Methane enrichment in low-temperature hydrothermal fluids from the Suiyo Seamount in the Izu-Bonin Arc of the western Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Toki, Tomohiro ^a,b   Tsunogai, Urumu ^a   Ishibashi, Jun Ichiro ^c   Utsumi, Motoo ^d   Gamo, Toshitaka ^a,e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGASSING; ENRICHMENT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; OXIDATION;

IZU-BONIN ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUIYO SEAMOUNT;

EID: 55949136994     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005476     Document Type: Article

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