Reply to "Comment on Eoalpine (Cretaceous) evolution of the Oman Tethyan continental margin: Insights from a structural field study in Jabal Akhdar (Oman Mountains) by J.P. Breton et al." (GeoArabia, 2004, v. 9, no. 2, p. 41-58) by D.R. Gray and R.T. Gregory (GeoArabia, 2004, v. 9, no. 4, p. 143-147)

GeoArabia

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Breton, Jean Paul ^a   Béchennec, François ^a   Richoz, Sylvain ^b   Moen Maurel, Laure ^c   Razin, Philippe ^d  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b Geological Museum   (Switzerland)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 27244449792     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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