Primary magmas of mid-ocean ridges: Analysis of experimental modeling

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Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Bulatov, V K ^a   Girnis, A V ^b   Brey, G P ^c  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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