The role of water in the deep upper mantle and transition zone: dehydration of stagnant slabs and its effects on the big mantle wedge     

E. Ohtani  D. Zhao 《Russian Geology and Geophysics》2009,50(12):1073-1078

Mineral physics data related to the deep dehydration of stagnant slabs are summarized. The hydrogen diffusion in minerals of the mantle transition zone is not fast enough to homogenize the transition zone on the geological time scale, and hydrogen is expected to be unevenly distributed there. The hydrous fluid formed in the transition zone tends to percolate into shallower depths to form gravitationally stable hydrous magmas at the base of the upper mantle. We need further studies on the relation of intraplate volcanism above the stagnant slab and deep dehydration, because we expect the geochemical fingerprints of deep dehydration to be quite different from those of shallow dehydration from the subducting slabs.  相似文献   

Three-dimensional analysis of groundwater flow in neogene rocks at the Rokkasho low-level radioactive waste disposal center, Japan     

Tai Sasaki  Naro Hashimoto  Takayuki Nakato  Tomonari Shiraishi  Kazuaki Yajima  Tomoyuki Hishiya 《Engineering Geology》1998,49(3-4):337-343

As a preliminary step for predicting groundwater flow in a plateau 30–50 m above sea level, a model for three-dimensional analysis of groundwater flow was formulated and its validity was verified. The plateau consists of Neogene sedimentary rocks and a Quaternary deposit. Most of the groundwater originates in precipitation, with the groundwater table lying in the Quaternary deposit. Steady-state analysis was conducted by using the finite element method. The results of pore-water pressure measurement and water examination were useful in verifying the validity of the model. In constructing the model, reducing the hydraulic conductivity according to the depth on the basis of the results of the actual measurement was important.  相似文献   

Experimental investigation of the α-β transformation of San Carlos olivine single crystal     

T. Kubo  E. Ohtani  T. Kato  T. Shinmei  K. Fujino 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》1998,26(1):1-6

Single crystalline San Carlos olivine (1 mm cube) was transformed to (Mg,Fe)₂SiO₄β-phase at 13.5–15 GPa, 1030–1330 °C for 0–600 min using a multi-anvil high pressure apparatus. The α-β transformation occurred by incoherent surface nucleation and interface-controlled growth and recovered partially transformed samples showed sharply defined reaction rim. The growth rate of the β-phase rim significantly decreased with time and the growth eventually ceased. TEM observations revealed that many dislocations were created in both the relict olivine just near the α-β interface and the β-phase in the rim, which show evidence for deformation caused by interfacial stresses associated with the misfit elastic strain of the transformation. The observed tangled dislocation texture in β-phase suggested that the β-phase rim was hardened and relaxation of the interfacial stress was retarded. This probably caused a localized pressure drop in the relict olivine and decreased the growth rate. Time-dependent growth rates of β-phase is possibly controlled by the rheology of β-phase, which must be considered for the prediction of the olivine metastability in the subducting slabs. Received: 24 January 1997 / Revised, accepted: 24 July 1998  相似文献   

The high-pressure phase relation of the MgSO₄-H₂O system and its implication for the internal structure of Ganymede     

Ryo Nakamura  Eiji Ohtani 《Icarus》2011,211(1):648-654

We have determined the phase relation of the MgSO₄-H₂O binary system using an externally heated diamond anvil cell in the compositional range of 0-30 wt.% MgSO₄, and under temperature and pressure conditions from 298 to 500 K and up to 4.5 GPa. Using our experimental results, we were able to estimate the composition of the ice mantle of the large icy satellites of Jupiter, such as Ganymede.In our experiments, we identified the following phases in the MgSO₄-H₂O system up to 4 GPa at 298 K: Ices VI and VII, magnesium heptahydrate, MgSO₄·7H₂O, and a liquid phase. The present phase relations suggest that there may be a deep internal ocean down to a depth about 800 km in the interior of Ganymede.  相似文献   

Large-scale landslides in Toyama Prefecture,central Japan,and their probable relationship with earthquakes     

Satoru Kojima  Tamotsu Nozaki  Hidehisa Nagata  Ryota Tanahashi  Ryoich Kondo  Noriaki Okamura  Kazuhiro Suzuki  Akiko Ikeda  Toshio Nakamura  Tomoyuki Ohtani 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2014,71(6):2753-2763

Large-scale landslides along the Kubusu and Besso rivers in Toyama Prefecture are developed in the Miocene Iwaine Formation, which is composed of andesitic lava, tuff, and tuff breccia. In the middle member of this formation, the tuff is easily altered to montmorillonite-bearing rock, and subsequently plays an important role in the development of landslides events, which tend to be large-scale events, as the massive lava of the upper member forms a cap rock over the tuff. The Kiritani and Koinami basins, which are flat intermontane basins located along the Kubusu and Besso rivers, respectively, are interpreted as landslide-dammed lakes, later filled with sediment. Accelerator mass spectrometry ¹⁴C ages show that the landslides forming each dam occurred simultaneously, at approximately 2500 BP. These ages were measured from wood fragments embedded in the landslide material of Kiritani, and from an in situ stump drowned during the impoundment of Koinami. If the trigger of these landslides was an earthquake, it is most likely to have been the penultimate event along the Atotsugawa fault zone.  相似文献   

Experimental study of the pyroxene-garnet phase transition in the Na2MgSi5O12 system at pressures of 13–20 GPa: First synthesis of sodium majorite     

Dymshits  A. M.  Bobrov  A. V.  Litasov  K. D.  Shatskiy  A. F.  Ohtani  E.  Litvin  Yu. A. 《Doklady Earth Sciences》2010,434(1):1263-1266

Doklady Earth Sciences -  相似文献   

Generation of tidal bedding in a circular flume experiment: formation process and preservation potential of mud drapes     

Tomoyuki Sato  Keisuke Taniguchi  Tomohiro Takagawa  Fujio Masuda 《Geo-Marine Letters》2011,31(2):101-108

Flume experiments aimed to produce flaser bedding were conducted using fine sand and clay in a circular flume. The formation process of mud drapes during the slack-water stage was revealed in detail. When the tidal current declines, a uniform mobile mud layer initially settles from suspension and drapes the entire rippled sand bed (type A mud). When the remaining flow velocity is very low, a more fluid mud begins to settle out (type B mud) that preferentially fills the ripple troughs, the ripples and mud together forming a flat surface. At slack tide, the two-phase mud drape is temporarily stationary. After the onset of the reversed flow phase, most of the type B mud is resuspended, while the type A mud is eroded from the crests, leaving behind a remnant mud drape (flaser) in the troughs that is subsequently buried by migrating ripples. Type B mud generally contains variable amounts of sand derived from eroded ripple crests, but does not show any visible internal sedimentary structures. Type A mud represents the ‘mud drapes’ commonly described in the literature, the temporary existence of type B mud having gone unnoticed because of its low preservation potential. When present, it can be recognized by its sand content and the occurrence of flame structures in ripple troughs. Tidal deposits reflecting the existence and depositional characteristics of both type A and type B mud are found in, for example, the macrotidal Oligocene Ashiya Group, Japan.  相似文献   

Cell contact-dependent lethal effect of the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama on phytoplankton–phytoplankton interactions     

Yasuhiro Yamasaki  Yanan Zou  Jyoji Go  Tomoyuki Shikata  Yukihiko Matsuyama  Kiyohito Nagai  Yohei Shimasaki  Kenichi Yamaguchi  Yuji Oshima  Tatsuya Oda  Tsuneo Honjo 《Journal of Sea Research》2011,65(1):76-83

We used bi-algal culture experiments to investigate and verify the roles of growth interaction between Heterocapsa circularisquama and Prorocentrum dentatum in monospecific bloom formation. Growth of H. circularisquama was slightly inhibited when inoculated at 10² cells mL^–1 along with P. dentatum at 10⁴ cells mL^–1. In other combinations of inoculation densities, P. dentatum density rapidly decreased to extremely low levels in the presence of H. circularisquama. We used a mathematical model to simulate growth and interactions of H. circularisquama and P. dentatum in bi-algal cultures. The model indicates that one species will always inhibit the growth of the other and that the relative initial cell densities of the species are critical in determining the outcome. When cultured together under conditions without cell contact, growth of H. circularisquama and P. dentatum was not inhibited. As with P. dentatum, the growth of Heterosigma akashiwo and Skeletonema costatum was inhibited in intact cell suspensions with H. circularisquama, but a nontoxic species, Heterocapsa triquetra, did not affect the growth of P. dentatum or the other species. Similarly, cell suspensions of H. circularisquama showed hemolytic activity toward rabbit erythrocytes, but those of H. triquetra did not. In addition, the cell-free supernatant of H. circularisquama cultures showed no significant hemolytic activity. These results suggest that H. circularisquama causes lethality in P. dentatum by direct cell contact in which live-cell-mediated hemolytic activity might be a contributing factor.  相似文献   

Density measurements of liquid Fe–Si alloys at high pressure using the sink–float method     

Ryuji Tateyama  Eiji Ohtani  Hidenori Terasaki  Keisuke Nishida  Yuki Shibazaki  Akio Suzuki  Takumi Kikegawa 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2011,38(10):801-807

The compositional dependence on the density of liquid Fe alloys under high pressure is important for estimating the amount of light elements in the Earth’s outer core. Here, we report on the density of liquid Fe–Si at 4 GPa and 1,923 K measured using the sink–float method and our investigation on the effect of the Si content on the density of the liquid. Our experiments show that the density of liquid Fe–Si decreases from 7.43 to 2.71 g/cm³ non-linearly with increasing Si content (0–100 at%). The molar volume of liquid Fe–Si calculated from the measured density gradually decreases in the compositional range 0–50 at% Si, and increases in the range 50–100 at% Si. It should be noted that the estimated molar volume of the alloys shows a negative volume of mixing between Fe and Si. This behaviour is similar to Fe–S liquid (Nishida et al. in Phys Chem Miner 35:417–423, 2008). However, the excess molar volume of mixing for the liquid Fe–Si is smaller than that of liquid Fe–S. The light element contents in the outer core estimated previously may be an underestimation if we take into account the possible negative value of the excess mixing volume of iron–light element alloys in the outer core.  相似文献   

Systematic study of hydrogen incorporation into Fe-free wadsleyite     

Konstantin D. Litasov  Anton Shatskiy  Eiji Ohtani  Tomoo Katsura 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2011,38(1):75-84

The H₂O content of wadsleyite were measured in a wide pressure (13–20 GPa) and temperature range (1,200–1,900°C) using FTIR method. We confirmed significant decrease of the H₂O content of wadsleyite with increasing temperature and reported first systematic data for temperature interval of 1,400–1,900°C. Wadsleyite contains 0.37–0.55 wt% H₂O at 1,600°C, which may be close to its water storage capacity along average mantle geotherm in the transition zone. Accordingly, water storage capacity of the average mantle in the transition zone may be estimated as 0.2–0.3 wt% H₂O. The H₂O contents of wadsleyite at 1,800–1,900°C are 0.22–0.39 wt%, indicating that it can store significant amount of water even under the hot mantle environments. Temperature dependence of the H₂O content of wadsleyite can be described by exponential equation C_{\textH2 \textO} = 6 3 7.0 7 \texte ^{- 0.00 4 8T} , C_{{{\text{H}}_{2} {\text{O}}}} = 6 3 7.0 7 {\text{e}}^{ - 0.00 4 8T} , where T is in °C. This equation is valid for temperature range 1,200–2,100°C with the coefficient of determination R ² = 0.954. Temperature dependence of H₂O partition coefficient between wadsleyite and forsterite (D _wd/fo) is complex. According to our data apparent D_wd/fo decreases with increasing temperature from D _wd/fo = 4–5 at 1,200°C, reaches a minimum of D _wd/fo = 2.0 at 1,400–1,500°C, and then again increases to D _wd/fo = 4–6 at 1,700–1,900°C.  相似文献