Serpentinization and associated hydrogen and methane fluxes at slow spreading ridges

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 188, Issue , 2010, Pages 241-264

  Cannat, Mathilde ^a   Fontaine, Fabrice ^a   Escartín, Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

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DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000760     Document Type: Article

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