The past of a future syntaxis across the Zagros

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 100, Issue , 1996, Pages 89-109

  Talbot, C J ^a   Alavi, M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

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EID: 0008049870     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.100.01.08     Document Type: Article

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