日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会

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セッション記号 H (地球人間圏科学) » H-QR 第四紀学

[H-QR05] 第四紀:ヒトと環境系の時系列ダイナミクス

2019年5月26日(日) 15:30 〜 17:00 ポスター会場 (幕張メッセ国際展示場 8ホール)

コンビーナ:小荒井 衛(茨城大学理学部理学科地球環境科学コース)、池原 研(産業技術総合研究所地質情報研究部門)、兵頭 政幸(神戸大学 内海域環境教育研究センター)

[HQR05-P02] Holocene sea-level and paleoenvironmental reconstruction using radiocarbon local marine reservoir age and geophysical modeling in Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga

*福與 直人1,2Anthony Purcell3Geoffrey Clark4 Phillip Parton4横山 祐典1,2宮入 陽介1 (1.東京大学大気海洋研究所、2.東京大学理学系研究科地球惑星科学専攻、3.オーストラリア国立大学 地球科学研究所、4.オーストラリア国立大学 アジア太平洋学部)

キーワード:完新世、南太平洋、古環境、ローカル海洋リザーバー効果、GIAモデル、二枚貝

Reconstructing the history of Holocene relative sea levels around Tonga is important for understanding geomorphological theories and also interpreting paleoenvironmental and archaeological studies in that area. However, neither continuous sea level reconstructions nor quantitative paleoenvironmental studies using geochemical/physical methods are available. In this study, we reconstructed Holocene sea level changes in Tongatapu island using radiocarbon local marine reservoir age (ΔR) and glacio-hydro adjustment (GIA) modeling. Furthermore, we interpreted the relationship between the reduction of the size of bivalves (Gafrarium tumidum) and changes in their paleoenvironment. We suggest that ΔR results showed a sea surface salinity (SSS) decrease in the islands lagoon as relative sea level have been risen during the period between ~2.6 cal kyr BP to the present, and this can be attributed as closure of the lagoon. Moreover, the maximum sea level in mid-Holocene using GIA modeling suggest that contribution of hydro-isostatic rebound to sea level changes were much smaller than previously reported values. We infer that the current rate of vertical land motion reported from instrumental observations at Tongatapu is inconsistent with the Holocene sea level record, and must have been responsible from recent tectonic events. Comparing ΔR results with paleotopographical maps, we suggest that ΔR can record the response to subtle environmental changes that cannot be reconstructed in the model. We also suggest that there is a possibility that SSS is an environmental stress factor for the growth of G. tumidum in Tongatapu for the past 2600 years and that this is due to the closure of the lagoon by RSL changes supporting the implication reported previously from an archaeological study (Clark et al., 2015).