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Volcanic and hydrothermal processes associated with a recent phase of seafloor spreading at the northern Cleft segment: Juan de Fuca Ridge

R. W. Embley

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon

W. W. Chadwick, Jr.

Oregon State University, Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies
Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon

J. Geophys. Res., 99(B3), 4741-4760 (1994)
Copyright ©1994 by the American Geophysical Union. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.

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W. W. Chadwick, Jr., Oregon State University, CIMRS, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR 97365-5258.

R. W. Embley, Ocean Environment Research Division, PMEL, NOAA, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2115 SE OSU Drive, Newport, OR 97365-5258.

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