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2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Archaean metamorphism and tectonics recorded in micro and minor minerals

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19K04043
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 InstitutionOkayama 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)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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.

Free Research Field

地質学

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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Published: 2024-01-30  

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