Submarine hydrothermal sulfide ores occur at mid-ocean ridges, intra-oceanic arcs and in
back-arc basins associated with host rocks of highly variable composition. Pyrite is the …

As an integral part of the Earth's climate system, the Kuroshio Current (KC) plays a crucial
role in shaping the regional oceanography and climate in the Northern Hemisphere …

Hydrothermal vent fluids, cold seep fluids, their associated chemosynthetic communities,
and the biogeochemical anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) play very important roles in …

The distribution of species among spatially isolated habitat patches supports regional
biodiversity and stability, so understanding the underlying processes and structure is a key …

Back‐arc basins are a primary target to understand lithospheric evolution in extension
associated with plate subduction. Most of the currently active back‐arc basins formed in …

Seafloor hydrothermal deposits form when hydrothermal fluid mixes with ambient seawater,
and constituent sulfide minerals are usually interpreted to precipitate abiogenically. Recent …

Abstract The Okinawa Trough, to the southwest of Kyusyu, Japan, is an active backarc basin
of the Ryukyu (Nansei-Shoto) island arc–trench system caused by the Philippine Sea plate …

Authigenic carbonates are one type of conspicuous manifestation in seep environments that
can provide long-term archives of past seepage activity and methane cycling in the oceans …

We conducted a self-potential survey at an active hydrothermal field, the Izena hole in the
mid-Okinawa Trough, southern Japan. This field is known to contain Kuroko-type massive …

Since the initial discovery of hydrothermal vents in 1977, these 'extreme'chemosynthetic
systems have been a focus of interdisciplinary research. The Okinawa Trough (OT), located …