Modeling hydrothermal processes at ocean spreading centers: Magma to microbe—an overview

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-13

  Lowell, Robert P ^a   Seewald, Jeffrey S ^b   Metaxas, Anna ^c   Perfit, Michael R ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 85029717100     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/178GM02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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