Hydrothermal activity at the arctic Mid-Ocean Ridges

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 188, Issue , 2010, Pages 67-89

  Pedersen, Rolf B ^a   Thorseth, Ingunn H ^a   Nygård, Tor Eivind ^b   Lilley, Marvin D ^c   Kelley, Deborah S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000783     Document Type: Article

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