H2 generation by experimental hydrothermal alteration of komatiitic glass at 300°C and 500 bars: A preliminary result from on-going experiment

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Yoshizaki, Motoko ^a,b   Shibuya, Takazo ^b   Suzuki, Katsuhiko ^b   Shimizu, Kenji ^b   Nakamura, Kentaro ^b   Takai, Ken ^b   Omori, Soichi ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early Earth; Hydrothermal alteration; Komatiitic glass; Laboratory experiment; Ultramafic rock

Indexed keywords

EARLY EARTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLASS; HADEAN; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; KOMATIITE; LABORATORY METHOD; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 79955909580     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0058     Document Type: Article

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