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2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Volatile Cycle in the Mantle

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 17H02994
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Geochemistry/Cosmochemistry
Research InstitutionJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

HANYU Takeshi  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 海域地震火山部門(火山・地球内部研究センター), グループリーダー (50359197)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 清水 健二  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 超先鋭研究開発部門(高知コア研究所), 技術研究員 (30420491)
山本 順司  北海道大学, 総合博物館, 准教授 (60378536)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Keywords揮発性元素 / マントル / 物質循環 / メルト包有物 / 局所分析
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this project is to understand geochemical cycles of volatiles in the Earth from the studies of mineral-hosted melt inclusions in volcanic rocks derived from the mantle. We established a method to combine several in-situ analytical techniques to measure chemical composition of melt inclusions with the size of 50-100 microns. This method was applied to olivine-hosted melt inclusions in ocean island basalts that are sourced from deep-rooted mantle plumes. We found that those melt inclusions are enriched in Cl in correlation with Pb isotope ratios, suggesting that seawater-derived Cl was transported to the lower mantle by subducted slabs, and thereby the lower mantle involves a mantle domain that preserve significant amount of Cl originated from the Earth’s surface. This is a firm evidence that Cl is cycled between the Earth’s surface and the deep mantle.

Free Research Field

マントル地球科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

揮発性成分は地球表層に存在し、生命が育まれるなど地球の進化に重要な役割を果たしている。今回の成果から、地球表層とマントル深部のあいだで塩素が大循環していることが示された。これは水や二酸化炭素など他の揮発性成分も大循環していることを示唆するものであり、固体地球と地球表層の共進化を紐解く今後の研究につながる。また、今回確立した分析手法は火山学にも応用でき、マグマ噴出における揮発性成分の役割を理解する研究にも発展できる。

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Published: 2021-02-19  

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