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

Figure 6

Hydrothermal plume profiles in the middle and southern Okinawa Trough: (a) turbidity anomalies in the Iheya North and Clam hydrothermal fields; (b) turbidity anomalies in the Tangyin and Yonaguni Knoll IV hydrothermal fields; (c) B³⁺ anomalies in the Iheya North and Clam hydrothermal fields; (d) B³⁺ anomalies in the Tangyin and Yonaguni Knoll IV hydrothermal fields. Average seawater data from Turekian [50] and Millero [4].

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