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  1. Department of Physical Geography, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

    Emőke Fodor

  2. Institute of Geophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

    Petr Brož

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    Henrik Hargitai

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

    Ákos Kereszturi

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Fodor, E., Brož, P. (2015). Cinder Cone. In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_406

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