A new source of water in seismogenic subduction zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Kameda, Jun ^a   Yamaguchi, Asuka ^a   Saito, Saneatsu ^b   Sakuma, Hiroshi ^c   Kawamura, Katsuyuki ^c   Kimura, Gaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; DRILLING FLUIDS;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BASALTIC ROCKS; FLUID PRODUCTION; HIGH VELOCITY; NANKAI MARGINS; NEW SOURCES; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE INTERFACES; PORE FLUIDS; REFERENCE SITES; SEISMIC SLIPS; SMECTITES; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

BASALT;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BASALT; CHLORITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ILLITE; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; SMECTITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN; SHIMANTO BELT;

EID: 81755184087     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048883     Document Type: Article

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