Evaluation of in situ smectite dehydration as a pore water freshening mechanism in the nankai trough, offshore southwest Japan

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Saffer, Demian M ^a   McKiernan, Alexander W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Pore water freshening; Smectite dehydration; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049123283     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002226     Document Type: Article

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