Formation and development of fissures at the east pacific rise: Implications for faulting and magmatism at mid-ocean ridges

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 106, Issue , 1998, Pages 137-151

  Wright, Dawn J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745249789     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM106p0137     Document Type: Chapter

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