Detailed bathymetry and magnetic anomaly in Central Ryukyu: Implications on westward shift of volcanic front after 2.1Ma

Taichi SATO; Hirokuni ODA; Osamu ISHIZUKA; Kohsaku ARAI

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[S-CG67_2PO1] Ocean Floor Geoscience

Fri. May 2, 2014 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Poster (3F)

Convener:*Okino Kyoko(Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo), Keiichi Tadokoro(Research Center for Seismology, Volcanology and Earthquake and Volcano Research Center, Nagoya University), Osamu Ishizuka Osamu(Institute of Geoscience, Geological Survey of Japan/AIST), Tomohiro Toki(Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus), Narumi Takahashi(Earthquake and Tsunami Research Project for Disaster Prevention, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

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[SCG67-P17] Detailed bathymetry and magnetic anomaly in Central Ryukyu: Implications on westward shift of volcanic front after 2.1Ma

*Taichi SATO¹, Hirokuni ODA¹, Osamu ISHIZUKA¹, Kohsaku ARAI¹ (1.Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST)

Keywords:Ryukyu arc, Volcanic front, Okinawa Trough, magnetic anomaly, seafloor bathymetry

Detailed bathymetry and magnetic anomaly were obtained by GH12 cruise in 2012 using R/V Hakurei, in the southern part of Central Ryukyu. Volcanic structures such as caldera were observed on the southwestward extension of the present-day volcanic front, implying recent volcanic front of the Ryukyu arc. Furthermore, bathymetric highs which are sub-parallel to the recent volcanic front were observed and is located ~20 km east. These are accompanied by spotted magnetic anomalies, which continue to Kume-jima via Aguni-jima Islands to the south, suggesting an existence of an ancient volcanic front. The ages of volcanic rocks from these Islands suggest that the magmatic activity along the ancient volcanic front had been active at least until ~2.1 Ma. The magmatic anomalies connecting two volcanic fronts suggest that a volcanic front have moved gradually westward. This shift would be explained by the termination of asthenospheric upwelling and/or rapid retreat of Ryukyu Trench.