Contribution of Magmatic Fluid to the Active Hydrothermal System in the JADE Field, Okinawa Trough: Evidence from Fluid Inclusions, Oxygen and Helium Isotopes

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 420-437

  Zengqian, Hou ^a   Zaw, Khin ^b   Yanhe, Li ^a   Qiling, Zhang ^a   Zhigang, Zeng ^c   Urabe, Tetsuro ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Academy of China   (China)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM;

EAST CHINA SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 17144368045     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.4.420     Document Type: Article

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