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SPPIM: South Pacific Plume Imaging with floating robots

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19H00731
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Medium-sized Section 17:Earth and planetary science and related fields
Research InstitutionJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Obayashi Masayuki  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 (30359179)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 杉岡 裕子  神戸大学, 海洋底探査センター, 教授 (00359184)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥46,540,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,740,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥7,150,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,650,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥28,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥21,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥6,570,000)
Keywords海洋地震観測 / ハイドロフォン / 太平洋プルーム / 地震波トモグラフィー / フロート / 海底火山 / T-phase / 太平用プルーム
Outline of Research at the Start

地震波トモグラフィーによる地球内部構造は観測点分布に強く依存している。本研究では地震観測空白域である地球表面の約7割を占める海洋で、海中浮遊型地震観測ロボットという革新的機器でしか実現できないデータ取得を国際連携により行い、マントルトモグラフィーの全域高解像度化を実現する端緒となる。マントル大規模流を象徴する南太平洋大規模上昇流を対象にこの機器約50台を用いて仏領ポリネシアを中心に東西方向8000kmを超える前例のない海洋大規模地震観測を日仏米中の国際共同で行い、太平洋大規模上昇流の地表から核-マントル境界までのマントル全深さにわたる形態全貌を高解像度で明らかにする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to obtain detailed seismic wave velocity structure of the mantle plume from the core-mantle boundary in the South Pacific, Japan, France, the United States, and China have started seismic observations in the South Pacific using 50 floats equipped with hydrophones. This makes it possible to obtain seismic P-wave waveform data from ocean observation points in quasi-real time via satellite communication. Preliminary tomography has revealed the plume structure beneath the Caroline Seamount chain. In addition, T-waves associated with the submarine volcanic eruption of Tonga that occurred on January 15, 2022 were observed with floats drifting in a deep sound channel at a depth of 1,500 m, and the T-wave propagation time difference between floats was measured to identify the source of the T-waves. Similarly, T-wave analysis of the Torishima-oki earthquake on October 9, 2023 suggested that it may have been an eruption of the Sofu Seamount.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

観測が困難な海洋での地震観測をハイドロフォン搭載フロートという海底地震計とは異なる機器を用いて国際協力により南太平洋で大規模に行った。この世界初の大規模観測により新たな海洋地震観測の手法を示すと共に、今まで観測点不足のため不可能であった海洋下マントルの詳細な地震波速度構造の解明に向けて新たな展望を開いた。また、フロートによる海底火山噴火に伴うT波が観測されそれらを解析することにより、正確な噴火場所推定にフロートデータが有効であることが示された。これにより、時には津波を引き起こすなど甚大な被害を伴う海底火山の基礎研究発展につながる観測がフロートで期待される。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Comments on the Screening Results   Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (38 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (12 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (22 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Princeton University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] GeoAzur(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] SU STech(中国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Princeton University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] GeoAzur(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] SUSTech(中国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] GeoAzur(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Princeton University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] SUSTech(中国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] GeoAzur(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Princeton University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] SUSTech(中国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Global P-wave and joint S-wave tomography in the North Pacific: Implications for slab geometry and evolution2023

    • Author(s)
      Fu, Y., Wang, Z., Obayashi, M.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

      Volume: 128 Issue: 11

    • DOI

      10.1029/2023jb027406

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Nature of mantle discontinuities beneath the Ontong Java Plateau2023

    • Author(s)
      Daisuke Suetsugu, Masayuki Obayashi, Takashi Tonegawa, Hajime Shiobara, Hiroko Sugioka, Aki Ito, Takehi Isse, Yasushi Ishihara, Satoru Tanaka, Junko Yoshimitsu
    • Journal Title

      Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

      Volume: 334 Pages: 106969-106969

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.pepi.2022.106969

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Interrelation of the stagnant slab, Ontong Java Plateau, and intraplate volcanism as inferred from seismic tomography2021

    • Author(s)
      Obayashi Masayuki、Yoshimitsu Junko、Suetsugu Daisuke、Shiobara Hajime、Sugioka Hiroko、Ito Aki、Isse Takehi、Ishihara Yasushi、Tanaka Satoru、Tonegawa Takashi
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 20966-20966

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-021-99833-5

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Seismic evidence for a thermochemical mantle plume underplating the lithosphere of the Ontong Java Plateau2021

    • Author(s)
      Isse Takehi、Suetsugu Daisuke、Ishikawa Akira、Shiobara Hajime、Sugioka Hiroko、Ito Aki、Kawano Yuki、Yoshizawa Kazunori、Ishihara Yasushi、Tanaka Satoru、Obayashi Masayuki、Tonegawa Takashi、Yoshimitsu Junko
    • Journal Title

      Communications Earth & Environment

      Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Pages: 98-98

    • DOI

      10.1038/s43247-021-00169-9

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Re-location and integration into the ISC Bulletin of earthquakes recorded by hydro-acoustic MERMAID instruments freely floating in the South Pacific Ocean2024

    • Author(s)
      Dalija Namjesnik, Karin Sigloch, Joel D. Simon, Tom Garth, James Harris, Dmitry Storchak, Frederik. J. Simons, Sebastien Bonnieux, Yong Yu, Masayuki Obayashi
    • Organizer
      EGU 2024
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] MERMAIDフロートによる南太平洋下における地震P波記録2023

    • Author(s)
      大林 政行、近藤 優子、吉光 淳子、村上 聡、杉岡 裕子、Simon Joel
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2023年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] MERMAIDで検出された2022年トンガ火山噴火に伴うT-phase解析2023

    • Author(s)
      村上 聡、大林 政行、杉岡裕子、近藤 優子、吉光 淳子、Joel SIMON、Yong YU
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2023年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 有限周波数トモグラフィによる南米中南部の3次元P波速度構造の推定2023

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Kondo, Masayuki Obayashi, Hiroko Sugioka, Hajime Shiobara, Aki Ito, Masanao Shinohara, Hikaru Iwamori, Masataka Kinoshita, Matthew Miller, Carlos Tassara, Javier Ojeda
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2023年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Seismic velocity structure beneath South America from finite-frequency tomography2023

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Kondo, Masayuki Obayashi, Hiroko Sugioka, Hajime Shiobara, Aki Ito, Masanao Shinohara, Hikaru Iwamori, Masataka Kinoshita, Matthew Miller, Carlos Tassara, Javier Ojeda
    • Organizer
      JpGU 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The 15 January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Eruption as Recorded by MERMAIDs Adrift in the Pacific: Investigating the Effect of Bathymetric Occlusion on Hydroacoustic Signature2023

    • Author(s)
      Joel D. Simon, Yong Yu, Masayuki Obayashi, Hiroko Sugioka, Frederik Simons, Jessica C E Irving and The Earthscope-Oceans Consortium
    • Organizer
      AGU2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Multifrequency P-wave tomography of Honshu slab2022

    • Author(s)
      Masayuki Obayashi, Junko Yoshimitsu, Hitoshi Kawakatsu, Masanao Shinohara
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Long-range underwater acoustic observations of the recent 2021 eruption at Fukutoku-Okanoba2022

    • Author(s)
      大林 政行、Metz Dirk
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022 2022/05
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Three-year seismic observation by hydrophone floats2022

    • Author(s)
      大林 政行、杉岡 裕子、吉光 淳子、Simon Joel
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] MERMAIDハイドロフォンアレイで捉えたフンガ・トンガ噴火2022

    • Author(s)
      大林 政行、吉光淳子、杉岡裕子、Joel Simon、Yu Yong
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2022年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Explosive Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Eruption as Heard by an Array of Hydroacoustic MERMAID Floats2022

    • Author(s)
      Joel D. Simon, Yong Yu, Masayuki Obayashi, Frederik Simons, Jessica C. E. Irving and The Earthscope-Oceans Consortium
    • Organizer
      AGU fall meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] pdates from the floating seismometer MERMAID array2021

    • Author(s)
      Masayuki Obayashi
    • Organizer
      Mini-seismo-2021 Seismology Frontiers
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Slow anomalies atop the 410-km discontinuity oceanward of the Kurile slab2021

    • Author(s)
      Masayuki Obayashi, Junko Yoshimitsu, Yoshio Fukao
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Two-year seismic observation by hydrophone floats2021

    • Author(s)
      Masayuki Obayashi, Hiroko Sugioka, Junko Yoshimitsu
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 千島-本州スラブ海側の410-km不連続面 直上の低速度異常2021

    • Author(s)
      大林 政行、吉光 淳子、深尾 良夫
    • Organizer
      地震学会2021年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Seismic monitoring by autonomous floats to image Earth’s interior2020

    • Author(s)
      Masayuki Obayashi, Hiroko Sugioka, Yann Hello, Frederik Simons, Yongshun John Chen, Guust Nole
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Mantle discontinuities oceanward of the Krile - Honshu slab2020

    • Author(s)
      Masayuki Obayashi, Junko Yoshimitsu, Yoshio Fukao
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 千島-本州スラブ海側の410-km不連続面 直上の低速度異常2020

    • Author(s)
      大林政行、吉光淳子、深尾良夫
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2020年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] One Year, Fifteen Hundred MERMAID Seismograms from the South Pacific2019

    • Author(s)
      Joel D Simon, Frederik Simons, Guust Nolet, Yann Hello, Hiroko Sugioka, Masayuki Obayashi, Yongshun J Chen
    • Organizer
      American Geophysical Union 2019 fall meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Seismic monitoring by an autonomous robotic float equipped with a hydrophone: MERMAID2019

    • Author(s)
      Masayuki Obayashi, Hiroko Sugioka, Hajime Shiobara
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Drifting float measurement of pressure change by tsunami2019

    • Author(s)
      Masayuki Obayashi, Shingo Watada, Hiroko Sugioka
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Installation of a floating hydrophone system within the SOFAR channel2019

    • Author(s)
      Hiroko Sugioka, Masayuki Obayashi
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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