Hiroo Kanamori
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Hiroo Kanamori is a prominent Japanese seismologist known for his pioneering work on earthquake magnitude scales and the physics of large earthquakes.
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| Hiroo Kanamori canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ seismologist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
American Geophysical Union
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Seismological Society of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Japan Prize
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Gold Medal of the Seismological Society of America ⓘ
surface form:
Medal of the Seismological Society of America
Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ William Bowie Medal ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
global centroid-moment-tensor analysis
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understanding of energy release in mega-earthquakes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
earthquake magnitude scales
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earthquake physics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
seismic moment
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slow earthquakes ⓘ source mechanisms of earthquakes ⓘ subduction zones ⓘ tsunami earthquakes ⓘ |
| influenced |
global seismic monitoring practices
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modern earthquake hazard assessment ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Royal Society ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Society of London
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| notableFor |
clarifying limitations of the Richter scale for large earthquakes
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development of moment magnitude scale ⓘ research on subduction-zone earthquakes ⓘ studies of tsunami-generating earthquakes ⓘ work on the physics of large earthquakes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
papers on moment magnitude scale
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studies of great Chilean and Alaskan earthquakes ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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researcher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of Caltech Seismological Laboratory
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professor at Caltech Seismological Laboratory ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Pasadena
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surface form:
Pasadena, California
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