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2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Fluid compositions at deep parts of the convergent margins inferred from fossilized melts

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19K04018
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

Shimizu Ichiko  京都大学, 理学研究科, 准教授 (40211966)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 苗村 康輔  岩手大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50725299)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords深部流体 / メルト / 高温高圧実験 / 多相固体包有物 / 沈み込み帯 / マントル / 脱水反応 / 高圧変成帯
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Focusing on the roles of fluids and melts in the deep parts of the plate convergent margins, we made detailed studies on multiphase solid inclusions (MSIs) in ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks and employed homogenization experiments of MSIs at the pressures and temperatures of their genesis. Glass inclusions of the potassium-rich granitic melt composition were successfully generated in the recovered sample. High-pressure and temperature deformation experiments of serpentinite showed drastic weakening and dehydration of serpentine at the fault shear zones. These results suggest close relationships between dehydration reaction and intermediate-depth earthquakes in the slab mantle. The peak metamorphic ages and temperatures of high-pressure metamorphic rocks were investigated and tectonic environments of fluid migration in subduction zones were discussed.

Free Research Field

岩石レオロジー、構造地質学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、沈み込み帯の深部にあって、これまでその実像がよく明らかにされてこなかった結晶粒子間の流体やメルトについて、実際に岩石がおかれた高温高圧条件を実験室内で再現した実験を行ない、地下 100 km 以深に沈み込んだ地殻物質中に溶質に富んだ超臨界水が存在するという仮説や、含水マントル岩(蛇紋岩)の脱水反応が中深発地震の引き金になるという仮説を裏付ける結果を得ることができた。本研究は基礎研究として、日本列島のような沈み込み帯における火山の多様性や地震発生メカニズムの解明に近づくものであり、広い意味で自然災害の科学にも貢献する。

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Published: 2024-01-30  

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