Hydrothermal activity on the eastern SWIR (50°-70°E): Evidence from core-top geochemistry, 1887 and 1998

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  German, Christopher R ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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Hydrothermal

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EID: 38649123076     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000522     Document Type: Article

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