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BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull.
Volume 196, 2025
Recent evolution of the Mediterranean realm: Exploring the links between deep and shallow processes in a plate convergent setting
Article Number 22
Number of page(s) 27
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2024020
Published online 25 November 2025
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