Lithology and XRF analysis data at drilled Site C0020 off the Shimokita Peninsula, IODP Exp. 337

Masafumi MURAYAMA; Naotsugu HIGASHIMARU; Akira IJIRI; Fumio INAGAKI

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[M-IS32_30PO1] Drilling Earth Science

Wed. Apr 30, 2014 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Poster (3F)

Convener:*Saito Saneatsu(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Ken Ikehara(Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Tetsuro Hirono Tetsuro(Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University), Keita Umetsu(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

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[MIS32-P03] Lithology and XRF analysis data at drilled Site C0020 off the Shimokita Peninsula, IODP Exp. 337

*Masafumi MURAYAMA¹, Naotsugu HIGASHIMARU¹, Akira IJIRI², Fumio INAGAKI² (1.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Japan, 2.KCC/JAMSTEC)

Keywords:Lithology, XRF, IODP, Exp.337

Marine subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs and the associated microbial life in continental margin sediments are among the least characterized Earth systems that can be accessed by scientific ocean drilling. We penetrated a 2,466 m-deep sediment sequence with a series of coal layers around 2 km below the seafloor. Here, we present the 160 XRF data and lithology of sediments and paleoenvironments from drilling Site C0020, IODP Expedition 337. We defined four different lithologic units present in Site C0020. The succession of lithofacies at Hole C0020A also provides insight into the evolution of depositional environments in this region.