Tectonic deformation of a continent due to collision of continents

2008 Fiscal Year Self-evaluation Report

• Project/Area Number: 18403012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Geology
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: OTOFUJI Yo-ichiro Kobe University, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (90160895)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2009
• Keywords: 大陸 / 変形 / 古地磁気学

Research Abstract

(1) インド亜大陸の衝突によるアジア大陸の変形、(2) 北中国地塊と南中国地塊の衝突による南中国地塊の変形、(3) インド衝突以前の、シベリア大陸とモンゴル・北中国大陸の衝突によるアジア大陸東部の変形、に焦点をあて、アジア・アフリカ大陸で岩石試料を採取し、それらの古地磁気デ-タに基づき、変形の様子を明らかにする。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Tectonic deformation around the eastern Himalayan syntaxis : constraints from the Cretaceous palaeomagnetic data of the Shan-Thai Block, Geophys (2008)
  • Author(s): Tanaka, K., C. Mu, K. Sato, K. Takemoto, D. Miura, Y. Liu, H. Zaman, Z. Yang, MYokoyama, H. Iwamoto, K. Uno and Y.Otofuji
  • Journal Title: J. Int. 175 Pages: 713-728
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Spatial gap between Lhasa and Qiangtang blocks inferred from Middle Jurassic to Cretaceous paleomagnetic data (2007)
  • Author(s): Otofuji, Y., C. Mu, K. Tanaka, D. Miura, H.Inokuchi, R. Kamei, M. Tamai, Takemoto, H.r Zaman and M. Yokoyama
  • Journal Title: Earth Planet.Sci. Lett. 262 Pages: 581-593
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] New age constraints on counter-clockwise rotation of NE Japan (2007)
  • Author(s): Baba, A. K., T. Matsuda, T. Itaya, Y .Wada, N. Hori, M. Yokoyama, N. Eto, R.Kamei, H. Zaman, T. Kidane and Y.Otofuji
  • Journal Title: Geophys. J. Int. 171 Pages: 1325-1341
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Paleomagnetic study of Cretaceous rocks from Pu'er, western Yunnan, China : Evidence of internal deformation of the Indochina block (2007)
  • Author(s): Sato, K., Y. Liu, Y. Wang, M. Yokoyama, S. Yoshioka, Z. Yang and Y. Otofuji
  • Journal Title: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 258 Pages: 1-15
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Internal deformation of the Shan-Thai block inferred from paleomagnetism of Jurassic sedimentary rocks in Northern Thailand (2007)
  • Author(s): Aihara, K., K. Takemoto, H. Zaman, H. Inokuchi, D. Miura, A. Surinkum, A. Paiyarom, B. Phajuy, S. Chantraprasert, Y. Panjasawatwong, P. Wongpornchai, Y.Otofuji
  • Journal Title: J. Asia. Earth.Sci. 30 Pages: 530-541
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] New age constraints on differential rotation of NE and SW Japan (2008)
  • Author(s): Otofuj, Y., K. Baba, K.Yokoyama, M., Otofuj, Y., K. Baba, K. Otofuj, Y., K. Baba, K., Yokoyama, M.
  • Organizer: AOGS, Busan, Korea
  • Place of Presentation: (国際会議、招待講演、一般発表)
  • Year and Date: 20080616-20
• [Presentation] 古地磁気学的研究からみた日本列島の形成史(Sequential double-saloon-door opening along the eastern margin of the Asian continent) (2008)
  • Author(s): Otofuji, Y.
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張(国内会議、招待講演、一般発表)
  • Year and Date: 20080525-30