Structure across a possible intra-oceanic suture zone in the low-grade Pan-African rocks of northern Ethiopia

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 375-381

  Tadesse, T ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ETHIOPIA   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 0001579548     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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