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Decoding Earth Evolution Program : development of effecient methods for data aquisition and decoding the Earth's environmental history

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07238104
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research InstitutionGifu University

Principal Investigator

KAWAKAMI Shin-ichi  Faculty of Education, Gifu University, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (80183036)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HAMANO Yozo  Graduate school of Science, The University of Tokyo, Professor, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (90011709)
KAIHO Kunio  Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Associate Professor, 理学部, 助教授 (00143082)
SUZUKI Noriyuki  Graduate school of Science, Hokkaido University, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教授 (00144692)
OHNO Terufumi  University Museum, Kyoto University, professor, 総合博物館, 教授 (40194245)
KUMAZAWA Mineo  School of Science, Nagoya Univerisity, emeritus Professor, 理学部, 名誉教授 (60022571)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1997
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
Budget Amount *help
¥167,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥167,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥38,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥38,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥54,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥54,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥74,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥74,500,000)
KeywordsEarth history / non-destructive surface analysis / banded-iron formations / stromatolites / coevolution of life and the Earth / microbial mats / shima-shima gaku / evolution / 有機地球化学 / 生物大量絶滅 / 地球進化論 / 地球システム科学 / 地球磁場 / ストリマトライト
Research Abstract

The purpose of this research is to develop analytical methods for efficient data aquisition, to make data base of rock samples and analytical data, and to decode the Earth's environmental history dating back to 4.0 Ga through multidisciplinary approaches. The major results of this study are as follows.
(1) Several "after 5 O'clock machines" has been developed and operated for first order chemical analysis of the obtained samples. Our samples were processed in plates with 400x200x30 mm or 200x200x30 mm in dimension. X-ray analytical microscope, one of the most useful after 5 machines, aquired chemical images of the samples, which were after image processing represented as chemical profiles corresponding to the stratigraphic sequence.
(2) The database we obtained includes (1) chert and banded iron-formation from Isua, West Greenland (3.8Ga), (2) chert and BIFs from Pilbara Blocks with 3.4 Ga in age, (3) the Hamersley BIF (2.4Ga), (4) Bell and Dwyer Lake BIFs (2.8Ga) from Yellowknife Superg … More roup, Canada, (5) the Hearne stromatolites (1.9 Ga) from Canada, and (6) Rastof cap carbonate (ca. 0.7 Ga) from Namibia. In sampling in Canada and Namibia, we used an engine cutter and a handy corer for completely continuous sampling required for the rhythm and event analysis of laminations.
(3) The Cr-enriched layer has been found in banded-iron formation from Isua, Greenland. In order to discuss its origin, the Mn-Cr isotope systematics is applied. A specimen was sent to geochemists in Australia to initiate international colaborations.
(4) As a model for early terrestrial ecosystem, we have been interested in hotspring microbial mats and started joint study with microbiologists. Recently we developed a handy spectrometer, which enabled indentification of photosynthetic microbes in the field. Further, image analysis of temperature and RGB color distribution was performed for an ecological characterization of microbial mats. On the other hand, we proposed a new view of Earth history, "co-evolution of the Earth and life", which argues that the evolution of Earth and terrestrial life is tightly related each other. Special attension has been paid for the origins of photosynthesis, eukaryotes and metazoa and evolution of atmospheric oxygen level. Less

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  • 1997 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1996 Annual Research Report
  • 1995 Annual Research Report
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All Publications (45 results)

  • [Publications] 川上紳一・大野照文: "生命と地球の共進化"科学. 68. 829-838 (1998)

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  • [Publications] 川上紳一: "全地球史解読計画"日本物理学会誌. 52. 577-584 (1997)

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  • [Publications] 川上紳一・高野雅夫・熊澤峰夫: "地球環境と生物の歴史:バイオマットからの視点"Microbes and Environments(日本微生物生態学会報). 13. 31-37 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki,N et al.: "High productivity in the earliest Triassic ocean:Black shales.Southwest Japan"Palaeogeography,Palaeoclimatology,Palaeoecology. 141. 53-65 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Chijima,T.et al.: "Fullerenes Found in the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction Period"Geophys,Res.Lett.. 26. 767-770 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 熊澤峰夫: "全地球史解読とは何か"科学. 68. 755-762 (1998)

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  • [Publications] 川上紳一: "縞々学-リズムから地球史に迫る"東京大学出版会. 270 (1995)

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      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 川上紳一ほか: "岩波講座地球惑星科学第13巻地球進化論"岩波書店. 527 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Kawakami, S., and T. Ohno: "Coevolution of life and the Earth (in Japanese)"Kagaku. 68. 829-838 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Kawakami, S: "Decoding Earth evolution program"J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.. 52. 677-584

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  • [Publications] Kawakami, S., M. Takano, M. Kumazawa: "History of Eath's environment and evolution of life : a perspective from microbial-mat research (in Japanese with English abtract) and Environments"Microbes and Environments. 13. 31-37 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, N., Ishida, K., Shinomiya, Y., and Ishiga, H.: "High productivity in the earliest Triassic ocean : Black shales, Southwest Japan"Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 141. 53-65 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, N: "Scanning Laser Pyrolysis-Mass Spectrometry of Sedimentary Organic Matter In : Environmental Measurement and Analysis"1996, Japan Science and Technology Corporation. 66-69 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Chijiwa, T., T. Arai, T. Sugai, H. Shinohara, M. Kumazawa, M. Takana and S. Kawakami: "Fullerenes found in the Permo-Triassic mass extinction period"Geophys. Res. Lett.. 26. 767-770 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Kaiho, K: "Phylogeny of deep-sea calcareous trochospiral benthic foraminifera : evolution and diversification"Micropaleontology. (in press). (1999)

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  • [Publications] Kaiho, K: "Global climatic forcing of deep-sea benthic foraminiferal test size during the past 120 m.y."Geology. 26. 491-494 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Kumazawa, M.: "What is the decoding earth evolution program (in Japanese)"Kagaku. 68. 755-762 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Okaniwa, T., M. Takano, M. Kumazawa, S. Kawakami, and Y. Isozaki: "Rhythm and event analysis of lamination of stromatolites (1.9 Ga) Part 1. Description of lamination"Abst. GAC/MAC 50th annual meeting, Ottawa. 110 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Sumita, I., S. Yoshida, M. Kumazawa, and Y. Hamano: "A model for sedimentary compaction of a viscous medium and its application to inner-core growth"Geophys. J. Int.. 124. 502-524 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Takano, M., H. Yoshioka, T. Okaniwa, S. Hori, T. Komiya, S. Kawakami, S. Maruyama, and M. Kumazawa: "The chemical profile of 3.8 Ga banded iron formation from Isua supracrustal belt, West Greenland"Abst. GAC/MAC 50th annual meeting, Ottawa. 145 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Tojo, B., and T. Ohno: "Continuous growth-line sequences in gastropod shells."Paleogeog. Paleoclim. Paleoecol.. (in press). (1999)

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  • [Publications] Tojo, B., T. Ohno, and T. Fujiwara: "Late-Pleistocene changes of tidal amplitude and phase in Osaka Bay, Japan, reconstructed from fossil records and numerical model calculations"Marine Geology. (in press). (1999)

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  • [Publications] Tojo, B., S. Kawakami, H. Yoshioka, T. Okaniwa, M. Takano, and P.F. Hoffman: "Rapid post-glacial Earth-warming at the end of Neoproterozoic"In International Workshop abstract, Superplume, 137-138, January 28-31, Waco, Japan. (1999)

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  • [Publications] Yokoyama, Y., M. Kumazawa, Y. Imanishi, and N. Mikami: "A new method of nonstationary time series analysis based on inhomogeneous AR equation"IEEE Trans. Signal Precess.. 45. 2130-2136 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Kawakami, S.: "Shima-shima gaku : decoding Earth evolution through rhythm"Univ. Tokyo Press. 270

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  • [Publications] 高野 雅夫 ほか: "走査型X線分析顕微鏡でみるバイオマット" 鉱物学雑誌. 26. 107-112 (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 川上 紳一: "全地球史解読計画" 日本物理学会誌. 52. 577-584 (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 川上 紳一: "地球の歴史と人類" 環境管理. 33. 1098-1106 (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 川上 紳一 ほか: "地球環境と生物の歴史:バイオマットからの視点" 微生物生態学会. (印刷中). (1998)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Ohno,T.: "The origin of algal-bivalve photo-symbiosis," Paleontology. 38. 1-21 (1995)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] N.Suzuki ほか: "High productivity in the earliest Triassic ocean: Black shales,Southwest Japan" Palaeogeograpy,Palaeoclimatology,Palaeoecology. (印刷中). (1998)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 川上 紳一 ほか: "地球誌と生命誌(共著)" お茶の水書房, 229 (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 川上 紳一 ほか: "岩波講座地球惑星科学第13巻地球進化論(共著)" 岩波書店, 550 (1998)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Sumita,I.et al.: "A model for sedimentary campaction of a viscous medium and its application to inner-core growth." Geophys.J.Int.124. 502-524 (1996)

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kawakami,S.et al.: "New opportunity for detecting paleoearthquake events : a record from lucstrine sediment." Eng.Geol.43. 177-188 (1996)

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 川上紳一・大野照文: "原生代-古生代境界の地球システム変動と多細胞動物の出現" 地震第II輯. 48. 487-508 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Yoshida,S.,Y.Hamano: "Geomagnetic decadol variations caused by length-of-day variation" Phys.Earth Planet.Int.91. 117-129 (1995)

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 川上紳一: "縞々学-リズムから地球史に迫る" 東京大学出版会, 273 (1995)

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 川上紳一,熊澤峰夫: "生命と地球の共進化解読へ向けて-全地球史解読-" 月刊地球. 17. 433-440 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 川上紳一,高野雅夫,熊澤峰夫: "生命がつくる地球-全地球史解読-" 月刊地球. 18. 3-8 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Ohno T.,et.al.: "The Origin of olgal-bivalve photo-biosynbiosis" Palaeontology. 38. 1-21 (1995)

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      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Suzuki N.,R.P.Philp.: "Pyrolysis-GC analysis of the recent cyanobacterial mats reacted with H_2S under mild condition" Geochem. J.29. 137-148 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Yoshid S.,Y.Hamano: "Geomagnetic decadal variations caused by length-of-day variation" Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter.91. 117-129 (1995)

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      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 海保邦夫: "白亜紀/第三紀境界に何が起ったか" 科学. 65. 603-611 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 川上紳一: "縞々学-リズムから地球史に迫る" 東京大学出版会, 279 (1995)

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