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A Major Fault Scarp Under the Arabian Sea Displacing the Carlsberg Ridge Near Socotra

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MATTHEWS, D. A Major Fault Scarp Under the Arabian Sea Displacing the Carlsberg Ridge Near Socotra. Nature 198, 950–952 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198950a0

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