Rare Earth Elements of the Arima Spring Waters, Southwest Japan: Implications for Fluid Crust Interaction during Ascent of Deep Brine

Hitomi Nakamura^1,2*, Kotona Chiba², Qing Chang¹, Shunichi Nakai³, Kohei Kazahaya⁴ and Hikaru Iwamori^1,2

¹Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan

²Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan

³Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

⁴Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8567, Japan

^*Corresponding Author: Hitomi Nakamura, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan, Tel: +81-46-867-9764, Fax: +81-46-867-9625 Email: