Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
The aim of our study was to reconstruct Earth's surface environments in the Late Archean based on the scientific drilling of the Dharwar Craton, south India. We have gained research results as follows.Global environmental changes have been constrained from rare earth element geochemistry of Precambrian banded iron formations in the major cratons including the Dharwar Craton. The presence of pronounced negative Ce anomalies in Late Archean Dharwar BIFs suggests that strongly oxygenated oceanic conditions like today emerged by 2.9-2.7 Ga. This suggestion is consistent with geologic evidence that small but widespread Mn deposits formed during Late Archean time. The Hamersley and Transvaal IFs have less noticeable Ce anomalies. These BIFs were deposited on an evolving rift in a land-locked ocean that became anoxic due to intense hydrothermal activity. The 2.2-2.1 Ga Superior-type IFs exhibit distinct negative Ce anomalies, but the ca. 1.9 Ga Ifs and the ca. 0.7 Ga IFs have less distinct Ce … More anomalies. These variations in Ce/Ce* values of the post-2.7 Ga BIFs may reflect the episodicity in global mantle plume activity that created locally anoxic basins. The Archean Algoma-type BIFs have distinctly positive but variable Eu anomalies. Their strong positive Eu anomalies suggest large contributions of hydrothermal fluids to the seawater involved in BIF precipitation. The large variation in Eu anomalies in Algoma-type BIFs reflects the large variation in mixing ratios of hydrothermal fluids and ambient seawaters at various depositional sites. However, the post-2.7 Ga Superior-type BIFs exhibit much lower and constant Eu/Eu* values (0.7-1.9). This implies that the REE chemistry of the basin water that hosted voluminous Superiortype BIFs was influenced by a riverine influx from the surrounding continent that grew rapidly due to global mantle plume activity, besides the intense hydrothermal influx. These important findings were published in Geological Society of America Memoir. Other research results were published in many prestigious international journals including Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Precambrian Research, Lithos and Marine Geology. Less
All 2007 2006 2005
All Journal Article (94 results) Book (11 results)
Earth and Planetary Science Letters vol. 261
Pages: 296-302
Marine Geology vol. 239
Pages: 125-141
IFREE REPORT for 2005-2006 vol. 3
Pages: 70-71
Pages: 72-76
Lithos vol. 95
Pages: 229-242
Analytica Chimica Acta vol. 603
Pages: 129-139
Pages: 72-72
IFREE REPORT for2005-2006 vol. 3
Pages: 77-78
Pages: 80-80
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta vol. 71
Pages: 5180-5190
遺伝 vol. 61
Pages: 28-36
Pages: 89-92
Pages: 2104-2119
応用地質 vol. 48
Pages: 15-26
110006277229
Gondwana Research vol. 11
Pages: 166-179
130004592223
Marine Geology vol.239
Earth and Planetary Science Letters vol.261
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta vol.71
Lithos vol.95
Resource Geology vol. 56
Pages: 471-478
10020146020
Pages: 399-414
Pages: 397-398
Evolution of Early Earth's Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Biosphere : Constraints from Ore Deposit vol. 198
Pages: 269-289
Pages: 291-331
Pages: 415-421
10020145811
Pages: 423-432
10020145837
Geochemical Journal vol. 40
Pages: 297-307
10018144383
Paleontological Research vol. 10
Pages: 269-282
110006196898
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. Vol. 269
Pages: 43-50
富山大学教育学部紀要 vol. 60
Pages: 117-130
110004661942
富山大学人間発達科学部紀要 vol. 1
Pages: 63-79
Resource Geology. vol. 56
Evolution of Early Earth's Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Biosphere: Constraints from Ore Deposits vol. 198
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry vol. 269
Geological Society of America Memoir vol.198
Earth and Planetary Science Letters vol.242
Pages: 39-50
Resource Geology vol.56
10020145769
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry vol.269
Geochemical Journal vol.40
Paleontological Research vol.10
富山大学教育学部紀要 vol.60
Earth and Planetary Science Letters vol.242・nos.1-2
Resource Geology vol.56・no.1
Pages: 17-26
Geochemical Journal (in press)
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry vol.269・no.1(in press)
Resource Geology vol. 55
Pages: 353-356
10017073172
Pages: 291-299
10017072972
Pages: 289-290
Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems vol. 6
Chemical Geology vol. 220
Pages: 303-314
Geochemical Journal vol. 39
Pages: 383-389
富山大学教育学部研究論集 vol. 8
Pages: 57-74
110004598164
Pages: 301-310
10017073009
130004469137
Geochemsitry Geophysics Geosystem vol.7
Resource Geology vol.55・no.4
富山大学教育学部研究論集 vol.8
Chemical Geology vol.220・no.3-4
Geochemical Journal vol.39