Petrogenesis of lavas from the AMAR Valley and Narrowgate region of the FAMOUS Valley, 36°-37°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-184

  Le Roex, Anton P ^a   Frey, Frederick A ^b   Richardson, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000081861     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050183     Document Type: Article

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