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Seismological evidence for shallow crystalline basement in Southern Uplands, Scotland

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  1. Department of Geology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK

    G. J. H. OLIVER

  2. Geology and Mineralogy Department, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3PR, UK

    W. S. MCKERROW

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OLIVER, G., MCKERROW, W. Seismological evidence for shallow crystalline basement in Southern Uplands, Scotland. Nature 309, 89 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/309089a0

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