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

    Henrik Hargitai

  2. Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, Russia

    Evgeniya N. Guseva

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Hargitai, H., Guseva, E.N. (2014). Graben System. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_604-1

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