Deepest and hottest hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough: the Yokosuka site at Yaeyama Knoll

Deepest and hottest hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough: the Yokosuka site at Yaeyama Knoll

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 in the semi-enclosed East China Sea between the Eurasian continent and the Ryukyu arc, hosts more than 20 known vent sit...

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Main Authors: Junichi Miyazaki, Shinsuke Kawagucci, Akiko Makabe, Ayu Takahashi, Kazuya Kitada, Junji Torimoto, Yohei Matsui, Eiji Tasumi, Takazo Shibuya, Kentaro Nakamura, Shunsuke Horai, Shun Sato, Jun-ichiro Ishibashi, Hayato Kanzaki, Satoshi Nakagawa, Miho Hirai, Yoshihiro Takaki, Kyoko Okino, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe, Hidenori Kumagai, Chong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2017-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
biodiversity
chemosynthetic ecosystem
fluid chemistry
hydrothermal vent
microbial composition
sulfide deposit
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.171570

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