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Geological Setting

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In this chapter the intraplate volcanic fields of the Arabian Peninsula will be presented in a global context through comparison with other intraplate volcanic fields, focusing on those with special relevance to known and/or planned geoheritage, geoconservation and geotouristic programs and geoparks.

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Moufti, M.R., Németh, K. (2016). Geological Setting. In: Geoheritage of Volcanic Harrats in Saudi Arabia. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33015-0_2

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