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A new model for seismotectonics beneath Kanto, Japan: Tectonic implications for role of serpentinized mantle

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24740300
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Solid earth and planetary physics
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

NAKAJIMA Junichi  東北大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (30361067)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords地震波減衰 / フィリピン海プレート / マグマ活動 / 流体 / 地震波減衰構造 / 蛇紋岩 / マントル / 関東地方 / スペクトル比
Research Abstract

I developed an inversion technique to estimate attenuation term, site responses, and source parameters, and applied the method to waveform data recorded at Tohoku and Kanto. The results show that an inclined high-attenuation zone is clearly imaged in the mantle wedge of Tohoku and it probably represents a mantle upwelling flow associated with arc magmatism. The lower crust shows high attenuation only beneath volcanic clusters, suggesting that magmatic fluids are concentrated beneath volcanoes. For Kanto, I imaged a prominent high-attenuation region in the mantle of the subducting Philippine Sea slab beneath eastern Kanto, where serpentinization of the mantle has been proposed on the basis of the distribution of low-velocity anomalies. Two historical M~7 earthquakes occurred along the western boundary of the serpentinized mantle, suggesting that intraslab earthquakes likely occur associated with the structural heterogeneity in the subducting slab.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2013 2012 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Seismic attenuation beneath northeastern Japan : Constraints on mantle dynamics and arc magmatism2013

    • Author(s)
      Nakajima, J., S. Hada, E. Hayami, N. Uchida, A. Hasegawa, S. Yoshioka, T. Matsuzawa, and N. Umino
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res.

      Volume: 118 Pages: 5838-5855

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Seismic attenuation beneath northeastern Japan: Constraints on mantle dynamics and arc magmatism2013

    • Author(s)
      Nakajima, J., S. Hada, E. Hayami, N. Uchida, A. Hasegawa, S. Yoshioka, T. Matsuzawa, and N. Umino
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res.

      Volume: 118 Pages: 5835-5855

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 沈み込み帯の地震発生機構-地殻流体に規定されて発生する沈み込み帯の地震-2012

    • Author(s)
      長谷川昭・中島淳一・内田直希・梁田高広・岡田知己・趙大鵬・松澤暢・海野徳仁
    • Journal Title

      地学雑誌

      Volume: 121 Pages: 128-160

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Thermal structure and intermediate-depth seismicity in the Tohoku-Hokkaido subduction zones2012

    • Author(s)
      van Keken, P.E., S. Kita, and J. Nakajima
    • Journal Title

      Solid Earth

      Volume: 3 Pages: 355-364

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 東北地方の三次元P波減衰構造と島弧マグマ活動2013

    • Author(s)
      中島淳一, 羽田周平, 速水絵里圭, 内田直希, 長谷川昭, 吉岡祥一, 松澤暢, 海野徳仁
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2013年秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      横浜, 神奈川県民ホール
    • Year and Date
      2013-10-07
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Deep seismic structure beneath the Japanese Islands2012

    • Author(s)
      Nakajima, J., and A. Hasegawa
    • Organizer
      日本地質学会第119回学術大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪市立大
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 太平洋プレート内の深さ155kmで発生する地震クラスター:エクロジャイトへの相転移と応力擾乱2012

    • Author(s)
      中島 淳一・内田 直希・Bradley Hacker・長谷川 昭
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2012年大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張メッセ
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 東北地方の三次元P 波減衰構造と島弧マグマ活動

    • Author(s)
      中島淳一・羽田周平・速水絵里圭・内田直希・長谷川昭・吉岡祥一・松澤暢・海野徳仁
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2013年秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      神奈川県民ホール
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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