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Will 2016 Kumamto Earthquake triger caldera eruption of Aso volcano ?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K03803
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17040:Solid earth sciences-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Ohkura Takahiro  京都大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (40233077)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords阿蘇カルデラ / 熊本地震 / マグマ溜まり / 地震波速度構造 / 地殻変動 / トモグラフィー / レシーバ関数 / 低速度領域 / レシーバー関数解析 / GNSS / InSAR / マグマだまり / 地震波干渉法 / 地殻構造 / 阿蘇火山 / レシーバー関数
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Seismic travel-time tomography and surface wave tomography were performed to geophysically detect the magma accumulation process in the crust and the transfer of magma to the surface during the preparation process of a caldera eruption of the Aso volcano. Then, the effects of the fault movement of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake on magma accumulation were evaluated by a finite element analysis. The results show that the fault movement of the Kumamoto earthquake caused only a 0.06% increase in the volume of the magma chamber of the Aso volcano. This small amount of change is considered insufficient to trigger a medium-sized eruption (VUI2 or higher). Seismic wave velocity structure analysis based on receiver function analysis did not detect changes in the velocity structure of the low-velocity layer in the lower crust before and after the Kumamoto earthquake.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

大地震の発生後に付近の火山活動が活発化することが知られている。2016年熊本地震の直後に、阿蘇火山でごく小規模な発生し、半年後には小規模なマグマ水蒸気噴火が発生した。そこで、熊本地震の断層運動が、阿蘇火山のマグマ供給系に及ぼした影響を評価したところ、本震の断層運動では、巨大なカルデラ噴火をトリガーするには不十分だったことが明らかになった。また、カルデラ噴火の準備過程に関連する地殻深部の地震波速度構造も変化していないことが明らかになった。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2021 2019 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Shallow volcanic reservoirs and pathways beneath Aso caldera revealed using ambient seismic noise tomography2018

    • Author(s)
      Yu-Chih Huang, Takahiro Ohkura, Tsuneomi Kagiyama, Shin Yoshikawa and Hiroyuki Inoue
    • Journal Title

      Earth, Planets and Space

      Volume: 70 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40623-018-0941-2

    • NAID

      120006800743

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 阿蘇火山のマグマだまりに対する2016年熊本地震の断層変位による影響2021

    • Author(s)
      菅原嵩史・大倉敬宏・成田翔平
    • Organizer
      日本火山学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 阿蘇火山周辺の3次元地震波速度構造2019

    • Author(s)
      木村育磨、大倉敬宏、松本聡、志藤あずさ、清水洋
    • Organizer
      日本火山学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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