Borehole observations of fluid flow from South Chamorro Seamount, an active serpentinite mud volcano in the Mariana forearc

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 401-409

  Wheat, C Geoffrey ^a   Fryer, Patricia ^b   Fisher, Andrew T ^c   Hulme, Samuel ^b   Jannasch, Hans ^d   Mottl, Michael J ^b   Becker, Keir ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

CORK; Mariana forearc; marine hydrogeology; mud volcano; serpentinite; subduction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MARINE HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SUBDUCTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOREHOLES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF FLUIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

BOREHOLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DISCHARGE; FLUID FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MUD VOLCANO; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; SEAMOUNT; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION;

MARIANA ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHAMORRO SEAMOUNT;

EID: 39549105394     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.057     Document Type: Article

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