Aqueous fluids derived from a subducting slab: Observed high 3He emanation and conductive anomaly in a non-volcanic region, Kii Peninsula southwest Japan

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 47-61

  Umeda, Koji ^a   Ogawa, Yasuo ^b   Asamori, Koichi ^a   Oikawa, Teruki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3He 4He ratio; Aqueous fluid; Hot spring; Magnetotelluric soundings; Non volcanic region

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAT FLUX; HELIUM; HOT SPRINGS; SEISMOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUEOUS FLUID; HELIUM EMANATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE HOT SPRINGS; HOT SPRING GASES; JAPAN; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDINGS; NON-VOLCANIC REGION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETOTELLURIC MODELING;

TECTONICS;

FLUID COMPOSITION; HEAT FLUX; HELIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER CRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI;

EID: 29744442495     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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