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The Cretaceous low pressure/high temperature Ryoke Metamorphic Belt contains abundant Ryoke and San yo Granitoids that intruded to various crustal depths during or after formation of the belt. To clarify the tectono metamorphic history of the belt, it is necessary to evaluate the thermal effects of the intrusion of the different types of granitoids. The geology of Kasado jima Island, SW Japan, consists of metasedimentary rocks, massive biotite granite, and migmatitic biotite tonalite. The granite and tonalite occur in the central and southern areas of the island, respectively. Within the central area, granite intrudes metasedimentary rocks and cuts across bedding parallel schistosity within the metapelites; this indicates that intrusion of the granite postdates Ryoke metamorphism. In contrast, tonalite in the southern area was emplaced parallel to the schistosity. On the basis of the field occurrences and petrographic characteristics of these granitoids, we correlate the biotite tonalite and biotite granite with the Older Ryoke and San yo Granitoids, respectively. Based on the paragenesis of schistosity forming minerals within metapelites, we identify two mineral zones in the island: the biotite and cordierite zones. The biotite zone is characterized by a mineral assemblage of muscovite + biotite ± garnet, and the cordierite zone is characterized by the assemblage muscovite + biotite + K feldspar + cordierite or garnet. On the basis of mineral chemistry, we estimate peak metamorphic conditions for the biotite and cordierite zones to be ~ 470 °C (reference pressure: 200 MPa) and ~ 550 °C at 250 MPa, respectively. In the central part of the island, a contact aureole adjacent to the biotite granite is identified by the occurrence of randomly oriented muscovite and very large dendritic cordierite porphyroblasts. These randomly oriented porphyroblasts may have formed under a high degree of supersaturation associated with the thermal perturbation of the shallow intrusion of the biotite granite into cooler crust. In the southern area, most metamorphic minerals are of similar size, and their long axes are aligned to form a schistosity; this indicates a small degree of thermal perturbation and/or a high strain rate. These observations indicate that the biotite tonalite on Kasado jima Island, as a deep seated granitoid, was related to regional low pressure/high temperature metamorphism.

Nahcolite (NaHCO 3 ) has been found in fluid inclusions in quartz veins hosted by the Ryoke metamorphic rocks in Kasado Jima (Island), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The inclusions are classified into three types: type 1 containing vapor +/− liquid of the H 2 O NaCl CO 2 CH 4 system, type 2 of H 2 O NaCl fluids and type 3 with nahcolite solid. Salinities of the nahcolite bearing fluids are lower than 4 wt% NaCl eq. Extremely large volume fractions of nahcolite solids, occupying more than 50% of total inclusion volume, and various fluid compositions are indicative of their origin as accidentally trapped ones while the fluids were immiscible below the nahcolite melting temperature (270 °C). A thermodynamic calculation of the nahcolite stability and a phase analysis of the fluids show loga Na + = 7.4 -pH as the minimum activity at P = 100 MPa and T = 270 °C where the neutral pH = 5.6. Hence, it can be concluded that the original (prior to immiscible state) liquids might have contained high Na + and low Cl − yielded by an interaction of a low salinity fluid and Na bearing minerals such as plagioclase in the host metamorphic rocks below the fractures now occupied by quartz if nahcolite precipitated from boiling fluids.

OBJECTIVES: Emergence agitation (EA) is a common and troublesome problem in pediatric patients recovering from general anesthesia. The incidence of EA is reportedly higher after general anesthesia maintained with sevoflurane, a popular inhalational anesthetic agent for pediatric patients. We conducted this prospective, randomized, double-blind study to test the effect of an intravenous ultra-short–acting barbiturate, thiamylal, administered during induction of general anesthesia on the incidence and severity of EA in pediatric patients recovering from Sevoflurane anesthesia. METHODS: Fifty-four pediatric patients (1 to 6 years of age) undergoing subumbilical surgeries were randomized into 2 groups. Patients received either intravenous thiamylal 5mg/kg (Group T) or inhalational Sevoflurane 5% (Group S) as an anesthetic induction agent. Following induction, general anesthesia was maintained with Sevoflurane and nitrous oxide (N2O) in both groups. To control the intra- and post-operative pain, caudal block or ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric block was performed. The incidence and severity of EA were evaluated by using the Modified Objective Pain Scale (MOPS: 0 to 6) at 15 and 30 min after arrival in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). RESULTS: Fifteen minutes after arrival in the PACU, the incidence of EA in Group T (28%) was significantly lower than in Group S (64%; p = 0.023) and the MOPS in Group T (median 0, range 0 to 6) was significantly lower than in Group S (median 4, range 0 to 6; p = 0.005). The interval from discontinuation of Sevoflurane to emergence from anesthesia was not significantly different between the 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS: Thiamylal induction reduced the incidence and severity of EA in pediatric patients immediately after Sevoflurane anesthesia.