Mid-ocean ridges, InRidge and the future

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 272-276

  Iyer, Sridhar D ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Ranadhir ^a,c   Drolia, Rajendra K ^b   Ray, Dwijesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c France Centre   (Mauritius)

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EID: 4444237283     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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