The Evolution of Arc Magmatism in the NE Honshu Arc, Japan
The Evolution of Arc Magmatism in the NE Honshu Arc, Japan
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日本本州弧东北部弧岩浆作用的演化
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2001
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Takeyoshi Yoshida
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Takeyoshi Yoshida
TAKEYOSHI YOSHIDAResearch Laboratory of Arc Magmatism, Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan (Received February 13, 2001 ; accepted March 30, 2001) Abstract : Recent geological and petrological studies for late Cenozoic volcanic rocks from the NE Honshu arc, Japan, revealed the presence of clear secular change of mode of magmatism. Three prominent periods of volcanic activity : continental margin (66-21 Ma), back-arc basin (21-13 Ma), and island-arc stage (13-0 Ma), are identical there. Each period has its unique pattern of lateral alkali variation that is closely related with the thermal structure of the uppermost wedge mantle. The island-arc stage can be divided into four phases : submarine volcanism (13-8 Ma), late Miocene caldera-forming phase (8-5 Ma), Pliocene caldera-forming phase (5-1.7 Ma) and compressional volcanic arc (1.7-0 Ma). These changes in the mode of igneous activity correlated with the stress regime mainly controlled by plate motion, and with the evolutional stage of arc magmatism. Combined geological, petrological, and geophysical studies have become a valuable tool in revealing intra-crustal structures. The thermal structures seen in the crust of the present NE Honshu arc are closely related to the distribution of the late Cenozoic collapse calderas. High temperature plutons under cooling from the magma reservoirs must be exist now at middle crustal depths under the calderas, and probably observed as low-velocity bodies with many S wave reflectors. To clarify the close relations between the late Cenozoic calderas with unexposed plutons and the seismicity will become one of the main target for predicting hazardous events at volcanic arcs.1. Introduction