Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems : TAIGA Concept - Ishibashi, Jun-ichiro.; Okino, Kyoko; Sunamura, Michinari; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
Introduction: concept of TAIGA -- Geochemical constraints on potential biomass sustained by subseafloor water-rock interactions -- Microbial cell densities, community structures, and growth in the hydrothermal plumes of subduction hydrothermal systems -- Systematics of distributions of various elements between ferromanganese oxides and seawater from natural observation, thermodynamics, and structures -- Evaluating hydrothermal system evolution using geochronological dating and biological diversity analyses -- Quantification of microbial communities in hydrothermal vent habitats of the Southern Mariana Trough and the Mid-Okinawa Trough -- Development of hydrothermal and frictional experimental systems to simulate sub-seafloor water-rock-microbe interactions -- Experimental hydrogen production in hydrothermal and fault systems: Significance for habitability of subseafloor H2 chemoautotroph microbial ecosystems -- Experimental assessment of microbial effects on chemical interaction between seafloor massive sulfides and seawater at 4℃ -- A compilation of the stable isotopic compositions of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in soft body parts of animals collected from deep-sea hydrothermal vent and methane seep fields: variations in energy source and importance of subsurface microbial processes in the sediment-hosted systems -- Tectonic background of four hydrothermal fields along the Central Indian Ridge -- Indian Ocean hydrothermal systems: seafloor hydrothermal activities, physical and chemical characteristics of hydrothermal fluids, and vent-associated biological communities -- Petrology and geochemistry of mid-ocean ridge basalts from the southern Central Indian Ridge -- Petrology of peridotites and related gabbroic rocks around the Kairei-hydrothermal field in the Central Indian Ridge -- Distribution and Biogeochemical Properties of Hydrothermal Plumes in the Rodriguez Triple Junction -- Vent fauna in the Central Indian Ridge -- The mantle dynamics, the crustal formation, and the hydrothermal activity of the Southern Mariana Trough back-arc Basin -- Seismic structure and seismicity in the Southern Mariana Trough and their relation to hydrothermal activity -- Electrical resistivity structure of the Snail site at the Southern Mariana Trough spreading center -- Asymmetric seafloor spreading of the southern Mariana Trough back-arc basin -- Geochemical characteristics of active backarc basin volcanisms at the southern end of Mariana Trough -- Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal minerals collected from hydrothermal vent fields in the Southern Mariana spreading center -- Dating of hydrothermal mineralization in active hydrothermal fields in the Southern Mariana Trough -- Intra-field variation of prokaryotic communities on and below the seafloor in the back-arc hydrothermal system of the Southern Mariana Trough -- Vent fauna in the Mariana Trough -- Population history of a hydrothermal vent-endemic snail Alviniconcha hessleri in the Mariana Trough -- Hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough backarc basin -geological background and hydrothermal mineralization- -- Active rifting structures in Iheya Graben and adjacent area of the mid-Okinawa Trough observed through seismic reflection surveys -- ESR dating of barite in sea-floor hydrothermal sulfide deposits in the Okinawa Trough -- Fluid geochemistry of high-temperature hydrothermal fields in the Okinawa Trough -- Sediment‒pore water system associated with native sulfur formation at Jade hydrothermal field in Okinawa Trough -- Comparative investigation of microbial communities associated with hydrothermal activities in the Okinawa Trough -- In situ determination of bacterial growth in mixing zone of hydrothermal vent field on the Hatoma Knoll, Southern Okinawa Trough -- Vent Fauna in the Okinawa Trough -- Brief report of side-scan sonar observations around the Yokoniwa NTO massif -- Examination of volcanic activity: AUV and submersible observations of fine-scale lava flow distributions along the Southern Mariana Trough spreading axis -- Brief report of side-scan sonar imagery observations of the Archaean, Pika, and Urashima hydrothermal sites -- The Yoron Hole: the shallowest hydrothermal site in the Okinawa Trough -- The Irabu Knoll: Hydrothermal site at the eastern edge of the Yaeyama Graben -- Tarama Knoll: Geochemical and biological profiles of hydrothermal activity -- Petrography and geochemistry of basement rocks drilled from Snail, Yamanaka, Archean, and Pika hydrothermal fields at the Southern Mariana Trough by Benthic Multi-coring System (BMS) -- Pore fluid chemistry beneath active hydrothermal fields in the mid-Okinawa Trough: Results of shallow drilling by BMS during TAIGA11 cruise -- The characteristics of the seafloor massive sulfide deposits at the Hakurei Site in the Izena Hole, the Middle Okinawa Trough -- Occurrence of hydrothermal alteration minerals at the Jade hydrothermal field, in the Izena Hole, mid-Okinawa Trough -- Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids collected from active hydrothermal systems in the southern Mariana Trough backarc spreading center -- Gamma ray doses in water around sea floor hydrothermal area in South Mariana -- 226Ra-210Pb and 228Ra-228Th dating of barite in submarine hydrothermal sulfide deposits collected at Okinawa Trough and South Mariana Trough -- OSL dating of sea floor sediments at the Okinawa Trough -- Immediate change of radiation doses from hydrothermal deposits -- Periodic behavior of deep sea current in the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal system -- The gelatinous macroplankton community at the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal vent.
Keywords: Geobiology; Oceanography; Geochemistry; Biogeosciences; Oceanography; Geochemistry