Seismic Structure of the Arabian Shield Lithosphere and Red Sea Margin
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Seismic Structure of the Arabian Shield Lithosphere and Red Sea Margin Andrew Nyblade, Yongcheol Park, Arthur Rodgers, and Abdullah Al-Amri Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, Seismology Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, King Saud University, Geology Department and Seismic Studies Center, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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