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Research Articles

Petromagnetic investigations of the volcanic rocks in southern part of Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia: differentiation of different lava types

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Pages 1009-1022 | Received 30 Dec 2019, Accepted 01 Jul 2020, Published online: 25 Jul 2020

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