Northern Red Sea: Nucleation of an oceanic spreading center within a continental rift

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Geochemistry

• Publication date

  2005-03-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science, Geology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1029/2004GC000826
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