Understanding the Compositional Variability of the Major Components of Hydrothermal Plumes in the Okinawa Trough

Figure 1

Location map showing the Okinawa Trough (Bathymetric map and data from http://www.geomapapp.org/index.htm). Bathymetric map showing the tectonic setting and location of the Iheya North, Clam, Yonaguni Knoll IV, and Tangyin hydrothermal fields (from InterRidge data base; [48, 49]). Red stars indicate the location of hydrothermal plume water column samples, respectively.