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Seismological evidence for shallow crystalline basement in Southern Uplands, Scotland
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Seismological evidence for shallow crystalline basement in Southern Uplands, Scotland

  • G. J. H. OLIVER1 &
  • W. S. MCKERROW2 

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  1. Department of Geology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK

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OLIVER, G., MCKERROW, W. Seismological evidence for shallow crystalline basement in Southern Uplands, Scotland. Nature 309, 89 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/309089a0

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