Evidence for recent hydrothermal activity in the Central Indian Basin

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1167-1173

  Iyer, S D ^a   Prasad, M Shyam ^a   Gupta, S M ^a   Charan, S Nirmal ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; VOLCANISM;

CENTRAL INDIAN BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

SPHERULES;

EID: 0030867665     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00001-0     Document Type: Article

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