Author

Saeko Kita

Observed names: Kita Saeko, Kita, Saeko, S. Kita, Saeko KITA

Institution: Building Research Institute

Observed institutions: Hiroshima University, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tohoku University, Kyoto University, Building Research Institute, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Meteorological Research Institute, Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, University of California, Berkeley

ORCID: 0000-0002-1799-1088

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-1799-1088

OpenAlex ID: A5066791047

Thermal–petrological controls on the location of earthquakes within subducting plates

2013 · Geoffrey A. Abers, Junichi Nakajima, et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 184

Anomalous deepening of a seismic belt in the upper-plane of the double seismic zone in the Pacific slab beneath the Hokkaido corner: Possible evidence for thermal shielding caused by subducted forearc crust materials

2010 · Saeko Kita, Tomomi Okada, et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 165

Existence of a seismic belt in the upper plane of the double seismic zone extending in the along‐arc direction at depths of 70–100 km beneath NE Japan

2006 · Saeko Kita, Tomomi Okada, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 165

Tomographic imaging of hydrated crust and mantle in the subducting Pacific slab beneath Hokkaido, Japan: Evidence for dehydration embrittlement as a cause of intraslab earthquakes

2009 · Junichi Nakajima, Yusuke Tsuji, et al. · Gondwana Research · 99

Existence of interplane earthquakes and neutral stress boundary between the upper and lower planes of the double seismic zone beneath Tohoku and Hokkaido, northeastern Japan

2010 · Saeko Kita, Tomomi Okada, et al. · Tectonophysics · 96

Pressure–temperature conditions of ongoing regional metamorphism beneath the Japanese Islands

2009 · S. Omori, S. Kita, et al. · Gondwana Research · 67

Detailed seismic attenuation structure beneath Hokkaido, northeastern Japan: Arc‐arc collision process, arc magmatism, and seismotectonics

2014 · Saeko Kita, Junichi Nakajima, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 61

Seismic evidence for reactivation of a buried hydrated fault in the Pacific slab by the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku earthquake: HYDRATED FAULT AND INTRASLAB EARTHQUAKES

2011 · Junichi Nakajima, Akira Hasegawa, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 61

The 2005 M7.2 MIYAGI‐OKI earthquake, NE Japan: Possible rerupturing of one of asperities that caused the previous M7.4 earthquake

2005 · Tomomi Okada, Tadashi Yaginuma, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 61

Thermal structure and intermediate-depth seismicity in the Tohoku-Hokkaido subduction zones

2012 · P. E. van Keken, S. Kita, et al. · Solid Earth · 57

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High‐resolution seismic velocity structure beneath the Hokkaido corner, northern Japan: Arc‐arc collision and origins of the 1970 M 6.7 Hidaka and 1982 M 7.1 Urakawa‐oki earthquakes

2012 · Saeko Kita, Akira Hasegawa, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 53

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Physical mechanisms of oceanic mantle earthquakes: Comparison of natural and experimental events

2018 · Saeko Kita, Thomas P. Ferrand · Scientific Reports · 49

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Anomalous deepening of a belt of intraslab earthquakes in the Pacific slab crust under Kanto, central Japan: Possible anomalous thermal shielding, dehydration reactions, and seismicity caused by shallower cold slab material

2007 · Akira Hasegawa, Junichi Nakajima, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 49

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Aftershock distribution and 3D seismic velocity structure in and around the focal area of the 2004 mid Niigata prefecture earthquake obtained by applying double-difference tomography to dense temporary seismic network data

2005 · T. Okada, N. Umino, et al. · Earth Planets and Space · 42

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Depth variations in seismic velocity in the subducting crust: Evidence for fluid‐related embrittlement for intermediate‐depth earthquakes

2017 · Takahiro Shiina, Junichi Nakajima, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 37

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Effects of episodic slow slip on seismicity and stress near a subduction-zone megathrust

2021 · Saeko Kita, Heidi Houston, et al. · Nature Communications · 31

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Large intraslab earthquake (2011 April 7, M 7.1) after the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (M 9.0): Coseismic fault model based on the dense GPS network data

2011 · Yusaku Ohta, Satoshi Miura, et al. · Earth Planets and Space · 31

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Seismic attenuation structure associated with episodic tremor and slip zone beneath Shikoku and the Kii peninsula, southwestern Japan, in the Nankai subduction zone

2016 · Saeko Kita, Makoto Matsubara · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 28

Stress drops for intermediate‐depth intraslab earthquakes beneath H okkaido, northern J apan: Differences between the subducting oceanic crust and mantle events

2015 · Saeko Kita, Kei Katsumata · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 26

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Dynamic rupture simulation of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Multi-event generation within dozens of seconds

2012 · Hiroyuki Goto, Yojiro Yamamoto, et al. · Earth Planets and Space · 25

Temporal variation of intermediate‐depth earthquakes around the time of the M9.0 Tohoku‐oki earthquake

2017 · Brent G. Delbridge, Saeko Kita, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 20

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Transportation of H2O in the NE Japan Subduction Zone as Inferred from Seismic Observations

2008 · Akira HASEGAWA, Junichi NAKAJIMA, et al. · Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) · 13

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Slab Structure beneath the Japanese Islands and Earthquake Generation

2010 · Akira HASEGAWA, Junichi NAKAJIMA, et al. · Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) · 11

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A weak subducting slab at intermediate depths below northeast Japan

2024 · Brent G. Delbridge, Heidi Houston, et al. · Science Advances · 6

Stress drops of intermediate-depth intraslab earthquakes beneath Tohoku, northern Japan

2024 · Saeko Kita, Takahiro Shiina, et al. · Earth Planets and Space · 4

Works count: 68

Citation count: 1,443

H-index: 20

I10-index: 23