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2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Mechanism of deep-focus earthquakes explored from plate structure and rupture charactersitics

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 18K03802
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17040:Solid earth sciences-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Kuge Keiko  京都大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (50234414)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords深発地震 / 内部構造
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Arrival time differences between high- and low-frequency signals of regional P waves from earthquakes deeper than 400 km were found in not only the northeastern Japan but also Mariana and Tonga-Fiji-Kermadc islands. The observations imply the global existence of a metastable olivine wedge that is a low velocity anomaly in subducting plate. In addition, it was found by using regional P waves from a part of the deep earthquakes that 660-km seismic discontinuity, which has been considered as phase change of olivine including metastable phase, is not simple. The lower limit and location of deep earthquakes may be affected by the other characteristics than the olivine phase change.

Free Research Field

地震学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

深さ数百kmで深発地震が発生するメカニズムは未だ明らかではなく、本研究の成果はその理解に貢献するものである。1つの説は、沈み込むプレート内に存在が提案される準安定オリビンの関与である。過去の根拠は東北日本に限定されていたが、本研究の成果は、世界の他の地域においても類似する物質の存在を示唆し、深発地震との一般的な関係につながるものである。また、この説では、オリビンの分解が起こる深さ以深で深発地震がないことを予測するが、本研究で新たにみつけた660km地震波不連続の複雑な構造は、深発地震の下限や位置が、オリビンの分解以外から影響を受けている可能性も含むものである。

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Published: 2025-01-30  

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