Numerical modeling of earth evolution based on heat and mass transport focusing on downwelling mantle flows

• Project/Area Number: 16075205
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Science and Engineering
• Research Institution: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (2007-2008); The University of Tokyo (2004-2006)
• Principal Investigator: HAMANO Yozo Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 地球内部変動研究センター, プログラムディレクター (90011709)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HONDA Satoru 東京大学, 地震研究所, 教授 (00219239) ; OGAWA Masaki 東京大学, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 准教授 (30194450) ; IWAMORI Hikaru 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 准教授 (80221795) ; YANAGISAWA Takatoshi 独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球内部変動研究センター, 研究員 (20359186) ; YOSHIDA Masaki 独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球内部変動研究センター, 研究員 (00371716)
• Project Period (FY): 2004 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥59,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥59,900,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥10,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,600,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥13,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,200,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥13,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,200,000); Fiscal Year 2005: ¥15,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,900,000); Fiscal Year 2004: ¥7,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,000,000)
• Keywords: マントル対流 / 数値モデリング / 滞留スラブ / 地球進化 / 地球変動 / マントル下降流 / 沈み込み帯 / 水循環 / 地球の熱史 / 沈み込み帶

Research Abstract

本研究では、マントル下降流の振る舞いが、全マントル規模の熱輸送過程、地球熱進化過程に与える影響、及び沈み込み帯における火成活動、熱輸送や物質循環(特に水分布)に与える影響を、数値シミュレーションによって明らかにした。プレート沈み込みに伴って大量の水が遷移層まで取り込まれることが示されたこと、及び3次元球殻マントルのシミュレーションによって遷移層付近に横たわるスラブが再現できたことは、特に重要な成果である。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Numerical simulations of mantle flow around slab edges (2009)
  • Author(s): Honda, S.
  • Journal Title: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 277 Pages: 112-122
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] simple semi-dynamic model of the subduction zone: effects of a moving plate boundary on the small-scale convection under the island arc (2009)
  • Author(s): Honda, S
  • Journal Title: Geophys. J. Int. 173 Pages: 95-1105
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects on the long-wavelength geoid anomaly of lateral viscosity variations caused by stiff subducting slabs, weak plate margins and lower mantle rheology (2009)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Journal Title: Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 172 Pages: 278-288
  • NAID: 120001864706
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects on the long-wavelength geoid anomaly of lateral viscosity variations caused by stiff subducting slabs, weak plate margins and lower mantle rheology (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M. and Nakakuki, T.
  • Journal Title: Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 172(3-4)
  • NAID: 120001864706
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A simple semi-dynamic model of the subduction zone : effects of a moving plate boundary on the small-scale convection under the island arc (2008)
  • Author(s): Honda, S.
  • Journal Title: Geophys. J. Int. 173 Pages: 1095-1105
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mantle convection ; a review (2008)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, M.
  • Journal Title: Fluid Dyn. Res. 40 Pages: 379-398
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The decoupled isotopic record of ridge and subduction zone processes in oceanic basalts by Independent Component Analysis (2008)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H., and Albarede, F.
  • Journal Title: Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 9, Q04033
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Geochemical evidence for enhanced fluid flux due to overlapping subducting plates (2008)
  • Author(s): Nakamura, H., Iwamori, H., and Kimura, J. -I.
  • Journal Title: Nature Geoscience 1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Water flow to the mantle transition zone inferred from a receiver function image of the Pacific slab (2008)
  • Author(s): Tonegawa, T., Hirahara, K., Shibutani, T., Iwamori, H., Kanamori, H., and Shiomi, K.
  • Journal Title: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 274 Pages: 346-354
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Core-mantle boundary topography estimated from numerical simulations of instantaneous mantle flow (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Journal Title: Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 9(7), Q07002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mantle convection with longest-wavelength thermal heterogeneity in a 3-D spherical model : Degree one or two? (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Journal Title: Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L23302
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The decoupled isotopic record of ridge and subduction zone processes in oceanic basalts by Independent Component Analysis (2008)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H
  • Journal Title: Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 9
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Geochemical evidence for enhanced fluid flux due to overlapping subdueting plates (2008)
  • Author(s): Nakamura, H.
  • Journal Title: Nature Geoscience 1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Water flow to the mantle transition zone inferred from a receiver functi on image of the Pacific slab (2008)
  • Author(s): Tonegawa, T
  • Journal Title: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 274 Pages: 346-354
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mantle convection: a review (2008)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, M
  • Journal Title: Fluid Dyn. Res. 40 Pages: 379-398
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Core-mantle boundary topography estimated from numerical simulations of instantaneous mantle flow (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Journal Title: Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 9(7)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mantle convection with longest-wavelength thermal heterogeneity in a 3-D spherical model: Degree one or two? (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Journal Title: Geophys. Res. Lett. 35
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The decoupled isotopic record of redge and subduction zone processes in oceanic basalts by independent component analysis (2008)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H.
  • Journal Title: G-cubed (In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Spatial and temporal evolution of arc volcanism (2007)
  • Author(s): Honda S., et al.
  • Journal Title: Island Arc 16 Pages: 214-223
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sinking hot anomaly trapped at the 410 km discontinuity (2007)
  • Author(s): Honda S., et al.
  • Journal Title: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 261 Pages: 565-577
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Superplumes, Plates, and mantle magmatism in two-dimensional numerical models (2007)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, M.
  • Journal Title: J. Geophys. Res. 112, B06404
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Numerical modeling of thermal structure, circulation of H_2O, and magmatism-metamorphism in subduction zones : implications for evolution of arcs (2007)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H., Richardson, C., and Maruyama, S.
  • Journal Title: Gondwana Research 11 Pages: 109-111
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transportation of H_2O beneath the Japan arcs and its implications for global water circulation (2007)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H.
  • Journal Title: Chemical Geology 239 Pages: 182-198
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Spatial and temporal evolution of arc volcanism… (2007)
  • Author(s): S. Honda
  • Journal Title: Island Arc 16 Pages: 214-223
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sinking hot anomaly trapped at the 410 km discontinuity… (2007)
  • Author(s): S. Honda
  • Journal Title: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 261 Pages: 565-577
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Superplumes,Plates,and mantle magmatism in two-dimensional numerical models (2007)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, M.
  • Journal Title: J.Geophys.Res. 112
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mantle convection;a review (2007)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, M.
  • Journal Title: Fluid Dyn.Res 40
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Turbulent structure in Earth\'s fluid core inferred from time series ofgeomagnetic dipole moment (2007)
  • Author(s): A.Sakuraba
  • Journal Title: Geophys. Res. Lett. 34
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Numerical modeling of thermal structure, circulation of H20, and magmatism-metamorphism in subduction zones : implications for evolution of arcs (2007)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H., Richardson, C., Maruyama, S.
  • Journal Title: Gondwana Research (印刷中)
• [Journal Article] Transportation of H20 beneath the Japan arcs and its implications for global water circulation (2007)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H.
  • Journal Title: Chemical Geology (印刷中)
• [Journal Article] Superplumes, plates, and mantle magmatism in two-dimensional numerical models (2007)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, M
  • Journal Title: J. Geophys. Res (印刷中)
• [Journal Article] Mantle wedge deformation by subducting and rotating slab and its possible implication (2006)
  • Author(s): Honda, S., Y. Orihashi, K Mibe, A. Motoki, H. Sumino and M. J. Haller
  • Journal Title: Earth Planets Space 58 Pages: 1987-1992
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Low-degree mantle convection with strongly temperature- and depth-dependent viscosity in a three-dimensional sphericalshell (2006)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M., and A. Kageyama
  • Journal Title: J. Geophys. Res. 111(B3), B03412
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Cell pattern of thermal convection induced by internal heating (2006)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., K. Kurita, Y. Yamagishi, and T. Yanagisawa
  • Journal Title: Physics of Fluids 18 Pages: 38101-38101
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mantle wedge deformation by subducting and rotating slab and its possible implication (2006)
  • Author(s): Honda, S., Y.Orihashi, K Mibe, A.Motoki, H.Sumino, M.J.Haller
  • Journal Title: Earth Planets Space 58 Pages: 1987-1992
• [Journal Article] Low-degree mantle convection with strongly temperature- and depth-dependent viscosity in a three-dimensional sphericalshell (2006)
  • Author(s): M.Yoshida, A.Kageyama
  • Journal Title: J. Geophys. Res. III(B3), B03412,doi:10
• [Journal Article] Cell pattern of thermal convection induced by internal heating (2006)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., K.Kurita, Y.Yamagishi, T.Yanagisawa
  • Journal Title: Physics of Fluids 18 Pages: 38101-38101
• [Journal Article] Low-degree mantle convection with strongly temperature- and depth-dependent viscosity in a three-dimensional spherical shell (2006)
  • Author(s): M.Yoshida, A.Kageyama
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research (印刷中)
• [Journal Article] Application of the model of small-scale convection under the island arc to the NE Honshu subduction zone (2005)
  • Author(s): Honda, S., and T. Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 6, Q01002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects of oblique subduction on the 3-D pattern of small-scale convection within the mantle wedge (2005)
  • Author(s): Honda, S., and T. Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L13307
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Plume heat flow in a numerical model of mantle convection with moving plates (2005)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M. and M. Ogawa
  • Journal Title: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 239(3-4) Pages: 276-285
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Geodynamo and Mantle Dynamics(地球ダイナモとマントルダイナミクス) (2005)
  • Author(s): Hnamano Y., T.Yanagisawa, Y.Yamagishi
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geography Vol.114, No.2 Pages: 142-150
• [Journal Article] Effects of oblique subduction on the 3-Dpattern of small-scale convection within the mantle wedge (2005)
  • Author(s): Honda, S., T.Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Geopnys.Res.Lett. 32, L13307
• [Journal Article] Correction to "Application of the model of small-scale convection under the island arc to the NE Honshu subduction zone" (2005)
  • Author(s): Honda, S., T.Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Geochem.Geophys.Geosyst. 6, Q06604
• [Journal Article] 東北本州弧、背弧拡大期以降における温度構造の時空間変化モデル (2005)
  • Author(s): 本田 了, 吉田武義
  • Journal Title: 月刊地球/号外 52 Pages: 29-33
• [Journal Article] Plume heat flow in a numerical model of mantle convection with moving plates (2005)
  • Author(s): M.Yoshida, M.Ogawa
  • Journal Title: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 239(3-4) Pages: 276-285
• [Journal Article] Geodynamo and mantle convection simulations on the Earth Simulator using the Yin-Yang grid (2005)
  • Author(s): A.Kageyama, M.Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Journal of Physics : Conference Series 16 Pages: 325-338
• [Journal Article] Rayleigh-Benard convection in spherical shell with infinite Prandtl number at high Rayleigh number (2005)
  • Author(s): Yanagisawa, T., Y.Yamagishi
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Earth Simulator Vol.4 Pages: 11-17
• [Journal Article] Forward modeling of P-T-deformation paths of regional metamorphic rocks at convergent plate boundaries (2005)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H.
  • Journal Title: Geochim.Cosmochim.Acta 69, 10
• [Journal Article] 化学組成データと主成分・独立成分分析 (2005)
  • Author(s): 岩森 光
  • Journal Title: 月刊地球 27 Pages: 448-452
• [Journal Article] Geodynamo and Mantle Dynamics (2005)
  • Author(s): Hamano, Y., Yanagisawa, T., Yamagishi, Y.
  • Journal Title: J.Geography(地質学雑誌) (In press)
  • NAID: 10017472916
• [Journal Article] Application of the model of small-scale convection under the island arc (2005)
  • Author(s): Honda, S., T.Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Geochem.Geophys.Geosyst. 6
• [Journal Article] Phase relation of H20-saturated peridotites and potential ability of H2O transportation of subducting plates (2004)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H.
  • Journal Title: Earth Planet.Sci.Lett. 227 Pages: 57-71
• [Journal Article] Possible effects of lateral viscosity variations induced by plate-tectonic mechanism on geoid inferred from numerical models (2004)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Journal Title: Phys.Earth Planet.Inter. 147(1) Pages: 59-77
• [Presentation] The effect of phase transition and viscosity layering on the slab stagnation (2009)
  • Author(s): Yanagisawa, T.
  • Organizer: Final SSP International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-26
• [Presentation] Modeling of front and back sides of subduction zones around the Japanese Islands (2009)
  • Author(s): Honda, S.
  • Organizer: Final SSP International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-26
• [Presentation] Mantle flow around slab edges : Numerical simulations and their implications for the flow in the sub-slab mantle (2009)
  • Author(s): Honda, S.
  • Organizer: Final SSP International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-26
• [Presentation] Possibility of hot anomaly in the sub-slab mantle at northeast Japan subduction zone (2009)
  • Author(s): Morishige, M.
  • Organizer: Final SSP International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-26
• [Presentation] The fate of subducted oceanic crusts and variety of plumes (2009)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, M.
  • Organizer: Final SSP International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-26
• [Presentation] Spherical mantle convection with degree-one and -two dominant thermal structures (2009)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Organizer: Final SSP International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-26
• [Presentation] Mantle flow around slab edges: Numerical simulations and their implications for the flow in the suh-slab mantle (2009)
  • Author(s): S. Honda
  • Organizer: Final SSP International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-26
• [Presentation] Fluctuation of Convection Pattern in Liquid Metal Under Uniform Magnetic Field (2008)
  • Author(s): Yanagisawa, T.
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union 2008 Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-12-18
• [Presentation] Fluctuation of Convection Pattern in Liquid Metal Under Uniform Magnetic Field (2008)
  • Author(s): Yanagisawa, T.
  • Organizer: Fall meeting of American Geophysical Union
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-12-18
• [Presentation] Mantle flow around the slab edge : Numerical simulations and their implications for the trench-parallel flow in the sub-slab mantle (2008)
  • Author(s): Honda, S.
  • Organizer: Fall meeting of American Geophysical Union
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-12-15
• [Presentation] Global Structure of Isotopic Compositional Space of Oceanic Basalts by Independent Component Analysis and its Implications for Mantle Dynamics (2008)
  • Author(s): Iwamori, H.
  • Organizer: Fall meeting of American Geophysical Union
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-12-15
• [Presentation] Mantle flow around the slab edge: Numerical simulations and their imp lications for the trench-parallel flow in the sub-slab mantle (2008)
  • Author(s): S. Honda
  • Organizer: Fall meeting of American Geophysical Union
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-12-15
• [Presentation] Evolution of the subducting lithosphere beneath the Japanese Islands : An insight from the past (2008)
  • Author(s): Ismail-Zadeh.
  • Organizer: 7^<th> General Assembly of Asian Seismological Commission and Seismological Society of Japan, 2008 Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Tsukuba, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-25
• [Presentation] Mantle Convection with Longest-wavelength Thermal Heterogeneity in 3-D Spherical Shell : Degree One or Two? (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Organizer: 7^<th> General Assembly of Asian Seismological Commission and Seismological Society of Japan, 2008 Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Tsukuba, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-25
• [Presentation] Measurement of turbulent thermal convection in liquid metal under uniform magnetic field (2008)
  • Author(s): Yanagisawa, T.
  • Organizer: Symposium on Ultrasonic Doppler Method for Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Engineering
  • Place of Presentation: Prague, Czech Republic
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-10
• [Presentation] Topography and Geoid from Instantaneous Mantle Flow Calculations in 3-D Spherical Shell Using Numerical Simulation Technique : Effects of Lateral Viscosity Variation in the Mantle (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Organizer: AOGS 2008 5th Annual General Meeting, BEXCO
  • Place of Presentation: Pusan, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-18
• [Presentation] Topography and Geoid from Instantaneous Mantle Flow Calculations in 3-D Spherical Shell Using Numerical Simulation Technique: Effects of Lateral Viscosity Variation in the Mantle (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, M.
  • Organizer: AOGS 2008 5th Annual General Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Pusan, Korea,
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-18
• [Presentation] Geometrical and thermal effects of the inner core on magnetohydrodyna micdynamos (2007)
  • Author(s): Y. Oishi
  • Organizer: The XXIV IUGG General Assembly
  • Place of Presentation: Perugia, Itary
  • Year and Date: 2007-07-08
• [Presentation] Roles of lateral viscosity variations caused by stiff subducting slabs and weak plate margins on long-wavelength geoid anomaly (2007)
  • Author(s): M. Yoshida
  • Organizer: 第24回IUGG総会
  • Place of Presentation: イタリア・ペルージャ
  • Year and Date: 2007-07-07
• [Presentation] Implicaion of low velocity anomaly found beneath the oceanward... (2007)
  • Author(s): S.Honda
  • Organizer: IUGG 2007 Perugia
  • Place of Presentation: Perugia, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2007-07-05
• [Presentation] いちう地殻の浮力とプレートテクトニクス (2007)
  • Author(s): 小河 正基
  • Organizer: 連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉,幕張メッセ国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2007-05-22