Ultraslow-spreading ridges: Rapid paradigm changes

Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue SPL.ISS. 1, 2007, Pages 90-101

  Snow, Jonathan E ^a   Edmonds, Henrietta N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 77949281432     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2007.83     Document Type: Article

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