- 著者
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西尾 嘉朗
佐野 有司
- 出版者
- Tokyo Geographical Society
- 雑誌
- 地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.109, no.4, pp.636-645, 2000-08-25 (Released:2010-11-18)
- 参考文献数
- 24
- 被引用文献数
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Based on δ 13C values and CO2/ 3He ratios of North Fiji Back-Arc Basin basalt glasses, wediscuss the carbon geochemical cycle in the subduction zone. Among the North Fiji Back-ArcBasin basalt glasses, there is a close correlation among CO2/ 3He ratios, δ 13C value, and143Nd/ 144Nd ratios. The CO2/ 3He ratios and the δ 13C values of North Fiji Basin basalt maybe attributed to binary mixing between the mantle component (low-CO2/ 3He, high-δ 13C, andhigh-143Nd/ 144Nd) and the subducted (recycled) component (high-δO2/ 3He, low-δ13C, and low-143Nd/ 144Nd). From a simple mass balance calculation, it is derived that the subductedend-member (recycled carbon) has 70% carbonate and 30% organic matter in origin.Assuming that complete decomposition of the subducted organic matters has occurred, most (about 90%) carbonates are not decomposed, because the amounts of subducting carbonatesand organic matters throughout the North Fiji subduction zone are estimated in a ratio of20: 1. This suggests that carbonate can be transported into the mantle through the subduction zones.