Hydrothermal circulation at slow spreading ridges: Analysis of heat sources and heat transfer processes

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 188, Issue , 2010, Pages 11-26

  Lowell, Robert P ^a  

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

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DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000758     Document Type: Article

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