Upper crustal velocity structure and basement morphology beneath the intracontinental Palmyride fold-thrust belt and north Arabian platform in Syria
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Journal International
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0956-540X,1365-246X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1993.tb04666.x