社団法人 物理探査学会
第117回(平成19年度秋季)学術講演会


自然電位分布から推定する火山の構造

講演要旨(和文)
複数の岩石ユニットで構成されているような火山では,重力ポテンシャルに伴う単純な地下水流動しか存在していなくても,ゼータ電位のバリエーションが存在すれば流動電位によって形成された自然電位分布に特徴的な電位異常が形成される可能性がある.本研究では岩石組成の違いと自然電位分布の関係を評価するために,岩石ゼータ電位を考慮に入れた開聞岳の自然電位数値シミュレーションを行った.その結果開聞岳で観測された自然電位異常分布は,岩石のゼータ電位のバリエーションによる流動電位効果を考えることにより説明することが可能であることが明らかとなった.

講演要旨(英文)
Positive self-potential (SP) anomalies were observed on many active volcanoes and geothermal areas. It is generally thought to be caused by streaming potential associated with hydrothermal upflows. However, positive SP anomalies were observed on Kaimondake volcano where no sign of volcanic or hydrothermal activity is present.Zeta potential, a key factor of streaming potential generation, was measured for rock samples (11 samples) from the Kaimondake volcano by Hase et al. (2004). The results show that the zeta potentials of all samples are negative (-1 ~ -20 mV) in polarity and its variation seems to correspond to the variety of geological formations. In order to study the influence of inhomogeneous distribution of the zeta potential on the observed SP profile, we conducted numerical simulations by using the STAR reservoir simulator and EKP-postprocessor. As a result of the simulations, the specific SP profile on Kaimondake volcano can be interpreted to be created by simple groundwater flow with zeta potential variations on each geological rock stratum. This result implies that distribution of geological rock stratum can be estimated by using SP and zeta potential surveys if groundwater flow in the survey area is not complicated.