Sedimentary Evolution of Shikoku Subduction Zone: The Shimanto Belt and Nankai Trough

Author(s):  
Asahiko Taira
2013 ◽  
Vol 589 ◽  
pp. 90-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yojiro Yamamoto ◽  
Koichiro Obana ◽  
Tsutomu Takahashi ◽  
Ayako Nakanishi ◽  
Shuichi Kodaira ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 370 (6521) ◽  
pp. 1230-1234
Author(s):  
Verena B. Heuer ◽  
Fumio Inagaki ◽  
Yuki Morono ◽  
Yusuke Kubo ◽  
Arthur J. Spivack ◽  
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Microorganisms in marine subsurface sediments substantially contribute to global biomass. Sediments warmer than 40°C account for roughly half the marine sediment volume, but the processes mediated by microbial populations in these hard-to-access environments are poorly understood. We investigated microbial life in up to 1.2-kilometer-deep and up to 120°C hot sediments in the Nankai Trough subduction zone. Above 45°C, concentrations of vegetative cells drop two orders of magnitude and endospores become more than 6000 times more abundant than vegetative cells. Methane is biologically produced and oxidized until sediments reach 80° to 85°C. In 100° to 120°C sediments, isotopic evidence and increased cell concentrations demonstrate the activity of acetate-degrading hyperthermophiles. Above 45°C, populated zones alternate with zones up to 192 meters thick where microbes were undetectable.


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pp. 2180-2194 ◽  
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Thomas Pape ◽  
Patrizia Geprägs ◽  
Sebastian Hammerschmidt ◽  
Paul Wintersteller ◽  
Jiangong Wei ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 119 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 377-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Spinelli ◽  
P. S. Mozley ◽  
H. J. Tobin ◽  
M. B. Underwood ◽  
N. W. Hoffman ◽  
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