Noble gas and stable isotope geochemistry of thermal fluids from deception Island, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-267

  Kusakabe, Minoru ^a,e   Nagao, Keisuke ^b   Ohba, Takeshi ^c   Seo, Jung Hun ^d   Park, Sung Hyun ^a   Lee, Jong Ik ^a   Park, Byong Kwon ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

3He 4He ratio; Bransfield back arc basin; D 18O 13C 34S values; Fumarolic gas; Hot spring water; Hydrothermal geochemistry; Source mantle

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISLAND; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NOBLE GAS; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL SPRING;

ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD BASIN; DECEPTION ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 68349125450     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009001783     Document Type: Article

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