Rotation of the Earth, climate change and geologic events

• Project/Area Number: 17340132
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Solid earth and planetary physics
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: NAKADA Masao Kyushu University, 大学院・理学研究院, 教授 (50207817)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SANO Hiroyoshi 九州大学, 大学院・理学研究院, 教授 (80136423)
• Project Period (FY): 2005 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥15,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,800,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000); Fiscal Year 2005: ¥4,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000)
• Keywords: 地球回転変動 / 極移動 / マントル対流 / 氷床変動 / 気候変動 / マントルレオロジー / 堆積作用 / 第四紀の氷床変動と地球回転変動・最近の海面上昇 / 大陸移動 / 海水準変動 / アイソスタシー

Research Abstract

第四紀氷床変動がコア・マントル結合を通して気候変動やダイナモ作用に影響を与えること, 大陸移動やマントル対流が過去数億年のスケールで有為な極移動を引き起こすこと, 第四紀の極移動を正確に評価するにはマントル対流の効果を考慮する必要があること, 最近の地球回転変動に電磁的カップリングが効果的であることを数値的に確かめ, かつ, 秋吉石灰岩層群とジェスモンド石灰岩から推定される堆積作用・海水準変動に関する研究を遂行した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Long-term true polar wander of the Earth including the effects of convective processes in the mantle and continental drift (2008)
  • Author(s): Nakada, M.
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Journal International 175 Pages: 1235-1244
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 海山被覆性浅海石灰岩から解読された石炭・ペルム紀の気候・海水準変動 (2008)
  • Author(s): 佐野弘好、上野勝美、大国谷彰人
  • Journal Title: 石灰石 353号 Pages: 46-64
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] (2008)
  • Author(s): M. Nakada
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Journal International 175 Pages: 1235-1244
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Seismic velocity structure around the Hyuganada region, Southwest Japan, derived from seismic tomography using land and OBS data and its implications for interplate coupling and vertical crustal uplift (2008)
  • Author(s): M. tahara, 他14名
  • Journal Title: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 167 Pages: 19-33
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] True polar wander associated with continental drift on a hypothetical Earth, Earth (2007)
  • Author(s): Nakada, M.
  • Journal Title: Planets and Space 59 Pages: 513-522
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Quaternary glacial cycles, Earth's rotation and twentieth-century global sea level rise (2007)
  • Author(s): Nakada, M.
  • Journal Title: 第四紀研究(TheQuaternary Research) 46 Pages: 257-264
  • NAID: 10023993249
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Palaeoenvironmental implication of resedimented limestones shed from Mississippian-Permian mid-oceanic atoll-type buildup into slope-to-basin facies (2007)
  • Author(s): Nakashima, K., Sano, H.
  • Journal Title: Akiyoshi, Japan, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 247 Pages: 329-356
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] True Polar wander associated with continental drift on a hypothetical Earth (2007)
  • Author(s): M. Nakada
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space 59 Pages: 513-522
  • NAID: 10024497905
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Quaternary glacial cycles,Earth's rotation and Twentiethcentury globalsea level rise (2007)
  • Author(s): M. Nakada
  • Journal Title: 第四紀研究(The Quaternary Research) 46 Pages: 257-264
  • NAID: 10023993249
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Palaeoenvironmental implication of resedimented limestones shed from Mississippian-Permian mid-oceanic atoll-type buildup into slope-to-basin facies,Akiyoshi (2007)
  • Author(s): K. Nakashima and H. Sano
  • Journal Title: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 247 Pages: 329-356
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Quaternary glacial cycles, Earth's rotation and recent sesa level ris (2007)
  • Author(s): M.Nakada
  • Journal Title: 第四紀研究(The Quaternary Research) (in press)
• [Journal Article] Palaeoenvironmental implication of resedimented limestones shed from Mississipian? Permian Mid-oceanic atoll-type buildup into slope-to-basin facies, Akiyoshi, Japan (2007)
  • Author(s): K.Nakashima, H.Sano
  • Journal Title: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (in press)
• [Journal Article] True polar wander associated with continental drift on a hypothetical Earth (2007)
  • Author(s): M.Nakada
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space (in press)
  • NAID: 10024497905
• [Journal Article] Stratigraphic architecture of sedimentary basin induced by mantle diapiric upwelling and eustatic event (2006)
  • Author(s): Yamada, Y., Nakada, M.
  • Journal Title: Tectonophysics 415 Pages: 103-121
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Axial and equatorial rotations of the Earth's cores associated with the Quaternary ice age (2006)
  • Author(s): Nakada, M.
  • Journal Title: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 154 Pages: 113-147
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Impact of long-term climate change and sea-level fluctuation on Mississippian to Permian mid-oceanic atoll sedimentation(Akiyoshi Limestone Group, Japan) (2006)
  • Author(s): Sano, H.
  • Journal Title: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 236 Pages: 169-189
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Axial and wquatorial rotations of the Earth's cores associated with the Quaternary ice age (2006)
  • Author(s): M.Nakada
  • Journal Title: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 154 Pages: 113-147
• [Journal Article] Focal depth distribution using sP depth phase and implications for plate coupling in the Hyuganada region (2006)
  • Author(s): M.Tahara et al.
  • Journal Title: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 155 Pages: 219-235
• [Journal Article] Stratigraphic architecture of sedimentary basin induced by mantle diapiric upwelling and eustatic event (2006)
  • Author(s): Y.Yamada, M.Nakada
  • Journal Title: Tectonophysics 415 Pages: 103-121
• [Journal Article] Axial and equatorial rotations of the Earth's cores associated with the Quaternary ice age (2006)
  • Author(s): M.Nakada
  • Journal Title: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 154 Pages: 113-147
• [Journal Article] Focal depth distribution using sP depth phase and implications for plate coupling in the Hyuganada region (2006)
  • Author(s): M.Tahara et al.
  • Journal Title: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (in press)
• [Journal Article] Stratigraphic architecture of sedimentary basin induced by mantle diapiric upwelling and eustatic event (2006)
  • Author(s): Y.Yamada, M.Nakada
  • Journal Title: Tectonophysics (in press)
• [Journal Article] Impact of long-term climate change and sea-level fluctuation on Mississippian to Permian mid-oceanic atoll sedimentation (Akiyoshi Limestone Group, Japan) (2006)
  • Author(s): H.Sano
  • Journal Title: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (in press)
• [Journal Article] Rates and causes of recent global sea-level rise inferred from tide gauge data (2005)
  • Author(s): Nakada, M. and Inoue, H.
  • Journal Title: Quaternary Science Reviews 24 Pages: 1217-1222
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 2005. The influence of lattice thermal conductivity on thermal convection with strongly temperaturedependent viscosity (2005)
  • Author(s): Yanagawa, T.K.B., Nakada, M. and Yuen, D.A.
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space 57 Pages: 15-28
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The influence of lattice thermal conductivity on thermal convection with strongly temperature-dependent viscosity (2005)
  • Author(s): T.Yanagawa, M.Nakada, D.A.Yuen
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space 57 Pages: 15-28
  • NAID: 10017467548
• [Journal Article] Rates and causes of recent global sea-level rise inferred from tide gauge data (2005)
  • Author(s): M.Nakada, H.Inoue
  • Journal Title: Quaternary Science Reviews 24 Pages: 1217-1222
• [Presentation] Long-term true polar wander of the Earth including the effects of mantle convective processes and continental drift (2008)
  • Author(s): 中田正夫
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2008年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉(幕張メッセ)
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-28
• [Presentation] ブリティッシュコロンビア州南部ジェスモンドのカシェクリーク・コンプレックスの下部三畳系浅海成炭酸塩岩の堆積相 (2007)
  • Author(s): 佐野 弘好・尾上 哲治・M.J. Orchard・R. Martini
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会第114年学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-11
• [Presentation] Impact of long -term climate change and sea-level fluctuation on mid-oceanic atoll sedimentation : Akiyoshi Limestone Group, Japan (2006)
  • Author(s): Sano, H.
  • Organizer: North Asian Symposium 2006 Climate Change and Carbon Cycle
  • Place of Presentation: 北九州(小倉)
  • Year and Date: 2006-11-08
• [Presentation] ブリティッシュコロンビア州南部、カシェクリーク・コンプレックスの下部三畳系浅海成炭酸塩堆積物(予報) (2006)
  • Author(s): 佐野弘好、尾上哲治、Orchard, M.J.
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会
  • Place of Presentation: 高知(高知大学)
  • Year and Date: 2006-09-18
• [Presentation] Quaternary glacial cycles, Earth's rotation and twentieth-century global sea level rise (2006)
  • Author(s): 中田正夫
  • Organizer: 日本第四紀学会(創立50周年記念大会 招待講演)
  • Place of Presentation: 東京(首都大学東京)
  • Year and Date: 2006-08-04
• [Presentation] Northward drift of Australia and true polar wander in Cenozoic time(I143-014) (2006)
  • Author(s): 中田正夫
  • Organizer: 地球惑星科学連合学会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉(幕張メッセ)
  • Year and Date: 2006-05-17
• [Presentation] 秋吉帯石炭・ペルム系チャート中の砕屑性石灰岩が記録する海水準・気候変動 (2005)
  • Author(s): 佐野弘好、中島浩一
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都(京都大学)
  • Year and Date: 2005-09-20
• [Presentation] 秋吉帯石炭系海綿骨針チャート中の砕屑性石灰岩 (2005)
  • Author(s): 中島浩一、佐野弘好
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都(京都大学)
  • Year and Date: 2005-09-20