Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016

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Poster

Symbol S (Solid Earth Sciences) » S-CG Complex & General

[S-CG57] Geofluids and dynamics in subduction zones

Tue. May 24, 2016 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall HALL6)

Convener:*Ikuo Katayama(Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University), Atsushi Okamoto(Graduate School of Environmental Studies), Tatsuhiko Kawamoto(Institute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University), Junichi Nakajima(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

[SCG57-P08] Elastic constants of single-crystal topaz and their temperature dependence studied via sphere-resonance method

*Fumie Sema1, Tohru Watanabe1 (1.Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama)

Keywords:elastic constants, resonance method, hydrous mineral, topaz

Transport of ocean floor sediments by plate motions might play an important role in the circulation of materials within the Earth. Imaging subducted sediments through seismological observations requires a thorough understanding of elastic properties of sediment origin hydrous minerals. Topaz is a hydrous mineral, which can be formed from subducted sediment at high pressures. We have studied elastic constants of single-crystal topaz and their temperature dependence by the sphere-resonance method.
A sphere sample (D=6.483(1) mm) was made from a topaz single-crystal (Al1.97SiO4(F1.56,OH0.42)) collected from Nakatsugawa, Gifu Pref. by the two-pipe method. The uniformity of crystallographic orientation was confirmed with SEM-EBSD (Shizuoka Univ.) measurement. Resonant frequencies were measured at frequencies from 600 kHz to 1.5 MHz with different specimen-holding forces. Extrapolating to the specimen-holding force of zero, we obtained frequencies of "free" oscillation. The temperature was changed from 0 to 40ºC. Elastic constants were determined by comparing measured and calculated resonant frequencies. The xyz algorithm (Visscher et al., 1991) was employed to calculate resonant frequencies of the sphere sample. At room temperature (18.7ºC), C11=281.3, C22=346.3, C33=294.8, C44=108.5, C55=132.5, C66=130.3, C12=121.5, C13=80.90, C23=81.73 (GPa). Using determined elastic constants, compressional- and shear-wave velocities were estimated for an isotropic polycrystalline aggregate of topaz at high temperature. Compresional- and shear-wave velocities at 800ºC are 9.32 km/s and 5.57 km/s, respectively. These values are significantly higher than those in minerals like olivine or garnet.