Hydrothermal activity on the southern, ultrafast-spreading segment of the east pacific rise

Handbook of Marine Mineral Deposits

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  Marchig, Vesna ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

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