著者
石渡 良志 内田 邦子 長坂 洋光 塚本 すみ子
出版者
日本地球化学会
雑誌
地球化学 (ISSN:03864073)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.44, no.3, pp.69-76, 2010

A 90 cm sediment core (HAR 99A) from Lake Haruna, Gumma Prefecture, Japan was dated by tephrochronology, lead-210 and cesium-137 methods and was compared stratigraphically with the cores obtained in 1966 (HAR 96B) and 1971 (HAR 71). For the HAR 99A core, the 24-26 cm depth layer was estimated to be AD 1963 by <sup>137</sup>Cs. The tephra layer in 62-66 cm depth was identified to be volcanic ashes from Asama volcano eruption (Asama-A tephra: As-A) in AD 1783. Average mass sedimentation rate (AMSR) for 1963 to 1999 (0-26 cm depth) is 0.050 g cm<sup>-2</sup>yr<sup>-1</sup> and that for 1783 to 1963 (25-62 cm depth) is 0.033 g cm<sup>-2</sup>yr<sup>-1</sup>. AMSR for the 0-62 cm depth obtained by <sup>210</sup>Pb ranges between 0.052 and 0.058 g cm<sup>-2</sup>yr<sup>-1</sup>. In addition, it is proposed that the previous assignment of As-B (AD 1108) for a tephra layer at 40-50 cm depth of the HAR 71 core should be changed to As-A tephra (AD 1783).