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    Michael Küppers

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    Colin Pain

  3. Konkoly Thege Miklos Astronomical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    Ákos Kereszturi

  4. NASA Ames Research Center/NPP, MS 239-20, Moffett Field, CA, 94035, USA

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Küppers, M., Pain, C., Kereszturi, Á., Hargitai, H. (2015). Regolith. In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_293

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