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Seafloor geodetic measurements and modeling of the subduction processes along the southernmost Ryukyu trench

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K05630
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Solid earth and planetary physics
Research InstitutionShizuoka University

Principal Investigator

Ando Masataka  静岡大学, 防災総合センター, 客員教授 (80027292)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 中村 衛  琉球大学, 理学部, 教授 (60295293)
生田 領野  静岡大学, 理学部, 准教授 (60377984)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords背弧拡大 / 海底地殻変動 / GNSS / 音響 / プレート間の固着 / 前弧のせり出し / GNSS 音響 / スラブサクション / 海底地殻変動観測 / 音響測距 / 1771年八重山地震 / プレート間固着率 / 琉球海溝 / 沈み込み帯 / 背弧海盆拡大 / 巨大地震 / 津波 / KGPS/音響測距
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have conducted a seafloor geodesy measurement at the southern end of Ryukyu trench. The site is located on the fore-arc basin south off Hateruma Island. It is known that Ishigaki, Miyako and the surrounding islands along the southern Ryukyu Trench suffered a significant damage from a large Tsunami in 1771. Nakamura [2009] proposed that this Tsunami was generated by a large tsunami earthquake of Mw8.0 that occurred along the southern Ryukyu Trench. We deployed a seafloor benchmark at the fore-arc basin to observe the inter-plate coupling between the subducted Philippine sea slab and the fore-arc wedge. Six campaigns were conducted within five years from 2014 to 2019. As a result, the benchmark velocity is estimated to be 5.2±1.2 cm/yr southward with reference to the Eurasian plate, which is comparable with the southward movement of Hateruma Island. This suggests that there is no or very weak inter-plate coupling at the plate boundary just beneath our seafloor benchmark.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

琉球海溝南端部における、巨大プレート境界地震の発生源の有無について、初めて海域下の実際の地殻変動を高精度で計測し、固着の有無を検討した。結果、巨大プレート境界地震を発生するような強い固着が認められなかったことは新たな発見である。
さらに、本研究では着脱式、低コストのGNSS-音響測位装置を開発し、十分な精度で計測ができることを示した。現在台湾のグループが同じ方式で観測システムを作成しているが、装置の低コスト化と観測の簡易化に道を開いたことも大きな意義である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Academia Sinica, Taiwan(その他の国・地域)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Analysis of GNSS/Acoustic geodetic data including the period of the transponder replacement2019

    • Author(s)
      生田領野・水野瑚都・Horng-Yue Chen・安藤雅孝・香味建
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合 2019年大会(JpGU2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 琉球海溝南端部におけるGNSS/音響観測 ―プレート境界の固着状態の解明に向けて―2018

    • Author(s)
      香味建・生田領野・安藤雅孝・中村衛・宗林留美・Horng-Yue Chen
    • Organizer
      JpGU
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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