JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017

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[EE] ポスター発表

セッション記号 S (固体地球科学) » S-IT 地球内部科学・地球惑星テクトニクス

[S-IT29] [EE] New perspectives on East Asia geodynamics from the crust to the mantle

2017年5月23日(火) 15:30 〜 17:00 ポスター会場 (国際展示場 7ホール)

コンビーナ:Timothy B Byrne(University of Connecticut)、木村 学(東京海洋大学・学術研究院)、Jonny Wu(University of Houston)、沖野 郷子(東京大学大気海洋研究所)

[SIT29-P07] Dissolved helium isotopes in groundwater: Implication for subduction of continental crust in an active arc-continent collision

*Ai-ti Chen1Chuan-chou Shen1Timothy B Byrne2Yuji Sano3Naoto Takahata3Tsanyao Frank Yang4Cheng-Hong Chen4Tsung-Kwei Liu4Kuan-Yu Chen5Yunshuen Wang6 (1.High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.、2.Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-1045, United States、3.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan、4.Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.、5.Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.、6.Central Geological Survey, MOEA, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.)

キーワード:Chauchou fault, noble gas, active tectonics, mantle-derived fluids

Here we use helium isotopes in groundwater from along the Chauchou/Tulungwan fault system in southern Taiwan to evaluate the involvement of the upper mantle in an active arc-continental collision. Helium isotope ratios of sixteen groundwater samples, four bedrock samples, and one hot spring sample, collected along 10 km on the fault, were measured and reported as RA (relative to an air helium isotope ratio (3He/4He) of 1.39 × 10-6). Measured groundwater helium isotope ratios, ranging from 0.07 to 1.00 RA, express a clear mixing model with three endmembers of air (1.00 RA), crust (0.06 RA) and upper mantle (8 RA). Samples from southern part of the fault show normal distribution of crustal signal. By correcting the helium from air-contamination, samples from northern part of the fault with 0.30-0.78 RA reveal significant upper mantle signal. The Chauchou/Tulungwan fault system, in the area of detected mantle-derived fluids, projects down dip to a zone of ambient tremors and a nearby zone of high conductivity; both features extend to nearly 40 km, which is close to the crust-mantle boundary in this area. These observations suggest that mantle-derived fluids penetrate the crust through the zone of the tremor activity, reaching the surface long the Tulugwan fault zone. This study shows that non-volcanic, mantle-derived fluids can be involved in tectonic processes associated with an active arc-continent collision zone.