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  1. Center for the Sciences and Innovation, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Leslie F. Bleamaster III

  2. Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Leslie F. Bleamaster III

  3. Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Martin P. A. Jackson

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    Henrik Hargitai

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Bleamaster, L.F., Jackson, M.P.A. (2015). Canyon. In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_53

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