Mineral deposits at 23°s, central indian ridge: Mineralogical features, chemical composition, and isotopic investigations

Handbook of Marine Mineral Deposits

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 327-346

  Halbach, Peter ^a   Münch, Ute ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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