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El-Maarry, M.R., Soare, R., Kereszturi, Á. (2014). Crater-Floor Polygons (Mars). In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_72-2
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