Modeling multiphase, multicomponent processes at oceanic spreading centers

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 2008, Pages 15-44

  Lowell, Robert P ^a   Crowell, Brendan W ^b,c   Lewis, Kayla C ^b,d   Liu, Lei ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84880814747     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/178GM03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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