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This article summarizes Iranian geology and continental drift in the Middle East. The relation of the two suggests that plate tectonics satisfactorily explain the geological development of the Middle East.
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TAKIN, M. Iranian Geology and Continental Drift in the Middle East. Nature 235, 147–150 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/235147a0
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