Mass movement on Vesta at steep scarps and crater rims
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.013 0019-1035/ 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (K. Krohn). K. Krohn a,⇑, R. Jaumann , K. Otto , T. Hoogenboom , R. Wagner , D.L. Buczkowski , B. Garry , D.A. Williams , R.A. Yingst , J. Scully , M.C. De Sanctis , T. Kneissl , N. Schmedemann , E. Kersten , K. Stephan , K.-D. Matz , C.M. Pieters , F. Preusker , T. Roatsch , P. Schenk , C.T. Russell , C.A. Raymond j
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