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Lunar Landscape: Wrinkle Ridges

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Chen, S. (2017). Lunar Landscape: Wrinkle Ridges. In: Cudnik, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lunar Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_49-2

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    Lunar Landscape: Wrinkle Ridges
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_49-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_49-1