Global systematics of mid-ocean ridge morphology

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 106, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-25

  Small, Christopher ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84994800767     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM106p0001     Document Type: Chapter

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