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Study on the mechanism of continental breakup at the eastern margin of Gondwanaland by numerical simulations

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K03811
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 InstitutionJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Yoshida Masaki  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 海域地震火山部門(火山・地球内部研究センター), 主任研究員 (00371716)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 斎藤 実篤  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 研究プラットフォーム運用開発部門, 次長 (40292859)
吉澤 和範  北海道大学, 理学研究院, 准教授 (70344463)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Keywordsゴンドワナ大陸 / ジーランディア / 海溝後退 / 大陸リソスフェア / マントル対流 / 大陸分裂 / プレート運動 / 数値シミュレーション / 表面波トモグラフィー / クラトン / ゴンドワナ / 大陸縁分裂
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We performed numerical simulations of 3D global mantle convection to investigate the mantle convection pattern and surface tectonic condition at ca. 100 Ma. We found that an extensive subduction zone developed preferentially along the eastern margin of Gondwanaland when the temperature anomaly of the lower mantle was considered at the initial state of the simulation. In addition, we performed a series of 2D numerical experiments of visco-elasto-plastic thermo-chemical convection to investigate the localization of strain in the extending continental lithosphere. We found that the time taken for seafloor subsidence and subsequent continental breakup under extensional stress is less than ca. 20 million years. During continental rifting, high-shear zones developed under the base of the deforming continental lithosphere. The present results supported one of the proposed hypotheses, where the breakup at the eastern margins of Gondwanaland occurred via trench retreat.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

大陸(あるいは、超大陸)の中心部で大陸分裂が開始するきっかけは、マントル深部からの積極的な上昇プルームであると考えられている。一方、大陸縁辺域での大陸分裂のメカニズムは未解決であった。これを調べることは、約1億年前のゴンドワナ大陸からのジーランディア(第七の大陸)の分裂だけではなく、約2000万年前に我々が住む日本列島がユーラシア大陸からどのように分裂したかを理解する上でも重要である。本研究の数値シミュレーションの結果は、マントル深部からの上昇プルームがなくても、海溝の後退、つまり、沈み込みプレートの海側への後退によって大陸縁辺域に伸張応力が働くことで大陸分裂が起こる可能性を示した。

Report

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

    (25 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Continental drift with deep cratonic roots2021

    • Author(s)
      Yoshida, M. and Yoshizawa, K.
    • Journal Title

      Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

      Volume: 49 Issue: 1 Pages: 117-139

    • DOI

      10.1146/annurev-earth-091620-113028

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Possible tectonic patterns along the eastern margin of Gondwanaland from numerical studies of mantle convection2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshida, M., Saito, S., and Yoshizawa, K.
    • Journal Title

      Tectonophysics

      Volume: 787 Pages: 228476-228476

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228476

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Dynamics of continental lithosphere extension and passive continental rifting from numerical experiments of visco-elasto-plastic thermo-chemical convection in 2-D Cartesian geometry2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshida, M., Saito, S., and Yoshizawa, K
    • Journal Title

      Tectonophysics

      Volume: 796 Pages: 228659-228659

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228659

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Upper-mantle discontinuities beneath Australia from transdimensional Bayesian inversions using multimode surface waves and receiver functions2020

    • Author(s)
      Taira Toru、Yoshizawa Kazunori
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Journal International

      Volume: 223 Issue: 3 Pages: 2085-2100

    • DOI

      10.1093/gji/ggaa442

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Modeling long-wavelength geoid anomalies from instantaneous mantle flow: Results from two recent tomography models2019

    • Author(s)
      Cui, R., Fang, J., Yoshida, M., Chen, M.
    • Journal Title

      Pure and Applied Geophysics

      Volume: 176 Issue: 10 Pages: 4335-4348

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00024-019-02215-2

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report 2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Trace-element characteristics of east-west mantle geochemical hemispheres2019

    • Author(s)
      Hikaru Iwamori, Hitomi Nakamura, Masaki Yoshida, Takashi Nakagawa, Kenta Ueki, Atsushi Nakao, Tatsuji Nishizawa, and Satoru Haraguchi
    • Journal Title

      Comptes Rendus Geoscience

      Volume: 351 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 209-220

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.crte.2018.09.007

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Voyage of the Indian subcontinent since Pangea breakup and driving force of supercontinent cycles: Insights on dynamics from numerical modeling2018

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Yoshida and M. Santosh
    • Journal Title

      Geoscience Frontiers

      Volume: 9 Issue: 5 Pages: 1279-1292

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.gsf.2017.09.001

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] On mantle drag force for the formation of a next supercontinent as estimated from a numerical simulation model of global mantle convection2018

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Yoshida
    • Journal Title

      Terra Nova

      Volume: 31 Issue: 2 Pages: 135-149

    • DOI

      10.1111/ter.12380

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Dynamics of three-layer convection in a two-dimensional spherical domain with a growing innermost layer: Implications for whole solid-earth dynamics2018

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Yoshida
    • Journal Title

      Physics of Fluids

      Volume: 30 Issue: 9

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.5049703

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] プレートテクトニクス50年のいま2018

    • Author(s)
      吉田 晶樹
    • Journal Title

      パリティ

      Volume: 34 Pages: 59-61

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Upper mantle discontinuities beneath Australia from trans-dimensional hierarchical Bayesian inversions using receiver functions and multi-mode surface waves2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshizawa, K. and Taira, T.
    • Organizer
      EGU General Assembly 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Mapping azimuthal anisotropy in the Australasian upper mantle with multi-mode surface waves2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshizawa, K. and Nishimura, Y.
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Multi-mode surface wave tomography with trans-dimensional hierarchical Bayesian inversion: application to Australia2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshizawa, K. and Taira, T.
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Yoshizawa, K. and Taira, T.2020

    • Author(s)
      Radially anisotropic 3-D S-wave model using multi-mode surface waves: Comparisons of linearized and nonlinear Bayesian approaches
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall Meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 海洋リソスフェアにおける沈み込み開始の数値シミュレーション実験:含水鉱物のレオロジー特性の効果2019

    • Author(s)
      和泉 美希,吉田 晶樹,平内 健一
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Multi-mode surface wave tomography for azimuthal anisotropy in the Australasian upper mantle2019

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Y., Yoshizawa, K.
    • Organizer
      Japan Geosciences Union 2019 Meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Radial and Azimuthal Anisotropy in the Australian Upper Mantle: Tectonic Implications for Tasman Line and Suture Zone2019

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Y., Yoshizawa, K., Kennett., B.L.N.
    • Organizer
      International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 2019 General Assembly
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] マルチモード表面波による上部マントル異方的構造の推定: オーストラリア周辺域への応用2019

    • Author(s)
      西村祐香,吉澤和範
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2019年秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 「地球まるごと数値シミュレーション」を目指した全地球ダイナミクス研究2018

    • Author(s)
      吉田 晶樹
    • Organizer
      流れと澱みを語る会2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 超大陸アメイジアと全地球ダイナミクス研究2018

    • Author(s)
      吉田 晶樹
    • Organizer
      一般社団法人日本免震構造協会 創立25周年記念免震フォーラム「日本・地球・未来」
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Tasman frontier subduction initiation and Paleogene climate: Preliminary results from IODP Expedition 3712018

    • Author(s)
      Saneatsu Saito, Rupert Sutherland, Gerald Roy Dickens, Peter Blum, IODP Expedition 371 Scientists
    • Organizer
      Australian Geoscience Council Convention 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] マルチモード表面波を用いたオーストラリア周辺域の上部マントル方位異方性2018

    • Author(s)
      西村祐香、吉澤和範
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2018年秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] ジオダイナミクス 原著第3版2020

    • Author(s)
      Donald Turcotte、Gerald Schubert、木下 正高、安藤 亮輔、岩森 光、沖野 郷子、片山 郁夫、加納 靖之、川田 佳史、木下 正高、坂口 有人、田中 愛幸、中西 正男、西山 竜一、山野 誠、吉田 晶樹
    • Total Pages
      632
    • Publisher
      共立出版
    • ISBN
      9784320047372
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] カラー図解 地球科学入門 地球の観察――地質・地形・地球史を読み解く2020

    • Author(s)
      平 朝彦、国立研究開発法人 海洋研究開発機構(吉田晶樹は第7章コラム20担当)
    • Total Pages
      210
    • Publisher
      講談社
    • ISBN
      9784065216903
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 図説地球科学の事典2018

    • Author(s)
      吉田晶樹(鳥海光弘、入舩徹男、岩森光、ウォリスサイモン、小平秀一、小宮剛、阪口秀、鷺谷威、末次大輔、中川貴司、宮本英昭編集)
    • Total Pages
      248
    • Publisher
      朝倉書店
    • ISBN
      9784254160727
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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