Project/Area Number |
21405010
|
Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
|
Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 海外学術 |
Research Field |
Biodiversity/Systematics
|
Research Institution | Niigata University |
Principal Investigator |
|
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMADA Toshihiro 金沢大学, 自然システム学系, 准教授 (70392537)
HASEGAWA Takashi 金沢大学, 自然システム学系, 教授 (50272943)
ANDO Hisao 茨城大学, 理学部理学科, 教授 (50176020)
|
Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
|
Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
|
Budget Amount *help |
¥19,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥7,280,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,680,000)
|
Keywords | 白亜紀 / 被子植物 / 初期進化 / 小型炭化化石 / モンゴル / 炭素同位体比 / 古気候 / 大型加速器 / 炭素同位体 |
Research Abstract |
We performed field trips of Cretaceous sediments in Mongolia for five times during 2009 to 2011. The main localities are Baganuur, Khuren Dukh, Tevshiin Govi, Tugrug, Shivee Ovoo, Shine Khudak, Bayan and Erhert in southeastern side of Govi desert. The members are from Mongolian Paleontological Center, Yale University, Chicago Botanical Garden, Kanazawa University and Niigata University. We present preliminary results on the Tevshiin-Govi locality, which is a small opencast lignite mine, southwest of Ulaanbaatar. At several levels in the mine, mummified fossil plants occur matted together in compressed, lignitic, but otherwise very little altered deposits that are dominated by linear leaves of several different kinds. Cuticular details are well-preserved and reproductive structures are diverse, informative and common. Preliminary study indicates the presence of at least a dozen fossil seedplants represented by a large number of dispersed plant organs. We also performed a field survey in Malaysia with Prof. Lee, Malay University, to compare with theresults from Mongolia.
|