Extreme exhumation of the Pliocene-Pleistocene plutons along a high-geothermal zone in the Kurobe area, central Japan, revealed by Al-in-hornblende geobarometry and zircon U-Pb geochronometry

末岡 茂; 河上 哲生*; 鈴木 康太*; 鏡味 沙耶; 横山 立憲; 芝崎 文一郎*; 長田 充弘; 山崎 あゆ*; 東野 文子*; King, G. E.*; et al.

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Exposure of young ( a few Ma) plutons have been reported in mobile belts, such as, along subduction zones in the Western Pacific, implying a rapid exhumation in the last few million years. We reconstructed exhumation history of the Pliocene-Pleistocene plutons in the Kurobe area, central Japan, for better understanding of exhumation process and mechanism of such young plutons. Because low-temperature thermochronology is difficult to extract an exhumation history in the Kurobe area due to the complex thermal history/structure related to the recent granitic intrusions, we constrained the exhumation history based on solidification depths and dates of the plutons obtained by using Al-in-hornblende geobarometry and zircon U-Pb geochronometry, respectively. The solidification depths obtained range c.a. 6-10 km regardless of location and solidification age, suggesting a uniform and subvertical exhumation after the solidification of the youngest pluton (c.a. 0.8 Ma). The mean exhumation rate since c.a. 0.8 Ma was computed to be c.a. 7-14 mm/yr, which is consistent with the shorter-term erosion rates obtained by other methods. This rapid and local exhumation might be attributable to localization of deformation along the hot and weak crust along the Kurobe area related to the high-temperature geothermal conditions. This interpretation is being verified by using numerical modeling incorporating the rheology, geothermal conditions, and horizontal compression.