Geochemical constraints on the hydrothermal origin of ferromanganese encrustations from the Rodriguez Triple Junction, Indian Ocean

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 119, Issue , 1997, Pages 199-211

  Nagender Nath, B ^a   Pluger W L ^b   Roelandts, I ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 5644254419     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.13     Document Type: Article

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