広島大学大学院理学研究科 地球惑星システム学専攻

Toru INOUE

Affiliation: Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science,
  Graduate School of Science
Title: Professor
Room: A606
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Research Topics

  • High-pressure mineral physics

Courses in Charge

  • Undergraduate course: Physics of Earth and planetary interiors B, Practice of Earth and planetary systems science B, etc.
  • Graduate course: Dynamics in the Earth, Deep Earth materials science, etc.

Selected Publications

  1. Inoue, T., T. Wada, R. Sasaki, and H. Yurimoto, Water partitioning in the Earth's mantle, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 183, 245-251, 2010.
  2. Inoue, T., D.J. Weidner, P.A. Northrup and J.B. Parise, Elastic properties of hydrous ringwoodite (γ-phase) in Mg2SiO4, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 160, 107-113, 1998.
  3. Inoue, T., H. Yurimoto and Y. Kudoh, Hydrous modified spinel, Mg1.75SiH0.5O4: a new water reservoir in the mantle transition region. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 117-120, 1995.