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Spatial Variation in Chemical Composition of Pliocene and Quaternary Volcanic Rocks in Southwestern and Quaternary Volcanic Rocks in Southwestern Hokkaido, Northeastern Japan Arc
Title: | Spatial Variation in Chemical Composition of Pliocene and Quaternary Volcanic Rocks in Southwestern and Quaternary Volcanic Rocks in Southwestern Hokkaido, Northeastern Japan Arc |
Authors: | Nakagawa, Mitsuhiro Browse this author |
Issue Date: | Aug-1992 |
Publisher: | 北海道大学 |
Journal Title: | 北海道大学理学部紀要 |
Journal Title(alt): | Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page: | 175 |
End Page: | 197 |
Abstract: | Major element compositions of 192 Pliocene and Quaternary volcanic rocks from 28 volcanic centers in southwestern Hokkaido (SW Hokkaido), which is situated at the northern part of the northeastern Japan arc, are determined. Using this data with previously reported analyses for volcanic rocks from northern Honshu (N-Honshu) and SW-Hokkaido, spatial variations in SiO2 normalized major element values (SiO2=60 wt%) at an arc junction are examined. The SiO2 normalized values for many major elements, TiO2, Al2O3, FeO, CaO, Na2O, K2O and P2O5, increase or decrease systematically westward. A N-S trending zonation of volcanoes, based on the SiO2-normalized value of the volcanic rocks, can be recognized from N-Honshu to SW-Hokkaido. The zonation in SW-Hokkaido is not parallel to the present trench axis which bends from a N-S to a NE-SW direction off the coast of SW-Hokkaido. The region comprising Yotei, Konbu and Niseko-Waisuhorun volcanoes displays a local anomaly with respect to TiO2, Na2O and P2O5 values. |
Type: | bulletin (article) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/36777 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy > Vol.XXIII, No.2
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