Modeling the impact of diffuse vent microorganisms along mid-ocean ridges and flanks

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 2008, Pages 215-231

  Huber, Julie A ^a   Holden, James F ^b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 85038596142     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/178GM11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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