Chemical composition of hydrothermal ores from Mid-Okinawa Trough and Suiyo Seamount determined by neutron activation analysis

Autor: Jitsuya Takada, Akira Tanahara, Naoto Taira, Hatsuo Taira, Takuroh Noguchi, Tamotsu Oomori
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL. 41:141-148
ISSN: 0016-7002
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.141
Popis: Neutron activation analysis of 13 hydrothermal ore samples (70 subsamples) collected from the Mid-Okinawa Trough and Suiyo Seamount revealed higher contents of precious metal such as Au and Ag, and those of As, Sb, Ga, and Hg than those from mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems. In addition, the Mid-Okinawa Trough samples were richer in Ag and Sb than those from the Suiyo Seamount. The geochemical differences among these hydrothermal ore deposits are regarded as reflecting both differences in the chemical composition of the hosted magma of hydrothermal system and the abundance of sediments that is reacted with hydrothermal fluids.
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