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... southern Iran Miocene Cambrian Yemen ( San'a ' ) , Farasan Islands , southern Red Sea area Gulf of Suez , northern Red Sea Atlas Mountains , North Africa Triassic Miocene Triassic Offshore Morocco Offshore Senegal Congo Basin , Gabon ...
... southern Iran Miocene Cambrian Yemen ( San'a ' ) , Farasan Islands , southern Red Sea area Gulf of Suez , northern Red Sea Atlas Mountains , North Africa Triassic Miocene Triassic Offshore Morocco Offshore Senegal Congo Basin , Gabon ...
Page 199
... southern Iran and Persian Gulf salt domes contain blocks of limestone , gypsum , and igneous rocks ; many of these ... southern terrace of the Potwar Plateau ( 1,700 feet ) , southwest of Rawalpindi , it consists of two unsymmetrical ...
... southern Iran and Persian Gulf salt domes contain blocks of limestone , gypsum , and igneous rocks ; many of these ... southern terrace of the Potwar Plateau ( 1,700 feet ) , southwest of Rawalpindi , it consists of two unsymmetrical ...
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... southern complex of high mountains , including such peaks as Mt. Catherine ( Jabal Katrīnah ) , which is 8,668 feet ( 2,642 metres ) high ; Umm Shawmar , 8,482 feet high ; ath - Thabt , 7,997 feet high ; and Jabal Mūsā , or Mt. Sinai ...
... southern complex of high mountains , including such peaks as Mt. Catherine ( Jabal Katrīnah ) , which is 8,668 feet ( 2,642 metres ) high ; Umm Shawmar , 8,482 feet high ; ath - Thabt , 7,997 feet high ; and Jabal Mūsā , or Mt. Sinai ...
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