Long-term hydrogeochemical records in the oceanic basement and forearc prism at the Costa Rica subduction zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 240-251

  Solomon, Evan A ^a   Kastner, Miriam ^a   Wheat, C Geoffrey ^b   Jannasch, Hans ^c   Robertson, Gretchen ^a   Davis, Earl E ^d   Morris, Julie D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CORK; fluid flow; Ocean Drilling Program; pore fluids; subduction zone

Indexed keywords

CORK; FLUID FLOW; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PORE FLUIDS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

BUILDINGS; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUIDS; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; OBSERVATORIES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PRISMS; SEAWATER; TRANSIENTS;

TECTONICS;

FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID FLOW; FOREARC BASIN; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 67349200600     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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