*Tatsuo Nozaki1,2,3,4, Takashi Nikaido5, Tetsuji Onoue6, Yutaro Takaya7,1,2,4, Keiko Sato1, Jun-Ichi Kimura8, Qing Chang8, Daisuke Yamashita6, Honami Sato4,1, Katsuhiko Suzuki1, Yasuhiro Kato2,4, Atsushi Matsuoka5
(1.JAMSTEC/R&D CSR, 2.Univ. of Tokyo, 3.Kobe Univ., 4.ChibaTech, 5.Niigata Univ., 6.Kumamoto Univ., 7.Waseda Univ., 8.JAMSTEC/D-SEG)
Keywords:Chert, Re-Os isotope, Triassic, Accretionary complex, Mino Belt, Southwest Japan
Pelagic cherts preserved in accretionary complexes represent former seafloor sediment that can retain geochemical evidence of paleoceanographic conditions that predate the oldest extant oceanic crust. The ratio of Os isotopes in seawater, in particular, is of wide interest as a source of insight into notable geologic events such as oceanic anoxic events, rapid global warming episodes, and eruption of large igneous provinces, but marine Os isotope records from before 80 Ma are scarce. We present a record of secular variations of marine Os isotope ratios from a thick, continuous succession of Middle and Upper Triassic pelagic chert in the Sakahogi section of the Mino Belt accretionary complex.