Heterogeneity of rift magmatism in the equatorial province of the mid-atlantic ridge (15° N to 3° S)

Geochemistry International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-50

  Sushchevskaya, N M ^a   Bonatti, E ^b   Peive, A A ^c   Kamenetskii, V S ^d   Belyatskii, B V ^e   Tsekhonya, T I ^a   Kononkova, N N ^a  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute of Marine Problems   (Italy)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 9244239695     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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