Assistant Professor Keiko Suzuki-Kamata

A short personal history:

• Born on 13 October, 19XX in Osaka, Japan
• Married, with a son (11)
• Graduated from Kobe University [Faculty of Science] in 1978
• Graduated from Master course of Kobe University [Geology] in 1980
• Graduated from Docter course of Kobe University [Geology] in 1984
• Degree: Doctor of Philosophy [in Geology]
• Research associate at Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo [1984-1988]
• Assistant Professor at Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kobe University [1988-1995]
• Associate Professor of Volcanology at Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kobe University [1995- present]

• Research on the emplacement and flow mechanisms of large-scale pyroclastic-flow deposits in Kyushu based on feild geology.
• Reconstruction of the caldera-forming eruption, and estimation of collapse interval between climactic eruption and caldera collapse at Crater Lake caldera, Oregon, U.S.A.
• Measurement of physical parameters of small-scale pyroclastic-flow eruption at Unzen-Fugendake in 1991.
• Estimation of emplacement temperature of pyroclastic flows based on palaeomagnetic measurements.

Selected Publications :

• Suzuki, K. and Ui, T. (1982) Grain orientation and depositional ramp as flow direction indicators of a large-scale pyroclastic flow deposit in Japan. Geology, vol.10, p.429-432.
• Suzuki-Kamata, K. and Ui, T. (1988) Depositional ramps: Asymmetrical distribution structure in the Ata pyroclastic flow deposit, Japan. Bull. Volcanol. vol.50, 26-34.
• Suzuki-Kamata, K. (1988) The ground layer of Ata pyroclastic flow deposit, southwestern Japan --- evidence for capture of lithic fragments. Bull. Volcanol. vol. 50, 119-129.
• Suzuki-Kamata, K. and Kamata, H. (1990) The proximal facies of the Tosu pyroclastic-flow deposit erupted from Aso caldera, Japan. Bull. Volcanol. vol. 52, 325-333.
• Taniguchi, H. and Suzuki-Kamata, K. (1992) Direct measurement of over pressure of a volcanic blast on the June 1991 eruption at Unzen Volcano, Japan. Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 20, 89-92.
• Kamata, H, and Suzuki-Kamata, K. and Bacon, C.R. (1993) Deformation of the Wineglass Welded Tuff and the timing of caldera collapse at Crater Lake, Oregon. Jour. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., vol. 56, 253-266.
• Suzuki-Kamata, K., Kamata, H. and Bacon, C.R. (1993) Evolution of the caldera-forming eruption at Crater Lake, Oregon, indicated by component analysis of lithic fragments. Jour. Geophys. Res., vol. 98, 14059-14074.
• Suzuki-Kamata, K. and Kamata, H. (1997) Subsidence structures of calderas with the diameter less than 10 km, Proceedings of Oji-seminar on "Neogene Evolution of Pacific Ocean Getways" (IGCP-355)