A review of the petrology of harzburgites at Hess Deep and Garrett Deep: Implications for mantle processes beneath segments of the East Pacific Rise

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 118, Issue , 1996, Pages 143-156

  Edwards, Stephen J ^a,b   Falloon, Trevor J ^c   Malpas, John ^d   Pedersen, Rolf B ^e  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 0008248886     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.118.01.08     Document Type: Article

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