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Identification of recent fault activity by measurement of hydration thickness using quartz from faults

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25350500
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Natural disaster / Disaster prevention science
Research InstitutionJapan Atomic Energy Agency

Principal Investigator

NIWA Masakazu  国立研究開発法人日本原子力研究開発機構, バックエンド研究開発部門 東濃地科学センター, 研究副主幹 (90421685)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 島田 耕史  国立研究開発法人日本原子力研究開発機構, 高速炉研究開発部門 もんじゅ運営計画・研究開発センター, 技術副主幹 (10446403)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords石英 / 水和 / 断層 / 活動性 / 地質学 / 年代測定
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We focused on hydration of quartz in faulted rocks to identify recent fault activity. Fault activity possibly facilitates a growth of the quartz hydration layer, though hydration rate of quartz is generally too slow. In this study, secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) analysis was applied to examine an influence of fault activity on the quartz hydration.
Based on the analyses for quartz from both faulted and unfaulted rocks in chert and granite, significant increase of hydrogen ion concentration along shiny fault planes was clear compared to natural, flat surfaces without fault slip. The SIMS analysis could be applicable for the estimation of hydration thickness of quartz along faults as well as the measurement of obsidian hydration thickness on the archaeological studies. The tests for still more samples should be further studies to examine geochronological application for fault activity.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2013

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Identification of pumice derived from historic eruption in the same volcano:2016

    • Author(s)
      生田正文, 丹羽正和, 檀原 徹, 山下 透, 丸山誠史, 鎌滝孝信, 小林哲夫, 黒澤英樹, 國分(齋藤)陽子, 平田岳史
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan

      Volume: 122 Issue: 3 Pages: 89-107

    • DOI

      10.5575/geosoc.2016.0003

    • NAID

      130005158299

    • ISSN
      0016-7630, 1349-9963
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-15
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Microscopic features of quartz and clay particles from fault gouges and infilled fractures in granite: discriminating between active and inactive faulting2016

    • Author(s)
      Niwa, M., Shimada, K., Aoki, K., Ishimaru, T.
    • Journal Title

      Engineering Geology

      Volume: 210 Pages: 180-196

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.enggeo.2016.06.013

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Thermal constraints on clay growth in fault gouge and their relationship with fault zone evolution and hydrothermal alteration: Case study of gouges in the Kojaku Granite, Central Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      Niwa, M., Shimada, K., Tamura, H., Shibata, K., Sueoka, S., Yasue, K., Ishimaru, T., Umeda, K.
    • Journal Title

      Clays and Clay Minerals

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 地球科学の原子力安全への貢献 (その2) 破砕物質の鉱物・化学分析と断層の活動性評価2016

    • Author(s)
      丹羽正和, 石丸恒存, 島田耕史
    • Journal Title

      日本原子力学会誌

      Volume: 58 Pages: 167-171

    • NAID

      130007800055

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Chemical composition changes caused by water-rock interaction across a strike-slip fault zone: Case study of the Atera Fault, Central Japan2015

    • Author(s)
      Niwa, M., Mizuochi, Y., Tanase, A.
    • Journal Title

      Geofluids

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 3 Pages: 387-409

    • DOI

      10.1111/gfl.12096

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 断層運動が石英の水和層厚さに及ぼす影響:SIMSによる分析2017

    • Author(s)
      丹羽正和・島田耕史
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張メッセ(千葉県千葉市)
    • Year and Date
      2017-05-20
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 花崗岩中に発達する断層や粘土脈に含まれる鉱物粒子の微細構造2015

    • Author(s)
      丹羽正和, 田辺裕明, 石丸恒存, 島田耕史, 植木忠正
    • Organizer
      日本応用地質学会研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学宇治キャンパス(京都府宇治市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 花崗岩中に発達する断層や粘土脈についての現地調査2015

    • Author(s)
      田辺裕明, 丹羽正和, 石丸恒存, 島田耕史, 植木忠正
    • Organizer
      日本応用地質学会研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学宇治キャンパス(京都府宇治市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 六甲断層・五助橋断層の断層岩における化学組成変化2015

    • Author(s)
      清水麻由子, 丹羽正和, 田中義浩, 青木和弘, 亀高正男
    • Organizer
      日本地質学会第122年学術大会
    • Place of Presentation
      信州大学長野キャンパス(長野県長野市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-11
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Difference of microscopic texture between fault gouges and hydrothermal clay veins2013

    • Author(s)
      M. Niwa, K. Shimada, K. Aoki, K. Seshimo, Y. Tanaka, N. Okubo, K. Kondo, K. Yasue, T. Ishimaru, K. Umeda
    • Organizer
      Geological Society of America 125th anniversary annual meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Denver, U.S.A.
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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