Diking, event plumes, and the subsurface biosphere at mid-ocean ridges

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 144, Issue , 2004, Pages 75-97

  Embley, Robert W ^a   Lupton, John E ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33745924273     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/144GM06     Document Type: Chapter

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