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Reconstruction of the past ocean circulation using ferromanganese crust samples collected from a seamount

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K11634
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 63010:Environmental dynamic analysis-related
Research InstitutionJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Amakawa Hiroshi  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 海洋鉱物資源賦存量調査・分析プロジェクトチーム, 臨時研究補助員 (60260519)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 臼井 朗  高知大学, 海洋コア総合研究センター, 特任教授 (20356570)
後藤 孝介  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 地質調査総合センター, 主任研究員 (30612171)
鈴木 勝彦  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 海洋機能利用部門(海底資源センター), センター長 (70251329)
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: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywordsマンガンクラスト / 海山 / 海水 / ネオジム同位体比 / 鉛同位体比 / 古海洋循環 / 拓洋第5海山 / 南極底層水 / Nd同位体比 / Pb同位体比
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We determined time-series Nd and Pb isotopic compositions of four ferromanganese crusts collected from different water depths of Takuyo-Daigo seamount in the Northwest Pacific, which aims to reconstruct paleoceanic circulation and environment in the area. The sample collected from the deepest depths, 5373 m, shows a large negative shift of Nd isotopic composition in 8 million years ago, indicating an intensified inflow of the Antarctic Bottom Water. This large shift has not been observed in the previously studied sample collected from the same depths range at the North Pacific. Contrastingly, the Pb isotopic composition of the deepest depths sample does not show the large shift, but keeps a constant value, resembling with the previously reported data. In the North Pacific, Nd isotopic record of the past ocean seems to be controlled by ocean circulation pattern depending on the oceanic area. On the other hand, Pb isotopic record may be regulated by some additional factors.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

同一海山の異なる深度で採取したマンガンクラスト試料のNd及びPb同位体比の時系列データを求め、古海洋循環及び古海洋環境の復元を試みた例は海外を含めても2例目で太平洋の試料では初めてである。その点で極めてユニーク且つ先鋭的な研究といえる。また、試料を採取した拓洋第5海山周辺には金属資源として極めて有用な希土類元素を大量に含む所謂「レアアース泥」と呼ばれる堆積物が広範囲に存在する。従って、その海域の古海洋循環及び古海洋環境の復元を行うことで、「レアアース泥」の成因についても貴重且つ重要な情報をもたらしたものと評価できる。そして、これは「レアアース泥」の今後の効率的採掘をもたらすことにつながる。

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

    (7 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Geological Characterization of Ferromanganese Crust Deposits in the NW Pacific Seamounts for Prudent Deep-Sea Mining2022

    • Author(s)
      Usui A., Suzuki K.
    • Journal Title

      Perspectives on Deep-Sea Mining

      Volume: - Pages: 81-113

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-030-87982-2_4

    • ISBN
      9783030879815, 9783030879822
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Tellurium stable isotope composition in the surface layer of ferromanganese crusts from two seamounts in the Northwest Pacific Ocean2021

    • Author(s)
      Yusuke Fukami, Teruhiko Kashiwabara, Hiroshi Amakawa, Takazo Shibuya, Akira Usui, KatsuhikoSuzuki
    • Journal Title

      GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

      Volume: 318 Pages: 4279-4291

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.gca.2021.12.005

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Origin of neodymium in the surface layer of ferromanganese crusts2018

    • Author(s)
      Hiroshi Amakawa, Yusuke Fukami, Junji Torimoto, Tatsuo Nozaki, Koichi Iijima, Akira Usui, Katsuhiko Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth (2018) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE)

      Volume: 1 Pages: 81-85

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Analyses of Nd isotopic composition in seawater by using newly developed solid phase extraction and MC-ICP-MS2020

    • Author(s)
      H. Tazoe, H. Amakawa, K. Suzuki, T. Hara, H. Obata
    • Organizer
      Ocean Science Meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Neodymium isotopic composition of surface layer of ferromanganese crusts collected from two seamounts located at the northwest Pacific2019

    • Author(s)
      H. Amakawa, A. Usui and K. Suzuki,
    • Organizer
      Goldschmidt2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 保存容器に依存した海水試料のREEパターンの変化2019

    • Author(s)
      天川裕史、田副博文、鈴木勝彦
    • Organizer
      2019年度日本地球化学会年会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 拓洋第5 海山周辺海域のNd 濃度と同位体比の分布2018

    • Author(s)
      天川裕史、深海雄介、鳥本淳司、野崎達生、飯島耕一、 臼井朗、鈴木勝彦
    • Organizer
      2018 年度日本地球化学会年会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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

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