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| Title | : | Geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal fluids at Hatoma Knoll in the southern Okinawa Trough |
| Authors | : | Toki, Tomohiro
Itoh, Michihiro
Iwata, Daigo
Ohshima, Shogo
Shinjo, Ryuichi
Ishibashi, Junichiro
Tsunogai, Urumu
Takahata, Naoto
Sano, Yuji
Yamanaka, Toshiro
Ijiri, Akira
Okabe, Nobuaki
Gamo, Toshitaka
Muramatsu, Yasuyuki
Ueno, Yuichiro
Kawagucci, Shinsuke
Takai, Ken |
| Issue Date | : | 23-Dec-2016 |
| Abstract | : | Chemical and isotopic compositions of hydrothermal fluids from Hatoma Knoll in the southern Okinawa Trough were investigated. The hydrothermal fluids were derived from a single pure hydrothermal fluid source, but they underwent phase separation beneath the seafloor prior to venting. Only vapor-like fluids vent at the Hatoma system, and the most active area is around the center of the crater, based on the location of the maximum temperature and the lowest Cl– concentrations. Compared with other hydrothermal systems in the world, at Hatoma the pH and alkalinity, as well as the B, NH4+, K, Li, CO2, and CH4 concentrations, were higher, and the Fe and Al concentrations were lower, suggesting that the characteristics of the Hatoma hydrothermal fluids are comparable to those of the other Okinawa Trough hydrothermal fluids. Helium isotope ratios were lower than those of sediment-starved hydrothermal systems, suggesting that 4He derived from the sediment is supplied to the hydrothermal fluids in Hatoma Knoll. The carbon isotope ratios of CO2 in the hydrothermal fluids indicate an influence of organic carbon decomposition. The carbon isotope ratios of CH4 in the hydrothermal fluids imply that most of the CH4 originated from microbial methane produced in a recharge zone of the hydrothermal system. Although sediment influences are a typical feature of Okinawan Trough hydrothermal fluids, the Hatoma hydrothermal system has the lowest carbon isotope ratios of CH4 among them, which suggests that Hatoma is the most highly influenced by the sediments in the recharge zone. Thus, the degree of the sediment influences has a variable in each hydrothermal field in the Okinawa Trough. |
| URL | : | https://doi.org/10.2343/geochemj.2.0449 |
| Type Local | : | 雑誌掲載論文 |
| ISSN | : | 1880-5973
0016-7002 |
| Publisher | : | GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN |
| URI | : | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/37626 |
| Citation | : | GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL Vol.50 no.6 p.493 -525 |
| Appears in Collections | : | Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (Faculty of Science)
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