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Comprehensive research on the restoration of scattered high-pressure metamorphic terranes in the Inner Zone of Southwest Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 60302032
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 鉱物学(含岩石・鉱床学)
Research InstitutionFaculty of Liberal Arts, Yamaguchi University

Principal Investigator

NISHIMURA Yujiro  Faculty of Liberal Arts, Yamaguchi University, 教養部, 教授 (20034712)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ISOZAKI Yukio  Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, 理学部, 助手 (90144914)
TAKEDA Kenji  Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University, 教育学部, 助教授 (50155008)
HARA Ikuo  Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, 理学部, 教授 (50033824)
NUREKI Terukazu  Faculty of Liberal Arts, Okayama University, 教養部, 教授 (10033820)
HASHIMOTO Mitsuo  Faculty of Science, Ibaragi University, 理学部, 教授 (40000103)
Project Period (FY) 1985 – 1986
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1986)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1985: ¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
KeywordsInner Zone of Southwest Japan / High-pressure metamorphic belt / Radiometric age / Sangun metamorphic belt / Dismembered ophiolite / Pile nappe structure / Serpentinite melange / テクトニック・フレイムワーク
Research Abstract

The Sangun metamorphic belt is considered for a long time to be a major coherent glaucophanitic terrane of pre-Jurassic age, and to be paired with the low-pressure Hida metamorphic belt. However, recent studies on geochronology and tectonics have revealed that the belt is in fact comprised of three geologic units of different ages. A tentative threefold division is summarized as follows.
1) Around 300 Ma (Carboniferous) group=Northern terrane: This terrane is confined to the northern marginal region (Wakasa, Nagato tectonic zone and Wakamiya) of the "Sangun belt", and corresponds to the western extension of the Hida marginal zone. Each distribution area of this terrane is bounded on adjacent units by distinctive faults and thrusts, and is also characterized by a dominance of serpentinite, metagabbroic and metagranitic rocks, which appear to compose dismembered ophiolite. These ophiolitic rocks have given radiometric ages of 470 to 380 Ma. It is worthy of note that the dates are identica … More l with those of the same kind rocks in the Hida marginal zone.
2) Around 220 Ma (Triassic) group=Western terrane: This group occurs in the western region (north Kyushu to Yamaguchi Prefecture) of the "Sangun belt". In the Nishiki-cho area, K-Ar whole rock ages of weakly metamorphosed acidic tuffs are also dated as about 220 Ma, which are identical with Rb-Sr ages for the "Sangun pelitic schists". The acidic tuff and its adjacent siliceous slate yield Permian radiolarians (about 220 Ma). Thus, the 220 Ma would be considered to represent the final phase of the glaucophanitic metamorphism of the western terrane. This is consistent with geologic evidence that the "Sangun metamorphic rocks" are unconformably overlain by the Upper Triassic Mine Group.
3) Around 180 Ma (Jurassic) group=Eastern terrane: Younger ages are widespread in the eastern region (Tottori, Okayama and Shimane Prefecture) of the "Sangun belt". In comparison with the western terrane, siliceous metamorphic rocks become conspicuously abundant, and some fensters composed of the equivalents of the Tamba Group are found in this terrane. Recently, Triassic conodonts and Jurassic type radiolarians were obtained from siliceous metamorphic rocks in the Motigase area. These may support a view that the metamorphic rocks of the eastern terrane are younger in age of their deposition as well as in metamorphic age than those of the western terrane. Less

Report

(1 results)
  • 1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

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All Publications (14 results)

  • [Publications] 西村祐二郎: International Symposium on Pre-Jurassic East Asia,IGCP Project 224,Reports and Abstracts. 134-138 (1986)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小松正幸: International Syposium on Pre-Jurassic East Asia,IGCP Projet 224,Reports and Abstracts. 97-103 (1986)

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 渡辺暉夫: 島根大学地質学研究報告. NO.4. 33-39 (1985)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 田崎耕市: MAGMA. NO.75. 12-17 (1985)

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 磯崎行雄: Earth Science(Chikyu Kagaku). 39. 429-442 (1985)

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 坂野昇平: Geological Society of America,Memoir. 164. 365-374 (1986)

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 西村祐二郎: "内帯高圧変成帯 NO.3,NO.4" 西村祐二郎, 49P (,19871986)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 橋本光男: "日本の変成岩" 岩波書店, 159P (1987)

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    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yujiro NISHIMURA: "Tectonic framework of the Sangun metamorphic belt, Southwest Japan" International Symposium on Pre-Jurassic East Asia, IGCP Project 224, Reports and Abstracts. 134-138 (1986)

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Masayuki KOMATSU: "The structure and tectonics of pre-Jurassic serpentinite melange and overlying Hida nappe in Central Japan" International Symposium on Pre-Jurassic East Asia, IGCP Project 224, Reports and Abstracts. 97-103 (1986)

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    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Teruo WATANABE: "A note on the metamorphic ages and rocks in the Sangun terrane" Geological Reports of Shimane University. No. 4. 33-39 (1985)

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yukio ISOZAKI: "Early Jurassic radiolarians from bedded chert in Kamiaso, Mino belt, Central Japan" Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku). 39. 429-442 (1985)

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Shohei BANNO: "The high-pressure metamorphic belts of Japan: A review" Geological Society of America, Memoir. 164. 365-374 (1986)

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yujiro NISHIMURA: Yujiro NISHIMURA. High-pressure metamorphic terranes in the Inner Zone, No. 3 & No. 4 (Naitai Kouatu Henseitai), 49 (1986 & 1987)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary

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