Late Eocene Uplift of the Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, Supported by Stratigraphy and Low-Temperature Thermochronology
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عنوان ژورنال: Tectonics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0278-7407
DOI: 10.1002/2017tc004672