Asahiko Taira
Commendation
For outstanding contributions to geology, in particular to the establishment and development of the accretionary prism concept, the understanding of the formation of Japanese islands, and the global ocean drilling science
A list of five major papers
- Taira, A., Katto, J., Tashiro, M., Okamura, M., Kodama, K., 1988, The Shimanto Belt in Shikoku, Japan-evolution of Cretaceous to Miocene accretionary prism. Modern Geology, 12, 5-46.
- Taira, A., Hill, I., Firth, J., Berner, U., Brukmann, W., Byrne, T., Chabernaud, T., Fisher, A., Foucher, J.P., Gamo, T., Gieskesd, J., Hyndman, R., Karig, D., Kastner, M., Kato, Y., Lallemant, S., Lu, R., Maltman, A., Moore, G., Moran, K., Olaffson, G., Owens, W., Pickering, K., Siena, F., Taylor, E., Underwood, M., Wilkinson, C., Yamano, M., and Zhang, J., 1992, Sediment deformation and hydrogeology of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: -Synthesis of shipboard results of ODP Leg 131-. Earth Planet Sci. Letters, 109, 431-450.
- Taira, A., Saito, S., Aoike, K., Morita, S., Tokuyama, H., Suyehiro, K., Takahashi, N., Shinohara, M., Kiyokawa, S., Naka, J., and Klaus, A., 1998, Nature and growth rate of the Northern Izu-Bonin (Ogasawara) arc crust and their implications for continental crust formation, The Island Arc, 7, 395-407.
- Taira, A., 2001, Tectonic evolution of the Japanese island arc system. Annual Rev. Earth & Planet Sci., 109-134.
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Nominator
Mitsuhiro Toriumi