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2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Decoding Quaternary paleoclimatic changes in West Asia recorded in sediments

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Project AreaAncient West Asian Civilization as the foundation of all modern civilizations: A counter to the 'Clash of Civilizations' theory.
Project/Area Number 24101011
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Review Section Humanities and Social Sciences
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

ANMA Ryo  筑波大学, 生命環境系, 講師 (70311595)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 高橋 学  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 活断層・火山研究部門, 上級主任研究員 (20357370)
八木 勇治  筑波大学, 生命環境系, 准教授 (50370713)
昆 慶明  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 地圏資源環境研究部門, 研究員 (80709634)
横尾 頼子  同志社大学, 理工学部, 助教 (00334045)
申 基チョル  総合地球環境学研究所, 研究高度化支援センター, 助教 (50569283)
堀川 恵司  富山大学, 理工学研究部, 准教授 (40467858)
Research Collaborator WATANABE Chikako  
TUJI Akihiro  
ORIHASHI Yuji  
YSUDOMI Yukihito  
SATO Minoru  
SHIOMI Kazuyuki  
ASAI Kosuke  
SAKAMOTO Chihiro  
DILEK Yildrim  
ALTAWEEL Mark  
JOTHERI Jaafar  
MEHRABANI Shiva  
AZIZI Hussein  
POSHTKOOHI Monireh  
RASHEED Kamal  
HAMA Hashim  
MOHAMMAD Yusif  
KADIOGLU Yusuf  
SARIFAKIOGLU Ender  
BAHROUDI Abbas  
KOYI Hemin  
GULLU Bahattin  
ORHAN Ahmet  
Project Period (FY) 2012-06-28 – 2017-03-31
Keywords粘土板 / 氾濫源堆積物 / 降雨 / 河川水 / 地球化学分析 / 火山 / 地震 / 風成塵
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We succeeded in establishing an international collaboration team that enable us to obtain necessary samples to study. Calcium carbonate dissolved in rain water plays an important role in controlling the environment of West Asia. This viewpoint provides answers to questions thrown through archaeological studies. (1) Rain water rich in Ca-HCO3 can precipitate CaCO3 and form a hard crust near the surface of the sediment column. This mechanism has direct influence on salinization. (2) Alkaline rain water does not dissolve carbonates. Floodplain sediments and tablet clay in Mesopotamia contain calcareous tests of coccoliths derived from limestones in Zagros. (3) As a result, Mesopotamian clay and its products (clay tablet, adobe, etc.) contain a large portion of carbonates. The carbonates are originated from both reworked grains and CaCO3 precipitated from the ground water. Such precipitation may have played an important role in hardening clay products.

Free Research Field

地質学

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Published: 2018-03-22  

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