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Mediterranean and Middle East", Geophysical Journal – Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 93, no. 1,
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Science Letters, vol. 65, no. 1,
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Jackson, J., Norris, R. & Youngson, J. 1996, "The structural evolution of active fault and fold systems in central Otago, New
Zealand: Evidence revealed by drainage patterns", Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 18, no. 2–3,
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Jackson, J.A. 1982, "Seismicity, normal faulting, and the geomorphological development of the Gulf of
Corinth ( Greece): the Corinth earthquakes of February and March 1981.", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 57, no. 2,
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Jackson, J. & McKenzie, D. 1984, "Active tectonics of the Alpine- Himalayan Belt between western Turkey and
Pakistan.", Geophysical Journal – Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 185–264.
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