Geochemical origin of hydrothermal fluid methane in sediment-associated fields and its relevance to the geographical distribution of whole hydrothermal circulation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 339, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-225

  Kawagucci, Shinsuke ^a,b   Ueno, Yuichiro ^b,c   Takai, Ken ^b   Toki, Tomohiro ^d   Ito, Michihiro ^d   Inoue, Kazuhiro ^c   Makabe, Akiko ^c   Yoshida, Naohiro ^c   Muramatsu, Yasuyuki ^e   Takahata, Naoto ^a   Sano, Yuji ^a   Narita, Taku ^a   Teranishi, Genta ^a   Obata, Hajime ^a   Nakagawa, Satoshi ^b,f   Nunoura, Takuro ^b   Gamo, Toshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^e GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal fluid geochemistry; Okinawa Trough; Origin of methane; Sediment associated hydrothermal system

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISCHARGE STAGES; ENDMEMBERS; HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; OKINAWA TROUGH; PRIMARY SOURCES; REPRESENTATIVE PATTERNS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; THERMAL REACTIONS; THERMOGENIC HYDROCARBONS; THERMOGENIC ORIGIN;

DECOMPOSITION; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; FLUID COMPOSITION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84873746621     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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