Abstract
A submarine dune on the seabed in the Okinose area of Osaka Bay, Japan, was found to be composed mainly of coarse quartz sand. To investigate the provenance of this sand, quartz extracted from granite and granodiorite sources near Osaka Bay was measured by electron spin resonance; E1', Ti-Li and Al centres were detected in all samples. Although the heat-treated E1' centre was found not to be useful for the present provenance study, the ratio of the signal intensities of the Ti-Li centre to the Al centre classified the potential sources into two groups, based on their likelihood. The results indicated that granite and granodiorite from Awaji Island as well as Rokko granite could be the source of the Okinose sand.
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