Structure, tectonic and petrology of mid-oceanic ridges and the Indian scenario

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-289

  Iyer, Sridhar D ^a   Ray, Dwijesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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