Microstructural features of a subaqueous lava from basaltic crust off the east pacific rise (ODP Site 1256 , cocos plate)

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Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Crispini, Laura ^a   Tartarotti, Paola ^b   Umino, Susumu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

15 Ma old oceanic crust; East pacific rise; Guatemala basin; Lava flow microstructures; Lava pond; Subaqueous massive lava

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650578166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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