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Original Articles

Role of the Kazerun fault for localizing oil seepage in the Zagros Mountain, Iran: an application of GiT

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Pages 1-16 | Received 23 Sep 2008, Accepted 27 Dec 2008, Published online: 06 Feb 2011

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