Neoproterozoic Ophiolites in the Arabian Shield: Field Relations and Structure

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 13, Issue C, 2004, Pages 129-162

  Johnson, Peter R ^a   Kattan, Fayek H ^a   Al Saleh, Ahmed M ^b  

^a SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 77956783491     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(04)13004-1     Document Type: Review

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