著者

永尾 隆志

出版者

地学団体研究会

雑誌

地球科學 (ISSN:03666611)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.30, no.2, pp.110-121, 1976-03-20

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In the Chugoku and Shikoku provinces, are extensively distributed various kinds of the late Cenozoic volcanic rocks as follows. (1) Calc-alkaline volcanic rocks derived by the volcanism associated with the "Gree Tuff Crustal Movement" in the San'in and Setouchi districts (middle to late Miocene). (2) Alkaline volcanic rocks mainly composed of basalts in the San'in district (the so called "Circum Japan Sea Alkaline Petrographic Province") and the Chugoku mountainland (late Miocence to Recent). (3) Calc-alkaline volcanic rocks which formed the volcanoes beloging to the so called Daisen Volcanic Zone in the San'in district (Quaternary). The middle to late Miocene volcanic activity might have been controlled by the structure in the direction of the Honshu arc. On the other hand, in the Pliocene to Recent time (especially middle Pleistocene to Recent) the volcanic activity has occurred mainly in relation to the structure of north-south trend, which crosses the Honshu arc direction. These evidences may suggest that the volcanisms of the above two periods have occurred in relation to the different crustal movement, respectively. Considering from many published chemical analyses, it is possible to point out the following chemical differences among the late Cenozoic volcanic rocks in these provinces. (1) There is a clear distinction of the chemical features between the middle to late Miocenct calc-alkaline volcanic rocks occurring in the San'ir and Setouchi districts. The latter have highei contents of alkalies, especially K2O, than those from the former. (2) Similar chemical difference is also observed in the alkaline volcanic rocks from the Pliocene to Recent in the Chugoku province. In this case alkaline volcanic rocks from the Sanyo district are richer in alkali contents than those from the San'in district. (3) It may be noticed, moreover, that the Pliocene to Recent calc-alkaline volcanic rocks in the San'in district have higher alkali contents than those of the middle to late Miocene in the same district. The above first two evidences may conflict with the general tendency in the chemical character of the island arc volcanic rocks, and seem to be inconsistent with the genetical interpretation based on plate tectionics held by JAKES-WHITE (1968,1972) and many others.