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Two hydrothermal fields found on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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  1. Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, 310012, China

    ChunHui Tao, HuaiMing Li, JianYu Ni, JiaBiao Li, YongHua He, JiJiang Lei & YeJian Wang

  2. First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, 266061, China

    YaoMin Yang

  3. Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

    RuYong Cui & Wei Huang

  4. School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    YongShun Chen

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Tao, C., Li, H., Yang, Y. et al. Two hydrothermal fields found on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Sci. China Earth Sci. 54, 1302–1303 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-011-4260-8

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