Mantle melting beneath mid-ocean ridges

Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue SPL.ISS. 1, 2007, Pages 78-89

  Langmuir, Charles H ^a   Forsyth, Donald W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46149125192     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2007.82     Document Type: Article

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