Structural analysis of the Valles Marineris fault zone: Possible evidence for large-scale strike-slip faulting on Mars
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عنوان ژورنال: Lithosphere
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1941-8264,1947-4253
DOI: 10.1130/l192.1