The Ouarsenis “Grand Pic” : an exceptional example of a large-scale preserved halokinetic feature in the Western Tell (N. Algeria)

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 196, 2025


Article Number		19
Number of page(s)		26
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2025016
Published online		29 October 2025

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