2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Archaean metamorphism and tectonics recorded in micro and minor minerals
Project/Area Number |
19K04043
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 17040:Solid earth sciences-related
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Research Institution | Okayama University of Science |
Principal Investigator |
Aoki Kazumasa 岡山理科大学, 基盤教育センター, 准教授 (70586677)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | ジルコン / アパタイト / LA-ICP-MS / 太古代 / 微量元素 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we examined several analytical conditions for LA-ICP-MS age dating and quantitative analysis of micro and/or minor minerals such as zircon, apatite, titanite, and phengite in metamorphic and igneous rocks, and discussed the Archaean tectonics, based on the obtained data. As a result, the magmatic P-T condition recorded in Barberton Granitoid Greenstone Terrain (BGGT) rocks in South Africa showed that the TTG had coexisted with eclogite residue and/or garnet amphibolite residue during the initial generation. In addition, combining our data with Archaean geodynamics models indicate the subduction and melting of oceanic plateaus played a major role in the tectono-magmatism of the BGGT. The essence of the formation of the BGGT is the subduction of the oceanic plateaus induced by horizontal tectonics like Plate tectonics in the present Earth.
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Free Research Field |
地質学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究で取り組んだ研究課題は、地球史におけるプレートテクトニクスの開始時期特定や、現在の地球では生成しないTTG花崗岩の成因解明など、岩石記録が少ない地質時代の未解決問題と密接な関わりがある。本研究の学術的意義は、そういった未解決問題の糸口を掴むために太古代岩石の微小・微量鉱物に注目し、測定機器を駆使して、当時の造構運動の痕跡を読み取ったことと言える。また、社会的意義の面では、本研究は経済的な実利性はないが、教育現場や教養のための新しい「知」としての役割を持っているため、この新しい「知」とともにまだ「未解決」な部分を合わせて説明することで、学校教育が掲げる「探究的な学び」につながると考える。
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