1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Structure and Evolution of the Lithosphere in the Ocean-Continent Transition Zone.
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04402011
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
固体地球物理学
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| Research Institution | Chiba niversity |
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Principal Investigator |
ASANUMA Toshio Chiba Univ., Dep.Earth Sci.Lecturer., 理学部, 講師 (50092028)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HIRATA Naoshi Tokyo Univ., Earthq4a2e Res. Inst.Assoc.Prof., 地震研究所, 助教授 (90156670)
ITO Tanio Chiba Univ., Dep.Earth Sci.Professor, 理学部, 教授 (50111448)
ISEZAKI Nobuhiro Chiba Univ., Dep.Earth Sci.Professor, 理学部, 教授 (60107943)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1993
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| Keywords | Tsushma Basin / Yamato Basin / Kita-oki Bank / crustal structure / Ocean bottom seismometer / Yamato Bank / ocean bottom electro-magnetometer / three copnent magnetometer |
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| Research Abstract |
We studied structure and evolution of the Lithosphere in the ocean-continent boundary zne in the southwestern part of the Japa Sea. We conducted a geohysical experiment in the Tsushima basin including seismic and geomagnetic measurements in 1992. An analysis f the data revealed the crusta and uppermost mantle structure in the Tsushima and Yamato basins and the northern part of the Kita-oki bank. Te Tsushima basin has a similar crust t that in the Yamato basin : both basins have a 14-km-thick crust, which is twice as thick as an average oceanic crust. On the contrary, the transition zone from the Ts4sh50a bas5n t6 the Ya0at6 bas5n, where 5s a sha336w water between the Yamato banks, has a 24-km thick crust. The veocity distribution in the crust indicates a continental characteristic including a 6-km/s layr. Electromagnetic observation using three ocean bottom electro-magnetometers resulted in that the specific electric resistance beneath the Tsushima Basin is less than that beneath the Japanese Islands and the Koren Penisula mainly due t presence of a lot o free water in the crust and that there needs no conducte in the upper mantle shallower than 160km taking the first dimensional mdelling into account.
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