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Geological and geophysical characters of the southern Okinawa Trough and adjacent area.

open access: yes, 1986
The Hydrographic Department of Japan has conducted hydrographic, geological and geophysical surveys in the southwestern Okinawa Trough and adjacent area in 1984.
Ogino, Takuji   +8 more
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Seafloor characterization in the southernmost Okinawa Trough from underwater optical imagery

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2019
This paper presents the seafloor survey results obtained in 2016 and 2017 using four deep-towed vehicles, developed by the Institute of Undersea Technology at National Sun Yat-sen University, for investigating mineral resource potential offshore ...
Yu-Cheng Chou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-density surveys conducted to reveal active deformations of the upper forearc slope along the Ryukyu Trench, western Pacific, Japan

open access: yesProgress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2018
In this study, which was conducted to investigate present-day geological deformations occurring off the central Ryukyu Arc along the Ryukyu Trench (Okinawa-jima) in the vicinity of Japan, we obtained and examined dense, high-resolution, 2D grid (high ...
Kohsaku Arai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geological and geophysical survey in the Okinawa Trough and adjoining seas of Nansei Syoto.

open access: yes, 1988
The hydrographic Department, Maritime Safety Agency initiated a series of systematic depth sounding, seismic reflection profiling, magnetic and gravity measurements in the seas around Nansei Syoto (Ryukyu Islands) in 1913. In 1983 the department placed a
Kawai, Koji   +11 more
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The Last Glacial Maximum to Holocene environment changes in the southern Okinawa Trough

open access: yes, 1997
Presented here are the oxygen and carbon isotope records of two epipelagic planktonic foraminiferal species, Globigerinoides sacculifer and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, from a sediment core which was collected from the southern Okinawa Trough.
Shieh, Ying-Tzung   +3 more
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Characteristics of Microbial Diversity and Metabolic Versatility in Dynamic Mid-Okinawa Trough Subsurface Sediments

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
Large-scale and multi-sample datasets have revealed that microbial diversity and geographic distribution patterns are distinct across various habitats, particularly between hydrothermal vent and cold seep ecosystems.
Youzhi Xin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magmatism and tectonism in the Ryukyu Arc and Okinawa Trough revealed by the Japan Coast Guard’s AUV high-resolution mapping.

open access: yes, 2021
The Ryukyu subduction zone in the Western Pacific, extending from Japan to Taiwan, forms a typical trench (Ryukyu Trench)-arc (Ryukyu Arc)-back-arc basin (Okinawa Trough) system.
Minami, Hiroki
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Precipitation of authigenic uranium in suboxic continental margin sediments from the Okinawa Trough

open access: yes, 2006
Concentrations of U and Th isotopes in Okinawa Trough and East China Sea sediment cores were determined by isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ID-ICP-MS) to investigate the behavior of redox sensitive uranium in suboxic ...
Wang, Zhong-Liang   +9 more
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