Sources of pore water in a Tanegashima mud volcano inferred from chemical and stable isotopic studies

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 561-569

  Nakayama, Noriko ^a   Ashi, Juichiro ^a   Tsunogai, Urumu ^b   Gamo, Toshitaka ^a   Tanahashi, Michiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clay mineral dehydration; Fluid migration; Mud volcano; Stable isotopic composition; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEHYDRATION; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METEORIC WATER; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; POINT SOURCE; POREWATER; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRENCH;

JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; OSUMI ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TANEGA ISLAND;

EID: 79957950833     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0094     Document Type: Article

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