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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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