Geological consequences of dike intrusion at mid-ocean ridge spreading centers

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 106, Issue , 1998, Pages 117-136

  Curewitz, Daniel ^a   Karson, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84905428643     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM106p0117     Document Type: Chapter

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