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Study of snowball Earth events and rise of the atmospheric oxygen based on geologicalg survey of glacial sediments of the Paleoproterozoic

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14403004
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field 固体地球物理学
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

TAJIKA Eiichi  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Dept.of Earth Planet.Sci., Associate Professor, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教授 (70251410)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TADA Ryuji  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Dept.of Earth Planet.Sci., Professor, 大学院・理学系研究科, 教授 (30143366)
ISOZAKI Yukio  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Dept.General Systems Studies, Professor, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 教授 (90144914)
HAMANO Yozo  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Dept.of Earth Planet.Sci., Professor, 大学院・理学系研究科, 教授 (90011709)
NAGAHARA Hiroko  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Dept.of Earth Planet.Sci., Professor, 大学院・理学系研究科, 教授 (80172550)
OHKOUCHI Naohiko  Institute for Frontier Research on Earth Evolution, Researcher, 地球内部変動研究センター, 研究員 (00281832)
KIRSCHVINK J. L.  東京大学, 大学院・理学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (10345259)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥13,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥5,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000)
Keywordssnowball Earth / Proterozoic / glacial sediments / glaciation / 氷河堆積物
Research Abstract

In this project, we conducted geological surveys of the Huronian Supergroup, Ontario, in Canada to investigate environmental changes during the Paleoproterozoic (mainly, ca. 2450-2200 million years ago). We also conducted geological surveys of the Transvaal Supergroup in South Africa and the Snowy Pass Supergroup in USA for comparison. We took many rock samples from out crops and boring core samples, and analyzed them to investigate variations of color, grain size, chemical composition, and isotopic composition.
We found that concentration of manganese above the uppermost diamictite of the Coleman Member in the Gowganda Formation. We also found that there is concentration of hematite which precedes the manganese anomaly. These evidences suggest that oxygen contents in the atmosphere and the surface ocean should have been high just after the Gowganda glaciation. Considering similar ages (ca. 2222 Ma), comparable amounts of manganese deposited per unit area, and sedimentary sequence (glacial diamictite -manganese and iron concentration -redbed) between the Huronian Supergroup in Canada and the Transvaal Supergroup in South Africa, we infer that these two areas may have recorded the same global events, namely, the snowball glaciation and the oxygen rise at ca. 2222 Ma.
We also investigate variations of carbon isotopic composition of carbonates and organic carbon, mass independent fractionation of sulfur isotopes of pyrites, and paleomagnetism, based on the samples taken from the Huronian Supergroup and Snowy Pass Supergroup. We also study carbon cycle and paleoclimate change during the snowball Earth events using numerical models.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 Other

All Journal Article (8 results) Publications (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A negative fold test on the Lorrain Formation of the Huronian Supergroup : Uncertainty on the paleolatitude of the Paleoproterozoic Gowganda glaciation and implications for the great oxygenation event2005

    • Author(s)
      Isaac A.H.
    • Journal Title

      Earth Planet.Sci.Lett. 232

      Pages: 315-332

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A negative fold test on the Lorrain Formation of the Huronian Supergroup : Uncertainty on the paleolatitude of the Paleoproterozoic Gowganda glaciation and implications for the great oxygenation event.2005

    • Author(s)
      Isaac A.H., Kirschvink, J.L., Tajika, E., Tada, R., Hamano, Y., Yamamoto, S.
    • Journal Title

      Earth Planet.Sci.Lett. 232

      Pages: 315-332

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A negative fold test on the Lorrain Formation of the Huronian Supergroup : Uncertainty on the paleolatitude of the Paleoproterozoic Gowganda glaciation and implications for the great oxygenation event2005

    • Author(s)
      Isaac A.Hilburn
    • Journal Title

      Earth and Planetary Science Letters (印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Analysis of carbon cycle system during the Neoproterozoic : Implication for snowball Earth events2004

    • Author(s)
      Tajika E.
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Monograph (The Extreme Proterozoic : Geology, Geochemistry, and Climate) 146

      Pages: 45-54

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Analysis of carbon cycle system during the Neoproterozoic : Implication for snowball Earth events2004

    • Author(s)
      Tajika, E.
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Monograph (The Extreme Proterozoic : Geology, Geochemistry, and Climate) 146

      Pages: 45-54

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Analysis of Carbon Cycle System during the Neoproterozoic : Implication for Snowball Earth Events2004

    • Author(s)
      Eiichi Tajika
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Monograph(The Extreme Proterozoic, Geology, Geochemistry, and Climate) 146

      Pages: 45-54

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Faint young Sun and the carbon cycle : Implication for the Proterozoic global glaciations2003

    • Author(s)
      Tajika E.
    • Journal Title

      Earth Planet.Sci.Lett. 214

      Pages: 443-453

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Faint young Sun and the carbon cycle : Implication for the Proterozoic global glaciations2003

    • Author(s)
      Tajika, E.
    • Journal Title

      Earth Planet.Sci.Lett. 214

      Pages: 443-453

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Eiichi Tajika: "Faint young Sun and the carbon cycle: Implication for the Proterozoic global glaciations"Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 214. 443-453 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2002-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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