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Relationship of tectonics to the mercury cycle in the convergent margin of Philippine Sea Plate

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K18810
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Earth and planetary science and related fields
Research InstitutionOsaka City University

Principal Investigator

Nakaya(Masuda) Harue  大阪市立大学, 大学院理学研究科, 教授 (70183944)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 武内 章記  国立研究開発法人国立環境研究所, 環境計測研究センター, 主任研究員 (10469744)
石橋 純一郎  九州大学, 理学研究院, 准教授 (20212920)
Project Period (FY) 2017-06-30 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Keywords水銀汚染地下水 / プレートテクトニクス / 活断層 / 水銀同位体比 / ウェッジマントル / 深部流体 / フィリピン海プレート / 南海トラフ / 地質学的循環 / 地下水水銀汚染 / マグマ性流体 / 地殻深部流体 / スラブ脱水 / 島弧火成作用 / 環境分析 / 地殻・マントル物質 / 地球化学 / 土壌・地下水汚染
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Mercury cycling in geosphere was studied in relation to plate tectonics based on the subduction of Philippine Sea Plate, and the followings were obtained as results.
1) Mercury was derived from deep fluids related to magmatic activity and/or mantle convection. The mercury appearing at non-volcanic area would be derived from volatile separated from the deep fluids. 2) Mercury contaminated shallow groundwaters would occur in association with hydrothermal plumes. In Osaka Plain and surrounding areas, such contaminated groundwaters appear at and surrounding the conjunctions and concentrated areas of active faults, which play upwelling paths of mantle-derived fluids. 3) The mercury would be derived from dehydrated slab fluids, although the wedge mantle also is a source of this element. Thus, dehydration inside the mantle, such as dehydration from serpentinized mantle must be considered to understand the mercury cycling.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

水銀は毒性の高い元素であり,環境中の濃度が厳しく規制されている。水銀汚染の多くは人為起源であるが,我が国で天然由来の水銀汚染が10mよりも浅い地下水で時折報告されてきた。しかし,その根本的原因はわかっていなかった。水銀はプレートテクトニクスと関連してマグマ性流体に伴って地殻を通じて地表へ移動する。しかし,本研究は水銀がマグマ性流体と同じ起源を持ちながらも火成作用を伴わないマントルからのプルームに関連しても上昇することを指摘した初めての研究成果となった。水銀は活断層を上昇経路としており,水銀の分布や濃度との関係から,活断層の地下構造推定や活動度評価などへ発展できる可能性もある。

Report

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

    (10 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Low-temperature clay mineral dehydration contributes to porewater dilution in Bering Sea Slope subseafloor.2018

    • Author(s)
      Ijiri A., Tomioka N., Wakaki S., Masuda H., Shozugawa K., Kim S., Khim B.-K., Murayama M., Matsuo M., Inagaki F.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Earth Science, Biogeoscience

      Volume: 19 Pages: 1-13

    • DOI

      10.3389/feart.2018.00036

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Geological cycles of arsenic and mercury; element behavior related to plate tectonics2019

    • Author(s)
      Masuda H.
    • Organizer
      4th China-Japan Forum in Annual Meeting of Chinese Association of Petrology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Hangzhou. (2019.4.21)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 霧島連山と薩摩硫黄島における熱水活動に伴うヒ素と水銀の挙動2019

    • Author(s)
      羽渕 元哉・益田 晴恵・新谷 毅・古谷 宗三・森 啓悟・石橋 純一郎・松島 健・武内 章記・大嶋 将吾・井川 怜欧
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合大会,SVC39-05. (2019.5.27)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 霧島火山群・硫黄山水蒸気噴火に関連した熱水循環プロセス2019

    • Author(s)
      森 啓悟・益田 晴恵・新谷 毅・羽渕 元哉・古谷 宗三・石橋 純一郎・松島 健・大嶋 将吾・井川 怜欧
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合大会, SVC39-P02 (2019.5.27)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 大阪平野の浅層地下水水銀汚染とプレート収束域での水銀循環2018

    • Author(s)
      益田晴恵・後藤葵・坂本裕介・武内章記
    • Organizer
      2018年度日本地球化学会年会,2D03, 沖縄.(2018.09.12)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Mercury emission into shallow groundwater from subducting slab of Philippine Sea Plate2018

    • Author(s)
      Masuda H., Goto A., Sakamoto Y., Takeuchi A.
    • Organizer
      Goldschmidt Conference on 2018, Boston. (2018.08.16)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 南海トラフの熊野灘海盆付加体堆積物中の水銀濃度.2017

    • Author(s)
      後藤 葵・益田 晴恵
    • Organizer
      2017年度日本地球化学会年会,1C07
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 大阪府南部の活断層近傍に出現する地下水中水銀の起源.2017

    • Author(s)
      坂本裕介・益田晴恵・新谷毅・村崎友亮・後藤葵
    • Organizer
      2017年度日本地球化学会年会,3C08
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 大阪平野の地質由来地下水水銀汚染とフ_レートテクトニクスとの関係.2017

    • Author(s)
      益田晴恵
    • Organizer
      日本地下水学会秋期講演会,23
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Mercury Cycle in the Convergent Margin at Kinki District, Southwest Japan.2017

    • Author(s)
      Masuda H, Sakamoto Y, Takeuchi A & Goto A.
    • Organizer
      Goldschmidt Conference 2017, P2248, 05h
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2017-07-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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