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Saudi researchers uncover 34-million-year-old marine formation in Jouf

  • Discovery of Oligocene deposits reshapes Al-Qurayyat’s geological history
  • Sediments are exposed at Faydat Ar-Rishrashiyah, east of Al-Qurayyat, near the Saudi-Jordanian border
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