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  1. College of Geo-exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, 130026, Changchun, Jilin, China

    Chao Zhou

  2. National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian, Liaoning, China

    Chao Zhou

  3. Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep-Space Exploration, Chinese Academy of Science, 100012, Beijing, China

    Bin Liu

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    Yuanzhi Zhang

  2. College of Geo-exploration Science and Technology, Jinlin University, Changchun, People’s Republic of China

    Shengbo Chen

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Zhou, C., Liu, B. (2017). Regolith Structure. In: Cudnik, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lunar Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_60-1

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