Linkages between faulting, volcanism, hydrothermal activity and segmentation on fast spreading centers

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 106, Issue , 1998, Pages 27-58

  Macdonald, Ken C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 5044249465     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM106p0027     Document Type: Chapter

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