Development of fault and vein networks in a carbonate sequence near Hayl al-Shaz, Oman Mountains

GeoArabia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-136

  Virgo, Simon ^a   Arndt, Max ^a   Sobisch, Zoé ^b   Urai, Janos L ^a,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c GERMAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN OMAN   (Oman)

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EID: 84889026111     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia180299     Document Type: Article

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