Verification of the mid-Cretaceous "Mega-monsoon Event"

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22403015
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Stratigraphy/Paleontology
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: NISHI Hiroshi 東北大学, 学術資源研究公開センター, 教授 (20192685)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SAWADA Ken 北海道大学, 理学研究院, 准教授 (20333594) ; KAWAHATA Hodaka 東京大学, 大学院・新領域創成科学研究科, 教 授 (20356851) ; TAKASHIMA Reishi 東北大学, 学術資源研究公開センター, 准教 授 (00374207)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Keywords: モンスーン / 温暖化 / 白亜紀

Research Abstract

Expansion of anoxic environments and extinction of marine biota occurred in the Tethys Sea and the Atlantic Ocean during the earliest Albian period, mid-Cretaceous (113 million years ago). In order to understand the trigger and mechanism of this event, we analyzed microfossil assemblages, organic and inorganic geochemistry and clay mineralogy of the black shale which were deposited during this event. Our analyses demonstrate that the expansions of anoxic environment were triggered by increased continental run-off which was caused by extremely humid climate in response to the mid-Cretaceous global warming. Increased run-off may have caused surface ocean eutrophication and elevation of primary productivity, and resulted in expansion of anoxia.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) shell-rubble bryozoanfauna from the Goshoura Group, Kyushu, Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Dick, M. H., Komatsu, T., Takashima, R., Ostrovsky, A. N.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2013.765926
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Cenozoic record of the equatorialPacific carbonate compensation depth (2012)
  • Author(s): Palike, H. Lyle, M.W., Nishi, H. Raffi, I, et al.
  • Journal Title: Nature Volume: 488
  • DOI: DOI:10.1038/nature11360
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Early Eocene to early Miocene radiolarian biostratigraphy for the low-latitude PacificOcean (2012)
  • Author(s): Kamikuri, S., Moore, T. C., Ogane, K., Suzuki, N., Palike, H., Nishi, H.
  • Journal Title: Stratigraphy Volume: vol. 9 Pages: 77-108
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 天草上島東部に分布する上部白亜系姫浦層群の層序と詳細な地質年代 (2011)
  • Author(s): 小城祐樹・小松俊文・岩本忠剛・高嶋礼詩・高橋修・西弘嗣
  • Journal Title: 地質学雑誌 Volume: 117巻 Pages: 398-416
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 北海道中央南部に露出する上部白亜系の地質と有孔虫層序 (2011)
  • Author(s): 林圭一・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩・友杉貴茂・川辺文久
  • Journal Title: 地質学雑誌 Volume: 117巻 Pages: 14-34
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Seasonal variation in the oxygen isotopic composition of different-sized planktonic foraminifer Neogloboquadrinapachyderma (sin.) in the northwestern North Pacific, and implications for reconstruction of the paleo-environment (2011)
  • Author(s): Kuroyanagi, A., Kawahata, H., Nishi, H.
  • Journal Title: Paleoceanography Volume: vol. 26 Pages: PA4215
  • DOI: doi:10.1029/2011PA002153
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] New U-Pb (ID-TIMS and LA-ICPMS) and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints of the Cretaceous geologic time scale calibration from Hokkaido (Japan) (2011)
  • Author(s): Quidelleur, X., Paquette, J. L., Fiet, N.,Takashima, R., Tiepolo, M., Desmares, D., Nishi, H., Grosheny, D.
  • Journal Title: Chemical Geology Volume: vol. 286 Pages: 72-83
  • DOI: doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.03.009
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Prevailing oxic environments in the Pacific Ocean during the mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (2011)
  • Author(s): Takashima, R., Nishi, H., Yamanaka, T., Tomosugi, T., Fernando, A. G., Tanabe, K., Moriya, K., Kawabe, F., Hayashi, K.
  • Journal Title: Nature Communications Pages: 2-234
  • DOI: DOI:10.1038/ncomms1233
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphic study of forearcbasin sediments: 1 the Lower to Upper Cretaceous Budden Canyon Formation (Great Valley Group) (2011)
  • Author(s): Fernando, A. G. S., Nishi, H., Tanabe, K., Moriya,K., Iba, Y., Kodama, K., Murphy, M. A. and Okada, H.
  • Journal Title: northern California,USA. Island Arc Volume: vol. 20(3) Pages: 346-370
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Stratigraphic relationships between the last occurrence of Neogloboquadrina inglei and marine isotope stages in the northwest Pacific, D/V Chikyu Expedition 902 (2011)
  • Author(s): Domitsu, H., Uchida, J., Ogane, K., Dobuchi,N., Sato, T., Ikehara, M., Nishi, H., Hasegawa, S., Oda M.
  • Journal Title: Hole C9001C. Newsletters on Stratigraphy Volume: vol. 128(5) Pages: 698-702
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] High-resolution terrestrial carbonisotope and planktic foraminiferal records of the Upper Cenomanian to the Lower Campanian in the Northwest Pacific (2010)
  • Author(s): Takashima, R., Nishi, H., Yamanaka, T., Hayashi, K., Waseda, A., Obuse, A., Tomosugi, T., Deguchi, N., Mochizuki, S.
  • Journal Title: Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume: vol. 289 Pages: 570-582
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Thomel Level (OAE 2) in the Lambruisse section (2010)
  • Author(s): Fernando, A. G., Takashima, R., Nishi, H.,Giraud, F., Okada, H.
  • Journal Title: Vocontian Basin, southeast France. Geobios Volume: vol. 43 Pages: 45-57
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 赤道太平洋域における中新世から後期更新世までの浮遊性有孔虫化石群集(IODPExp.320/321) (2013)
  • Author(s): 松井浩紀・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: 日本古生物学会
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜
  • Year and Date: 2013-01-26
• [Presentation] 赤道太平洋域における中新世から後期更新世までの浮遊性有孔虫化石群集(IODP Exp.320/321) (2012)
  • Author(s): 松井浩紀・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: MRC研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: つくば
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-17
• [Presentation] Integrated stratigraphic correlation of the Upper Albian-Lower Cenomanian successions between Japan and France.G-COE symposium (2012)
  • Author(s): Takashima, R., Nishi, H., Yamanaka, T., Iryu, T., Takayanagi, H., Quidelleur, X., Latil, J-L., Hayashi, H., Koyasu, H., Ogawa, S.
  • Organizer: Archievements ofG-COE Program for Earth and Planetary Dynamics and future perspective
  • Place of Presentation: Sendai
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-27
• [Presentation] Early Paleogene dinocyst stratigraphy and paleoenvironment in the Northwest Pacific region. G-COE symposium (2012)
  • Author(s): Hayashi, K., Nishi, H., Takashima, R.
  • Organizer: Archievements of G-COE Program for Earth and Planetary Dynamics and future perspective
  • Place of Presentation: Sendai
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-27
• [Presentation] Middle to Late Pleistocene Paleoceanography of the Northwestern Japanese margin based on radiolarians fauna. G-COE symposium (2012)
  • Author(s): Matsuzaki, K. M., Nishi, H., Cortese, J. G. and Suzuki, N.
  • Organizer: Archievements of G-COE Program for Earth and Planetary Dynamics and future perspective
  • Place of Presentation: Sendai
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-27
• [Presentation] Late Cretaceous radiolarian stratigraphy and faunal changes in the Northwest Pacific. G-COE symposium 2012 (2012)
  • Author(s): Koyasu, H., Suzuki, N., Takashima, R. and Nishi, H.
  • Organizer: Archievements of G-COE Program for Earth and Planetary Dynamics and future perspective
  • Place of Presentation: Sendai
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-27
• [Presentation] 日本とフ ランスにおける白亜系Albian/Cenomanian 境界の対比 (2012)
  • Author(s): 高嶋礼詩・西弘嗣・山中寿朗・井龍康文・ 林圭一・小安浩理・小川草平
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会第119年学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-16
• [Presentation] 古第三系・根室層群における渦鞭毛藻シスト化石層序と古一次生産史 (2012)
  • Author(s): 林圭一・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会第119年学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-15
• [Presentation] 北西太平洋域における古第三紀初期の一次生産の変化 (2012)
  • Author(s): 林圭一・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: 日本古生物学会2012年年会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-30
• [Presentation] Cycladophora davisiana as a Quaternary Stratigraphic and Paleoceanographic tools in the Northwestern Pacific (2012)
  • Author(s): Matsuzaki, K. M., Suzuki, N., Nishi, H., Kawate, Y., Sakai, T.
  • Organizer: Japan Paleontological Society
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-30
• [Presentation] ステロイドバイオマーカーを用いた中期白亜紀海洋無酸素事変時の渦鞭毛藻生産の復元 (2012)
  • Author(s): 安藤卓人・沢田健・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: 日本古生物学会2012年年会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-30
• [Presentation] Polycystine radiolarian fauna and paleoceanographical change in the Shimokita Peninsula through the last 750 ky (2012)
  • Author(s): Matsuzaki, K. M., Suzuki, N., Nishi, H.
  • Organizer: Japan Geophysical Union 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Makuhari (Tokyo), Japan
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-24
• [Presentation] Radiolarian faunal changes across the Late Cretaceous in the North Pacific (2012)
  • Author(s): Koyasu, H., Suzuki, N., Takashima, R. and Nishi, H.
  • Organizer: 13th Conference on Fossil and Recent Radiolarians
  • Place of Presentation: Cadiz, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-29
• [Presentation] 水中滑空する長頸竜類の静安定性 (2012)
  • Author(s): 望月直・中村昌彦・西弘嗣・川谷哲也・植田剛史
  • Organizer: 第28回エアロ・アクアバイオメカニズム学会定例講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-23
• [Presentation] 赤道太平洋における後期始新世から前期中新世の浮遊性有孔虫化石群集(IODPExp.320/321) (2012)
  • Author(s): 小形顕・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: MRC研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-04
• [Presentation] 赤道太平洋域における中新世から後期更新世までの浮遊性有孔虫化石群集(IODPExp.320/321) (2012)
  • Author(s): 松井浩紀・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: MRC研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-04
• [Presentation] 古環境復元における浮遊性有孔虫N.pachyderma(sin.)の酸素同位体比記録の応用と課題 (2012)
  • Author(s): 黒柳あずみ・川幡穂高・西弘嗣
  • Organizer: MRC研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-04
• [Presentation] 北海道石狩炭田地域に分布する中部-上部始新統幌内層における底生有孔虫の群集変動と古環境 (2012)
  • Author(s): 森達哉・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: MRC研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-02
• [Presentation] 前期始新世-前期中新世の低緯度放散虫化石層序-IODPLeg320(PEATI)の成果報告- (2012)
  • Author(s): 上栗伸一・Moore,T.,大金薫・鈴木紀毅・Palike,H.,西弘嗣
  • Organizer: MRC研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-02
• [Presentation] 北太平洋域の上部白亜系における放散虫化石群集の変遷 (2012)
  • Author(s): 小安浩理・西弘嗣・鈴木紀毅・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: 日本古生物学会第161回例会
  • Place of Presentation: 富岡
  • Year and Date: 2012-01-21
• [Presentation] バイオマーカー分析による南東フランス・ボコンティアン堆積盆における中期白亜紀OAE1b時の海洋環境変動の復元 (2012)
  • Author(s): 安藤卓人・沢田健・岡野和貴・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: 古海洋シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉
  • Year and Date: 2012-01-05
• [Presentation] 南フランスと北海道に露出する上部アルビアン～下部セノマニアンの統合層序と地質年代 (2011)
  • Author(s): 高嶋礼詩・西弘嗣・山中寿朗・QuidelleurX.・PaquetteJ.L.・FietN.
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会大118回学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 水戸
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-09
• [Presentation] 白亜紀中期Oceanic Anoxic Event(OAE)2におけるテーチス海と太平洋の古環境 (2011)
  • Author(s): 西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩・山中寿朗・林圭一・望月直・小安浩理
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会大118回学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 水戸
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-09
• [Presentation] ボコンチアン堆積盆における白亜紀海洋無酸素事変1bパキール層準堆積岩のマルチバイオマーカー分析-古海洋環境変動の復元- (2011)
  • Author(s): 安藤卓人・沢田健・岡野和貴・西弘嗣・高嶋礼詩
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉
  • Year and Date: 2011-05-22
• [Presentation] Reconstruction of paleoenvironment in the Pacific Ocean during the mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Nishi, H., Takashima, R., Yamanaka, T., Tanabe, K., Hayashi, K.
  • Organizer: Geoscience Union Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉
  • Year and Date: 2011-05-22
• [Presentation] チャートの起源とシリカ循環 (2010)
  • Author(s): 西弘嗣
  • Organizer: 日本地質学会
  • Place of Presentation: 富山
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-20
• [Presentation] Gamage, K. and the IODP Expeditions 320/321 Scientific Party.An example of high-resolution stratigraphy in the PEAT cruise, Expedition 320/321 (2010)
  • Author(s): Nishi, H., Palike, H., Lyle, M., Raffi, I.,Klaus, A.
  • Organizer: 地球 惑星科学合同学会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉.
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-25
• [Book] 日本の地質・北海道地方(執筆部分:羽幌-士別地域および芦別-夕張-穂別地域の蝦夷層群) (2010)
  • Author(s): 高嶋礼詩・安藤寿男・西弘嗣
  • Total Pages: 68-76
  • Publisher: 共立出版
• [Book] 日本の地質・九州地方(執筆部分:九州地方の新生界の生層序) (2010)
  • Author(s): 西弘嗣
  • Total Pages: 165-170
  • Publisher: 共立出版
• [Book] 日本の地質・九州 地方(執筆部分:微化石に基づく九州・沖縄の新生界の対比) (2010)
  • Author(s): 高嶋礼詩・上栗伸一・西 弘嗣
  • Total Pages: 170-171
  • Publisher: 共立出版