New Insights Into the Dynamics of Martian Gullies
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Mangold, D. Mège, F. Bouchut, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris-Diderot, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France, Laboratoire de Planétologie et de Géodynamique, Université de Nantes, CNRS, 2 rue de la Houssinière, 44000 Nantes, France, 3 Département de Mathématiques et Applications, École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, 45 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France Contact: [email protected].
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