Iron and Oxygen Isotope Geochemistry of Lateritic Paleoweathering Profile in the Paleoproterozoic

• Project/Area Number: 24654164
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Geology
• Research Institution: Toho University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGUCHI Kosei 東邦大学, 理学部, 准教授 (00359209)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: ラテライト / 鉄 / 酸素 / 原生代 / 南アフリカ / ボツワナ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on the iron and oxygen isotope compositions of Paleoproterozoic lateritic weathering profile discovered in Botswana (Yamaguchi et al., 2007; EPSL), a significant negative correlation between iron and oxygen isotope compositions (the more severe/advanced the lateritization was, the more enriched in heavy iron isotope and the more depleted in heavy oxygen isotope the profile has) was discovered for the first time. Then, a numerical calculation suggests that the water-rock ratios for such lateritization would have been around 10,000~100,000 (similar to modern values), lateritization occurred in (sub)tropical environment in the past, and the oxygen isotope composition of seawater 2.2 billion years ago was 0 per mil.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Sedimentology of the Paleoproterozoic Kungarra Formation, Turee Creek Group, Western Australia: A conformable record of the transition from early to modern Earth. (2015)
  • Author(s): Van Kranendonk, M.J., Mazumder, R., Yamaguchi, K.E., Yamada, K., and Ikehara, M.
  • Journal Title: Precambrian Research Volume: 256 Pages: 314-343
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.09.015
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Life’s adaptation to the oxygen revolution: Litho-stratigraphic analysis of a stromatolite-thrombolite reef from the Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek Group, Western Australia (2015)
  • Author(s): Barlow, E., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Yamaguchi, K.E., Hegner, E., Yamada, K., Ikehara, M., and Lepland, A.
  • Journal Title: Geobiology Volume: 未定
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Determination of 129I/127I in environmental water before and after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident with a solid extraction disk. (2014)
  • Author(s): Bamba, S., Yamaguchi, K.E., and Amano, H.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Volume: 301 Issue: 1 Pages: 75-80
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10967-014-3055-8
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Preliminary report on the Dixon Island - Cleaverville Drilling Project, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia (2013)
  • Author(s): Kiyokawa, S., Koge, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Kitajima, F., Yamaguchi, K.E. and Suganuma, Y.
  • Journal Title: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Record Volume: 14 Pages: 1-39
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Lateral variations in the lithology and organic chemistry of a black shale succession of the Mesoarchean Dixon Island Formation in the coastal Pilbara Terrane Western Australia : Influence by syndepositional hydrothermal activity (2012)
  • Author(s): Kiyokawa, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Yamaguchi, K. E., Koge, S., and Sakamoto, R.
  • Journal Title: Island Arc 21 Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Pages: 118-147
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2012.00811.x
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects of tides and weather on the sedimentation of iron-oxyhydroxides in a shallow-marine hydrothermal environment at Nagahama Bay, Satsuma Iwo-Jima Island, Kagoshima, southwest Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Kiyokawa, S., Ninomiya, T., Oguri, K., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Nagata, T., and Yamaguchi, K. E.
  • Journal Title: Island Arc 21 Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Pages: 66-78
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2012.00808.x
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Comments on "Abiotic pyrite formation produces a large Fe isotope fractionation (2011)
  • Author(s): Czaja, A.D., Johnson, C.M., Yamaguchi, K.E., Beard, B.L.
  • Journal Title: Science Volume: 335 Issue: 6068 Pages: 538-538
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.1211804
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Restoration environment of Archean/Proterozoic deep ocean floor: REAP project. (2015)
  • Author(s): Kiyokawa, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Yamaguchi, K.E., Suganuma, Y., Horie, K., and Onoue, T.
  • Organizer: 3rd International Geoscience Symposium: Project A in Korea.
  • Place of Presentation: Daejeon, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-04 – 2015-03-08
• [Presentation] Reconstruction of 3.2 Ga sedimentary environment: Carbon and sulfur analysis for DXCL drillcores of Pilbara, Western Australia (2015)
  • Author(s): Miki, T., Kiyokawa, S., Naraoka, H., Takahata, N., Ishida, A., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Yamaguchi, K.E. and Sano, Y.
  • Organizer: 3rd International Geoscience Symposium: Project A in Korea.
  • Place of Presentation: Daejeon, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-04 – 2015-03-08
• [Presentation] Biogeochemical cycling of Fe, S, C, N, and Mo in the 3.2 Ga ocean: Constraints from DXCL-DP black shales from Pilbara, Western Australia. (2014)
  • Author(s): Yamaguchi, K.E., Naraoka, N., Ikehara, M., Ito, T., and Kiyokawa, S.
  • Organizer: The 2014 AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-15 – 2014-12-19
• [Presentation] Sulfur speciation and isotope analysis of the 2.7 Ga shallow- and deep-facies black shales from Pilbara, Western Australia (2014)
  • Author(s): Minami, H., Abe, A., Yamaguchi, K.E., and Naraoka, N.
  • Organizer: The 2014 AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-15 – 2014-12-19
• [Presentation] Geochemistry of carbon and sulfur in the 2.7 Ga stromatolitic carbonate and shale (ABDP#10 core) from Meentheena, Western Australia. (2014)
  • Author(s): Tomiuka, T. and Yamaguchi, K.E.
  • Organizer: The 2014 AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-15 – 2014-12-19
• [Presentation] Organic / inorganic carbon content and isotope analysis of 3.1Ga Cleaverville Formation in Pilbara, Australia: Result of DXCL project (2014)
  • Author(s): Miki, T., Kiyokawa, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Yamaguchi, K.E.
  • Organizer: The 2014 AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-15 – 2014-12-19
• [Presentation] 32-31 億年前の海底堆積層解析：DXCL掘削からみられる海洋環境と縞状鉄鉱層形成 (2014)
  • Author(s): 清川 昌一、伊藤 孝、池原 実、山口 耕生、尾上 哲治、菅沼 悠介、堀江 憲治、奈良岡 浩、三木 翼
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会第121年学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学郡元キャンパス（鹿児島県鹿児島市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-13 – 2014-09-15
• [Presentation] Mesoarchean oceanic floor environment at sedimentary sequences in Dixon Island-Cleaverville Formation formations, Pilbara Australia: Result of DXCL drilling project. (2014)
  • Author(s): Kiyokawa, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Yamaguchi, K.E., Naraoka, H., Onoue, T., Horie, K., Aihara, Y., Miki, T.
  • Organizer: 21st General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association
  • Place of Presentation: Sandton City, South Africa
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-01 – 2014-09-05
• [Presentation] Reconstruction of 3.2Ga sea floor environment: In situ and whole-rock analysis of carbon and sulfur isotope of DXCL project. (2014)
  • Author(s): Miki, T., Kiyokawa, S., Naraoka, H., Takahata, N., Ishida, A., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Yamaguchi, K.E., Sakamoto, R., and Sano, Y.
  • Organizer: 21st General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association
  • Place of Presentation: Sandton City, South Africa
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-01 – 2014-09-05
• [Presentation] Oxidative biogeochemical cycling of Fe, S, C, N, and Mo in the 3.2 Ga ocean: Constraints from DXCL-DP sulfidic black shales from northwestern Pilbara, Western Australia. (2014)
  • Author(s): Yamaguchi, K.E., Kobayashi, Y. Shiina, A., Yamada, K., Kobayashi, D., Nakamura, T., Sakamoto, R., Naraoka, H., Ikehara, M., Ito, T., and Kiyokawa, S.
  • Organizer: Origins 2014
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県新公会堂（奈良県奈良市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-06 – 2014-07-11
• [Presentation] Sulfur speciation and isotope analysis ofin the 2.7 Ga shallow- and deep-facies black shales from Pilbara, Western Australia (2014)
  • Author(s): Minami, H., Abe, A., Yamaguchi, K.E., Naraoka, H.
  • Organizer: Origins 2014
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県新公会堂（奈良県奈良市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-06 – 2014-07-11
• [Presentation] Origin of organic matter in 3.2 Ga black shales revealed by infrared and laser Raman microspectroscopy (2014)
  • Author(s): Nakamura, T,, Yamaguchi, K.E. Ikehara, M., Kiyokawa, S., and Ito, T.
  • Organizer: Origins 2014
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県新公会堂（奈良県奈良市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-06 – 2014-07-11
• [Presentation] Geochemistry of C, O and S in the 2.7 Ga stromatolite (ABDP#10 core) from Meenthena, Western Australia (2014)
  • Author(s): Tomiuka, T., Yamaguchi, K.E., Sakai, S.
  • Organizer: Origins 2014
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県新公会堂（奈良県奈良市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-06 – 2014-07-11
• [Presentation] Denitrification in the Mesoarchean deep ocean: Evidence from nitrogen isotope compositions of kerogen in black shales from Pilbara, Western Australia. (2014)
  • Author(s): Kotani, M., Yamaguchi, K.E., and Ikehara, M.
  • Organizer: Origins 2014
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県新公会堂（奈良県奈良市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-06 – 2014-07-11
• [Presentation] Constraints for oceanic redox conditions from Fe speciation analysis of 3.2 Ga DXCL-DP black shales, Cleaverville Group, Western Australia. (2014)
  • Author(s): Shiina, A., Yamaguchi, K.E., Kiyokawa, S., Ikehara, M., and Ito, T.
  • Organizer: Origins 2014
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県新公会堂（奈良県奈良市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-06 – 2014-07-11
• [Presentation] 32 億年前の海底環境復元: DXCL掘削試料の炭素・硫黄同位体比について (2014)
  • Author(s): 三木 翼、清川 昌一、奈良岡 浩、高畑 直人、石田 章純、伊藤 孝、池原 実、山口 耕生、坂本 亮、 佐野 有司
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2014年大会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜（神奈川県横浜市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-28 – 2014-05-02
• [Presentation] Mesoarchean Banded Iron Formation sequences in Dixon Island-Cleaverville Formation, Pilbara Astralia: Oxygenic signal from DXCL project.
  • Author(s): Kiyokawa, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Yamaguchi, K.E., Naraoka, H., Onoue, T., Horie, K., Sakamoto, R., Aihara, Y., and Miki, T.
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, US
• [Presentation] Field occurrence and lithology of Archean hydrothermal systems in the 3.2 Ga Dixon Island Formation, Western Australia.
  • Author(s): Aihara, Y., Kiyokawa, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Yamaguchi, K.E., Horie, K., Sakamoto, R., and Miki, T.
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, US
• [Presentation] ) Heterogeneity of S isotope ratios of Mesoarchean minute spherical pyrite crystals: NanoSIMS analysis for the 3.2Ga black shale from DXCL Drilling Project in Pilbara, Australia.
  • Author(s): Miki, T., Kiyokawa, S., Takahata, N., Ishida, A., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Yamaguchi, K.E., Sakamoto, R., and Sano, Y.
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, US
• [Presentation] Geochemical evidence for redox stratification of the ocean 2.7 billion years ago.
  • Author(s): Yamaguchi, K.E. and Abe, A.
  • Organizer: International Biogeoscience Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学（名古屋）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen and carbon in the 3.2 Ga ocean: Results from DXCL-DP, NW Pilbara, Western Australia.
  • Author(s): Yamaguchi, K.E., Kobayashi, D., Yamada, K., Sakamoto, R., Hosoi, H., Kiyokawa, S., Ikehara, M., Ito, T.
  • Organizer: 23rd V.M. Goldschmidt Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Firenze, Italy
• [Presentation] REE Geochemistry of ~3.2 Ga old BIFs from the Mapepe Formation and Msauli Member, Barberton, South Africa.
  • Author(s): Yahagi, T.R., Yamaguchi, K.E., Haraguchi, S., Sano, R., Teraji, S., Kiyokawa, S., Ikehara, M., Ito, T.
  • Organizer: 23rd V.M. Goldschmidt Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Firenze, Italy
• [Presentation] Geochemistry of C, N, S, Fe, and Mo in the 3.2 and 2.7 Ga sulfide-rich carbonaceous shales from Pilbara Craton, Western Australia.
  • Author(s): Yamaguchi, K.E., Abe, A., Kobayashi, Y., Kobayashi, D., Nakamura, T., Ikehara, M., Haraguchi, S., Sakamoto, R., Naraoka, H., Kiyokawa, S., and Ito, T.
  • Organizer: Meeting of the Americas
  • Place of Presentation: Cancun, Mexico
• [Presentation] 約32億年前の海洋環境 ～南アフリカ・バーバートン帯のマペペ層およびムサウリ層のBIFのREE組成からの制約
  • Author(s): 矢作 智隆、山口 耕生、原口 悟、佐野 良太、寺司 周平、清川 昌一、池原 実、伊藤 孝
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会第120年学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学 川内北キャンパス（仙台）
• [Presentation] 32-31億年前の海底環境復元：DXCL掘削コアに含まれる微小球殻状黄鉄鉱におけるNanoSIMSを用いた局所硫黄同位体分析
  • Author(s): 三木 翼、清川 昌一、高畑 直人、 伊藤 孝、 池原 実、 山口 耕生、 坂本 亮、 佐野 有司
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会第120年学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学 川内北キャンパス（仙台）
• [Presentation] 太古代の海底直上の堆積層：32 億年前オーストラリア，デキソンアイランド層の例
  • Author(s): 清川 昌一、伊藤 孝、池原 実、山口 耕生、菅沼 悠介、堀江 憲治、高下 将一郎、坂本 亮、相原 悠平
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会第120年学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学 川内北キャンパス（仙台）
• [Presentation] Biogeochemistry of C, N, S, Fe, and Mo and origin of organic matter in the 3.2 and 2.7 Ga sulfidic black shales from Pilbara, Western Australia: A synthesis.
  • Author(s): Yamaguchi, K.E., Abe, A., Kobayashi, Y., Kobayashi, D., Nakamura, T., Ikehara, M., Haraguchi, S., Sakamoto, R., Naraoka, H., Kiyokawa, S. and Ito, T.
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco
• [Presentation] Redox stratification of the ocean 2.7 billion years ago: Preliminary results from Fe speciation analysis of shallow- and deep-facies black shales.
  • Author(s): Abe, A., Yamaguchi, K.E., Haraguchi, S., Naraoka, H., Naito, K., and Yahagi, T.R.
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco
• [Presentation] Marine sulfur cycle constrained from isotope analysis of different forms of sulfur in the 3.2 Ga black shale (DXCL-DP) from Pilbara, Australia
  • Author(s): Kobayashi, Y., Yamaguchi, K.E., Sakamoto, R., Naraoka, H., Kiyokawa, S., Ikehara, M., and Ito, T.
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco