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  1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E2, Canada

    Robin W. Renaut

  2. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Bldg, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada

    Brian Jones

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Renaut, R.W., Jones, B. (2011). Hydrothermal Environments, Terrestrial. In: Reitner, J., Thiel, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geobiology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_114

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