Comments on "What processes at mid-ocean ridges tell us about volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits" by L.M. Cathles

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 659-663

  Hannington, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MASSIVE SULFIDE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

EID: 79960580162     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-011-0329-8     Document Type: Article

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