2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Mechanism of serpentinization and fluid transport in oceanic lithosphere
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23684042
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Petrology/Mineralogy/Science of ore deposit
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-11-18 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 蛇紋岩化作用 / 水熱反応実験 / 加水反応 / 焼結体 / かんらん石 / 反応ー体積膨張 |
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| Research Abstract |
Serpentinization is an important process for global water circulation; however, the mechanism of serpentinization is still poorly understood. In this study, we carried out the hydrothermal experiments on serpentinization in the olivne-H2O system, by using both olivine powder and olivine sintered aggregate. We found that serpentinization proceeds effectively with fracturing of olivine grains, and reaction progress of sintered olivine aggregate changes depending on initial porosity. Similarity in the reaction texture between natural and synthetic serpentinites indicates that volume expansion, fracturing and effective mass transport becomes important during the hydration of oceanic lithosphere.
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