First sighting of active fluid venting in the Gulf of Cadiz

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Volumn 86, Issue 49, 2005, Pages

  Van Rooij, D ^a   Depreiter, D ^a   Bouimetarhan, I ^a   De Boever, E ^a   De Rycker, K ^a   Foubert, A ^a   Huvenne, V ^a   Reveillaud J ^a   Staelens, P ^a   Vercruysse, J ^a   Versteeg, W ^a   Henriet, J P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; VENTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 33746350167     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005EO490001     Document Type: Review

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