日本地球惑星科学連合2015年大会

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[S-CG64] 海洋底地球科学

2015年5月27日(水) 18:15 〜 19:30 コンベンションホール (2F)

コンビーナ:*沖野 郷子(東京大学大気海洋研究所)、田所 敬一(名古屋大学地震火山研究センター)、石塚 治(産業技術総合研究所活断層火山研究部門)、土岐 知弘(琉球大学理学部)、高橋 成実(海洋研究開発機構地震津波海域観測研究開発センター)

18:15 〜 19:30

[SCG64-P06] 南鳥島の溶岩と形成過程

*河野 尊臣1平野 直人2森下 泰成3 (1.東北大学大学院理学研究科、2.東北大学東北アジア研究センター、3.海上保安庁海洋情報部)

キーワード:マーカス=ウェーク海山列, 海山, WPSP, HFSE, スーパープルーム, アルカリ玄武岩

Marcus-Wake seamount trail is located in West Pacific Seamount Province (WPSP), where the oceanic plate is oldest in the world, around 160 Ma Pacific plate. WPSP had occurred during Cretaceous and was reconciled with current active hotspots of French Polynesia in South Pacific. Marcus (Minami-tori) Island is located 50 km away from Marcus-Wake seamount trail to the north. Most of seamounts, particularly well-studied seamounts, are more voluminous than the edifice of Marcus Island, whereas no islands and atolls are found around the island within 500 km. In this study, mineralogical and whole rock analysis of lava samples, obtained in submarine survey of northwest flank of Marcus Island, are adopted in order to compare with volcanic samples from WPSP and South Pacific islands of active hotspot volcanism. High TiO2 in relic of chrome spinel indicates the typical intra-plate volcanism to be similar characteristics with those of WPSP. Major element compositions reveal normal-alkali basalts. Nb/Zr and Nb/Y ratios can classify the origins of shallow mantle plume, not in superplume as old Polynesian hotspots, like the Marcus-Wake seamounts of WPSP. Therefore, Marcus Island was produced from intraplate volcanism which differs from hotspot activities forming the Marcus-Wake seamounts.