Silica/clay diagenesis and its effect on interplate seismicity in subduction zones

• Project/Area Number: 24740339
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Geology
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University (2013-2014); The University of Tokyo (2012)
• Principal Investigator: KAMEDA Jun 北海道大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (40568713)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 東北地方太平洋沖地震 / スメクタイト / 続成作用 / 遠洋性粘土 / 日本海溝 / 海溝型地震 / 珪質堆積物 / Costa Rica

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The very large slip on the shallow portion of the subduction interface during the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw 9.0) caused a huge tsunami along the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan. In order to elucidate the mechanics of such tsunamigenic slip, mineralogical propery of the source fault rock was examined by using XRD. The analysis reveal that the fault zone that caused the earthquake is significantly enriched in smectite compared to the surrounding sediments, which may be intimately linked to the tsunamigenic shallow faulting.
The smectite-rich deposits are broadly distributed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and may therefore potentially enhance conditions for large shallow slip during earthquakes that occur over a broad area of the Japan Trench plate boundary, which would result in large tsunamis for this region.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Mineral assemblage anomalies in the slip zone of the 1999 Taiwan Chi-Chi earthquake: Ultrafine particles preserved only in the latest slip zone (2014)
  • Author(s): Hirono, T., Kameda, J., Kanda, H., Tanikawa, W. and Ishikawa, T.
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters Volume: 41 Issue: 9 Pages: 1-8
  • DOI: 10.1002/2014gl059805
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Re-evaluation of frictional heat recorded in the dark gouge of the shallow part of a megasplay fault at the Nankai Trough (2014)
  • Author(s): Hirono, T., Ishikawa, T., Masumoto, H., Kameda, J., Yabuta, H. and Mukoyoshi H.
  • Journal Title: Tectonophysics Volume: 626 Pages: 157-169
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.020
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Quartz deposition and its influence on deformation process of megathrust in subduction zone (2014)
  • Author(s): Kameda, J., K. Kawabata, Y. Hamada, A. Yamaguchi, and G.Kimura
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space Volume: 66 Issue: 1 Pages: 13-13
  • DOI: 10.1186/1880-5981-66-13
  • NAID: 120005464722
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of fault gouge in the Median Tectonic Line, Japan: evidence for earthquake slip (2014)
  • Author(s): Ishikawa, T., Hirono, T., Matsuta, N., Kawamoto, K., Fujimoto, K., Kameda, J., Nishio, Y., Maekawa, Y. and Honda, G.
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space Volume: 66:36 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-20
  • DOI: 10.1186/1880-5981-66-36
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Frictional properties of incoming pelagic sediments at the Japan Trench: implications for large slip at a shallow plate boundary during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake (2014)
  • Author(s): Michiyo Sawai, Takehiro Hirose and Jun Kameda
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space Volume: 66(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 1-8
  • DOI: 10.1186/1880-5981-66-65
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Frictional properties of sediments entering the Costa Rica subduction zone offshore the Osa Peninsula: Implications for fault slip in shallow subduction zones (2014)
  • Author(s): Namiki, Y., Tsutsumi, A., Ujiie, K. and Kameda, J.
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space Volume: 66 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-8
  • DOI: 10.1186/1880-5981-66-72
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The influence of organic–rich shear zones on pelagic sediment deformation and seismogenesis in a subduction zone (2014)
  • Author(s): Kameda J., Kouketsu Y., Shimizu M., Yamaguchi A., Hamada Y., Hamahashi M., Koge H., Fukuchi R., Ikeda M., Kogure T. & Kimura G.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences Volume: 109 Issue: 5 Pages: 228-238
  • DOI: 10.2465/jmps.140403
  • NAID: 130004704868
  • ISSN: 1345-6296, 1349-3825
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Changes in illite crystallinity within an ancient tectonic boundary thrust caused by thermal, mechanical, and hydrothermal effects: an example from the Nobeoka Thrust, southwest Japan (2014)
  • Author(s): Fukuchi R, Fujimoto K, Kameda J, Hamahashi M, Yamaguchi A, Kimura G, Hamada Y, Hashimoto Y, Kitamura Y, Saito S
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space Volume: 66:116 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-12
  • DOI: 10.1186/1880-5981-66-116
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Friction properties of the plate boundary megathrust beneath the frontal wedge near the Japan Trench: an inference from topographic variation (2014)
  • Author(s): Koge H, Fujiwara T, Kodaira S, Sasaki T, Kameda J, Kitamura Y, Hamahashi M, Fukuchi R, Yamaguchi A, Hamada Y, Ashi J, Kimura G
  • Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space Volume: 66:153 Issue: 1 Pages: 153-153
  • DOI: 10.1186/s40623-014-0153-3
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Geological and frictional aspects of very-low-frequency earthquakes in an accretionary prism (2013)
  • Author(s): Saito T. K. Ujiie, A. Tsutsumi, J. Kameda, and B. Shibazaki
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters Volume: 40 Issue: 4 Pages: 703-708
  • DOI: 10.1002/grl.50175
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Hanging wall deformation of a seismogenic megasplay fault in an accretionary prism : The Nobeoka Thrust in southwestern Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Kimura, G., Hamahashi, M., Okamoto, S., Yamaguchi, A., Kameda, J., Raimbourg, H., Hamada, Y., Yamaguchi, H. and Shibata, T
  • Journal Title: J. Structural Geology Volume: 52 Pages: 136-147
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.03.015
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Prograde clay minerals reactions along a frontal thrust branching from a decollement in an ancient accretionary prism (2013)
  • Author(s): Kameda, J., Yamamoto, Y., Hamada, Y., Kimura. G
  • Journal Title: Tectonophysics Volume: 600 Pages: 41-51
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.04.024
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Importance of mechanochemical effects on fault slip behavior during earthquakes (2013)
  • Author(s): Tetsuro Hirono, Wataru Tanikawa, Go Honda, Jun Kameda, Jun-ichi Fukuda, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters Volume: 40 Issue: 12 Pages: 2988-2992
  • DOI: 10.1002/grl.50609
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Contrasts in physical properties between the hanging wall and footwall of an exhumed seismogenic megasplay fault in a subduction zone―An example from the Nobeoka Thrust Drilling Project (2013)
  • Author(s): Hamahashi, M., Saito, S., Kimura, G., Yamaguchi, A., Fukuchi, R., Kameda, J., Hamada, Y., Kitamura, Y., Fujimoto, K., Hashimoto, Y., Hina, S., Eida, M
  • Journal Title: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems Volume: 14 Issue: 12 Pages: 5354-5370
  • DOI: 10.1002/2013gc004818
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] and Expedition 343 and 343T Scientists (2013) Low coseismic shear stress on the Tohoku-Oki megathrust determined from laboratory experiments (2013)
  • Author(s): Ujiie, K., Tanaka, H., Saito, T., Tsutsumi, A., Mori, J. J., Kameda, J., Brodsky, E. E., Chester, F. M., Eguchi, N., Toczko, S
  • Journal Title: Science Volume: 342 Issue: 6163 Pages: 1211-1214
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.1243485
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Structure and composition of the plate-boundary slip zone for the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (2013)
  • Author(s): Chester, F. M., Rowe, C., Ujiie, K., Kirkpatrick, J., Regalla, C., Remitti, F., Moore, J. C., Toy, V., Wolfson-Schwehr, M., Bose, S., Kameda, J., Mori, J. J., Brodsky, E. E., Eguchi, E., Toczko, S. and Expedition 343 and 343T Scientists
  • Journal Title: Science Volume: 342 Issue: 6163 Pages: 1208-1211
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.1243719
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Expedition 343 Scientists., Stress State in the Largest Displacement Area of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake (2013)
  • Author(s): Lin, W., Conin, M., Moore, J.C., Chester, F.M., Nakamura, Y., Mori, J.J., Anderson, L., Brodsky, E.E., Eguchi, H
  • Journal Title: Science Volume: 339 Issue: 6120 Pages: 687-690
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.1229379
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Runaway slip to the trench due to rupture of highly pressurized megathrust beneath the middle trench slope: The tsunami genesis of the Tohoku earthquake off the east coast of northern Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Kimura, Gaku
  • Journal Title: Earth and Planet Science Letters Volume: 339-340 Pages: 32-45
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Silica diagenesis and its effect on interplate seismicity in cold subduction zones (2012)
  • Author(s): Jun Kameda
  • Journal Title: Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume: 317-318 Pages: 136-144
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.041
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Mineral Characteristics of the Plate-boundary Fault at the Japan Trench (2014)
  • Author(s): J. Kameda, M. Shimizu, K. Ujiie, T. Hirose, M. Ikari, F. Remitti, J. Mori, F. Chester, G. Kimura
  • Organizer: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
  • Place of Presentation: ロイトンホテル札幌（札幌市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-28 – 2014-07-31
• [Presentation] 日本海溝プレート境界断層の鉱物学的特徴と発達過程 (2014)
  • Author(s): 亀田純、清水麻由子、氏家恒太郎、廣瀬丈洋、M. Ikari、F. Remitti、J. Mori、F. Chester、濱田洋平、木村学
  • Organizer: 地球惑星科学連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜（横浜市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-28 – 2014-05-02
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 日本海溝プレート境界断層の鉱物学的特徴
  • Author(s): 亀田純・氏家恒太郎・廣瀬丈洋・M. Ikari, F. Remitti・清水麻由子・濱田洋平・木村学・F. Chester, J. Mori・江口暢久・S. Toczko・343 Exp. Scientists
  • Organizer: 地球惑星科学連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ（千葉県）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 遠洋性粘土層の鉱物組成からみる日本海溝プレート境界断層の発達過程
  • Author(s): 亀田純・清水麻由子・木村学
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学（仙台市）
• [Presentation] 沈み込み帯プレート境界における続成・脱水作用と地震発生
  • Author(s): 亀田純
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会第119年学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪府立大学、大阪府
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Diagenesis and dehydration of subducting oceanic crust within seismogenic subduction zones
  • Author(s): Jun Kameda
  • Organizer: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Moscone Center, USA