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2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

MOWALL: Moho Observation along transform fault WALLs

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 18H01303
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17040:Solid earth sciences-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Okino Kyoko  東京大学, 大気海洋研究所, 教授 (30313191)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 町田 嗣樹  千葉工業大学, 次世代海洋資源研究センター, 上席研究員 (40444062)
中村 謙太郎  東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 准教授 (40512083)
森下 知晃  金沢大学, 地球社会基盤学系, 教授 (80334746)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords海洋リソスフィア / 海洋地殻 / 中央海嶺 / 背弧拡大 / マントル / トランスフォーム断層
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Geophysical observations and rock sampling were carried out along a flow line (plate motion direction) from the ridge axis to the past in order to clarify whether there are multi-million-year-scale temporal variations in the oceanic crustal production process, and if so, what factors are responsible for these variations. We found that crustal thickness varies on a 3-5 million year scale at the Central Indian Ocean Ridge and Southern Ocean, that mantle heterogeneity exists on a similar spatial scale, and that a decrease in spreading rate and melt supply occurs at the end of the back arc spreading system.

Free Research Field

地球物理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

海洋地殻は地球表層の7割を占める構造であり,中央海嶺や背弧のシステムの包括的な理解はプレートテクトニクスや地球のダイナミクス,さらに地球の進化において重要である.本研究では,これまで場所による多様性(空間変化)を中心に研究が進んできた中央海嶺研究に,時間変化という視点を入れた点で当該分野に貢献している.

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Published: 2024-01-30  

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