Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

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International Session (Oral)

Symbol S (Solid Earth Sciences) » S-IT Science of the Earth's Interior & Techtonophysics

[S-IT04_28AM1] Fluid flow, deformation and physical properties of the subduction boundary and forearc mantle

Mon. Apr 28, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:35 AM 414 (4F)

Convener:*Simon Wallis(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University), Yoshihiro Hiramatsu(School of Natural System, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University), Ken-ichi Hirauchi(Department of Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Shizuoka University), Tomoyuki Mizukami(Earth Science Course, School of Natural System, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University), Chair:Simon Wallis(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University), Ken-ichi Hirauchi(Department of Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Shizuoka University)

10:05 AM - 10:20 AM

[SIT04-04] Slab-wedge mantle boundary preserved in the Sanbagawa belt, SW Japan

*Simon WALLIS1, Hiroshi MORI1, Takayoshi NAGAYA1, Hirokazu KAWAHARA1 (1.Dept. Earth & Planetary Sci., Nagoya Uni.)

Keywords:fore arc mantle, subduction metamorphism, slab mantle boundary

The Sanbagawa belt of SW Japan is a high-pressure low-temperature subduction type metamorphic belt. The rock types consists of mafic, siliceous and pelitic schists derived from the subducted slab. There are also a series of ultramafic bodies whose origin is disputed: both a slab and wedge mantle origin have been proposed. However, the clear relationship between the distribution of the mantle rocks and metamorphic grade provides strong evidence that they were derived from the wedge mantle. We carried out a detailed study of the Shiragayama body as an example of serpentinized mantle from close to the corner of the wedge. Studies of this region can contribute to our understanding of non-volcanic tremor and fluid flow that occurs in these otherwise inaccessible parts of subduction zones.