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Exploration of submarine hydrothermal systems based on high resolution magnetic anomalies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K05411
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 31020:Earth resource engineering, Energy sciences-related
Research InstitutionJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

KITADA Kazuya  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 超先鋭研究開発部門(超先鋭研究開発プログラム), 主任研究員 (00539786)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords磁気異常 / 高分解能磁気探査 / 磁化強度分布 / 海底熱水系 / 沖縄トラフ / 伊豆・小笠原弧 / 無人探査機(ROV) / 深海曳航調査システム(ディープ・トウ)
Outline of Research at the Start

海底熱水系を支える地質学的背景を理解するためには,海底下の地質構造を詳細に明らかにする必要がある.沖縄トラフでは,背弧拡大に伴う火山活動や島弧マグマ活動による海底熱水系が20箇所以上報告され,調査船や自律型無人探査機(AUV)による磁気探査が主に実施されてきた.しかしながら,これらの調査ではデータ分解能が限られるため,数100m以下スケールの磁化強度分布を明らかにすることは難しい.そこで,本研究では,深海曳航調査システム(ディープ・トウ)等を活用した高分解能磁気探査手法を構築し,詳細な磁化強度分布を推定することにより,沖縄トラフにおける海底熱水系の海底下構造を明らかにする.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a new high-resolution magnetic exploration system utilizing Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs Hyper-Dolphin and KM-ROV) and a towed survey system (Yokosuka Deep Tow) to reveal the magnetization intensity of the seafloor at scales below several hundred meters. We applied this exploration system to hydrothermally active areas in the Okinawa Trough and the Izu-Bonin Arc and successfully estimated detailed magnetization intensity distributions. Furthermore, in combination with the analysis of regional-scale magnetic and bathymetric data obtained by research vessels, we clarified the characteristics of bathymetry, magnetic anomalies, and magnetization intensity distributions around hydrothermal areas and attempted to understand the sub-seafloor geological structure of the hydrothermal systems.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では,海底の磁化強度分布を数100m以下のスケールで推定することが可能な高分解能磁気探査システムを開発した.本探査システムをより広範囲に導入することにより,背弧リフトや島弧火山など異なるテクトニックセッティングにおける海底熱水系の海底下地質構造の多様性や,それを支える地質学的背景について,系統的な理解が進むことが期待される.また,得られた詳細な磁化強度分布は,新たな鉱物資源として期待されている海底熱水鉱床の有望域の絞り込みや,熱水鉱床の成因に対して新たな制約を与えることが期待される.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2024 2023 2022

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Tidally Modulated Temperature Observed Atop a Drillsite at the Noho Hydrothermal Site, Mid‐Okinawa Trough2022

    • Author(s)
      Masataka Kinoshita, Kazuya Kitada, Tatsuo Nozaki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

      Volume: 127 Issue: 7

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021jb023923

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Advanced magnetic survey system and method for detailed magnetic field mapping near the sea bottom using an autonomous underwater vehicle2022

    • Author(s)
      Kasaya, T., Y. Nogi, and K. Kitada
    • Journal Title

      Exploration Geophysics

      Volume: 54 Issue: 2 Pages: 205-216

    • DOI

      10.1080/08123985.2022.2089013

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 概要報告:伊豆・小笠原弧の活発な火山活動を徹底的にかいめいする為の海域火山調査2024

    • Author(s)
      吉田健太、多田訓子、羽生毅、浜田盛久、McIntosh Iona、萩原雄貴、佐藤智紀、北田数也、田村芳彦、小野重明、平峰玲緒奈、高井星香、原野あゆ、黒田真奈加
    • Organizer
      海と地球のシンポジウム2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Exploration of submarine hydrothermal systems based on high-resolution magnetic anomalies in the Higashi Aogashima Knoll Caldera, Izu-Ogasawara arc, Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      Kazuya Kitada, Takafumi Kasaya, Yoshifumi Nogi
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall Meeting 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Tidally Modulated Temperature Observed Atop a Drillsite at the Noho Hydrothermal Site, Mid-Okinawa Trough2022

    • Author(s)
      Masataka Kinoshita, Kazuya Kitada, Tatsuo Nozaki
    • Organizer
      AOGS2022 Virtual, 19th Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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