Experimental constraints on thermal cracking of peridotite at oceanic spreading centers

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 148, Issue , 2004, Pages 167-185

  Demartin, Brian ^a   Hirth, Greg ^b   Evans, Brian ^c  

^a Marine Geology and Geophysics   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84904878134     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/148GM07     Document Type: Chapter

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