Some outstanding issues in the geology of Lebanon and their importance in the tectonic evolution of the Levantine region

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Tectonophysics

• Publication date

  1998-11-30

• Fields of study

  Geology

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  DOI 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00177-2
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