Stable isotopes in seafloor hydrothermal systems: Vent fluids, hydrothermal deposits, hydrothermal alteration, and microbial processes

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue , 2001, Pages 468-525

  Shanks III, W C ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 34748910105     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/gsrmg.43.1.469     Document Type: Article

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