Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

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Symbol B (Biogeosciences) » B-PT Paleontology

[B-PT26_2AM1] Paleogenomics

Fri. May 2, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM 421 (4F)

Convener:*Kazuyoshi Endo(Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Tokyo University), Naohiko Ohkouchi(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Tsuyoshi Komiya(Department of Earth Science & Astronomy Graduate School of Arts and Sciences The University of Tokyo), Chair:Kazuyoshi Endo(Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Tokyo University)

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

[BPT26-06] A close relationship between global oceanic environmental changes and seafloor mineral deposition during the Phanerozoic

*Yasuhiro KATO1 (1.Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)

Keywords:oceanic environmental change, seafloor mineral deposit, Japanese accretionary complexes, marine redox condition, Phanerozoic

Metal deposition on seafloor is strongly controlled by marine redox conditions. Fe-Mn and Mn oxide deposits are formed under oxygenated oceans. In striking contrast, Cu and Zn-bearing sulfide deposits are stable under anoxic oceans. Seafloor mineral deposits in turn are good indicators to redox conditions or redox changes of modern and ancient oceans.There are numerous strata-bound ore deposits in the Japanese accretionary complexes. These deposits are mainly divided into three types; umber (Fe-Mn), Mn-rich, and volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS; Besshi-type). The Mn-rich deposits are further divided into two subtypes that are associated with greenstone and NOT associated. Ages of these deposits provide us important constraints for a secular change of marine redox conditions over the past ~360 Myr. Depositional ages of umber and Mn deposits were previously determined by microfossils including radiolarians and conodonts. On the other hand, ages of the Besshi-type deposits are determined by Re-Os method (Nozaki et al., 2013). Oxide ore deposits such as umbers and Mn deposits were very likely precipitated in the modern-style oxygenated deep-sea. In contrast, Mn carbonate and VMS deposits were precipitated in the stagnant, O2-deficient deep-sea during the Triassic and Jurassic periods. Seafloor mineral deposition closely related to global oceanic environmental changes may give us a hint for exploring the causes of mass extinction, and further for elucidating the evolution of life.Nozaki, T., Y. Kato, K. Suzuki (2013) Late Jurassic ocean anoxic event: evidence from voluminous sulphide deposition and preservation in the Panthalassa. Scientific Reports, 3: 1889; doi:10.1038/srep01889.