Last Update 02/24 2017
Research: Our main research interest is the thermal structure of subduction zones, which can be estimated through measurements of terrestrial heat flow and numerical models taking account of other geophysical and geological information. We have been studying thermal structures of Nankai Trough and Japan Trench subduction zones and revealed that the heat flow distributions around the trenches are closely related to the structure of the oceanic crust and pore fluid flow in the crust. For investigation of the causes of the relationships and their influence on physical processes in the seismogenic zone, we are conducting more detailed measurements and modeling of fluid flow and heat transport. We also study seafloor fluid discharge, groundwater flow and the past ground surface temperature history through high-precision and long-term temperature measurements in marine sediments and land boreholes. Publications: Yamano, M., S. Uyeda, Y. Aoki, and T. H. Shipley, Estimates of heat flow derived from gas hydrates, Geology, 10, 339--343, 1982. Yamano, M., S. Honda and S. Uyeda, Nankai Trough: A hot trench?, Marine Geophys. Res., 6, 187--203, 1984. Yamano, M., S. Uyeda, J.-P. Foucher and J.-C. Sibuet, Heat flow anomaly in the middle Okinawa Trough, Tectonophysics, 159, 307--318, 1989. Yamano, M. and S. Uyeda, Heat-flow studies in the Peru Trench subduction zone, Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 112, 653--661, 1990. Yamano, M., J.-P. Foucher, M. Kinoshita, A. Fisher, R. D. Hyndman and ODP Leg 131 Shipboard Scientific Party, Heat flow and fluid flow regime in the western Nankai accretionary prism, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 109, 451--462, 1992. Hyndman, R. D., K. Wang and M. Yamano, Thermal constraints on the seismogenic portion of the southwestern Japan subduction thrust, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 15373--15392, 1995. Wang, K., R. D. Hyndman and M. Yamano, Thermal regime of the Southwest Japan subduction zone: effects of age history of the subduction plate, Tectonophysics, 248, 53--69, 1995. Kinoshita, M. and M. Yamano, Hydrothermal regime and constraints on reservoir depth of the Jade site in the Mid-Okinawa Trough inferred from heat flow measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 3183--3194, 1997. 山野誠・木下正高・松林修・中野幸彦, 南海トラフ付加体の温度構造と間隙流体による熱輸送, 地学雑誌, 109, 4, 540--553, 2000. Yamano, M. and S. Goto, Long-term temperature monitoring in a borehole drilled into the Nojima Fault, southwest Japan, Island Arc, 10, 326--335, 2001. Yamano, M., M. Kinoshita, S. Goto and O. Matsubayashi, Extremely high heat flow anomaly in the middle part of the Nankai Trough, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 28, 487--497, 2003. Yamano, M. and S. Goto, Long-term monitoring of the temperature profile in a deep borehole: temperature variations associated with water injection experiments and natural groundwater discharge, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 152, 326--334, 2005. Hamamoto, H., M. Yamano and S. Goto, Heat flow measurement in shallow seas through long-term temperature monitoring, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21311, doi:10.1029/2005GL024138, , 2005. Yamano, M., M. Kinoshita and S. Goto, High heat flow anomalies on an old oceanic plate observed seaward of the Japan Trench, Int. J. Earth Sci., 97, 345--352, 2008. Yamano, M., S. Goto, A. Miyakoshi, H. Hamamoto, R.F. Lubis, Vuthy M. and M. Taniguchi, Reconstruction of the thermal environment evolution in urban areas from underground temperature distribution, Sci. Total Environ., 407, 3120--3128, 2009. Hamamoto, H., M. Yamano, S. Goto, M. Kinoshita, K. Fujino and K. Wang, Heat flow distribution and thermal structure of the Nankai subduction zone off the Kii Peninsula, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q0AD20, doi:10.1029/2011GC003623, , 2011. Kawada, Y., M. Yamano and N. Seama, Hydrothermal heat mining in an incoming oceanic plate due to aquifer thickening: Explaining the high heat flow anomaly observed around the Japan Trench, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 15, 1580-1599, doi:10.1002/2014GC005285, , 2014. Yamano, M., H. Hamamoto, Y. Kawada and S. Goto, Heat flow anomaly on the seaward side of the Japan Trench associated with deformation of the incoming Pacific plate, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 407, 196--204, 2014. Yamano, M and S. Uyeda, Heat flow, in "The Ocean Basins and Margins, Vol. 7B, The Pacific Ocean", A.E.M. Nairn, F.G. Stehli and S. Uyeda (eds.), Plenum Publishing, Corp., 1988. Yamano, M and S. Uyeda, Heat flow in the western Pacific, in "Handbook of Seafloor Heat Flow", J. A. Wright and K. E. Louden (eds.), CRC Press, 1989. Yamano, M., Recent heat flow studies in and around Japan, in "Terrestrial Heat Flow and Geothermal Energy in Asia", M. L. Gupta and M. Yamano (eds.), Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., 1995. Yamano, M. and M. Kinoshita, Heat flow in the Philippine Sea, in "Geology and Geophysics of the Philippine Sea", H. Tokuyama, S. Shcheka et al. (eds.), TERRAPUB, 1995. Yamano, M., Yu. V. Shevaldin, P. S. Zimin and V. I. Balabashin, Heat flow of the Japan Sea, in "Geology and Geophysics of the Japan Sea", N. Isezaki, I. I. Bersenev et al. (eds.), TERRAPUB, 1996. Yamano, M., Evolution of the subsurface thermal environment in urban areas: Studies in large cities in East Asia, in "Groundwater and Subsurface Environments: Human Impacts in Asian Coastal Cities", M. Taniguchi (ed.), Springer, 2011. |
