Two extraterrestrial dust horizons found in the Dome Fuji ice core,East Antarctica     

Keiji Misawa  Mika Kohno  Takayuki Tomiyama  Takaaki Noguchi  Tomoki Nakamura  Keisuke Nagao  Takashi Mikouchi  Kunihiko Nishiizumi 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2010,289(1-2):287-297

Two silicate-rich dust layers were found in the Dome Fuji ice core in East Antarctica, at Marine Isotope Stages 12 and 13. Morphologies, textures, and chemical compositions of constituent particles reveal that they are high-temperature melting products and are of extraterrestrial origin. Because similar layers were found ～ 2000 km east of Dome Fuji, at EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica)-Dome C, particles must have rained down over a wide area 434 and 481 ka. The strewn fields occurred over an area of at least 3 × 10⁶ km². Chemical compositions of constituent phases and oxygen isotopic composition of olivines suggest that the upper dust layer was produced by a high-temperature interaction between silicate-rich melt and water vapor due to an impact explosion or an aerial burst of a chondritic meteoroid on the inland East Antarctic ice sheet. An estimated total mass of the impactor, on the basis of particle flux and distribution area, is at least 3 × 10⁹ kg. A possible parent material of the lower dust layer is a fragment of friable primitive asteroid or comet. A hypervelocity impact of asteroidal/cometary material on the upper atmosphere and an explosion might have produced aggregates of sub-μm to μm-sized spherules. Total mass of the parent material of the lower layer must exceed 1 × 10⁹ kg. The two extraterrestrial horizons, each a few millimeters in thickness, represent regional or global meteoritic events not identified previously in the Southern Hemisphere.  相似文献   

Scandium-Bearing Minerals in the Bayan Obo Nb-REE-Fe Deposit, Inner Mongolia, China     

Hidehiko Shimazaki    Zhuming Yang    Ritsuro Miyawaki  Masako Shigeoka 《Resource Geology》2008,58(1):80-86

Aegirine, “perrierite‐(Ce)”, and ferrocolumbite, occurring in the Bayan Obo Nb‐REE‐Fe deposit in Inner Mongolia, China, contain appreciable amounts of scandium. The Sc₂O₃ content in aegirine (sample TS‐15) was 0.34–1.81 wt% (with one exceptionally high value of 3.45%) with an average value of 1.19%. The Sc₂O₃ content of “perrierite‐(Ce)” (TS‐20) was 2.82–3.64% with an average value of 3.26%. In the ferrocolumbite samples (TS‐16, TS‐23), the Sc₂O₃ content was 0.20–0.25% with an average value of 0.22% in sample TS‐16, and 0.56–1.04% with an average value of 0.67% in sample TS‐23. These data provide the basic information for future possible recovery of scandium as a by‐product from the deposit.  相似文献   

东海岛屿风尘地层中火山玻璃的发现及环境意义   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

郑祥民  Kunihiko ENDO  周立旻  赵健 《海洋地质与第四纪地质》2003,23(3):82-82,90

近年来通过对东海诸岛屿第四纪风尘沉积的研究表明 ,东海嵊泗列岛上广泛接受晚更新世以来的风尘堆积[1] 。嵊山岛是浙江沿海舟山群岛最外缘的岛屿之一 ,位于 30°4 5′N、12 2°5 0′E的东海海域 ;岛屿面积约 4 2 5km2 ,该岛屿主要由花岗岩基岩组成 ,岛屿最高点海拔达 10 0多米。岛屿大部分地区基岩直接出露地表 ,厚达数米的风尘黄土直接覆盖在基岩之上。该岛风尘堆积地层较为典型 ,保存较为完好 ,风尘地层记录诸多古气候、古环境变化的信息 ,是研究中国东部第四纪风尘沉积、第四纪环境演变和全球变化区域响应的良好载体。通过对岛屿风尘…  相似文献   

II-1 On the cross flow turbine for wave power plant (1st report, the characteristics of the turbine in steady air flow)     

Masahiko Akabane  Haruyuki Suzuki  Kunihiko Yamauchi 《Ocean Engineering》1985,12(6):562

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Stochastic processes of soil production and transport: erosion rates,topographic variation and cosmogenic nuclides in the Oregon Coast Range     

Arjun M. Heimsath  William E. Dietrich  Kunihiko Nishiizumi  Robert C. Finkel 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2001,26(5):531-552

Landscapes in areas of active uplift and erosion can only remain soil‐mantled if the local production of soil equals or exceeds the local erosion rate. The soil production rate varies with soil depth, hence local variation in soil depth may provide clues about spatial variation in erosion rates. If uplift and the consequent erosion rates are sufficiently uniform in space and time, then there will be tendency toward equilibrium landforms shaped by the erosional processes. Soil mantle thickness would adjust such that soil production matched the erosion. Previous work in the Oregon Coast Range suggested that there may be a tendency locally toward equilibrium between hillslope erosion and sediment yield. Here results from a new methodology based on cosmogenic radionuclide accumulation in bedrock minerals at the base of the soil column are reported. We quantify how soil production varies with soil thickness in the southern Oregon Coast Range and explore further the issue of landscape equilibrium. Apparent soil production is determined to be an inverse exponential function of soil depth, with a maximum inferred production rate of 268 m Ma^?1 occurring under zero soil depth. This rate depends, however, on the degree of weathering of the underlying bedrock. The stochastic and large‐scale nature of soil production by biogenic processes leads to large temporal and spatial variations in soil depth; the spatial variation of soil depth neither supports nor rejects equilibrium morphology. Our observed catchment‐averaged erosion rate of 117 m Ma^?1 is, however, similar to that estimated for the region by others, and to soil production rates under thin and intermediate soils typical for the steep ridges. We suggest that portions of the Oregon Coast Range may be eroding at roughly the same rate, but that local competition between drainage networks and episodic erosional events leads to landforms that are out of equilibrium locally and have a spatially varying soil mantle. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Unusually low seismic activity in the focal region of the great Kanto earthquake of 1923     

Kunihiko Shimazaki 《Tectonophysics》1971

The epicenters of earthquakes which occurred in the vicinity of Tokyo during the period 1926–1967 have been plotted by an IBM 360/40 computer at the Earthquake Prediction Observation Center. As a result, a seismically quiescent area is found to the south of Tokyo. The area coincides with the shallower part of the focal plane of the great Kanto earthquake of 1923 as obtained from the analyses of seismological and geodetic data. In historical times, many large earthquakes having a magnitude of 7.0 or greater took place in this area. If it is assumed that the strain energy has been constantly accumulated in this area, an energy potentially equivalent to that of a large earthquake of which the magnitude exceeds 7.7 seems to be stored in the crust there.  相似文献   

An experimental study on the partition of zinc and lead between the silicate and sulfide liquids     

H. Shimazaki  W. H. MacLean 《Mineralium Deposita》1976,11(2):125-132

On the basis of experimental works in the FeS-FeO-SiO₂(-Fe₃O₄ or -Na₂O) system with synthetic ZnS or PbS, the partition of zinc and lead between silicate and sulfide liquids is shown to be affected by the oxygen content of the sulfide liquids. The partition coefficients K, metal wt. % in sulfide liquid / metal wt. % in silicate liquid, for zinc and lead go through a minimum at relatively low oxygen contents of the sulfide liquids. K_Zn and K_Pb for natural sulfide liquids in equilibrium with basic magmas near the earth's surface are estimated at 0.1–0.5 and greater than 10, respectively. Although K_Zn and K_Pb change appreciably with oxygen content of the sulfide liquids, they never become sufficiently high to concentrate zinc and lead in economic amounts in magmatic sulfide ores.  相似文献   

Application of the sphalerite geobarometer to some skarn-type ore deposits     

M. Shimizu  H. Shimazaki 《Mineralium Deposita》1981,16(1):45-50

Based on the equation recently determined, formation pressures of skarn-type ore deposits were estimated from the composition of sphalerite coexisting with pyrite and hexagonal pyrrhotite. As criteria for equilibrium among sphalerite, pyrite and hexagonal pyrrhotite, the following three points were carefully checked on each specimen: 1) the presence of hexagonal pyrrhotite, 2) no time sequences among the formation of sulfide minerals, and 3) no compositional variation in sphalerite. Most of the Cu-Fe skarn deposits studied were formed under pressures of more than 1 kb, whereas Zn-Pb(-Cu-Fe) deposits tend to have formed at relatively shallow environments, namely under less than 1 kb. The calculated pressures are qualitatively consistent with the depth of formation of deposits estimated from the geological evidences. The sphalerite geobarometry is quite sensitive even at low pressure ranges, and it is applicable to the deposits formed under shallow conditions.  相似文献   

Characterization of sulfate ion in travertine     

Bokuichiro Takano  Yasuhiro Asano  Kunihiko Watanuki 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1980,72(2):197-203

The mode of incorporation of sulfate ion in travertine was discussed on the basis of chemical compositions, i.r. and laser Raman spectra. These data strongly suggest that most of the sulfate ions in the calcitic travertine replace carbonate ions. This conclusion is in good harmony with the facts that calcite incorporates more sulfate ions than aragonite does and that the sulfate content of manganoan calcite decreases with increasing manganese content (Takano et al. 1977). Based on this conclusion, retarding effect of sulfate ion on the precipitation of calcite from solution was discussed.  相似文献   

Lead isotopes and age of Hawaiian lherzolite nodules     

Masana Morioka  Kunihiko Kigoshi 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1975,25(2):116-120

The reaction between enstatite (En_95.3Fs_4.7) and CaCO₃ has been studied at pressures between 23 and 77 kbars and at temperatures between 800° and 1400°C. At 1000°C enstatite and CaCO₃ react to form dolomite and diopside solid solutions at pressures below approximately 45 kbars and magnesite and diopside solid solutions at higher pressures. The curve for the reaction dolomite_ss + enstatite_ss ? magnesite_ss + diopside_ss lies between 40 to 45 kbars at 1000°C and between 45 and 50 kbars at 1200°C. It is very close to the graphite-diamond transition curve. These experimental results indicate that calcite (or aragonite) is unstable in the presence of enstatite, and that dolomite and magnesite are the stable carbonates at high pressures. The forsterite + aragonite assemblage is, however, stable to at least 80 kbars at 800°C. It is suggested that in the upper mantle where enstatite is present, dolomite is stable to depths of about 150 km and magnesite is stable at greater depths in the continental regions, assuming that the partial pressure of CO₂ is equal or close to the total pressure. It is also suggested that carbonate inclusions in pyroxene can be used as an indicator of the depth of their equilibration; dolomite inclusions in enstatite would be formed at depths shallower than 150 km and magnesite inclusions in diopside at greater depths. Eclogite and peridotite inclusions in kimberlite may be classified on this basis.  相似文献