Morphological Evidence for Former Seas near Titan ’ S South Pole .
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Stofan, A.G. Hayes, R.L. Kirk, J.I. Lunine. J. Radebaugh; and M. Malaska. Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85721 & Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV; [email protected]; Proxemy Research, Gaithersburg, MD 20882; Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853; Astrogeology Science Center, USGS, Flagstaff AZ 86001; Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602; JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013