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Re-evaluation of the potential for Uranium series dating using marine mollusks samples based on high-resolution uranium and thorium isotopes measurements

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K14805
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 17030:Human geosciences-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo (2021-2022)
Rissho University (2020)
Kyushu University (2019)

Principal Investigator

Hirabayashi Shoko  東京大学, 大気海洋研究所, 講師 (40835641)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
KeywordsU/Th dating / Marine mollusks / Radiocarbon / U/Th年代測定 / 貝試料 / 放射性炭素年代測定 / ウラン系列年代測定 / ICP-MS / 貝 / 第四紀学 / 貝類 / 年代測定学 / ウラン同位体
Outline of Research at the Start

一般に貝試料はウランに関する閉鎖系を保持せず、U/Th年代測定試料として不適格とされてきたが、近年の研究により、種によっては貝試料のU/Th年代測定の可能性が示唆された。しかし、ウラン系列核種の貝殻への取り込みプロセスや、ウランの閉鎖系成立条件は未解明である。本研究では、U/Th年代測定に適応可能な貝の選定指針確立を目的とし、現生貝試料のウラン系列核種の化学分析に加え、地形的要因(堆積環境、水塊変動)と生態学的要因(周囲の海水、餌)を考慮した複合アプローチを行う。U/Th年代測定法が確立しているサンゴ骨格試料と比較し、日本周辺に幅広く分布する貝試料のU/Th年代測定の適応可能性評価を行う。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

U/Th dating is a powerful tool used for age determination throughout the Late Quaternary. Suitable marine samples for U/Th dating are largely restricted to well-preserved corals, with distributions limited to tropical and temperate regions. Some previous studies have approached the use of U/Th dating with marine mollusks, the results of which indicate U/Th dating potential. However, mechanisms of the uranium uptake process and closed-system U/Th dating for marine mollusk shells are still unclear. In this study, modern and fossil Turbo sp. samples, which are widely distributed along the Japanese archipelago, are evaluated to reveal the uranium distribution in the shells and explore the potential of U/Th dating using mollusks based on high-resolution uranium concentration measurements. Our results suggest variable uptake of uranium isotopes into mollusk shells, and highlight that it is important to define criteria for choosing mollusk species for U/Th dating around Japan.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

U/Th年代測定に使用可能な生物化石は石サンゴ類に限られており、放射性炭素年代測定の限界を超える5万年以前の高精度年代決定が重要な課題となっている。造礁サンゴに比べ、貝はその分布域が熱帯域から高緯度域に渡り、U/Th年代測定に使用可能な貝試料を見つけることができれば、高精度年代決定可能な地理的・時代的範囲が大幅に拡大することが期待される。本研究ではTurbo sp.を用いて、貝試料中のウラン分布の偏在要因を考察し、得られるU/Th年代値について試算した。本研究成果は貝試料に取り込まれるウラン濃度の挙動を解明し、 U/Th 年代測定可能な種の選定指針の確立に向けた重要な知見である。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] New definition for the subdivision of the Holocene Epoch and climate2020

    • Author(s)
      平林 頌子, 横山 祐典
    • Journal Title

      The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu)

      Volume: 59 Issue: 6 Pages: 129-157

    • DOI

      10.4116/jaqua.59.129

    • NAID

      130007953806

    • ISSN
      0418-2642, 1881-8129
    • Year and Date
      2020-12-01
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Radiocarbon and uranium profiles in marine gastropods around the Japanese archipelago2023

    • Author(s)
      平林 頌子、阿瀬 貴博、宮入 陽介、菅 浩伸、横山 祐典
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2023年大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] U/Th dating and radiocarbon measurement potentials using marine mollusks around Japanese archipelago2022

    • Author(s)
      Hirabayashi S., Aze T., Miyairi Y., Kan H., Yokoyama Y.
    • Organizer
      The 24th Radiocarbon and 10th 14C & Archaeology Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 沖縄島備瀬崎における海草帯の層序2021

    • Author(s)
      佐野 亘、藤田 和彦、中野 義勝、平林 頌子、横山 祐典、宮入 陽介、磯村 尚子、菅 浩伸
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2021年大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Hironobu Kan, Insight to Western Pacific circulation from coral skeletal radiocarbon during the Anthropocene and Holocene2021

    • Author(s)
      Shoko Hirabayashi, Yusuke Yokoyama, Atsushi Suzuki, Esat Tezer, Yosuke Miyairi, Takahiro Aze, Siringan Fernando, Yasuo Maeda
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2021年大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Radiocarbon Variability Recorded in Coral from Kikai Island to Understand Oceanography in the North Pacific Region2021

    • Author(s)
      Yuning Zeng, Yusuke Yokoyama, Yosuke Miyairi, Shoko Hirabayashi, Atsushi Suzuki
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2021年大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Anthropocene signals recorded as Plutonium isotopes and Cesium-137 in Beppu Bay marine sediments, Eastern Kyushu, Japan.2021

    • Author(s)
      横山 祐典、ティムス スティーブン、ミカエラ フローリッヒ、阿瀬 貴博、ファイフィールド キース、平林 頌子、ノール ドミニク、加 三千宣、宮入 陽介、シュテファン パヴェティヒ
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2021年大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 琉球列島およびルソン島産現生サンゴ骨格中放射性炭素分析から探る黒潮変動2021

    • Author(s)
      平林 頌子、横山祐典、鈴木淳、宮入陽介、阿瀬貴博、シリンガン フェルナンド、前田保夫
    • Organizer
      日本第四紀学会2021年大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 大型底生有孔虫を用いた完新世における海草藻場環境の復元2021

    • Author(s)
      佐野 亘、藤田 和彦、横山 祐典、宮入 陽介、平林 頌子、中野 義勝、磯村 尚子、菅 浩伸
    • Organizer
      日本第四紀学会2021年大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A rapid and precise method of establishing age model for coral skeletal radiocarbon to study surface oceanography using coupled X-ray photos and ICP-AES measurement2021

    • Author(s)
      Yuning Zeng, Yusuke Yokoyama, Shoko Hirabayashi, Yosuke Miyairi1, Atsushi Suzuki, Takahiro Aze
    • Organizer
      15th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Evaluation of uranium-thorium and radiocarbon dating potentials using marine mollusks2021

    • Author(s)
      Shoko Hirabayashi, Takahiro Aze, Yosuke Miyairi, Hironobu Kan, Yusuke Yokoyama
    • Organizer
      15th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 貝試料を用いたウラン系列年代測定法の再検討2020

    • Author(s)
      平林頌子, 横山祐典, 阿瀬貴博, 宮入陽介, 菅 浩伸
    • Organizer
      沿岸域の環境科学ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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