The origin of the hydrothermal sulfide ores in the axial parts of the Mid-Atlantic ridge

Geology of Ore Deposits

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 351-370

  Bogdanov, Yu A ^a   Bortnikov, N S ^b   Lisitsyn, A P ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

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