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The Quaternary deposits of the Alboran Sea and associated sediment dispersal patterns, and geographic and tectonic setting of the region, are closely similar to those of some ancient flysch basins preserved in the geological record.
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STANLEY, D., GEHIN, C. & BARTOLINI, C. Flysch-type Sedimentation in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean. Nature 228, 979–983 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228979a0
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