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Radially Striated Ejecta (Mars)

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Prominent radial striations that extend from the crater rim to the outer edge of the inner ejecta deposit, in cohesive, double-layer ejecta (Fig. 1).

Radially Striated Ejecta (Mars), Fig. 1
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Bacolor crater, Mars. Left: scale bar 5 km. CTX D01_027729_2133_XN_33N241W (NASA/JPL/MSSS). Right: scale bar 1 km. HiRISE PSP_009044_2135 (NASA/JPL/UA)

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

    Henrik Hargitai

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    Ákos Kereszturi

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Hargitai, H. (2015). Radially Striated Ejecta (Mars). In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_641

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