The 1957 great Aleutian earthquake     

Jean M. Johnson  Yuichiro Tanioka  Larry J. Ruff  Kenji Satake  Hiroo Kanamori  Lynn R. Sykes 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1994,142(1):3-28

The 9 March 1957 Aleutian earthquake has been estimated as the third largest earthquake this century and has the longest aftershock zone of any earthquake ever recorded—1200 km. However, due to a lack of high-quality seismic data, the actual source parameters for this earthquake have been poorly determined. We have examined all the available waveform data to determine the seismic moment, rupture area, and slip distribution. These data include body, surface and tsunami waves. Using body waves, we have estimated the duration of significant moment release as 4 min. From surface wave analysis, we have determined that significant moment release occurred only in the western half of the aftershock zone and that the best estimate for the seismic moment is 50–100×10²⁰ Nm. Using the tsunami waveforms, we estimated the source area of the 1957 tsunami by backward propagation. The tsunami source area is smaller than the aftershock zone and is about 850 km long. This does not include the Unalaska Island area in the eastern end of the aftershock zone, making this area a possible seismic gap and a possible site of a future large or great earthquake. We also inverted the tsunami waveforms for the slip distribution. Slip on the 1957 rupture zone was highest in the western half near the epicenter. Little slip occurred in the eastern half. The moment is estimated as 88×10²⁰ Nm, orM _w =8.6, making it the seventh largest earthquake during the period 1900 to 1993. We also compare the 1957 earthquake to the 1986 Andreanof Islands earthquake, which occurred within a segment of the 1957 rupture area. The 1986 earthquake represents a rerupturing of the major 1957 asperity.  相似文献   

Effect of the formation of EDTA complexes on the diffusion of metal ions in water   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Kenji Furukawa  Haruo Sato 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2007,71(18):4416-4424

The diffusion coefficients of aquo metal ions (M^z+) and their EDTA complexes (M-EDTA^(z−4)+) were compared to understand the effect of EDTA complexation on the diffusion of metal ions by the diffusion cell method for Co²⁺, Ga³⁺, Rb⁺, Sr²⁺, Ag⁺, Cd²⁺, Cs⁺, Th⁴⁺, , and trivalent lanthanides. Most studies about ionic diffusion in water have dealt with free ion (hydrated ion). In many cases, however, polyvalent ions are dissolved as complexed species in natural waters. Hence, we need to study the diffusion behavior of complexes in order to understand the diffusion phenomenon in natural aquifer and to measure speciation by diffusive gradient in thin films (DGT), which requires the diffusion coefficients of the species examined. For many ions, the diffusion coefficients of M-EDTA^(z−4)+ are smaller than those of hydrated ions, but the diffusion coefficients of M-EDTA^(z−4)+ are larger than those of hydrated ions for ions with high ionic potentials (Ga³⁺ and Th⁴⁺). As a result, the diffusion coefficients of EDTA complexes are similar among various metal ions. In other words, the diffusion of each ion loses its characteristics by the complexation with EDTA. Although the difference is subtle, it was also found that the diffusion coefficients of EDTA complexes increase as the ionic potential increases, which can be explained by the size of the EDTA complex of each metal ion.  相似文献   

Electrical resistivity of fcc phase iron hydrides at high pressures and temperatures     

Kenji Ohta  Sho Suehiro  Kei Hirose  Yasuo Ohishi 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2019,351(2-3):147-153

We measured the electrical resistivity of face-centered-cubic (fcc) structured iron hydrides at high pressures up to 65 GPa and high temperatures in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell. The results indicate that the resistivity of stoichiometric fcc FeH_x (x ～ 1.0) is smaller than that of fcc Fe at the same pressure and temperature conditions. The same behavior was also observed in fcc FeNiH_x (x ～ 1.0). On the other hand, hydrogen-poor fcc FeH_x (x < 0.77) showed a resistivity comparable to that of the fcc phase of pure iron. Therefore, we conclude that the stoichiometric fcc Fe (–Ni) hydride is more conductive than Fe (–Ni) with the same crystal symmetry, and the impurity resistivity of hydrogen in Fe is vanishingly small. Even if hydrogen is the major light element in the Earth's core, it would have little influence on the electrical and thermal conductivity of Fe–Ni alloys, and hence the thermal evolution of the core.  相似文献   

Composition and pressure dependence of lattice thermal conductivity of (Mg,Fe)O solid solutions     

Akira Hasegawa  Kenji Ohta  Takashi Yagi  Kei Hirose  Yoshiyuki Okuda  Tadashi Kondo 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2019,351(2-3):229-235

We measured the lattice thermal conductivities of Fe_0.98O wüstite and iron-rich (Mg,Fe)O magnesiowüstite using the pulsed light heating thermoreflectance technique with a diamond anvil cell up to 61 GPa at 300 K. We found that the thermal conductivity of wüstite does not show a monotonic increase as a function of pressure, contrary to that of MgO periclase. Rocksalt (B1) to rhombohedral B1 transition is likely to induce an abnormal pressure response in the conductivity of wüstite. Our results also show that magnesiowüstite has a lower conductivity than that of MgO and FeO endmembers due to a strong iron impurity effect, which is well reproduced by a model considering phonon-impurity scattering in a binary solid solution.  相似文献   

Proto-Adamastor ocean crust (920 Ma) described in Brasiliano Orogen from coetaneous zircon and tourmaline     

Léo A. Hartmann  Mariana Werle  Cassiana R.L. Michelin  Cristiano Lana  Gláucia N. Queiroga  Marco P. Castro  Karine R. Arena 《地学前缘(英文版)》2019,10(4):1623-1633

Proto-Adamastor ocean bathed Rodinia and successor continental fragments from 1.0–0.9 Ga up to 0.75 Ga, and evolved into world Adamastor Ocean at 0.75–0.60 Ga. Mesoproterozoic oceanic crust is poorly preserved on continents, only indirect evidence registered in Brasiliano Orogen. We report first evidence of ophiolite originated in proto-Adamastor. We use multi-technique U-Pb-Hf zircon and δ¹¹B tourmaline isotopic and elemental compositions. The host tourmalinite is enclosed in metaserpentinite, both belonging to the Bossoroca ophiolite. Zircon is 920 Ma-old, ?_{Hf(920 Ma)} = +12, Hf_TDM = 1.0 Ga and has ‘oceanic’ composition (e.g., U/Yb < 0.1). Tourmaline is dravite with δ¹¹B = +1.8‰ (Tur 1), 0‰ (Tur 2), ?8.5‰ (Tur 3). These characteristics are a novel contribution to Rodinia and associated world ocean, because a fragment of proto-Adamastor oceanic crust and mantle evolved at the beginning of the Brasiliano Orogen.  相似文献   

Age of the Taishu Group,southwestern Japan,and implications for the origin and evolution of the Japan Sea     

Takashi Ninomiya  Shoichi Shimoyama  Koichiro Watanabe  Kenji Horie  Daniel J. Dunkley  Kazuyuki Shiraishi 《Island Arc》2014,23(3):206-220

The Taishu Group, a marine formation with a thickness of >5400 m, crops out on Tsushima Island, located in the southwestern Japan Sea. The group, which is generally regarded as early Eocene to early Miocene in age, provides important information about the tectonic setting of the Japan Sea. In this study, we present new SHRIMP U–Pb dates for igneous zircons from the Kunehama Tuff, which is in the basal part of the Taishu Group, and the Oobaura Tuff, which is in the uppermost part of the group. Results show that the Taishu Group was deposited rapidly, during the short interval of 17.9–15.9 Ma (early–middle Miocene), and is equivalent to other early–middle Miocene strata found in the Japan Sea region. Our results provide new constraints on the geological history of the Japan Sea and its islands.  相似文献   

Fumarole/plume and diffuse CO2 emission from Sierra Negra caldera, Galapagos archipelago     

Eleazar Padrón  Pedro A. Hernández  Nemesio M. Pérez  Theofilos Toulkeridis  Gladys Melián  José Barrancos  Giorgio Virgili  Hirochika Sumino  Kenji Notsu 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2012,74(6):1509-1519

Measurements of visible and diffuse gas emission were conducted in 2006 at the summit of Sierra Negra volcano, Galapagos, with the aim to better characterize degassing after the 2005 eruption. A total SO₂ emission of 11?±?2?t day^?1 was derived from miniature differential optical absorption spectrometer (mini-DOAS) ground-based measurements of the plume emanating from the Mini Azufral fumarolic area, the most important site of visible degassing at Sierra Negra volcano. Using a portable multigas system, the H₂S/SO₂, CO₂/SO₂, and H₂O/SO₂ molar ratios in the Mina Azufral plume emissions were found to be 0.41, 52.2, and 867.9, respectively. The corresponding H₂O, CO₂, and H₂S emission rates were 562, 394, and 3?t day^?1, respectively. The total output of diffuse CO₂ emissions from the summit of Sierra Negra volcano was 990?±?85?t day^?1, with 605?t day^?1 being released by a deep source. The diffuse-to-plume CO₂ emission ratio was about 1.5. Mina Azufral fumaroles released gasses containing 73.6?mol% of H₂O; the main noncondensable components amounted to 97.4?mol% CO₂, 1.5?mol% SO₂, 0.6?mol% H₂S, and 0.35?mol%?N₂. The higher H₂S/SO₂ ratio values found in 2006 as compared to those reported before the 2005 eruption reveal a significant hydrothermal contribution to the fumarolic emissions. ³He/⁴He ratios measured at Mina Azufral fumarolic discharges showed values of 17.88?±?0.25?R _A , indicating a mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) and a Galapagos plume contribution of 53 and 47?%, respectively.  相似文献   

Wax and wane of Chattonella (Raphidophyceae) bloom with special reference to competition between Skeletonema (Bacillariophyceae) in the Ariake Sea, Japan     

Toshiya Katano  Kenji Yoshino  Tadashi Matsubara  Yuichi Hayami 《Journal of Oceanography》2012,68(4):497-507

The raphidophyte Chattonella and the bacillariophyte Skeletonema are representative bloom-causing organisms in the Ariake Sea, Japan. Changes in their abundance were monitored to clarify the role of river discharge in the red tides caused by these organisms in the innermost area of the sea. In late June 2010, heavy rain occurred and subsequently river discharge increased. A Chattonella bloom occurred after heavy rain on July 5, although Chattonella abundance was very low (<1?cell?ml^?1) before the heavy rain (June 29). Maximum cell density reached 4.2?×?10³?cells?ml^?1 at the surface. Thus, the bloom developed as the river plume extended in the estuary. During the course of extension of the river plume, the Chattonella population rapidly developed using the nutrients supplied by the river. Just after the Chattonella bloom, heavy rain occurred again and a very large quantity of river water flowed into the estuary. Consequently, the salinity of the surface decreased to 5 in the study area on July 16. Chattonella did not migrate to the surface probably because of the overlying low-salinity water; Chattonella formed a thin layer (20–50?cm in thickness) at the depth where salinity was 10. However, a Skeletonema population developed at the surface. On July 20, Skeletonema density at the surface exceeded 10⁵?cells?ml^?1. With the decline of the Skeletonema abundance due to the nutrient limitation, Chattonella again formed bloom probably using deep-nutrient pool by their vertical migration behavior. The present study clearly demonstrates that the Chattonella can form dense bloom after the heavy rain. The seed population awaiting the river discharge is probably essential to the rapid development of Chattonella in the estuary.  相似文献   

Tsunami Forerunner of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Observed in the Sea of Japan     

Satoko Murotani  Maki Iwai  Kenji Satake  Georgy Shevchenko  Artem Loskutov 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2015,172(3-4):683-697

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New Insights into the Source of the Makran Tsunami of 27 November 1945 from Tsunami Waveforms and Coastal Deformation Data     

Mohammad Heidarzadeh  Kenji Satake 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2015,172(3-4):621-640

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