2003, 第１回日本地理学会賞（優秀賞）
松岡 憲知

〔Major achievements〕Decadal variability of differential frost heave on incipient sorted patterned ground in the Southern Japanese Alps
Norikazu Matsuoka, Lead
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Jul. 2025, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Dynamics of permafrost geomorphology in the High Arctic Svalbard
Norikazu Matsuoka; Tatsuya Watanabe; Hanne H.Christiansen, Lead
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), Apr. 2025, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Acceleration and interannual variability of creep rates in mountain permafrost landforms (rock glacier velocities) in the European Alps in 1995–2022
Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer; Xavier Bodin; Reynald Delaloye; Christophe Lambiel; Isabelle Gärtner-Roer; Mylène Bonnefoy-Demongeot; Luca Carturan; Bodo Damm; Julia Eulenstein; Andrea Fischer; Lea Hartl; Atsushi Ikeda; Viktor Kaufmann; Karl Krainer; Norikazu Matsuoka; Umberto Morra Di Cella; Jeannette Noetzli; Roberto Seppi; Cristian Scapozza; Philippe Schoeneich; Martin Stocker-Waldhuber; Emmanuel Thibert; Matteo Zumiani, Abstract

Cryospheric long-term timeseries get increasingly important. To document climate-related effects on long-term viscous creep of ice-rich mountain permafrost, we investigated timeseries (1995–2022) of geodetically-derived Rock Glacier Velocity (RGV), i.e. spatially averaged interannual velocity timeseries related to a rock glacier (RG) unit or part of it. We considered 50 RGV from 43 RGs spatially covering the entire European Alps. Eight of these RGs are destabilized. Results show that RGV are distinctly variable ranging from 0.04 to 6.23 m a⁻¹. Acceleration and deceleration at many RGs are highly correlated with similar behaviour over 2.5 decades for 15 timeseries. In addition to a general long-term, warming-induced trend of increasing velocities, three main phases of distinct acceleration (2000–2004, 2008–2015, 2018–2020), interrupted by deceleration or steady state conditions, were identified. The evolution is attributed to climate forcing and underlines the significance of RGV as a product of the Essential Climate Variable (ECV) permafrost. We show that RGV data are valuable as climate indicators, but such data should always be assessed critically considering changing local factors (geomorphic, thermal, hydrologic) and monitoring approaches. To extract a climate signal, larger RGV ensembles should be analysed. Criteria for selecting new RGV-sites are proposed., IOP Publishing
Environmental Research Letters, 20 Feb. 2024, [Reviewed]

Debris-flow activity in the Japanese Alps is controlled by extreme precipitation and ENSO – Evidence from multi-centennial tree-ring records
Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas; Yoshihiko Kariya; Fumitoshi Imaizumi; Alberto Muñoz Torrero Manchado; Ryoko Nishii; Norikazu Matsuoka; Markus Stoffel, Elsevier BV
Global and Planetary Change, Dec. 2023, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕How can needle ice transport large stones? Twenty‐one years of field observations
Norikazu Matsuoka, Lead, Abstract

Downslope movements of 12 stones (10–27 cm in diameter) were determined from time‐series images for 21 years on a Japanese alpine debris slope (inclination 12°). The process of stone movements was analysed on the basis of frost heave and soil temperature records, with particular attention to the stone size transported by needle ice and the effect of climate change on stone movements. Soil heaving mainly due to needle‐ice growth occurred 24–85 times yr⁻¹ with an annual maximum and cumulative amounts of 1.8–5.5 cm and 17–58 cm yr⁻¹, respectively. Stones moved downslope at rates of 5–20 cm yr⁻¹ (mean 11.7 cm), the velocity correlating with the stone size, although small stones with a height of less than about 3 cm do not reduce needle‐ice activity very much. On an assumption of a linear relationship between the two variables, needle ice can transport stones with a diameter of as large as 30 cm. Both annual mean air/soil temperatures and needle‐ice activity slightly increased through the monitoring period. Climatic warming may have raised the frequency of needle ice by shortening the snow‐covered period., Wiley
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 16 Aug. 2023, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Geological controls on marine cavernous landforms along Japanese Pacific-side rocky coasts
Kanami Shinohara; Atsuya Ito; Takuro Ogura; Norikazu Matsuoka, Corresponding, 東京地学協会
Journal of Geography, 28 Feb. 2023, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Ice needles weave patterns of stones in freezing landscapes
Anyuan Li; Norikazu Matsuoka; Fujun Niu; Jing Chen; Zhenpeng Ge; Wensi Hu; Desheng Li; Bernard Hallet; Johan van de Koppel; Nigel Goldenfeld; Quan-Xing Liu, Patterned ground, defined by the segregation of stones in soil according to size, is one of the most strikingly self-organized characteristics of polar and high-alpine landscapes. The presence of such patterns on Mars has been proposed as evidence for the past presence of surface liquid water. Despite their ubiquity, the dearth of quantitative field data on the patterns and their slow dynamics have hindered fundamental understanding of the pattern formation mechanisms. Here, we use laboratory experiments to show that stone transport is strongly dependent on local stone concentration and the height of ice needles, leading effectively to pattern formation driven by needle ice activity. Through numerical simulations, theory, and experiments, we show that the nonlinear amplification of long wavelength instabilities leads to self-similar dynamics that resemble phase separation patterns in binary alloys, characterized by scaling laws and spatial structure formation. Our results illustrate insights to be gained into patterns in landscapes by viewing the pattern formation through the lens of phase separation. Moreover, they may help interpret spatial structures that arise on diverse planetary landscapes, including ground patterns recently examined using the rover Curiosity on Mars., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 05 Oct. 2021, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Interpreting rockfall activity on an outcrop-talus slope system in the southern Japanese Alps using an integrated survey approach
Fumitoshi Imaizumi; Daniel Trappmann; Norikazu Matsuoka; Juan Canovas; Antonio Ballesteros; Koh Yasue; Markus Stoffel, ELSEVIER
GEOMORPHOLOGY, Dec. 2020, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕A multi-method monitoring of timing, magnitude and origin of rockfall activity in the Japanese Alps
Norikazu Matsuoka, Lead, A multi-method monitoring was conducted to detect the timing and trigger of rockfall activity on an alpine rockslide cliff composed of Cretaceous sandstone and shale in the southern Japanese Alps (Aresawa rockslide, 2900 m above sea level). The monitoring programme includes manual measurements of flaking from painted rock surface and collection of fallen debris, daily time-lapse imaging of the rockwall, automated recordings of rock temperature, rock moisture and influencing meteorological factors (air temperature and precipitation). A stereographic pair of sequential photographs is used to visually identify the location of new erosion and semi quantitative evaluation of detached materials at daily resolution. Six years (2010-2016) of debris trapping show major rockfall activity in winter (between November and May) and occasional activity associated with heavy rains in summer, and yield an average rate of rockwall retreat on the order of 1 mm a(-1). The rockwall shows heterogeneous debris production mainly reflecting joint spacing. Time-lapse imaging displays at least 10-15 rockfall events per year within the shot area (similar to 500 m(2)). The integration of multiple data suggests, Elsevier
Geomorphology, Jul. 2019, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Ice-wedge polygon dynamics in Svalbard: Lessons from a decade of automated multi-sensor monitoring
Norikazu Matsuoka; Hannne H Christiansen; Tatsuya Watanabe, Lead, WILEY
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Jul. 2018, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Interpretation of recent alpine landscape system evolution using geomorphic mapping and L-band InSAR analyses
Fumitoshi Imaizumi; Takaki Nishiguchi; Norikazu Matsuoka; Daniel Trappmann; Markus Stoffel, Elsevier B.V.
Geomorphology, 01 Jun. 2018, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Frost sorting on slopes by needle ice: A laboratory simulation on the effect of slope gradient
Anyuan Li; Norikazu Matsuoka; Fujun Niu, John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 15 Mar. 2018, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Soil Physical and Environmental Conditions Controlling Patterned-Ground Variability at a Continuous Permafrost Site, Svalbard
Tatsuya Watanabe; Norikazu Matsuoka; Hanne H. Christiansen; Stefanie Cable
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Apr. 2017, [Reviewed]

Overview of the Special Issue "Rock Weathering from Nanoscale to Global Scale: 1. Microscopic Weathering and Basic Studies"
MATSUOKA,Norikazu; OGUCHI,Chiaki T; FUKUSHI,Keisuke; MATSUSHI,Yuki; YOKOYAMA,Tadashi, Tokyo Geographical Society
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2017

山岳科学の創出―山岳地域の諸問題を分野横断で俯瞰する―
Norikazu Matsuoka; Teiji Watanabe; Satoshi Yokoyama, The Association of Japanese Geographers
E-journal GEO, 2017

〔Major achievements〕Physical Rock Weathering: Linking Laboratory Experiments, Field Observations, and Natural Features
Norikazu MATSUOKA; Tetsuya WARAGAI; Sachi WAKASA,

 Physical rock weathering has been studied through laboratory experiments, field observations, and numerical modeling, but linking these approaches and applying the results to weathering features in the field are often problematic. We review recent progress in three weathering processes—frost shattering, thermal fracturing, and lightning strikes—and explore better approaches to linking weathering processes and products. New visual and sensor technologies have led to great advances in field monitoring of weathering of fractured bedrock and resulting rockfalls in cold mountains. Laboratory simulations successfully produce fractures resulting from segregational freezing in various intact rocks. Modelling approaches illustrate the long-term evolution of periglacial slopes well, but improvements are required to apply laboratory-derived criteria to frost weathering. The efficacy of thermal weathering, which has long been under debate, is now partly supported by laboratory and field evidence that cracking takes place when wild fires or artificial explosions lead to thermal shock. Rock fracturing due to strong radiation is also reevaluated from the presence of large cooling/warmin, Tokyo Geographical Society
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2017, [Reviewed]

Biographical sketch of a giant: Deciphering recent debris-flow dynamics from the Ohya landslide body (Japanese Alps)
Fumitoshi Imaizumi; Daniel Trappmann; Norikazu Matsuoka; Satoshi Tsuchiya; Okihiro Ohsaka; Markus Stoffel
GEOMORPHOLOGY, Nov. 2016, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Progress in understanding the dynamics, internal structure and palaeoenvironmental potential of ice wedges and sand wedges
Hanne H. Christiansen; Norikazu Matsuoka; Tatsuya Watanabe
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Oct. 2016, [Reviewed]

極地や高山で地表の動きを測る
松岡; 憲知, 岩波書店
科学, Jun. 2016

〔Major achievements〕Permafrost and Periglacial Processes on the Martian Surface
Norikazu Matsuoka, Lead, Following the development of high-resolution imaging, digital elevation models, thermal and hydrological data, and onsite ground information during the early period of the 21st century, the periglacial geomorphology of the Martian surface advanced rapidly. Images can even resolute meter-scale landforms, enabling identification of most periglacial features and analysis of their global distributions and detailed morphologies. This review focuses on progress in research covering permafrost distribution, patterned ground, possible heave and subsidence features, lobate debris forms, and slope-lineated features during the last decade. Most of the Martian high-latitude surface is underlain by ice-rich ground called the latitude-dependent mantle (LDM), which favors permafrost-related features possibly developed under warm-humid conditions during past high-obliquity periods or partially s,till active under the present cold-dry conditions. Thermal contraction cracking is likely to prevail in the LDM, resulting in high-centered, flat-top polygons, possibly underlain by sublimation-type wedges or sand wedges that prevail at high latitudes. The surface patterns change into subdued or peak-top p, Tokyo Geographical Society
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), Feb. 2016, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Laboratory frost sorting by needle ice: a pilot experiment on the effects of stone size and extent of surface stone cover
Chizuru Yamagishi; Norikazu Matsuoka, Corresponding
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, Mar. 2015, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Combining Time-Lapse Photography and Multisensor Monitoring to Understand Frost Creep Dynamics in the Japanese Alps
Norikazu Matsuoka, Lead
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Apr. 2014, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Geomorphic dynamics and sediment budget in the Southern Japanese Alps: Recent studies and prospects
Norikazu Matsuoka; Fumitoshi Imaizumi; Ryokot Nishii, Lead, This review paper synthesizes geomorphic dynamics, sediment transport and resulting natural hazards in mountains of the southern Japanese Alps and their drainage basins, where climatic and geological situations produce highly active landform dynamics. In alpine areas above the timber line, shallow diurnal freeze-thaw action operating in the thin topsoil produces small-scale periglacial forms, and gravitational spreading leads to numerous sackung features where snow-melt and heavy rain in places promote rockslides. In subalpine and montane areas, deep-seated landslides originate from fractured sedimentary rocks, deep V-shaped valleys, and heavy rain, while shallow landslides continue with historical forest clearance. Continuous slope failures prevent vegetation recovery and maintain debris input to valleys. Steep valleys contribute to high-density debris flows. Frequent or repetitive occurrences of these mass movements promote continuous denudation of slopes, rockfall accidents along hiking trails, and sedimentation at artificial dams. They occasionally cause significant hazards to villages further downstream. Predicting and mitigating slope hazards require distinguishing among a, Tokyo Geographical Society
Journal of Geography, Aug. 2013, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Cold region geomorphology in Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu, Lead, This paper reviews glacial and periglacial geomorphology and associated studies on physical geography and Quaternary geology, undertaken by Japanese researchers during the last three decades. Major progress has been achieved in two aspects. First, overseas fieldwork in a wide range of polar and alpine regions has promoted understanding of present-day glacier and permafrost landforms, processes and sediments. The outcomes have greatly influenced domestic research, improving the interpretation of past glaciation and periglaciation in Japan. Second, Japanese studies have made significant contributions to the international research communities in applying tephrochronology to dating tills and periglacial structures, proposing a distinct feature of glacial advances possibly reflecting climate conditions in eastern Asia, promoting comprehensive monitoring of periglacial processes and understanding periglacial processes in seasonal frost and marginal periglacial conditions., The Association of Japanese Geographers
Geographical Review of Japan, Jul. 2013, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Precursors and triggers of an alpine rockslide in Japan: the 2004 partial collapse during a snow-melting period
Ryoko Nishii; Norikazu Matsuoka; Hiromu Daimaru; Masatsugu Yasuda
LANDSLIDES, Feb. 2013, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Ice- and Soil-Wedge Dynamics in the Kapp Linne Area, Svalbard, Investigated by Two- and Three-Dimensional GPR and Ground Thermal and Acceleration Regimes
Tatsuya Watanabe; Norikazu Matsuoka; Hanne H. Christiansen
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Jan. 2013, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Kinematics of an alpine retrogressive rockslide in the Japanese Alps
Ryoko Nishii; Norikazu Matsuoka
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, Dec. 2012, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕MUDBOIL AND ICE-WEDGE DYNAMICS INVESTIGATED BY ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY, GROUND TEMPERATURES AND SURFACE MOVEMENTS IN SVALBARD
Tatsuya Watanabe; Norikazu Matsuoka; Hanne H. Christiansen
GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, Dec. 2012, [Reviewed]

Frost wedges as a periglacial climate indicator: reevaluation based on physical processes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka, N, Elsevier
Quaternary International, Nov. 2012

Controls on patterned ground variability at a continuous permafrost site, Central Spitsbergen　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Watanabe; T; Matsuoka; N; Christiansen; HH
Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost, Aug. 2012, [Reviewed]

Monitoring of a retrogressive rockslide in an alpine area : a case of Aresawa rockslide, Akaishi Range　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
NISHII; Ryoko; MATSUOKA; Norikazu, Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering
砂防学会誌 : 新砂防 = Journal of the Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, Jan. 2012

〔Major achievements〕Research Frontier in Periglacial Processes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡; 憲知; 池田; 敦, Lead, Periglacial process studies, which began in the mid-20th century, have greatly advanced in recent years following several breakthroughs. This paper reviews the latest breakthroughs supported by new technologies, themes, and international projects. New technologies have enabled small, high-resolution data loggers to monitor rock and soil movements, and thermal and hydrological properties in polar and alpine areas; enabled geophysical instruments to visualize two- and three- dimensional subsurface structures below periglacial features; and, enabled numerical simulations to predict future landform evolution. In particular, dramatic progress has been achieved in understanding bedrock shattering and falls, soil movements induced by freeze-thaw oscillations, controls on rock glacier creep, critical conditions for ice-wedge cracking, and biogeophysical impacts on non-sorted circles. Two key words, global warming and Mars, are appearing often in periglacial research. High mountains and polar lowlands face the fate of potential natural hazards associated with rock slides, debris flows and thermokarst subsidence, possibly originating from permafrost thawing. High-resolution orbital images, Tokyo Geographical Society
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), Jan. 2012, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Periglacial Environment and Landscape Dynamics of the Swiss Alps : A Summary of 15 Years of Observations and Their Implications　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
MATSUOKA; Norikazu; IKEDA; Atsushi, Lead, Spacio-temporal variability of contemporary periglacial environments in the Swiss Alps is summarized on the basis of 15 years of field observations of rock weathering, permafrost creep, and soil movements, as well as other recent studies. Diurnal and annual freeze-thaw cycles loosen wet rock joints, which subsequently produce rockfalls. A large episodic rockfall can temporarily raise the rate of rockwall retreat. Rock debris derived from different parent rocks controls the types of rock glacier having different compositions, thermal characteristics, and dynamics. Some rock glaciers at the lower limit of permafrost are accelerating due to intensified mobility, but they may eventually become inactive because of permafrost thawing and the lack of debris supply. On slopes mantled with fine debris, small-scale stripes and lobes tend to develop on the upper part due to thin debris and good drainage, whereas larger scale lobes increase downslope as a result of thicker debris, poor drainage, and gentler slopes. The former mainly responds to shallow diurnal freeze-thaw cycles, whereas the latter reflects frost heave and gelifluction during deeper annual freezing-thawing. A prolonged supp, Tokyo Geographical Society
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), Jun. 2011, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Climate and material controls on periglacial soil processes: Toward improving periglacial climate indicators
Norikazu Matsuoka, Lead
QUATERNARY RESEARCH, Mar. 2011, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Monitoring rapid head scarp movement in an alpine rockslide
R. Nishii; N. Matsuoka
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, Sep. 2010, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Solifluction and mudflow on a limestone periglacial slope in the Swiss Alps: 14 years of monitoring
Matsuoka; N, Lead, Wiley
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Sep. 2010, [Reviewed]

Dynamics of solifluction lobes in the Swiss Alps: A summary of 14-year monitoring.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka, N, European Geoscience Union
Geophysical Research Abstracts, Apr. 2009

〔Major achievements〕Permafrost and climate in Europe: Monitoring and modelling thermal, geomorphological and geotechnical responses
Charles Harris; Lukas U. Arenson; Hanne H. Christiansen; Bernd Etzelmuller; Regula Frauenfelder; Stephan Gruber; Wilfried Haeberli; Christian Hauck; Martin Hoelzle; Ole Humlum; Ketil Isaksen; Andreas Kaab; Martina A. Kern-Luetschg; Michael Lehning; Norikazu Matsuoka; Julian B. Murton; Jeanette Noezli; Marcia Phillips; Neil Ross; Matti Seppala; Sarah M. Springman; Daniel Vonder Muehll
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS, Feb. 2009, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Permafrost and hydrology in the source area of the Yellow River
松岡; 憲知; 池田; 敦; 末吉; 哲雄, Lead, Frozen ground was investigated in 2003-2006 to evaluate the present-day distribution and ongoing degradation of permafrost in the source area of the Yellow River, located at the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The presence of permafrost was examined by seismic, electrical and/or thermal soundings at 18 sites between 3,250 m and 4,800 m a.s.l. Then, permafrost distribution fi tted to the sounding results was mapped by means of GIS. Temporal variations in ground thermal and hydrological regimes were also investigated for two years at Madoi observatory (4,273 m a.s.l.), by automatic and manual observations of air and ground (0-8 m deep) temperatures, precipitation, snow depth, near-surface soil moisture and groundwater level. In addition, numerical simulation of the ground thermal profiles was performed to discuss the degree of permafrost degradation under the observed atmospheric warming.
    High P-wave velocities (＞2 km/s) and relatively high DC resistivities (650-1,100 Ωm) below a thin uppermost layer show that permafrost 10-30 m in thickness occurs above 4300 m a.s.l. In contrast, low P-wave velocities (＜1 km/s) throughout the sediments indicate that permafrost is absent below 4,000 m a.s.l. On widespread alluvial plains between 4,200 m and 4,300 m a.s.l., permafrost is lacking or significantly degraded. Negative values of the mean annual ground surface temperature (MAST) also indicate widespread permafrost only above 4,300 m a.s.l. under the present climatic condition. The seasonal frost penetration reachs a maximum depth of 2.6 m at the observatory. Intermittent and very shallow snow cover favor frost penetration. The ground between 4 m and 8 m in depth was kept at slightly positive temperatures (0-4 °C) throughout two years, although the presence of permafrost at this site was suggested by a few reports in the 1980s. Assuming that the inter-annual variation in MAST follows that in the mean annual air temperature, permafrost is estimated to have signifi cantly thawed on the alluvial plains at 4,200-4,300 m a.s.l. during the last half-century. The numerical simulation suggests that thin (＜15 m) permafrost can signifi cantly degrade within this time scale. The resulting degradation of the permafrost is assumed to have extended 3,000 km² on the alluvial plains in the source area., 産業技術総合研究所地質調査総合センター
Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan, Jan. 2009

〔Major achievements〕Frost weathering and rockwall erosion in the southeastern Swiss Alps: Long-term (1994-2006) observations
Norikazu Matsuoka, Lead
GEOMORPHOLOGY, Jul. 2008, [Reviewed]

Thermal history of degrading permafrost in the source region of Yellow River, northeastern Tibet　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Sueyoshi; T; Ikeda; A; Matsuoka; N; Ishii; T, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska
Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Jun. 2008, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Ice-wedge polygon dynamics in Svalbard: High resolution monitoring by multiple techniques
Matsuoka; N; Christiansen; HH, Lead, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Permafrost, Jun. 2008, [Reviewed]

Sounding ice and soil wedge structures with ground-penetrating radar　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Watanabe; T; Matsuoka; N; Christiansen; H H; Ikeda; A, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska
Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Jun. 2008, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Frost weathering: Recent advances and future directions
Norikazu Matsuoka; Julian Murton, Lead
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Apr. 2008, [Reviewed], [Invited]

〔Major achievements〕Fast deformation of perennially frozen debris in a warm rock glacier in the Swiss Alps: An effect of liquid water
Atsushi Ikeda; Norikazu Matsuoka; Andreas Kaab
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE, Mar. 2008, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Involutions resulting from annual freeze-thaw cycles: a laboratory simulation based on observations in northeastern Japan
Yoshiko Ogino; Norikazu Matsuoka, Corresponding
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Oct. 2007, [Reviewed]

Permafrost Sounding (2003-2005) in the Source Area of the Yellow River, Northeastern Tibet
IKEDA Atsushi; SUEYOSHI Tetsuo; MATSUOKA Norikazu; ISHII Takemasa; UCHIDA Youhei, Present-day distribution and ongoing degradation of permafrost were evaluated by geophysical means in the source area of the Yellow River, located at the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Seismic, electrical and/or thermal soundings were undertaken at 15 sites between 3260m and 4790m ASL in 2003-2005. High P-wave velocities (>2kms^-1) and relatively high DC resistivities (650-1100Ωm) below a thin uppermost layer show that permafrost 10-30m in thickness occurs above 4300m ASL. In contrast, low P-wave velocities (<1kms^-1) throughout the uppermost ten to fifteen meters of sediments indicate that permafrost is absent below 4000m ASL. On widespread alluvial plains between 4200m and 4300m ASL, some sites show subsurface intermediate P-wave velocities (1.5-1.7kms^-1) and low resistivities (30-140Ωm) indicating the presence of unfrozen-saturated sediments, while others show high DC resistivities possibly indicating the presence of permafrost. Negative values of the mean annual ground surface temperature (MAST) also indicate widespread permafrost only above 4300m ASL under the present climatic condition. Assuming that the inter-annual variation in MAST follows that in the mean annual air temperature, permafrost is estimated to have significantly thawed on the alluvial plains at 4200-4300m ASL during the last half-century., The Association of Japanese Geographers
Geographical review of Japan series A, 2007

黄河源流域に永久凍土を探す (特集:黄河地下水プロジェクト(その1))
池田; 敦; 末吉; 哲雄; 松岡; 憲知; 石井武政, 実業公報社
Chishitsu news, Jan. 2007

〔Major achievements〕Quaternary bedrock erosion and landscape evolution in the Sor Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Reevaluating rates and processes
Norikazu Matsuoka; Celine E. Thomachot; Chiaki T. Oguchi; Tamao Hatta; Masahiro Abe; Hiroyuki Matsuzaki, Lead
GEOMORPHOLOGY, Nov. 2006, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Riverbank freeze-thaw erosion along a small mountain stream, Nikko volcanic area, central Japan
Manabu Yumoto; Takayuki Ogata; Norikazu Matsuoka; Eiji Matsumoto
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Oct. 2006, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕High-centered polygons in the So/r Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Possible effect of ice wedge sublimation
Matsuoka; Norikazu; Hirakawa; Kazuomi, Lead, Small high-centered polygons, 3-15m in diameter, dominate moraine fields in an inland cold desert of the Sr Rondane Mountains, Antarctica. They mainly occur on moraine fields at two stages younger than 1Ma. The polygons on the younger moraine (<0.5Ma) generally have an ice wedge surrounded by ice-cemented permafrost, although the ice wedge cracking is inactive or too slow to be detectable. The polygons on the older moraine (0.5-1Ma) have either an ice wedge or ice-free wedge. The ice-free wedge underlies a subsided trough and consists entirely of loose and coarse sediments with vertically-oriented clasts, which represents an ice-wedge cast probably originating from long-term sublimation of an ice wedge. These observations suggest that flat-top polygons with ice wedges form in wet permafrost when located close to the ice sheet surface, but that the subsequent ice sheet lowering separates the polygons from the moisture source, and finally long-term ice sublimation leads to domed polygons with ice-wedge casts enclosed in dry permafrost., National Institute of Polar Research
Polar geoscience, Oct. 2006, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Monitoring periglacial processes: Towards construction of a global network
Norikazu Matsuoka
GEOMORPHOLOGY, Oct. 2006, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Permafrost creep and rock glacier dynamics
Wilfried Haeberli; Bernard Hallet; Lukas Arenson; Roger Elconin; Ole Humlun; Andreas Kaab; Viktor Kaufmann; Branko Ladanyi; Norikazu Matsuoka; Sarah Springman; Daniel Vonder Muhll
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Jul. 2006, [Reviewed]

Comparison of geophysical investigations for detection of massive ground ice (pingo ice)
K Yoshikawa; C Leuschen; A Ikeda; K Harada; P Gogineni; P Hoekstra; L Hinzman; Y Sawada; N Matsuoka
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, Jun. 2006, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Pebbly versus bouldery rock glaciers: Morphology, structure and processes
A Ikeda; N Matsuoka
GEOMORPHOLOGY, Feb. 2006, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Temporal and spatial variations in periglacial soil movements on alpine crest slopes
N Matsuoka
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, Jan. 2005, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Morphometric analysis of solifluction lobes and rock glaciers in the Swiss Alps
N Matsuoka; A Ikeda; T Date, Lead
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Jan. 2005, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Frost damage of bricks composing a railway tunnel monument in Central Japan: field monitoring and laboratory simulation
C Thomachot; N Matsuoka; N Kuchitsu; M Morii
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, 2005, [Reviewed]

Permafrost sounding (2003-2004) in the source area of the Yellow River, China　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; N; Ikeda; A; Sueyoshi; T; Ishii; T
Annual Report of the Institute of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba, Dec. 2004

Permafrost survey in the source region of the Yellow River : a preliminary report　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
IKEDA; Atsushi; MATSUOKA; Norikazu; SUEYOSHI; Tetsuo, 日本雪氷学会
Seppyo, Mar. 2004, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Present-day periglacial environments in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; N; Sawaguchi; S; Yoshikawa; K, Lead
Geographical Review of Japan, Jan. 2004, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Monitoring periglacial processes: New methodology and technology
N Matsuoka; O Humlum, Lead
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES, Oct. 2003

〔Major achievements〕Mountain permafrost in Japan: distribution, landforms and thermal regimes
M Ishikawa; K Fukui; M Aoyama; A Ikeda; Y Sawada; N Matsuoka
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GEOMORPHOLOGIE, Mar. 2003

A rapidly moving small rock glacier at the lower limit of the mountain permafrost belt in the Swiss Alps
A Ikeda; N Matsuoka; A Kaab
PERMAFROST, VOLS 1 AND 2, 2003, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Contemporary periglacial processes in the Swiss Alps: seasonal, inter-annual and long-term variations
N Matsuoka; A Ikeda; K Hirakawa; T Watanabe
PERMAFROST, VOLS 1 AND 2, 2003, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Contemporary permafrost and periglaciation in Asian high mountains: an overview　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; N
Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplement Band, Jan. 2003, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Differential frost heave and sorted patterned ground: field measurements and a laboratory experiment
Matsuoka; N; Abe; M; Ijiri; M, Lead
Geomorphology, Jan. 2003, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Mountain Permafrost and Periglacial Environments in Asia
MATSUOKA; Norikazu, Asian high mountains involve a large area and a wide variety of periglacial environments. This paper reviews distribution, landscapes and geomorphic processes of mountain permafrost and periglacial belts in the Asian mountains. The lower limit of mountain permafrost descends northwards at a rate of about 160 m per degree of latitude. At the same latitudes, arid continental mountains have a lower limit about 1, 000 m higher than humid mountains, which contrasts with the subpolar mountain permafrost in Scandinavia. The altitudinal extent of the mountain permafrost belt commonly exceeds 700 m in the arid continental mountains, while it is generally less than 700 m in the humid continental and Pacific mountains. A non-permafrost but deep seasonal frost area usually lies between the lower limit of permafrost and the timberline. In the arid continental mountains, despite a vast extent of the periglacial environments, the lack of moisture minimizes frost action that produces typical periglacial landforms. However, the large height of the permafrost belt, when combined with local moisture sources, can produce very long rock glaciers and block streams. In the humid Himalaya, steep rockwalls, Tokyo Geographical Society
Journal of Geography(Chigaku Zasshi), Aug. 2002, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Degradation of talus-derived rock glaciers in the upper engadin, Swiss alps
Atsushi Ikeda; Norikazu Matsuoka
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2002, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Rock slope failures associated with deglaciation: some examples from glaciated valleys in the Swiss Alps
Matsuoka; N; Abe; M
Annual Report of the Institute of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba, Jan. 2002

〔Major achievements〕Weathering in cold regions: Some thoughts and perspective
Kevin Hall; Colin E. Thorn; Norikazu Matsuoka; Angelique Prick
Progress in Physical Geography, 2002, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Microgelivation versus macrogelivation: towards bridging the gap between laboratory and field frost weathering
Matsuoka; N
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Jan. 2001, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Direct observation of frost wedging in alpine bedrock
Matsuoka; N
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Jan. 2001, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Geological controls on the distribution of talus-derived rock glaciers　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; N; Ikeda; A
Annual Report of the Institute of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba, Jan. 2001

〔Major achievements〕Solifluction rates, processes and landforms: A global review
Norikazu Matsuoka
Earth-Science Reviews, 2001, [Reviewed]

Slope Instability in the Mountain Permafrost Belt of the Alps　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
MATSUOKA; Norikazu; HIRAKAWA; Kazuomi; WATANABE; Teiji; IKEDA; Atsushi, Tokyo Geographical Society
Journal of Geography(Chigaku Zasshi), Oct. 2000

Significance and Problems in the Enlargement of the Swiss National Park
WATANABE Teiji; SAWAGAKI Takanobu; HIRAKAWA Kazuomi; MATSUOKA Norikazu, The Hokkaido Geographical Society
Annals of the Hokkaido Geographical Society, 2000, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Solifluction resulting from one-sided and two-sided freezing : Field data from Svalbard.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; N; Hirakawa; K
Polar Geoscience, Jan. 2000, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Controls on sorted patterned-ground geometry in the Swiss Alps　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Abe; M; Matsuoka; N
Annual Report of the Institute of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba, Jan. 2000

〔Major achievements〕Monitoring of thermal contraction cracking at an ice wedge site, central Spitsbergen.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; N
Polar Geoscience, Jan. 1999, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Measurements of bottom temperature of the winter snow cover (BTS) in relation to rock glacier activity, Corviglia, Swiss Alps : a preliminary report. (共著)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Ikeda; A; Matsuoka; N
Annual Report of the Institute of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba, Jan. 1999

〔Major achievements〕Rockfall activity from an alpine cliff during thawing periods (共著)
Matsuoka; N; Sakai; H, Lead
Geomorphology, Jan. 1999, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Modelling frost creep rates in an alpine environment
Matsuoka; N
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Nov. 1998, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕The role of diurnal, annual and millennial freeze-thaw cycles in controlling alpine slope stability(共著)
Matsuoka; N; Hirakawa; K; Watanabe; T; Haeberli; W; Keller; F, Lead, Centre d'etudes nordiques, Universite Laval
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Permafrost, Jul. 1998, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Some observations regarding mountain permafrost in the Japanese Alps(共著)
Matsuoka; N, University of Tsukuba
Annual Report of the Institute of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba, Jan. 1998

Monitoring rockwall instability in the Murt(]E85C2[)l-Corvatsch region, Upper Engadin　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; N
Beitr(]E88D2[)ge aus der Gebirgs-Geomorphologie, Mitteilungen der Versuchsanstalt f(]E88DB[)r Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie der Eidgen(]E88D8[)ssischen Technischen Hochschule Z(]E88DB[)rich, Jan. 1998, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕The relationship between frost heave and downslope soil movement : field measurements in the Japanese Alps
Matsuoka; N
Permfrost and Periglacial Processes, Jan. 1998, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Rock glaciers : glacial or periglacial?
松岡憲知, Recent progress in rock glacier studies is reviewed with some emphases on the competition between the glacial and periglacial hypotheses. Rock glaciers are tongue-shaped or lobate bodies composed of angular boulders that resembles a small glacier, usually accompanied by multiple transverse ridges resulting from a compressive flow. Rock glaciers are classified, in terms of the origin of surface materials, into talus and morainic rock glaciers, and in the light of the activity status, into active, inactive and fossil ones. The distribution of active rock glaciers are delimited by the regional glacier equilibrium line and lower limit of mountain permafrost.
The internal structure of rock glaciers has been approached by direct observations and indirect geophysical soundings. In some rock glaciers, natural outcrops exhibit a massive ice body with debris bands beneath the surface boulder layer, which has encouraged the glacial hypothesis. Massive ice was also found in boreholes penetrating through a rock glacier permafrost in the Swiss Alps, despite being considered to originate from snow avalanche or refrozen meltwater. In fact, deformation occurred mostly in the frozen debris layer beneath the massive ice, indicating the periglacial origin of the rock glacier due to permafrost creep. Geophysical soundings, including seismic, geoelectric and gravimetric measurements, have provided useful information on the three-dimensional structure, stratigraphy and ice contents of rock glacier bodies, although authors preferring the glacial hypothesis tend to reject such indirect results. The origin of any rock glacier is thus equivocal without detailed analyses of internal stratigraphy and ice composition.
Most of the active rock glaciers are moving at a speed of 10¹ cm yr^-1, two orders of magnitude slower than 'ice' glaciers. The periglacial model attributes such a slow movement to permafrost creep. A possible consequence of this is that active rock glaciers usually have ages of several thousand years ; that inactive ones were activated repeatedly during the colder periods of the Holocene; and that fossil ones moved during the Late Glacial. In contrast, the glacial model explains that many rock glaciers originated from a debris-covered glacier during the Little Ice Age and have been loosing their ice content and speed rapidly with the 20th-Century warming.
Only a few rock glaciers have been identified from Japanese mountains. Although locations favorable for active rock glaciers are restricted to the northern side of some high mountains, the mountain permafrost belt must have been wide enough to form a number of rock glaciers during some past cold periods. Subsequent permafrost melting would have fossilized these rock glaciers, some of which may have been misinterpreted as glacial moraines or protalus ramparts., 東京地学協会
地学雑誌, Jan. 1998, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Monitoring of periglacial slope processes in the Swiss Alps: The first two years of frost shattering, heave and creep
Norikazu Matsuoka; Kazuomi Hirakawa; Teiji Watanabe; Kiichi Moriwaki, Lead, John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1997, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Soil moistrure variability in relation to diurnal frost heaving on Japanese high mountain slopes
Matsuoka; N
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Jan. 1996, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Field experiments on physical weathering and wind erosion in an antarctic cold desert
Norikazu Matsuoka; Kiichi Moriwaki; Kazuomi Hirakawa, John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 1996, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕The effect of rock properties on rates of tafoni growth in coastal environments(共著)
Matsukura; Y; Matsuoka; N
Zeitschrift f(]J1168[)r Geomorphologie, Supplement Band, Jan. 1996, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Rock weathering processes and landform development in the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica
Norikazu Matsuoka
Geomorphology, 1995, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕A laboratory simulation on freezing expansion of a fractured rock : preliminary data
Matsuoka; N, University of Tsukuba
Annual Report of the Institute of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba, Jan. 1995

〔Major achievements〕Continuous recording of frost heave and creep on a Japanese alpine slope
Matsuoka; N
Arctic and Alpine Research, Jan. 1994, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Diurnal freeze–thaw depth in rockwalls: Field measurements and theoretical considerations
Norikazu Matsuoka
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 1994, [Reviewed]

Monitoring system for some periglacial processes
Matsuoka; N
Annual Report of the Institute of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba, Jan. 1993

〔Major achievements〕Critical polygon size for ice-wedge formation in Svalbard and Antarctica (共著)
Matsuoka; N; Hirakawa; K
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Permafrost, Jan. 1993, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Mechanisms of frost action and related periglacial landforms
MATSUOKA; N, Recent studies oh periglacial processes and environments are reviewed on the basis of the mechanisms of frost action in rocks and soils. Frost action modifies the landform when the ground thaws after having been subject to frost heave or shattering. Freezing expansion, the cause of frost heave or shattering, begins just after the surface temperature has fallen below 0°C, proceeds rapidly with cooling until-2 or-3°C, and eventually attains a peak value usually at-5 to-7°C. This indicates that frost heave or shattering occurs just above the descending freezing front, and that lower temperature (e.g. less than-10°C) does not increase the power of frost action. Frozen soils are deformed as a result of frost creep, solifluction or active layer glide; the type of process is dependent on their grain size and moisture condition.
Diurnal and annual freeze-thaw cycles have different effects on periglacial landforms depending on their frequency and penetration depths. Diurnal freeze-thaw penetrates no more than 20 cm in soils and 50 cm in rocks, thus causing shallow soil movement of usually less than 10 cm and producing small debris less than 20 cm in diameter. Such shallow ground activities are believed to be predominant in most mid-latitude alpine environments where diurnal cycles occur frequently. The annual cycle controls the maximum depth of soil movement and the maximum size of fallen debris, which rarely exceed 200 cm and 500 cm, respectively, in Japanese alpine environments, as indicated by the records of ground temper.ature and theoretical considerations.
Recent laboratory and theoretical works, combined with field measurements, have enabled us to construct quantitative models of frost action as a function of environmental and geological factors. For example, the rate of bedrock frost shattering was expressed as a function of freeze-thaw frequency, degree of saturation and tensile strength by a simple model which agreed well with field data from several periglacial environments.
There are many problems to be solved on frost action environments. The most important ones are the influence of permafrost on frost action, the origin of block slopes and the sensitivity of frost action to climatic change. Permafrost may intensify frost action in overlying active layers: by acting as an impermeable layer, by producing cryostatic pressure, or by causing the two-sided freezing. Field measurement data, however, do not necessarily indicate high magnitudes of frost action in permafrost regions. The influence of climatic change on frost action cannot be discussed unless this problem is solved. Block fields and slopes, usually regarded as periglacial landforms, have not yet been explained in terms of the mechanisms of frost action. We should carefully evaluate each factor controlling frost action to solve these problems., 日本地理学会 古今書院(発売)
Geographical review of Japan. Ser.A, Feb. 1992, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Frost heave and creep in the sor Rondane Mountains, Antarctica (共著)
Matsuoka; N; Moriwaki; K, Lead
Arctic and Apline Research, Jan. 1992, [Reviewed]

Report on the geomorphological, geological, geodetic, and glaciological fieldwork in the Sor Rondane Mountains, 1990/91 summer (JARE-32) (in Japanese)
Iwata; Shuji; Shiraishi; Kazuyuki; Ebina; Yoritoshi; Matsuoka; Norikazu; Toyoshima; Tsuyoshi; Owada; Masaaki; Hasegawa; Hirohiko; Decleir; Hugo; Pattyn; Frank, The Sor Rondane field party as part of the summer party of the 32nd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-32) carried out geomorphological, geological, geodetic, and glaciological fieldworks in the central area of the Sor Rondane Mountains for 45 days from December 24,1990 to February 7,1991. The field trip was conducted by two parties, consisting of 9 persons, traveling from mountains to mountains to shift tented camps using 4 snow vehicles towing their equipments on sledges behind. Nine snowmobiles (motor toboggans) were used for their field researches on glaciers. Geomorphologists carried out measurements in the periglacial field experimental sites, observations of rock weathering, and mapping of chronological sequence of tills and moraines. Geologists studied chronological sequence of rock formation and collected rock specimens for structural, petrological, and chemical analyses. A surveyor set up geodetic control stations using GPS satellite positioning system and made gravity surveys on glaciers as well as at some control stations. Two Belgian glaciologists took part in the fieldwork as exchange scientists and studied dynamics of glacier movement and ice thickness., National Institute of Polar Research
Antarctic record, Nov. 1991

〔Major achievements〕Prediction of maximum freeze and thaw depths in grounds, using mean annual air temperature
MATSUOKA; N, A method is described for the prediction of maximum freeze/thaw penetration depth in snow-and vegetation-free ground as a function of the mean annual air temperature. Annual variation in ground surface temperature was fitted by a sinusoidal curve with the amplitude, T_os. The meteorological data show that the value of T_os ranges from 11° to 16°C in Japan. Three sinusoidal curves with the T_os values of 11°, 13° and 15°C were used for the calculation of the freeze/thaw depth. The Aldrich equation allowed the calculation to be made. The freezing and thawing indices involved in this equation were determined for every degree of the mean annual ground surface temperature. The maximum freeze/thaw depth was calculated for four kinds of ground materials, i.e., volcanic ash, sand/silt, gravel and rock, and then plotted against the mean annual surface temperature. The diagram indicates that the freeze/thaw depth increases as mean annual surface temperature approaches 0°C and with rising both thermal conductivity and volumetric water content of the ground material.
The relationship between the mean annual air temperature and the maximum freeze/thaw depth was obtained using the empirical relation between the mean ground surface and air temperatures. The predicted depths agreed fairly well with the measured depths in various cold environments where the mean annual air temperature is known., 日本地理学会 古今書院(発売)
Geographical review of Japan. Ser.A, May 1991, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕A model of the rate of frost shattering: Application to field data from Japan, Svalbard and Antarctica
Norikazu Matsuoka
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1991, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Ground temperature regimes and their relation to periglacial processes in the Sφr Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica (共著)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; N; Moriwaki; K; Iwata; S; Hirakawa; K
Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Antarctic Geosciences, Jan. 1990, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Mechanisms of rock breakdown by frost action: An experimental approach
Norikazu Matsuoka
Cold Regions Science and Technology, 1990, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕The rate of bedrock weathering by frost action: Field measurements and a predictive model
Norikazu Matsuoka
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 1990, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Diurnal forst-heave activity in the Sφr-Rondane Mountains, Antarctica (共著)
Matsuoka; N; Moriwaki; K; Hirakawa; K
Arctic and Alpine Research, Jan. 1988, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Laboratory experiments on frost shattering of rocks
Matsuoka; N, University of Tsukuba
Science Report of the Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Sect. A, Jan. 1988, [Reviewed]

Report on the geological, geomorphological and geodetic field party in the Sor Rondane Mountains, 1987(JARE-28) (in Japanese)
Hirakawa; Kazuomi; Matsuoka; Norikazu; Takahashi; Yuhei; Sakiyama; Toru; Osanai; Yasuhiro; Tanaka; Kosei, The 28th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-28) carried out the geologic, geomorphological and geodetic field work in the central part of the Sor Rondane Mountains for 35 days from January 7 to February 10,1987. The field work was done in detail within the surveyed area of JARE-26 and -27. Thanks to mobility of snowmobiles and good weather, almost all the expected investigations were conducted. In this report, the operation including logistics and the information on weather in the Mountains are mainly described, with a brief description of the geologic, geomorphological and geodetic field work. Two Belgian geomorphologists took part in this field work as exchange scientists and dealt with their own glaciological research project., National Institute of Polar Research
Antarctic record, Nov. 1987

〔Major achievements〕ひずみゲージによる多孔質凝灰岩の凍結ひずみの測定
松岡憲知
地形, Jan. 1987, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕フロストクリープによる斜面物質の移動に関する実験
Horii; Touru; Matsuoka; Norikazu; Matsukura; Yukinori, University of Tsukuba
Bulletin of Environmental Research Center, the University of Tsukuba, Jan. 1987

Report on the geological, geomorphological and geodetic field party in the Sor Rondane Mountains, 1986 (JARE-27) (in Japanese)
Moriwaki; Kiichi; Kojima; Hideyasu; Ishizuka; Hideo; Matsuoka; Norikazu; Kometani; Takeji; Shiga; Shigeo; Morita; Tomoya; Kuriki; Shigeo, The 27th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-27) carried out the geological, geomorphological and geodetic field work in the central part of the Sφr Rondane Mountains for 33 days from January 5 to February 6,1986. The field work was conducted by two parties with four persons each in order to investigate the vast area. They carried out expected investigations on spite of meeting with many crevasses. They used four snow vehicles and six snowmobiles. The snowmobiles were very useful to the field work in the area. This report gives detailed of operation including logistics, a summary of the field work, and information on the weather and the surface condition of snow and ice observed in this period., National Institute of Polar Research
Antarctic record, Nov. 1986

〔Major achievements〕Effects of rock properties on frost shattering rate
松岡憲知
Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union, Jan. 1986, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Rock control on the distribution of linear depressions on the main divide of Akaishi Range, Southern Japanese Alps
松岡憲知
Geographical Review of Japan, Jan. 1985, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕多孔質岩石の凍結破砕における水分条件の影響
松岡憲知
地形, Jan. 1984, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Frost shattering of bedrocks in the periglacial regions of the Nepal Himalaya
MATSUOKA; Norikazu, The intensity of frost shattering which acts on the bedrocks in the periglacial regions of the Nepal Himalaya was estimated from the meteorological records at Lhajung (4420 m in altitude), Khumbu region, eastern Nepal. Air temperature records showed that more than 150 cycles of freeze-thaw within a year occurred in the periglacial zone above 4000 m in altitude. As these freeze-thaw cycles mainly occur in the monsoon season, bedrockes exposed at around 5000-5500 m in altitude maintain the high water-content required for frost shattering. Intensive frost shattering was due to high frequency of freeze-thaw cycles and abundant moisture, thus depositing a large quantity of debris onto the surfaces of debris-covered glaciers in the Nepal Himalaya., The Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
Journal of the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice, Jan. 1984, [Reviewed]

〔Major achievements〕Pore-water pressure profile in freezing porous rocks
Fukuda; Masami; Matsuoka; Tomokazu, Hokkaido University
Low temperature science. Ser. A, Physical sciences, Mar. 1983

〔Major achievements〕東ネパール・ヤルン氷河の氷食岩面にみられる微起伏について
松岡憲知, The Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
雪氷, Jan. 1982, [Reviewed]

Investigating a Sea Arch (Megane Cave) Formed at Mado-Shima Island, San'in Coast
Norikazu Matsuoka; Takuro Ogura
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 25 Feb. 2023

マラソンコースを地形学で読み解く　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知
月刊地理, Aug. 2020, [Invited]

Introduction to the Special Issue "Rock Weathering from Nanoscale to Global Scale: 1. Microscopic Weathering and Basic Studies"
MATSUOKA Norikazu; OGUCHI Chiaki T; FUKUSHI Keisuke; MATSUSHI Yuki; YOKOYAMA Tadashi
J. Geogr., 2017

Introduction to the Special Issue "Rock Weathering from Nanoscale to Global Scale: 2. Macroscopic Weathering and Applied Studies"
MATSUOKA Norikazu; OGUCHI Chiaki T; FUKUSHI Keisuke; MATSUSHI Yuki; YOKOYAMA Tadashi
J. Geogr., 2017

Introduction to “Changing Natural Environments in the Japanese Alps Region”
MATSUOKA Norikazu; SUZUKI Keisuke; OHTSUKA Toshiyuki; UENO Kenichi; KUMON Fujio; SUGAI Toshihiko; SHIKAZONO Naotatsu
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2013

O9. Monitoring frost creep dynamics in the southern Japanese Alps(Abstracts of Paper Presented at Fall Meeting of the Union, September 2011)
MATSUOKA Norikazu
地形, 2012

P10. Postglacial modification of glacial valley morphology in the Swiss Alps(Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Union, May 2005)
ABE Masahiro; WAKASA Sachi; MATSUZAKI Hiroyuki; MATSUOKA Norikazu
地形, 2005

第1回ヨーロッパ永久凍土会議 (イタリア・ローマ) に参加して
松岡 憲知; 曽根 敏雄; 石川 守; 澤田 結基; 福井 幸太郎; 池田 敦
地形 = Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union, 25 Apr. 2001

Measurements and experiments on Geomorphic processes in Antarctic ice-free mountains: A review
Norikazu Matsuoka
南極資料 = Antarctic Record, Jul. 1996

The Periglaciation of Great Britain/Colin K.Ballantyne and Charles Harris(1994)
松岡 憲知
Geographical review of Japan. Ser.A, Sep. 1995

WEATHERING STAGE OF TILL AND GLACIAL HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL SOR RONDANE MOUNTAINS, EAST ANTARCTICA
MORIWAKI Kiichi; HIRAKAWA Kazuomi; MATSUOKA Norikazu
Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Antarctic Geosciences, Sep. 1991

A preliminary study on tafoni and honeycombs in Nojimazaki, Boso Peninsula, Japan
Matsukura Yukinori; Matsuoka Norikazu; Yano Noriko
Annual report of the Institute of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba, 1989

RECONSTRUCTION OF MAXIMUM GLACIAL EXTENT IN THE CENTRAL S∅R RONDANE MOUNTAINS, EAST ANTARCTICA
HIRAKAWA Kazuomi; MATSUOKA Norikazu; MORIWAKI Kiichi
Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Antarctic Geosciences, Sep. 1988

〔Major achievements〕Mountain science
松岡, 憲知; 泉山, 茂之; 楢本, 正明; 松本, 潔, Editor
古今書院, Sep. 2020
9784772242172

〔Major achievements〕Dictionary of Landforms　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Norikazu Matsuoka, Contributor
Asakura Publishing, Feb. 2017
9784254160635

Field guide for excursions, EUCOP III Svalbard, Norway 13-18 June 2010　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Christiansen; HH; Matsuoka; N; Watanabe; T, Contributor
Geological Survey of Norway, Jun. 2010

北極圏の周氷河環境を探る　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知, Single work
極地 86, Jan. 2008

〔Major achievements〕Geoenvironmental Science　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka N, Editor
Kokon-shoin, Apr. 2007
9784772252034

Dilation of building materials submitted to frost action　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Thomachot; CE; Matsuoka; N, Joint work
Building Stone Decay: From Diagnosis to Conservation, Geological Society of London, Jan. 2007, [Reviewed]
9781862392182

〔Major achievements〕Solifluction (Encycropedia of Geomorphology 2)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; N, Contributor
Goudie, A.S. (ed.) Encycropedia of Geomorphology 2, Routledge, Jan. 2004, [Reviewed]
9780415863001

〔Major achievements〕スイスの山と日本の山 ーＵとＶが生み出す自然環境・人間生活 ・ ツーリズムの特色を比較するー　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知
放送大学ライブラリー講演会, 22 Mar. 2025, [Invited]

〔Major achievements〕Distribution, morphology and processes of sorted patterned ground
Norikazu Matsuoka
The General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers Spring 2025, 20 Mar. 2025

Differential frost heave producing sorted patterned ground in the Southern Japanese Alps: A decade of monitoring
Norikazu Mastuoka
永久凍土に関連した分野横断研究に関する研究集会, 20 Feb. 2025

〔Major achievements〕歩いて走って考える地形学－スイスアルプスバーチャル巡検＋マラソンコースを地形学で読み解く－　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知
日本地形学連合（JGU）地形の学校2024, [Invited]
20240928, 20240929

〔Major achievements〕How do permafrost landforms in Svalbard respond to global warming?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Norikazu Matsuoka; Tatsuya Watanabe; Hanne H. Christiansen
12th International Conference on Permafrost, 19 Jun. 2024

〔Major achievements〕温暖化でスバルバールの周氷河景観はどう変わる？
松岡憲知; 渡邊達也
日本地理学会2024年春季学術大会, 20 Mar. 2024

〔Major achievements〕How large and how fast can needle ice transport stones downslope? Lessons from two-decade observations in the Japanese Alps
Norikazu Matsuoka
6th European Conference on Permafrost, 20 Jun. 2023

〔Major achievements〕Stone size and velocity transported by needle ice activity
Norikazu Matsuoka
The General Meeting of the AJG Spring 2023, 25 Mar. 2023
20230325, 20230326

Periglacial landforms as climatic indicators: What do sorted patterns tell us?
Norikazu Matsuoka
CryoKarst kick-off meeting, 23 Jan. 2023, [Invited]
20230123

〔Major achievements〕南アルプスでジオトレイル　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知
山梨大学地域貢献公開シンポジウム,「やまなしの森の活かし方」, 12 Dec. 2021, 山梨大学人材養成センター, [Invited]
20221212

〔Major achievements〕Types and genesis of coastal caves　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知・篠原叶実・伊藤敦哉・牛込佳太・小倉拓郎・小玉芳敬・金山恭子
日本地形学連合2022年秋季大会, 06 Nov. 2022, 日本地形学連合
20221105, 20221106

岩石海岸の海食凹地形におけるロックコントロール　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
篠原; 叶実; 松岡; 憲知
日本地形学連合2020年秋季大会, 29 Nov. 2020

〔Major achievements〕Decadal dynamics of permafrost landforms in Svalbard　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu
Sixth International Symposium on Arctic Research, 18 Mar. 2020, Japan Consortium for Arctic Environmental Research

〔Major achievements〕Differential frost heave on incipient sorted patterns in the Japanese Alps: a multi-method monitoring　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu
First Southern Hemisphere Conference on Permafrost, 04 Dec. 2019

〔Major achievements〕Decadal-scale variability of polar rock glacier dynamics: Accelerating due to warming?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu; Watanabe; Tatsuya; Ikeda; Atsushi; Christiansen; Hanne H; Humlum; Ole; Rouyet; Line
First Southern Hemisphere Conference on Permafrost, 04 Dec. 2019

スピッツベルゲンの岩石氷河の運動にみる年々変動と長期傾向　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡; 憲知
永久凍土の変動とそのモニタリングに関する研究集会, 18 Nov. 2019

〔Major achievements〕氷楔形成縁辺域における氷楔破壊発生の年々変動－スバルバールでの12年間の観測総括－　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡; 憲知; 渡邊達也; Hanne; H. Christiansen
日本地球惑星科学連合2018年度連合大会, 23 May 2018, 日本地球惑星科学連合

南アルプスの小型構造土での差別凍上観測（2013～2017）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡; 憲知
永久凍土の変動とそのモニタリングに関する研究集会, 08 Mar. 2018, 国立極地研究所

Mountain Science Frontiers: Planning International and Interdisciplinary Studies　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu
International Symposium on Mountain Sciences 2017, 15 Nov. 2017, 筑波大学山岳科学センター

〔Major achievements〕A multi-method approach to detecting bedrock fracturing and rockfall activity in the Southern Japanese Alps　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu
The Fourth Slope Tectonics Conference, 14 Oct. 2017

〔Major achievements〕From needle ice to deep permafrost: Classifying periglacial environments based on prevailing frost action　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu
2nd Asian Conference on Permafrost, 02 Jul. 2017, International Permafrost Association, [Invited]

〔Major achievements〕Multi-method monitoring of ice wedge dynamics in central Spitsbergen (2005-2016)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu; Christiansen; Hanne H; Watanabe; Tatsuya
2nd Asian Conference on Permafrost, 02 Jul. 2017, International Permafrost Association

山と自然－山岳科学から持続可能な日本を創生する－　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知; 津田吉晃
第2回全国「山の日」フォーラム, 14 May 2017

山岳科学の創出－山岳地域の諸問題を分野横断で俯瞰する－　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知; 渡辺悌二; 横山 智
日本地理学会2007年春季学術大会, 29 Mar. 2017

スピッツベルゲンにおける永久凍土動態観測10年（2）極地型岩石氷河の運動　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知; 渡邊達也; 池田 敦; Hanne; H. Christiansen
永久凍土の変動とそのモニタリングに関する研究集会, 16 Jan. 2017

スピッツベルゲンにおける永久凍土動態観測10年（1）アイスウェッジの破壊　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡憲知; Hanne; H. Christiansen; 渡邊達也
低温研共同研究集会「永久凍土の動態解明のための多角的アプローチ」, 21 Nov. 2016

〔Major achievements〕A multi-method approach to detecting high-mountain rockfall activity　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu
11th International Conference on Permafrost, 19 Jun. 2016, International Association on Permafrost

〔Major achievements〕Slow, but steady movement of an Arctic rock glacier: 10 years of movements and thermal conditions　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡; 憲知
11th International Conference on Permafrost, 19 Jun. 2016, International Association on Permafrost

〔Major achievements〕南アルプスにおける落石の発生時期・規模・原因－多様な手法による分析－　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡; 憲知
日本地球惑星科学連合2016年度連合大会, 24 May 2016

〔Major achievements〕Interannual variability of ice wedge dynamics in Adventdalen, central Spitsbergen　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu; Christiansen; Hanne; H; Watanabe; Tatsuya
Fourth Europeanl Conference on Permafrost, 21 Jun. 2014

〔Major achievements〕From kinematics to dynamics: significance of field and laboratory approaches to understand periglacial mass movements　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Matsuoka; Norikazu
Fourth European Conference on Permafrost, 20 Jun. 2014, [Invited]

〔Major achievements〕南アルプス高山域における岩盤破砕・土砂移動の観測　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松岡; 憲知; 西井; 稜子; 池田; 敦
日本地球惑星科学連合2012年大会, 20 May 2012

Apr. 2021 - Present
茨城大学

Apr. 2021 - Present
茨城大学

Apr. 2021 - Present
茨城大学

Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
茨城大学

Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2021
筑波大学

Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2021
筑波大学

Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2021
筑波大学

Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2021
筑波大学

Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2021
筑波大学

Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2021
筑波大学

Apr. 1990 - Mar. 2021
筑波大学

Apr. 1989 - Mar. 2021
筑波大学

Apr. 1988 - Mar. 2021
筑波大学

Apr. 1995 - Mar. 2007
筑波大学

Permafrost and Periglacial Environments　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Mar. 2003 - Apr. 2003
The University Centre in Svalbard

JAPAN GEOSCIENCE UNION

TOKYO GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

JAPANESE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL UNION

THE ASSOCIATION JAPANESE GEOGRAPHERS

International Geographical Union

European Geosciences Union (EGU)

International Permafrost Association