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  2. Planetary Science Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    Henrik Hargitai

  3. Faculty of Geosciences, Earth Science Department, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    George Postma

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Kereszturi, Á., Hargitai, H., Postma, G. (2014). Delta. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_109-1

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