Devonian extensional tectonics versus Carboniferous inversion in the northern Orcadian basin
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Geological Society
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0016-7649,2041-479X
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.149.1.0027