Hydrothermal heat mining in an incoming oceanic plate due to aquifer thickening: Explaining the high heat flow anomaly observed around the Japan Trench

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1580-1599

  Kawada, Yoshifumi ^a   Yamano, Makoto ^a   Seama, Nobukazu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

heat flow; hydrothermal circulation; Japan Trench; oceanic plate; permeability

Indexed keywords

HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

CONTROL PARAMETERS; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC PLATE; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; MINING; OCEANIC CRUST; PERMEABILITY; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84901375038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005285     Document Type: Article

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