order to understand the transmission and rules
of various phenomena, quantitative analysis methods are developed
and applied, and the relationship with its environment are researched. |
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Fusulina Fossils (Akiyoshidai
Limestone) |
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Historical Geology and Paleontology |
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Geological stratum and fossils are studied based on stratigraphic
geology, looking at the paleoenvironment and structural development
in the history of the Japanese archipelago. We look at fossil
of Fusulina, small foraminifera, radiolarian, coral, Brachiopoda,
shellfish, and trace fossil. |
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Stratigraphy |
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Research focuses on the process of stratum formulation, the
impact it has and receives, the environment surrounding the place
of generation, and its reconstruction in the laboratory. This
is based on the order of stratum generation, its geologic time
scale, the stratum structure, and geographical distribution. |
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Structural Geology |
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The great structures of continents and oceans and the process
of their creation are investigated. Regional research and studies
on geological elements such as plication and faults are conducted. |
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Abnormal Sedimentation
in Stratum (Kushiro, Hokkaido) |
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Petrology and Mineralogy |
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This is one of the fundamental fields in geoscience. Petrology
looks at the constitution, occurrence, and composition of rocks,
which form the earth's crust and mantle, and how they were created.
Mineralogy looks at minerals, which are the earth's smallest
and basic unit of materials, investigating the chemical composition,
optical characteristics, crystal structure and constitution,
development conditions and its process, and other aspects using
X-ray, spectroscopy, chemical analysis, and microscopes of varying
scales. |
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Crystals |
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Natural Resources and Geoscience |
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Metal and non-metal resources used by humankind are investigated
to understand how they were created in the history of the earth,
and how its use can impact the environment, chiefly through geo-chemistry
analysis. |
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