The evolution of Archean continental roots : An integrated study of crustal and mantle xenoliths and intracontinental high-pressure metamorphic belts of Tanzania

• Project/Area Number: 21340148
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Geology
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: TSUJIMORI Tatsuki 岡山大学, 地球物質科学研究センター, 准教授 (00436833)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KOBAYASHI Katsura 岡山大学, 地球物質科学研究センター, 准教授 (20325129) ; 松本 拓也 岡山大学, 地球物質科学研究センター, 准教授 (50294145)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,110,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥8,970,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,070,000)
• Keywords: タンザニア地塊 / 下部地殻 / リソスフェアマントル / ざくろ石かんらん岩 / グラニュライト / エクロジャイト

Research Abstract

The lower crustal and lithospheric mantle xenolith suites of the Archean Tanzanian craton show lithological variation from kyanite-bearing high-pressure granulite(rare eclogite) to garnet-bearing peridotites. An integrated study of garnet peridotite xenoliths indicates strongly depleted zone in the lithosphere root at depths of~ 130-145 km ; a few samples suggest an initial stabilization at depths of~ 160 km. Moreover, the study revealed that the cratonic root is pervaded by episodic metasomatic melts, which have interacted with lithospheric mantle beneath the Archean Tanzanian craton. This indicates a physicochemical stratification of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Tanzanian craton.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Petrogenetic relationships between jadeitite and associated high-pressure and low-temperature metamorphic rocks in worldwide jadeitite localities : A review (2012)
  • Author(s): Tsujimori T., Harlow G. E.
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Mineralogy Volume: v. 24 Pages: 371-390
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Introduction. Jadeitite : new occurrences, new data, new interpretations. (2012)
  • Author(s): Harlow G. E., Tsujimori T., Sorensen S. S.
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Mineralogy Volume: v. 24 Pages: 197-198
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Petrogenetic relationships between jadeitite and associated high-pressure and low-temperature metamorphic rocks in worldwide jadeitite localities : A review (2012)
  • Author(s): Tsujimori T., Harlow G.E.
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Mineralogy Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Pages: 371-390
  • DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2193
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Introduction-Jadeitite : new occurrences, new data, new interpretatious- (2012)
  • Author(s): Harlow G.E., Tsujimori T., Sorensen S.S.
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Mineralogy Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Pages: 371-390
  • DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2196
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Cretaceous Okhotsk-Chukotka Volcanic Belt (NE Russia) : Geology, geochronology, magma output rates, and implications on the genesis of silicic LIPs (2012)
  • Author(s): Tikhomirov, P.L., Kalinina, E.A., Moriguti, T., Hakishima, A., Kobayashi, K., Cherepanova, I.Yu., Nakamura, E.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Volcano logy and Geothermal Research Volume: 221-222 Pages: 14-32
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.12.011
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Cretaceous Okhotsk. Chukotka Volcanic Belt(NE Russia): Geology, geochronology, magma output rates, and implications on the genesis of silicic LIPs (2011)
  • Author(s): Tikhomirov, P. L., Kalinina, E. A., Moriguti, T., Makishima, A., Kobayashi, K., Cherepanova, I. Yu., Nakamura, E.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research Volume: v. 221-222 Pages: 14-32
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] In situ ion-microbe determination of trace element partition coefficients for hornblende, plagioclase, orthopyroxene and apatite in equilibrium with natural rhyolitic glass, Little Glass Mountain Rhyolite (2011)
  • Author(s): Brophy J. G., Ota T., Kunihiro T., Tsujimori T., Nakamura E.
  • Journal Title: California : American Mineralogist Volume: v. 92 Pages: 1838-1850
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evolution of the Sanbagawa and Shimanto high-pressure belts in SW Japan : Insights from K-Ar(Ar-Ar) geochronology (2011)
  • Author(s): Itaya T., Tsujimori T., Liou J. G.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Volume: v. 42 Pages: 1075-1090
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Provenance and reconnaissance study of detrital zircons of the Palaeozoic Cape Supergroup in South Africa : revealing the interaction of the Kalahari and Rio de la Plata cratons (2011)
  • Author(s): Fourie, P. H., Zimmermann, U., Beukes, N. J., Naidoo, T., Kobayashi, K., Kosler, J., Nakamura, E., Tait, J., Theron, J. N.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Earth Sciences Volume: v. 100 Pages: 527-541
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] In situ ion-microbe determination of trace element partition coefficients for hornblende, plagioclase, orthopyroxene and apatite in equilibrium with natural rhyolitic glass, Little Glass Mountain Rhyolite, California (2011)
  • Author(s): Brophy J.G., Ota T., Kunihiro T., Tsujimori T., Nakamura E.
  • Journal Title: American Mineralogist Volume: 92 Pages: 1838-1850
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evolution of the Sanbagawa and Shimanto high-pressure belts in SW Japan : Insights from K-Ar (Ar-Ar) geochronology (2011)
  • Author(s): Itaya T., Tsujimori T., Liou J.G.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Volume: 42 Issue: 6 Pages: 1075-1090
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.06.012
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Provenance and reconnaissance study of detrital zircons of the Palaeozoic Cape Supergroup in South Africa : revealing the interaction of the Kalahari and Rio de la Plata cratons (2011)
  • Author(s): Fourie, P.H., Zimmermann, U., Beukes, N.J., Naidoo, T., Kobayashi, K., Kosler, J., Nakamura, E., Tait, J., Theron, J.N.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Earth Sciences Volume: 100 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 527-541
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0619-x
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 日本列島に記録された古生代高圧変成作用-新知見とこれから解決すべき問題点- (2010)
  • Author(s): 辻森樹
  • Journal Title: 地学雑誌 Volume: v. 119 Pages: 294-312
  • NAID: 10030368715
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 造山帯中の高圧低温変成岩を伴う蛇紋岩メランジュ (2010)
  • Author(s): 辻森樹
  • Journal Title: 月刊地球 Volume: v. 32, no.3 Pages: 189-195
• [Journal Article] Multiple origins of zircons in jadeitite (2010)
  • Author(s): Fu B., Valley J. W., Kita N. T., Spicuzza M. J., Paton C., Tsujimori T., Brocker M., Harlow G. E.
  • Journal Title: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume: v. 159 Pages: 769-780
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Recycled crustal melt injection into lithospheric mantle : implication from cumulative composite and pyroxenite xenoliths (2010)
  • Author(s): Zhang H.-F., Nakamura E., Kobayashi K., Ying J.-F., Tnag Y.-J.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Earth Sciences Volume: v. 99 Pages: 1167-1186
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Metamorphic P-T conditions and thermal structure of Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling main hole eclogites : Fe-Mg partitioning thermometer vs Zr-in-rutile thermometer (2009)
  • Author(s): Zhang R. Y., Iizuka Y., Ernst W. G., Liou J. G., Xu Z. Q., Tsujimori T., Lo C. H., Jahn B. M.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Metamorphic Geology Volume: v. 29 Pages: 757-772
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Metamorphic reworking of a high pressure. low temperature melange along the Motagua fault, Guatemala : A record of Neocomian and Maastrichtian transpressional tectonics (2009)
  • Author(s): Brueckner H. K., Ave Lallemant H. G., Sisson V. B., Harlow G. E., Hemming S. R., Martens U., Tsujimori T., Sorensen S. S.
  • Journal Title: Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume: v. 284 Pages: 228-235
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ultrahigh-pressure minerals and metamorphic terranes-The view from China (2009)
  • Author(s): Liou J. G., Ernst W. G., Zhang R. Y., Tsujimori T., Jahn B. M.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Volume: v. 35 Pages: 199-231
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transitional time of oceanic to continental subduction in the Dabie orogen : Constraints from U. Pb, Lu. Hf, Sm. Nd and Ar. Ar multichronometric dating (2009)
  • Author(s): Cheng H., King R. L., Nakamura E., Vervoort J. D., Zheng Y.-F., Ota T., Wu Y.-B., Kobayashi K., Zhou Z.-Y.
  • Journal Title: Lithos Volume: v. 110 Pages: 327-342
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transitional time of oceanic to continental subduction in the Dabie orogen : Constraints from U-Pb, Lu-Hf, Sm-Nd and Ar-Ar multichronometric dating (2009)
  • Author(s): Cheng H., King R.L., Nakamura E., Vervoort J.D., Zheng Y.-F., Ota T., Wu Y.-B., Kobayashi K., Zhou Z.-Y.
  • Journal Title: Lithos 110 Pages: 327-342
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Regional-scale excess Ar wave in a Rarrovian type metamorphic belt, eastern Tibetan Plateau (2009)
  • Author(s): Itaya T., Hyodo H., Tsujimori T., Wallis S., Aoya M., Kawakami T., Gouzu C.
  • Journal Title: The Island Arc 18 Pages: 293-305
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Noble gases in spinel peridotite xenoliths from Mt Quincan, North Queensland, Australia : Undisturbed MORB-type noble gases in the Subcontinental lithospheric mantle (2009)
  • Author(s): Czuppon G., Matsumoto T., Handler M., Matsuda J.
  • Journal Title: Chemical Geology 266 Pages: 19-28
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Metamorphic reworking of a high pressure-low temperature melange along the Motagua fault, Guatemala : A record of Neocomian and Maastrichtian transpressional tectonics (2009)
  • Author(s): Brueckner H.K., Ave Lallemant H.G., Sisson V.B., Harlow G.E., Hemming S.R., Martens U., Tsujimori T., Sorensen S.S.
  • Journal Title: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 284 Pages: 228-235
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Metamorphic P-T conditions and thermal structure of Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling main hole eclogites : Fe-Mg partitioning thermometer vs Zr-in-rutile thermometer (2009)
  • Author(s): Zhang R.Y., Iizuka Y., Ernst W.G., Liou J.G., Xu Z.Q., Tsujimori T., Lo C.H., Jahn B.M.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Metamorphic Geology 29 Pages: 757-772
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ultrahigh-pressure minerals and metamorphic terranes-The view from China (2009)
  • Author(s): Liou J.G., Ernst W.G., Zhang R.Y., Tsujimori T., Jahn B.M.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 35 Pages: 199-231
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Petrogenetic relationships between jadeitite and associated high-pressure and low-temperature metamorphic rocks in worldwide jadeitite localities (2011)
  • Author(s): Tsujimori T., Harlow G. E.
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco(USA.)
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-07
• [Presentation] Relative strength between glaucophane and lawsonite in naturally deformed blueschist fromDaiblo Range, California (2011)
  • Author(s): Kim D., Katayama I., Michibayashi K., Tsujimori T.
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco(USA.)
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-07
• [Presentation] Rare Earth Element-SiO_2 systematics of island arc lower crust amphibolite migmatite from Yakuno Ophiolite, SW Japan : a field evaluation of some model predictions (2011)
  • Author(s): Pu X. F., Brophy J. G., Tsujimori T.
  • Organizer: AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco(USA.)
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-07
• [Presentation] Evolution of the Sanbagawa and Shimanto high-pressure belts in SW Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Itaya T., Tsujimori T., Liou J.G.
  • Organizer: AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco(米国)
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-05
• [Presentation] Rare Earth Element-SiO2 systematics of island arc lower crust amphibolite migmatite from Yakuno Ophiolite, SW Japan : a field evaluation of some model predictions (2011)
  • Author(s): Pu X.F., Brophy J.G., Tsujimori T.
  • Organizer: AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco(米国)
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-05
• [Presentation] Petrogenetic relationships between jadeitite and associated high-pressure and low-temperature metamorphic rocks in worldwide jadeitite localities (2011)
  • Author(s): Tsujimori T., Harlow G.E.
  • Organizer: AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco(米国)
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-05
• [Presentation] Zircon chronology and inclusions study : a case study from the Himalayan UHP eclogites, Kaghan Valley (2011)
  • Author(s): Rehman H. U., Kobayashi K., Tsujimori T., Ota T., Nakamura E., Hirajima T., Yoshida K., Terabayashi M.
  • Organizer: 9th International Eclogite Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Marianske Lazne(Czech Republic)
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-07
• [Presentation] Zircon chronology and inclusions study : a case study from the Himalayan UHP eclogites, Kaghan Valley (2011)
  • Author(s): Rehman H.U., Kobayashi K., Tsujimori T., Ota T., Nakamura E., Hirajima T., Yoshida K., Terabayashi M.
  • Organizer: 9th International Eclogite Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Marianske Lazne (Czech Republic)
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-06
• [Presentation] Eclogites and related metamorphism in the North America-Caribbean plate boundary : An example from the Motagua fault zone (2010)
  • Author(s): Tsujimori T., Hernandez-Pineda G. A.
  • Organizer: AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco(USA.)
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-18
• [Presentation] Ongoing collision-type orogeny in Timor-Tanimbar island chain, eastern Indonesia (2010)
  • Author(s): Kaneko Y., Maruyama S., Kadarusman A., Ota T., Ishikawa M., Tsujimori T., Ishikawa A., Okamoto K.
  • Organizer: AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei(Taiwan)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-23
• [Presentation] Ion microprobe U-Pb geochronology and trace element geochemistry of the zircon from the Himalayan high-and ultrahigh-pressure eclogites, Kaghan Valley of Pakistan (2010)
  • Author(s): Rehman H. U., Kobayashi K., Tsujimori T., Nakamura E., Yamamoto H., Khan T.
  • Organizer: AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei(Taiwan)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-23
• [Presentation] Ongoing collision-type orogeny in Timor-Tanimbar island chain, eastern Indonesia (2010)
  • Author(s): Rehman H.U., Kobayashi K., Tsujimori T., Nakamura E., Yamamoto H., Khan T.
  • Organizer: AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei (Taiwan)(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-22
• [Presentation] In-situ geochemistry of garnet peridotites of Lashaine, Tanzania craton : Re-fertilization in sub-cratonic lithospheric mantle (2010)
  • Author(s): Sarbadhikari A. B., Tsujimori T., Moriguti T., Kunihiro T., Nakamura E.
  • Organizer: Goldschmidt Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Tennessee,(USA.)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-15
• [Presentation] In-situ geochemistry of garnet peridotites of Lashaine, Tanzania craton : Re-fertilization in sub-cratonic lithospheric mantle. (2010)
  • Author(s): Sarbadhikari A.B., Tsujimori T., Moriguti T., Kunihiro T., Nakamura E.
  • Organizer: Goldschmidt 2010
  • Place of Presentation: Tennessee, (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-15
• [Presentation] Paleozoic subduction metamorphism in Japan : A review and more (2010)
  • Author(s): 辻森樹
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ(千葉県)
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-23
• [Presentation] Eclogites and related metamorphism in the North America-Caribbean plate boundary : An example from the Motagua fault zone, Guatemalas (2009)
  • Author(s): Tsujimori T., Hernandez-Pineda G.A.
  • Organizer: AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-18
• [Presentation] Noble gas mass spectrometry with a compressor driven recycling system for improved sensitivity (2009)
  • Author(s): Matsumoto T., Matsuda J., Ozima M., Yatsevich I.
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-16
• [Presentation] Noble gass geochemistry on minerals from Earth's interior (2009)
  • Author(s): 松本拓也
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-05
• [Presentation] Paleozoic subduction metamorphism in Japan : A review and more (2009)
  • Author(s): 辻森樹
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-23