Recent MORB volcaniclastic explosive deposits formed between 500 and 1750 m.B.s.l. on the axis of the mid-atlantic ridge, south of the Azores

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 140, Issue , 2003, Pages 143-166

  Eissen, Jean Philippe ^a   Fouquet, Yves ^b   Hardy, Delphine ^c,d   Ondréas, Hélène ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Institut Geol Albert de Lapparent   (France)

^d LAFARGE CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (France)

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EID: 84975303752     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/140GM09     Document Type: Chapter

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