Kojiro Irikura
Commendation
for outstanding contributions to seismology, in particular to strong-motion seismology and applied seismology; and numerous contributions to educating young researchers both in Japan and overseas.
A list of five major papers
- Irikura, K., Semi-empirical estimation of strong ground motions during large earthquakes, Bull. Disas. Prev. Res. Inst., 33, 63-104, 1983.
- Irikura, K., Semi-empirical estimation of strong ground motions during large earthquakes, Bull. Disas. Prev. Res. Inst., 33, 63-104, 1983.
- Irikura, K., T. Iwata, H. Sekiguchi, A. Pitarka, and K. Kamae, Lesson from the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake: Why were such destructive motions generated to buildings?, J. Natural Disas. Sci., 18(2), 99-127, 1996.
- Somerville, P. G., K. Irikura, R. Graves, S. Sawada, D. Wald, N. Abrahamson, Y. Iwasaki, T. Kagawa, N. Smith, A. Kowada, Characterizing crustal earthquake slip models for the prediction of strong ground motion, Seism. Res. Lett., 70, 59-80, 1999.
- Irikura, K., and H. Miyake, Recipe for predicting strong ground motion from crustal earthquake scenarios, Pure Appl. Geophys., 168, 85-104, 2011.
Nominator
Kazuro Hirahara