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2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Paleomagnetic poles of the Mesozoic Pacific Plate

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13640415
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 固体地球物理学
Research InstitutionChiba University

Principal Investigator

NAKANISHI Masao  Chiba University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Associate Professor, 大学院・自然科学研究科, 助教授 (80222165)

Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2002
Keywordsmagnetic anomaly lineation / Mesozoic / spreading rate / skewness parameter / Pacific Plate
Research Abstract

The Mesozoic magnetic lineation map, which had been made by Nakanishi et al.(1992), was revised using available underway geophysical data. The magnetic lineations were improved in the following areas,
(1) Ontong Java Plateau
(2) Nova-Canton Trough
(3) Japan, Izu-Ogasawara, and Mariana trenches
The cruise in the southern Mariana Trench was conducted in 2002 October by R/V KAIREI to get geophysical data. The result of the cruise implies that the subducting plate at the trench is a part of the Pacific Plate, although it had been thought to be the other plate.
The skewness parameters of magnetic anomaly lineations were determined in more detailed than previous works. The results exposed that the rotation of the microplate near Pacific-Farallon-Phoenix triple junction occurred and that the intra-plate volcanism occurred in Nauru Basin.
The dependence of anomalous skewness on spreading rates was examined using magnetic data in the Gulf of Aden, where there is a slow spreading system. The result shows that the dependence is less effective for this study.

  • Research Products

    (4 results)

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All Publications (4 results)

  • [Publications] Nakanishi Masao: "Topographic Expression of the Gulf of Aden Spreading System and its Tectonics : Hotspots-Ridge Interaction in Gulf of Aden"Eos.Trans.AGU. 82・47. F1217 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Nakanishi Masao: "Magnetic and gravity anomalies of the slow-spreading system in the Gulf of Aden"Eos.Trans.AGU. 83・47. F1356-F1357 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Nakanishi Masao, Kensaku Tamaki, Hiromi Fujimoto, Kyoko Okino, Daniel Curewitz, Philippe Huchon, and Khaled M.Khanbari: "Topographic Expression of the Gulf of Aden Spreading System and its Tectonics : Hotspots-Ridge Interaction in Gulf of Aden"Eos.Trans.AGU. 82/47. F1217 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Nakanishi Masao, H. Fujimoto, K. Tamaki, and K. Okino: "Magnetic and gravity anomalies of the slow-spreading system in the Gulf of Aden"Eos.Trans.AGU. 83/47. F1356-1357 (2002)

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Published: 2004-04-14  

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