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Yuhji Yamamoto
œProfessor
œ[Personal web page]

Specialization
œPaleomagnetism, Rock magnetism

Research
œChanges of the Earth's magnetic field through time.
œMethodology of the absolute paleointensity determinations.
œEnvironmental magnetic applications to marine sediments.

External role

Education
œB.Sc.: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1997.
œM.Sc.: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1999.
œD.Sc.: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2002.

Professional Memberships
œAmerican Geophysical Union
œJapan Geoscience Union
œSociety of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (SGEPSS, JAPAN)

Selected Publications
œYamamoto Y., and Shaw J. "Development of the microwave LTD-DHT
€Shaw method for absolute paleointensity determination ",
€Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter., 170, 15-23, 2008.

œYamamoto Y., and Hoshi H. "Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic studies
€of the Sakurajima 1914 and 1946 andesitic lavas from Japan: A comparison
€of the LTD-DHT Shaw and Thellier paleointensity methods ",
€Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter., 167, 118-143, 2008. [abstract]

œYamamoto Y., Tsunakawa H., Shaw J., and Kono M. "Paleomagnetism of the Datong
€monogenetic volcanoes in China: paleodirection and paleointensity during
€the middle to early Brunhes Chron",
€Earth Planets Space, 59, 727-746, 2007. [abstract]

œYamamoto Y., Ishizuka O., Sudo M., and Uto K. "40Ar/39Ar ages and palaeomagnetism
€of transitionally magnetized volcanic rocks in the Society Islands, French Polynesia:
€Raiatea excursion in the upper-Gauss Chron",
€Geophys. J. Int., 169, 41-59, 2007. [abstract]

œYamamoto Y., Yamazaki T., Kanamatsu T., Ioka N., and Mishima T.
€"Relative paleointensity stack during the last 250 kyr in the northwest Pacific",
€J. Geophys. Res, 112, B01104, doi:10.1029/2006JB004477, 2007. [abstract]

œYamamoto Y. "Possible TCRM acquisition of the Kilauea 1960 lava,
€Hawaii: failure of Thellier paleointensity determination inferred from equilibrium
€temperature of the Fe-Ti oxide", Earth Planets Space, 58,
€1033-1044, 2006. [abstract]

œYamamoto Y., and Tsunakawa H. "Geomagnetic field intensity during the last 5 Myr:
€LTD-DHT Shaw palaeointensities from volcanic rocks of the Society lslands,
€French Polynesia", Geophys. J.Int., 162, 79-114, 2005. [abstract]

œYamamoto Y., Tsunakawa, H., and Shibuya, H. "Palaeointensity study of
€the Hawaiian 1960 lava:implications for possible causes
€of erroneously high intensities", Geophys. J. Int.,
€153, 263-276, 2003. [abstract]

œYamamoto Y., Shimura K., Tsunakawa H., Kogiso T., Uto K., Barsczus H.G., Oda H.,
€Yamazaki T., and Kikawa E. "Geomagnetic paleosecular variation
€for the past 5 Main the Society Islands,
€French Polynesia", Earth Planets Space, 54, 797-802, 2002. [abstract]